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Sending Arab troops to Syria is a possibility that is being

discussed by officials from various countries, Egypt’s foreign minister was quoted as saying yesterday.

But a foreign ministry spokesman said Sameh Shoukry, who was speaking at a function on Wednesday night, was not raising the possibility that Egypt itself might be ready to send forces to Syria, adding that such a decision was subject to constitutional constraints.

The Wall Street Journal reported last month that the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump was seeking to assemble an Arab force to replace the U.S. military contingent in Syria.

“In regards to the situation in Syria, Shoukry said that the idea of replacing forces with another that may be Arab is a possibility,” Al-Ahram quoted the Egyptian foreign minister as telling journalists.

“This proposition is not only being discussed by the media,

but also during discussions and deliberations amongst officials of states to look into how these ideas could contribute to stabilizing Syria,” he added, according to Al-Ahram.

Shoukry did not name the countries discussing the matter. But an Egyptian Foreign Ministry official said Shoukry’s comments did not pertain to Egypt.

“The principles that govern sending Egyptian forces outside the country are known to everybody. That won’t happen unless it

was in line with constitutional mechanisms, and rules and regulations that have been affirmed more than once, such as cases related to United Nations peacekeeping operations,” said Ahmed Abu Zeid in a statement.

Saudi Arabia said last month it was open to sending troops to Syria under wider coalition.

Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in a civil war in Syria between rebels seeking to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. - Reuters

Egypt may send troops to Syria

Humanitarian aid has finally reached the crew of the Bahraini ship stranded in Omani waters. The crew

have been living in the cargo ship without fuel and light for the past six weeks after being abandoned by their employers.

DT News staffer Mohammed Zafran reported on April 22 and May 3 the sad plight of the abandoned crew of the Bahraini cargo company.

“Today we received 5000 litres of diesel and fresh water,” one of the seafarers told DT News yesterday. “I hope our misery will end and be able to go home soon,” he added.

Fresh water and fuel were provided by the Omani authorities to the crew at the anchorage yesterday. International T r a n s p o r t W o r k e r s ’ F e d e r a t i o n and Arab World Network Coordinator had intervened in the matter to get humanitarian aid to the seafarers.

“It came as a huge relief to us,” said another member of the crew who has not been paid for the past several months.

– Full report on Page 3

Stranded crew of ship heaves a sigh of relief

provided diesel and waterSeafarers

Measure a big morale booster for crewSupplies provided by Omani authorities5000 liters of diesel, fresh water provided

Omani authorities refuelling diesel and refilling freshwater yesterday

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Abandonedat sea

Employees not paid for the past seven months

Crew abandoned by employers of Bahraini shipping company

Penniless and foodless, the

crew of a Bahraini cargo

shipping company are

now living at the mercy of

Omani authorities

Mohammed Zafran/DTNN

[email protected]

Manama

A group of seafarers allegedly ‘abandoned’

by their Bahraini employers are

struggling in Omani waters without food

and financial resources.

Employed by a Bahraini shipping

company for shipping cargo in the Middle

East region, the seafarers have been working

without salaries for several months, which

ultimately forced them to stop sailing.

Faced with dire conditions like fuel

shortage and no food supplies, the seafarers

are currently on the ship anchored at Omani

waters without electricity, DT News was told.

Penniless and no supplies in the ship, the

crew are now living at the mercy of reliefs

provided by Omani authorities. The employers

have not paid them for the past seven months.

“We were 18 people but most of the

crew left, penniless. I don’t know if anyone

received any money at all. But I know I have

not received any and those whom I have

been in touch with have not received any,”

said Thu Ya Aung, a crew member from

Myanmar who works as the second engineer

in the ship.

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Let the Baby Games begin

Bahrain Olympic Committee is organizing the first-ever Baby Games to educate, entertain and teach youngsters valuable life lesson and to promote Olympic principles

Mahmood Ashoori

Manama

There will be no shortage of fun and tot-friendly

activities at Isa Sports City in Riffa today, as it will witness the opening of the first-ever Baby Games in the Kingdom.

With more than 1,000 kids from 29 nurseries and 37 pre-schools in the fray, the event is going to be an exciting attraction for Children.

Taking place at the Bahrain Volleyball Association Hall in Riffa, the games are organised by the Bahrain Olympic Committee.

Keeping the kids active and happy at the event will be activities in four different sports -athletics, gymnastics, football and basketball.

The games target children in the age group from 2 to 4 and aim to create awareness among youngsters on the need to practice sports exercises and promote Olympic principles.

The games’ action will take

place at the Bahrain Sports Federation for People with Disabilities, located at Isa Sports City in Riffa.

Organising Committee, headed by chairman Lounes Madene, had a technical meeting with representatives of the participants as well as the Education Ministry and the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs at the National Stadium to explain the rules and regulations of the games to the participants ahead of kick off.

Madene expressed satisfaction with the training programme and pointed out that a technical meeting was fruitful.The games have received a major sponsorship boost from Mothercare and Lulu Group, according to BOC marketing head Mahmood Ashori, who said the sponsorship reflects both companies’ commitment to supporting national sporting events.

More than 1,000 kids from 29 nurseries and 37 pre-schools in the fray

Games targets children in the age group 2 to 4

Venue: Bahrain Volleyball Association Hall in Riffa

The training programme in progressThe technical meeting in progress

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Manama

Humanitarian aid has finally reached the crew of the

Bahraini ship stranded in Omani waters.

Freshwater and fuel for the ship provided by the Omani authorities to the crew at the anchorage came as a huge relief as they have been living without electricity for the past six weeks. DT News staffer Mohammed Zafran reported on April 22 and May 3 the plight of the abandoned crew of the Bahraini cargo company.

“Today we received 5000 litres of diesel and fresh water,” one of the seafarers told DT News, adding that the crew hoped their misery will end and be able to go home soon. The crew as well as union leaders of International Transport Workers’ Federation and Bahrain International Seafarers Society had made several calls to the authorities in Oman and to the employer to help the stranded seafarers.

“This took us by surprise. Until yesterday night we had no idea that we would be receiving fuel and water. It was really hard to live without electricity. In recent weeks drinking water and food was in short supply but now we are confident that the Omani authorities will provide food aid as they have done in previous months,” he said.

“Our condition is still quite bad. It is not easy living in the sea isolated from the rest of the world especially when you are stranded. We are just stationed in the water. Especially when we did not have electricity, it was terrible. Luckily we had spare

batteries for our phones and portable phone chargers, which helped us to establish contact with the outside world. The aid came at a perfect time when all our batteries were getting drained. If the aid did not come, our phones would have died and we would have lost all contact with outside world,“ he said.

Mohammed Arrachedi, who is the International Transport Workers’ Federation’s (ITF) Arab World Network Coordinator, said that the employer of the crew had no role to play in delivering the aid.

“After living nearly two months in dire conditions, the situation was grim. The Omani authorities recognized this and decided to help and we are so thankful to them. The Omani port and maritime authorities deserves credit for this decision,”

Arrachedi said. He said the fiasco is far from over, “There has been no progress on payment of salaries. All crew are yet to be paid. There were 15 others who left, many of them got paid only half of their salaries some did not even get paid anything at all,” Arrachedi said.

“There is currently a case in court; we will have more clarity about as the case proceeds.”

The seafarers, originally a group of 18, were employed by a Bahraini shipping company for the past 18 months for shipping cargo in the Middle East region. 15 of the crew returned home after receiving part of their salary while 3 remained at the ship insisting on full payment of salaries. The crew members who remain in the ship include a Jordanian, Syrian and a Myanmar national.

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Employees not paid for the past seven monthsCrew abandoned by employers of Bahraini shipping company

Penniless and foodless, the

crew of a Bahraini cargo

shipping company are

now living at the mercy of

Omani authorities

Mohammed Zafran/DTNN

[email protected]

Manama

A group of seafarers allegedly ‘abandoned’

by their Bahraini employers are

struggling in Omani waters without food

and financial resources.

Employed by a Bahraini shipping

company for shipping cargo in the Middle

East region, the seafarers have been working

without salaries for several months, which

ultimately forced them to stop sailing.

Faced with dire conditions like fuel

shortage and no food supplies, the seafarers

are currently on the ship anchored at Omani

waters without electricity, DT News was told.

Penniless and no supplies in the ship, the

crew are now living at the mercy of reliefs

provided by Omani authorities. The employers

have not paid them for the past seven months.

“We were 18 people but most of the

crew left, penniless. I don’t know if anyone

received any money at all. But I know I have

not received any and those whom I have

been in touch with have not received any,”

said Thu Ya Aung, a crew member from

Myanmar who works as the second engineer

in the ship.

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ontinued on )

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Friday, May 4, 2018No end in sight to woes of Bahraini ship crewMohammed Zafran/DTNN

[email protected] he plight of the crew of the Bahraini ship stranded

in Omani waters is continuing with no end in sight to their woes as the shipping company is involved in a financial dispute.

The three members of the crew are staying in the ship at an anchorage without fuel and electricity after being abandoned by their employers. DT News reported on April 22 the plight of the abandoned crew of the Bahraini cargo company who are living at the mercy of Omani authorities.

Bahrain International Seafarers Society Chairman Ali Al Ghawas said that despite the society’s best efforts, no progress has been made because the company does not have the financial resources to settle the dispute. “The company appears to

have no money to pay them or their agent who also have a dispute with them. Apart from the financial crisis, the ship does not have sufficient crew

to set sail and the company is not able to get replacements,” he said.

“Bahraini authorities have limitations in what they can do because this is a financial dispute the company is involved in. I spoke to the captain and the chief engineer and I have told them this case is going to take longer to settle because of the nature of the case,” he said.“I am surprised that they do

not have fuel and electricity in their ship. I thought the Omani authorities would provide it. They should be provided with fuel and electricity as it is done in such cases in Bahrain. We should ensure that they have electricity until they leave,” he said.

The seafarers, originally a group of 18, were employed by a Bahraini shipping company for the past 18 months for shipping cargo in the Middle East region. 15 of the crew returned

home after receiving part of their salary while 3 remained at the ship insisting on full payment of salaries. The crew

who remain in the ship include a Jordanian, Syrian and a Myanmar national.Thu Ya Aung, a crew member

from Myanmar who works as the second engineer in the ship said that the situation has not improved. “The situation remains the same, it’s difficult. Without fuel or electricity, it is not even possible to cook. We are in the ship at the anchorage 24/7 for the past many months, never able to go on land,” he said. Mohammed Arrachedi, who is the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF)’s Arab World Network Coordinator said that he is hopeful of a deal to get fuel to the ship. “There are some talks going on to deliver fuel, we are waiting to see the outcome,” he said.

“The crew have been without light since 6 weeks now. How do they go to the market while they are at the anchorage? This is indefensible, the company should be made to pay and send these men home,” he said.

When contacted by DT News previously, the owner of the company denied all allegations.

The crew is living without fuel and electricity

Thu Ya Aung with Chief Officer Ahmed Hesham Ahmed, the crew o fthe ship

The stranded ship in Omani waters

Crew abandoned by Bahraini shipping company Crew living without electricity for the past 6 weeks

Food supplies are reportedly minimal, mainly

donations from Omani authorities

A sreenshot of the seafares tweet

Thu Ya Aung with Chief Officer Ahmed Hesham Ahmed, the crew o f the ship

Paper and paperboard products are a world wide commodity found everywhere

including newspapers, magazines, books, stationery, envelopes, shopping bags, drawing, craft & scratch papers, plates and cups, wrapping papers, tissues etc. Paper is a valuable commodity and a versatile material vital to the growth and development of any country and its communication and packaging systems.

