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Commerce open after 8 pm Opinion KUWAIT CITY, July 27: Based on the decision of the Council of Minis- ters and health authorities in the State Tunisia rises, buries ‘Brotherhood’ destructive project of Kuwait, the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued the following guidelines to airlines on Ku- By Ahmed Al-Jarallah wait travel. Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times Newswatch First - Departure from the State of Kuwait: AFTER a decade of suffering and des- New insurance glitch - Citizens perate popular attempts to bring Tuni- • No travel permitted out of the State of Kuwait except for citizens who are vaccinated with one of the sia back to the right course but without KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait on Tues- success, the Tunisians have lost their day said the arrival of Caracal’s approved vaccines by the State of Kuwait as men- patience. President Qais Saeed rose up multirole helicopters should re- tioned below in item (3) and appearance of green color to the occasion against the power grip inforce capabilities across state in (immune/Kuwait mobile ID) application with the grounds 75+ Kuwaitis bodies, just as the fi rst batch of exception of the following categories: of the Muslim Brotherhood Group’s the French-made aircraft landed a. Age categories not subject to be vaccinated. “Ennahda Movement”, which plunged b. Kuwaiti citizens holding approved certificate is- the country into instability, and fe- By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh mentioned diseases; number of such patients in in the country, as per a military every governorate; number of patients staying deal worth USD one billion. sued from the ministry of health proofing their inabil- rociously dealt with those who pro- Arab Times Staff The multi-role aircraft will fa- ity to be vaccinated due to health reasons. tested against the killing of Mohamed permanently in Kuwait Center for Mental Dis- c. Pregnant should hold a certificate to proof their KUWAIT CITY, July 27: MP Bader Al-Humaidi eases; number of patients undergoing treatment at cilitate integral operations such Bouazizi 11 years ago by the fi re of the as search and rescue efforts, in pregnancy issued and approved by the ministry of Muslim Brotherhood Group that trans- forwarded queries to Minister of Defense Sheikh home; number of patients who visit Kuwait Cen- Hamad Jaber Al-Ali in his capacity as the official addition to emergency evacua- health. formed the green Tunisia into dry land ter for Mental Diseases regularly -- daily, monthly tion plans, said Kuwait National d. Ensure that Kuwaitis must hold health insurance who oversees Kuwait International Airport and or annually; total expenditures of the center in the Guard deputy chief Lieutenant enduring a slow death. civil aviation operations. He said Al-Anba daily during their stay outside the country which covers the Indeed, the path paved by President last three years; number of doctors and nurses in General Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf treatment of infections with Coronavirus. published a report that citizens who are more than the center; number of vacancies; if the ministries Al-Sabah. Second - Arrival to the State of Kuwait: Saeed’s procedures was completely 75 years old are not allowed to travel because the constitutional, according to a group of of Health and Interior have coordinated their ef- He hailed the arrival of the air- • Not to accept any passenger arriving to the State insurance companies have refused to issue travel forts to determine the patients who might be dan- craft as a “turning point” in Ku- of Kuwait except for holders of negative (PCR) test legal experts. It represented the begin- insurance for them. He asserted this is a violation gerous to others and protect them in order to pre- wait’s military history, besides ning of a major and complex surgery certificate proving holder to be free from Coronavi- of Article 11 of the Constitution: “The State shall vent them from harming themselves or others; and one of many long-term devel- rus infection valid (72) hours from time/date of swab aimed at removing the malignant tumor guarantee assistance to citizens in their old age, in if not, reasons for not taking such step. opment plans envisaged by the that nearly eliminated the state, which National Guard, attributing this (test) to the time of acceptance on the flight provided sickness or in disability. It shall also provide them On the other hand, MP Khalid Al-Otaibi for- and do not show any symptoms as (cold cough-sneez- had been in the forefront in moderniz- with social insurance services, social help and warded queries to Minister of Commerce and In- success to its chief His Highness ing laws and the constitution in accord- Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah. ing- high temperature etc..). medical care.” He asked if the aforementioned re- dustry Abdullah Essa Al-Salman on the decision 1. Citizens and their first-degree relatives and ance with the aspirations of its people. port is correct. If yes, he wants to know the steps issued by the Board of Directors of Kuwait Com- On the National Guard’s future ambitions, he said the “sky is the workers accompanying them: What is happening today in Tunisia taken by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation petition Protection Agency (KCPA) to suspend the a. For those immunized with vaccines in the State of is no different from the Egyptian upris- limit,” in line with the military against the insurance companies. new salary scale for the employees at the agency. body’s established role as a “bas- Kuwait and the appearance of green color in (immune/ ing of June 30, 2013 against the rule of MP Ali Al-Qattan asked Minister of Health Dr He inquired about the legal basis of the decision, tion against all threats,” added Kuwait mobile ID) application should complete regis- the Muslim Brotherhood Group. This Basel Al-Sabah about the citizens and expatriates if the board consulted the Civil Service Commission the offi cial. (KUNA) tration in (Shlonik) Application and (Kuwaitmosafer) group had rejoiced greatly after the with chronic psychiatric and mental diseases as (CSC) before issuing the decision, if the Ministry of ❑ ❑ ❑ platform. January 25, 2011 uprising, as it ren- they are considered dangerous to the society. Finance approved the salary scale, if the agency add- b. All immunized citizens are subject to a home dered them control the heart of Ara- He requested for details like the number of ed items to the budget after the approval of the par- BERLIN: A United Nations quarantine a week from the date of their arrival in the bism, which was their launchpad for citizens and expatriates suffering from the above- liamentary Budgets and Final Accounts Committee panel paid out $600 million to State of Kuwait. In case that they wish to end the quar- the spread of their cancer in the entire Kuwait’s national oil company Tuesday as compensation for antine, they should conduct and pay for one (PCR) Arab body from its farthest west to its Iraq’s invasion and occupation test inside the State of Kuwait during the quarantine lowest bright. of Kuwait three decades ago. period and if proven free from Coronavirus, will end We all read that day the threats made The UN Compensation Com- scheduled home quarantine period. by their affi liates in Saudi Arabia, Ku- mission said it has so far paid c. For those immunized with vaccines outside the wait and other Arab countries. Millions out $51.3 billion since approving State of Kuwait from the approved vaccines in the were suffocating in the blaze of their some 1.5 million claims related State of Kuwait mentioned below in item (3) they chaos, starting from Tunisia, passing to the invasion by governments must visit the ministry of health website and complete through Libya and Syria, and reach- and international organizations registration in (Shlonik) Application and (Kuwait-mo- ing Iraq, Yemen, and other countries in 2005. safer) platform, All are subject to a home quarantine The Kuwait Petroleum Cor- for a week from the date of their arrival in the State where protests erupted under slogans poration successfully claimed of Kuwait. In case that they wish to end the quaran- that were misguided and misinformed. $14.7 billion for oil production tine, they conduct and pay for one (PCR) test inside Today, when the army and secu- and sales losses resulting from the State of Kuwait during the quarantine period and rity forces gather around the Tunisian damage to the country’s oil fi elds if proven free from Corona virus, will end scheduled president, they express the overwhelm- during the 1990-91 Iraqi invasion home quarantine period. ing popular will to get rid of the misery and occupation that resulted in d. For non-immunized and the appearance of red of an outdated faction, led by Rached the US-led Gulf War. or yellow colors in (immune/Kuwait mobile ID) ap- Ghannouchi, the old man who refuses The corporation is the sole re- plication complete registration in (Shlonik) Applica- to leave the caves of backwardness. maining claimant and can expect to receive a further $1.1 billion. tion and (Kuwait-mosafer) platform and must pay Ghannouchi sees himself as the su- Under a 1991 UN Security for two (PCR) tests and perform the first one upon preme leader of Tunisia, similar to his Council resolution, Iraq set aside arrival to the State of Kuwait, and the second one indirect ally in Iran. a percentage of proceeds from its to be performed on the sixth day of the institutional Therefore, the great popular support oil exports for the compensation quarantine, also to pay the amount of the quarantine of Tunisians is quite similar to that of fund. That share is currently set at cost at any approved local hotels listed in (Kuwait- the 30 million Egyptians who came 3%, the panel said.At the current mosafer) platform and if proven free from Corona- out in support of the army’s measures rate of payment, the fi nal tranche virus the quarantine shall be continue for another (7) eight years ago. Under the leadership is expected to be paid within a days at home with the exception of the institutional In this May 13, 2021 file photo, smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes on a building in Gaza City. year. (AP) quarantine by the following categories mentioned of President Abdul-Fattah Al-Sisi, they Human Rights Watch on July 27, accused the Israeli military of carrying attacks that ‘apparently managed to restore their country back ❑ ❑ ❑ below in item (4). amount to war crimes’ during an 11-day war against the Hamas militant group in May. The e. For Vaccine recipients outside the State of Ku- to its natural role in the Arab world and international human rights organization issued its conclusions after investigating three Israeli IRBIL: Government of Iraq’s wait from the non-approved vaccines in the State of in the region, and emancipate it from airstrikes that it said killed 62 Palestinian civilians. It said ‘there were no evident military targets Regional Kurdistan on Monday Kuwait mentioned below in item (3) will be treated as the burden of the systematic thuggery in the vicinity’ of the attacks. (AP) declared arrival of a batch of mil- non-immunized. of the ‘Guidance Offi ce,’ which, under itary aid from the International Coalition for the Kurdish forces, 2- Non-Kuwaitis: American sponsorship, sought to enter a. For immunized with vaccines in the State of Ku- it into the club of failed states. the Pashmerga. Arrest claims of The Ministry of Pashmerga wait and after the appearance of green color in (im- There are those who were betting on US combat role ends Affairs in the regional govern- mune/Kuwait mobile ID) application should complete a second Arab Spring with which they ment said in a statement that the registration in (Shlonik) Application and (Kuwaitmo- would re-shuffl e the cards and stoke the Mossad spy cell WASHINGTON, July 27, (AP): President Joe Biden said military hardware was sent in for safer) platform. fi re of chaos that can be quenched with Monday the U.S. combat mission in Iraq will conclude by the the Kurdish forces to boost their b. All immunized are subject to a home quarantine a some countries regaining the initiative TEHRAN, July 27, (AP): Iran’s end of the year, an announcement that reflects the reality on the capacity of combating the so- week from the date of their arrival in the State of Ku- to stop the path of the Muslim Brother- state TV reported on Tuesday that ground more than a major shift in U.S. policy. called Islamic State (Daesh) and wait. In case that they wish to end the quarantine, they hood Group towards destruction. authorities arrested members of a Even before Biden took office, the main U.S. focus has been “other terrorist organizations.” conduct and pay for one (PCR) test inside the State There is no doubt that this is the be- group linked to Israel’s Mossad intel- assisting Iraqi forces, not fighting on their behalf. And Biden Colonel Wayne Martto, the of Kuwait during the quarantine period and if proven ginning of a new Tunisian republic, did not say if he planned to reduce the number of troops in coalition spokesperson, said in a free from Coronavirus, will end scheduled home quar- ligence agency amid ongoing protests statement that the international similar to what Charles de Gaulle did over water shortages in the country’s Iraq, now about 2,500. antine. The announcement comes on the heels of Biden’s decision alliance would continue to as- c. For immunized with vaccines outside the State in the late 1950s by declaring the Fifth southwest. sist the Pashmerga until dealing Republic, which constituted a qualita- The report said “a network of spy to withdraw fully from