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MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021 / ZUL-QAADAH 11, 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17719 16 PAGES 150 FILS DC-TEL AVIV RELATIONS AT CRITICAL CROSSROAD US, Israel test norm of genuflection Bonds ... binds Opinion WASHINGTON, June 20, (AP): Their countries at crossroads, the new leaders of the United States and Israel Countries, like lost camels dying of thirst, have inherited a relationship that is at once imperiled by increasingly partisan domes- tic political considerations stingy with wealth hoarded in treasuries and deeply bound in history and an engrained recognition that they need each other. By Ahmed Al-Jarallah How President Joe Biden and Prime Newswatch Minister Naftali Bennett manage that Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times relationship will shape the prospects for A DECADE ago, the Arab world woke up to a phenom- peace and stability in the Middle East. enon of chaos, violence, executions, killings and civil KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait Airways They are ushering in an era no longer war, through which some regimes were overthrown. Corporation (KAC) declared on defined by the powerful personality of These incidents shook the region hard. Even though Sunday resuming fl ights to Paris, long-serving Prime Minister Benjamin what happened at that time wasn’t unique to the world, Malaga and Sarajevo as part of a Netayahu, who repeatedly defied the the fact stands that such events did not come out of the strategy for gradual restoration of Obama administration and then reaped blue, especially for those regimes that thought their en- regular operations. the rewards of a warm relationship with The KAC said in a press state- emies did not have the ability to agitate the streets. ment it would organize three President Donald Trump. Failure to heed people’s voices brought down Tuni- fl ights to Paris per Week on Sun- Bennett’s government says it wants to sia’s Zine El Abidine Ben Ali regime within 23 days of days, Wednesdays and Fridays as repair relations with the Democrats and uprising. The same applied to the old Egyptian regime of July 7. restore bipartisan support in the US for after 18 days of demonstrations. On the other hand, the There will two fl ights per week Israel. Biden, meanwhile, is pursuing a story was more bloody in Libya and Yemen than what to Malaga on Sundays and Thurs- more balanced approach on the Palestin- the decision makers had thought and anticipated. day effective July 4 and two ian conflict and Iran. It was as if the leaders of those countries were the fl ights per week to Sarajevo Sat- The relationship is critical to both ones described by the classical Arab poet Tarfa bin Al- urdays and Wednesdays starting countries. Israel has long regarded the Abd when he said, “... Like a camel in the desert that June 30. (KUNA) United States as its closest ally and guar- dies of thirst while carrying water on its back”. ❑ ❑ ❑ antor of its security and international In this regard, I recall the story of a stingy man who standing while the US counts on Israel’s also happened to be the wealthiest in his town. He was KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s Min- istry of Health on Saturday re- military and intelligence prowess in a tur- so stingy that his family ate meat only on Fridays, and bulent Middle East. the meat was extracted from the head of a sheep because ported 11 new COVID-19 deaths and 1,497 infections over the past But both Biden and Bennett are also of which his town gave him the nickname “sheephead”. restrained by domestic politics. His family was eagerly waiting for his death so that 24 hours. they could taste the luxury of wealth. The ministry’s spokesman Dr Uncertain Abdullah Al-Sanad said that the One day, the “sheephead” went on a business trip to total fatalities increased to 1,862 Bennett leads an uncertain coalition of a neighbouring town. Upon entering the town, he was and the caseload to 337,371 since eight parties from across Israel’s political met by an honorable well-groomed man. The latter took the pandemic started. spectrum whose main point of conver- him to his house and hosted him as a guest, as it was the He added that the total recov- gence was on removing Netanyahu from old Arab custom to host strangers who came from out eries have reached 318,419 after power after 12 years. Biden is struggling of their town. 1,388 patients recovered today, to bridge a divide in his party where near- After three days, the sheephead asked his host about making the recovery rate 94.38 uniform support for Israel has eroded and his line of work, given that he hasn’t seen him going percent out of conducted tests. a progressive wing wants the US to do out to work despite his affluent living standard. His host (KUNA) more to end Israel’s half-century occupa- told him that he usually marry the widows of wealthy ❑ ❑ ❑ tion of lands the Palestinians want for a men and subsequently end up enjoying with them the future state. wealth left behind by their deceased husbands. KUWAIT CITY: The Residency Affairs General Department in Shortly after taking office, the new The host then told the sheephead about a wealthy Israeli foreign minister, Yair Lapid, rec- man in the nearby town who is wealthy but stingy, re- the Interior Ministry continues the online renewal all types of ognized the challenges Israel faces in vealing his plan to wait for his demise in order to marry Washington. his widowed wife and enjoy the wealth she will inherit residency permits for expatriates from her late stingy husband. who are stranded abroad — Ar- “We find ourselves with a Democratic ticle 17 for those working in the White House, Senate and House and they Upon returning to his hometown, the sheephead went government, Article 18 for those straight to the market and bought so many goods that are angry,” Lapid said upon taking the working in the private sector, Ar- helm at Israel’s foreign ministry a week he had to hire four porters to carry them to his house. ticle 20 for domestic workers and His family were shocked, instead of being surprised, by ago. “We need to change the way we Article 22 for dependents, reports work with them.” such a transformation of the stingy sheephead. When Al-Anba daily quoting a reliable they asked him about it, he said, “We need to finish this A key test will be on Iran. Biden has source. sought to return to the Iran nuclear deal wealth before it finishes us, and before we pass away”. According to the source, the Perhaps if the leaders of those countries that were that President Barack Obama saw as a representatives of companies signature foreign policy achievement. shaken by the Arab Spring had realized the lesson (mandoubs) and those on de- contained in this story, many things in their countries pendent visa can log on the min- Trump withdrew from the pact to cheers would have been different. They would have been able istry’s website to renew their from pro-Israel US lawmakers and Israel. to spare their people all this devastation, as they would visas; provided they have a pass- Though Iran has not yet accepted Biden’s have done what rational leaders had done in other coun- port valid for more than one year, offer for direct negotiations, indirect dis- tries in terms of closely following up the challenges and for those holding Article 18 cussions on the nuclear deal are now in a faced by their people, and taking measures to prevent visa, their respective companies sixth round in Vienna. the situation from getting out of hand. should have no legal problems. The new Israeli government remains Very few countries managed to thwart schemes that ❑ ❑ ❑ staunchly opposed to Biden’s efforts were architected by the sabotage forces. Among those to resurrect the deal. But it maintains it countries, at that time, was the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. KUWAIT CITY: The “political will discuss the issue behind closed doors resolution week” started early on rather than staging public confrontations, With the onset of the Arab Spring, prowlers in the Saturday, June 19, amid informa- Gulf countries particularly in Saudi Arabia turned their Carry-on ... Carries on such as Netanyahu’s controversial ad- tion about a meeting of the ruling dress slamming the agreement to the US attention to the people of Saudi Arabia. The mouth- family to be held on June 20, and piece of conspiracy in the region and Europe began Photo by Claudia Farkas Al Rashoud the postponement of the meet- Congress in 2015. inciting the Saudis against their leadership. They called In a conversation with Secretary of Dr Ziad Rajab points out the antique rifle that just reopened with the lifting of some of the ing of His Highness the Crown for a mass demonstration on Friday, March 2011, but it Prince with a number of MPs to State Antony Blinken on Thursday, Lapid was no surprise that no one came out. he and his sister Nur bought in Kabul in the Covid-19 related restrictions. said the two agreed on a “no surprises” late 1970s. The Tareq Rajab Museum has — See Pages 2-4 Monday, June 21. At that time, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz had re- While sources indicated that policy and to keep lines of communica- turned from a medical trip in the United States. He had these meetings may lead to the tion open. immediately issued about 30 royal decrees that had disintegration of the opposition been prepared before his medical trip. Those decrees majority bloc, they revealed that Scuttle pumped about two trillion riyals into comprehensive Budget concerns over Talks brave the majority bloc met with MP Eytan Gilboa, an expert on US-Israeli reform in various sectors such as education, health, Shuaib Al-Muwaizri on Sun- relations at Israel’s Bar-Ilan University, housing, etc., in addition to providing financial aid day, June 20 to agree on a unifi ed says that rather than trying to scuttle any to low-income earners, writing off loans, and freeing Tel warning vision regarding the parliamenta- agreement with Iran, the new government those who were in prison because of their inability to yes-no special session ry session scheduled for Tuesday. will press the US administration to keep pay back loans. VIENNA, June 20, (AP): Top ❑ ❑ ❑ some sanctions on Iran in place and seek By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh On that day, he gave his historic speech to his people, diplomats said Sunday further KUWAIT CITY: The Kuwait “strategic compensation” for Israel as in which he said, “How proud I am of you, for being Arab Times Staff progress had been made at talks Petroleum Corporation (KPC) part of any return to the deal. the glue that holds the national cohesion by the grace between Iran and global powers says the number of non-Kuwaiti Resolving differences over the Israeli- of Almighty Allah, and being the safety valve of peace, KUWAIT CITY, June 20: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Palestinian conflict will be another sig- Al-Ghanim invited the MPs and government to the special session to try to negotiate and restore (expatriates) employees in the security and stability of the Kingdom, which you dem- a landmark 2015 agreement to oil sector is 2,671, according to nificant challenge for the two leaders. onstrated by thwarting the ill schemes of prowlers who slated for Tuesday and Wednesday as per the proposal of several the latest offi cial statistic issued Biden has already moved to reverse MPs, including Deputy Speaker Ahmed Al-Shuhoumi, to discuss contain Iranian nuclear develop- targeted the loyalty and solidarity of the nation”. ment that was later abandoned following the outbreak of the Netanyahu-backed Trump policies that After the death of King Abdullah, the second major and approve reports on the general budget for fiscal 2021/2022. COVID-19 pandemic, reports alienated the Palestinians and caused a Items in the agenda include the budgets of ministries and public by the Trump administration. turning point was brought about by King Salman bin They said that it was now up to Al-Anba daily. near total rupture in official US-Palestin- Abdulaziz, who launched the “Saudi Arabia 2030” pro- institutions as per decree number 12/2021, budgets of independent the governments involved in the It explained that the Kuwait ian contacts. Almost immediately after gram, the progress of which we are currently witness- institutions as per decree number 13/ 2021, and budgets of subsid- Oil Company (KOC) has the taking office, Biden restored Trump- ing. He also issued royal decrees that cost about 100 iaries as per decree number 14/ 2021. negotiations to make political largest number of expatriate decisions. slashed US assistance to the Palestinians, billion riyals for improving services. Al-Ghanim pointed out that he called for the special session, be- workers at the sector level with which in just four months totals more The Saudi government had not given itself an excuse cause it is known that some MPs are trying to disrupt the ordinary It was the first official meeting about 1,832 employees, followed since Iran’s hard-line judiciary than $300 million. He announced his ad- to spend such wealth on the so-called future generations session. He stressed the importance of discussing and ratifying the by the Kuwait National Petrole- ministration’s intent to re-open the US or on sovereign funds; instead, it chose to spend the budgets as they affect the day-to-day life of citizens; including ap- chief won a landslide victory in um Company (KNPC) with 657 the country’s presidential elec- Consulate in Jerusalem, closed by Trump, wealth on the people of Saudi Arabia. pointments, allowances for retirees, distribution of housing plots expatriate employees, and then that handled relations with the Palestin- This is the difference between those leaders who and establishment of housing enterprises. tion last week. the Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (Quebec) ians. And, administration officials have surrendered to stingy demeanor and tendencies at the He added Article 145 of the Constitution states that in case the Some diplomats expressed spoken of the imperative that Israelis and expense of their people and allowed the hand of corrup- general budget is not approved, the budget of the preceding fiscal concern that Iran’s election of with 76 expatriate employees. ❑ ❑ ❑ Palestinians enjoy equal measures of se- tion to thrive, and those leaders who heard the whisper year is enforced. He was quick to add though that this article re- Ebrahim Raisi as president could curity and prosperity. of their people before it became a scream that destabi- fers to a temporary and precautionary procedure, citing Article 140 complicate a possible return to KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait strongly Yet, neither Biden nor Blinken has sig- lized the state. which mandates the government to present the budget and refer the the agreement. condemned on Saturday the con- naled any move to alter Trump’s most sig- Indeed, there are lessons that leaders can learn from relevant bill to the Assembly two months before the end of fiscal In Jerusalem, new Israeli tinued Houthi drone attacks, tar- nificant pro-Israel steps. Those include his history, as is the case with the Umayyad Empire, which year on April 30. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett getting civilians and residential abandonment of longstanding US policy was brought down by the stinginess of the Caliph He said the government submitted the bill to the parliamentary warned Sunday that Raisi’s elec- areas in Saudi Arabia, after Co- that settlements are illegitimate under inter- known as Marwan Al-Himmar, as well as the Abbasid Budgets and Final Accounts Committee on Jan 28, 2021 and the tion as Iranian president was “the alition forces earlier intercepted national law, his recognition of Jerusalem Empire, which was overthrown by the Khorasan Revo- latter was supposed to submit the report to the Assembly within last chance for the world powers several attacks. as Israel’s capital and his recognition of lution after its caliph continued to withhold wealth from six months; but it did not do so and it even asked the Assembly for to wake up before returning to These increasing attacks con- Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, the people, increased taxes, and closed its doors in the more time to complete its report. the nuclear agreement and to un- stitute a threat to the stability and security of Saudi Arabia, territory seized from Syria in the 1967 face of the people who represent the engine of the state. Meanwhile, Al-Shuhoumi disclosed that he and 14 MPs sub- derstand who they’re doing busi- Arab-Israeli war. The administration also ness with.” and the stability of the region, Email: [email protected] mitted the proposal to hold the special session due to the position read a Kuwait Foreign Ministry hopes to expand Arab-Israeli normalization adopted by the opposition MPs who insist on disrupting ordinary “These guys are murderers, Follow me on: statement. They also represent agreements that the Trump administration sessions and this has negatively affected the citizens. He added mass murderers: a regime of a challenge to the international forged in its final months in office. that deliberations on development enterprises and other important brutal hangmen must never be al- community’s efforts to put an In a call on Bennett’s first day in of- issues like overseas treatment will be suspended unless the budget lowed to have weapons of mass end to the confl ict in Yemen as fice, Biden affirmed his “steadfast sup- is approved. destruction that will enable it to [email protected] well as being a blatant breach of port for the US-Israel relationship” and He called on the MPs to let go of their stubbornness and fulfill not kill thousands, but millions,” international law, the statement “unwavering commitment to Israel’s their duty to serve in the interest of citizens. he said. added. (KUNA) security.” ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021 2

A gold Moghul necklace with jewels and pearls dating from the eighteenth century. Inset: Dr Ziad Rajab inside the Tareq Rajab Museum. Founded by his parents Jehan and Tareq Rajab in 1980, it is the first museum of Islamic art and culture in the region. THE TAREK RAJAB MUSEUM Rambling in a renaissance, in every piece … a personality

Story and photos by Claudia Farkas Al Rashoud Special to the Arab Times

hen I first met Jehan and Tareq Rajab in early 1980 they were preparing for the and challenging. Curating such a remarkable collection obviously involves a tre- that they personally acquired and researched every item in this incredibly wide- Wopening of their private museum in Jabriya. The very first museum of Islamic mendous investment of time and human and financial resources, and who will ranging collection gives the museum a unique character and charm all its own. art and culture in the region, the Tareq Rajab Museum houses a magnificent, world-re- take over its custodianship in the future poses a weighty question. Ziad recalls his parents’ lengthy road trips during the 1960s when they explored nowned collection assembled exclusively by this extraordinary couple. Over the years But today Ziad is busy planning an exhibition called “The Jehan Rajab Col- Europe, Central Asia, India, Indonesia, and the Arab world. It was during these I was to have many fascinating meetings and interviews with them and they were lection of Palestinian Embroidery and Costume.” It will be held in the nearby journeys that the couple began collecting artifacts and photographing monuments, always gracious, charming, and generous with their time and extensive knowledge. Dar El Cid exhibition halls that were designed by Tareq Rajab. It’s a timely peoples, their costumes and jewelry; everything they believed could be used and Forty-one years later, the museum has just reopened with the lifting of some of exhibition that will feature around three dozen costumes from nine different exhibited in a museum. While on the road they amassed a unique and impressive the Covid-19 related restrictions and I’m sitting in the same corner of the museum regions of Palestine. “Palestinian Embroidery” was the subject of extensive body of knowledge. Jehan never missed an opportunity to speak to a group of where I first interviewed the Rajabs. This time, however, it’s their son, Dr Ziad research carried out by Jehan and is also the title of a book she wrote which is ladies about their embroidery work, their jewelry, or interesting clothes they were Rajab, who I’m pumping for information. Sadly, his parents have passed away; now a classic in its genre. wearing, while Tareq would quietly pull out his sketch pad and pencils to record Jehan in 2015 and Tareq a year later, both at the age of 81. Ziad and his brother Over a fifty year period, the Rajabs collected more than 30,000 artifacts, of the visual details of people they met. Nadr, and sister, Nur, have inherited a remarkable legacy that is equally precious which approximately 10,000 are on permanent display at the museum. The fact Continued on Page 3

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Main photo: A Holy Quran written in Arabic and Farsi, dating from 1808. Two very tiny handwritten copies of the Holy Quran can be seen at the bottom center of the glass showcase. Inset: Dr Ziad Rajab stands in front of the bronze door of Sultan Barquq, made in Egypt in the year 1386. This precious door is located just inside the entrance of the museum and is one of some 10,000 artifacts on display in the Tareq Rajab Museum’s fabulous private collection. Rambling in a renaissance

