RABIA ALAWWAL 12, 1442 AH THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2020 16 Pages Max 36º Min 16º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18270 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Parents of gunned-down teenager Berlin’s ill-fated new airport Kardashian slammed for ‘tone Dodgers end World Series 5 bring him back in AI election video 10 is finally ready for take-off 13 deaf’ birthday tropical getaway 16 drought with win over Rays No change in quarantine procedures for arrivals Priority for coronavirus vaccine for the elderly, chronic patients, frontliners By B Izzak frontline workers and providers of basic services. The committee told the Massive blackout hits Hawally governorate KUWAIT: The government said yester- Cabinet that the planned campaign day that there has been no change in will continue for a year. quarantine procedures for passengers The Cabinet urged citizens and arriving to the country, denying rumors expatriates to comply with health that the two-week home quarantine has measures, including wearing face- been reduced. Meanwhile, a special masks, observing social distancing, committee headed by Health Minister sanitizing hands and leaving home Sheikh Basel Al-Sabah yesterday only when necessary. It also urged the briefed the Cabinet during an extraordi- public to pay special attention to eld- nary meeting on the coronavirus pan- erly people, especially those suffering demic situation in the country and urged from chronic diseases. people to comply with health measures The Cabinet statement also called to contain the spread of COVID-19. on the need to continue the process of A statement issued after the meet- returning to normal life, stressing that ing said the committee also briefed only 50 percent of office staff should the Cabinet on a potential vaccination attend in both the private and public campaign against the disease when sectors. The committee also briefed vaccines become available. It said the the Cabinet on the situation of the sections that will be initially targeted disease in Kuwait and the number of KUWAIT: Blackouts were reported in parts of Salmiya, Hawally, Maidan Hawally, Jabriya, Rumaithiya and Bayan after a fire in the for vaccination are elderly people and new cases recorded in October, along main power transformer in Salmiya W, the ministry of electricity and water said yesterday. The fire force added it rescued 30 people those suffering from chronic diseases, with the treatment of patients in trapped inside elevators. in addition to healthcare providers, intensive care units. made the move without their knowledge, adding that yesterday registered to run for seats in the National NOTICE Top finance ministry the decision came after they refused to implement Assembly election on the third day of candidate On the occasion of the Prophet’s (PBUH) decisions by the minister that “violate the law”. registration, raising the number of hopefuls so far to birthday holiday, Kuwait Times will not pub- officials resign over But the finance ministry said in a statement yes- 193 including 18 women. Thirteen candidates filed lish its print edition on Friday, October 30. terday that the minister has accepted the resigna- from the first constituency, 10 from the second, 16 Readers can stay informed with breaking tion of the six top officials of the ministry. The from the third, 10 hopefuls from the fourth and six news and information via KuwaitTimes.net ‘forced’ reshuffle Cabinet has not yet made any comment on the from the fifth constituency. and our digital media channels on Instagram, issue. But MP Riyadh Al-Adasani called on the The new candidates include five sitting MPs and Twitter and Facebook: @KuwaitTimes By B Izzak prime minister to accept the resignation of six former lawmakers from the past assemblies. The Sheetan and stop a major crisis in the finance min- MPs who registered in the hope of retaining their KUWAIT: Finance Ministry Undersecretary Saleh istry. Adasani has grilled the finance minister twice seats are Adel Al-Damkhi, Bader Al-Mulla, Awdah Al-Saraawi and five assistant undersecretaries and the minister survived two no-confidence Al-Awdah, Ali Al-Deqbasi and former information News in brief resigned yesterday in a letter to the prime minister motions as a result, but following the second minister and MP Mohammad Al-Jabri. The six for- in protest against a decision by Finance Minister grilling, Sheetan placed his resignation at the dis- mer MPs include Ahmad Al-Shahoumi, Abdullah Al- Global virus cases hit record Barrak Al-Sheetan to rotate their posts. The top posal of the prime minister. Turaiji, Jamal Al-Omar, Abdullah Mayouf, Ammar bureaucrats claimed in their letter that the minister Meanwhile, 55 candidates including four women Al-Ajmi and Hussein Mazyed. PARIS: More than 500,000 new coronavirus cases were reported worldwide on Tuesday in a new record, according to a tally from health authorities compiled by AFP. In total, 516,898 Kuwait expands boycott; new infections and 