Afghanistan nearly 20 years after the of Kuwait from the approved vaccines in the State of U.S. launched that war in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, at- Daesh a fi nal blow. Kuwait mentioned below in item (3) must visit min- tive leap in the lives of the French, and agents, with a large amount of weap- Ismail Shoresh, the Pashmerga presented more freedom, justice and ons and ammunition” was arrested tacks. Together, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have heavily istry of health website, provided that the vaccination Affairs Minister, affi rmed that is electronically proven before boarding and upon ar- equality. after sneaking into Iran from across taxed the U.S. military and kept it from devoting more atten- the Kurdish Government has its western border. It claimed the al- tion to a rising China, which the Biden administration calls the great interest in the US support rival through the possibility of electronic verification It remains to be said that Tunisia (QR-Code) in the State of Kuwait and complete reg- was the beginning of the confl agration leged Mossad agents intended to use biggest long-term security challenge. and “developing our friendship the weapons during riots in Iran and For years, U.S. troops have played support roles in Iraq and for sake of safeguarding the re- istration in (Shlonik) Application and (Kuwait-mosaf- of what was falsely called the “Arab er) platform and subject to a home quarantine a week also for assassinations. in neighboring Syria, which was the origin of the Islamic State gion” of Iraq’s Kurdistan. Spring”. From it marks the end of a from the date of their arrival in the State of Kuwait. In The state TV did not elaborate or group that swept across the border in 2014 and captured large Daesh had received a crush- decade of the destruction caused by the swaths of Iraqi territory, prompting the U.S. to send troops ing defeat during its past peak of case that they wish to end the quarantine they conduct Muslim Brotherhood Group. say how many alleged agents were and pay for one (PCR) test inside the State of Kuwait arrested or when they purportedly back to Iraq that year. power, but has recently started to Speaking to reporters during an Oval Office session with carry out attacks from scattered during the quarantine period and if proven free from Email: [email protected] infiltrated into Iran. Iran borders Tur- pockets in the desert areas near Coronavirus, will end scheduled home quarantine. key and Iraq to the west. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Biden said his ad- Follow me on: ministration remained committed to a partnership with Iraq - a the Iraq-Syrian borders. (KUNA) Third - vaccines approved in the State of Kuwait At least five people have been ❑ ❑ ❑ and number of doses required for immunization to killed amid days of protests over relationship that has been increasingly complicated by Iranian- backed Iraqi militia groups. show the green color in (immune/Kuwait mobile water shortages affecting Iran’s BRUSSELS: The European ID) Application. Khuzestan province. That’s accord- The militias want all U.S. troops out of Iraq immediately Union Tuesday stressed that the [email protected] and have periodically attacked bases that house American democratic anchoring of Tunisia, • Pfizer BioNTech vaccine (two doses). ing to statements carried by state-run • AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine (two doses). and semiofficial media in Iran. troops. respect for the rule of law, the Dan Caldwell, a senior adviser to Concerned Veterans for Constitution and the legislative • Moderna vaccine (two doses). Iran occasionally announces the • Johnson & Johnson vaccine (one dose). detention of people it says are spying America, said U.S. troops will remain at risk. framework must be preserved while remaining attentive to the Fourth - Categories excluded from institutional Travel sector recovering for foreign countries, including the “Regardless of whether their deployment is called a quarantine: combat mission, U.S. troops will remain under regular at- wishes and aspirations of the Tu- United States and Israel. nisian people. a. Diplomatic missions and Approved diplomats KUWAIT CITY, July 27: In an indication of the Western Iran has seen occasional tack as long as they remain in Iraq,” Caldwell said in a gradual return to normalcy, the travel movement This was expressed in a dec- and their first-degree relatives (husband-wife-chil- fighting between Iranian forces and statement. “An American military presence in Iraq is not dren) whether individually or collectively and their and the air transportation market in Kuwait re- laration by EU High Representa- Kurdish separatists as well as mili- necessary for our safety and only risks the loss of more tive Josep Borrell on behalf of accompanying domestic workers (provided their iden- cently witnessed a remarkable recovery, which tants linked to the extremist Islamic American life.” the 27-member Union. tification cards are presented). has been described by officials as the largest since State group. In July 2020, Iran said “We therefore call for the res- b. Kuwaiti patients treated abroad and their com- the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, reports “terrorists” killed two people in an at- toration of institutional stabil- panions after completing treatment, (provided proof Al-Qabas daily. tack in the Iranian province of Kurd- ity as soon as possible, and in certificate issued from Kuwait health office abroad In an exclusive press statement, Head of the istan. Day by Day particular for the resumption of where the treatment is received). Union of Travel and Tourism Offices Moham- Iran does not recognize Israel and parliamentary activity, respect c. Governmental and private medical staff and their mad Al-Mutairi said, “According to statistics supports anti-Israeli armed groups for fundamental rights and the WHO is responsible for the cultural, social and economic first-degree relatives (husbandwife-children) weather issued by the International Air Transport Asso- across the region, such as Lebanon’s abstention from all forms of vio- individually or collectively and their accompanying ciation (IATA), the total number of flight tick- Shiite militant Hezbollah group deterioration that we see today, and who can we blame lence,” said the declaration. in future when the axe falls on our head? domestic workers (proof must be provided). ets to and from Kuwait during the period from and the Palestinian militant group “We will continue to closely The negative signs are crystal clear while it appears follow the development of the d. Minors travelling unaccompanied. January to July 10 this year reached 635,000. Its Hamas, which controls the Gaza the Prime Minister lives in an entirely different world. Can Five - this circular will supersede any previous total revenues amounted to about KD 50 mil- situation while recalling the Strip. anyone tell who we can hold accountable for all these considerable support of the Eu- circular contradict with the above. lion. Last year, Iran executed a man setbacks now and in future? ropean Union and its member This circular will be implemented effective Sunday The month of June witnessed the highest in- convicted of leaking information to We have to protect Kuwait and not let its condition states to Tunisia in the context (01/08/2021) at (00:01) Kuwait Local Time. crease in the issuance of tickets during the cur- the U.S. and Israel about prominent worsen because Kuwait will remain forever, and we will of a major pandemic and eco- The Kuwaiti Cabinet earlier on Monday cancelled rent year, as 163,000 flight tickets were issued to Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps not. nomic crisis. The preservation the decision on the closure of all commercial activities several different stations, and the total revenue general Qassem Soleimani, who was … Yet, tomorrow is another day. of democracy and stability of the at 8:00 pm head of governmental communication cen- reached about KD 18 million, resulting in 50 per- later killed by a U.S. drone strike in Zahed Matar country are priorities,” it added. ter and spokesman for the Cabinet Tareq Al-Mezrem cent of sales before the pandemic.” Iraq. (KUNA) said. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2021 2

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Boubyan Bank rallies 15 ﬁ ls, Humansoft Holding dips Kuwait index loses momentum, ekes out feeble gains

By John Mathews Arab Times Staff ▼ UUS$/KDS$/KD 0.30065/750.30065/75 KUWAIT CITY, July 27: Kuwait stocks eked out feeble ▲ Euro/KD 0.3556 gains Tuesday even as it lost much of the momentum seen in the past two sessions. The All Shares Index pared back ■ Yen/KD 0.0027 steeper early gains to close 6.49 points higher at 6531.27 pts while the broader sentiment remained soggy. ▲ British £/KD 0.4174 The Premier Market climbed 10.14 points to 7104.29 pts taking the month’s gains to 168 points while Main Market ■ Indian Rs/KD 0.0040 tripped 1.86 pts. The BK Main index was down 9.47 points to 5675.46 pts. The volume turnover meanwhile saw small ■ Philippines Peso/KD 0.0059 pullback following the three-day rise. Over 378 million shares changed hands – down 6 percent from the day before. The sectors closed mostly in green. Technology outshone ▼ FTSE -29.35 pts at 18:50 July 27 the rest with 4.9 percent gain whereas Consumer Services shed 1.41 pct, the worst performer of the day. Volume wise, Financial Services topped with 250.8 million shares and the ▲ Nikkei +136.93 pts at closing July 27 sector was also ahead in value with KD 24.82 million. In the individual shares, Boubyan Bank rallied 15 fi ls ▼ Gold to 782 fi ls extending last two session’s gains while Com- $1,797.15 per oz (London) mercial Bank paced 4 fi ls. Humansoft Holding dropped 12 fi ls to KD 3.500 while Mezzan Holding and Boursa Kuwait ▼ NYMEX crude $71.59 per barrel Securities were down 10 fi ls each to close at 623 fi ls and KD 1,525 respectively. Mabanee Co scaled 7 fi ls to end ▲ Brent crude $74.30 per barrel at 725 fi ls. Zain rose 2 fi ls to 592 fi ls on back of over 2 million LIBOR rate 0.13163% shares whereas Ooredoo gave up 4 fi ls to close at 628 fi ls. KUNA photo stc slipped 8 fi ls to 855 fi ls while logistics major Agility Minister of Interior and Acting Defense Minister Sheikh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah poses for a picture with senior army scaled 7 fi ls after pushing over 2 million shares. KIPCO Bank and Burgan Bank dialed down 1 fi l each whereas Ku- offi cers. eased 1 fi l to 159 fi ls whereas National Investment Co stood wait Finance House crept 1 fi l higher to 774 fi ls. pat at 178 fi ls. Tamdeen Investment Co sprinted 19 fi ls to Warba Bank fell 2 fi ls to 252 fi ls after moving 2.6 mil- ‘We’re proud of our armed forces’ 270 fi ls and Gulf Insurance Group galloped 63 fi ls. lion shares and Ahli United Bank BSC followed suit to close National Industries Group was unchanged at 227 fi ls af- at 241 fi ls. Al Ahli Bank stood pat at 220 fi ls whereas Ahli Minister of Interior and Acting De- istry’s workers and staff on the Staff Lieutenant General Khaled Al- ter pushing 4.4 million shares whereas Gulf Cable dialed United Bank Kuwait trimmed 1 fi l. fense Minister Sheikh Thamer Ali occasion of Eid Al-Adha, Sheikh Sabah expressed his gratitude and down 1 fi l to end at 755 fi ls. Boubyan Petrochemical Co Kuwait Investment o climbed 5 fi ls to 241 fi ls on back Al-Sabah expressed on Tuesday Thamer praised the cooperation appreciation for this reception which too eased 1 fi l whereas Al Qurain Petrochemical Co took of 2.4 million shares while International Financial Advisors his pride of the efforts and sacri- and coordination between the min- refl ects the minister’s devotion to- in 2 fi ls. Jazeera Airways skidded 24 fi ls to 710 fi ls paring paced 4 fi ls. The Securities House rose 6 fi ls to 111 fi ls fi ces of the Kuwaiti armed forces istry of interior and the ministry of wards the workers in the ministry. the month’s gains to 62 fi ls and ALAFCO trimmed 1 fi l. while Kuwait Financial Centre ( Markaz) closed 4 fi ls in towards their country . defense in protecting Kuwaiti lands. A number of senior offi cials at- Integrated Holding and Aznour were fl at at 372 fi ls and 224 green. KMEFIC gave up 3 fi ls and Noor Financial Centre During the reception of the min- On his part, Kuwait Army Chief of tended the reception. (KUNA) fi ls respectively. clipped 1fi l. Gulf Investment House shed 12 fi ls whereas The market opened fi rm and headed north in early trade. KAMCO paused at 123 fi ls. The main index scaled the day’s highest level of 6554 Kuwait Cement Co fell 2 fi ls to 244 fi ls and HEISC ‘Insuffi cient funds to pay end-of-service benefi ts’ points almost an hour into the session and slipped as sen- stalled at 491 fi ls. Metal and Recycling Co slid 25 fi ls to timent turned weak. It continued to erode and bottomed at 139 fi ls whereas Kuwait Foundry Co scaled 7 fi ls. ACICO KUWAIT CITY, July 27: The Civil The sources attributed the matter to that the termination of the services of 6525 pts in the fi nal minutes before clawing back into green Industries gave up 3 fi ls before settling at 410 fi ls and Hilal Service Commission (CSC) called on the high number of residents whose ser- residents cannot bear fruit in modifying turf at close. Cement inched 1 fi l into green. Sultan Centre added 2 fi ls. the Ministry of Finance to strengthen its vices were terminated within the replace- the demographic structure unless their Top gainer of the day, Tamdeen Investment Co rallied Arabi Group was up 3 fi ls at 159 fi ls. PAPCO closed 3.4 fi ls budget to pay end-of-service benefi ts to ment policy, which caused the budget al- dues are disbursed to ensure their depar- 7.57 pct to 270 fi ls while NCCI sprinted 6.94 percent to in red. resident employees whose services have located for this item to be depleted. ture from the country. stand next. Metal and Recycling Co skidded 15.2 percent, Kuwait and Gulf Links Transport Co ticked 0.5 fi l higher ended in government institutions, reports The sources stated the Ministry of Fi- The sources concluded that one of the steepest decliner of the day and Bareeq Holding topped to 52.5 fi ls while NAPESCO took in1 fi l. Automated Sys- Al-Qabas daily quoting reliable sources. nance has not yet responded to the CSC the conditions for disbursing the end- the volume with 78.2 million shares. tems Co climbed 5 fi ls to 107 fi ls whereas KCPC gave 8 The same sources told the daily the demand to inject funds into the budget of-service indemnities is to attach a Despite the day’s uptick, the market spread was skewed fi ls before settling at 550 fi ls. Burgan Company For Well payment of dues of expatriate employ- for the end-of-service bonuses item, notice of departure by the employee towards the losers. 