Continued from Page 2 research, to produce a number of books limited horizon. Suddenly I was thrust into ethic. He was obsessive about his work one of the Ilkhanid rulers who traced his about ethnic jewelry, costumes, culture, the lush countryside of Oxfordshire where and if he had an objective in mind, noth- ancestry back to General Hulagu and “My mother was a fearless woman,” archaeology, and traditions. According I lived in a wonderful pseudo Victorian ing could distract him. I remember in the Genghis Khan. It was Hulagu who sacked Ziad muses. “She felt comfortable with to Ziad, his mother began writing and house with strange people and where I had late 90s I suggested to my father that we Baghdad in 1258, bringing an end to the people and was very confidant, while my conducting ethnographic research at a to learn a different way of life and speak in get a beach chalet and he was quite an- Abbassid Empire. Sultan Uljaytu estab- father was a little more reserved by nature. very young age. When just twenty years a different language. I was completely lost noyed. ‘Do you think I have time to sit lished his capital in Iran where the arts, She could walk into any village and have old she went to live and travel with a at first and felt homesick for the first time on a beach?’ he said angrily. For both my and especially calligraphy, flourished. an instant rapport with the inhabitants.” group of gypsies in Great Britain, subse- in my life.” parents, work was pleasure.” “The holy Quran is divided into thirty Ziad recalls several incidents that il- quently contributing an article on gypsy The young artist’s thirst for learning, It’s perhaps not surprising that Ziad in- parts of varying lengths, called juz’. This lustrate his mother’s spontaneous meth- lifestyle to “The Journal of Gypsy Stud- however, soon drowned out his homesick- herited many of his parents’ positive traits beautifully illuminated manuscript is a ods of fieldwork. A meeting that his wife ies.” ness. Whereas other less motivated individ- and took on the formidable role of step- very rare complete juz’, signed by Ali ibn Leila had arranged with a very senior She kept in touch with them and in the uals might have been overwhelmed by such ping into their shoes. As his mother did, Muhammad al-Husayni, the famous cal- Tibetan monk at a Buddhist temple in late 1960s took her children and stayed challenges, Tareq Rajab soaked up the skills he works as Director of the New English ligrapher who wrote it, as well as by two Singapore was scheduled for just half with the gypsies for a month, helping and knowledge offered him with as much School in the morning, and spends a lot ministers,” Ziad says. an hour, but Jehan plied the monk with them with fruit picking. Ziad remembers enthusiasm as he soaked himself in the rain of time at the museum. He also travels, Ziad learned a great deal about antique questions for some three hours. When the it as a wonderful summer spent playing while exploring the woods and rolling hills researches, and writes articles and attends Quranic manuscripts from his father, who family was staying at a traditional ryo- outdoors and roaming the countryside on long walks. The old mansion where he seminars, meetings, and workshops on was an expert in this field. In 2007 Tareq kan hotel in Japan and Jehan and Leila with the gypsy children. lived was a meeting place for writers, art- conservation and other museum-related Rajab opened a separate museum dedi- went to the ladies’ bathhouse, they spent Ziad feels fortunate to have had many ists, and other interesting and helpful people subjects. He is impressively well-versed cated exclusively to calligraphy called several hours learning about Japanese fascinating childhood experiences as a who not only enabled him to master the in fields as diverse as history, Islamic art, life and customs from the friendly local the Tareq Rajab Museum of Islamic Cal- result of having such adventurous and English language but opened up whole new archaeology, calligraphy, cookery, and ligraphy. It houses some of the world’s ladies. Jehan found it quite difficult to unconventional parents. He recalls that horizons of concepts, ideas, and thought. ethnic costumes and textiles, and enjoys tear herself away from their pleasant and best works of this quintessential Islamic on several occasions the family set off by “I was adaptable and ready to absorb playing the flute in ensembles. His wide- art form, including manuscripts of unsur- informative company. All this transpired car from Kuwait intending to drive to the and I learned so much, without even re- range of knowledge is apparent when I without Jehan speaking a word of Japa- passed beauty by some of the Ottoman UK, only to end up spending six weeks alizing that I was learning,” he wrote in ask him to show me some of his favorite sultans and textile coverings of the holy nese or the Japanese women knowing any in Greece, Turkey, or some other destina- his book. items in the museum. Kaaba richly embroidered in silver and English. tion they found too intriguing to merely Along with his studies, the other ma- Ziad leads the way to a glass showcase In 1985, Ziad spent a week in Jordan gold wire. The calligraphy museum was rush through. jor turning point in his life came when where an extremely rare complete section with his mother, driving to small towns “Once my parents drove from Kuwait he met and married his wife, Jehan, in designed by Tareq Rajab and is also lo- and villages that she had previously vis- from the Uljaytu collections of Qurans is cated in Jabriya, opposite the New Eng- to England in a VW Beetle. In 1965 my 1955. Born to British parents stationed on display. It dates from the year 1310. ited by herself. Most of the men in those mother bought a caravan in the UK and in Brazil, well-traveled, adventurous Je- lish School. places were truck drivers so the women In a brief history lesson he explains that drove with me, my brother, sister, and han shared many interests with Tareq and it was commissioned by Sultan Uljaytu, Continued on Page 4 were home alone and invited them in several cats and dogs to meet up with my turned out to be his true soulmate. for meals and interesting conversations. father in Istanbul,” says Ziad. Writing about Jehan in his book he said, They were very pleased to see Jehan While Jehan was the most outgoing “She was my guardian angel, and helped me again and were also fascinated by young member of the family, her husband was a great deal with my work and when I felt Ziad. equally dauntless, enterprising, and ex- frustrated and discouraged she forced me One scorching hot summer in the tremely talented. In 1953, Tareq Rajab forward and gave me great encouragement. 1990s, Ziad was driving across Oman’s was the first Kuwaiti to be sent abroad We have been inseparable ever since and rugged and isolated Musandam region to study art, education, and archaeol- have helped each other to shape our lives...” with his mother when she spotted a wom- ogy when he was awarded a government And what extraordinary lives they an and a goat climbing up a mountain. scholarship for a five-year degree course lived! Pioneers in their chosen fields, “Stop!” she shouted and leapt out of the in the UK. they both had many talents. Besides be- car and ran to catch up with the woman In his book, “Tareq Sayid Rajab and ing an accomplished artist and archae- and the goat. She engaged the woman the development of fine art in Kuwait” he ologist, Tareq was an excellent photogra- in conversation, asking her how the last recorded poignant memories of life in old pher, master potter, designer, and builder. season’s rains had been as an ice-breaker, Kuwait and those early days in the UK. Both were prolific authors. In 1969 they and after about fifteen minutes returned “Kuwait with its dusty roads and one-story established the New English School, the to the car. sun baked houses was a peaceful and clean first English secondary school in Kuwait, “I can’t remember what else they talk- place with no rubbish in sight and no mo- and also worked their entire lives as edu- ed about, but after that my mother was torcars to pollute the air. There was just cators and school administrators. happy since she had learned something the vast desert and the limitless waters of “My parents were so focused,” Ziad new,” says Ziad. the Gulf with grand old dhows gracing the remarks. “My mother would work at the Jehan incorporated the information old protected harbors or sailing down the school in the morning and then go to the she acquired in many of these first-hand Gulf spreading their great white sails on museum and work there until 7:00 p.m. interviews, along with much additional their way south to distant lands beyond our My father also had a very strong work

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VACCINE REGISTRATION WEBSITE: https://cov19vaccine.moh.gov.kw/SPCMS/CVD_19_Vaccine_Registration.aspx renaissance People vent anger at Continued from Page 3 ‘no-shot’ ban in malls Jabs for domestics soon In the same room as the Quranic manuscripts are some extremely rare cast bronze and brass incense burners with KUWAIT CITY, June 20: The decision issued by the Coun- 72.4 pc population vaccinated extensive engraved and openwork decoration. The first cil of Ministers not to allow people who have not received incense burner, Ziad explains, was made in the eleventh the two doses of vaccine to what it called ‘gathering’ places century, probably by an Iraqi or Syrian metalworker who has angered a big number of Kuwaitis and residents, reports By Marwa Bahrawi The health sources said the MoH has earned all praise had been influenced by designs brought from as far afield Al-Seyassah . Al-Seyassah Staff for the efforts exerted by it to intensify the vaccination They – the people who have not been vaccinated and those campaigns, increasing the number of vaccination centers, as Afghanistan. It’s in the shape of a domed monument who have registered on the vaccination electronic link to re- known as a Buddhist stupa. KUWAIT CITY, June 20: The Ministry and harnessing all capabilities to increase the daily rate of ceive the vaccination months ago and did not receive the date vaccination in the range of between 35 and 45 thousand “Afghanistan was a meeting place for Buddhism and of vaccination yet -- have taken to the social media to vent of Health continues its efforts to expand Islam,” notes Ziad, “and their doses. their anger. the vaccination campaigns to fi ght the Until now the MoH has used about 3.1 million doses, or local artwork exhibited both Islamic and Buddhist Several people say what is their fault or rather guilt for Covid-19 pandemic by targeting various symbolism and design such as the very prominent eter- being punished by preventing them from entering restaurants vaccinated 72.4 percent of the population, over a period nal knot that forms part of the decoration on this incense and public places, although they are highly aware of the im- groups including domestic workers. of six months since the beginning of the vaccination cam- burner.” portance of vaccination and immunization against the virus, The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health paign at the end of December 2020 until date. In an adjacent showcase is an incense burner that Ziad stressing that they were among the fi rst people who took the (MoH) announced a few days ago that pregnant The sources praised the efforts of those in charge of the refers to as the Fatimid lion, originating in eleventh or initiative to register on the vaccination electronic link at the national vaccination campaign, especially during the past women and children in the age group 12 to 15 years few weeks, during which the number of those who have twelfth century Egypt. Another larger, extremely rare in- beginning of this year. However, the Ministry of Health did should be added to the vaccination schedule while cense burner also features an animal that looks like a lion, not send them the date of vaccination yet. been vaccinated doubled dramatically, as the number of in front of a Buddhist stupa with a head of the same type One of the ‘victims’ of the decision, who is in his fi fties and the MoH announced it will begin a campaign to vac- vaccines given from May 19 to June 19 was to about 1.5 of animal on each corner. works for a private company, told Al-Seyassah daily he is the cinate hundreds of domestic workers in addition to million, representing 50 percent of the total vaccinations Ziad points out that the incense burner was signed by father of four girls, the eldest of whom is in secondary school. the rest of groups that have already been announced. given. a master metalworker by the name of Ali, most likely Ali ibn Muhammad al-Tahi’, who signed a very similar, but smaller “lion” that is in the Hermitage Museum in St Pe- tersburg. Ziad notes that his father had a special talent for ac- quiring remarkable items, an eye and a feeling for the exceptional, combined with what he describes as luck and positioning. “He was around in the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s, when it was a buyer’s market for Islamic antiques since not that many people were interested. As far back as the 1960s, when my father was Kuwait’s Director of Antiquities, he tried to get a budget from the government to establish an Islamic art museum, but he was not suc- cessful.” Tareq Rajab bought the incense burners from auction houses, where he found many other unique artifacts. Estate sales at stately homes in England and India also yielded many treasures, as did flea markets. Ziad recalls an incident when he and his mother were in London, sitting at a café opposite the famous flea market on Portobello Road. “Something caught my eye at an antique silver vendor’s stall across the road. I ran over and discovered that the item was an antique tantour, the traditional tall, conical silver headdress once worn by Druze women. My mother was fascinated by these headpieces and we were happy to add this one to her col- lection. There is a theory that the tantour was brought to the Levant by central Asian tribes after the Mongol invasion.” In the 1970s and 80s, Portobello Road was still a real antiques market, and we found fabulous things there,” he adds. Going from room to room in the museum with Ziad is a fascinating voyage of discovery. He points out a traditional dress from the Asir region of Saudi Arabia. It’s made of black material decorated with metal em- broidery on the sleeves and bodice and panels of color- ful embroidery down the sides. “People don’t think of Saudi Arabia as being very rich in traditional textiles and costumes but actually it’s inhabited by many dif- ferent ethnic groups and there is great artistic diversity there,” he notes. Traditional costumes and ethnic jewelry are two fields in which Jehan Rajab had a particular interest and the museum has an impressive collection of both. The first time I interviewed Jehan in 1980 she remarked, “Humans are seldom satisfied with an object that fulfills only basic functions. They need something that cheers, beautifies, and suggests to them things they love, things that intrigue and uplift the spirits. This both Islamic pottery and folk jewelry do with their beauty of line and color, or as in the case of some of the jewelry, their tinkling bells, pieces of warm amber and blue turquoise.” Three long halls in the museum are filled with stunning examples of ethnic jewelry: amulets, ankle bells, gem- encrusted belt buckles, ceremonial headpieces, ancient Sumerian items and Roman jewelry, Byzantine bangles, bedouin jewelry, massive 19th century Turkoman pieces, and an 18th century Tibetan sorcerer’s breastpiece carved out of human bones, to name just a few. At the end of one of the corridors is a room sepa- rated from the rest of the hall by a set of antique Indian doors. Inside is a breathtaking display of spectacular gold jewelry from around the world. Among the trea- sures are precious pieces from ancient Egypt, second century Roman jewelry made in Syria, gem-encrusted neckpieces with fine enamel work from 18th century Mughal India, turquoise decorated pieces from the Arabian peninsula, and a gold necklace with Quranic inscriptions that was a gift to a princess from the Sul- tan of Zanzibar and Oman. Antique Islamic firearms also comprise an impressive section of the museum and were another area of expertise for Tareq Rajab. In a collection that ranges from Morocco to India, and China to Central Asia, there are many ex- amples of great beauty and the highest quality craftsman- ship. Ziad also contributed to this collection and tells the story of how he and his sister Nur spent a month in Kabul in the late 70s, when he was just eighteen years old. “We lived with an Afghani family and we absolutely loved Afghanistan,” he says. “One day we bought an enormous 19th century rifle from an antique store. When we left Kabul we took it with us in the cabin on board the flight to Tehran. When we tried to board our connecting Kuwait Airways flight the next day the customs officials told us couldn’t take the gun, but after about a half hour of argu- ing they let us check it in as baggage in the hold. Can you imagine trying to travel with such an item nowadays?” he laughs. Ziad and Nur’s rifle is in a showcase along with other examples of the huge firearms that skillful Afghani rid- ers somehow managed to use while mounted on horse- back. There are many more stories to be told but it’s getting late and before I go I ask Ziad about his plans for the museum. He says that he and his sister Nur are the family members most involved with the collection. Nur does the photographic archiving while Ziad carries out research on artifacts, academic work, and is compiling an online archive. He is also transcribing his mother’s diaries and has finished transcribing her collection of letters to her mother that began the day she arrived in Kuwait in 1959 and include all her mother’s replies. Out of Tareq and Jehan Rajab’s nine grandchildren, only one lives in Kuwait and that is Ziad’s daughter Ala- noude. “I’m trying to get her more involved in the muse- um. She has written up the description for the Palestinian costume exhibition,” he says. That exhibition will be held at Dar El Cid exhibition hall sometime in September. Opening hours for the Tareq Rajab Museum and the Tareq Rajab Museum of Islamic Calligraphy are from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m., and on Friday afternoons only. The entrance fee is 2 KD. Treat yourself to a viewing of this marvelous private collection of beautiful items that will cheer, intrigue, and uplift your spirits. You’ll want to go back again and again. ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021 LOCAL 5 diwaniya A DIGEST OF PUBLIC OPINION ‘Kuwait has always supported Palestinian cause and liberation’ “WHEN the late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad, we pray to Almighty “In this respect, we would like to highlight some statements of Marzouq adolescence or are pupils in a secondary school the relevant school man- Allah to bestow his mercy upon him, issued his statement indicating that Al-Ghanim who has gone on record for saying ‘the occupying entity vio- agement will not hesitate to contact their parents to keep in check this bad the Speaker of the National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanim represents the lates all the international resolutions and charters in addition to IPU’s prin- behavior. State of Kuwait’s offi cial policy and opinion at any international forum in ciples basic law and charter’. He has also said, ‘the IPU should adopt clear “But the problem in this assembly shows that the ‘rioters’ are from general and those related to the Palestinian cause in particular in terms of cut attitude in dealing with all of the above’, hinting that the ‘IPU is not a among the MPs although they are no longer adolescent and are full grown confronting the usurping Zionist entity, this statement is indeed very signif- social aggregation only rather it is a signifi cant organization that shoulders adults. We ponder over this deviation in the behavior of the relevant MPs icant, simply because this was issued by the highest humanitarian responsibilities undertaken by it’. and how can it be handled – the behavior that was never seen before. offi cial in the State, namely the Amir, and this means “Given the above, we conclude the State of Kuwait from the very begin- “However, I do believe some MPs have misunderstood the concept of a lot of things,” columnist Dr Issa Al-Amiri wrote ning has supported the Palestinian cause and its liberation movements and freedom the MPs enjoy. In other words when some of them realize that the for Al Rai daily. has spared no effort in extending every material and moral support to this MP has the freedom to say whatever he comes to his mouth inside the Par- “Likewise, the attitudes of Al-Ghanim towards en- cause including the participation in all the wars against this Zionist entity.” liament and that no one has the right to punish that MP for saying what he countering of the Zionist entity are unlimited. In this Also: wants to say, he is under the impression that he has been granted absolute connection we cite his recent two days visit to the freedom, ignoring the fact that the ‘freedom’ is not absolute, rather it is Swiss capital Geneva during which he held a meeting “This message is addressed to the trouble-maker MPs I would like here- restricted by the spirit of the system, control and responsibility.” with the Speaker of the Inter-Parliamentary Union by to tell them, please keep in mind that the voters in your constituencies ❑ ❑ ❑ Duarte Pacheco in his capacity as representative of have elected you to cooperate with the government to solve the problems the Arab parliaments and during the meeting both of- facing both the homeland and the citizens, and not to involve in childish be- “Many articles have tackled corruption and mismanagement in the havior,” columnist Dr. Abdulmohsen Hamada wrote of Al-Jarida daily. government and National Assembly. However, the government -- like its fi cials condemned the practices of the Zionist entity. Dr. Issa Al-Amiri “Apart from the above, these discussions were “In this connection, it is sad to see some of you occupying the ‘chairs’ predecessors -- is still in deep slumber because we have been living in successful in calling on European Union (EU) Middle East Committee to of ministers which is an insult to the person of the ministers. Some of you the same situation for about 10 years or more,” columnist Ali Jaber Al- organize a fact-fi nding mission to look at what recently happened in the have even moved the chair of the Prime Minister saying he does not de- Ahmad wrote for Al-Seyassah daily. Palestinian occupied territories. It is needless to say the above represents serve it. “I address all Kuwaitis with conscience, who genuinely love their coun- a signifi cant achievement by Marzouq Al-Ghanim at IPU and EU levels. “Meanwhile, we draw the attention to MP Obaid Al-Wasmi who de- try, as well as the senior and junior offi cials who have the power to decide. Moreover, two years ago he had expelled the representatives of the Zionist clared the parliamentary session scheduled for tomorrow will be allocated “If you want Kuwait to be as it was before, save it from persons with delegation to the IPU conference calling them ‘killers of children’. to discuss the nationality issues. This happened although I do believe that forged nationality and then adjust the demographic structure. “Save Kuwait from the holders of forged academic certifi cates, forged “As a matter of fact, these actions and achievements are too signifi cant he quietly knows that the agenda of the National Assembly’s sessions disability certifi cates, looters, thieves, infl uential personalities and senior indeed, because they shed light on the practices of the usurping Zionist en- should be agreed upon in advance by both the government and parliament, as such no MP has the right to impose whatever he wants. offi cials. emy against our brothers in Palestine. The contributions of Al-Ghanim are “Then, other matters will be resolved easily and Kuwait will be signifi cant and have a positive impact on international opinion, particularly “In the midst of what can be called ‘immoral deviations’, the govern- ment decided not to attend the parliament sessions to protect the dignity of clean. in terms of raising the voice of the Palestinians at international forums. “If the board of directors of a company differ and the number of mem- “Moreover, the attitude of the State of Kuwait in this connection, refl ects the ministers, particular since we know that some MPs feel the ministers should have no dignity, simply because they imagine dignity is meant only bers is not more than 12, if the ministers differ and their number does not the conscience of every honest Kuwaiti. In this context, we cite the Kuwaiti exceed 15, if the members of a household differ and their number is less government and people’s support for Palestine and calls for punishing any for the MPs. than 10, how can the group not differ considering the number of members type of dealing with the Zionist entity. This decision emphasizes Kuwait’s “Hence, we have observed since the election of the current National As- exceeds 31? The answer does not require deep thinking.” policy in supporting the brotherly Palestinian people in confronting the Zi- sembly no single session was held and this is linked to the unacceptable onist occupation. behaviors. However, if we presume that these MPs are still passing through — Compiled by Zaki Taleb High ticket prices , low percentage arrivals ‘obstacle’ in expats return ‘Ban removal decision to revive travel market’