One tree makes about 3,077 pieces of A4 paper. It takes 13 trees to make one tonne, or 40,000 pieces of paper. Paper can usually be recycled around six to ten times.

Paper is playing an important role in education, business, industries and recreation. Even after going electronic, the use of paper has not declined tremendously as was envisaged earlier. About one fifth of the contents of household dustbins consist of paper and cardboard, of which almost half is newspapers and magazines. Industrialized nations, with 20% of the world’s population, consume around 87% of the world’s printing and writing paper. This demand contributed to the loss of much of the forests worldwide.

Paper and allied waste accounts for more than 20% of municipal waste in the country with little quantities collected and sent for recycling and major quantity of mixed paper waste is being collected, transported and disposed in the landfill site each day. The paper waste is not much segregated mainly due to people’s old habits, lack of awareness and absence of local recycling facilities.

The solution to the growing paper waste problem is mainly through ‘prevention’ of reducing or eliminating paper use so that the disposal is prevented in the first place. Printing paper on both sides of the sheet or

using the paper sheets from both the sides rather than on one side is a classic example of paper waste prevention, as it can reduce the need for paper by up to 50 percent.

We need to understand that for every ton of paper used for recycling, the estimated savings are:

- 30,000 litres of water.- 3000 - 4000 KWh electricity - 17 trees - 95% reduction of air pollution.- 3 cubic yards of landfill space.- Reduced waste treatment cost.- 1,400 kg of CO2 gas emissionRecycling of paper is an environmental

priority. It can reduce the load on importing and using virgin paper. Recycled paper can make various products. It can be used for newsprint, stationary, tissues, hand towels and toilet paper. Various packaging e.g. egg boxes, cup holders, presentation boxes and wall coverings can be made. It can also be used for CD racks and toys.

Paper is a biodegradable material. This means that when it goes to landfill, as it rots, it produces methane gas, which is a potent greenhouse gas (20 times more potent than carbon dioxide). With the occurrence of ‘global warming’, the methane and carbon dioxide emissions have to be reduced to avoid its adverse impacts. Forests take large amounts of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and store it in wood, in a process called carbon sequestration. Waste prevention and recycling of paper products can leave more trees standing in the forest, continuing to absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

We need to reduce the paper waste by:• Reducingprinting,usingbothsides

of the paper in photocopy and printing.• Usewastepaperasscrappaper.• Avoid envelopes and reuse if

received. • Segregate paper at source and

contact recyclers/ waste collectors to collect based on a weekly collection schedules.


(The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the policy or position of this newspaper.)

* Head of Waste Disposal Unit, Supreme Council for Environment, Bahrain. ([email protected])

Napoli

Isa Culture Centre (ICC) Board of Trustees Chairman,

King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful Co-existence Chairman Dr Shaikh Khalidbin Khalifa Al-Khalifa has received the Mediterranean Award of Culture and Peace 2018, in recognition of his efforts to bolster the concept of cultural diplomacy.

Dr Khalid was presented with the award during a ceremony hosted by the Mediterranean Foundation in Napoli and attended by diplomats, thinkers as well as cultural and political personalities from different countries.

Addressing the event, Dr Khalid paid tribute to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa who launched the Isa Cultural Centre in 2008 to

stand as a beacon of culture and civilization.

He dedicated the award to HM the King, to the people of Bahrain, the ambassadors of peace in the world.

The foundation issued a statement hailing Dr Shaikh Khalid as one of theprominent personalities who believe firmly in the cause of peace, the necessity of building bridges between people and the renunciation of bigotry.

The prestigious award has been conferred to prominent personalities, including former French President Nicholas Sarkozy, late Jordanianmonarch King Al-Hussein bin Talal, late King Hassan II of Morocco, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Top honour for ICC headDr Shaikh Khalid bin Khalifa Al-Khalifa gets Mediterranean Award of Culture and Peace 2018

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Yemen army makes advances in W. TaizThe Arab coalition-

backed army forces in Yemen made new progress towards the town of Al-Barah, west of Taiz province, following fierce fighting against the Iranian-backed Houthi militia.

A Yemeni military source said that the progress was made following an attack by the army on the positions of the militia stationed north of Khalid bin Walid military camp towards the city of Al-Barah.

The source added that the advance of the army was supported by the fighter jets and Apache aircrafts, adding that the fighting is still at its strongest amid the progress.

Meanwhile it was reported that large fields of landmines and improvised explosive devices planted were found in the area.

The fighting resulted in heavy casualties among the militia and the destruction of a number of its combat equipment. (Arab News) Dr Shaikh Khalid dedicated the award to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa


Muhannad Mansour/[email protected]

Manama

A proposal to impose a fee on foreign remittances

has been rejected as it contradicts with the Kingdom’s constitution.

The proposal was collectively rejected by the Legislative and Legal Affairs Committee and the Economic and Financial Affairs Committee in the Council of Representatives, in addition to the Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB), Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) and Bahrain Bankers Society.

A number of MPs have

submitted different proposals serving the same purpose in the past three years, but they were all rejected by the council.

The latest was submitted by MP Jamal Dawood, who rephrased the proposals of his fellow MPs and demanded to impose a fee on foreign remittances according to the amounts transferred, dividing them upon two categories, below and above BD300.

Dawood said the proposal would encourage citizens and residents to spend and invest in the Kingdom of Bahrain and enhance supervision on the amounts being transferred abroad.

The Economic and Financial

Affairs Committee in the council was tasked to study the proposal and review it with the concerned authorities. The committee rejected the proposal, describing it as “unconstitutional”.

Committee members, headed by MP Abdulrahman Buali, recently asserted that the proposal restricts financial transactions and the flow of capitals, adding that it may create illegal channels for money transferring and may push investors out of Bahrain.

Additionally, CBB informed the committee that the proposal, if implemented, would have a negative impact on foreign banks and the

official exchange rates.BCCI mentioned similar

reasons to reject the proposal and added that it contradicts with the Kingdom’s commitments in combatting money laundering and financing terrorism.

The Chamber also mentioned that the move would harm expats and damage the kingdom’s free economy policies and reputation.

As for Bahrain Bankers Society, it rejected the proposal for several reasons that included forming an additional burden on low-income expats, the limited outcomes expected from implementing it and contradicting with the unified

GCC policies.Dawood earlier explained

to DT News that the proposal stipulates imposing BD1 fees on remittances below BD300 and BD10 for all money transfers exceeding the amount of BD300.

Dawood assured that the proposal would annually generate at least BD90 million that could empower the State budget.

A similar proposal, submitted by MP Mohammed Al Ahmed, was passed by the council in 2016, despite several reservations from some MPs and the CBB.

The previous proposal stipulated charging 0.5 to one

percent of each remittance made from Bahrain. However, it reached nowhere as the second branch of the Legislative Authority, Shura Council, rejected it.

Recent statistics showed that around BD2.5 billion is annually transferred from Bahrain by expatriate workers. This means, if MP Dawood’s proposal is implemented, the minimum amount that would be generated will be BD2.5 billion.

The committee’s decision would be reviewed by the council, in the presence of government representatives, in its upcoming weekly meeting on Tuesday.

Proposal to impose fees on expat remittances rejected

The move by MP Jamal Dawood was turned down as it contradicted the Kingdom’s Constitution


Manama

A committee in the Council of Representatives has

rejected a proposal to impose fees on expats for using public roads.

This comes as the Foreign Affairs, Defence and National Security Committee issued a report rejecting a proposal submitted by two MPs who demanded to double the vehicles’ registration fees for expats as a return for using public roads in the Kingdom.

Submitted by MPs Jalal Kadhim and Ghazi Al Rahma on December 14, 2015, the proposal states that “expats vehicle owners should pay double the fees that are born by Bahraini citizens by amending some of the provisions of Law 23 of 2015 (Traffic Law)”.

The MPs originally demanded to double the fees of the issuance of driving learning licenses and driving licenses for non-Bahrainis, but later limited their proposal to the registration fees. However, the proposal exempts GCC nationals.

Both MPs said the proposal would “provide the necessary revenues for the sustainable development of public roads construction, development and

maintenance”.Kadhim and Al Rahma also

affirmed back in 2015 that the move would reduce the public debt, overcome the increasing traffic congestions, promote the public transportation sector, prioritise public spending by dedicating national resources to only serve citizens, curbing high consumption of subsidised fuel and reduce the environmental side effects caused by vehicles.

Kadhim insisted earlier that “the procedure is ordinary and claimed that it is implemented in regional countries such as

Jordan and Malaysia”.Headed by MP Abdulla

Binhowail, the committee studied the proposal for over 30 months and discussed it with several authorities, including Interior Ministry and the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR) in addition to the Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee in the council.

90k expats own cars In its reply to the committee,

Interior Ministry provided the latest statistics released by the General Directorate of Traffic,

with regards to expats owning registered private vehicles in the kingdom.

According to the General Directorate, a total of 89, 723 expats own private vehicles in Bahrain. The directorate said that the statistics were issued on March 28 last year.

Representatives of the ministry’s Legal Affairs rejected the proposal, justifying their decision to committee members by saying that “the proposal would be an additional financial burden on expats and requires more studying of its pros and cons”.

Panel disapproves fees on expats for using public roads

Two MPs had demanded to double the vehicles’ registration fees for expats as a return for using public roads in the Kingdom

DT News NetworkLondon

The Minister of Justice has approved the retrial

of Hussain Ali Moosa and Mohammed Ramadan Isa who were convicted on December 29, 2016, for the murder of a policeman and the attempted murder of some other policemen by use of explosives, a press release said.

Earlier, Bahrain’s Attorney General had sought reconsideration of the death penalty and a retrial of Hussain Ali Moosa and Mohammed Ramadan Isa. The plea followed a complaint made to the Ombudsman Office, a police and prisoner Ombudsman,

which investigated and referred the case and its findings to the Special Investigations Unit (SIU).

The SIU, building on the Ombudsman investigation with its own, suggested the reconsideration of the death sentence after investigations found new documents that had not been presented before the courts at the time of their trial and sentencing, according to the Attorney General.

In compliance with the requirements for justice and due process, the SIU made a recommendation to the Attorney General on March 19, 2018. The case will be presented to the courts for a retrial.

Retrial of two deathconvicts approved


Manama

The Council of Representatives is planning

to discuss in its weekly meeting this Tuesday the establishment of a special official fund to financially support bankrupt expats and deport them.

This comes as the council will review a bill proposed by MP Hamad Al Dossary to amend Article 26 of The Immigration and Naturalisation Act of 1965.Al Dossary proposed to establish a special government

fund that is dedicated to allocating five per cent of all entrance, residency and other related fees imposed on non-Bahrainis to support expats who are proven to be bankrupt and unable of affording to travel back home.

The bill was passed by the Legislative and Legal Affairs Committee stating that it is in line with the Kingdom’s constitution. However, the Foreign Affairs, Defence and National Security Committee rejected it, while the Interior Ministry, had reservations on the proposed law.

House to discuss fund to deport bankrupt expats


Washington

U.S. President Donald Trump has not asked the Pentagon

for options to reduce U.S. forces based in South Korea, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said in a statement on Friday.