45 stocks advanced whereas 74 closed Drilling Co fell 3 fi ls to 180 fi ls and Combined Group Con- ees who are replaced by the citizens in while the end of their services are await- whose services are terminated, indicat- lower. Of the 139 counters active on Tuesday, 20 closed fl at. tracting Co gained 7 fi ls. OSOS Holding stalled at 90.4 fi ls government institutions is facing a de- ing their disbursement, indicating that ing that some of them obtain temporary 13,627 deals worth KD 60.2 million were transacted during whereas Mashaer Holding trimmed 0.5 fi l. lay of up to months, which has caused the solution to the Kuwaitization and the residences until the completion of their the session. The market has been buoyant so far during the week, a number of them leaving before the adjustment of the demographic structure fi nancial procedures and obtaining their In the banking sector, National Bank of Kuwait eased 1 fi l rallying 134 points in last three sessions. It has rallied 144 dues are paid, or some of them remain must be in cooperation between all confi nancial dues, but these temporary to 888 fi ls after pushing 5.5 million shares while Gulf Bank points from start of the month and is up 960 points year- with notices to leave the country until cerned parties until it is done as required residences expire before the payment of clipped 2 fi ls before ending at 249 fi ls. Kuwait International to-date. the dues are paid. fi nancially and administratively, noting dues due to the budget defi cit. ‘Incomplete plan hinders return to school activity’ Top MoE offi cials hold meeting

By Abdul Rahman Al-Shimmari Al-Seyassah Staff and Agencies KUWAIT CITY, July 27: The Undersecretary of the Ministry of Education, Dr. Ali Al-Yaqoub continues to follow up on the achieve- ments of each sector of the ministry. During a weekly meeting with the Council of Assistant Undersec- retaries to discuss the latest preparations for the next academic year 2021/2022, he discussed the plan for the gradual safe return of stu- Ministry of Education Undersecretary Dr. Ali Al-Yaqoub addressing the dents to schools. meeting. The meeting dealt with a number of proposals, in addition to a detailed explanation of the mechanism for returning to schools in line with the health Schools all set to open from Sept protocols and precautionary measures put in place by the health authorities KUWAIT CITY, July 27, (KUNA): ally revamp safety and security of to ensure the safety of students, teach- All sectors of the Ministry of Edu- the students. ers and school administration. cation confi rmed their readiness to The meeting also included the Various sectors confi rmed their start the school year next September proposition of student’s full-access readiness to ensure safe return of stu- through a wide range of procedures to school under carefully laid out and dents to schools next September with on receiving students despite current specifi c guidelines paralleled with extensive plans, despite the excep- conditions and the ongoing corona- the Health Ministry. tional health conditions that Kuwait virus pandemic. Discussion revolving around pro- and the world are going through due The Ministry’s statement follow- posed solutions with a detailed de- to the Corona pandemic. ing the Ministry’s counseled meet- piction of the process of putting the For its part, senior education sourc- ing, which included Ali Al-Yaqoub school year back on track in accord- es told Al-Seyassah daily procrastina- the Ministry’s Undersecretary, en- ance with the mandated health re- tion in some sectors hinder the prepa- compassed the 2021/2022 school quirements to better ensure the staff rations for the return to school activity year arrangements inured to gradu- and students safety, were also roofed. and added the percentage of completion of plans are below requirement. Meanwhile, the Council of Edu- demic year includes specifying the re- hard to provide the necessary equip- cation Ministry Assistant Undersec- quirements and objectives for the safe ment for the return of students after a retaries has approved a plan for the return to school in coordination with long break.” safe return to schools for academic the concerned committee. He added a guide has been prepared year 2021/2022 in accordance with He pointed out the plan consists for schools through which the parents, the comprehensive return system as- of three options: fi rst is full return to teachers and students will benefi t as it sociated with the strict application of traditional working hours if health consists of an explanation of the re- health regulations to guarantee the conditions allow with the approval of turn to school and work mechanism. safety of everyone, reports Al-Jarida the Council of Ministers and health They can see all the details related to daily. authorities; if this not possible, the school hours, academic calendar, ob- The council took this decision dur- second option is ‘hybrid’ education jectives and work mechanism. The ing its weekly meeting presided over (mixture of online and face-to-face guide will be uploaded on the minis- by Undersecretary of the ministry classes), and if health conditions be- try’s website, he disclosed. Professor Doctor Ali Al-Yacoub, dur- come more diffi cult, the last option is He stressed that the ministry is keen ing which they discussed preparations online education. on protecting the health and ensuring for the next academic year. He affi rmed that the competent au- the safety of students, school work- They talked about many proposals, thorities in the ministry laid down the ers and their families. “This is the in addition to a detailed explanation on three options, specifi ed the require- reason why the ministry is keen on the return to school mechanism along ments for each option and presented implementing health protocols once with the implementation of health reg- appropriate conditions for their appli- the new academic year begins in Sep- ulations and precautionary measures to cation; such that the ministry is ready tember,” he added; while pointing out ensure the safety of students, teachers for all possibilities. He said “this is the ministry’s success in implement- and school administration. important now that we are dealing ing the regulations during the paper Al-Yacoub told the daily that the with a pandemic which requires daily exams period at the end of the last ministry’s plan for the upcoming aca- follow up. All sectors are working academic year. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2021 LOCAL 3 diwaniya A DIGEST OF PUBLIC OPINION ‘US, UK passport holders impediment to talk on dual nationality’ “MANY civilized nations all over the world, allow their citizens to hold dual “I personally say – God alone knows -- that we can allow the Kuwaiti citizen shortage in the labor market, particularly since we know there are more than nationality such as the United States of America, Canada, Britain, France, Italy, to hold another nationality along with his/her Kuwaiti nationality, pursuant to 2,500 graduates who are still looking for employment, because the labor market Belgium, Denmark, Australia, South Korea, Brazil, Argentina and so on, while the following criteria -- the relevant citizen, will not be allowed to benefi t from does not require their specializations including the petroleum, industrial and the Arab states which follow this example, are represented by Egypt and many the government housing or the housing loan either in Kuwait or in the other mechanical engineering in addition to many other specializations. others,” columnist and former MP Mubarak Fahd Al-Duwailah wrote for Al- state; the name of the relevant citizen, should be the same in the two ‘nation- “Consequently, cooperation among the concerned authorities is of vital im- Qabas daily. alities’ documents; the relevant citizen must not take benefi t from some of the portance to benefi t from the students post their graduations in terms of fi nding “In the Arabian Gulf, countries in this part of other state rendered services such as the agricultural farms, and plots of land given by them jobs in various fi elds. In the meantime, we suggest that the concerned world prevent dual nationality, and some of these states the government to the citizens on rental basis. authorities must focus on the specializations which the local sectors are in need deal strictly with this issue and force their citizens to “However, it will be possible that the above criteria are likely to ease the neg- of including medical and nursing specializations as well as teaching, because retain the nationality of any one of the state. ative impacts of the dual nationality, as such discussing of this topic in general the corona pandemic has proved that we run short in these specializations. “In the State of Kuwait, for instance, if any citizen and propound the same for public discussion, may enable us to reach an ideal “Last but not the least, we hope the Ministry of Higher Education will dis- has obtained the nationality of any other state after ob- position in this respect and eventually deal with the dual nationality without cuss the issue of admitting students in the local scholarships, particularly since taining the Kuwaiti nationality, this citizen is requested any negative effects. But, some people say we should initially allow the dual some of these students are not admitted according to the marks percentages as pursuant to relevant law, to choose between any one of nationality among the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states in order some other students who got less percentage than them have already got the the nationalities. But during the recent years, it was ob- to ease the prospective negative aspects.” admission. Given the above, we hope the concerned authorities will verify the served that the application of this pertinent law, was ig- issue and handling the defect -- if any – that satisfi es all sides.” nored and the concerned authorities waived the Kuwaiti Also: ❑ ❑ ❑ nationality of the relevant person without notifying the “First of all, we would like to congratulate our children -- the general sec- latter nor requesting him/her to choose any one of the Al-Duwailah ondary school graduates who will soon join the university phase and begin to “News websites have published reports under this title, ‘Pegasus,’ for days. Pegasus is an application for spying on smartphones. This program is of interest two nationalities – the Kuwaiti or the other one. plan their future in addition to the selection of the specialization that suits their for human rights activists and international organizations. Press and advertising “However, according to what was reported by the media without any offi cial marks percentage,” columnist Khaled Al-Arafat wrote for Al-Anba daily. “However, the marks percentages obtained by the students, are satisfactory, reports revealed that some countries have purchased the program and used it emphasis, the reports say in the State of Kuwait, there are as many as 290,000 against their opponents or important fi gures,” columnist Dr Hind Al-Choumar but the vision rather looked gloomy since the very beginning because this vi- citizens who hold dual nationality and if this fi gure is correct, it is expected wrote for Al-Anba daily. that these persons can be distributed as follows – 100,000 holding the Saudi sion was initially based on ‘online’, but by the end of the scholastic year, the “Pegasus is receiving media attention that competes with corona. I asked nationality, 80,000 holding the US or British passport and more than 100,000 concerned authorities suddenly decided in favor of written exams in spite of the myself about privacy in the time of applications. What is left of them? Who is holding the Iraqi, Iranian or the Syrian nationality. corona pandemic persisting. responsible for protecting the privacy of modern phone users? Will there re- “Such being the case, we shall fi nd ourselves facing a problem involving as “Anyway, the decision did not impede this segment of students from an- ally be an extensive international investigation into Pegasus? Where it is used? much as a quarter of the Kuwaiti population if we forcefully implement the swering their general secondary exams, despite the current health situation, and Who are its victims? How did their opponents deal with them after Pegasus law. Personally speaking, I know the reason behind the postponement of rais- this applies to what was said about the so-called delusional superiority which stripped them of the so-called privacy fi g leaf? ing this issue is because of the number of people holding American or British actually translated into a reality by superiority and the outcome refl ects the “The