SAFAR 30,1440 AH THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2018 26º 28 Pages Max 150 Fils Established 1961 Min 21º ISSUE NO: 17678 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Peace Nobel laureate hails Scientists pushing back against Bollywood swashbuckler Egyptian king or a dwarf? 2 Amir’s humanitarian role 16 Harvard ‘alien spacecraft’ theory 21 battles British colonizers 27 Salah statue mocked online Kuwait marks first light crude export with lavish ceremony Rasheedi: Oil sector has notched up another milestone achievement KUWAIT: Under the auspices of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah, Kuwait yesterday held a ceremony to promulgate the state’s first shipment of Zain exceeds expectations with light crude oil. Upon his arrival at the cere- mony, HH the Amir was warmly welcomed by Minister of Oil and Electricity and Water Bakheet Al-Rasheedi, along with senior whopping $3bn revenue reported officials in the oil sector. HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al- KUWAIT: Zain Group, the leading mobile tele- Hamad Al-Sabah and National Assembly com innovator in eight markets across the Middle Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem were also East and Africa, announced its consolidated finan- among the attendees. cial results for the third-quarter and nine-month Rasheedi said the oil sector has notched periods ending Sept 30, 2018. The company end- up another milestone achievement with the ed the period serving 47.8 million customers, shipment of its first light crude oil cargo. reflecting a 5 percent year-on-year increase. Addressing HH the Amir, Rasheedi attributed For the third-quarter of 2018, Zain Group gen- the achievement to the efforts of the oil sec- erated consolidated revenues of KD 403 million tor’s workforce. He hailed the export as a ($1.3 billion). EBITDA for the quarter reached KD launch pad for greater oil production, which 155 million ($512 million). Net income for the three will serve to reinforce Kuwait’s position as an months amounted to KD 51 million ($167 million). oil and gas powerhouse, fitting into national Earnings per share for the third-quarter reached plans to build a stronger economy. 12 fils ($0.03). For the first nine months (9M) of In his speech, Kuwait Oil Company CEO 2018 to Sept 30, Zain Group generated consoli- Jamal Jaafar said developing the country’s dated revenues of KD 906 million ($3.0 billion), Jurassic reservoirs to help meet soaring while consolidated EBITDA for the period domestic gas demand is among the compa- reached KD 324 million ($1.1 billion). Consolidated ny’s top priorities. Kuwait’s first shipment of net income amounted to KD 137 million ($454 Zain Group Vice-Chairman and Group CEO light crude oil did not come without a million). Earnings per share amounted to 32 fils Bader Al-Kharafi struggle on the company’s part, he ($0.10) for the nine-month period. explained, saying that the workers in the oil Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi, Zain Group Vice- multiple levels, and the robust revenue growth in sector were determined to bring their goals Chairman and Group CEO commented: “The our data monetization programs, Enterprise (B2B), to fruition, helping drive the national econo- third-quarter witnessed numerous milestones that cloud services, as well as smart city initiatives in my to new heights. Kuwait stands at the cusp of a new era in oil and gas production, KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attends a ceremony included the value accretive consolidation of Zain key markets, particularly Kuwait and Saudi he said, wishing the country continuing to mark the state’s first shipment of light crude oil yesterday. Minister of Oil and Saudi Arabia, the ongoing revival of Zain Iraq on Arabia.” (See Page 12) growth and development. — KUNA Electricity and Water Bakheet Al-Rasheedi is seen at left. — KUNA Trump defiant as partisan warfare assigned to launch a comprehensive MPs demand probe into this matter. They said the panel should probe looms after vote the ministries of public works and probe into electricity and the public roads WASHINGTON: A defiant President Donald Trump authority or any other concerned gov- yesterday shrugged off the loss of the House of ernment agency for failure to make the Representatives as Washington braced for the prospects rain damage necessary preparations for the rainy of partisan warfare after US voters delivered a split ver- By B Izzak season. They gave the committee two dict in a hard-fought midterm election. With Democrats months to prepare a comprehensive promising aggressive probes of Trump’s administration KUWAIT: Five lawmakers yesterday report on the issue to be debated by and his personal finances after winning the House, the filed a petition demanding a broad inves- the Assembly, which should take the president went on the offensive. “If the Democrats think tigation into who is responsible for the necessary actions after that. they