His comment comes after the New York Times, citing several people briefed on the deliberations, reported on Thursday that the president was seeking options to curb the number of American troops stationed in South Korea.

“The New York Times story is utter nonsense. The President has not asked the Pentagon to provide options for reducing American forces stationed in South Korea,” Bolton said.

Trump’s potential moves on the Korean peninsula come as the U.S. president is poised to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program.

The Trump administration is also engaged in efforts to secure the release of three Americans imprisoned in North Korea.

US won’t reduce forces in S Korea: Security adviser

National security adviser John Bolton (file)

Seoul

Hundreds of Korean Air Lines workers protested in the center

of Seoul on late Friday calling for the airline’s chairman Cho Yang-ho to resign because of the bad behavior of his daughters.

Wearing Guy Fawkes masks to hide their faces, the protesters carried placards saying “Cho Yang-ho, OUT” and “No mercy”.

The South Korean airline conglomerate has faced mounting public outrage after the chairman’s youngest daughter Cho Hyun-min

was accused of throwing a drink at people at a business meeting last month.

The tantrum by the heiress reignited public impatience with family-run conglomerates known as chaebol that dominate South Korea’s economy, over what some people see as unchecked bad behavior by the rich and powerful.

Cho Hyun-min is the younger sister of Heather Cho who made headlines around the world in 2014 when she lost her temper over the way she was served nuts in first class on a Korean Air plane and demanded that it return

to its gate at a New York airport. She was jailed and returned to work as an executive of Korean Air’s hotel affiliate in March.

In response to the public backlash, chairman Cho Yang-ho has made his daughters step down from their positions at the airline and made a public apology for their behavior.

But airline pilots, flight attendants and staff said they would continue to protest on the streets until the chairman also steps down. They are also demanding greater transparency over the management of the company.

Korean Air staff protest against ‘nut rage’ family

Cho Hyun-min, a former Korean Air senior executive and the younger daughter of the airline’s chairman Cho Yang-ho, arrives at a police station in Seoul, South Korea

Gaza Border

Israeli troops fired tear gas and live rounds at Palestinians

thronging the Gaza-Israel border on Friday as part of a long-running protest, injuring about 30 people.

Medics said 10 people were shot and wounded and 20 more treated for gas inhalation on the Palestinian side of the 25-mile (40 km) border fence, where Gazans set up tent encampments on March 30 for what they call “The Great March of Return”.

Youths rolled burning tires to within 500 meters (yards) of the

fence, using the smoke as a screen to counter Israeli sharpshooters on the other side. At least 43 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli army gunfire in the last month.

Protestors said they used slingshots to down a small Israeli observation drone overhead.

An Israeli military spokeswoman had no immediate comment.

As Israel celebrates its 70th birthday, Palestinians mourn what they call the “Nakba” (Catastrophe) of their people’s mass-dispossession during the conflict that broke out in 1948.

Israeli troops fire bullets, tear gas, 30 Palestinians hurt

Relatives mourn during the funeral of Palestinian Anas Abu Aser, who died of wounds he sustained during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border, in Gaza City

Beijing

The Trump administration has asked China to reduce its trade

deficit with the U.S. by $200 billion by the end of 2020, striking an assertive stance in talks aimed at averting a trade war between the world’s two-largest economies.

A U.S. official confirmed the authenticity of a document making that and other requests that were presented to China ahead of two days of trade talks that ended Friday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity due

to the confidential nature of the talks.

Earlier, President Donald Trump had said he wanted Beijing to cut by $100 billion the chronic U.S. trade deficit, which Washington says stood at a record $375.2 billion last year.

After the talks wrapped up, the Commerce Ministry said the two sides had agreed to set up a mechanism to try to work through their dispute, though differences remained, Chinese state media reported.

Trump wants China to reduce trade deficit by $200 Billion by 2020

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, center, leaves his hotel in Beijing


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South Korea-born Americanpastor andbusinessman

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South Korean media said Kimwas involved in humanitarianwork in North

Studied and worked in U.S. asaccountant for over 10 years,according to his Facebook page

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Three Americans detained in North Korea may be released as a gesture of good will, amid preparations for a meeting between leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump, reports say.The three Americans, Kim Dong Chul, Kim Hak-song and Kim Sang Duk, also known as Tony Kim, have been detained in North Korea for months.The U.S. State Department has said it can not confirm the validity of the reports on the prisoner move, which came from Choi Sung-ryong, a South Korean activist with contacts in the North.U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is believed to have discussed the prisoners’ release during a secret meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un over the Easter weekend in Pyongyang.At the beginning of March the White House confirmed that President Trump would meet Chairman Kim in late May or early June.

Release of Americans held in North Korea “imminent”

Inspectors took samples. Interviewed witnesses

Washington

President Donald Trump yesterday said the date and location have been

set for a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, which would be announced soon, and hinted at progress in winning the release of three Americans held in North Korea.

The White House has said the first meeting between sitting U.S. and North Korean leaders could take place in the coming weeks. Trump is expected to push for North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons.

“We’re having very substantive talks

with North Korea and a lot of things have already happened with respect to the (U.S.) hostages. I think you’re going to see very good things,” Trump told reporters.

The U.S. government is looking into reports that three Americans arrested in recent years in North Korea had recently been relocated from a labor camp to a hotel near Pyongyang, as expectations grow that they will be released before the summit.

Trump said this week that the demilitarized zone, or DMZ, between North and South Korea would be

an excellent venue for the planned summit, but that Singapore was also a possible site.

The Peace House at the DMZ was the venue for a meeting last month between Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

Trump also told reporters on Friday that he was not considering reducing the U.S. military’s presence in South Korea as part of the negotiations.

“Troops are not on the table,” he said before a flight to Dallas, Texas, where he will address the National Rifle Association.

Trump says date, place set for North Korea summit

Amsterdam

Chemical weapons inspectors have returned from a

mission to the Syrian town of Douma, where they took samples and interviewed witnesses to determine whether banned munitions were used in an attack last month, a diplomatic source said yesterday.

A team of experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons returned to the Netherlands on Thursday night after going to Damascus on April 14, the source said on condition of anonymity.

The suspected chemical attack prompted missile strikes by the United States, France and Britain on April 13 against several alleged chemical weapons facilities in Syria.

The OPCW is investigating the deaths of dozens of people in Douma, an enclave in Ghouta on the oustskrts of the Syrian capital, on April 7.

The United States and its allies say they were caused by chemical weapons, possibly a nerve agent, used by forces of the Russian-back government of President Bashar al-Assad.

Inspectors visited two sites of alleged attacks and took samples, which will be split at their laboratory in the Netherlands before being forwarded to affiliated national

labs for testing. Test results are typically returned within three to four weeks. The OPCW will not assign blame.

The inspectors were also expected to have taken samples from canisters found at the scene that are believed to have contained toxic agents dropped from airplanes or helicopters.

Russia and Syria last week held a briefing for states belonging to the OPCW to support Moscow’s assertion that no chemical weapons were used in Douma and the attack was staged by rebels.

The briefing was boycotted by several OPCW member states, who denounced the Russian event as “a crude propaganda exercise” intended to undermine the OPCW’s work.

Britain, the United States, France, Germany and others,

said in a statement that all material gathered so far supported their theory that chemical weapons were used in Douma.

The information gathered to date is “unassailable,” they said at the time. Medical NGOs having found traces of chemical agents and authenticated photo and video evidence reinforces the theory of gas intoxication by hundreds of victims.

The World Health Organization has also expressed concern “at reports from its partners of patients exhibiting signs and symptoms consistent with exposure to toxic chemicals.”

A joint United Nations-OPCW investigation concluded last year that Syrian government forces used sarin nerve agent and chlorine in several attacks.

Chemical weapons inspectors return

Inspectors visited two sites of alleged attacks

Samples will be tested in Netherlands and affili-ated national labsResults within three to four weeks

OPCW will not assign blame

A joint United Nations-OPCW investigation concluded last year that Syrian government forces used sarin nerve agent and chlorine in several attacks

OPCW inspectors is seen in Damascus


Unanimously approved as the president of the State of Palestine

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman swiftly rejected Abbas’ apologyU.N. Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov called Abbas’ comments “deeply disturbing”.

NASA’s robotic Mars lander, InSight, will study the interior structure of the Red Planet to answer questions about the early formation of the inner planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars – 4.5 billion years ago.InSight -- short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport -- is scheduled to launch atop an Atlas V-401 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. InSight is due to land at Mars’ Elysium Planitia on November 4. The mission’s launch period is May 5 through June 8, 2018.InSight is the first mission ever dedicat-ed to the Red Planet’s deep interior and will use its trio of instruments to enable scientists to understand how different its crust, mantle and core are from their counterparts on Earth.InSight’s Rotation and Interior Structure Experiment, RISE, uses the same technol-ogy that a smartphone uses to find its location. RISE will precisely track the loca-tion of the lander to determine just how much the North Pole wobbles as Mars orbits the Sun. These observations will provide detailed

information on the size of Mars’ iron-rich core and help determine whether the centre is liquid or solid.The Heat Flow and Physical Properties Probe, HP3 for short, will be placed on the planet’s surface by InSight’s robot arm.Developed by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt), HP3 will burrow down to almost five metres to take Mars’ tempera-ture, reveal how much heat is flowing out of the planet, and what the source of that heat is. HP3 will help determine whether Mars formed from the same stuff as Earth and the Moon.The third instrument, developed by France’s Centre National d’Études Spatiales (CNES), is an ultra-sensitive seis-mometer. SEIS, the Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure, is also placed on the Martian surface to take the “pulse” of Mars -- seis-mic waves created by quakes, meteorite impacts, and even surface vibrations gen-erated by activity such as dust storms.These seismic events, heat flows and wobbles will give a “snapshot” of the planet’s interior and could inform scien-tists how the Earth formed and evolved.

InSight to study interior of Mars

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories)

President Mahmud Abbas was reelected head of

the Palestine Liberation Organization yesterday, as the veteran leader seeks to strengthen his control over politics in the occupied West Bank.

A four-day meeting of the PLO’s parliament, the Palestinian National Council (PNC), which was not attended by Abbas’s Islamist rivals Hamas, backed Abbas and selected a new leadership of the PLO’s executive committee.

“President Abu Mazen (Abbas) was nominated and unanimously approved as the president of the State of Palestine,” senior Palestinian official Nabil Shaath told AFP.

“An executive committee was chosen and an executive council was chosen.” But the event was overshadowed by comments made by Abbas during his opening speech in which he appeared to blame Jewish behaviour for their persecution in Europe.

Israel, the European Union,

United States and others lined up to criticise his words, which were labelled anti-Semitic.

In closing remarks early Friday, Abbas did not respond to the criticism. The new executive committee, the most senior body of the PLO and effectively Abbas’s cabinet, included nine new names out of 15. A number of potential rivals, including Yasser Abed Rabbo, were removed.

The previously 18-member

committee was kept to just 15 representatives to leave space for Hamas and two smaller parties that boycotted the event.

Some opposed the event being held in the West Bank, where Israel controls movement, and others wanted the meeting to be postponed until a later date.

Hamas, which controls Gaza, has dismissed the PNC meeting.

A reconciliation deal signed by Hamas and Abbas’s Fatah party in October has collapsed.