scene and its effects got more complicated in front of offi cial denial passports, otherwise the issues of dual nationality would have been referred to diligence of the students and their dependence on themselves throughout the statements transmitted by the sites. Offi cial sources denied the purchase of the the competent court. scholastic year while they continued with distance education system. Pegasus program. This is in addition to the statement published on the United “However, those opposing the dual nationality say these holders benefi t “For its part, the Kuwait University (KU), declared the percentage of admis- Nations website, which calls for ethics in dealing with these technologies. from the services of the two states (Kuwait and the other one) and this shall sion for students who will join its various faculties of different specializations “The questions are: Is it the only application in this fi eld? What did we prepare eventually negatively affect the opportunities of the other citizens in view of and the Civil Service Commission (CSC) in turn specifi ed these specializations for cybersecurity after Pegasus? Do we have plans and programs to confront this the increasing demands and the few services such as the government housing, that are required by the local labor market. In this context, we suggest both the challenge? Will we stand as spectators and think that Pegasus is a modern car model the housing loan, the government employment and so on. Kuwait University and the Public Authority for Applied Education and Train- or a delicious meal or it is one of the rare migratory birds that chose to land with us, “Anyway, if we sift through the evidences, we shall fi nd the same are justi- ing (PAAET) -- while we are still at the outset of the admission and registration and then we have to protect it and warn against hunting it?” fi ed fears, but the question is, is there any opinion that shall minimize the im- phase -- should cooperate and coordinate with the CSC to benefi t from the pact of dual citizenship on the public life? graduates and guide them directly to the required specializations to cover the — Compiled by Zaki Taleb

Other Voices Panel likely to reject appeals Selfi sh ‘foreign’ retirees of B’deshi MP & top offi cials By Ahmad alsarraf Assembly, and the defi cit may have increased recently with the increase wo days ago, I wrote about a pro- Tposal for retirees to share part of in the number of retirees. the Public Institution for Social Secu- The biggest challenge facing PIF- Nurses fake docus rity’s (PIFSS) profi ts. As I expected, SS is not only limited to this large those opportunists who disagree with amount of the actuarial deficit, but also its frightening acceleration, By Jaber Al-Hamoud me and do not care about the future Al-Seyassah Staff and Agencies of the country or the welfare of its and this is what prompted experts citizens attacked me personally and to warn of its aggravation. Al-Shall report indicated that if the deficit KUWAIT CITY, July 27: On Sunday, incited the adults against me, as if I July 25, the Cassation Prosecution Panel were a direct continues to increase at this pace in benefi ciary of the coming years, it will exceed 33 finished preparing its viewpoint regarding depriving retir- billion dinars. the case involving the Bangladeshi MP. ees of the prof- The number of retirees (citizens) The viewpoint includes rejecting the ap- its of their insti- is approximately 140,000, while the tution. number of workers in the government peals submitted by the defendants and the My view is and the private sector is 450,000. Public Prosecution in the case. A session clear: It is not What is more dangerous is that will be set with the Court of Cassation in permissible by 440,000 may enter the labor market the coming days in order to consider the law, norm, nor in the next 15 years, so how can part by accounting of the institution’s profi ts be spent, in matter. It is noteworthy that the defendants in the case are at all, for the alsarraf an already illegal way, for 140,000 retirees to share citizens and waste the rights of nearly officials from the Ministry of Interior and the Public in any part of the institution’s profi ts, a million others in the future? Authority for Manpower, as well as a former MP. The MEW inspectors team issuing a warning. since this money belongs to the retir- There is no doubt about the integ- The Criminal Court of Appeals had sentenced the former ees, the government employees and rity and sincerity of those who sup- Assistant Undersecretary for Citizenship and Passport MEW issues 27 warnings private companies, and withdrawing ported the proposal for the share of Affairs Sheikh Mazen Al-Jarrah, a former official of PAM Hassan Al-Khidr, and the former MP Salah Khurshid to any money from the institution’s re- retirees in the profi ts of the PIFSS but Deputy Head of the 2021 Emergency in front of the entrances to power trans- serves constitutes direct damage to we must know that the integrity of seven-year imprisonment with hard labor after they were convicted of bribery and abuse of power. Team at the Electrical Networks Emer- formers in the Farwaniya Governorate. the participants in the insurance in- the social security system depends on gency Department of the Ministry of Al-Mansouri told the Al-Seyassah dai- cluding our children and makes the careful consideration of the impact of The court decided to uphold the ruling of the Court of Electricity, Water and Renewable En- ly this impeded the entry of emergency distribution of part of the profi ts to every policy or fi nancial decision that First Instance which sentenced former candidate of the ergy Hamad Al-Mansouri said the team engineers to these power stations when retirees improper, other than its ille- can affect the balance of fi nancial in- Fourth Consitutuency Nawaf Al-Mutairi to four-year carried out a number of campaigns dur- need be to carry out maintenance work gality. fl ows and outfl ows in the present and imprisonment, and an employee of the Bangladeshi MP’s ing the Eid Al-Adha holidays, which re- during power outage to homes and The (PIFSS) complains of a huge in the future. company Muhammad Rashidoun to three-year imprison- sulted in issuing 27 warnings and lifting properties, especially in Jleeb Al-Shuy- 7 abandoned vehicles and boats from oukh and Al-Rabiya. actuarial defi cit, and the government As a retiree, I will defi nitely benefi t ment with hard labor. The court acquitted the former MP is obliged to cover it from public from the amount that will be distrib- Saadoun Hammad. money, and this is what happens. The uted from the profi ts of the institu- In the rationale for its ruling, the court stated that all the general budget includes annual subsi- tion, and this is what I do not want, crimes attributed to the first accused, which it convicted ‘Pakistani’ actor faces deportation dies for the benefi t of the institution, him of, were organized by a single criminal circle with and I am afraid of its consequences, KUWAIT CITY, July 27: The Ku- The security source said the deporta- in addition to the government’s share and it is therefore wise not to listen several acts that complement each other, and together of the contributions of its civil and formed the criminal unit that was defined by the law. This waiti authorities have decided to de- tion order is effective despite the higher to the requests of some retirees who requires severe punishment due to which the law will not military employees. spend their time and live in Spain port the Pakistani actor, identifi ed only court’s decision to overturn the verdict. The announced defi cit amounted to be lenient on the matter because the accused committed as F.A.A., for violating public morals “The deportation center is expected and Thailand, who are not concerned serious crimes that infringe human rights and jeopardize 17 billion dinars, or 66 billion dollars, about the interests of the country as on the social media, reports Al-Qabas to determine the date for deportation or about 11% of the total value of the national security. daily quoting a security source. within 48 hours said the daily quoting much as their selfi sh and immediate ❑ ❑ ❑ future generations’ reserve fund ac- interests. Last September, the Kuwaiti Crimi- a reliable source. cording to the fi nancial statements ❑ ❑ ❑ 3 nurses held: Personnel from the Criminal Investigation nal Court had sentenced FAA to two FAA who has acted in Kuwait TV issued by PIFSS for fi scal 2018/2019 Department (CID) have referred three nurses to the Public that were submitted to the National e-mail: [email protected] years imprisonment after convicting serials and stage shows, was arrested Prosecution for issuing forged vaccination certificates, him of violating public decency. in June last year. He was charged with reports Al-Anba daily. The court also ordered the actor to posting a video clip in the social me- According to sources the suspects issued vaccination pay 1,000 dinars fi ne and ordered his dia Snapchat. At the time of arrest he Special cases exempted certificates without actually giving the vaccination and took money between 250 and 300 dinars from each person. deportation after serving the sentence. claimed his account was hacked. Those arrested are two Egyptians and one Indian. During interrogation the nurses have confessed to com- PAHW begins work at full capacity mitting the crime. The four people who have received the KUWAIT CITY, July 27: The Public made available in corridors, main halls certificates are being sought by the security authorities. Authority for Housing Welfare and offices. All employees must wear a According to a security source, the nurses who have (PAHW) has resumed its work capaci- face mask and their body temperature been arrested are from the Jahra Hospital. ty at 100 percent in all shifts for will be checked at the entrance. employees in the main building, ❑ ❑ ❑ branches and external sites, except for Hunt on as man ‘steals’ special cases such as pregnant women The State Audit Bureau has re- and those with serious diseases such as quested the Ministry of Foreign Af- Jeep, sells it for KD 100 heart diseases as well as people with fairs not to approve the collective special needs whose health conditions health insurance tender for the min- By Munif Nayef do not allow them to return to work istry’s employees and their families Al-Seyassah Staff under exceptional circumstances whether inside and outside Kuwait, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, reports Al-Rai daily. KUWAIT CITY, July 27: Police are looking for an uni- reports Al-Anba daily. The daily said earlier the contract dentifi ed thief who allegedly sold a Cherokee Jeep to According to the statement issued by was awarded by the Central Agency an Afghan as scrap and escaped after taking 100 dinars PAHW, it has taken all the necessary for Public Tenders (CAPT) to an in- without waiting to take the sale documents. precautions stipulated in the instruc- surance company. The contract was According to security the vehicle belongs to a Kuwaiti tions of the Ministry of Health and worth 7.4 million dinars. and it was stolen from the parking lot of a school in the approved by the Council of Ministers In its opinion, the Audit Bureau Al Dhaher area. for avoiding the spread of the COVID- relied on the high price offered, and Following the theft the Kuwaiti and his friends be- 19 pandemic and protecting both some observations regarding deter- gan looking for the Jeep and ultimately found it in the employees and clients. mining the ceiling of the required scrapyard. Preparations have been made to coverage and benefi ts, in addition The buyer, an Afghan claimed be bought the vehicle maintain social distancing by setting to the failure to separate the insur- from an unidentifi ed person, following which a com- space between the clients and the ance value for an individual between plaint was fi led with the area police station and the ve- employees, install glass barriers, and (America, Cuba and the rest of the hicle and the Afghan were taken for investigation to the prevent gathering in offices of the countries) and also between adults Taima Police Station. employees. Also, the premises have and children in order to obtain the In the meantime, personnel from the Criminal Evi- been sterilized and sanitizers have been best prices. dences Department have lifted fi ngerprints from the car. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2021 LOCAL 4 We were not offi cially notifi ed of closure, say nursery owners ‘Biggest loser is the child with disabilities’