7,723 deaths were announced, according to the tally compiled yes- Erdogan blasts cartoon terday. Europe has once again become the new epicenter of the disease which is spreading rap- KUWAIT/ISTANBUL: Kuwait’s (PBUH) stop. “There will be increased idly on the continent. The United States is also boycott of French products has pressure in the coming days in case facing a rise in cases. — AFP expanded, with a leading union say- of any provocation,” he said. “We will ing yesterday that most of its stores stop marketing all products and had stripped their shelves after brands owned by the French, or those One death every 3 mins in Iran French President Emmanuel Macron to which the French contribute.” defended cartoons insulting Islam. Boycotts began Friday, and yes- One person is dying from COVID-19 DUBAI: Kuwait’s Union of Consumer Co- terday, images showed shelves every three minutes in Iran, state television said yesterday, as the health ministry reported a operative Societies said 60 of its 69 stripped bare of French food prod- record daily toll of 415 fatalities. Parliament stores had pulled French-made prod- ucts, perfumes and cosmetics. Kishti speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf tweeted that ucts, with the rest of the establish- said that they stopped selling over he had tested positive for the coronavirus, the lat- ments to “soon” follow suit. 2,000 basic items, such as cheese est among dozens of officials to be infected. Total Fahd Al-Kishti, head of the union, and water. According to Ahmed Al- fatalities from the disease have reached 33,714, told AFP there will be no backtrack- Thaidy, a professor at Kuwait KUWAIT: French cosmetics and perfumes are removed from display at a perfume health ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari ing on the decision unless “insults” University’s College of Sharia and store yesterday as part of a boycott in protest against cartoons depicting Prophet told state TV. The number of confirmed cases against the Prophet Muhammad Continued on Page 2 Muhammad (PBUH) published in French media. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat rose by 6,824 in the past 24 hours to 558,648, she added. — Reuters Sometimes referred to as the “Godfather of British foreign secretary Arthur James Balfour, seen The tycoon who Palestine”, Masri is the patriarch of a family empire as a precursor to Israel’s creation in 1948. Qatar regrets invasive searches that has interests in telecommunications, finance, The Balfour Declaration begins by stating that industry and Palestinian real estate. The 86-year- “His Majesty’s Government view with favor the DOHA: Qatar expressed regret yesterday after sued Britain over old lives alone in Beit al-Falestine (Palestine House), establishment in Palestine of a national home for the women on 10 flights were forced to endure his mansion overlooking Nablus in the occupied Jewish people, and will use their best endeavors to invasive physical examinations, and announced West Bank. On display in the opulent home are facilitate the achievement of this object”. After the an investigation that an informed source said 1917 declaration photos of Masri with Nelson Mandela, US presi- sentence was read to him, Masri said: “you forgot could lead to criminal prosecutions. In its first NABLUS: Sitting in an antique armchair in the dential candidate Joe Biden and iconic Palestinian the main thing.” He then completed the declaration account of events, Qatar said a newborn baby dappled light of his Renaissance-inspired West leader Yasser Arafat, whom Masri smuggled from himself. “Nothing shall be done which may preju- girl was wrapped in plastic and left to die in a Bank mansion, Palestinian billionaire Munib Al- Jordan to Syria in 1970 in the boot of his car. dice the civil and religious rights of existing non- bathroom rubbish bin, prompting a lockdown of Masri raised a subject that has angered him for He has served as a minister in the Jordanian gov- Jewish communities in Palestine. the airport. Women were then led from aircraft eight decades. “Can you quote me the 58 words of ernment and in the Ramallah-based Palestinian “That tells you that we have no political rights,” to ambulances on the tarmac where they were Balfour’s declaration?” he asked AFP, referring to Authority. But despite his financial success, political Masri said. Earlier this month, he and several subject to cervical examinations to see if they the 1917 statement setting out London’s support for achievements and advanced years, Masri told AFP activists filed a lawsuit in Palestinian court seeking had recently given birth. — AFP a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine. that he remains consumed by the declaration by Continued on Page 2 2 Established 1961 Thursday, October 29, 2020 Local Amir receives Crown Prince, state officials Pope Francis congratulates Amir on office KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets National Assembly Speaker Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.