Abbas reelected

Jerusalem

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas offered

an apology after he was accused of anti-Semitism for suggesting that historic persecution of European Jews had been caused by their conduct, not by their religion.

Abbas condemned anti-Semitism and called the Holocaust the “most heinous crime in history” in a statement issued by his office in Ramallah after a four-day meeting of the

Palestinian National Council (PNC), at which he had made the remarks.

“If people were offended by my statement in front of the PNC, especially people of the Jewish faith, I apologize to them,” Abbas said in the statement.

“I would like to assure everyone that it was not my intention to do so, and to reiterate my full respect for the Jewish faith, as well as other monotheistic faiths.”

He said that Jews living in Europe had suffered massacres “every 10 to 15 years in some country since the 11th century and until the Holocaust”.

Citing books written by various authors, Abbas said: “They say hatred against Jews was not because of their religion, it was because of their social profession. So the Jewish issue that had spread against the Jews across Europe was not because of their religion, it was because of usury and banks.”

Abbas offers apology for remarks on Jews

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories)

Hundreds of Palestinians began gathering on the Gaza

border yesterday for the sixth week of protests in which dozens have already been killed by Israeli fire.

At a protest camp east of Gaza City, several hundred people prepared for demonstrations expected to gain momentum

in the mid-afternoon following the main weekly Muslim prayers.

Organisers said part of Friday’s plans included attempting to fly dozens of kites, some carrying Molotov cocktails, over the border fence.

A 32-year-old man wearing a camouflage hat with his face masked, a traditional keffiyeh scarf around his neck, said they

hoped to fly around 50 kites.“We hope to return back to

our land, which is occupied,” said the man who declined to give his name. “I’m not afraid, only of Allah.”

Forty-nine Palestinians have been killed since protests and clashes began along the Gaza border on March 30 and hundreds of others have been wounded from gunfire.

Hundreds of palestinians gather for protests along Gaza border

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas heads a Palestinian cabi-net meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah

BUSINESS 9Saturday, May 5, 2018

Mumbai

Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart’s board is yet to finalise a deal to sell a controlling stake

to Walmart Inc, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, adding a deal could just be days away. Bloomberg reported earlier that Flipkart’s had approved a deal to sell a stake of about 75pc to a group led by U.S. retail giant Walmart for about $15 billion.

Washington

Apple Inc’s stock hit an all-time high yesterday after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway

Inc disclosed it had bought 75 million more shares of the iPhone maker in the first three months of the year. Buffett’s increased stake, confirmed by a representative of the billionaire investor, pushed Apple’s shares up as much as 3.8 percent to $183.65.

-Donald Trump,

Flipkart yet to finalise stake sale I have great respect for President Xi. That’s why we’re being so nice. U.S is not taking a harder stance against China.”

Apple hits record high

US President

US Jobs rebound

modestly

England’s local elections decided 4,371 council seats, determining the makeup of 151 local government authorities who are responsible for the day-to-day provision of public services. Just over 40 percent of the seats are in the 32 boroughs of the capital, London.

London brought disappointment for Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party and relief for Theresa May. The Conservatives held on to Westminster in the heart of London’s political district, and Wandsworth -- both Labour targets.

May’s Tories won councils in the pro-Brexit regions of Basildon and Peterborough, taking votes from the anti-EU UK Independence Party (UKIP), but lost control of Trafford in Manchester -- its only foothold in the Labour-dominated northern region.

Washington

US job growth increased less than expected in April

and the unemployment rate dropped to near a 17-1/2-year low of 3.9 per cent as some jobless Americans left the labor force.

The Labour Department’s closely watched employment report on Friday also showed wages barely rose last month, which could ease concerns that inflation pressures are rapidly building up, likely keeping the Federal Reserve on a gradual path of monetary policy tightening.

Nonfarm payrolls increased by 164,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said on Friday. Data for March was revised up to show payrolls rising by 135,000 jobs instead of the previously reported 103,000.

That was still the fewest amount of jobs created in six months and followed an outsized gain of 324,000 in February.

While cold weather in March and April probably held back job growth, hiring is moderating as the labor market hits full employment. There has been an increase in reports of employers, especially in the construction and manufacturing sectors, struggling to find qualified workers.

The drop of two-tenths of a percentage point in the unemployment rate from 4.1 percent in March pushed it to a level last seen in December 2000 and within striking distance of the Fed’s forecast of 3.8 percent by the end of this year. It was the first time in six months that the jobless rate

dropped. But 236,000 people left the labor force in April. The labor force participation rate, or the proportion of working-age Americans who have a job or are looking for one, fell to 62.8 percent last month from 62.9 percent in March.

Economists polled by Reuters had forecast payrolls rising by 192,000 jobs in April and the unemployment rate falling to 4.0 percent.

Longer-dated U.S. Treasury yields fell after the data. The dollar pared losses against a basket of currencies and U.S. stock index futures trimmed losses.

The economy needs to create roughly 120,000 jobs per month to keep up with growth in the working-age population. Employment gains have averaged 199,750 jobs per month this year.

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Turkish cargo ship collides with Greek warship: ministryAnkara

There were no casualties after a Turkish cargo

ship collided with a Greek warship in the Aegean Sea early on Friday, Turkey’s Ministry of Transport said in a

statement.The Greek navy earlier said

one its gunboats was nudged by a Turkish cargo vessel while on patrol for unauthorised migrant crossings in the Aegean.

“We have received information that there is no threat of sinkage, death, casualties or environmental pollution,”Turkey’s Ministry of Transport said in a statement.

Job seekers line up at TechFair in Los Angeles, California

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COUNTRY/CURRENCIES SELLBUY

Rates are for indication purpose only. For firm rates or for currencies not listed above please call Bahrain Financing Company. Telephone: 17228888, Website: www.bfc.com.bh

COUNTRY 1 US DLR 1 UK STG 1 SFR 100 YEN

BAHRAIN 0.3770 0.5738 0.3784 0.3439

KUWAIT 0.2855 31.2965 0.2866 0.2604

OMAN 0.3849 0.3834 0.3864 0.3511

QATAR 3.6420 3.6282 3.6559 3.3224

UAE 3.6730 3.6590 3.6870 3.3507

SAUDI 3.7500 3.7358 3.7643 3.4209

AUSTRALIA 0.2908 0.2884 BANGLADESH 0.00470 0.00452 CANADA 0.2998 0.2966 DENMARK 0.0638 EGYPT 0.0237 0.0219 EURO 0.4584 0.4559 HONGKONG 0.04967 0.04927 INDIA 0.00573 0.00571 INDONESIA 0.00002911 0.00002768 IRAN TUMAN 0.00010959 IRAQI DINAR 0.000317 JAPAN 0.00360 0.003530 JORDAN 0.5359 0.5351 KOREA 0.00040082 KUWAIT 1.263 1.264 MALAYSIA 0.0983 0.0982 NEW ZEALAND 0.2694 0.2694 NORWAY 0.0489 NEPAL 0.00387 0.00355 OMAN 0.98168 0.98301 PAKISTAN 0.00345 0.00327 PHILIPPINES 0.00744 0.00730 QATAR 0.10381 0.10404 SAUDI ARABIA 0.1006 0.10067 SINGAPORE 0.2877 0.2857 SOUTH AFRICA 0.03130 0.03120 SRI LANKA 0.00277 0.00240 SWEDISH 0.0457 SWITZERLAND 0.3854 0.3824 SYRIA 0.001740 0.0017 TAIWAN 0.013600 THAILAND 0.012130 0.012080 TURKEY 0.0959 UNITED KINGDOM 0.5201 0.5171 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 0.102850 0.102870 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 0.37790 0.37800 YUAN 0.056800 0.056800

In 2009, a drunk New Zealander lost a poker bet and had his name changed

to “Full Metal Havok More Sexy N Intelligent Than Spock And All The

Superheroes Combined With Frostnova”. He found out that it was accepted 5 years later after receiving a confirmation letter.

London

Oil prices rose yesterday but stayed below recent highs

as global supplies remained tight and the market awaited news from Washington on possible new U.S. sanctions against Iran. Brent crude oil was up 10 cents at $73.72 a barrel by 1315 GMT. The benchmark contract hit a 3-1/2 year closing high of $75.17 on Monday.

U.S. light crude was 15 cents higher at $68.58.

“The energy complex is entering a consolidation phase as a wait-and-see approach takes hold ahead of next week’s Iranian sanctions waiver deadline,” said Stephen Brennock, analyst at London brokerage PVM Oil Associates.

“Expectations that the United States will pull out of the (Iran nuclear) deal and refrain from extending sanctions relief are keeping both crude markers near three-year peaks,” he added.

ANZ analysts Daniel Hynes and Soni Kumari said Brent could reach $80 a barrel by the end of this year, attributing recent strength to rising geopolitical risks and tighter global supply.

“We expect the market to tighten even further in second half 2018,” they wrote in a note to clients.

Investors are concerned that sanctions against Iran could cut oil supplies.

Iran’s foreign minister said on Thursday that U.S. demands to change its 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers were unacceptable as a deadline set by President

Donald Trump for Europeans to “fix” the deal loomed.

Trump has said that unless European allies rectify the “terrible flaws” in the international accord by May 12, he will refuse to extend U.S. sanctions relief for the oil-producing Islamic Republic.

“Prices reflect a premium for Iran uncertainties. Investors are worried about supplies

after Iran took a tough stance in its response to the United States,” said Wang Xiao, head of crude research with Guotai Junan Futures.

European powers still want to hand Trump a plan to save the Iran nuclear deal next week. But they have also started work on protecting EU-Iranian business ties if the U.S. president makes good on a threat to withdraw. (Reuters)

Oil strong as US decision on Iran sanctions looms

Oil pumpjacks are seen near Aneth, Utah, U.S (Reuters)

New Delhi

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said yesterday that

five state ministers would consider ways to subsidise sugarcane growers suffering from weak prices, including possibly making consumers pay a surcharge in addition to the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Expectations of a bumper sugarcane crop this year have led to falling prices and caused financial losses for sugar mills, which are seeking federal and state government support to cover what they owe farmers.

India is the second largest sugar producer after Brazil.

India had abolished a surcharge on sugar, or cess, after the introduction of the nationwide GST last year, but

the central government has proposed reintroducing it in response to requests by some states.

Speaking to reporters after meeting state and central finance ministry officials attending a GST council, Jaitley said five ministers were expected to deliver other recommendations in the next two weeks, including “the imposition of a cess or temporarily increasing the tax.”

Wholesale sugar prices fell by more than 10 percent in March from a year ago.

Industry officials last month said the amount owed by sugar mills to farmers could leap to a record 250 billion rupees ($3.8 billion) in the 2017/18 season. (Reuters)

India plans surcharge on sugar to subsidise farmers

Labourers lift a sack filled with sugar at a wholesale market in Kolkata (Reuters)


Meghan Markle’s father to walk her down aisle

Both the bride-to-be’s divorced parents would have “important roles” in the ceremonyThree siblings of Britain’s Prince Harry’s late mother Princess Diana will be at the wedding

London

Meghan Markle’s father will walk her down

the aisle when the American actress marries Britain’s Prince Harry this month and both her parents will meet Queen Elizabeth and senior royals in the run-up to the ceremony, Kensington Palace said yesterday.