KUWAIT CITY, July 27: Despite the asser- tion by the Ministry of Social Affairs that all children’s activities and summer clubs and nurseries must adhere to government KUNA photo decision, some clubs HH the Amir with HH Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad. continued to receive Audiences of HH the Amir children this morning, in addition to some His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al- Highness the Amir. nurseries continuing Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, on Tuesday, Furthermore, His Highness the Amir received His Highness Sheikh Nasser received Abdullah Yaqoub Bishara, their work, reports Al- Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. where he presented to His Highness a Qabas daily. His Highness the Amir also received book about the Late Amir Sheikh Sabah When the daily made a Kuwait Central Bank Governor Dr Mo- Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s pioneer- tour of the nurseries, ad- hammad Al-Hashel, who presented the ing diplomatic career locally and glob- ministrators pointed out the 2020/21 fi nancial annual report to His ally. (KUNA) decision did not include the nurseries and that they had National Day greetings sent not received any offi cial notifi cation or a copy of the de- Photo by Rizk Taufi q cision issued by the Ministry Suleiman Al-Jarallah upon receiving Ambassador Louis-Pierre Émond. of Social Affairs about not HH the Amir congratulates Liberia receiving children. KUWAIT CITY, July 27, (KUNA): further progress and prosperity to his Arab Times’ Deputy Editor-in-Chief receives Canadian envoy They added, “We will not His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf country. close the facilities unless we Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent on His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh The Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Al- Al-Jarallah, received in his offi ce The Deputy Editor-in-Chief and are offi cially notifi ed by the Tuesday, a cable of congratulations to Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Seyassah and the Arab Times yesterday at Dar Al-Seyassah, the the Canadian ambassador ex- Ministry of Social Affairs, es- Liberian President George Weah on his and His Highness the Prime Minister newspapers, the Administrative Canadian Ambassador to Kuwait, changed cordial conversations pecially since the decision is- country’s National Day, wishing him Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sa- and Financial Director, Suleiman Louis-Pierre Émond. and topics of common interest. sued by the Kuwait Municipal- everlasting health and wellness, and bah sent similar cables. ity the day before yesterday and the previous instructions issued 10 years experience said enough by the Council of Ministers did not refer to the activity of nurseries.” Al-Faris plans appointing only those with In the same context, the owners of nurseries for people with special needs denounced title professor doctor as cultural attaches the closure decision, pointing out that the biggest loser is KUWAIT CITY, July 27: Minister the child with disabilities who of Oil and Higher Education Dr Mu- will once again miss the treat- hammad Al-Faris intends to adopt a US Embassy in Kuwait receives ment and educational sessions policy on appointing only those with again. the title ‘professor doctor’ as cultur- “We, as nursery owners, al attachés, reports Al-Jarida daily student visa applications online asked questions about our ac- quoting sources from the Ministry of KUWAIT CITY, July 27: The On its Twitter account, the tivities to the stakeholders in Higher Education. US Embassy in Kuwait an- embassy indicated it will allocate the Public Authority for the Sources said the current practice nounced it will start receiving Saturday, July 31, for study visa Disabled Affairs (PADA), to allows everyone to apply for the student visa applications for stu- limited interviews. fi nd out if we were included cultural attaché position, although dents of the next academic year, Applicants are invited to book in the decision to close or not, many of them did not serve as head who wish to study at American appointments now saying reser- but until yesterday we were of a department or any leadership universities, reports Al-Qabas vations should be made through not offi cially notifi ed, and that position like dean, assistant dean daily. the link ustraveldocs.com opinions within the ministry or any academic position. Sources are confl icting about whether pointed out this led to the failure of or not to close us,” said owners several cultural offi ces to carry out tions in the college like department the academic circles in his fi eld of of nurseries. the tasks assigned to them. head, assistant dean, dean or even specialization, and has established a Sources disclosed the minister leader of the Students Association; in network through his participation in took this decision because he is an addition to participating, publishing conferences throughout the Arab na- academic professor and knows the and contributing to research that put tions or the entire world. Nepali dies in methodology of cultural offi ces out- his name in various academic bodies Sources affi rmed the 10 years ex- side the country, requiring the pres- around the world. perience is enough to guarantee that road accident ence of experts and those with the Sources explained such a condi- the appointed cultural attaché is an ‘professor doctor’ title as it was done tion makes the person -- who takes expert; taking into consideration that By Munif Nayef HH the Prime Minister while receiving a copy of the 2021/2022 fi scal year report in the past. This condition guaran- charge of a cultural offi ce that rep- he dealt with students and their aca- Al-Seyassah Staff from CBK Governor Dr Al-Hashel. tees that the applicant has at least 10 resent the country abroad -- more demic future, as well as his adminis- years of experience in student ser- trustworthy; considering he has the trative interactions with members of KUWAIT CITY, July 27: A HH the PM receives CBK Governor vice and has held a number of posi- required knowledge, is known to the offi ce or the embassy. Nepali home delivery service worker died after his motorcy- cle was involved in a collision His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh (CBK) Dr Mohammad Al-Hashel, where with an oncoming vehicle. Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah re- he presented to His Highness a copy of Al-Makrad tours fi re stations during Eid The accident happened in ceived at Bayan Palace Tuesday the the 2021/2022 fi scal year report titled Rumaithiya. Acting on infor- Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait (anticipate the shock). (KUNA) KUWAIT CITY, July 27: The Chief political leadership HH the Amir, HH the fi remen who work hard to protect mation personnel from the of the Directorate-General of Fire the Crown Prince Sheikh Meshaal Al- the lives and property of citizens and Emergency Medical Services Department Lieutenant-General Ahmad and HH the Prime Minister residents. affi liated to the Ministry of Landmine found near Subbiya bridge Khaled Al-Makrad paid a visit to a Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled on the occa- Al-Makrad began his tour at the Health and police rushed to number of fi re stations in the north- sion of the Eid festival. Mishref Fire Center before moving the spot but could do nothing KUWAIT CITY, July 27: The Ministry the retreating Iraqi forces after the defeat ern and interior regions, on the fi rst He also conveyed the greetings and on to the Abdali and Al-Subbiya Fire to save the man’s life. of Interior dealt with a landmine that was in the Liberation war in February 1991. day of Eid Al-Adha, reports Al- appreciation of the Minister of For- Stations during which he congratu- His corpse has been referred found next to a bridge on the Subbiya According to a security source, a Ku- Seyassah daily. eign Affairs and Minister of State for lated the fi remen and expressed his to Forensics. Police are inves- road. waiti called the Operations Room of the Al-Makrad conveyed to the fi re- Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr. Ahmed pride for their full preparedness and tigating the cause of the acci- The sources say the mine is believed to Ministry of Interior when he saw the fi ghters the congratulations of the Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah to dedication to work. dent. be a remnant of ordnance lefty behind by strange object.

Bid to improve artistic fi eld Minister’s decisions include NCCAL strategy discussion KUWAIT CITY, July 27: After issuing decisions to regulate the licensing of theatrical performances of theater groups and the private sector in June, Minister of Information and Culture and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Abdul Rahman Al-Mutairi on Monday took several important decisions that were welcomed by those interested in cultural and artistic affairs who are hoping these decisions will be implemented in a way that puts forward the cultural and artistic movement at a time the country is still grap- pling with the spread of corona, reports Al-Anba daily. The new decisions include the start of discus- sions on the strategy of the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL); launching the House of Music and House of Folk Arts projects in October in cooperation with the Kuwaiti Artists Association; opening of a permanent exhibition of fi ne artists in October to serve as a platform for displaying creative fi ne artworks throughout the year; protection of antiquities, museums and historical buildings in accordance with Antiquities Law number 11 of 1960; and resumption of cultural and artistic activities in accordance with the health regulations. These decisions will greatly contribute to ongoing efforts to improve the cultural and artistic fi elds. The NCCAL has been tasked to implement these decisions. It has been instructed to conduct a comprehensive study and lay down a mechanism for the proper implementation of the decisions to ensure the intellectuals and artists in all fi elds fully benefi t from the decisions; especially the House of Music and Kuwait Popu- lar Arts House projects at the headquarters of the Museum of Modern Art, which will also host the permanent exhibition of plastic artists. This is considered an important cultural project; because young musicians, popular groups and plastic artists need support to showcase their creativity. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2021 LOCAL 5

Highlighting commitment to nurturing promising talents to prepare future leaders of banking sector Burgan Bank continues to support its pioneering ‘Ro2ya’ Talent Program KUWAIT CITY, July 27: Burgan Bank be keen to pass on to the rest of our col- has launched in February 2020 its pio- leagues to advance the banking work at neering training program “Ro2ya”, Burgan to a distinguished level of pro- managed by the Learning and Talent fessionalism that meets confi dently the Development Unit,part of the Human requirements and challenges of the sec- Resources & Development Group. This tor. initiative confi rms Burgan’s fi rm com- Investing in new and promising young mitment to implementing its pivotal talents... human capital development strategy. Employees who have joined Burgan Under Ro2ya, the training programs are Bank and who have demonstrated an provided in the bank’s modern training outstanding level of commitment and center and through the online learning loyalty to Burgan, were given the op- and development portal to support the portunity to participate in Ro2ya pro- capabilities of talented employees and gram under the Sprouts team. The young qualify them to acquire the latest work trainees do through an integrated learn- methods and skills that would enable ing experience to be ready to take on them to keep pace with the market’s Diaa Abdulaziz Al-Othman leadership roles in their respective fi elds. changing requirements as well as the Mohammad Al-Zayed Abdullah Al-Maqseed Hessa Hussain Al-Najada Mr. Fawaz Hassan banking sector’s rapid and growing de- Swift Operations Offi cer – Banking velopment. Operations 60 participants are taking part in the Through Ro2ya Program, I was able program. They are divided into three to identify gaps in my performance and groups according to their job levels and I have learned techniques to help me current competency, namely, the “Ea- address them by improving my skills, gles”, the “Arrows” and the “Sprouts”. knowledge and productivity. This won- Each group follows a learning path care- derful experience motivated me more to fully designed to help participants de- strive to develop my performance further velop their skills and knowledge in their and enhance my skills and knowledge. various fi elds of specialization. Mrs. Sheikha Al Farsi Commenting on the goals of Ro2ya Auditor - Internal Audit Group Program, Mrs. Ghada El-Kadi, Unit Head- Ro2ya training program contributed Learning &Talent Development, said to the development of my leadership “Ro2ya Program was launched by Burgan skills, and had a signifi cant positive im- Bank in February 2020 for a period of two pact on my job performance as it focused to three years to confi rm the bank’s fi rm on enabling participants to acquire the and continuous commitment to nurture Ahed Okasha Hamad Al-Othman Al-Rashed Mohammad Al-Doussary Fawaz Hassan skills necessary to effectively deal with and develop future banking leaders and various challenges and overcome them to respond to the Central Bank’s strategic and distance education through the elec- to achieve the desired goals. I am look- plan to prepare Kuwaiti talents to assume tronic platform supervised by a group of ing forward to completing this program senior executive positions in Kuwaiti experts in the banking sector. This high- to contribute to the bank’s successful banks. This program aims to prepare future lights the interest of the senior manage- journey and maintain its leading posi- senior Kuwaiti employees at Burgan Bank ment in investing in the human element tion. by supporting promising talented employ- and national cadres to qualify them for Mrs. Anoud Walid Al Khalfan ees and enabling them to acquire advanced leadership and success in the future. Customer Relations Offi cer - Per- banking and leadership skills that would Engineer Ahed Okasha sonal Banking Group enable them to deliver outstanding perfor- Manager - IT Operations - Informa- I am a very ambitious and enthusias- mance in the future. With the support of tion Technology Department tic person, and I am proud to be part of Burgan’s top executive management and I have recently joined Burgan Bank, Burgan Ro2ya talent program that pro- the Human Resources Department’s senior which is known for its eagerness to at- vided me with an excellent opportunity management, Ro2ya program relies on the tract distinguished young talents. Since