KUWAIT CITY, June 20: In view of the Cabinet decision issued last Thursday to al- Other Voices low non-Kuwaitis to enter the country start- ing from August, optimism prevailed among the owners of tourism and travel agencies, reports Al-Anba daily. MoI photo The daily’s staff visited some agencies and airlines to Customs offi cials fi nd drugs in rice bags. Liberal Najafi in ‘black box’ personally look into their current operations, especially since the summer season has started and it is considered By Ahmad alsarraf and references, their relationship to other religious references in Karbala, Kufa, Qom the peak season for traveling. ‘Hidden in rice bags’ admit that at fi rst I was impressed by and others, the role of the Dawa Party, the In their interview with the daily, the owners of agencies Ithe questions posed by the presenter history and reason for its founding, the cir- disclosed they are still facing a number of obstacles; such as and the answers from his guest, but that cumstances of the execution of its founder, the quota for the return trip to the country -- only 35 passen- Drugs found in container from Iran did not last long with the beginning of the his ideas and philosophy and the repetition gers. This is in addition to the failure of the Directorate allegations of ‘knowledge and heroism’ of returning to the subject of the supreme General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to implement the Cabinet’s KUWAIT CITY, June 20: Shuwaikh contributed to seizing drugs on several from the guest and his historical mistakes references in Najaf time and time again decision to increase the number of passengers arriving on such as the affi liation of Kuwait and large Port customs offi cers have seized a occasions, especially drugs inside food- as if there are no matters in Iraq worth ad- commercial flights to 5,000 per day. quantity of narcotic substance which stuffs such as potatoes, pomegranates, parts of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf to Iraq dressing other than the reference and what They added there has been a noticeable increase in travel which was originally a province of the was hidden in bags inside a container chocolate, bread and others. is around it. movement for some summer destinations like Turkey, coming from Iran, reports Al-Rai daily. The Shuwaikh Customs Offi cer, Ottoman Empire. The guest tried more than once to ex- Georgia, Bosnia, France and Spain. They said ticket prices -- The guest also The Director-General of Customs, Saleh Al-Harbi, told Al-Rai the drugs plain the reality of the marginal role of especially for incoming flights -- have increased by 60 percent Counselor Jamal Al-Jalawi, said Iran’s were hidden inside Iranian rice bags. erred in attribut- references in Iraqi politics, often with to 80 percent due to the high demand, while supply is low ing the respon- their desire and in line with an ancient shipping line is considered one of the The street value of the seized 6 kilos sibility of the since the maximum number of passengers for the return trip to dangerous lines because of the many of shabu is believed to have a market Shiite heritage that calls for leaving poli- Kuwait is only 35. stupid Iraq war tics to its people and devote itself to reli- smuggling attempts, stressing that the value of half a million dinars. with Iran to the gious science until the appearance of the Decision new smuggling methods include hid- He explained the goods were for a Gulf states, and Mahdi. ing drugs among foodstuffs, but the food importing company. The entire is- Kuwait in par- Director of Sales Department at Al-Kharafi Travels Naji alert customs offi cials are always on the sue has been referred to the concerned I discovered wasting time in the mid- Khader disclosed the recent decision to allow the return of ticular and how dle of episode number 25 and after hear- lookout to keep a tap on the drug smug- authority. the pain of the expatriates in early August is promising and optimistic for the gling activity. The inspection was attended by ing the guest repeat the phrase ‘I am a owners of travel and tourism agencies; especially since their bereaved widows liberal’ more than once and he strongly Al-Jalawi indicated, six kilos of sha- Deputy Director General for Customs and orphans of insisted on what he said whenever neces- conditions deteriorated more than a year ago. He said the bu was found in a container. He added, Ports Affairs Suleiman Al-Fahd and Iraq rests on the agencies are witnessing high demand among citizens as three alsarraf sary to talk about a religious position and cooperation between the GCC countries Director of Public Relations Abdullah shoulders of the justify and defend himself as liberal. European destinations have been opened -- Greece, France and the exchange of information have Al-Mutairi. Gulf people. The guest also mentioned that Sayyid and Spain, along with the opening of Germany on June 25. The guest also made a big mistake Al-Khoei, the supreme Shiite authority, Khader added the agencies are facing a major obstacle due when he said that Sheikh Mubarak Al- at the time of the popular uprising which to the decision to limit the number of passengers on board the Sabah was among the candidates to followed Saddam’s resounding defeat flights returning to Kuwait to 35 only, leading to a remarkable take over the rule in Iraq in 1920, while increase in the prices of tickets. He expects a drastic drop in Sheikh Mubarak actually had died fi ve in the 2003 war did not issue any state- ment in support of the uprising although the prices of tickets once the direct flights between Kuwait and years before that date. most destinations resume; stressing that Turkey is the most This is a mistake that should not have its leadership (penetrated according to been made, unless the goal is to gain the him) was at his home, and the reference preferred destination for tourism and travel among citizens, as satisfaction of some, and to revive an idea Al-Sabzwari was the only one who is- reflected in its higher turnout of travelers from various desti- that has long been in his mind to become an sued (what looked like a political fatwa) nations. ambassador of Iraq or to return to be leader in support of it, and how Saddam insulted Director General of an undisclosed agency Dhafer Hijjawi of the ‘People’s Party for Reform’ after the Mr. Al-Khoei by arresting him and trans- pointed out the tourism and travel market will not return to the failure of his plans to ally with Kuwaiti porting him from his home to Baghdad to way it was before until next year, when it might recover by 50 fi gures to recommend him to be an ambas- meet Saddam in a pickup car. percent to 70 percent as approximately 200 to 250 agencies sador to carry out activities that has noth- As for Al-Sabzwari, Saddam sent him shut down since the beginning of the corona pandemic. ing to do with diplomacy, which may have a tall dark-skinned offi cer famous for car- He considers the recent decision to allow the return of non- prompted the Iraqi government at the time rying out orders and not hesitating to kill Kuwaitis a good step that contributes to the recovery of the to expedite the appointment of Mohammad hundreds of thousands, to arrest him but market; but some obstacles remain such as limiting the num- Bahr al-Ulloum ambassador to Iraq to put he failed in that as he could not, for an un- known reason, cross the threshold of the ber of passengers on the return flight to Kuwait to 35 and this an end to its unwanted ambitions. resulted in the remarkable increase of ticket prices. He added It was clear from the episodes that I may room in which Sabzwari was sitting and he retreated disappointed to implement Turkey and Britain are the most preferred destinations for have wasted my time watching, and which citizens to spend their summer vacation. could have been compressed to a much Saddam’s order. smaller number after discovering the guest In the absence of an explanation for was talking too much to promote himself, the offi cer’s bewildering behavior, Mr. which often was empty rhetoric most of Faeq, a very liberal person gave his own PAHW launches drive to which can be attributed to the senior Iraqi interpretation saying that he knows Mr. opposition men and the senior clergy men Sabzwari as he is very close to God and such as Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, politicians constantly recites supplications and vers- help elderly & ‘disabled’ such as Iyad Allawi, wealthy people such as es, and when that offi cer entered to arrest Ahmad Chalabi, the hero of the Petra Bank him, he recited a prayer that was enough KUWAIT CITY, June 20: The Public Authority for Housing scandal, and Shiite elites from separate re- to prevent the fi erce offi cer from entering Welfare (PAHW) will launch a special initiative titled “Ab- ligious political parties, of whom religious the room to get hold of him. shir” for the elderly and people with special needs whose dis- commitment was never known, and most I do not know why the presenter of the ability is classifi ed as medium-severe, reports Al-Rai daily. of the leaders of the ‘Dawa party with its program did not stop at this strange inci- According to sources, this is the fi rst initiative of its kind at two parts, or three of their defectors such dent, and he who stopped at what is less the level of government agencies. Direct directives were re- as Jawad (Nouri) al-Maliki, al-Jaafari, al- important than it and asks the guest why ceived from the Minister of State for Housing Affairs and Ur- Shahristani, al-Abadi and others while he Al-Sabzwari did not leak the text of that ban Development Shaya Al-Shaya to empower them to obtain was in London. supplication to the supreme authority Al- services and transactions at their homes through an electronic It was an unforgivable fall from the Khoei, for example? Why did not great platform of their own. tyranny; his ego tinted with arrogance imams, better than him and higher in rank The fi rst stage of the initiative will focus on forming a team and this may have prompted him to speak hear such supplication, and despite this of employees to provide services and equip the platform to re- on behalf of the entire Iraqi people and they were martyred by the tyrants and their corpses were mutilated? ceive home visit requests with a pre-reservation system by the his miserable attempt to force his own service applicant who personally determines the type of ser- opinions and feelings on them as if he Despite the media hype around the was an honest personality especially program, the episodes, or the ones I vice and the day of the visit. Upon completion of booking the when he talked about controversial and watched were not successful. As long as appointment and selecting the service, the required documents sensitive issues which no two people in the interviews were pre-recorded, the one screen appears. The service applicant is provided with a hot- Iraq did not agree on. who prepared them should have deleted line number for the aforementioned cases to inquire or reserve. Through his questions, the presenter of the supplication part due to the diffi culty The sources affi rmed that the services proposed to be pro- the program, Ammar Taqi, whom I still of justifying an interview with a big num- vided during the fi rst phase include opening or canceling admire and respect also committed the mis- ber of episodes with those who believed a housing request, re-allocating housing, issuing a owner- take of limiting Iraq with all its religions, in such metaphysical in the third decade ship document for plot, government house or apartment, rent sects, provinces and its entire heritage to the of the twentieth century. payment transactions, online payment services, issuing “To holy city of Najaf for the followers of Shiite ❑ ❑ ❑ Whom It May Concern” certifi cates (building permits) in addi- sects, and repeating his questions about its tion to the allocation of housing project - a government house, people and their customs, their traditions e-mail: [email protected] an apartment, a plot of land belonging to those sold their house or a rented government residence. ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021 LOCAL 6 ‘Life is precious’ to study COVID Amir receives condolences from president of Lebanon KUWAIT CITY, June 20, (KUNA): His Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. effect on people with disabilities Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad From his side, His Highness the Amir Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Sunday a con- replied with sincere appreciation for the dolence cable from Lebanese President president’s honest sentiments, wishing him Experience is a shared community responsibility: Dr Al-Awadi Michel Aoun over demise of Sheikh further health and wellbeing. ‘My body is my choice’ By Faris Al-Abdan of the corona pandemic and evaluates the impact of Al-Seyassah Staff the campaign on the people with disabilities, their KUWAIT CITY, June 20: Director-General of the parents and the community, stressing that this experi- Forced vaccination an attack Public Authority for Persons with Disabilities, Dr ence is nothing but a shared community responsibility Shafiqa Al-Awadi, announced the ‘Life is precious’ that has enhanced many options and opportunities on ‘freedoms’, say protesters campaign studies with scientific research the reality that would empower people with disabilities and sup- KUWAIT CITY, June 20: A number of port their rights in Kuwaitis gathered at Al-Erada Square to society. protest the recent decisions of the Council Al-Awadi said she, along with of Ministers which forbids non-vaccinated the human construction system and people from traveling or entering commer- its partners, will follow up on the cial complexes, restaurants, health clubs and recommendations issued by the beauty parlors and barber shops, reports study and benefit from the research Al-Qabas daily. conclusions that have been reached, The demonstrators organized a vigil call- valuing all the supporting institu- ing what they said ‘forced vaccination’ an tions for their vital role in support- attack on the freedoms. They were seen ing such national initiatives, and holding banners which read ‘No prejudice called for the continuation of this to our freedoms, no to compulsory vaccina- Protesters at Erada Square community solidarity. tion, my body is my choice’. For her part, the strategic plan- On the other hand, dozens of citizens It is noteworthy to mention the security ning advisor to the human con- demanded a comprehensive amnesty and authorities pre-empted efforts by people struction team, Eng. Awatef from gathering by closing the area around Al-Salman, explained the human the return of political activists and former KUNA photo construction team includes a group MPs from abroad saying ‘Amnesty is a pri- Al-Erada Square and prevented vehicles CEO of KPC during his visit to Mina Abdullah Refinery. of experts, consultants and special- ority’. from parking in the vicinity of the square. ists in the field of supporting the initiatives for social development ‘KNPC has made remarkable progress, in the service of care groups and Media mourns death of presenter people with disabilities. Al-Salman confirmed that the KUWAIT CITY, June 20: The Ministry of press statement the Minister of Information team and the authority are in the Information mourned the death of Na’asa and Culture and Minister of State for Youth especially in environmental fuel area’ process of completing these prac- al-Jundi, who passed away at the age of 84, Affairs Abdul Rahman Al-Mutairi sent con- ticalities, after a busy journey at the Kuwait Radio for dolences to the family of the deceased and KUWAIT CITY, June 20, (KUNA): briefed on the great efforts exerted to Kuwaiti workforce at the Mina decades, who presented the most important stressing that The CEO of the Kuwait Petroleum operate the remaining units of the Abdullah and Mina Al-Ahmadi radio works broadcast on the Kuwait Radio, to the Kuwaiti and Arab radio and media the social Corporation (KPC), Hashem Hashem, environmentally friendly fuel project refineries, stressing that their efforts reports Al-Rai daily. family. solidarity said Saturday the Kuwait National at the refinery. are the cornerstone on which the The official spokesman for the Ministry The minister said the Kuwait Radio has Petroleum Company (KNPC) has According to the statement, company relies in implementing its role is mani- of Information, Anwar Murad, said in a lost a committed and capable broadcaster. made remarkable progress on the way Hashem and his companions listened projects and enhancing its role and fested in its to completing its major projects, espe- to the explanations given by a number company’s position. best form in cially in the area of environmental of company officials about the steps Al-Badr pointed to the “huge” such great Medical supplies found near incinerator ‘not ours’ fuel despite the repercussions of the taken towards the full operation of the environmental fuel project, which is national and emerging coronavirus (Covid-19) project, the challenges and difficulties close to announcing its full opera- humanitari- KUWAIT CITY, June 20: The Ministry of supplies do not belong to the ministry pandemic globally. faced by the work teams during the tion, explaining that it constitutes a an initia- Health has issued a clarification on what because none of these drugs bore the minis- was published in the social media in the try seal or logo and do not belong to any of This came in a statement issued by implementation stages, and how .to unique case of its kind globally, tives, whose Dr Al-Awadi the KNPC on the sidelines of the overcome them by providing practical since it was accomplished in parallel impact form of a video clip showing some medical its facilities or health centers or hospitals visit by Hashem Hashem and a num- and innovative solutions. with maintaining the continuation of remains effective on the life of supplies found next to one of the incinera- affiliated to the ministry. ber of members of the KPC Board of For his part, the KNPC CEO, the two refineries in performing their this denomination of people, tors in the country, reports Al-Rai daily. The team said these medicines belong to Directors to the Mina Abdullah Walid Al-Badr, according to the tasks without affecting the usual pro- reflected in the community and When a team from the Drug Inspection a private company and has no contract with Refinery, during which they were statement praised the role of the duction rates. the nation. Department went to the site, they found the the Health Ministry to supply medicines. ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021 LOCAL 7

Nazaha summons senior offi cials of the ministry Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority investigates suspicions of corruption KUWAIT CITY, June 20: The Kuwait and made waves in the social media one of them has been out of work since legal affairs department in the Minis- Nazaha announced Thursday the re- the offense of forgery in Article No. Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) is platforms, after it was published by the last February. try had issued a decision to deduct the ferral of the chairman of the board of 257 of Penal Code No. 16 of 1960. It looking into the authenticity of what Al-Qabas daily. The sources say their ‘interruption’ salary of suspect as a primary step and directors of a sports club and others to affi rmed its determination to continue was published by the Al-Qabas daily The daily added, Nazaha is said to from work they are still obstructing the then issued a decision to suspend one of the Public Prosecution on charges of efforts and procedures regarding the on Feb 18, 2021, under the title ‘Af- have listened to the testimony of those ministry’s work by continuing to give them from work. committing the crime of facilitating the examination and collection of evi- fairs investigating suspicions of cor- who had been summoned for investi- instructions to contracting companies The sources revealed the two sus- theft of public money. dence and investigations in all serious ruption’ in the Computer Department gation and has in its possession docu- without any offi cial documents in vio- pects are suspects in the work of char- Nazaha said in a press statement that charges received, valuing the role of of the Ministry of Social Affairs and ments required to complete the case lation of rules and regulations. ity societies and public benefi t asso- the referral comes as a continuation of whistle-blowers in exercising their role Community Development particularly fi le, since suspicions throw light on The sources pointed out that the As- ciations, in addition to the project of its efforts to combat corruption, ward in assisting the Commission to obtain the administrative and fi nancial sec- facilitating the embezzlement of public sistant Undersecretary at the Ministry implementing the development plan off its risks and effects, and prosecute the necessary information and data on tors which had led to the disruption money. of Social Affairs, Abdulaziz Al-Mu- according to the state’s vision. its perpetrators by receiving serious corruption incidents. of three development projects, reports Reliable sources said the Undersec- tairi, has submitted a memo the Under- Recently, the sources said, another charges that fulfi ll the conditions stipu- In its statement, the authority the daily. retary of the ministry has sent a memo secretary of the Ministry saying there infringement on public money in com- lated under Law No. 2 of 2016 and its stressed the provision of the maximum Al-Qabas daily has learned that to the minister recommending termina- are no legal basis for the employee who puter management and suspicions of executive regulations. levels of protection and confi dentiality Nazaha recently summoned senior of- tion of the services of the employees is ‘suspended’ from work insisting that corruption has been revealed, and that It clarifi ed that the aforementioned necessary for whistle-blowers, which fi cials of the ministry to investigate and involved in the case -- the director and any instructions issued by him should the fi le has been referred to the compe- charges were found guilty in the text of were imposed by law and the executive look into the details of was published head of a department -- especially since not be implemented, indicating that the tent authorities. Article 10 of Law No. 1 of 1993 and regulations. KRCS opens 3 medical wards at Wardieh Hospital in Beirut Call to support refugees around the world

BEIRUT, June 20, Dr Hilal Al-Sayer and Tareq Al-Salem Al-Mutawa inaugurate medical wards (KUNA): The Chairman at Wardieh Hospital in Beirut. of the Board of Directors of Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer opened Sunday medical wards at Wardieh Hospital in Beirut, which KRCS helped restore after it was damaged by a mas- sive explosion of Beirut Port in August 2020. Al-Sayer opened three wards 10 months after the start of renovation work. Representative of the People’s Committee for Fundraising in Kuwait Tareq Al-Salem Al-Mutawa and Head KUNA photos of KRCS’s mission in Lebanon Dr. A picture showing the extent of the damage and the completion of the res- Musa’ad Al-Enezi participated in the toration work. ceremony. At the ceremony, a documentary was shown about the moment of the explosion and what the hospital was 50th World Refugee Day exposed to. Al-Sayer affi rmed to KUNA KRCS’ keenness to pay great attention to the Kuwait Fund contributes to health sector, because it constitutes the primary need in crises and disasters. After the explosion, many hospitals helping refugees worldwide in Beirut lost their ability to treat the injured and provide medical services KUNA photo By Salem Al-Methen Palestinian refugees agency (UN- to others, which rushed them to pro- Dr Hilal Al-Sayer during his tour of the newly opened medical wards at Wardieh Hospital in Beirut. RWA) in Gaza Strip, which in- KUWAIT CITY, June 20, vide them with support, he said. cluded construction of schools. It For his part, Al-Mutawa told KUNA (KUNA): State of Kuwait has been co-fi nanced a campaign to raise a major contributor to humanitari- that KRCS immediately took the initi- awareness against coronavirus in- ative to collect donations from philan- an aid, coordinating with UN agen- side Syria. cies and organizations working in thropists to complete this humanitarian KFAED, it added, contributed to work. humanitarian, refugees and human cancer treatment centers in Leba- rights affairs to help those in need In turn, Nicola Al-Aqiqi, head of non and Jordan. the hospital, told KUNA that after the around the globe. It joined hands with Kuwait Red Kuwait Fund for Arab Eco- explosion, they were in a state of loss Crescent Society to offer logistical and confusion, then witnessed Kuwait nomic Development (KFAED) has assistance to the Rohingya refugees been at the forefront in executing standing by Lebanon’s side which in Bangladesh. The aid included gave them hope and strength. humanitarian initiatives to provide building 1,200 housing units and quality assistance to refugees, of- 1,200 packages, which included Restored fering 106 grants with a total of blankets, kitchenware and solar pow- She pointed out that the wards that USD 1.304 million up until fi scal er lights, in addition to constructing year 2019-20. are restored returned to the best of schools, mosques and health cent- what they were, re-equipped with good The fund, in a report sent to ers. Kuwait also hosted interna- KUNA marking the 50th World technology. tional conferences to help people in The affected hospitals also delivered Refugee Day, said the humanitar- Syria and Iraq, during which donors ian contribution was part of Kuwait pledged USD billions. medical equipment and health materi- government’s international obliga- als that were transported through an air tions to helping refugees who were Also: bridge that Kuwait began to set up the forced to fl ee their homes because ADAN: Kuwait Society for Relief day after the explosion, which trans- of wars and confl icts. on Thursday completed a cam- ported through 18 Kuwaiti Air Force It said it offered assistance to paign which delivered 2,500 food planes more than 820 tons of needs to Palestinian, Iraqi, Syrian, Yemeni aid packages to displaced families Lebanon. and Myanmar’s refugees in host in Yemen’s Governorate of Taez. Meanwhile, Kuwait Red Crescent countries, in addition to Lebanon, A statement by the Yemeni or- Society (KRCS) called, Sunday, for Jordan, Turkey, Egypt and Bang- ganization carrying out the project supporting refugees around the world, ladesh. said the packs were handed out in providing them with protection, health, The fund, it said, initiated solid fi ve districts in Taiz. educational and social care. partnerships with UN agencies This package aims to relief the In a statement to KUNA marking and national organizations to im- suffering of the families and those World Refugee Day, KRCS Chairman prove living and health conditions affected by the war. Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer, said Kuwait’s con- of people in need. Citing examples The aid comes as part of a larger tribution to helping refugees around of the contributions, KFAED said campaign which has thus far seen the world was clear by responding to it funded a UNHCR project to im- 24,000 food packs, provided by humanitarian crises in various parts of prove infrastructure of housing fa- the Kuwait Society for Relief, the world to alleviate the suffering of cilities of Syrian refugees in Iraq’s distributed amongst 10 provinces millions of refugees. Kurdistan region and in Lebanon. throughout Yemen since Ramadan Assistance provided by Kuwait via It also fi nanced projects of UN in mid-May. governmental and non-governmental institutions confi rms the importance of its role in international humanitar- ian work to serve refugees all over the world, he added in a statement. KRCS works with the refugees for better living and future, especially for the Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan and Rohingya in Bangladesh, Al-Sayer said. With the increase in the number of refugees around the world, the human suffering they are experiencing exac- erbated, Al-Sayer added, as he called organizations and authorities in the world to quickly establish a special- ized body to spread awareness among the refugees.