Both the bride-to-be’s divorced parents, Thomas Markle and Doria Ragland, would have “important roles” in the wedding at Windsor Castle on May 19, Jason Knauf, Harry’s Communications Secretary told reporters.

“On the morning of the wedding, Ms Ragland will travel with Ms Markle by car to Windsor Castle,” Knauf said. “Mr Markle will walk his daughter down the aisle of St George’s Chapel. Ms Markle is delighted to have her parents by her side on this important and happy occasion.”

There had been speculation about what role Markle’s parents, who divorced when she was six, would play in the wedding ceremony. Thomas Markle, 73, a former lighting director for TV soaps and sitcoms had said he had wanted to give his daughter away.

Knauf said they would fly over from the United States the week before the wedding and both would for the first time meet their new in-laws including the 92-year-old queen, her husband Prince Philip, Harry’s father Prince Charles, Harry’s elder brother William and his wife Kate.

The detail about Markle’s parents was part of a slew of information released by Knauf ahead about the wedding which is attracting massive global media attention.

The three siblings of Harry’s late mother Princess Diana, who was killed in a Paris car crash in 1997 when he was 12, will be at the wedding with her sister Lady Jane Fellowes giving the reading.

“Prince Harry and Ms. Markle both feel honoured that Lady Jane will be representing her family and helping to celebrate the memory of the

late princess on the wedding day,” Knauf said.

Harry and William, who is his best man, are expected to arrive on foot at the castle’s St George’s Chapel where the ceremony will be held. Markle will meet her father at the church after arriving by car with her mother.

No details were given of the guests but it has already been confirmed that no political figures would be present who were not personal friends of the couple.

Knauf also revealed that Markle would not be having a maid of honour, and that the bridesmaids and page boys would all be children.

“She has a very close knit group of friends and she did not want to choose one over the other,” Knauf said. “They have also been actively involved in helping her prepare for the day and are going to be there at Windsor on the day before in London and she’s very pleased to have their support on the day.”

One royal who will not be attending is William and Kate’s new son Louis who was born on April 23, although his mother and two older siblings, George, 4, and Charlotte, 3, will be there.

The queen’s 96-year-old husband Philip is expected to be there having undergone a hip replacement operation last month.

Knauf said the newlyweds would not immediately be heading off on honeymoon and would carry out their first public engagement as a married couple the week after the wedding.

One tradition of recent British royal weddings has been for the newlyweds to share a kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after the ceremony, something that will not be possible with the marriage taking place at Windsor.

Asked if the world would see something similar, Knauf said: “I have no comments on the kissing today.” (Reuters)

Prince Harry to marry Meghan Markle

Sources: Clarence House, BBC, Julie Mullins Pictures: Getty Images, AP © GRAPHIC NEWS

Sep 15, 1984: Born in London,second son of Prince Charlesand Princess Diana. Currentlyfifth in line to throne

PRINCE HARRY MEGHAN MARKLEAug 4, 1981: Born in Los Angeles

to cinematographer Thomas Markleand African-American social workerDoria Ragland

Sep 1997: Aged 12, attractsglobal sympathy as he walks behindhis mother’s coffin at her funeral

2005-15: Serves in armed forces,in which he twice sees action inAfghanistan, including as Apachehelicopter co-pilot and gunner

2012: Photos appear of Harrynaked in Las Vegas hotel room,latest of several indiscretions forwhich he later apologises

2014: Launches Invictus Games,Paralympic-style competition forinjured ex-service personnel

2016: Continues much of Diana’scharity work, and with brother andsister-in-law William and Katefounds Heads Together campaignto tackle stigma of mental health

2002: First TV role, in medicaldrama General Hospital

2011-17: Best known for her roleas Rachel Zane in legal dramaSuits. Has now left show

2011: Marries film producerTrevor Engelson, but coupledivorce two years later

2014-17: Edits own lifestylewebsite and brand The Tig,covering topics such as food, beauty,fashion and travel. These are closedin April 2017, increasing speculationover royal engagement

2016: Becomes GlobalAmbassador for World VisionCanada, which campaignsfor better education, food andhealthcare for children worldwide

Britain’s Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle arrive at a service at St Martin-in-The Fields

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Chief Executive of the Supreme Council for the Environment (SCE) Dr. Mohammed Mubarak bin Daina chaired the third meet-ing of biodiversity experts. The meeting discussed the final doc-ument related to up-dating the annexes of the Convention on the Conservation Wildlife and its Natural Habitats in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).

The Philippine Embassy and the Filipino community in Bahrain celebrated Labour Day with a Flag hoisting Ceremony at the Em-bassy grounds in the presence of Ambassador Alfonso A. Ver, Embassy officials and community members.

The preparatory meeting for the second session of the Bahraini-Algerian Joint Committee was held on April 29-30 in Algeria at the level of experts from both sides. Participating in the meet-ing on behalf of Bahrain were Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Regional and GCC Affairs Ambassador Waheed Mubarak Sayyar and on behalf of Algeria Director Gen-eral for Arab countries Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Mohammed Yarki.

Labour and Social Development Minister Jameel Humaidan received writer Ahmed Sabah Al-Salloum, who presented a copy of his new book: “Small Enterprises: Special Vision”. The minister welcomed the author and commended the valuable book, which serves as a reference for owners of small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Abdulla Al Khalifa met Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Raj-apaksa in the presence of Al Namal & VKL Group Chairman Varghese Kurian in Sri Lanka yesterday.

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National Guard Staff-Director Major-General Shaikh Abdulaziz bin Saud Al Khalifa patronised the graduation of a specialized training course for officers from BDF, Interior Ministry and National Guard. The ceremony was held at the Training Wing of the National Guard Camp in Sakhir. Commander of the Special Opera-tions Unit Maj. Shaikh Salman bin Mohammed Al Khalifa and a number of senior officers were also present.

Bahrain Red Crescent Society’s General Secretary, Dr. Fawzi Amin partook in the 43rd General Assembly of the Arab Red Crescent and Red Cross Organization (ARCO) held in Baghdad from 18 to 20 April 2018. Dr. Fawzi spoke about the keenness of Bahrain RCS to con-solidate its partnership with other Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, and held talks with a number of National Society representa-tives. On the sidelines of the event, Bahrain Red Crescent Society organised an exhibition which highlighted its position on the map of international assistance and the role played by the Society in this field.

The Philippine Embassy and the Filipino community in Bahrain celebrated Labour Day with a Flag hoisting Ceremony at the Em-bassy grounds in the presence of Ambassador Alfonso A. Ver, Embassy officials and community members.

Minister of Information Affairs Ali bin Moham-med Al Rumaihi hosted a lunch banquet in honour of the Saudi media del-egation, marking the se-lection of the Saudi me-dia as Guest of Honour of the Prince Khalifa bin Salman Press Award. The Minister hailed deep-rooted historic and fra-ternal relations between Bahrain and Saudi Ara-bia, lauding kinship ties and bonds of religion, language and common destiny. Minister of For-eign Affairs Shaikh Kha-lid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa attended.

Vice President of the Supreme Judicial Council and President of the Court of Cassation Ad-visor Abdullah bin Hassan Al Buainain received Director of Criminal Procedures Depart-ment Dr. Arif Ahmed Al Zay-ani who presented a copy of his doctoral thesis from the Faculty of Applied, Economic and Social Sciences at Sidi Mo-hamed ben Abdellah Univer-sity in Fez-Morocco, titled “Ad-ministrative Investigation with Public Service Employees in Bahrain: A Comparative Study.”

Chairman of the Jaffari Endowments Council Shaikh Mohsen Al-Asfoor received a delegation from the King Hamad Global Centre for Peace-ful Co-existence, led by Board of Trustees’ Deputy Chairperson Betsy B Mathieson. Deputy Chairman of the Jaffari Endowments Council Dr. Abdul Hussain Al-Dairi and Acting Director of the Jaffari Endowments Ali Mirza Khamis were also present. The Chairman welcomed the del-egation, and lauded the lofty goals of the King Hamad Global Centre for Peaceful Co-existence.

The preparatory meeting for the second session of the Bahraini-Algerian Joint Committee was held on April 29-30 in Algeria at the level of experts from both sides. Participating in the meet-ing on behalf of Bahrain were Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Regional and GCC Affairs Ambassador Waheed Mubarak Sayyar and on behalf of Algeria Director Gen-eral for Arab countries Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Mohammed Yarki.

Los Angeles

Rapper Kanye West has been accused of stealing

fashion sketches from a former designer of the brand Nike.

West, 40, has been accused of stealing a design blueprint and calling it his own when

in actuality it appeared to be an original sketch by former

Nike designer Tony Spackman, who currently serves as design director of Givenchy, reports people.com.

It all started when West tweeted the sketch on April 30 with the caption, “This

is where a YEEZY study for base layer starts. I’m so excited about our new design team.

Yeezy is no longer a fashion company we should be referred to as apparel or clothing or simply YEEZY.”

West’s tweet caught the attention of Spackman who posted on his Instagram Stories a comparison of his sketches and West’s which appeared to be identical. (IANS)

London

‘Modern Family’ star Sarah Hyland is all set to feature in the romcom ‘The Wedding

Year’.According to reports, the 27-year-old actor will

be directed by ‘Legally Blonde’ filmmaker Robert Luketic.

The story revolves around a marriage-averse Los Angeles-based photographer (Hyland), who is invited to 15 weddings in the same year with her new ready-to-tie-the-knot boyfriend. The actor is executive producing, with Lakeshore’s Gary Lucchesi, Marc Reid and Mark Korshak attached as producers.

Production will begin later this month here. (PTI)

Ellen DeGeneres @TheEllenShow

Amber is the kind of person everyone should

have in their audience, especially when you

have her wonderful family hiding backstage.


Los Angeles

Actress Carrie Coon has been roped in for the second season of crime

drama series “The Sinner”.Coon is set to play Vera, described

as a formidable, mysterious woman who struggles between upholding the ideals of the community she leads and fulfilling her own desires. The casting marks Coon’s return to television after critically adored turns in “The Leftovers” and season three of “Fargo,” reports variety.com.

Joining her in the season two cast for “The Sinner” are Natalie Paul and Hannah Gross. Paul will play Heather, a detective in training. Gross will play Marin, Heather’s best friend from high school. “The Sinner” will continue as an anthology that follows Bill Pullman’s Detective Harry Ambrose. (IANS)

Los Angeles

Rapper Kanye West has been accused of stealing

fashion sketches from a former designer of the brand Nike.

West, 40, has been accused of stealing a design blueprint and calling it his own when

in actuality it appeared to be an original sketch by former

Nike designer Tony Spackman, who currently serves as design director of Givenchy, reports people.com.

It all started when West tweeted the sketch on April 30 with the caption, “This

is where a YEEZY study for base layer starts. I’m so excited about our new design team.

Yeezy is no longer a fashion company we should be referred to as apparel or clothing or simply YEEZY.”

West’s tweet caught the attention of Spackman who posted on his Instagram Stories a comparison of his sketches and West’s which appeared to be identical. (IANS)

London

‘Modern Family’ star Sarah Hyland is all set to feature in the romcom ‘The Wedding

Year’.According to reports, the 27-year-old actor will

be directed by ‘Legally Blonde’ filmmaker Robert Luketic.

The story revolves around a marriage-averse Los Angeles-based photographer (Hyland), who is invited to 15 weddings in the same year with her new ready-to-tie-the-knot boyfriend. The actor is executive producing, with Lakeshore’s Gary Lucchesi, Marc Reid and Mark Korshak attached as producers.