to broaden my knowledge in an increas- expertise of the Learning and Talent De- I joined, I have noticed the Bank’s great ingly challenging environment, deepen velopment Unit of the Human Resources interest in supporting the development my understanding of the banking sector Department, in addition to the profi ciency and enhancement of its employees’ and enhance my existing skills on all as- of the Organizational Development Unit, skills. I consider Ro2ya Program an in- pects related to the banking activity. to provide educational solutions for vari- Sheikha Al Farsi Anoud Walid Al Khalfan Bader Fayez Al Jassim teresting learning journey that allows for Mr. Bader Fayez Al Jassim ous career paths and plans.” ducted interviews with promising and jects and plans within a short deadline. enthusiasm and energy that contributed a meaningful and benefi cial exchange of Assistant Manager - Strategic Finan- For his part, Manager of Learning young talents to hear their opinions Ms. Diaa Abdulaziz Al-Othman to maintaining a high level of participa- ideas and experiences. This program is cial Planning and Talent Development, Mr. Bashar about their participation in Ro2ya Pro- Unit Head - Trade Finance – Finan- tion and motivation among all trainees. opening for us the horizons of a prom- I felt proud of being selected by the ising future, and it has added to me in Al-Qattan, said, “The participants in gram and their learning experience. cial Institutions Empowering Future Leaders... senior management to participate in the Ro2ya Program from all the groups and particular more distinctive skills and ca- program, and I realized that hard work Exceptional Leadership Journey... I am very grateful for the opportunity The Arrows team included a group of pabilities in my fi eld of work. different levels have shown an excep- The Eagles team under Ro2ya Pro- that Burgan has given me to join Ro2ya young leaders who have distinguished always pays off. Ro2ya is an ideal op- tional commitment to the program and Mr. Hamad Al-Othman Al-Rashed portunity to gain more knowledge about gram brings together leading senior em- Talent Program, especially in light of skills in self-management and who Al-Shaheed Branch Manager a keenness to learn and grow, especially ployees who have joined Burgan Bank the diffi cult circumstances that we are showed exceptional performance in all the banking sector and new business under the current unprecedented circum- Ro2ya program is a wonderful train- systems that will be very useful in the to contribute with their expertise and all going through. This professional pro- their tasks. This team can choose among ing opportunity that introduced us to stances. The Learning and Talent Devel- competency to implementing the Bank’s gram allowed me to develop many basic the areas that would enable its members future. opment Unit is determined to provide new areas of work and provided us with It is worth mentioning that Ro2ya an outstanding educational journey for strategy and achieving its objectives. skills and gain a deeper understanding of to develop their knowledge and skills in a rich and diverse set of knowledge and program falls within the framework of the talented Burgan employees through Through the training program dedicated the ability to lead, set a strategy develop- a variety of fi elds including risk man- practical skills to support our profes- Burgan Bank’s continuous efforts to im- a blended approach focused on virtual to the Eagles team, the participants re- ment mechanism, and succeed in provid- agement, audit management, fi nancial sional capabilities and enable us to par- plement its transformation strategy, and workshops, practical and applied pro- ceive advanced and comprehensive ing superior performance. management, information technology ticipate effectively in implementing the is part of the bank’s sound plan to sup- jects preparation and implementation, training focused on developing their Mr. Abdullah Al-Maqseed management, as well as business, sup- Bank’s strategy and contribute to its suc- port the human element and help prom- job rotations, individual coaching, certi- skills further to support their ability to Unit Head - Card Products – Credit port and control. cess journey. ising talents upgrade their capabilities to fi cation trainings, as well as external ex- fulfi ll the requirements of their leader- Cards Center Ms. Hessa Hussain Al-Najada Mr. Mohammad Al-Doussary advance their careers by enhancing their ecutive skills development opportunities ship roles. Ro2ya is a highly inspiring and stimu- Manager - Public Relations – Group Assistant Manager – Strategic Finan- knowledge and practical skills. For Bur- in collaboration with KFAS and leading Mr. Mohammad Al-Zayed lating program, as it presents innovative Corporate Communications Department cial Planning gan Bank, these efforts are essential to local and international academic institu- Acting Head of Operations - Opera- ideas and provides extensive knowledge I am very proud to have been chosen Burgan Bank considers the develop- strengthen the its capabilities and main- tions. The program draws on the exper- tions Group Management in various topics and fi elds in addition to by the senior management of the Bank ment of its human capital one of its core tain its leading position at the local and tise of our distinguished colleagues who Ro2ya Program is a great training practical and applied studies. Through to join Ro2ya Talent Program. I have values, and strives to constantly educate regional levels. This program confi rms have gained internationally recognized initiative that motivates participants to my participation in the program, I gained gained considerable knowledge about and develop its employees. After joining Burgan’s commitment to its core values skills in their fi elds of specialization. In spare no effort to achieve the best results. a greater understanding of the current the role and responsibilities of other de- Ro2ya Program, I felt the interest of the of trust, commitment, excellence and addition, an e-learning platform has been The carefully designed courses prepared challenges and opportunities of the mar- partments in the Bank and I look forward Learning and Talent Development Unit progress, and its keenness to instill them designated for each group to provide by the Learning and Development de- ket. I have also benefi ted immensely to learning and gaining more skills and in providing highly professional educa- in its promising young employees to pre- self-assessment tools, reading materials, partment have enhanced my knowledge from the various educational and train- experience to support the development tional materials through workshops re- pare a new generation of banking leaders online learning paths and group discus- and capabilities and helped me develop ing materials, which included clear and of my career in the Bank. I also would lated to self-development or specialized who are able to support the development sions. We will continue to support par- my skills in effective communication, useful videos and presentations that the like to commend the Bank’s keenness, in the fi nancial and accounting fi elds. of the bank and the banking sector as a ticipants to ensure that they reach their including speaking confi dently in public participants found very interesting. On despite the persisting challenges result- Through this program, I, along with whole and to contribute to the efforts of full potential.” and delivering impactful speeches, in this occasion, I would like to thank the ing from the spread of the Covid-19 the other participants, acquired a set of sustainability and development that eve- On this occasion, Burgan Bank con- addition to preparing and presenting pro- supervisors of Ro2ya program for their pandemic, to continue providing training personal and practical skills that we will ryone seeks to achieve. High-end cloud infrastructure EPA issues penalties to violators solutions by stc, Agfa HealthCare ‘team up’ of Kuwait’s marine environment KUWAIT CITY, July 27: solutions by stc, the specialized business arm of Kuwait Telecommunications Environment authority monitoring beaches, coasts Company – stc, announced that it has formed a long-term partnership KUWAIT CITY, July 27, with Agfa HealthCare to provide advanced cloud-hosted enterprise (KUNA): Environment imaging services to healthcare pro- Public Authority (EPA) viders in Kuwait. The partnership Advanced cloud-hosted en- on Tuesday issued a num- aims to leverage the strengths of terprise imaging services to both companies within their fi elds healthcare providers in Kuwait. ber of penalties of various to offer customers a wealth of ex- environmental violations pertise and technological solutions building on Agfa HealthCare’s lat- namely dumping waste and catered to their specifi c domains. est Enterprise Imaging Solution, In a statement,solutions by stc in- the services will be fi rst offered to breaking rocks to catch hid- dicated that the newly formed part- solutions by stc’s existing health- den marine creatures. nership will enable the Company care customers. It said in a press release the vio- to serve the healthcare market by solutions by stc commented that lations were issued during fi eld combining its cloud-based solutions the partnership falls in line with its surveys by the authority teams with Agfa HealthCare enterprise commitment to deliver modern and and the Environment Police on the imaging technology. To better serve innovative technological solutions shores of Al-Asimah and Hawalli local customers, solutions by stc will to its customers. The Company be offering a range of connectivity, currently provides an extensive Governorates. cloud-based, and integrated network offering line to assist corporate Such actions violate the Environ- solutions, as well as managed ser- customers in their digital transfor- mental Protection Law. The authority vices to enhance mation journey. confi rmed continuous monitoring of the the process. Ad- When introducing beaches and marine coasts through peri- ditionally, the two new concepts, the odic inspections by its teams; in cooper- Company applies ation with Kuwait Environment Police. KUNA photo companies have Environment Public Authority team during inspection tours on the coasts. agreed to offer a design thinking Law 100 on Environmental Protec- the medical imag- approach to widen tion prohibits hunting, killing, catch- ing applications its offering base, ing, collecting, harming, possessing through cloud- especially when or transporting wild and marine crea- hosted services delivered through collaborating with market leaders. tures, whether live or dead, or harming KFH announces winners of 12 KG of Gold eggs, nests or habitat of the animals. solutions by stc’s data hosting fa- As a business solutions provider, KUWAIT CITY, July 27: Kuwait Fi- being entered into the draws, which are: winner receives 3 KG of Gold and the cility in Kuwait. This will in return solutions by stc offers a range of EPA earlier this month announced its awareness campaign on the Kuwaiti nance House (KFH) has announced the a monthly draw, except the month of third-place winner receives 2 KG of simplify the deployment phase and connectivity solutions, fi xed or islands to preserve the marine environ- winners of the quarterly and monthly December, with three individuals win- Gold. The total number of winners is enable local healthcare facilities to wireless services, 5G technol- ment and coral reefs, especially during draws of Al-Rabeh account. ning 1 KG of Gold each, and a quarterly 45 customers, and the total prizes at the utilize the image management solu- ogy, ICT, IoT and the IT products the summer period, in order to raise In the quarterly draw of Al-Rabeh draw with 3 winners per draw winning end of the campaign is 77 KG of Gold. tion at affordable rates. and services. The Company also awareness among island-goers of the account, Khaled Al-Jumaa, Khaznah 3 KG of Gold each (except the fourth Al-Rabeh account is available in The Enterprise Imaging Solution launched the 5G LIVEBUS, a safe Al-Otaibi and Amal Al-Saeed were the quarter draw, which has only one win- Kuwaiti Dinar for individuals, with a and smart bus solution supported Environmental Protection Law and to offered by Agfa HealthCare is a monitor violators. winners of 3 KG of Gold each, where- ner). At the end of the campaign, an an- salary transfer required for customers sophisticated and unifi ed platform by 5G connectivity to provide a as in the monthly draw, Hajer Al-Az- nual draw is made to pick 3 winners, the to enter the draw. Regarding the terms that provides an imaging manage- safe and convenient method of mi, Bader Al-Shammari and Batool fi rst-place winner receives a grand prize and conditions of the prizes and draws, ment system, vendor neutral archiv- transportation for passengers. Al-Obaidan won 1KG of Gold each. of 12 KG of Gold. The second-place a customer should deposit 3 salaries ing (VNA), a powerful workfl ow solutions by stc aims to continue Through monthly, quarterly and an- during the three months prior to the engine, real-time interdisciplinary exploring new alternative methods nual draws, KFH gives 45 Al Rabeh draw, and the minimum balance of the collaboration tools, XERO Uni- of applying digital and cloud-based Account holders the opportunity to win account should not be less than KD 50 versal Viewer, advanced clinical concepts that can greatly enhance up to 77 KG of Gold in prizes rang- at the end of each month during the tools, and effi cient reporting func- the effi ciency and productivity of ing from 1 to 3 KG of Gold over a full three months prior to the draw. tionality. The integrated solution existing applications. As the digi- year, in addition to the annual draw of Every additional KD 50 in the ac- thereby supports value-based care tal era continues to expand through a grand prize of 12 KG of Gold. count increases the customer’s chanc- coordination, while equipping car- transformative milestones, the The prizes are targeted to existing es to win, thus with these benefi ts and egivers with a broad range of tools Company aims to keep pace with and new customers of Al-Rabeh ac- rewards, Al-Rabeh account, is suitable that can assist in achieving quality the rapidly evolving tech-world and KUNA photo count, with salaries not less than KD for customers wishing to transfer their outcomes for patients. According become the gateway to its custom- EPA team surveying the shores of 500. When their salaries are transferred salaries and manage their personal ac- to the partnership agreement, and ers’ appetite for digital innovation. Al-Asimah and Hawalli Governo- to the Al-Rabeh account, they will be counts, with the possibility of saving rates. eligible to win unprecedented prizes by Promo fl yer and investing. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2021