Burgan Bank Yawmi Account poster Burgan Bank announces names of daily lucky winners of ‘Yawmi Account’ draw KUWAIT CITY, June 20: Burgan Account offers Daily and Quarterly Bank announced today the names of Draws, wherein the Quarterly Draw the daily draw winners of its Yawmi requires customers to maintain a mini- account draw, each taking home a mum amount of KD 500 in their cash-prize of KD 5,000. account for two months prior to the The lucky winners are: draw date. Additionally, every KD 10 1. Hasan Abdullah Ashkanani in the account will entitle customers to 2. Zaid Natae Rowaie one chance of winning. If the account 3. Thekrayat Mousa Kakouli balance is KD 500and above, the 4. Farah Osamah Aljarallah account holder will be qualified for 5. Nadeen Hasan Alsadek both the quarterly and daily draws. In addition to the daily draw, Burgan Burgan Bank encourages everyone Bank also offers a Quarterly Draw to open a Yawmi account and/or with more chances to win higher increase their deposit to maximize rewards, offering the chance to one their chances of becoming a winner. KUNA photo lucky customer to win KD 125,000 The higher the level of the deposit, the Dr Hilal Al-Sayer during an aid dis- every three months. The Yawmi higher the likelihood to win. tribution for the needy. Ikea fined $1.3 million over spying campaign in France

A French court ordered home defendants in the high-profile Ikea’s French subsidiary used operates most Ikea stores, furnishings giant Ikea to pay trial, some were acquitted and espionage to sift out trouble- noted in a statement after the some 1.1 million euros ($1.3 others given suspended sen- makers in the employee ranks verdicts that the French retail In this file million) in fines and damages tences. and to profile squabbling cus- operation “has strongly con- photo, custom- over a campaign to spy on Adel Amara, a former Ikea tomers. demned the practices, apolo- ers leave an union representatives, employ- employee who helped expose Ikea France was convicted of gized and implemented a major IKEA store in ees and some unhappy custom- the wrongdoing, called the rul- receiving personal data action plan to prevent this from Plaisir, west of ers in France. ing “a big step in defense of the obtained through fraudulent happening again.” Paris. (AP) Two former Ikea France citizen....It makes me glad that means in a habitual way, and “We will now review the executives were convicted and there is justice in France.” ordered to pay 1 million euros in court’s decision in detail and fined over the scheme and The panel of judges at the fines and about 100,000 euros consider if and where any addi- given suspended prison sen- Versailles court found that ($121,225) in damages. tional measures are neces- tences. Among the other 13 between 2009 and 2012, Ingka Group, which owns and sary,” the group said. (AP)

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Businesses more likely to accelerate pace of investing in technology Small-business innovations that will outlast the pandemic NEW YORK, June 20, (AP): Small businesses that survived the COVID-19 pandemic still face a long road to recovery, but some of the innovations business owners adopted last year may outlast the pandemic itself. “If you make it through this, you ask, you learn, you adapt, and I think it only makes you stronger,” says Keith US housing crisis worsening Hall, president and CEO of the National Association for the Self-Employed. Here are four ways small businesses adapted in response Gov’t help needed to the pandemic that may have long-lasting effects on future operations, according to industry experts and business own- ers themselves. NEW YORK, June 20, (AP): 1. Creative Business Models The pandemic forced businesses to find new ways to Two studies released serve their customers - and quickly, says Meghan Cruz, Wednesday found that the director of grassroots advocacy at the National Retail nation’s housing availability Federation. Now, that small-business owners have built out new and affordability crisis is infrastructure, like curbside pickup and e-commerce opera- expected to worsen significant- tions, they can continue using the hybrid business models ly following the pandemic, they adopted during the pandemic, she says. Within a few weeks of the pandemic shutdowns, Keith likely widening the housing Wallace, founder of the Wine School of Philadelphia, was gap between Black, Latino and facing possible bankruptcy. Unable to open the doors of his white households, as well as business’s in-person-only classrooms, Wallace had to cancel wine classes for thousands of people. putting homeownership out of “The only way to survive was to pivot,” he said via email. the reach of lower class “I realized this was the time to try something audacious.” Americans. Wallace repurposed his office into a recording studio, Both reports call for government turned the main classroom into a video studio and taught action through traditional measures like himself how to produce and edit videos. By September 2020, the school launched its first online-only Level One down payment assistance and a massive Sommelier Course, an eight-week program. increase in homebuilding to address the By December, Wallace was able to recoup about 30% of issue. the business’s income through the online programs. The reports by Harvard University and Now, he is working on launching three additional online the National Association of Realtors come programs nationally within the next year. from different perspectives, but ultimately “This change is forever,” he said. reach the same conclusion: the United 2. Investment In Digital Tools States isn’t building enough housing to Prior to the pandemic, many small-business owners used address population growth, causing record technology as a secondary approach to business, according low home availability, and rising home pric- to Hall - but that shifted in 2020. es are putting homeownership out of reach A 2020 Salesforce report found that growing small busi- of millions of Americans. nesses were more likely to accelerate the pace of investing Without substantial changes in home- This photo shows an advertising sign for building land standing in front of a new home construction site in Northbrook, Illinois. in technology due to the pandemic. building and home affordability, both Mortgage rates were mostly lower this week, as the economy continued to show signs of recovery from the pandemic recession and recent bursts of inflation were deemed temporary by federal policymakers. (AP) “Previously, we were a company that welcomed guests at reports say, the result will be a more-or-less our front counters with a handshake and a smile,” Clark permanent class of renters contrasted with Twiddy, president of Twiddy & Company, a family-owned what will likely be a mostly white class of ket needs to build at least 5.5 million new units report points out several geographies that These problems get worse when broken to keep up with demand and keeping home require substantial increases in homebuild- out by racial backgrounds. Black and Latino vacation rental company in the Outer Banks of North homeowners. While these problems were Carolina, said via email. known before the coronavirus pandemic, ownership affordable over the next 10 years. ing; not surprisingly many parts of homeowners have less in savings than their That’s on top of the roughly 1.2 million units California and the West are on the top of the white counterparts. White potential home- Twiddy said when the company closed its in-person coun- the economic impact of the pandemic exac- ters due to COVID, investing in technology enabled them to erbated the problem, the reports say. built per year on average, or a roughly 60% list. NAR also says substantial homebuild- owners also have generational wealth to increase in home construction for the next ing is required in Southern Florida, as well potentially tap in the form of a down pay- “deliver Southern hospitality in a way never before imag- “The unprecedented events of 2020 both ined.” exposed and amplified the impacts of decade, just to keep up with demand. as the Northeast, particularly the New York- ment. “The scale of underbuilding and the existing New Jersey metropolis region. “The diverging circumstances between Twiddy & Company started using Salesforce for cus- unequal access to decent, affordable hous- tomer relationship management, scaled up its phone tech- ing,” researchers at Joint Center for Housing demand-supply gap is enormous and will require Without additional housing, an increasing those with the resources to weather the eco- a major national commitment to build more share of Americans are likely to become nomic shutdowns and those struggling to nology to Genesys, a cloud-based system, and introduced an Studies at Harvard University wrote. “These AI chatbot to help customers on its website. disparities are likely to persist even as the housing of all types by expanding resources, renters in the coming years. While renting is simply stay afloat thus widened already 3. Reconnecting With The Community economy recovers, with many lower- addressing barriers to new development and not necessarily a bad thing since it provides large inequalities in income and wealth,” Small businesses have long been an integral part of the income households slow to regain their making new housing construction an integral more flexibility, homeownership has been said the Harvard researchers. communities they inhabit. And during the pandemic, Cruz financial footing and facing possible evic- part of a national infrastructure strategy,” wrote the primary driver of wealth generation in Outside of a massive increase in home- says, business owners stepped up to help those communities, tion or foreclosure.” Kenneth Rosen, David Bank, Max Hall, Scott the U.S. since World War II. Home equity is building, researchers at Harvard pointed to even when they were in difficult positions themselves. A separate study commissioned by the Reed and Carson Goldman with the Rosen often a way for Americans to have a finan- government home affordability programs as Cruz tells the story of Cardsmart Greetings, a small gift National Association of Realtors released Consulting Group, in its report to NAR. cial safety net at times of economic trouble, likely the best solution to address the prob- shop in Buffalo, New York, whose owner, Tracey Mangano, Wednesday found that the U.S. housing mar- The National Association of Realtors as seen in the pandemic. lem long term. ran a hand sanitizer distribution event in her community, despite her business being closed. Cardsmart was recog- nized by the National Retail Federation and the Qurate Retail Group as part of their Small Business Spotlight series. Lawmakers wary of attack ads Biden objects to raising gas tax to pay for infrastructure WASHINGTON, June 20, (AP): The White House made clear Friday that President Joe Biden was opposed to letting the federal gasoline tax rise at the rate of inflation to help pay for an infrastructure package that a bipartisan group of 21 senators is trying to craft. The gas tax increase was part of an early package that called for $579 billion in new spending on roads, bridges, rail and public transit. It’s unclear if it will make the final cut and the White House seems intent on making sure it doesn’t. “The President has been clear throughout these negotia- tions: He is adamantly opposed to raising taxes on people making less than $400,000 a year,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates said. “After the extraordinarily hard times that ordinary Americans endured in 2020 - job losses, shrinking incomes, squeezed budgets - he is simply not going to allow Congress to raise taxes on those who suffered the most.” The federal gas tax stands at 18.4 cents a gallon and has not increased since 1993. It helps pay for highways and mass transit programs around the country. Congress has traditionally relied on the user-pay principle to pay for road and bridge work, but is increasingly relying on general funds to accomplish that task. Lawmakers from both parties are wary of attack ads accusing them of supporting a hike in gas prices. Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said that indexing the gas tax to inflation was a nonstarter for him. “It’s another hit on working people,” Wyden said. Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said a gas tax hike is a “Republican thing.” “Democrats want to fund this by taxing people (earning) $400,000,” Brown said. The White House is expecting to hear from the senators crafting the infrastructure package on Monday. It is scaled back from Biden’s proposal, but Democrats are preparing to move other parts of Biden’s agenda in separate legislation that they could pass using a tool that requires only a simple majority for approval. The bipartisan plan offers about $579 billion in new spending, including $110 billion on roads and highways, $66 billion on passenger and freight rail and $48 billion on public transit. An additional $47 billion would go toward efforts to fight climate change and there is money for elec- tric vehicle charging stations. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., described the infrastructure bill being negotiated a good start, but most Democrats don’t believe it does enough on climate or on the amount of revenue raises, and doesn’t address priorities like paid family leave. So they will pro- ceed on two tracks that include a reconciliation package going beyond what’s in the infrastructure bill. ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021 BUSINESS 9

Philip Morris International names Deepak Mishra as President, Americas Region

Jacek Olczak, Chief Executive Offi cer of to commercialize reduced risk products in nerships and investments. Deepak brings to sumer services, renewable energy, and spent four years at Accenture’s strategy Philip Morris International announced a the U.S.; and building a vital launchpad for the role deep expertise in mergers and ac- distribution sectors. Before Centerbridge, practice in India and Eastern Europe. He new structure for the Americas with the the company’s “beyond nicotine” strategy quisitions, a likely component of our beyond Mr. Mishra was a Partner at McKinsey holds an undergraduate degree in com- appointment of Deepak Mishra-former- in the U.S., in coordination with PMI’s Life nicotine strategy. He is both a visionary and & Company in London. At McKinsey & puter science from BITS Pilani in India ly Chief Strategy Offi cer-as President, Sciences group, through expanded partner- a pragmatist, and I have high expectations Company he was a member of the Con- and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Americas Region, covering the United ships and commercial deployment. for-and full confi dence in-what he will ac- sumer Goods, Retail, and Operations Management (IIM) Lucknow. States, Canada, and Latin America. The Mr. Olczak said, “I am thrilled to name complish in his new role.” leadership teams from 2001 to 2014 Mr. Mishra’s direct reports will include appointment is effective July 1. Deepak Mishra, one of our top business Prior to joining PMI, Mr. Mishra was and supported clients in the fast-moving Mario Masseroli, President, Latin America The new structure in the Americas will leaders, to one of the most important roles Managing Director, Portfolio Opera- consumer goods, retail, and private eq- Region; Peter Luongo, Managing Director focus on three areas: strengthening PMI’s for the future of our company. In less than tions at Centerbridge Partners LP, a pri- uity industries on commercial and opera- of Rothmans, Benson & Hedges (Cana- leadership in Latin America & Canada as three years with PMI, he has been instru- vate equity fi rm, where, from 2014, he tional transformations. Mr. Mishra started da); and Olek Grzesiak, Vice President, the company accelerates toward a smoke- mental in shaping our long-term strategy led commercial, operational, and digital his career as a marketing professional Commercial for Reduced Risk Products free future; deepening efforts with partners and bringing it to life through strategic part- transformations in investments in con- with Procter & Gamble in 1996 and then in the United States. (Agencies) Let the recovery begin: EU chief OKs first ‘virus plans’

‘This plan will deeply transform Spain’s economy’

MADRID, June 20, (AP): The Eu- ropean Union moved a step closer Wednesday to deploying the bloc’s massive pandemic recovery fund, with a top executive going to Por- tugal and Spain to announce the bloc’s initial endorsement of their national spending plans. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen first visited Portugal, which was the first of the EU’s 27 countries to for- mally present ideas for spending its share of the 800 billion euros ($970 billion) ear- marked last year to help countries out of a sharp economic downturn caused by the CO- VID-19 pandemic. She then crossed the border to visit Madrid, where she met with Prime Minister Pedro Sán- chez to give the stamp of approval to Spain’s European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meets with Portuguese Prime Minister plan to use nearly 70 billion euros ($85 billion) Antonio Costa at the Center for Living Science in Lisbon, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. The in grant money. president of the European Commission has started in Lisbon a tour of some European Union The commission highlighted Spain’s emphasis capitals to announce the initial endorsement of their plans for spending the bloc’s massive on the environment with investments in renew- economic recovery fund. (AP) able energy and climate-friendly technologies like electric cars. states within four weeks. to use its 16.6 billion-euro windfall ($20 billion) “This plan will deeply transform Spain’s econ- In coming years, Spain is also to receive an ad- in grants and loans has earned the commission’s omy, make it greener, more digital, more resil- ditional 70 million euros in loans, leaving it only be- blessing. ient,” von der Leyen said. “We have endorsed this hind Italy as the biggest benefi ciary of the funds after Portugal says much of its spending will go to plan because it is ambitious, far-sighted and will both southern European countries were the fi rst of improving the public health network, reducing help build a better future for the Spanish people.” the bloc to be pummeled by the pandemic. pollution from public transportation, making The commission’s green light for the proposals In Portugal, von der Leyen told Prime Minister housing more energy effi cient and buying com- will have to ratifi ed by the leaders of the member António Costa that his government’s plan for how puters for schools. KIPCO gains 5 fils, Advanced Technology Co skids Kuwait bourse plods ahead in volatile trade By John Mathews and Boursa Kuwait Securities gave up 9 fi ls. Ad- Bank BSC added 3 fi ls on back of 21.6 million vanced Technology extended last session’s losses shares. Commercial Bank was unchanged at 500 Arab Times Staff with a 52 fi ls to 492 fi ls. fi ls whereas Al Ahli Bank dialed up 1 fi l. Ahli National Industries Group rose 3 fi ls to 228 United Bank Kuwait dialed down 2 fi ls. KUWAIT CITY, June 20: Kuwait stocks plodded fi ls on back of 32.9 million shares whereas Gulf National Investment Co and Kuwait Invest- higher on Sunday as it extended its two-week Cables was down 6 fi ls at 762 fi ls Boubyan Petro- ment eased 1 fi l each to close at 174 fi ls and 194 winning spree. The All Shares Index kicked off chemical Co paced 5 fi ls while Al Qurain Petro- fi ls respectively whereas International Financial the week with a modest 15.10 points rise in vola- chemical Co gave up 6 fi ls before settling at 392 Advisors paced 4 fi ls on back of 7.4 million tile session to 6,408.61 points even as the broader fi ls. Jazeera Airways tripped 1 fi l and ALAFCO shares. Arzan Financial Group was fl at at 133 fi ls sentiment remained mixed. dialed up 1 fi l on back of 1.8 million shares. YIA- whereas Kuwait Financial Centre added 2 fi ls on The Premier Market scaled 15.22 points tak- CO Medical closed 7 fi ls in red. back of 2.5 million shares. ing the month’s gains to 223 points while Main The market opened fi rm and rose sharply in Noor Financial Investment Co took in 1 fi l Market was up 15.31 pts at 5,327.41 points. early trade. The main index scaled the day’s high- while Gulf Investment House gave up 6 fi ls. Aay- The volume turnover meanwhile saw a modest est level of 6423 points and fl ipped back close an Leasing and Investment fell 4 fi ls to 166 fi ls rebound following last session’s drop. Over 395 to the opening level. It headed north again amid and Osoul Investment erased 4.6 fi ls. KAMCO million shares changed hands – a 17 pct jump fresh buying in some of the counters and moved tripped 1 fi l. from Thursday. sideways past the mid-session before retreating to Kuwait Cement Co and HEISC took in 2 fi ls The sectors closed mixed. Insurance sector out- close with modest gains. whereas Kuwait Portland Cement dropped 10 fi ls paced the rest with 3.37 pct gain whereas Health- Top gainer of the day, Sharjah Cement Co to 867 fi ls. Shuaiba Industrial rose 3 fi ls to 173 care shed 2 percent, the biggest loser of the day. soared 25 percent to 65 fi ls while Kuwait Hotels fi lls whereas Metal and Recycling Co stood pat at Volume wise, Financial Services topped with 167 sprinted 9.87 pct to stand next. Advanced Tech- 172 fi ls. ACICO Industries gave up 3 fi ls and Ku- million shares and the sector was also ahead in nology Co skidded 9.56 pct, the steepest decliner wait Foundry Co added 2 fi ls. NICBM erased 2 fi ls value with KD 21 million. of the day and National Real Estate Co topped te whereas Equipment Holding Co paused at 36 fi ls. In the individual shares, Kuwait Finance House volume with 63.2 million shares. Burgan Company For Well Drilling ticked 1 extended last session’s gains with a 3 fi ls jump to Despite the day’s moderate gains, the market fi l higher to 204 fi ls on back of over 1 million 775 fi ls on back of 6.9 million shares while Boubyan spread was almost even. 60 stocks advanced shares whereas Combined Group Contracting Co Bank dialed 2 fi ls. KIPCO rallied 5 fi ls after pushing whereas 59 closed lower. Of the 140 counters ac- clipped 1 fi l. OSOS Holding Group trimmed 0.3 8.6 million shares and closed at 8.6 million shares tive on Sunday, 21 closed fl at. 12,102 deals worth fi ls and United Projects Co dipped 9 fi ls to 290 while Humansoft Holding paced 16 fi ls to end at KD KD 70 million were transacted during the session. fi ls. Inovest BSC eased 1 fi l to 118 fi ls. Integrated 3.666 taking month’s gains to 367 fi ls. Gulf Insur- In the banking sector, National Bank of Ku- Holding and Aznour paused at 397 fi ls and 237 ance Group soared 75 fi ls to 938 fi ls. wait was unchanged at 843 fi ls after pushing over fi ls respectively. Zain fell 2 fi ls to 588 fi ls with a a volume of 1.3 2 million shares and Burgan Bank too did not The market was bullish during the previous million shares whereas Ooredoo climbed 7 fi ls to budge from its earlier close of 247 fi ls. Gulf Bank week. The main index closed higher in all fi ve 647 fi ls. stc slipped 5 fi ls to 845 fi ls and logis- tripped 1 fi l after moving over 11 million shares sessions gaining 88 points week-on-week. It has tics major Agility added 3 fi ls before settling and Kuwait International Bank followed suit. rallied 188 points from start of the month and is at 926 fi ls. Mezzan Holding fell 3 fi ls to 654 fi ls Warba Bank clipped 1 fi l whereas Ahli United up 858 points year-to-date. GM to spend more on electric vehicles DETROIT, June 20, (AP): General Motors will raise its spending on elec- tric and autonomous vehicles and add two U.S. battery factories as it gambles that consumers will eagerly switch from gasoline to the new technology. The announcements Wednesday came as crosstown rival Ford said its entire Lincoln luxury brand lineup would be electric or gas-electric hybrid by 2030, including four fully electric vehicles. For months, the automakers have been one-upping each other with elec- tric vehicle announcements, which have fueled stock price increases for both companies. GM wouldn’t give details about where it will build the new plants, but In this file photo, Mark Reuss, president of General Motors, speaks at the Chief Financial Offi cer Paul Jacobson GM Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant in Hamtramck, Mich. (AP) said they would be similar in size to two factories now under construction than 2% of U.S. vehicle sales last year, for its vehicles, and because it has been in Lordstown, Ohio, and Spring Hill, largely in luxury brands. But industry able to mitigate production losses due Tennessee. Those factories each will analysts are predicting big growth later to a global shortage of computer chips. employ more than 1,000 workers and in the decade as EVs move beyond He said the company remains cautious cost about $2.3 billion. tech-savvy early adopters. about the full year. The new plants were to come later in Jacobson said GM is seeing success GM also announced more deals to sell the decade, but now have been pulled with its a new version of its Chevrolet its battery and hydrogen technology to forward and are expected to be in op- Bolt hatchback and a new Bolt small other companies. GM said it will build eration around 2025. They are part SUV, giving it confi dence that electric two electric vehicles for EV and hydro- of GM’s plan to spend $35 billion on vehicle adoption is reaching an infl ec- gen partner Honda, and it will supply hy- electric and autonomous vehicles from tion point. “The Bolts have done well drogen fuel cells for Liebherr Aerospace. 2020 to 2025. The company also said it for us,” he said. “This is really no- Earlier the company said it would supply will switch more U.S. assembly plant regrets capital. We know that we will batteries and fuel cell technology to Pitts- capacity to electric vehicles, but gave need those battery plants as we further burgh-based locomotive maker Wabtec, no details Wednesday. our goals.” and it would supply fuel cells to heavy GM has previously said it would Also Wednesday, GM raised its truck maker Navistar. spend $27 billion on electric and au- fi rst-half pretax earnings guidance Ford said Wednesday the Lincoln tonomous vehicle development by from $5.5 billion to between $8.5 bil- brand’s fi rst fully electric vehicle will 2025 as it rolled out 30 new electric lion and $9.5 billion, with net income go on sale next year, but gave no de- vehicles worldwide. Jacobson said the of $6.2 billion to $7 billion. tails. The company said that by mid- company would increase the number On a conference call with reporters, decade it expects that half of Lincoln’s of electric vehicles but gave no details. Jacobson said the increase comes as global sales will be zero emissions Electric vehicles accounted for less GM continues to see strong demand vehicles. ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021 BUSINESS 10

