Liverpool, Rabi’II 17, 1438, Jan 15, 2017, SPA — Jan 15 (Reuters) – Manchester City’s Premier League title hopes were delivered a grievous blow on Sunday as Everton’s inspired Romelu Lukaku and teenagers Tom Davies and Ademola Lookman made it another crushing afternoon for Pep Guardiola, Reuters reported.
The Spaniard suffered his biggest-ever defeat in league football after City had enjoyed the lion’s share of possession and chances but paid for sloppy defending that led to the Belgian powerhouse Lukaku converting his 12th league goal of the season after 34 minutes.
Kevin Mirallas struck right after the break and excellent 18-year-old academy graduate Davies dinked a brilliant first goal for his boyhood club as City looked increasingly clueless.
Substitute Lookman, making his debut at 19, then completed the rout with his first touch in stoppage time, a goal that stemmed from a mistake from Everton old boy John Stones, as City suffered a fourth league defeat in their last eight league matches.
Coming hot on the heels of their last loss in Merseyside at Liverpool on New Year’s Eve, City were left in fifth place, now 10 points adrift of leaders Chelsea, as Guardiola cut a forlorn figure on the bench.
“The game is an example of many that has happened this season. It is football. In football you sometimes don’t need to do many things to score. They arrive once and score a goal,” Guardiola told Sky Sports.
“It is not today, it is almost all the season — and it is tough for the players to handle that situation. Of course we can do better. It is awful for my players.”
His team had started brightly enough and had a strong shout for a penalty turned down minutes later when Raheem Sterling claimed to have been fouled as he tried to round keeper Joel Robles.
Passes from the excellent Kevin De Bruyne set up chances for Sterling and David Silva as the visitors dominated possession but when Davies intercepted a careless Gael Clichy pass out of defence, Everton struck mercilessly.
Davies’s through ball picked out Mirallas and his cut-back was met by a first-time left-foot strike from Lukaku, for the Belgian’s third goal in his last four matches.
Sterling came close with a searing left-foot strike but Everton pounced straight after the break, Mirallas cracking in a fine right-foot finish after Yaya Toure was pickpocketed in midfield and Ross Barkley offered a neat assist.
Mirallas came off to huge applause to be replaced by Morgan Schneiderlin, making his debut after his midweek move from Manchester United, and it was the signal for the wheels to fall off for City.
— SPA
20:03 LOCAL TIME 17:03 GMT

Abu Dhabi, Rabi’II 17, 1438, Jan 15, 2017, SPA — Saudi Minister of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources and President of Board of Directors of King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy Engineer Khalid Al-Falih has paid a visit to Masdar City in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
During visit, he toured the City and participated with his accompanying delegation in an high-level dialogue session aimed at strengthening cooperation in the field of renewable energy.
Upon arrival, they were received and by UAE Minister of State and President of Board of Directors of Masdar City Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al-Jaber and a number of members of the Company’s Executive Management.
Engineer Al-Falih commended the spirit of cooperation and the willingness of Masdar City to support the growth and development of the new and important sectors.
He added that “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the cusp of launching the first round of bidding pertaining to the national program for renewable energy and we are confident that this meeting represents an ideal opportunity and comes in the right time exactly.”
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14:05 LOCAL TIME 11:05 GMT

Women Leaders Share Mentoring Insights with Female Students, Young Professionals

ACCRA, Ghana, Jan. 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — The United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) honored four leading African women, including the President of Mauritius, for contributions in science and public health, during the Center for Pharmaceutical Advancement and Training’s (CePAT’s) Honors program today in Accra. Before receiving their awards, they joined USP’s leadership team to mentor female students and young professionals from many African communities and launch this year’s CePAT Women in Science Exchange (W.I.S.E.) program.

Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President of the Republic of Mauritius, received a Lifetime Achievement Award for her contributions to public health in Africa and globally. Earlier in her career, she co-authored Africa’s first herbal pharmacopeia, a compendium of herbal medicines.

President Gurib-Fakim said the demand for women leaders in science is high and encouraged the young women and students at the event to enter the pipeline for scientific careers, saying, “We complain there are not enough women coming out of the pipe. If women are to assume leadership positions, we need more mentoring. This morning’s program was precisely this. If we build their confidence and tell them from a young age that the sky’s the limit, we will see more girls in the sciences.”

Other awardees included:

• Gugu Nolwandle Mahlangu, Director-General, FDA Zimbabwe; Member-WHO Expert Advisory Panel on the International Pharmacopoeia and Pharmaceutical Preparations
• Malebona Precious Matsoso, Director-General, National Department of Health, South Africa
• Clavenda Parker, Liberia’s first female pharmacist and former head of Liberian FDA

Hosted by USP, a global public health organization dedicated to building foundations for healthier lives through drug, food, and dietary supplement quality standards, the CePAT Honors program celebrates the unique and valuable contributions of African women in science and global health. USP created the CePAT W.I.S.E program to empower and mentor female students and professional in science and help them to advance into leadership positions.

Africa constitutes 12% of the world population, yet has 25% of the disease burden and only 3% of the health workforce. Women, although more than 50% of the African population, are under-represented in the workforce. With a growing number of unsung African women blazing new paths to leadership and opening doors for other women in these fields, the need for this program —that highlights their accomplishments and helps develop a pipeline of future leaders—has never been greater.

“The USP-CePAT mission is to build a strong, sustainable global health workforce to meet Africa’s needs. That goal can only be accomplished by the full participation of women at all levels, from technical positions to leadership,” said Emily Kaine, M.D., USP senior vice president for Global Health.

CePAT is dedicated to promoting quality as the foundation of supply chain integrity, providing cutting-edge learning opportunities for regulatory authorities and manufacturers, facilitating knowledge transfer among professionals, and harnessing regulatory innovation across Africa. Since its 2013 founding, CePAT has trained 230 professionals from 34 African countries, which has enhanced their skills, knowledge, and careers, as well as their organizations’ pharmaceutical regulatory, quality assurance, and quality control functions.

For more information, contact mediarelations@usp.org.

CONTACT: Anne D. Bell
301-998-6785; adb@usp.org

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Doha, Weather forecast for Qatar valid until 6pm Sunday inshore will be mild in temperature daytime and slight dusty at places at times with scattered clouds, and cold by night. offshore it will be sight dusty to dusty at times and partly cloudy.

The Department of Meteorology warned of strong wind and high seas offshore.

Wind inshore will be northwesterly 05 to 15 knot, becoming southeasterly by night, offshore will be northwesterly at 15 to 25 knot, reaching to 28 knot to the north.

Visibility will be 05 to 09 kilometer. The sea state inshore will be between one to three feet, rises to 4 feet at places at times. offshore it will be seven to ten feet, rises to 13 feet at places at times.

Tide Times and temperatures are as follows: Area High Tide Low Tide Mini – Max —- —————– —————— ——————- Messaid 08:30 – 19:30 00:30 – 16:00 21 Wakrah 07:45 – 19:15 00:00 – 15:15 21 Doha 07: 07:00 – 18:45 14:15 – ***** 22 Al Khor 06:45 – 18:15 13:45 – ***** 21 Ruwais 06:45 – 19:30 01:00 – 13:45 20 Dukhan 11:45 – ***** 05:45 – 18:15 19 Sunrise : 06:21 lt Sunset today : 17:05 lt —————————————————

Source: Qatar News Agency