Production will begin later this month here. (PTI)

Ellen DeGeneres @TheEllenShow

Amber is the kind of person everyone should

have in their audience, especially when you

have her wonderful family hiding backstage.


Los Angeles

Actress Carrie Coon has been roped in for the second season of crime

drama series “The Sinner”.Coon is set to play Vera, described

as a formidable, mysterious woman who struggles between upholding the ideals of the community she leads and fulfilling her own desires. The casting marks Coon’s return to television after critically adored turns in “The Leftovers” and season three of “Fargo,” reports variety.com.

Joining her in the season two cast for “The Sinner” are Natalie Paul and Hannah Gross. Paul will play Heather, a detective in training. Gross will play Marin, Heather’s best friend from high school. “The Sinner” will continue as an anthology that follows Bill Pullman’s Detective Harry Ambrose. (IANS)

Los Angeles

Vin Diesel has teased that the next instalment of the

‘Fast and Furious’ franchise will be ‘bigger’ than its predecessor and might be set in Africa.

During an interview, the 50-year-old actor confirmed that Justin Lin, who helmed three films in the franchise, will be returning to direct the next two ‘Fast & Furious’ films. “It does get bigger. I just got off the phone with Justin Lin, who is directing ‘Fast 9’ and ‘Fast 10’, and I can’t tell you how excited he is,” Diesel said.

Over the years, the ‘Fast and Furious’ films have been set in and explored different countries. (PTI)


Gal Gadot is an Israeli actress and model. She was born and raised in Israel. At age 18 she was crowned Miss Israel 2004. She then served two years in the Israel Defence Forces as a combat instructor. She began studying at IDC Herzliya college before pursuing modelling and acting. Gadot’s first film role came as Gisele Yashar in The Fast and the Furious film franchise. She went on to achieve wide recognition for portraying Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe, starting with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and then the solo film Wonder Woman.

Gal Gadot

May 5, 1988

Adele

Popular singer who became a mainstream success at nineteen when she released the four-times Platinum-selling album 19 and won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2009.

An urban road movie set and shot among the Arab

community in the Israeli city of Nazareth, Wajib (“duty”) is a nicely low-key comedy-drama of fangled family and community ties from Palestinian writer-director Annemarie Jacir. Built foursquare around the charm and skill of co-leads Mohammad and Saleh Bakri,

father and son onscreen and off, it could be helped along the way to theatrical exposure if picking up a prize or two in the main competition at Locarno. Even if the Golden Leopard jury looks elsewhere, however, plentiful further festival play is a given for this accessible and genial glimpse into a complex and sometimes fraught area of the

Middle East, as provided by one of the region’s leading female filmmakers.

Bethlehem-born, Saudi-raised, New York-educated Jacir made waves with her Cannes-bowing 2008 debut Salt of This Sea, and followed up with When I Saw You (2012), skillfully imagining a child’s eye view of the 1967 Six-Day War. (hollywoodreporter)

Wajib

Los Angeles

Actress Jane Fonda had refused her role in “Book

Club” and only agreed to do the film when she was sent the re-written script.

In the film, Diane Keaton (Diane), Fonda (Vivian), Candice Bergen (Sharon) and Mary Steenburgen (Carol) play successful older women getting

back into the dating world thanks to the erotic thriller trilogy “Fifty Shades of Grey”.

The film is Bill Holderman’s directorial debut, who has also written the screenplay along with Erin Simms.

“The meetings with the actors were hard because Bill had to convince them to take a chance with him,” Simms said. (IANS)

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Under the Patronage of his Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa AlKhalifa, the 26th Annual Bahrain Heritage Festival brings the island’s unique culture to the forefront and showcases the variety and diversity of local heritage. The festival portrays the theme of “Memory of Muharraq” which features exhibition spaces, craftsmen, workshops, food ven-dors, and live traditional music. It also offers a chance to see some of Bahrain’s finest craftsmen at work. A balanced mixture of contemporary and traditional products at the souq which is sur-rounded by Bahraini cafes and offers the visitor to experience flavours of the Kingdom.

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CHINA GARDEN, CHINESE RESTAURANTDate: Open from Monday to Saturday.Venue: Gulf Hotel

Mainland China brought to your plate. The res-taurant, which is designed in a modern oriental style, offers a varied selection of food influenced by distinct Chinese regions creating Cantonese, Szechuan and Peking specialties. Signature dishes, including Chinese dim sum and Peking duck, are traditionally prepared by a team of renowned Chinese Chefs under leadership of Chef Ding to bring the tastes of mainland China to the Gulf hotel. China Garden is rumored to have been one of Michael Jackson’s favourite restaurants when he lived in Bahrain. Voted as Best Chinese restaurant by FACT Awards and Time Out. China Garden caters for 105 covers for lunch and dinner. Two private dining rooms are also available.

SATO, JAPANESE RESTAURANTDate: Open DailyVenue: Gulf Hotel Bahrain

The Gulf Hotel’s distinguished Sato restaurant has earned itself a reputation for serving the absolute best in Japanese cuisine .It is favored by guests who

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RASOI BY VINEETDate: Open daily Sun to Thur’s 12 noon to 3pmVenue: Gulf HotelRasoi by Vineet is the first fine-dining restaurant in Bahrain operated by a Michelin starred chef. Renowned chef-restaurateur Vineet Bhatia, three times awarded a Michelin star, takes you on a delectable Michelin-style journey into the world of contemporary Indian cuisine.To complement the innovative cuisine, enjoy our equally imaginative decor.Offering a modern interpretation of tradi-tional Indian style, the décor uses vibrant colours, imaginative artworks and sparkling crystals to cre-ate a dramatic interior overlooked by a team of Indian chef’s creating the finest Indian food from the show-kitchen.Rasoi By Vineet caters for 130 covers for lunch and dinner and features a private Chef’s Table dining room.

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Pivotal career matters may need to be thought through today. A lot could be at stake at work in the very near future. Whatever tasks you need to tend to could require a lot of effort and concentration. There’s a danger of sinking into a gloomy mood over it, but try to avoid this trap. You’ll probably accomplish whatever it is you’re hoping to do.

Today you might find that a long-term dream finally comes true. Perhaps a trip that you’ve fantasized about for a long time finally shows promise of actually happening, Taurus. A practical and methodical approach to arranging the details should make it seem that much more real to you. However, do take care to plan each step carefully.

Some strange and rather gloomy dreams could come your way tonight. They could, if you let them, catapult you into a rather depressed mood during the day. Writing them down might help exorcise the negative emotions. You could also be a bit depressed over money. This isn’t a good day to make investments, start a new business.

A lack of communication with an unhappy family member could have you feeling a little downhearted. You might wonder if you’ve done something to offend this person. Chances are you haven’t. The best way to handle situations like this is to encourage the person to communicate with you. If there’s no response, wait a day or so and ask again.

The promise of a promotion or raise could be on your mind today. You might try to visualize the next steps and anticipate tasks that take more effort and concentration than you’re used to. Don’t panic. It’s better to not push yourself so hard. Wait a few days until the planets relax a little and just do what you need to do - no more, no less.

You might decide to spend a large part of the day working on a project that requires a lot of mental energy. Plans to spend some time with either a close friend or lover might not turn out to be quite what you’d hoped. Your friend could be in a rather gloomy mood. A relaxing evening, perhaps a concert or funny movie, can release tension and boost bad moods. Enjoy!

A gloomy guest could arrive today, and likely need some cheering up. Do the best you can, but don’t try to do it by cooking a meal. The results of your efforts might not be all that exciting. This is a great day to go for fast food. Take your friend to a movie, concert, or art gallery. This could get your mind off his or her troubles and your mind off your friend!

Some rather depressing information could come your way, but don’t take it at face value. It might not be as bad as it seems. Check the facts before making yourself crazy. This isn’t a good day for visiting or running errands in your neighbourhood, as the traffic could be a nightmare. Anything you try to read today could seem boring, so movies are likely to be the best entertainment now.

A friend might be feeling a little depressed today and need some cheering up. Social events or group activities could be of great help in doing that, and it would do you some good as well. A long-term goal may finally be reached, justifying a celebration. Interacting with a group could take up a lot of your time and concentration, but take care not to get too tired.

Gloom over money matters might catch up with you at some point today. However, there’s nothing really major to worry about. Financially, your business affairs should be going well, so you’re probably doing better than you think. A little caution might be in order, especially regarding impulse buying or purchasing luxuries.

Today you might find yourself feeling a little low, but it doesn’t seem as if there’s any real reason for it. You may just have had a bad night and need some extra sleep. Some good news from far away could cheer you up in the afternoon. You might receive an invitation to go out to dinner with a close friend. You should be feeling like your old self again by evening.Old memories, traumas, and phobias from the past could affect your mood today. You might feel depressed without really knowing why. An event in your life has brought these feelings near the surface without revealing the source. If you’ve had any disturbing dreams or visions lately, write them down. They might offer a clue as to what’s bothering you.

1- Prevail over; 9- Characteristic actions; 15- Having ears that droop; 16- Leopardlike cat; 17- Sebaceous cyst; 18- Threatening words; 19- Lack; 20- Person who mutinies; 22- Slender graceful woman; 26- Arbitrator; 27- ___ see it...; 29- Shoebox marking; 30- WWW address; 31- Warhorse; 33- “Tattered Tom” author; 38- Ductile; 39- Restaurant in Greece; 41- Must; 42- Going out; 43- Defense advisory grp.; 46- Author Deighton; 47- Ginnie ___; 48- Dry red table wine of Italy; 52- Accumulation of fluids; 54- Freebooter; 56- One of the Baldwin brothers; 59- And others, in Latin; 60- Scatter in drops; 64- Destitution; 65- Bewildered; 66- Rubs out; 67- The act of issuing;

1- Pearl Buck heroine; 2- Ballot choice; 3- Book of the New Testament; 4- Like marshes; 5- Teen’s desire; 6- Guadalajara gold; 7- 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet; 8- Dutch cheese, wrapped in red wax; 9- Owl, e.g.; 10- Orange-brown antiseptic; 11- Designer Geoffrey; 12- Less healthy; 13- We’re off ___ the Wizard; 14- One cubic meter; 21- S.A. country; 23- Member of a French foreign corps; 24- Rind; 25- In this place; 27- Pituitary hormone; 28- Queens stadium; 32- Queue after Q; 34- Allow; 35- Old female cat; 36- Sicilian resort; 37- Fury; 39- Prefix with conference; 40- Canned; 44- Wanders away; 45- Ltd., in Paris; 48- Classy pancake; 49- Misanthrope; 50- Old toothpaste brand; 51- Great grade; 53- Spiritual sustenance; 55- Morales of “NYPD Blue”; 57- Util. bill; 58- Give up; 61- Letter addenda; 62- ACLU concerns; 63- Acknowledgment of debt;

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Stockholm

The Swedish Academy which decides the Nobel

Prize for Literature said yesterday it would not make the award this year because of a sexual misconduct scandal that has caused turmoil in its ranks and led to a string of board members stepping down.

The prize, one of the world’s most prestigious cultural honors, is awarded in early October and a postponement or cancellation has not occurred in decades.

But the usually secretive Academy acknowledged it needed time to restore public trust after allegations against the husband of one of its members and the admission

that the names of some prize-winners had been leaked.