Lordstown Motors reverses, says it has no firm truck orders

Struggling electric truck mak- durance pickup trucks. A day later, company Presi- with a signifi cant indicator of er Lordstown Motors said it Lordstown CEO Steve dent Rich Schmidt said during demand for the Endurance, doesn’t have any fi rm orders Burns and Chief Financial Of- a meeting of the Automotive these agreements do not rep- This fi le photo shows for its vehicles, just days after fi cer Julio Rodriguez resigned Press Association of Detroit that resent binding purchase orders the electric Endurance its president said the company on Monday, the same day the Lordstown was on track to begin or other fi rm purchase commit- pickup at Lordstown Mo- had enough to maintain pro- company acknowledged one making the Endurance in the fall ments,” the company said in tors Corp, in Lordstown, duction through 2022. potential buyer that committed and had enough binding orders the fi ling with the Securities Ohio. (AP) Questions have been mount- to a large number of preorders to keep going through 2022. and Exchange Commission. ing about whether Lordstown doesn’t appear to have the re- But the company on Thurs- The price for shares of the Motors has enough money to sources to complete that trans- day said the statements about company, which have been stay in business and about its action, and other preorders ap- the orders were not accurate. cut in half this year, slid at the previous claims that it already pear too vague or weak to be “Although these vehicle pur- opening bell Thursday before had presold 100,000 of its En- relied on for purchases. chase agreements provide us recovering. (AP) Germany seeks to improve oversight of supply chains Legislation set to take effect from 2023

BERLIN, June 20, (AP): the plan, the result of prolonged hag- will have to report annually on their gling in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s compliance with the law. German lawmakers ap- governing coalition of center-right and Non-governmental organizations proved legislation meant to center-left parties, by 412 votes to 159, and labor unions will be given the pos- ensure that big companies with 59 abstentions. The environmen- sibility to represent people affected by talist Greens joined the government in abuses in supply chains before German see that human rights are backing it, while the pro-business Free courts. respected throughout their Democrats and far-right Alternative for Labor Minister Hubertus Heil told supply chains. Germany opposed it. lawmakers that “children belong in The plan is set to take effect Companies are supposed to keep an schools instead of mines, and they from 2023. It will apply initially eye on their delivery chains and, when shouldn’t toil in fields either.” He to companies with 3,000 or more they find evidence of abuses, work to added that “we cannot in the long term remedy them. build our prosperity on the exploitation employees, and from 2024 to The legislation will require compa- of people.” companies with 1,000 employ- nies to put in place an internal com- The plan has drawn some concern ees. There are about 2,890 fi rms plaints procedure allowing people from German business groups, which in Germany with a work force of affected by their or an associate’s worry about potential competitive dis- 1,000 or more. activities, or those of an indirect sup- advantages and want at least to see a Parliament’s lower house supported plier, to register their concerns. They level playing field within Europe. ‘Aggressive saving can sometimes have unexpected costs’ Should you save less for retirement?

By Liz Weston NerdWallet wen Merz was fresh out of college in 2014, working an Ginformation technology job she hated, when she decid- ed early retirement was the answer. She socked away every dollar she could, saving as much as 70% of her income so that she could quit when she was 35. Now 30, Merz thinks she may have saved too much. Her job and life goals have changed, but most of her $300,000 savings is in retirement accounts that can’t be touched with- out tax penalties. If she could do it over, she says she would either save less aggressively or put some of the money into a taxable investment ac- count with less strict withdrawal In this fi le photo, founder of the fi rst commercial anti- rules. virus program that bore his name, John McAfee lis- “I would pay a little bit more in tax- tens during the 4th China Internet Security Conference es on my salary but I would have that (ISC) in Beijing. (AP) money available for me,” says Merz, who lives in St. Louis. Some people save prodigious US antivirus software creator amounts so they can retire early or because they’re worried they won’t Weston fi ghts extradition from Spain have enough for a comfortable retire- ment. But aggressive saving can have signifi cant and some- MADRID, June 20, (AP): Detained antivirus software en- times unexpected costs, which is why it’s important to strike trepreneur John McAfee testifi ed in a Spanish court as part the right balance between saving for the future and living of his fi ght against extradition to the United States, where he your life today. is wanted on tax-related criminal charges that carry a prison On Fire, But Less So sentence of up to 30 years. Many people struggle to save anything for retirement, so McAfee, 75, appeared from prison via videolink at a hear- the idea of saving “too much” may seem absurd. But there ing in Spain’s National Court. He argued that the charges is a movement known as “Financial Independence, Retire against him are politically motivated and said he would Early ,” or FIRE, that promotes saving enough to gain con- spend the rest of his life in prison if he was returned to the trol over how you spend your days long before typical re- United States, according to a report by private Spanish news tirement age. Some FIRE bloggers retired in their 30s from agency Europa Press. well-paying jobs by dramatically cutting their expenses and A Spanish judge is set to rule in coming days on whether saving 50% or more of their incomes. he should be extradited. Saving for a 20-year retirement is diffi cult enough. Plan- ning for one that lasts 50 years or more often requires ex- treme frugality both before and after retirement, as FIRE adherents try to make their money last. The FIRE movement inspired Merz to set her initial early retirement goal. After fi nding a more enjoyable job and buying a house, however, Merz has throttled back her savings goals and now plans to retire at 55. One unexpected bonus from sav- ing less aggressively: She’s less stressed about money. “I always felt like I could do more since there were people online doing more than me,” Merz says. “I really put myself under a lot of unnecessary stress and strain.” Certifi ed fi nancial planner Malcolm Ethridge of Rock- ville, Maryland, doesn’t try to talk his clients out of the idea of retiring young. Many work in high-paying but demanding jobs in technology or fi nance and are feeling burned out by 80-hour workweeks. “You’re getting compensated well for the time you’re putting in, but it’s not sustainable,” Ethridge says. “There’s only so long you can burn both ends of the candle before it disappears.” Instead, he encourages them to save enough so they can switch to work they’re more passionate about, such as teach- ing, working for a nonprofi t or starting a business. “It’s not so much ‘I hate the job’ as ‘The thing that I do for a living takes a ton of my time and I don’t feel like it makes the world that much better off,’” Ethridge says. Working at least part time in retirement can not only re- duce the amount you need to save, but also gives structure and purpose, Ethridge says. “Retiring at 30 with $2 million sounds great. It makes me sound like I’ve conquered the world,” Ethridge says. “But I have nothing to do and nothing to be holding on to.” Most Will Get To Retirement Age, But Some Won’t Merz says that even while she was saving most of her in- come, she still enjoyed occasional splurges, such as trips to Australia and Ecuador and a $4,000 sewing machine for her quilting hobby. Some super-savers, by contrast, are so focused on their futures that they neglect their present, says certifi ed fi nan- cial planner and physician Carolyn McClanahan of Jack- sonville, Florida. As someone who has worked in hospital emergency rooms, McClanahan knows that the future isn’t guaranteed. “We see people that die way too soon, or get some serious illness that totally changes the trajectory of their lives,” Mc- Clanahan says. (AP)

People walk on Broadway at Wall Street, June 16. Stocks shook off a wobbly start and pushed mostly higher in the fi rst few minutes of trading on Wall Street. (AP) ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021 SCIENCE 11

Coronavirus

COVID surge worsens Afghanistan hospitals running out of oxygen

KABUL, Afghanistan, June 20, (AP): Afghanistan’s is rac- ing to ramp up supplies of oxygen as a deadly third surge of COVID-19 worsens, a senior health offi cial told The Associ- ated Press in an interview Saturday. The President Ashraf Ghani’s government is installing oxygen supply plants in 10 provinces where up to 65% of those tested in some areas are COVID positive, health ministry spokesman Ghulam Dastigir Nazari said. By WHO recommendations, anything higher than 5% shows offi cials aren’t testing widely enough, allowing the vi- rus to spread unchecked. Afghanistan carries out barely 4,000 tests a day and often much less. Afghanistan’s 24-hour infection count has also continued its upward climb from 1,500 at the end of May when the health ministry was already calling the surge “a crisis,” to more than 2,300 this week. Since the pan- demic outbreak, Afghanistan is report- ing 101,906 positive cases and 4,122 deaths. But those fi gures are likely a massive undercount, registering only deaths in hospitals - not the far greater numbers who die at home. Meanwhile, Afghanistan received 900 oxygen cylinders from Iran on Sat- urday, part of 3,800 cylinders Tehran promised to deliver to Kabul last week. The shipment was delayed by Iran’s Ghani presidential elections, said Nazari. Afghanistan has even run out of empty cylinders, receiving a delivery of 1,000 last week from Uzbekistan. Angela Ermold, (right), and her sister, Denise Gracely, hold a photo of their mother, Marian Rauenzahn, Thursday, June 17, in Fleetwood, Pa. Pandemic restrictions Meanwhile hospitals are rationing their oxygen supplies. are falling away almost everywhere - except inside many of America’s nursing homes. ‘They have protected them to death,’ said Gracely. (AP) Afghans desperate for oxygen are banging on the doors of the few oxygen suppliers in the Afghan capital, begging for their empty cylinders to be fi lled for COVID infected loved ones Coronavirus at home. Abdul Wasi, whose wife has been sick for nearly 10 days, has been waiting four days for one 45-liter cylinder to be fi lled at the Najb Siddiqi oxygen plant in east Kabul. Scores of most- ly men were banging on the 10-foot steel gate of the oxygen ‘Protected them to death’ plant. Some rolled their empty oxygen cylinders up against the gate, while others waved small slips of paper carrying the number of their cylinder inside the plant, waiting to be fi lled. Desperate Elder-care COVID rules under fi re Wasi said there were no hospital beds for his wife, whose oxygen level hovers around 70-80%. They are rationing her, NEW YORK, June 20, (AP): Barbara complaints about visiting rules this ple, and they have to be masked and he said giving her small amounts of oxygen when it drops to and Christine Colucci long to remove year. Kim Shetler, a data specialist 6 feet apart during activities, no matter around 45 -50%. their masks and kiss their 102-year- in the ombudman’s offi ce, said some their vaccination status. “How can I do anything else? I have been waiting four days old mother, who has dementia and is nursing homes’ COVID-19 restric- That makes crafts, bingo, music - “a for my cylinder to be fi lled,” he said. The oxygen plant refi lls in a nursing home in Rochester, New tions go beyond what state and fed- lot of what nursing home life is about” cylinders for 400 Afghanis (roughly $5), while in the market it York. They would love to have more eral guidelines require. Administra- - more diffi cult, said Elizabeth Wein- costs 4,000 Afghanis (roughly $50). than two people in her room at a time tors have been doing what they feel is gast, vice president for clinical excel- For the country’s poor - over half of Afghanistan 36 mil- so that relatives can be there too. necessary to keep people safe, she said, lence at The New Jewish Home, which lion people according to World Bank fi gures - the situation has “We don’t know how much longer but families are understandably upset. runs elder-care facilities in and around become desperate. A relative holds a photograph of Dr. she’s going to be alive,” Christine “We’ve done our darndest to ad- New York City. Wasi said on Friday as he waited outside the oxygen plant Jibraeil, assistant professor of history Colucci said, “so it’s like, please, give vocate for folks to get those visitation “We prioritized vaccinating nursing that a patient on a stretcher was carried to the door while the at Aligarh Muslim Uliversity, who died us this last chance with her in her fi - rights,” she said. “It’s their home. They home residents and that’s wonderful, family begged for oxygen. The patient died. of COVID-19, in Aligarh, India, Satur- nal months on this earth to have that should have that right to come and go but they’re not getting the same lib- “Right there,” he said pointing to the gate. “I saw them car- day, June 12. Within just one month, interaction.” and have the visitors that they choose.” erties that you or I have now,” said rying the patient. They were crying and begging and then he the offi cial Facebook page of Aligarh Pandemic restrictions are falling A recent survey by National Con- Weingast, who recently published an died.” Muslim University, one of the topmost away almost everywhere - except sumer Voice for Quality Long-Term opinion piece calling for a loosening Barat Ali had arrived at the plant at 6 a.m. Saturday. It was in India, published about two dozen inside many of America’s nursing Care, an advocacy group, found time of restrictions. obituaries of its teachers, all lost to homes. Rules designed to protect the limits on visits remain commonplace, Her co-author, Karen Lipson of his third day waiting for his cylinder to be fi lled. the pandemic. Across the country, the “The poor people in this country have nothing. I have been nation’s most vulnerable from COV- ranging from 15 minutes to two hours. LeadingAge New York, which rep- deaths of educators during the dev- ID-19 are still being enforced even Some facilities limit visiting hours resents nonprofi t nursing homes, said standing in the sun for eight hours,” he said clutching his small astating surge in April and May have piece of paper that contained his cylinder number. The govern- though 75% of nursing home residents to weekdays, making it diffi cult for the rules “force this kind of policing of left students and staff members grief- are now vaccinated and infections and people who work during the day, or love that is really, really challenging.” ment “has eaten all the (international) donations.” stricken and close-knit university com- Necephor Mghendi, who is the Afghanistan delegation head munities shaken. (AP) deaths have plummeted. restrict visits to once or twice a week. With the virus infecting more than for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Frustration has set in as families Rauenzahn’s Pennsylvania nursing 650,000 long-term-care residents and Societies, told the AP in an interview in Kabul that the groups around the country visit their moms home has been limiting most residents killing more than 130,000 across the are working to get an oxygen generation plant into the country. and, this Father’s Day weekend, their to a single, 30-minute visit every two U.S., nursing homes had a duty to take The Afghan Red Crescent runs a 50-bed hospital devoted to dads. Hugs and kisses are still dis- weeks. precautions when COVID-19 was out COVID patients and uses roughly 250 cylinders a day, but in couraged or banned in some nursing Federal authorities should “restore of control, said Nancy Kass, a public recent days it has been receiving barely half that many. homes. Residents are dining in relative full visitation rights to nursing home health expert at Johns Hopkins Univer- The needs are critical he said, offering as an example one isolation and playing bingo and doing residents without delay,” Consumer sity. But she said she is baffl ed by the patient currently at the Red Crescent hospital who needs one crafts at a distance. Visits are limited Voice and several other advocacy continued heavy emphasis on safety 45-litre cylinder every 15 minutes to stay alive, he said. and must be kept short, and are cut off groups said in a June 11 letter to the at the expense of residents’ quality of “The situation is very concerning,” he said. entirely if someone tests positive for Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Ser- life, given “we’re not in that state of Inside the Najib Siddiqi oxygen plant dozens of cylinders the coronavirus. vices. Residents are “continuing to suf- affairs anymore.” were being fi lled, but owner Najib Siddiqi said he can’t keep Family members and advocates fer from isolation and decline because In Ohio, Bob Greve was desper- up. He supplies hospitals but has cut output to them by half, question the need for such restrictions of the limited visitation permitted in ate for a change of scenery after be- with the other half going to the crowds banging on his gates. at this stage of the pandemic, when the the current guidance,” the letter said. ing cooped up in his Cincinnati-area Sheppard Regan risk is comparatively low. They say nursing home for most of the last year. He even fi lls smaller cylinders for free, but he has only the Guidance capacity to fi ll 450-500 cylinders a day. the measures are now just prolonging But the administrator wouldn’t per- “It’s not enough. They are outside like this all day,” he said. older people’s isolation and accelerat- Advocates also take issue with fed- mit a visit to his son’s house because Sakhi Ahmad Payman, chairman of the Afghanistan Cham- Discovery ing their mental and physical decline. eral guidance on how nursing homes of COVID-19 concerns - even though ber of Industries and Mines, who was inside the plant hav- “They have protected them to deal with new COVID-19 cases. The both men are fully vaccinated. ing made a tour of the oxygen plants in the city, said all nine death,” said Denise Gracely, whose guidance says most visits should be The policy led Greve to a “break- facilities in Kabul were overwhelmed. Countrywide he said EPA chief reinstates board: The 80-year-old mother, Marian Rauen- suspended for at least 14 days. Some ing point,” according to his son, Mike Afghanistan has 30 oxygen producing plants, and all are un- head of the Environmental Protection zahn, lives in a nursing home in Top- family members, administrators and Greve, who said his 89-year-old father able to keep up with demand. Agency said he has fully reinstated one ton, Pennsylvania. advocates complain that the recom- called six, eight, even 10 times a day Payman blasted the government. of two key advisory boards he dismantled Rauenzahn had COVID-19 and then mendation has led to frequent lock- out of boredom and frustration and “They knew we were in the middle of a crisis and didn’t do earlier this year in a push for “scientifi c lost part of a leg to gangrene, but Grace- downs because of one or two cases. talked constantly about getting out. anything until it was too late,” he said. integrity” at the agency. ley said what she struggled with the “We’ve never had a real long, Mike Greve said he pressed the The new seven-member Clean Air Sci- most was enforced solitude, going from lengthy period of time where we’re able nursing home administrator for outside Also: entifi c Advisory Committee features four six-day-a-week visits to none at all. to have visitors,” said Jason Santiago, forays, only to be told: “If I let you take JAKARTA, Indonesia: Indonesia’s president ordered authori- scientists who have served on the panel Rauenzahn’s daughters eventually chief operating offi cer at The Manor at your father out, I have to let everybody ties to speed up the country’s vaccination campaign as the previously — including two who were won the right to see her once a week, Seneca Hill in Oswego, New York. He else.” Greve said the administrator World Health Organization warned Thursday of the need to on the board when it was dismantled in and the nursing home now says it plans said continued isolation is infl icting a was worried about residents bringing increase social restrictions in the country amid a fresh surge of March. The fi ve women and two men on to relax the rules on visits for all resi- heavy toll. “We’ve got to do things that COVID-19 back with them. coronavirus infections caused by worrisome variants. the panel include three people of color, dents in late June. But it has not been make more sense for these residents, The administrator did not return making it the most diverse panel since the “We need vaccination acceleration in order to achieve com- committee was established more than 40 not enough, as far as Graceley is con- make more sense for these families.” phone and email messages from The munal immunity, which we hope can stop the COVID-19 years ago. cerned. While the federal government re- Associated Press. A day after AP spread,” President Joko Widodo said in a remarks while visit- “From the very beginning of my tenure, “I believe it’s progressed her de- cently eased restrictions for vaccinated sought comment, Greve said, the ad- ing a vaccination center just outside the capital, Jakarta. I have committed to ensuring that science mentia,” Graceley said. “She’s very nursing home residents, New York ministrator called him into the offi ce, Widodo said he ordered his cabinet ministers and local gov- is restored as the backbone of everything lonely. She wants out of there so bad.” state has not gone along. Those who offered to allow his father out for a ernments to increase the number of people vaccinated each day EPA does to protect people and the envi- Pennsylvania’s long-term care om- eat together in communal spaces must visit and said the policy would be to 1 million by next month. He said Indonesia is currently vac- ronment from pollution,” EPA Adminis- budsman has received hundreds of remain socially distanced, for exam- changed for everyone else, too. cinating half a million people a day. trator Michael Regan said in a statement. Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country, aims The new advisory panel will provide to inoculate more than 181 million of its 270 million people by “credible, independent expertise to EPA’s pounds (78 kilograms) of explosives to later this year and put in a solar energy fa- Coast and the Gulf Coast south of Tampa March 2022, but authorities have only fully vaccinated 11.8 reviews of air quality standards that is implode the stack and an adjoining con- cility. It has also been investing in natural Bay. (AP) million people and partially vaccinated another 9.6 million grounded in scientifi c evidence,” he said. veyor building in Indiantown, 30 miles gas plants. ❑ ❑ ❑ others. Regan has said that advisers appointed (about 50 kilometers) north of West Palm “That is the direction our company is National COVID-19 task force spokesman Wiku Adisas- under the Trump administration were Beach. going into, providing clean, reliable en- Dead hornet found in Seattle: Sci- overly friendly to business, adding that entists have found a dead Asian giant mito said the slow progress can be put down to limited global The plant was built in 1995 and FPL ergy for our customers,” spokesman Bill hornet north of Seattle, the fi rst so-called vaccine supply, the unpreparedness of the national health sys- his March 31 “reset” of the clean-air pan- purchased it in in 2016. It shut the plant Orlove said. el and the Science Advisory Board would murder hornet discovered in the country tem and vaccine hesitancy. The government has received 92.2 down more than two years ago. FPL is the state’s largest electricity this year, federal and state investigators return EPA to its practice of relying on FPL will tear down the rest of the plant producer, serving most of the Atlantic million vaccine doses so far. advice from a balanced group of experts. has said. Indonesia saw its number of confi rmed new cases climb to Regan’s overhaul removed more than Entomologists from the state and US more than 12,600 on Thursday, an increase blamed on travel 45 members of the two advisory boards, Agriculture departments said it’s the fi rst during last month’s Eid al-Fitr holiday as well as the arrival including some whose terms do not ex- confi rmed report from Snohomish Coun- of new virus variants, such as the the Delta version fi rst found pire this year. The panels provide scien- ty, north of Seattle, and appears to be in India. In Jakarta the number of hospital beds occupied has tifi c expertise and recommendations for unrelated to the 2019 and 2020 fi ndings shot up to 75% this week from 45% last week, government air quality standards and other policies of the hornets in Canada and Whatcom data shows. intended to protect public health and the County, along the Canadian border, that The WHO in its situation report Thursday noted that Indone- environment. gained widespread attention. sia’s drastic increase in bed occupancy rates is a major concern The new chair of the clean-air com- The 2-inch-long (5-centimeter-long) and necessitates in the implementation of stricter public health mittee is Lianne Sheppard, a professor invasive insects, fi rst found near the US- and social measures, including large-scale social restrictions. in environmental and occupational health Canadian border in December 2019, are “With increased transmission due to variants of concern, sciences and biostatistics at the Univer- native to Asia and pose a threat to honey- sity of Washington. Sheppard, who has bees and native hornet species. While not urgent action is needed to contain the situation in many prov- particularly aggressive toward humans, inces,” it said. expertise in epidemiology, biostatistics and exposure assessment, served on the their sting is extremely painful and re- Indonesian health offi cials say they’ve detected the Delta peated stings, though rare, can kill. variant in Jakarta, Central Java and East Java provinces. committee from 2015 to 2018. (AP) ❑ ❑ ❑ The world’s largest hornet is much They say they have spotted three of the four variants of con- more of a threat to honeybees that are cern fl agged by the WHO. FPL topples coal chimney: Florida relied on to pollinate crops. They attack Adisasmito said a spike in coronavirus infections has been Power & Light imploded the towering hives, destroying them in mere hours and seen this week in Jakarta, Banten, West Java, Central Java, chimney stack of its last coal-fi red gener- decapitating bees in what scientists call Yogyakarta and East Java provinces. All are located on Java, ating pla, a milestone in its transition to their “slaughter phase.” How they got the most populous of Indonesia’s more than 17,000 islands. cleaner energy sources. here from Asia is unclear, although it is Indonesia has reported more than 1.9 million virus cases Puffs of smoke came from the base of suspected they travel on cargo ships. since the pandemic began, with more than 53,700 deaths, the the 495-foot (150-meter) stack and then it “Hitchhikers are a side effect of all the fell to the side in one piece, kicking up a commerce we do globally,” said Sven highest toll in Southeast Asia. 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Before theelbow-to-elbowaudience,Tribecaco-founderJane Kyra Houston,aregularfestivalgoer,camewithhermorereticent The TribecaFestival,mostlycanceledlastyear,heldits20thedition “Look atwhatwedid,”ChappellesaidonstageRadioCity. ns in ns has fl upside down. an anchorpointwhiledangling and fellowhighliners tonavigate rubios usedthehelp of18friends earlier thismonth, theMonter- ships. athletes, gearbrandsandsponsor- The sportinthepastdecade Over thecourseof sixdays Britain ing, singing—andevenmoshingonSaturdayat tlesnakes UK demic attendance,securedticketstowatchmorethan40 sume withouttriggeringoutbreaksofCOVID-19. of testeventstoseewhethermassgatheringscanre- Donington Park coronavirus pandemic. ing rulesduringthefestival. and don’thavetowearmasksorfollowsocialdistanc- gious deltavariantfi date amidariseincasesdrivenbythehighlyconta- restrictions forfourweeksfromtheplannedJune21 delayed theliftingofremainingsocialandeconomic deaths, thehighesttollinEurope.Thegovernmenthas time.’” like ‘Weatherbedamned,wearegoingtohaveagreat wonderful people.Ifeellikeitisperfectbecauseit’s and joyofbeingaroundalotlike-minded,really ing howthatbringspeopletogether.Thesheermisery would notmartheevent. rain,” hesaid. several weeksofwarmsunshine. despite thewetweatherlashingmuchofUKafter of euphoria”attheevent,whichrunsthroughSunday, doses. to haveeveryoneover50fullyvaccinatedwithboth over intheUKafi LONDON: ourished intoacultureof About 10,000fans,atenthofthefestival’spre-pan- The three-dayDownloadFestival,takingplaceat Promoter Attendees alltookCOVID-19testsbeforetheevent, Britain hasrecordedalmost128,000coronavirus “In awayitmakesbetter,”hesaid.“Itisamaz- Concertgoer “It wouldn’tbeDownloadunlesstherewasabitof Health offi at NeuenBerlinerKunstvereinfromJune18toAug.8. New Yorkinthefall. -based bandsincluding The exhibition“Circles”byLauraPoitrascanbeseen ’s fi , EnterShikariandBulletforMyValentine. Thousands ofheavymetalfanswerecamp- rst fullmusicfestivalsincethestartof Andy Copping cials areaimingtogiveeveryone18and Alexander Milas incentral rstdoseofvaccinebyJuly19,and rst identifi Also: Frank Carter&TheRat- saidtherewasa“realsense England ve boroughsofNewYork. ed inIndia. trunk attheotheroutcropping. (AP) at TaftPointandan old,thicktree anchors: asetofgranite boulders tree branches. maneuvering throughcountless down fromthecliffsaboveand from thevalleyfl the landscape—hikinglinesup their webbingthroughandacross saidrainandmud Eventually, they had their Eventually, theyhad their , isoneofaseries lm. “Isn’tthat oor, rappelling ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021 NEWS/FEATURES 13