are going to waste Taxpayer Money investigating devastation caused by heavy rains that The lawmakers demanded in their us at the House level, then we will likewise be forced to lashed the country two days ago, result- petition that the committee find out who consider investigating them for all of the leaks of ing in heavy damage. MPs Mohammad is responsible for the failure to make the Classified information, and much else, at the Senate lev- Al-Dallal, Riyadh Al-Adasani, Osama Al- necessary preparations and also the el,” Trump said on Twitter. “Two can play that game!” WASHINGTON: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Representative Ben Ray Shaheen, Omar Al-Tabtabaei and Majed reasons for what happened. They said Trump also lashed out at the ongoing investigation Lujan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman, celebrate a pro- Al-Mutairi demanded that the National the committee should also review the by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into whether his jected Democratic Party takeover of the House of Representatives during a Assembly’s public utilities panel be 2016 election campaign colluded with Russia to help Continued on Page 24 midterm election night party on Tuesday. — AFP (See Page 7) Continued on Page 24 Bolsonaro Israel embassy move: High-risk mix of religion, politics RIO DE JANEIRO: In announcing his intention to move Brazil’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, President- elect Jair Bolsonaro may please his evangelical Christian support base, but would break with a half century of OLATHE, Kansas: Democratic candidate for Kansas’ 3rd MINNEAPOLIS: Ilhan Omar, newly elected to the US diplomacy. In following the lead of his US counterpart RAMALLAH: Palestinians deliver their complaints to the Congressional District Sharice Davids greets supporters House of Representatives on the Democratic ticket, Donald Trump, the incoming president of Latin Brazilian deputy consul Andre Cortez as they demon- during an election night party on Tuesday. — AFP speaks to a group of supporters on Tuesday. — AFP America’s biggest country would not only isolate the strate against the Brazilian’s president-elect’s decision country diplomatically but also run the risk of provoking to move Brazil’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem outside commercial retaliation from Arab states, some of which the Brazilian Representative Office yesterday. — AFP 37, and Rashida Tlaib, 42 - are Democrats from the are major importers of Brazilian meat. Muslim, Native Midwest and outspoken advocates of minority commu- “Brazil has been supporting a two-state solution for ished by the three major Abrahamic religions - but a 1947 nities that have found themselves in the sights of US Israel and Palestine for more than 50 years and this resolution says it should become a “corpus separatum”, American women President Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant policies. decision could throw all those efforts into the bin,” said run independently of either Israel or the Palestinians. To Omar won a House seat in a strongly Democratic dis- Guilherme Casaroes, a political science professor at the that end, no embassies should be established there until a trict in Minneapolis, Minnesota, succeeding Keith Getulio Vargas Foundation think-tank. Israel’s annexa- solution has been agreed upon by both sides. in historic wins Ellison who was himself the first Muslim ever elected to tion of east Jerusalem following the 1967 Six-Day War That was the line followed by Brasilia until Bolsonaro CHICAGO: A onetime Somali refugee and the daugh- Congress. Tlaib’s victory was no surprise. She ran with Egypt, Syria and Jordan, has never been interna- won a second-round run-off election against leftist can- ter of Palestinian immigrants shared the historic distinc- unopposed in a congressional district that stretches tionally recognized. didate Fernando Haddad on October 28. He will be inau- tion Tuesday of becoming the first two Muslim women from Detroit to Dearborn, Michigan. The United Nations maintains an ambiguous position gurated as Brazil’s president on Jan 1. elected to the US Congress. Both women - Ilhan Omar, Continued on Page 24 over any eventual final status for the sacred city - cher- Continued on Page 24 2 Established 1961 Local Thursday, November 8, 2018 Amir receives Saudi Shura Council speaker; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Amir meets Prime Minister; outgoing Iranian Ambassador KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with the visiting Saudi Shura His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with 2018 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Council Speaker Sheikh Dr Abdullah Al-Sheikh. — Amiri Diwan photos Nadia Murad. His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with the outgoing Iranian Ambassador to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with His Highness the Prime Minister Kuwait Ali Reza Enayati.