The Academy, composed of Sweden’s literary elite, said it aimed to award two prizes in 2019, including the 2018 one.

“We find it necessary to commit time to recovering public confidence in the Academy before the next laureate can be announced,” Anders Olsson, who is interim Permanent Secretary of the Academy, said in a statement.

The turmoil caused by sexual allegations against the husband of one of the board members is unprecedented for the Academy, a revered institution established by King Gustav III in 1786 and still under royal patronage.

Rome

Italy’s art police say they’ve recovered three paintings

stolen in recent months from three small Bologna-area museums, after identifying the thief from surveillance videos.

The most well-known piece was a 1363 portrait of St. Ambrose attributed to Giusto de’ Menabuoi that was stolen in March from the National Pinacoteca of Bologna while it was open to the public.

In a statement Friday, the carabinieri art squad said investigators were able to zero in on the thief using surveillance videos from the museums, and tracked him down when he acted “suspiciously” near another Bologna museum.

They then searched his apartment and found the looted works.

Police filed a formal criminal complaint against him for aggravated theft.

Beijing

China yesterday denied allegations that its forces

targeted U.S. military aircraft with high-powered lasers near China’s military base in Djibouti, resulting in minor injuries to two pilots.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said China had informed

the U.S. that “after strict verification, we have told the U.S. side that what they alleged is absolutely untrue.”

“China always strictly abides by international law and the law of the country of residency and is committed to maintaining regional security and stability,” said a Ministry statement.

Nobel Literature award postponed amid scandal

Italy recovers 3 paintings stolen from museums

17 dead in Myanmar jade mine landslide

A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has killed 17 people, local authorities said Friday, the latest disaster to hit the murky multi-billion dollar industry.

Flooding across Kenya trig-gered by weeks of torrential rain has left 112 people dead and displaced hundreds of thousands of others, the Red Cross said Friday.

Pakistani police official says gunmen have killed six labor-ers who were working on a project for the national phone company in the country’s southwestern region border-ing Iran.

European Union carbon emis-sions from burning fossil fuels increased in 2017, statistics office Eurostat said.

Kenya floods leave 112 dead in two months

Gunmen kill 6 workers for phone company

EU carbon emissions rose in 2017: Eurostat

“The United States will continue to pressure Myanmar to create necessary conditions for the safe and voluntary return of the Rohingya people to their homeland.”

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China denies using lasers on US aircraft in Djibouti

Emergency declared No injuries or deaths

Anders Olsson, the acting permanent secretary of the Swedish AcademyHundreds of people were

under an evacuation order on Friday after the Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island came to life, belching ash into the sky and spewing fountains of lava in a residential area, officials said.

The volcano, one of five on the island, erupted on Thursday after a series of earthquakes over the last couple of days, including a 5.0 tremor earlier in the day, the U.S. Geological Survey reported on its website.

Residents in the Puna communities of Leilani Estates and Lanipuna Gardens subdivisions, home to about 1,700 people, were ordered to evacuate after public works officials reported steam and lava spewing from a crack, according to the county’s Civil Defense Agency.

Two emergency shelters were opened to take in evacuees, the Civil Defense Agency said, while Governor David Ige activated the Hawaii National Guard to provide emergency response help.

Resident Ikaika Marzo told Hawaii News Now that he saw “fountains” of lava as high as 125 feet (38 m). Other residents also told the news network that they smelled burning brush and heard tree branches snapping.

The Hawaii Fire Department reported extremely high levels of dangerous sulfur dioxide gas detected in the evacuation area, the Civil Defense Agency said.

Footage from a drone aired on the Hawaii News Now website showed lava

incinerating trees as it crept near structures.

A 492-foot-long (150 m) fissure erupted with lava for about two hours in Leilani Estates at about 5:30 p.m. local time, the Hawaii Volcano Observatory said on its website.

Lava, which can reach temperatures of about 2,100 Fahrenheit (1,150 Celsius), spread less than about 10 m (33 ft) from the fissure, the observatory said.

“The opening phases of fissure eruptions are dynamic

and uncertain. Additional erupting fissures and new lava outbreaks may occur,” it said.

The Kilauea Volcano has been erupting nearly continuously for more than three decades. Lava flows from the volcano have covered 48 square miles (125 sq km), according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Local officials closed volcano viewing areas while a portion of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was also closed. (Reuters)

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London

Rangers unveiled former Liverpool and England

captain Steven Gerrard as their new manager yesterday, handing the rookie boss the daunting task of ending Celtic’s domination of the Scottish Premiership.

Gerrard, who has previously only worked with Liverpool’s Under-18s, takes the helm of the giant club who have fallen on hard times in the past decade despite winning a record 54 Scottish titles.

Celtic -- under Brendan Rodgers, Gerrard’s former boss at Anfield -- are bidding for an unprecedented successive treble and are unbeaten against their Old Firm rivals in 11 games but Gerrard said he could not wait to get his teeth into the new role.

“I’m very aware of Rangers, the size of the club, I’ve watched them from afar and been lucky enough to watch some of the Old Firm games,” he told a press conference at the club’s Ibrox stadium.

“It was a no-brainer for me. There were a lot of different things to think about but from that first phone call I got a special feeling and I knew that Rangers were for me.”

Gerrard, who named former Liverpool team-mate Gary McAllister as his assistant, said he could not help his lack of experience, adding that he had missed the pressure of fighting for three points since he stopped playing.

“I know there will be a lot of pressure and a lot of scrutiny but that’s what I love about football,” added the 37-year-old, who hung up his boots in 2016 after a 12-month stint with LA Galaxy.

Chairman Dave King said Gerrard “ticked every box”

other than experience.“A lot of the other managers

who have been named, they have had experience but that experience was not necessarily good,” he said. “Steven’s character outweighed his inexperience.”

Inspirational captain Gerrard was an inspirational

captain and Champions League winner in a 17-year career at Anfield but now faces a different challenge against Celtic, who sealed the Scottish title on Sunday with a 5-0 thumping of Rangers.

The arrival of the former England midfielder will restore some star power to a league that has found it increasingly hard to attract and hold onto top players against the booming television revenues of the Premier League.

Rangers are still recovering from the fallout of their liquidation in 2012 and subsequent demotion to the fourth tier of Scottish football.

In their s e c o n d s e a s o n back in the top flight, R a n g e r s trail Celtic by 13

points, and are locked in a battle with Aberdeen and Hibernian just to finish second.

Celt ic ’s Rodgers , speaking before the official announcement, had warm words for his former player.

“As a guy he was ultra-professional, (he had) incredible qualities as a

footballer,” he said.“That level of professionalism

all his career made him a great player so I am sure he will take all those attributes into management.”

Rangers fans excited by the prospect of Gerrard’s arrival said he could help the club recruit better-quality players in what is expected to be a busy transfer window.

But the club still have to overcome a huge financial disparity with Celtic. Bolstered by revenue from the Champions League,

Celtic’s £90 million ($122 million) turnover last year was three times that of their Old Firm rivals.

Caretaker manager Graeme Murty, who had

been promoted from his role as the club’s under-20 coach,

was sacked this week after six months

in charge. (AFP)

I’m very aware of Rangers, the size

of the club, I’ve watched them from afar and been lucky

enough to watch some of the Old

Firm gamesSteven Gerrard

Steven Gerrard

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Atletico Madrid advanced to the Europe League final 2-1 on aggregate after a 1-0 victory over Arsenal

Fabio Aru (file pic)

Madrid

Atletico Madrid advanced to the Europe League

final 2-1 on aggregate after a 1-0 victory over Arsenal at the Wanda Metropolitano on Thursday. Diego Simeone’s side booked their first final in the competition since winning it in 2012 while also denying Arsene Wenger his last chance to lift a European trophy as manager of Arsenal, where he’s set to leave after 22 years at season’s end.

Simeone, serving a touchline ban after being sent off in the Emirates first leg, watched from a stadium suite as his men rode a goal from Diego Costa to their fourth continental final in his tenure as boss.

Costa was unlucky not to score on just six minutes when he battled past two Arsenal

defenders before firing well wide from an angle with only goalkeeper David Ospina to beat.

Laurent Koscielny came off in the 11th minute with what looked to be a serious, non-contact injury to his lower leg. The France international pounded the ground with his hand and was in visible pain for several minutes before being stretchered off and replaced by Calum Chambers, with reports later suggesting he suffered a ruptured achilles.

Arsenal created their best chance of the half midway through -- Alexandre Lacazette, laying off for Mesut Ozil in the box but the German’s low cross from close range could only find rojiblanco legs in the six-yard box.

Antoine Griezmann went close on 37 minutes, swiveling

and sliding his shot just wide of the post after finding space in the area.

But Costa redeemed himself in first-half stoppage time. Started by a long ball from goalkeeper Jan Oblak, Griezmann’s sweeping pass to the left found the Spain international who held off Hector Bellerin and fired past Ospina with his left foot.

Needing a goal to force extra-time, Arsenal pushed forward in the second half with a harried Aaron Ramsey unfortunate not to make clean contact with only Oblak to beat early on.

Oblak did well to palm a low drive from Granit Xhaka around the post just after the hour mark and Griezmann forced a save from Ospina after fine work from Costa in the box minutes later. (Espn)

Atletico overcome Arsenal

Barcelona

Barcelona defender Lucas Digne has admitted he and

his team-mates are desperate to avoid surrendering their unbeaten La Liga record to Real Madrid on Sunday.

Barca are four games away from adding a first invincible La Liga season to their domestic double but this weekend they host a Real side in form, and buoyed by their run to the Champions League final.

This Clasico at the Camp Nou may not carry much importance in terms of the table

but Real’s success in Europe is threatening to overshadow Barca’s success in the league.

Digne, speaking exclusively to AFP, said finishing the campaign undefeated has now become key.

“It’s that consistency, it shows the hard work of the whole group throughout the season, it’s huge,” Digne said.

“Of course, this is a record the team now wants to go for. It is important for us and we will give everything to hold on to it.”

Barca also still feel the need

to atone for their Champions League collapse against Roma, which hangs over the club, despite their domestic success.

Real’s subsequent march to the final has only deepened the sense of disappointment.

“Real winning the Champions League is still hypothetical, it is not done yet,” Digne said.

“There are two sides to our season -- we would have hoped to go further in the Champions League and we thought we could have won it but that didn’t happen.” (AFP)

Barca desperate to maintain record

Simeone banned for four matches

London

Leicester’s Riyad Mahrez said yesterday he has withdrawn

his transfer request after a move to Manchester City fell through but the future of the Algerian forward remains in doubt.

Mahrez asked to leave the former Premier League champions in January during a protracted transfer saga that resulted in a 10-day absence from the club but the Foxes held firm.

“It has gone. It was in January, it’s another transfer window. I am still here -- I don’t want to put a lot of things in my head,” Mahrez told Sky Sports News, when asked whether his transfer request still stood.

“At that time I handed a transfer (request) in because

I had offers from Manchester City, so obviously I wanted to go,” added the 27-year-old. “But now I am still at Leicester.

“With me, especially, you never know what is happening. Every time I have to go but I am still here.

“I don’t really want to talk

about (whether) I am going, or staying. I just want to finish the last three games. We will see what will happen for me.”