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Film

A hero, courageous person ‘Promised Road’ tells Brian’s survival story

NEW YORK, June 20, (AP): The tragedies of Brian Wilson’s life is a rock ‘n’ roll story well told. The postscript — that he’s a survivor nearing age 80 who appears to be supported personally and pro- fessionally in a way he never really had before — is less familiar. Despite some uncomfortable moments in “Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road,” that important update is the point of the documentary that premiered last Tuesday at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. The fi lm’s heart is a series of drives around south- ern California, where Wilson and Rolling Stone mag- azine editor Jason Fine talk, listen to music and oc- casionally stop at restaurants. There’s a comfort level between the two; Fine is a journalist who has become a friend. Wilson, the creative force behind the Beach Boys, has dealt with an abusive, hard- driving father, the mental ill- ness Schizoaffective disorder where he’d hear voices berat- ing and belittling him, and band members often resistant to where he was going musi- cally. Add in years of drug abuse, a quack psycholo- Wilson gist who effectively held him prisoner for a decade and the younger brothers who died early, and it’s a lot to en- dure. “He doesn’t deserve the accolades about his mu- sic,” Elton John says in the fi lm. “He deserves the accolades about his personal life.” John, along with Bruce Springsteen, Don Was and Linda Perry, are eloquent in describing what made Wilson’s work unique and enduring, crucial to mak- Festivalgoers watch Death Blooms rock band on stage, on the fi rst day of Download Festival at Donington Park at Castle Donington, England, Friday, June 18. The ing the fi lm appeal to more than just his fans. three-day music and arts festival is being held as a test event to examine how Covid-19 transmission takes place in crowds, with the capacity signifi cantly reduced Film director Brent Wilson (no relation) contacted from the normal numbers. (AP) Fine after his own attempts to interview Wilson bore little fruit. Fine said his own experiences with the mu- sician have taught him that “being there when he’s ready to talk has always been a big thing with Brian.” Fashion So they hit the road, eventually fi lming some 70 hours. Evident Wilson’s importance to southern California is evi- Christie’s sale highlights Scott creations for Jagger dent at some of the stops along their drive. A sign now marks the spot where a Beach Boys album cover was shot. While the boyhood home of Brian, Den- nis and Carl Wilson in Hawthorne no longer stands, a D&G’s ‘light therapy’ celebrates life plaque marks that location, too. “I didn’t feel that Brian’s story, Brian’s third act MILAN, June 20, (AP): Dolce & psychedelic, hippie feel to long, fl ow- Proceeds will go to the L’Wren now, had been done properly,” Fine said in an inter- Gabbana are coaxing men off their ing robes, or caftans over trousers. Scott MA Fashion Scholarship at view with The Associated Press. “I think that Brian is sofas and back into the world with a Looks were accented with layered Central Saint Martins, set up by Jag- often seen as a recluse, as a victim, as someone who resplendent collection inspired by the necklaces and bracelets, rhinestone ger in 2015 to help one student each burned out (and)... lost his way,” he said. “That’s not extravagant lighting installations of covered bags and beach sliders or year “reach their potential in the highly how I see Brian at all. Ever since I’ve known him I southern Italian street festivals. paint-splattered sneakers. competitive environment of fashion.” see him as a hero, a courageous person, who gives Designers Domenico Dolce and The collection was in the spirit of The online sale, which lasts until July everybody who goes to his shows strength and inspi- Stefano Gabbana called their collec- the early 2000s, when the designers 1, “is a celebration of L’Wren’s remark- tion “light therapy” for a world that said they tapped into a vibrant vein af- able work and a wonderful opportunity ration.” In this June 23, 2012 fi le photo, Italian Fine said that “I wanted to show people Brian’s has been mostly denied large gather- ter a period of minimalism. for the public to see and enjoy her fashion designers Stefano Gabbana, ings for the last 15 months. Their live creations,” Jagger said in a statement. humanity, his decency, his kindness, his humor, his (left), and Domenico Dolce take the “Our message is to live life. Don’t curiosity.” catwalk after presenting their Dolce & runway show Saturday with a socially be afraid,’’ Dolce said. “L’Wren was a talented and passion- In the fi lm, Fine stops the car outside of the for- Gabbana men’s fashion collection in distanced audience of invited guests ❑ ❑ ❑ ate designer with a keen eye for detail... mer home of Wilson’s brother Carl, who died of lung Milan, Italy. (AP) was the fi rst inside their showroom She created beautiful pieces that were since the pandemic forced Milan Fash- Designing concert clothes for a rock the epitome of elegance and sophistica- cancer at 51 in 1998. Fine gets out; Wilson wants to star is not a simple task, especially if stay in the passenger seat. The camera catches Wilson ion Week to go mostly digital in recent tion, yet with a contemporary feel.” seasons. They are just one of several that rock star is as specifi c as Mick The two Jagger jackets, each ex- wiping away a tear. Jagger about the message he wants to At another point, as they passed a spot where he brands with live shows this season. pected by Christie’s to sell for 20,000- “Fashion is emotion,’’ Gabbana send. 30,000 pounds, also include a blue se- once owned a health food store, Wilson says that “I So back in 2013 when designer haven’t had a friend to talk to in three years.” said backstage before the show. “We quined number with a butterfl y motif, experimented last season with a digital L’Wren Scott, Jagger’s then-partner, worn at the Hyde Park concert of the They are moments that are deeply discomforting, was creating designs for the Rolling bordering on exploitive. Wilson is clearly a damaged show. It is not the same. It was without band’s “50 & Counting” tour in 2013. adrenalin.” Stones frontman to wear at the band’s Chosen by Jagger for the song “Miss soul and, for his sake, you wonder at times in “Long historic fi rst performance at the Glas- Promised Road” if he would have been been better The designers bedecked the show- You,” it commemorated the moment room with “luminaria” lighting instal- tonbury Festival, Jagger wanted some- the Stones honored late bandmate served by the dignity of privacy. lations reminiscent of southern Italy thing special. Brian Jones in Hyde Park in 1969, just Fine doesn’t see it that way. and sent the models down the runway Seeing the show as “a culmination two days after his death, when real but- “All of it is done on Brian’s terms and on Brian’s in rhinestone-accented looks to mirror of our British heritage,” he asked for terfl ies were released into the air. comfort level, so I don’t see it as exploitive,” he said. LaVergne Simpson their geometric patterns. something very British — an oak leaf. Scott was raised in Roy, Utah, then Wilson himself, in a Zoom call with reporters, said The Dolce&Gabbana signature And so Scott designed a glittery green left as a teenager to become a model in little. Asked why he agreed to participate in the fi lm, black suits, sheer tops, comfortable sequined jacket based on an oak leaf Paris and later a top Hollywood stylist he said, “I don’t know. I just made up my mind.” Variety knitwear and silky bomber jackets pattern, something she jokingly called and costume designer before launch- Fine said it appears that the level of fandom that with puffy sleeves were bedecked with “glamoufl age.” Jagger said later that ing her label in 2006 with a collection Wilson inspires is sometimes intimidating. He was bright rhinestones, which picked up few people recognized the oak leaf based on the “little black dress.” She struck once, following a show where Wilson and his BROOKSVILLE, Fla: A small town in the light and cast a movement all their when he sauntered onstage to open was known for her elegant creations band performed the “Pet Sounds” album, when Wil- Florida accidentally sold its water tower in own as models strode down the run- with “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” — “But I in lush fabrics, as well as her high-end son told him that he’d always doubted it, but that now a blundered real estate transaction. way to pulsating dance music. did. It’s important.” fashion shows — more like intimate he thought that people loved his music and that he A businessman purchased a municipal Distressed jeans were bejeweled The jacket is one of two Jagger lunches. Among her many infl uen- was doing what he was supposed to be doing. building underneath the city of Brooks- or embroidered in gold threat for a items going on sale this week at Chris- tial customers was former fi rst lady “You’d think that was something he would felt ville’s water tower last April for $55,000 baroque touch, and paired with silky tie’s in London as part of the L’Wren Michelle Obama. over the last 60 years or so, being onstage with people with the goal of converting it into a gym. Scott Collection, featuring 55 crea- However, when Bobby Read went to tops, at times left open. Crocheted The 6-foot-3 designer cut a striking singing and screaming for his music,” he said. “But knitwear provided another layer of tions from the late designer who took fi gure on red carpets herself, and sev- what you feel inside is different than what comes the county to get an address for his new business location, he was told the parcel he artisanal craftsmanship. Panels of lace her own life in 2014. Included are red- eral items she wore are included in the from the external sources. I think that he feels the love bought included the entire water tower site, gave lightness to dark suits, and lace carpet gowns worn by the likes of Pe- Christie’s collection: a black silk crepe and I think that’s huge.” according to the Tampa Bay Times. trousers challenged gender norms. nelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Jessica knee-length dress with scarlet wisteria After all the years where his life was dominated Luckily for the town, Read was willing The luminaria lights themselves be- Lange, Sarah Jessica Parker — and embroidery, and an embroidered kimo- by negativity, Wilson now has a positive, supportive to give it back. County records show he came photographic prints that gave a Scott herself. no tailcoat ensemble in ivory silk crepe. personal life with wife Melinda and their family. He’s transferred the water tower back to Brooks- also surrounded by musicians who clearly revere him ville through a warranty deed last month. and are devoted to bringing what Elton John called The town of 8,500 residents is located 50 New court fi lings followed a March LaVergne refuses to say if money “did not give any money or property to Mr the orchestra in Wilson’s head to life. miles (80 kilometers) north of Tampa. 31 settlement of Simpson’s 2019 lawsuit changed hands in the settlement. Simpson pursuant to the settlement.” Nerves drove Wilson off the concert circuit at the “I don’t know where the blame falls against The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, “They can’t prove there are any settle- The Cosmopolitan previously argued height of the Beach Boys’ success. Now he loves per- here,” said Blake Bell, a city council mem- a hotel-casino where he alleged he was ment proceeds,” he said Friday, promising that Simpson couldn’t be defamed because forming, Fine said. ber. “We’re council members and we rely defamed by unnamed employees telling to litigate “to the very end.” his reputation was already tarnished by his Perhaps, within himself, Wilson has accepted that on the city manager. We assume that he has a celebrity news site he had been banned In court fi lings, attorneys for The Cos- criminal and civil trials in the deaths of his he’s done things that mean so much to others, he said. done his due diligence.” from the property in November 2017 for mopolitan point to a confi dentiality clause ex-wife and her friend, and by his convic- City Manager Mark Kutney blamed the being drunk and disruptive. of the agreement and declare the resort tion and imprisonment in Nevada in a 2007 “That sort of simple message he really wanted to use of a bad legal description for what hap- give people through his music going back to the ’60s armed robbery case. pened. The city’s redevelopment agency Simpson was convicted in Las Vegas in — a sense of warmth, a sense that it’s going be OK in director resigned after the accidental sale. 2008, but has always maintained he and the same way that music lifted him up from his dark- “We’re human,” Kutney said. “Some- fi ve men confronting two memorabilia ness, he’d try to do for other people,” he said. “I think times we make a mistake.” (AP) dealers at a casino hotel room were just try- now, more than earlier in his career, he accepts that he ❑ ❑ ❑ ing to retrieve personal mementoes stolen does that and that’s a great comfort to him.” from him following his 1995 acquittal in LAS VEGAS: O.J. Simpson will keep fi ght- Also: ing recent court orders in Nevada that he Los Angeles. Two of the men had guns. owes at least $60 million in judgments stem- Attorney Craig Newman, representing STARKVILLE, Miss.: Research by a Mississippi Dorsey, pointed Friday to a June 7 court State University professor and two undergraduate stu- ming from the 1994 killings of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend, Ron order keeping Simpson on the hook for at dents will be included in a PBS documentary called Goldman, his lawyer said Friday. least $4.6 million. But Newman acknowl- “Mysteries of Mental Illness.” Attorney Malcolm LaVergne said he edged there can be more court fi ghts - The four-hour series premieres June 22. It traces intends to ask the Nevada Supreme Court including to determine if Simpson actually the history of mental illness in science and society. to overturn one judge’s order to pay the received money from The Cosmopolitan. Parts of the second episode were fi lmed on the slain man’s father, Fred Goldman, and Attorney Larson Welsh, representing Starkville campus in the spring of 2020, according to another judge’s order in favor of Paul Goldman, was out of the offi ce Friday and a university news release. Dorsey, a Connecticut man holding rights did not immediately respond to emails The segments show the students and Molly Zuck- to collect the wrongful death claim of Ron about a June 3 ruling favoring Fred Gold- erman, a biological anthropologist in the Department Goldman’s mother, Sharon Rufo. man. of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures. They “I will be appealing both of those,” The slain man’s father has hounded are part of a group conducting research about patients LaVergne said, “and there will be more Simpson for years and contends Simpson motions at the trial level.” has never willingly paid any of the judg- who died at the Mississippi State Asylum, which op- ment. Nevada court records list the amount erated from 1855 to 1935 in Jackson. The fl urry of court activity represents an- other turn in a more than two-decade fi ght of Goldman’s claim now at $58 million. Graves were discovered in 2012 on the only re- by Ron Goldman’s parents to collect some A woman walks through an exhibition by American artist and fi lmmaker Laura Simpson, 74, lives in a gated golf course maining undeveloped part of the University of Mis- $33.5 million that a California civil jury Poitras, near the art work ‘Anarchist’ by Laura Poitras in collaboration with Hen- community in Las Vegas. He remains on sissippi Medical Center’s main campus. The Asylum ordered Simpson to pay in 1997, two years rik Moltke, at the N.K.B. gallery in Berlin, Germany, on Friday, June 18. The parole following his release from prison Hill Research Consortium was then formed to study after he was acquitted of double murder in exhibition by Poitras, known for her award-winning 2014 documentary on former in July 2017 after serving nine years for and preserve the remains exhumed from the cemetery. what came to be known as “The Trial of US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, is on display at the gallery until armed robbery, kidnapping and assault with the Century.” Aug. 8, 2021. (AP) — See Page 12 a weapon. (AP) ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021 SPORTS 14

Cruz unanimously defeats Vargas Charlo outpoints Montiel to retain WBC middleweight title HOUSTON, June 20, (AP): Jarmall Charlo unanimously outpointed Juan Macias Montiel to retaitn the WBC middleweight championship at the Toyota Center. Charlo (32-0, 22 knockouts) re- ceived winning scores of 118-109, 119-109 and 120-108 from the three judges. Montiel (22-5-2, 22 KOs) lost in his fi rst chance at a title and for the second time in three fi ghts. “They had a game plan to fi ght, and that’s what they came out to do,” Char- lo said. “We came out to defend our title, and that’s what we did.” Charlo came out to a standing ova- tion from his hometown crowd and did not disappoint. With chants of “Let’s go Charlo! Let’s go Charlo!” breaking out several Naoya Inoue, of Japan, holds up times during the fi ght, Charlo dominated his belts after defeating Michael throughout. Charlo was on the offensive Dasmarinas, of the Philippines, in for much of the fi ght, peppering Montiel a bantamweight title fight, on June with body shots and rocking him during 19, in Las Vegas. (AP) the fi fth and sixth rounds with fl urries of rights and lefts, leaving Montiel wobbly. translator. “I felt like I reached another level after this fi ght, and I hope to fi ght BOXING more number ones in the future and be- come a champion myself.” Charlo landed 258 of a career-high “I was in there fi ghting, he just made 769 (34%) total shots compared to Mon- some elegant adjustments,” Charlo said. tiel’s 127 of 427 (30%) and connected on “That’s what I like to call it. The best 41 body shots compared to Montiel’s 4, boxers in the world make the best adjust- according to CompuBox. The champion ments, and my trainer Ronnie Shields landed 46% of his power shots com- said ‘Dude made some adjustments, and pared to 43% for Montiel, while Charlo you made some adjustments back. That’s connected on 57 of 330 jabs (17%), and how you got the victory’.” Montiel connected on only 7 of 145 jabs Following the fi ght, Charlo put a (5%), according to CompuBox. medallion around Montiel’s neck. Charlo has won three of his four title “He was coming to win the WBC fi ghts by unanimous decision. He last championship,” Charlo said. “He was a defended the title at the end of Septem- true warrior tonight. I take nothing away ber against Sergiy Derevyanchenko in Jermall Charlo, right, fights Juan Macias Montiel during a WBC middleweight world championship boxing match, on June 19, in Houston. (AP) from Montiel. He’s an awesome fi ghter. Connecticut. Awesome game plan. … I dug deep, he Following the fi ght, Charlo issued dug deep. A fi ght broke out tonight.” a challenge to WBO middleweight Charlo said he received stitches champion Demetrius Andrade for a above his right eye, the fi rst time in his possible unifi cation fi ght. career he had to be stitched up. “He’s got a belt,” Charlo said. “Let’s Busch races to 100th Xfinity However, Montiel came back with a go get him. He’s talking. … We’re all fl urry of his own in the eighth round, about that. I’m ready. I’m not worried landing four straight left hands mid- about that. We’re going to clean up the way through the round to leave Charlo division sooner or later. I’m really re- wobbling momentarily and opening up laxed. You see me walking through it. a cut above Charlo’s right eye. … I don’t make the fi ghts. I don’t pick “I think I made a quality leap to- the fi ghts. Whatever circumstances victory in return to Nashville day, and I hope to keep having these he’s in, I’m not here for any of that. opportunities,” Montiel said through a I’m a fi ghter.” Allgaier finishes 2nd, Burton 3rd 15-year-old Grimes outraces veteran Anderson

LEBANON, Tenn., June 20, (AP): Kyle Busch raced Dressel, Ledecky romp to wins at US swim trials to his 100th career Xfinity OMAHA, Neb., June 20, (AP): The Series victory at Nashville stars shined brightly on the next-to-last Superspeedway, where he night of the U.S. Olympic swimming Richardson notches colorful win at trials won for the fourth time. trials. Caeleb Dressel added another event EUGENE, Ore., June 20, (AP): Whether again in the final in 10.86 - she figures also setting up a possible showdown Busch won in the Xfinity Series in to his Tokyo program, powering to a watching from Jamaica, Japan or the U.S, to grab her fair share of attention next with the Jamaican world champion, 2009 and the Truck Series in 2010 dominating victory in the 100-meter it was hard to miss that shock of flowing, month in Tokyo. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. and 2011, but the track closed the butterfl y. orange hair that came streaking across An over-the-limit tailwind prevent- year he won his last race. The speed- Katie Ledecky blew away the fi eld the finish line first in Eugene. ed the 10.64 from becoming official way re-opened this weekend and will in the 800 freestyle, winning by more It belongs to Sha’Carri Richard- ATHLETICS and leaving Richardson only 0.01 be- host its first Cup race Sunday. than 5 seconds in a race where the run- son. And after the eye-opening show hind Fraser-Pryce’s top time of 2021. ner-up spot provided the only drama. she put on at Olympic trials - blowing With her performance, the 21-year- But the season is far from over. The Ledecky locked up her fourth indi- away the field in the 100-meter semis old out of LSU picked up a spot in the world record of 10.49 was set by Flor- CAR RACING vidual race at the Olympics with a time in a wind-aided 10.64 seconds, then Olympics and a national title while ence Griffith Joyner in 1988. of 8 minutes, 14.62 seconds, adding to Busch led seven times for 123 laps Kyle Busch, (front left), holds his her victories in the 200, 400 and 1,500 missed out on a race at the Olympic As with Ledecky, no one was even 49.50 set two years ago at the world and beat Justin Allgaier in overtime for trophy after winning a NASCAR free. pool. She fi nished third, 15-hundredths close to Dressel as he fi nished the fl y championships in Gwangju, South Ko- his third victory in three Xfi nity races Xfinity Series auto race, on June 19, in Lebanon, Tenn. (AP) of a second behind the youngster. in 49.87 - just off his world record of rea. this season. His 100th win in his 360th SWIMMING No complaints, though. career start is a nearly 28% winning after he collected the checkered fl ag, he Tom Shields claimed the second percentage. spot on the U.S. team by touching next thanked his “Rowdy Nation” supporters Leading right from the start, It might be all said and done after and mocked the haters. in 51.19. Shields was an Olympian in two more Xfi nity Series races. Busch Ledecky was essentially racing her- Busch was vilifi ed by fans in 2009 for 2016, taking gold as part of the 4x100 doesn’t think Joe Gibbs Racing has self. She started out under world-re- smashing the winner’s Gibson guitar tro- medley relay. sold any Xfi nity races yet for him in cord pace but tailed off when it was Dressel, who already made the 2022 and so this year could be his last phy in victory lane and he playfully pre- clear no one could challenge her. tended he was going to do it again while Olympic team with a victory in the 100 running his allowed fi ve events a sea- Ledecky fi nished more than 10 sec- freestyle, made it 2-for-2 on the night celebrating NASCAR’s re-opening. But son. onds off her world-record performance when he returned a short time later to NASCAR only allows Cup driv- after lifting the Gibson over his head, he at the Rio Olympics. win his heat in the semifi nals of the 50 ers to compete in fi ve Xfi nity and fi ve instead pretended to play it like a rock Fifteen-year-old Katie Grimes out- free. Truck Series races a year and Busch star. Allgaier fi nished second and was raced veteran Haley Anderson for the Dressel is hoping to swim three in- uses all his starts. NASCAR fi rst set followed by Harrison Burton, Josh Berry expected second spot at the Olympics, dividuals events in Tokyo and perhaps the limit at 10 races in 2017, cut it to and AJ Allmendinger. knocking more than 11 seconds off all four relays, giving him a chance to seven in 2018 and then fi ve last year. Reigning Xfi nity Series champion her personal best to touch second in join Michael Phelps, Mark Spitz and Busch and Allgaier had a spirited late retained a 90-point lead over All- 8:20.36. Matt Biondi as the only swimmers to battle and swapped the lead six times in mendinger in the standings despite Anderson, who already made the Caeleb Dressel participates in the men’s 100 butterfly during wave 2 of the win seven swimming medals at the the fi nal 49 laps. As the crowd booed him crashing and fi nishing 32nd. team in marathon swimming, just U.S. Olympic Swim Trials, on June 19, in Omaha, Nebraska. (AP) Olympics. ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021 SPORTS 15

Buehler takes no-hitter into 8th, Dodgers rout D-backs 9-3 Urshela hits go-ahead HR as Yanks stop A’s 7-game run NEW YORK, June 20, (AP): Gio Ur- 16 straight and dropped 39 of its past shela stayed in the game despite a shard 44 games. The Diamondbacks have of a broken bat hitting his right eye in the worst record in the major leagues the second inning and hit a go-ahead at 20-52. homer eighth as the New York Yan- Matt Peacock (2-5) took the loss, kees rallied from a three-run defi cit in giving up three runs over fi ve innings. Martin, Pulock help Islanders a 7-5 victory that stopped the Oakland Will Smith had three hits for the Athletics’ seven-game winning streak. Dodgers, including his eighth homer Aroldis Chapman struck out Matt of the season. Justin Turner had three Chapman on a 103.4 mph pitch to RBIs. Chris Taylor hit a two-run homer strand two runners in the ninth for his in the eighth inning. 15th save. Phillies 13, Giants 6 topple Lightning to tie series Urshela singled in New York’s fi rst run in the fourth and put the Yankees In San Francisco, Rhys Hoskins ahead 5-4 in the eighth when he lifted broke out a 2 for 40 slump with a pair a 98.6 mph fastball from Jesús Luzardo of home runs and a career-best six Hurricanes’ Slavin wins Lady Byng Memorial trophy (2-4) into the netting above Monument RBIs, leading Philadelphia over San Park in center. DJ LeMahieu added a Francisco. two-run single against Sergio Romo. Ronald Torreyes also homered and UNIONDALE, N.Y., June 20, (AP): Matt Martin capped games apiece. Chad Green (2-4) struck out the side drove in three runs as the Phillies won New York’s three-goal second period, Ryan Pulock made Josh Bailey and Mathew Barzal also scored, and Cal Clutterbuck and in the eighth. at San Francisco for the second time in Adam Pelech each had two assists. Semyon Varlamov fi nished with 28 nine games since 2018. Bryce Harper Padres 7, Reds 5 a diving stop in front of an open goal in the closing seconds saves to help the Islanders win a Game 4 to tie a series after dropping the doubled and scored. Alec Bohm had previous game at home for the third time this postseason. In San Diego, Rookie Kim Ha-seong three of Philadelphia’s 16 hits and had and the Islanders held on to beat the Tampa Bay Light- hit a tiebreaking, two-run home run Brayden Point had a goal for the seventh straight game, and Tyler Johnson also two RBIs. scored for the defending champion Lightning. Andrei Vasilevskiy fi nished with with two outs in the eighth - three in- Brandon Belt and Mike Yastrzem- ning 3-2 to even their Stanley Cup semifi nal series at two nings after he replaced injured star ski homered for San Francisco. Jarlin 27 saves. shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. - and San García (0-2) took the loss. Game 5 is Monday night in Tampa, Diego beat Cincinnati. Ranger Suárez (3-1) struck out three Florida, with Game 6 back at Nassau Tatis left after apparently hurting his and retired eight batters. Coliseum on Wednesday night. The Lightning pulled Vasilevskiy left shoulder diving for Tyler Naquin’s Marlins 11, Cubs 1 RBI single in the fi fth. He was replaced for an extra skater with about 1:50 left, by Kim, a rookie from South Korea. In Chicago, Adam Duvall homered but he returned to the ice 38 seconds Kim homered off Heath Hembree twice for the second straight game, and later when Victor Hedman was called (1-2) to bring in Tommy Pham. Nabil Pablo López (3-4) pitched one-hit ball for tripping Clutterbuck to give the Is- Crismatt (2-1) got the win. over seven innings. landers a power play. San Diego will go for a four-game Tampa Bay’s Ryan McDonagh had sweep on Sunday. The Padres entered the puck on the left side in the waning the series after losing 13 of 17 games. BASEBALL seconds, spun around to get away from The Reds came in on a six-game win- Brock Nelson and drew Varlamov for- ning streak. Jake Cronenworth hit a ty- ward before sending the puck at the ing, two-run homer in the third for the The Marlins have outscored the NL open net. But Pulock’s dive kept the Padres, his eighth. Central leaders 21-3 through the fi rst puck out and preserved the win. two games. Dodgers 9, Diamondbacks 3 Vasilevskiy gave up his most goals Duvall remained locked in after hit- since he allowed four in Game 4 of the In Phoenix, Walker Buehler took a ting a grand slam and two-run drive in second round against Carolina. He had no-hitter into the eighth inning as Los Friday’s 10-2 romp. He had two-run a shutout in the series-clinching Game Angeles beat Arizona. shots in the fi rst and third against Jake 5 and then had limited the Islanders to The 26-year-old right-hander walked Arrieta (5-8). Jesús Sánchez added his fi ve goals in the fi rst three games of two, hit a batter and struck out a sea- fi rst big league homer, and Lewin Díaz this series. son-best 11. He was pulled with one went deep. out in the eighth after giving up singles Mets 5, Nationals 1, 1st Game to David Peralta and Nick Ahmed. ICE HOCKEY Arizona has lost a franchise-record Nationals 6, Mets 2, 2nd Game In Washington, Jon Lester pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning to Point got the Lightning on the score- gain his fi rst win for Washington, Kyle Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) and defenseman Victor Hedman (77) defend the net board 3:45 into the third as he brought Schwarber backed him with four RBIs against New York Islanders right wing Leo Komarov (47) during the fi rst period of Game 4 of an NHL hockey Stan- the puck up the right side and beat Var- on a pair of home runs and the Na- ley Cup semifi nal, on June 19, in Uniondale, N.Y. (AP) lamov with a shot from nearly 50 feet tionals split a doubleheader with New out. It was Point’s league-best 12th York. Francisco Lindor had fi ve RBIs of the postseason and tied Claude Le- on a pair of two-run homers and run- mieux (1997), Joe Sakic (1996), Mario scoring single for his fi rst big offensive Lemieux (1996), Pat LaFontaine game with the Mets. Al-Kuwait beat Qatar’s Al-Arabi to reach fi nal (1992) and Mario Lemieux (1991) for Lester (1-2) was within three outs JEDDAH, June 20, (KUNA); Kuwaiti The triumphant Kuwaiti side also Speaking to KUNA following the the longest streak in the last 30 years. of his fi rst shutout in seven years be- outfi t Al-Kuwait booked their place saw their goalkeeper Ali Safar win game, Al-Kuwait’s spokesman Saad Johnson made it 3-2 nearly 3 min- fore José Peraza hit a two-run homer in in the Asian Men’s Club Handball Al-Shemmeri praised the side’s “de- utes later as he got the puck in the the seventh. He gave up two runs and League fi nal after edging the champi- termination and sacrifi ce” alongside corner, skated around one Islanders seven hits in six-plus innings with six ons Al-Arabi of Qatar in a 23-22 vic- HANDBALL the dedication of backroom staff. player, moved toward the net and beat strikeouts and no walks. Brad Hand tory in Jeddah. He said the side go into Monday’s Varlamov up high on the right side earned his 14th save in 16 chances. The fi nalists await the winner of the fi nal with their goal set on “delighting with teammate Ross Colton and Pu- Robert Gsellman (0-1) took the loss opposing semifi nal between Al-Duhail man of the match for his heroics in the fans and winning the illustrious ti- lock screening the goalie. in his fi rst start of the season. of Qatar and Al-Najma of Bahrain. keeping the champions at bay. tle.” Varlamov had six saves over the New York Yankees’ Giancarlo Trea Turner homered in the third, his fi rst 3 minutes of the second, including Stanton hits an RBI single off Oak- consecutive tries in close by Point that land Athletics relief pitcher Yus- 11th this season but fi rst since May 17. consecutive wild pitch from Texas re- and three hits in fi ve innings. Garrett Raimel Tapia, Yonathan Daza, Tre- meiro Petit to tie the score in the Twins 3, Rangers 2 liever John King (5-5) in the seventh Whitlock, Hirokazu Sawamura and vor Story and Ryan McMahon each drew chants of “Var-ly! Var-ly!” from the home crowd. seventh inning of a baseball game, In Arlington, Texas, Max Kepler inning, and Minnesota beat the Rang- Brandon Workman combined for four had two hits and Charlie Blackmon on June 19, in New York. (AP) ers. innings of four-hit shutout relief. drove in two with groundouts for the Meanwhile, Carolina Hurricanes de- scored the go-ahead run on a second fenseman Jaccob Slavin won the Lady Former Texas slugger Nelson Cruz Astros 7, White Sox 3 Rockies, who saw their season-high hit a tying two-run homer in the fourth, fi ve-game winning streak snapped. Byng Memorial trophy for sportsman- In Houston, Rookie Robel Garcia ship and gentlemanly conduct Satur- Vandersloot helps Sky beat Sun his team-leading 15th for Minnesota Mariners 6, Rays 5, 10 Innings and the 432nd of his career to pass Cal tied a career high with three RBIs, Car- day, becoming the fourth blue-liner to Ripken Jr. for 49th place. los Correa homered and Houston beat In Seattle, J.P. Crawford scored the win the award. Isiah Kiner-Falefa hit a two-run Lance Lynn and Chicago. winning run on Mitch Haniger’s 10th- The 27-year-old from Denver re- homer for the Rangers. Framber Valdez (4-0) had another inning single and hit a grand slam to ceived 73 of 100 fi rst-place votes sub- Charles scores 30 points, strong start to help the Astros to a sixth lift Seattle over Tampa Bay. mitted by members of the Professional Pirates 6, Indians 3 consecutive victory, tying their longest Tampa Bay pinch-hitter Brandon Hockey Writers Association. In Pittsburgh, Michael Perez and winning streak this season. He yielded Lowe tied it 5-all with a solo home Minnesota Wild defenseman Jared Bryan Reynolds hit three-run home six hits and three runs - two earned - in run in the top of the ninth off Kendall Spurgeon was second, followed by To- Mystics cruise past Fever runs during the seventh inning and seven innings to extend his career-best Graveman. ronto forward Auston Matthews. WASHINGTON, June 20, (AP): Tina Pittsburgh rallied past Cleveland. streak by winning his sixth consecu- Crawford took second in the bottom Slavin had three goals and 15 points Charles had 30 points, a season-high Perez homered to right off Bryan tive decision dating to last season. of the 10th as the designated baserun- while averaging a team-high 22:59 15 rebounds and three steals to help Shaw (1-2) to put the Pirates ahead. The Astros tagged Lynn (7-3) for ner and scored on Haniger’s single to minutes over 52 games this season. He the Washington Mystics beat the Four batters later, Reynolds hit a 98- eight hits and six runs - both season left fi eld off J.P. Feyereisen (3-3) for was assessed just one penalty for delay Indiana Fever 82-77. mph fastball from James Karinchak highs - in four innings in his shortest Seattle’s third straight victory. of game (puck over the glass), while Charles’ three-point play gave into the Allegheny River. start of the season. Touted prospect Logan Gilbert facing opposing teams’ top lines. Washington a 76-69 lead with 2:11 to Pittsburgh has won the fi rst two Angels 8, Tigers 3 struck out seven - including leadoff Florida’s Brian Campbell in 2012 play. Theresa Plaisance hit three games of the series after entering on a hitter Randy Arozarena three times - in was the last defenseman to earn the 10-game losing streak. In Anaheim, California, Shohei 5 2/3 innings, scattering six hits with honor, which was fi rst presented fol- 3-pointers and had 16 points and 12 Ohtani homered for the fourth time in rebounds. Blue Jays 10, Orioles 7 no walks. He gave up solo home runs lowing the 1924-25 season. fi ve games and matched his high for to Mike Zunino and Manuel Margot . In Baltimore, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homers in a season as Los Angeles hit his major-league leading 23rd hom- beat Detroit for its sixth straight home BASKETBALL er and capped a ninth-inning rally with win. a go-ahead, two-run double as Toronto Ohtani has 22 homers and is tied for ended a fi ve-game skid. second-most in the majors with San The Mystics (6-6) have won back- Marcus Semien homered twice for Diego’s Fernando Tatis Jr. They are to-back games and four of their last Toronto, which scored six runs in the one behind Toronto’s Vladimir Guer- five. Indiana (1-14) has lost 10 in a Chicago Sky guard Diamond ninth off relievers Paul Fry (0-2) and rero Jr. His two-run shot to left fi eld off row. DeShields, (left), tries to pass Tyler Wells to stun the Orioles. Wily Peralta (0-1) matched his total around Connecticut Sun guard/ Wings 95, Lynx 77 forward Kaila Charles (3) during a Ryan Mountcastle recorded his from 2018, when he won AL Rookie In Arlington, Texas, Marina Mabrey WNBA basketball game, on June fi rst career three-homer game and Ce- of the Year honors. scored a career-high 28 points and hit 19, in Chicago. (AP) dric Mullins had his second consecu- Patrick Sandoval (2-2) struck out five of Dallas’ franchise-record 17 tive multihomer game for Baltimore, nine in 5 2/3 innings. 3-pointers to help the Wings beat beat Dallas 85-73 on Thursday night. which hit six homers in a game for the Brewers 6, Rockies 5 Sky 91, Sun 81 fi rst time since Aug. 18, 2016 against Minnesota. Houston. In Denver, Willy Adames had four Mabrey shot 9 of 13 from the field In Chicago, Courtney Vandersloot hits, including a go-ahead two-run and tied the club single-game record had 18 points and 11 assists, Diamond Red Sox 7, Royals 1 home run in the top of the ninth in- for points off the bench. Arike DeShields added 14 points and In Kansas City, Mo., Light-hitting ning, and Milwaukee rallied to beat Ogunbowale made 4 of 5 from 3-point Chicago beat Connecticut for its fifth Bobby Dalbec hit a two-run homer Colorado. range and finished with 16 points and straight victory. andhad three RBIs, fi nishing a double Adames also had three doubles and six assists for Dallas (6-7). Allie Quigley and Ruthy Hebard short of a cycle, and J.D. Martinez hit fi nished with three RBIs for the Brew- Napheesa Collier and Crystal each added 13 points for the Sky (7-7). a two-run homer in Boston’s win over ers, who snapped a fi ve-game skid as Arizona Diamondbacks’ David Peralta, (left), avoids the tag by Los Angeles Dangerfield each had 17 points and Brionna Jones had a career-high 22 Kansas City. well as a seven-game losing streak to Dodgers catcher Will Smith to score during the eighth inning of a baseball two steals for the Lynx (5-7). They points for the Sun (8-5). Martín Pérez (5-4) allowed one run the Rockies. game, on June 19, in Phoenix. (AP) MLB Results/Standings Gonzalez’s hit in 12th sends Vandy past Arizona 7-6