Mahrez, who has scored 11 goals for Leicester this season, was a key player in the club’s astonishing title win in 2015-16. (AFP)

Mahrez withdrawns transfer request

Atletico Madrid’s Deigo Costa celebrates (Pic courtesy: Reuters)

Lucas Digne (file pic)

Riyad Mahrez (file pic)

London

Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has been banned

for four games for insulting a match official following his rant at the referee during last week’s Europa League semi-final, first leg against Arsenal, UEFA said yesterday.

Simeone has already served one match of the ban after watching from the stands on Thursday as Atletico beat Arsenal 1-0 in the second leg to advance to the final. He

was also fined 10,000 euros ($11,942), European soccer’s governing body said.

Simeone was sent off early in the first leg at The Emirates Stadium for shouting at French referee Clement Turpin and also pushing the fourth official after Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin was not booked for a foul on Atletico midfielder Koke.

Simeone’s temper had already been tested earlier in the game when Atletico defender Sime Vrsaljko was dismissed for two bookings in quick succession. (Reuters)

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Alexander Zverev, ranked third in the world, needed just over an hour to beat Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 6-2 in quarter-final match

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Munich

Top seed Alexander Zverev had to contend with a

crying baby yesterday before setting up a semi-final clash against South Korea’s Hyeon Chung at the Munich ATP tournament.

The 21-year-old Zverev, ranked third in the world, needed just over an hour to beat German compatriot Jan-Lennard Struff 6-3, 6-2 in his quarter-final match.

However, a crying infant briefly distracted Zverev

between serves on his second match point before the defending champion wrapped up his 19th match win this year with a second-serve ace.

With good returns and well-placed ground strokes, Zverev had few other problems and despite recent close matches between the pair, Struff never found his rhythm.

“I’m glad I didn’t have to go to three sets again,” said Zverev who had to go

the distance to beat Struff in Monaco this year and Munich in 2017.

Zverev will be chasing his first win over Chung after defeats last year in Barcelona and in the third round of the Australian Open in January.

Chung, who reached the Australian Open semi-finals, had few problems as he beat 2014 Munich winner Martin Klizan 6-3, 6-4 in his last eight tie on Friday.

“I’m really happy to make the semi-finals two years in a

row,” said Chung.Chung, 21, beat Klizan in

the Munich quarter-finals for the second successive year.

Serving at 4-5 in the second set with the scores at 30-all, Klizan hit a double fault and then struck a forehand long to hand the Korean victory.

In Yesterday’s other quarter-finals sixth-seed Philipp Kohlschreiber faces Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut while Hungary’s Marton Fucsovic faces Germany’s Maximilian Marterer. (AFP)

Munich Open

Zverev to face Chung

London

Sebastian Vettel believes the image of Kimi Raikkonen’s

Formula 1 form in recent years is distorted and that their Ferrari team-mate battle is not as “one-sided as you might think”.

Vettel has won 10 grands prix since joining Ferrari for the 2015 season but Raikkonen is still search for his first victory since returning to the team the year before.

Raikkonen has started this season in brighter fashion, shadowing Vettel in the drivers’

championship and keeping Ferrari just ahead of Mercedes in the constructors’ battle.

Asked if he had noticed a new level of performance from Raikkonen this year, Vettel said: “I think one thing is always to look at the result and the other is if you look a little bit deeper.

“It’s been incredibly close this year so far. To be honest, most of the Fridays I think he had the upper hand so far.

“Here and there I was struggling to understand the car and feel the car.”(Autosport)

Image of Raikkonen’s form is ‘distorted’

Jerez

MotoGP championship leader Andrea Dovizioso

topped the first practice session of the Jerez race weekend for Ducati, beating Honda’s Marc Marquez into second place by just 0.007s.

Dovizioso snatched the lead from Marquez late on, managing to improve in the final sector despite encountering the Aspar Ducati of Alvaro Bautista.

Pol Espargaro, whose new two-year KTM deal was announced on Wednesday, finished third, just 0.043s off the pace.

Dovizioso’s team-mate Jorge Lorenzo led the session at the start, but it was Marquez who took control by the end of the opening runs, posting several

laps below 1m40s as the only rider to dip below that bracket at that stage.

The reigning champion’s best effort, a 1m39.548s, left him half a second clear of nearest rival Cal Crutchlow - but shortly after the session’s hallway point, the LCR Honda rider matched Marquez’s time exactly.

Valentino Rossi then shot up from 10th to first, leading briefly before Espargaro took over at the top with five minutes left on the clock with a 1m39.311s.

But this effort was quickly surpassed by Marquez and then Dovizioso, with the latter recording his session-topping time of 1m39.268s 30 seconds before the chequered flag fell. (Autosport)

Dovizioso tops first practice in Jerez

Sebastian Vettel (file pic)

Andrea Dovizioso rides

Alexander Zverev

Hyeon Chung

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Tom Dumoulin edges out Rohan Dennis by just two seconds in the 9.7-kilometre time-trial around Jerusalem

Giro d’Italia

Dumoulin wins opening stageJerusalem

Reigning champion Tom Dumoulin laid down a marker

to main rival Chris Froome by winning the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia yesterday.

Dutchman Dumoulin edged out Australian Rohan Dennis by just two seconds in the 9.7-kilometre time-trial around Jerusalem as Froome struggled following his crash in morning training, finishing 21st and losing 37 seconds.

Froome’s build-up to his attempt to become only the third man in history to hold all three Grand Tour titles at once -- he won both the Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana last year -- had already been compromised by a scandal over an adverse doping test reading in September.

He returned a urine sample with elevated levels of salbutamol and spent much of his pre-Giro

press conference on Wednesday answering questions about whether or not he should even be racing at the Giro.

Froome failed to find top form over the last few months, although he finished a credible fourth at the Tour of the Alps in April.

However, in previous years he has almost always won at least one week-long stage race in the lead up to his major Grand Tour objective of the season.

His difficulties mounted on Friday morning as he was one of several riders to hit the ground on a training ride, suffering cuts and abrasions and ripping his skinsuit down the right hand side.

A video of his crash shared on Instagram showed that he hit the tarmac pretty hard.

Even so, few could have expected such a modest showing in a discipline in which he normally excels. (AFP)

Stage 1: Jerusalem – Jerusalem (9.7km ITT)1 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb, in 12-022 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team, at 2s3 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal, at st4 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin, at 12s5 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin, at 16s6 Pello Bilbao (Esp) Astana Pro Team, at 18s7 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott, at 20s8 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors, at 21s9 Tony Martin (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin, at 27s10 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida, at 27sOther:21 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky, at 37s

Overall classification:1 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb, in 12-022 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team, at 2s3 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal, at st4 José Gonçalves (Por) Katusha-Alpecin, at 12s5 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin, at 16s (Cyclingweekly)

RESULTS

Abu Dhabi Sports to broadcast Brave 12

Sports Economics forum to conclude

Taqawi hails Shaikh Nasser award win

DT News NetworkManama

Brave 12: KHK Legacy is confirmed to be broadcasted

live on Abu Dhabi Sports. Brave Combat Federation has

previously set the highest broadcast reach for an MMA event ever in Africa through a partnership with StarSat acquired through Scuffle Media.

The Bahrain based promotion found by His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa has entered into a broadcast partnership with Abu Dhabi Sports that will facilitate coverage for the event throughout the Middle East.

The partnership will prove beneficial for the growth of the sport in the region as well as to ensure the development of business

opportunities in the region using the platform of sports.

Brave 12: KHK Legacy is the first event hosted in South East Asia by the promotion.

The event not only acquired the attention of the world of sports but also was successful in developing key partnerships in the region including the strategic partnership with SS Capital headed by Surya Adiwijaya Soepono.

Manama

The Scientific Research Forum in Sports Economics will come

to a close today with three key sessions at Wyndham Grand Hotel at Bahrain Bay, in Manama.

The event is organized by the Bahrain Olympic Committee (BOC) and is part of the Nasser bin Hamad Scientific Research Award in the field of sports, launched in 2012 by HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, representative of His Majesty the King for Charity Works and Youth Affairs, Supreme Council for Youth and Sports Chairman, and BOC President.

Leading sports experts from around the Arab world are attending this frist-of- its-kind three-day forum, which aims to find investment sources in sports in general, in addition to investing

in sports facilities and initiate real estate development to attract world-class championships. Finding new talents and identifying certain challenges, such as marketing value, privatization of objectives through cooperation with the private sector are among other key objectives of this gathering.

Today, final sessions are scheduled to commence at 9am, when Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors and Deputy Director General, Knowledge and Human Development Authority Dr Ahmed bin Saad Al Sharif of the UAE presents his key notes on the influence of sport on international economics income.

Late on, Dr Wesam Al Shaikhli of Iraq and Dr Ammar Al Rifai of Saudi Arabia will deliver the final presentation.


Dr. Sawsan Taqwi, President of the Bahrain and Arab

Badminton and Squash Federations, said that HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Representative of His Majesty the King for Charity Works and Youth Affairs, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Youth and Sports, President of the BOC,

winning the medal of scientific excellence reaffirms the high prestige and appreciation for his outstanding contributions to promoting sports.

Taqawi said Shaikh Nasser’s award win is a culmination of his distinguished initiatives in this field, the most significant of which is Shaikh Nasser Award for Scientific Research in the field of sports, which was a great success.

Tom Dumoulin competes (Pic courtesy: Cyclingweekly)

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P23 Dumoulin wins opening stage

Abdul Kareem Al Selwady is undefeated in his four

appearances, the bout marks the fifth appearance in the promotion for Erik Carlsson


Brave Combat Federation has confirmed that Erik

Carlsson and Abdul Kareem Selwady have signed the contract to compete at Brave 13 hosted on 9th June in Belfast, Ireland.

While Abdul Kareem Al Selwady is undefeated in his four appearances with Brave Combat Federation, the bout marks the fifth appearance in the promotion for Erik Carlsson.

Both the fighters initiated a war of words, soon after Al Selwady made an open request

to Brave Combat Federation to include him in the fight card. Carlsson challenged Al Selwady to face him and promised to deliver the first loss in Brave Combat Federation to the Jordanian lightweight fighter.

“I am among one of the talents who were fighting in Brave Combat Federation from the very beginning. I fought some of the toughest fights that the organisation has to offer. I am more prepared than ever before and am sure that the bout will be competitive and will be a treat for the fans of the sport,” said Erik Carlsson.

Eric Carlson to battle Selwady


The lead role played by the Kingdom of Bahrain in

supporting the sport of Mixed Martial Arts, under His Highness Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, is proving beneficial for top level talent from the sport.

Brave Combat Federation had signed numerous medallists who came through the system of Amateur competitions organised by IMMAF.

Brave Combat Federation had been successful in developing the sport of Mixed Martial Arts globally by providing opportunities to fighters from around the world to compete and develop their career on a global level.

Within the second year of operations the organisation has 197 fighters from 34 nations competing in its events organised around the world.

Currently Brave Combat

Federation is the leading mixed martial arts organisation that has signed maximum number of amateur athletes who had been a part and won competitions organised by IMMAF.

Brave 12: KHK Legacy hosted on 11 May at Balai Sarbini Hall at Jakarta, Indonesia will feature 3 IMMAF medal winners including Bahraini national, Hussain Ayyad, Hardeep Rai from the United Kingdom and Gamzat Magomedov from Dagestan.

Bahrain’s role is beneficial for upcoming fighters

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