WASHINGTON, June 20, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Saturday. NY Yankees 7 Oakland 5 Seattle 6 Tampa Bay (10 inn) 5 Butler drives Wolfpack past Stanford in CWS opener Minnesota 3 Texas 2 Miami 11 Chicago Cubs 1 NY Mets 5 Washington (7 inn 1st game) 1 Philadelphia 13 San Francisco 6 OMAHA, Neb., June 20, (AP): Jonny Butler was slow to get started against Johnston (9-3). Boston 7 Kansas City 1 Washington 6 NY Mets (7 inn 2nd game) 2 homered and drove in a career-high fi ve runs, Johnston, who allowed seven runs in three in- Toronto 10 Baltimore 7 San Diego 7 Cincinnati 5 Reid Johnston pitched six strong innings and nings in a 21-2 loss to Arkansas in NC State’s Pittsburgh 6 Cleveland 3 Milwaukee 6 Colorado 5 super regional opener last week, limited the Houston 7 Chic. White Sox 3 LA Dodgers 9 Arizona 3 North Carolina State opened the College World LA Angels 8 Detroit 3 Series with a 10-4 victory over Stanford. Cardinal to Tim Tawa’s solo homer and a single American League National League The Wolfpack (36-18), who knocked out No. through six innings. East Division East Division Meanwhile, Jayson Gonzalez singled through W L Pct GB W L Pct GB 1 national seed Arkansas in the super regionals last week, continued their postseason roll in the the infi eld with the bases loaded in the bottom of Boston 43 28 .606 _ New York 36 28 .563 _ the 12th inning, giving Vanderbilt a 7-6 win over Tampa Bay 43 29 .597 -1/2 Philadelphia 34 34 .500 4 fi rst CWS game since 2019. The 2020 event was New York 37 33 .529 5-1/2 Atlanta 32 35 .478 5-1/2 Arizona in the College World Series. Toronto 34 35 .493 8 Washington 32 36 .471 6 canceled because of the pandemic. Gonzalez grounded a 1-2 pitch beyond div- Baltimore 23 47 .329 19-1/2 Miami 31 39 .443 8 ing shortstop Nik McClaughry’s glove to end the Central Division Central Division W L Pct GB W L Pct GB fi rst extra-inning game at the CWS since 2014. It Chicago 43 28 .606 _ Chicago 39 32 .549 _ BASEBALL lasted 4 hours, 51 minutes, making it the fourth- Cleveland 38 30 .559 3-1/2 Milwaukee 39 32 .549 _ North Carolina State starting pitcher Reid longest game in CWS history. Kansas City 31 38 .449 11 Cincinnati 35 34 .507 3 Vince Vannelle worked out of a bases-loaded Minnesota 29 41 .414 13-1/2 St Louis 35 35 .500 3-1/2 Johnston (29) throws against Stanford NC State got out to a 2-0 lead in the fi rst in- situation in the bottom of the 11th, but the de- Detroit 29 42 .408 14 Pittsburgh 25 44 .362 13 ning on Butler’s homer to right off Pac-12 pitcher in the fi rst inning in the opening baseball West Division West Division game of the College World Series, on June fending national champion Commodores (46-15) W L Pct GB W L Pct GB of the year Brendan Beck. After Devonte Brown wouldn’t be denied in the 12th. Oakland 44 28 .611 _ San Francisco 45 26 .634 _ barely cleared the fence in right-center in the 19, at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Neb. Houston 42 28 .600 1 Los Angeles 43 27 .614 1-1/2 (AP) Isaiah Thomas led off with an infi eld single and Seattle 37 36 .507 7-1/2 San Diego 41 32 .562 5 fourth to give NC State at least two homers in 17 Parker Noland bunted for a hit before Vannelle Los Angeles 36 35 .507 7-1/2 Colorado 30 42 .417 15-1/2 of its last 21 games, Butler’s two-run bloop single seven hits. He walked two and struck out 10. No. walked Javier Vaz. Gonzalez then came through Texas 25 45 .357 18 Arizona 20 52 .278 25-1/2 made it 6-0. Beck (9-2) left with two outs in the 9 seed Stanford (38-16), which outscored Texas for the second time in the game. He had hit a tying sixth having allowed six runs, three earned, on Tech 24-3 in a two-game super-regional sweep, home run in the fourth inning. ARAB TIMES, MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2021 16

Spain’s Rodri, (left), and Poland’s Robert Lewan- dowski challenge for the ball during the Euro 2020 soccer championship Group E match between Spain and Poland at the La Cartuja Stadium in Seville, Spain. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Switzerland keep hopes alive, Poland hold Spain Italy stay perfect as 10-man Wales advance to round of 16 ROME, June 20, (AP): Italy’s reserves By the fi nal whistle, Italy had no really do play as well as their starters. starters from its opening two matches Max overtakes Hamilton on penultimate lap Or just about. left on the fi eld, with even goalkeeper Roberto Mancini has been saying Gianluigi Donnarumma replaced by for weeks that all 26 members of his Salvatore Sirigu in the closing minutes. squad are starters. And after beating Switzerland 3, Turkey 1 Verstappen wins French GP, extends lead Wales 1-0 on Sunday despite making In Baku, Xherdan Shaqiri scored two LE CASTELLET, France, June 20, (AP): Formula One Verstappen has already matched his career best for a sea- eight changes to his starting lineup at goals to give Switzerland a 3-1 victory championship leader Max Verstappen overtook Lewis Ham- son with three wins and is emerging as a massive rival for the the European Championship, it’s hard over Turkey at the European Champi- ilton on the penultimate lap to win the French Grand Prix on defending champion Hamilton, who is trying to win a record to argue with him. onship. Sunday and extend his lead over his title rival to 12 points. eighth F1 title to move one ahead of Michael Schumacher. The victory extended Italy’s unbeat- The victory might be enough to give Verstappen used the DRS system to catch Hamilton on Red Bull has thrown down a huge marker to Mercedes, en streak to 30 matches - matching a the team a spot in the round of 16 as Lap 52 and pass him on the inside before zooming off to which has won every drivers’ and constructors’ champion- team record. one the best third-place teams. Matteo Pessina gave Italy the lead late Winger Steven Zuber assisted on clinch his third win of the season and 13th of his career. A ship since 2014. The previous four years were Red Bull bonus point for the fastest lap made it a great day for Red in the fi rst half by redirecting a free kick all three of Switzerland’s goals. Haris doubles with Sebastian Vettel at the wheel, and it looks like from Marco Verratti on a textbook play. Seferovic scored the fi rst one. Bull, which had never beaten Mercedes on the Paul Ricard Mercedes is under heavy pressure now. circuit in southern France. Wales defender Ethan Ampadu was Irfan Can Kahveci scored Turkey’s After three races without a win, all of which Red Bull have sent off with a questionable straight red goal. It was the team’s fi rst goal of the It was a close call, though, with Red Bull’s gamble on a won, Hamilton is sounding concerned. two-stop strategy for Verstappen countered by a one-stopper card for stepping on Federico Bernard- tournament. Lando Norris fi nished fi fth for McLaren, again beating eschi 10 minutes into the second half. Turkey lost all three of its group for Hamilton as Mercedes kept him out on the same tires. his more experienced teammate Daniel Ricciardo, who was Wales’ Joe Allen (left), challenges It- With fi ve of 53 laps left, Hamilton was only 3.5 seconds matches and has been eliminated. sixth ahead of Pierre Gasly’s AlphaTauri and two-time F1 aly’s Andrea Belotti during the Euro Spain 1, Poland 1 ahead. SOCCER 2020 soccer championship group A Verstappen quickly ate into that lead, kept calm and then champion Fernando Alonso in eighth. In Seville, while Spain kept mis- It was another disappointing day for Bottas, who is fi ght- match between Italy and Wales, at fi ring, Robert Lewandowski came positioned himself perfectly to attack on a long straight in the Rome Olympic stadium. (AP) the way Hamilton has done countless times in his record 98 ing to keep his seat at Mercedes next year. Italy, which won their opening two through for Poland. wins. He is only fi fth in the standings behind McLaren’s Norris matches 3-0, fi nished Group A with a before Pessina put the Azzurri ahead. The FIFA player of the year gave Verstappen, who won by 2.9 seconds, has 131 points to and Perez. perfect nine points while Wales came Verratti earned a foul that set up a his team hope for advancement at the Hamilton’s 119 after seven races. second with four points. free kick on the right fl ank and then European Championship by scoring Chasing only their second European whipped in a low cross that Pessina a second-half equalizer in a 1-1 draw title, Italy will play the second-place fl icked into the far corner with his back with a Spanish team that continued to MOTOR RACING team from Group C at Wembley Sta- to the goal. miss chance after chance and are now dium in London next Saturday. Wales Pessina, who plays his club ball for in danger of early elimination. Red Bull’s Sergio Perez sneaked past a dejected Valtteri will play the second-place team from high-scoring Atalanta, was a late call A loss would have ended Poland’s Bottas to take third place and strengthen Red Bull’s lead in Group B in Amsterdam. up to Italy’s squad following an injury chances of reaching the round of 16 at the constructors’ championship: 215 points to 178. The victory also marked Italy’s 11th to Stefano Sensi. He earned the spot Euro 2020. Verstappen took an impressive pole position ahead of straight win and clean sheet. by scoring his fi rst two goals for the Among the wasted opportunities for Hamilton and his teammate Bottas. The Azzurri fi rst won 30 straight un- national team in a Euro 2020 warmup “La Roja” was a missed penalty kick Verstappen got away cleanly, but then made a basic error der coaching great Vittorio Pozzo from match against San Marino. by Gerard Moreno shortly after Lewan- cutting the kerb on Turn 1 and gifted Hamilton the lead. 1935-39 with a team that won their sec- Minutes after his goal, Pessina had dowski’s goal. Álvaro Morata collect- “In the beginning it was so diffi cult with the wind. Really ond consecutive World Cup. another chance but poked the ball just ed the rebound off the post but failed to diffi cult to keep the car stable,” Verstappen said. “Just lost It’s been a remarkable turnaround wide. put the ball into the open net. the rear, tried to correct it, correct it, correct it, but it kept for this Italy squad, which failed to Wales’ best chance of the half came Morata ended his scoring drought by going.” qualify for the 2018 World Cup. with a header from Chris Gunter that putting Spain ahead in the 25th minute, Right at the end of another exciting race, he made up for it Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands, On a warm and humid evening at the narrowly missed the top corner. but Lewandowski evened things in the heading into the Styrian GP in a week’s time on Red Bull’s (center), leads at the start of the French Formula One Stadio Olimpico, Italy controlled from Italy continued to pour forward after 54th with a header for only his third home track, followed by the Austrian GP a week later on the Grand Prix at the Paul Ricard racetrack in Le Castellet, the start and Andrea Belotti and Fed- the break and Bernardeschi banged a goal in 13 appearances with the nation- same circuit nestled in the Styrian mountains. southern France. (AP) erico Chiesa both came close to scoring free kick off the post. al team at a major tournament. Ukraine, Austria ‘eye’ round of 16 BUCHAREST, Romania, June Bucks advance to East fi nals 20, (AP): A draw might be enough for both, while a win would be a guarantee for either. Ukraine and Austria each have one victory and one loss so far at the European Championship, and they will face each other on Mon- day both looking to advance from the group stage at the tournament for the first time. For both teams, the forwards have provided the story at Euro 2020. Andriy Yarmolenko and Roman Yaremchuk scored a goal each for Ukraine in the team’s opening match, and then scored a goal each in the second as well. Those games are now in the past. Despite the goals, Ukraine coach Andriy Shevchen- ko’s concern in the previ- ous match was that his team didn’t score more, Arnautovic given the numerous chances his players created. Ruslan Malinovskyi, for exam- ple, had an opportunity to put the game against North Macedonia out of reach with an 84th-minute penalty awarded after a handball.

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But the Atalanta midfielder ran up casually and placed a rising shot that goalkeeper Stole Dimitrievs- ki saved easily. Shevchenko said defender De- Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo, (right), drives past Brooklyn Nets’ Joe Harris during the second half of Game 7 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series in New York. (AP) nys Popov has a calf injury and might miss what the coach called “a very, very difficult game Milwaukee edges Nets in OT, withstand Durant’s 48 ahead of us.”

NEW YORK, June 20, airball with 0.3 seconds remaining. didn’t produce the quality of play that a thriller, the first to need extra time Middleton added 23 points and 10 was anticipated between the league’s since Dallas beat San Antonio in the (AP): A Game 7 thriller, rebounds for the Bucks, who reached two highest-scoring teams, Game 7 was 2006 Western Conference semifinals. the NBA’s fi rst do-or-die the East finals for the second time in Qatar to require fans at game to go to overtime in three years. They will play either Philadelphia or Atlanta in a series that 15 years, came down to a starts Wednesday night. WCup to be ‘vaccinated’ matter of inches. Durant played all 53 minutes and If Brooklyn star Kevin Durant forced OT with a turnaround jumper DOHA, June 20, (AP): Qatar will some countries will not be able to was just slightly farther away - or that was just inches from being a require spectators at the 2022 vaccinate all their citizens, Qatar if his foot was slightly smaller - 3-pointer that would have won it with a World Cup to have received coro- will not allow fans to enter stadi- second left. navirus vaccines to get into games, ums without receiving a full vac- he ends the highest-scoring Game the government has announced. cination against the virus.” 7 ever by an NBA player with a Prime Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Qatar has recorded 585 deaths and 3-pointer to win the series. BASKETBALL Khalifa bin Abdulaziz Al Thani told 220,800 cases during the pandemic. And given a second chance, the Qatar newspaper editors that the The Middle East’s first World Cup is Bucks cashed it in for a ticket to the Durant added nine rebounds and six Gulf nation is trying to secure a mil- due to start Nov. 21, 2022. Eastern Conference finals. assists, but didn’t have enough help lion vaccine doses to immunize fans “We are currently negotiating The Bucks withstood Durant’s NBA- with injured Kyrie Irving watching wanting to watch the tournament. with a company to provide one record 48 points in a Game 7, beating from the baseline and James Harden “When the date of the FIFA million vaccine doses against the the Nets 115-111 on Saturday night. unable to locate his shot after missing World Cup Qatar 2022 comes, coronavirus for the immunization Giannis Antetokounmpo had 40 most of the first four games with right most countries of the world will of those coming to the FIFA World points and 13 rebounds, and Middleton hamstring tightness. have vaccinated and immunized Cup Qatar,” Sheikh Khaled said. made the tiebreaking shot with 40 sec- Harden had 22 points, nine rebounds their citizens,” Sheikh Khaled was “Our primary goal in vaccinating the onds left in OT. and nine assists, but was 5 for 17 from Brooklyn Nets’ Kevin Durant, (left), drives past Milwaukee Bucks’ P.J. quoted as saying by state media on unvaccinated is to protect the public The Bucks held on when Durant the field. Tucker during the fi rst half of Game 7 of a second-round NBA basketball Sunday. “Due to the possibility that health of citizens and residents.” missed two late jumpers, the last an In a series where the teams often playoff series in New York. (AP)

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