Photos from the event. Commemoration event held to His Holiness Baselios Marthoma Paulose II Orthodox community pays tribute to supreme head of Malankara

KUWAIT CITY, July 27: The Or- Oommen Chandy, Former Chief thodox Parishes in Kuwait paid Minister of Kerala, Very Rev. tribute to His Holiness Baselios Bedros Manuelian, the Patriarchal Marthoma Paulose II, the late la- Vicar of the Armenian Orthodox mented Supreme Head of the Ma- Church, Rev Bernabas, Vicar of lankara Orthodox Church, the Ca- the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, tholicos of the East and Malankara Rev Michael Mbona Chaplain of Metropolitan. the Anglican Church in Kuwait, Fr Giju George, Vicar of St. Gre- Roy Yohannan, Secretary NECK, gorios Orthodox Maha Edavaka Rev Gigi Mathew, representing and Administrative Vicar of Ah- Marthoma parishes in Kuwait, madi St Thomas Orthodox Pazhaya Rev Thomas Prasad, representing Palli, has presided the condolence CSI parishes in Kuwait, Mathew meeting held on July 18 at National K. Elanjickal, Church Managing Evangelical Church (NECK) Ku- Committee Member, and John P. wait. Joseph, Vinod E. Varghese, Alex Indian Ambassador to Kuwait, Mathew and Binu Thomas, the HE Sibi George and Vatican Am- treasurers of four orthodox parishes bassador Archbishop Eugene Mar- in Kuwait. tin Nugent were the chief guests Fr Liju K. Ponnachan, Assistant and conveyed their condolences. Vicar of St Gregorios Maha Eda- The Indian Ambassador said in vak presented the condolence reso- his message that Catholicos was the lution. Babu Varghese, Church traditional and dedicated successor Managing Committee Member and of the Apostle St Thomas of India Abraham C. Alex, Diocesan Coun- and due to the demise of the Ca- cil Member were also present. Shi- tholicos, the Malankara Church has bu P. Alex, Sunday School Head- lost not only a saint but also a vi- master of Maha Edavaka was the sionary leader for India who valued Master of Ceremonies. humanity. He also quoted from the The meeting was conducted in Condolence messages of the Presi- accordance with Covid-19 proto- dent and Prime Minister of India. col, and was jointly organized by Fr John Jacob, Vicar of St. the Orthodox Parishes of Kuwait, Stephens Orthodox Parish wel- St Gregorios Maha Edavaka, Ah- comed the gathering and Fr. Mat- madi St Thomas PazhayaPalli, thew M. Matthew, the vicar of St. St Basil Orthodox Chruch and St Basil Orthodox Parish delivered Stephens Orthodox Chruch. Meet- Screen shot of the virtual meeting. the vote of thanks. Also condolence ing was also attended by prominent messages were offered by several members of the Armenian Ortho- Forum welcomes new members dignitaries such as H.G. Dr Joseph dox Church and the Ethiopian Or- Mar Dionysius Metropolitan of Or- thodox Church, as well as several thodox parishes in Kuwait, Veena prominent social, cultural and me- George, Health Minister of Kerala, dia personalities. Writers’ Forum spreads hope during pandemic KUWAIT CITY, July 27: Poetry and one deeply moved. creative writing is all about being After a heart touching session by positive and spreading hope whilst Mrs Maimuna Chougle, Nazneen Ali accepting the realities of life. This presented a beautiful Urdu ghazal was well proven during the emo- showcasing her art of writing on dif- tional conclave of members of the ferent subjects. This was followed by Writers’ Forum Kuwait where the a Ghazal in Hindi by prominent poet poets met each other on the virtual Umesh Sharma who well described platform of zoom on 25th June 2021. the current pandemic situation. Sunil The meeting started on a usual Sonsi followed the suit with an emo- high note with Ms Nazneen Ali, the tional poem “lockdown” that every- General Secretary of the forum wel- one could relate to. In continuation to coming everybody and rejoicing the the discourse about the current situ- joining of two new members Ms Ka- ation Ms Parminder Kaur recited her mla Prakash and Nisar Ahmed. Ms poem in English that highlighted the Nazneen Ali also expressed her en- positive side of the current situation. thusiasm while welcoming Ms Par- She also read a very emotional poem minder Kaur who had relocated to in Hindi that was equally enjoyed by Canada few years back and was able all. Ammeruddin Ameer went a step to rejoin from there through the vir- further in light of the current situa- tual platform of Zoom. Ms Nazneen tion and voiced the importance of Ali further expressed her satisfac- good health. Dr (Ms) Radhika Guleri tion that joining of new members is Bhardwaj who generally writes in a sign that the forum is on the path of Hindi surprised everyone with her growth and progress despite the cur- mesmerizing Urdu poetry while Ms. rent pandemic situation. Anupama Chaturvedi described life As a usual norm, renowned Urdu and its veracities through her well poet Sabir Omer was requested to pre- drafted verses. Ms Kamla Prakash’s side over the meeting while Gujarati melodious debut performance was and Hindi poetess Mrs Kalpana Shah well received by the members. was invited to be the chief guest. After the members’ presentations, The formal session of the meeting the chief guest of the evening Ms started with a keynote by the Presi- Kalpana Shah bid adieu to her late dent of the Forum Mrs Maimuna father through a very adoring poem Chougle who welcomed the new in Gujrati. Further she expressed UP NRI Forum Kuwait office-bearers. members and wished them good her gratitude to everyone for honor- luck for their activities on the fo- ing her to be the chief guest of the rum’s platform and otherwise. She evening and appreciated each poet in EC reviews Forum’s charitable and social work further mentioned that the Forum person. will continue to abide by the regula- The President of the evening Sabir tory norms and if permitted legally, Omer recited a heart-touching poetry the Forum will start physical meet- that described the emotional state of UP NRI Forum Kuwait elects new offi ce bearers for 2021-2022 ings soon. Like her usual attempts a person after an irreparable loss of to bring something new and com- a dear one; that left everyone spell KUWAIT CITY, July 27: UP NRI done by the outgoing committee under 2021-2022 through online confiden- Event Manager – Habeeb Alvi mendable to the knowledge of the bound. To conclude, he congratulat- Forum-Kuwait, founded in 2015 the dynamic leadership of Mohammad tial voting process: Joint Event Manager – Kaleem members, Mrs Maimuna Chougle ed all the members on their contin- and representing Upian diaspora in Khan were highly regarded and appre- President – Dr Mohan Ram Ansari read couple of poetries of late poet ued excellence and prompted them Kuwait, engaged in social, chari- ciated unequivocally by the attending Vice President – Mohammad The newly appointed office bear- Geetanjali who passed away at a adhere to the rules of poetry to make table and cultural work, held its An- members. Khaleel Khan ers and EC members resolved to young age of 16 in Mumbai. Geetan- their creations more impressive and nual Executive Committee meeting The outgoing president Moham- General Secretary – Zeeshanullah dedicate their valuable time, coop- jali was a cancer patient and wrote outstanding. on June 19, 2021 at 5 pm, virtually mad Khan thanked all the executive Khan eration and support to the forum, in many poems during her struggle Mohan Singh, another dedicated (Zoom Platform) and elected new of- committee members for their whole- Joint Secretary – Mujeebur Rah- all its activities and programs. against the deadly disease. Subse- member was also present in the fice bearers for the year 2021-2022. hearted support and appreciated the man Heartiest congratulations from quent to her death her mother found meeting. Before winding up the The EC members reviewed Forum’s cooperation extended by the UP NRI Treasurer – Shafaq Mumtaz members of the UP NRI Forum Ku- these poems which were later trans- day’s proceedings Ms Nazneen Ali social and charitable work carried out members. Joint Treasurer – Aleem Siddiqui wait, to all elected members of the lated in Urdu by the editor of Insha thanked everyone for their presence during last year’s Covid-19 pandemic Executive Committee elected the Convener – Shaikh Noorul Hasan management committee, wishing Magazine. The poems of Geetanjali and wished them all good health and in Kuwait. The efforts and hard work following office bearers for the year Joint Convener – Gaurav Bhatnagar them all the success. were very emotional and left every- well-being. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2021 INTERNATIONAL 7

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First Jan 6 hearing Policemen to ‘detail’ violence and injuries WASHINGTON, July 27, (AP): Democrats are launching their investigation into the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection Tuesday with a focus on the law enforcement offi cers who were attacked and beaten as the rioters broke into the building - an effort to put a human face on the violence of the day. The police offi cers who are scheduled to testify en- dured some of the worst of the brutality. They were punched, trampled, crushed and sprayed with chemical irritants. They were called racial slurs and threatened with their own weapons as the mob of then-President Donald Trump’s supporters overwhelmed them, broke through windows and doors and interrupted the certifi cation of Democrat Joe Biden’s presidential win. “We’re going to tell this story from the beginning,” said Mary- land Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Demo- crat who sits on the new House panel that is investigating the attack. “The moral center of gravity is these offi cers who put their lives on the line for us.” Testifying will be Capitol Police Raskin offi cers Harry Dunn and Aquilino Gonell and Metropolitan Police offi cers Michael Fanone and Daniel Hodges. In previous interviews, Dunn has said that attackers US President Joe Biden speaks during an event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 26, 2021, to highlight the bipartisan roots of yelled racial slurs and fought him in what resembled the Americans with Disabilities Act and marking the law’s 31st anniversary. (AP) hand to hand combat as he held them back. Gonell, an Iraq veteran, detailed surgery on his foot and injuries from which he struggled to recover. Fanone has described being dragged down the Capitol steps by ri- America oters who shocked him with a stun gun and beat him. Hodges was beaten and crushed between two doors, and his bloody face and anguished screams were caught on video. Bid to salvage infrastructure deal Tensions The panel’s fi rst hearing comes as partisan tensions have only worsened since the insurrection, with many Senators, WH in intense negotiation Republicans playing down, or outright denying, the violence that occurred and denouncing the Democratic- WASHINGTON, July 27, (AP): Sena- White House Press Secretary Jen At the same time, transit funding has tors and the White House were locked Psaki said Biden himself “worked the been a stubborn source of disagree- led investigation as politically motivated. Democrats in intense negotiations Monday to sal- phones all weekend,” and the admin- ment for the past several days. now want to launch the probe - and win public support vage a bipartisan infrastructure deal, istration was encouraged by the prog- Pennsylvania Sen. Pat Toomey, the for it - by reminding people how brutal it was, and how with pressure mounting on all sides to ress. But Psaki acknowledged “time is top Republican on the Senate Bank- the law enforcement offi cers who were sworn to pro- wrap up talks and show progress on not endless.” ing, Housing and Urban Affairs Com- tect the Capitol suffered grave injuries at the hands of President Joe Biden’s top priority. Adding to the mix, Donald Trump is- mittee, which oversees public transit, the rioters. Despite weeks of closed-door dis- sued a statement Monday disparaging raised questions about the size of the “What we really want to try to communicate during Nicholas Hanning, a police offi cer in cussions, senators from the bipartisan Senate Republicans for even dealing with transit funding increase. He cited, in the hearing is what it was like to be on the front lines Colorado, used a Taser on a 75-year- group blew past a Monday deadline set the Democrats on infrastructure, though part, previous COVID-19 federal relief for these brave police offi cers,” said House Intelligence old man less than a minute after he for agreement on the nearly $1 trillion it’s unclear what influence he has. The money that had already been allocated answered his door with a ‘Hawai- package. Instead they hit serious road- former president had failed at an infra- to public transit. Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, another member of blocks over how much would be spent Democrats and public transit advo- the panel. “How vastly outnumbered they were, how ian sword’ but after he put down the structure deal when he was in office. weapon and without issuing any warn- on public transit and water infrastruc- “It’s time for everyone to get to cates don’t want spending to go any well militarized the members of the crowd were.” ing, according to a court document re- ture and whether the new spending on ‘yes,’” Schumer said as he opened the lower than what’s typically been a The hope, Schiff said, is to “inform the public of what leased, Tuesday, July 13, 2021. (AP) roads, bridges, broadband and other Senate. federal formula of about 80% for high- really happened that day, particularly in light of the ef- projects would be required to meet Schumer said Trump is “rooting for ways and 20% for transit. They see ex- forts to whitewash that part of our history now.” federal wage requirements for work- our entire political system to fail” while panded public transit systems as key to The chairman of the committee, Mississippi Rep. ers. They’re also at odds over drawing Democrats are “rooting for a deal.” easing traffic congestion and combat- Bennie Thompson, says the hearing will “set the tone” on COVID-19 funds to help pay for it. The bipartisan package includes ing climate change. of the probe, which will examine not only Trump’s role Republican negotiator Sen. Rob about $600 billion in new spending on Psaki has previously said transit in the insurrection but the right-wing groups involved Portman of Ohio, who took the lead public works projects, with broad sup- funding “is obviously extremely im- in key talks with a top White House port from Republicans and Democrats portant to the president - the ‘Amtrak in coordination before the attack, white supremacists aide, insisted the bipartisan group was for many of the proposed ideas. President,’ as we may call him.” among them. “making progress.” Yet there was little to show Monday The senators also appeared to still It will also look at the security failures that allowed “This is heading in the right direc- after a grinding weekend of talks, put- be debating money for public water hundreds of people to breach the Capitol and send law- tion,” Portman told reporters at the ting the deal at risk of stalling out. works and removal of lead pipes af- makers running for their lives. Some of those who broke Capitol. “It’s a big, complicated bill.” Issues ter Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, raised in were calling for the deaths of House Speaker Nancy Biden struck a similarly upbeat tone, questions about the amount. Pelosi and then-Vice President Mike Pence, who was Paxton Enzi telling reporters at the White House he The Democrats and the White House Also unresolved is how to pay for remained optimistic about reaching a had sent what they called a “global” of- the bipartisan package after Democrats hiding just feet away from the mob. fer to Republicans on remaining issues Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, one of two Republicans compromise. rejected a plan to bring in funds by hik- This is a crucial week after more late Sunday, according to a Democrat- ing the gas tax drivers pay at the pump on the panel, will give opening remarks after Thomp- News in Brief than a monthlong slog of negotiations ic aide close to the talks and granted and Republicans dashed a plan to son - an effort by Democrats to appear as bipartisan as since Biden and the bipartisan group anonymity to discuss them. boost the IRS to go after tax scofflaws. possible. first celebrated the contours of the But Republicans rebuffed the ideas, Funding could come from repur- The House Republican leader, Kevin McCarthy, with- Ex-Sen dies after accident: Recently saying the new proposal attempted to retired U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming nearly $1 trillion bipartisan agreement posing COVID relief aid, reversing a drew the participation of other Republicans last week has died. He was 77 years old. Enzi died in June, and senators were warned they reopen issues that had already been re- Trump-era pharmaceutical rebate and after Pelosi rejected two of them, saying their “antics” peacefully Monday surrounded by family could be kept in session this weekend solved, according to a GOP aide also other streams. It’s possible the final in support of Trump, and his lies that he won the elec- and friends, former Enzi spokesman Max to finish the work. granted anonymity to discuss the pri- deal could run into political trouble if tion, weren’t appropriate for the serious investigation. D’Onofrio said. The White House wants a bipartisan vate talks. it doesn’t pass muster as fully paid for Monday evening, the House voted against a resolution Enzi had been hospitalized with a broken agreement for this first phase, before Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said when the Congressional Budget Office neck and ribs three days after a bicycle accident Democrats go it alone to tackle broader it’s time for Biden to become more assesses the details. offered by the GOP leader to force the members to sit near Gillette on Friday. Enzi was stabilized priorities in a bigger $3.5 trillion budget involved. “I think it’s imperative that The final package would need the on the panel. before being fl own to a hospital in Colorado. plan that’s on deck. A recent poll from the president indicates strongly that he support of 60 senators in the evenly Threatened He remained unconscious and was unable to The Associated Press-NORC found 8 wants a bipartisan package,” she said. split 50-50 Senate to advance past recover from his injuries, D’Onofrio said. in 10 Americans favor some increased A top Biden aide, Steve Ricchetti, was a filibuster - meaning at least 10 Re- McCarthy has stayed close to Trump since the insur- Police say they’ve seen no indication infrastructure spending, and the current tapped for the direct talks as Portman publicans along with every Demo- rection and has threatened to pull committee assign- anybody else was nearby or involved in the package could be a political win for all fielded information to the other senators cratic member. A test vote last week ments from any Republican who participates on the Jan. accident. sides as lawmakers try to show voters in the group, several senators said. failed along party lines as Republicans 6 panel. On Monday, he called Cheney and Illinois Rep. Enzi fell near his home about 8:30 p.m. that Washington can work. Securing Democratic Sen. Jon Tester of Mon- sought more time to negotiate. Adam Kinzinger, who is also sitting on the committee, Friday, Daly said, around the time Gillette the bipartisan bill is also important for tana said, “There were too many cooks Meanwhile, Democrats are ready- police received a report of a man lying un- in the kitchen.” “Pelosi Republicans,” an effort that Cheney immediate- responsive in a road near a bike. Enzi is some centrist Democrats before engag- ing the broader $3.5 trillion package, ly called “childish.” survived by his wife; two daughters, Amy ing in the broader undertaking. While much of the disagreement which would go beyond public works “We have important work to do,” Cheney said Mon- and Emily; a son, Brad; and several grand- But as talks drag on, anxious Demo- has been over the size of spending on to include child care centers, family day as the committee met to prepare. children. (AP) crats, who have slim control of the each category, labor issues have also tax breaks and other priorities. It is be- Outside the same meeting, Kinzinger said that “for ❑ ❑ ❑ House and Senate, face a timeline to emerged as a flashpoint. ing considered under budget rules that act on what would be some of the most Democrats are insisting on a pre- allow passage with 51 senators in the too long, we’ve been pretending that Jan. 6 didn’t hap- Trump endorses Paxton: Texas Attor- substantial legislation in years. Sen- vailing-wage requirement, not just for split Senate, with Vice President Ka- pen.” He said he never expected to be in this position, ney General Ken Paxton received former ate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer existing public works programs but mala Harris able to break a tie. That “but when you have these conspiracies that continue President Donald Trump’s endorsement wants progress on both packages be- also for building new roads, bridges, package would be paid for by increas- to thrive, when you have lies and misinformation that Monday for election to a third term, in fore the August recess, and he told broadband and other infrastructure, ac- ing the corporate tax rate and the tax continue to thrive, it’s essential for us as members of which Trump called the legally beleaguered senators to brace for a Saturday or cording to another Republican granted rate on Americans earning more than incumbent “a true Texan who will keep Sunday session. anonymity to discuss the private talks. $400,000 a year. Congress to get to the answers.” Texas safe - and will never let you down.” Shortly after the insurrection, almost every Republi- In a statement, Trump said Paxton is can denounced the violent mob - and Trump himself, strong on crime, border security, gun rights, Switzerland and Italy on Monday. still missing. Fire offi cials who tested the who told his supporters to “fi ght like hell” to overturn sound elections and the U.S. Constitution. In Switzerland, police said falling air said there did not appear to be a danger Germany’s Federal Offi ce for Civil his defeat. But many have softened their tone in recent “He is a true Texan who will keep Texas branches killed a 6-month-old baby and in- to nearby residents after authorities initially Protection and Disaster Assistance ini- months and weeks. safe - and will never let you down,” his en- jured three other people. (AP) urged people to shelter inside. tially classifi ed the incident as “an extreme dorsement message concluded. ❑ ❑ ❑ The explosion at the waste management threat.” Later on Tuesday, however, the And some have gone farther, with Georgia Rep. An- The endorsement comes in the face of Cologne fi re department tweeted that meas- drew Clyde saying a video of the rioters looked like “a facility of the Chempark site in the city ongoing investigations of securities fraud al- 1 dead, 4 missing in blast: An ex- of Leverkusen, near Cologne, sent a large urements of the air’s pollution “do not show normal tourist visit” and Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar re- legations and whether his petitioning of the plosion at an industrial park for chemical black cloud into the air. It took fi refi ghters any kind of abnormality.” They said the peatedly saying that a woman who was shot and killed U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the election companies in Germany killed at least one almost four hours to extinguish the fi re that smoke had gone down but that they would by police as she was trying to break into the House of President Joe Bidenconstituted professional person Tuesday, with 16 injured and four took hold after the explosion. continue to measure the air for toxins. chamber was “executed.” Others have falsely claimed misconduct. Allegations that Paxton abused his The city of Leverkusen said in a state- offi ce to help an Austin businessman are also ment that the explosion occurred in storage that Democrats or liberal groups were responsible for receiving FBI scrutiny after then-top Paxton tanks for solvents. It said four people were the attack. aides leveled bribery and abuse-of-offi ce al- hospitalized with severe injuries. (AP) On Tuesday, a group of GOP members plans to hold legations against him.On social media, Paxton ❑ ❑ ❑ a news conference about the insurrectionists who were said he was “honored to receive the endorse- 4 Afghan journos arrested: Four Afghan arrested, calling them “prisoners.” ment of President Donald J. Trump.” (AP) ❑ ❑ ❑ journalists were arrested by the country’s intel- The offi cers testifying have become increasingly po- ligence service after they returned to the city of litically active in recent months, and went from offi ce to Generator poisons family: Authorities Kandahar following a reporting trip to a border offi ce in May to lobby Senate Republicans to support an in Austria said Tuesday that two young boys area recently taken by the Taliban, an Afghan outside commission to investigate the insurrection. have died from carbon monoxide poisoning press freedom group said Tuesday. and their mother is fi ghting for her life af- The four had travelled to Spin Boldak The Senate GOP ultimately rejected that effort, even ter the family used an emergency generator to interview Taliban commanders after the though that panel would have been evenly split between during a power outage. insurgents captured a border crossing there the parties. Upper Austria police said they were with Pakistan. A spokesman for the Inte- In June, the group watched from the gallery as the called Monday to a house in the town of rior Ministry says the four are accused of House voted to form its own investigation instead. Lasberg where three seriously ill people spreading propaganda for the Taliban. After that vote, members of the group said they were were reported to be in the basement. The Afghan media watchdog known as First responders found high levels of car- Nai said they returned home to Kandahar on frustrated with the Republican response - only Cheney bon monoxide - a toxic, odorless gas that Monday and were arrested by the National and Kinzinger had voted for the panel. Fanone, shaken, can accumulate in unventilated rooms - and Directorate for Security. Nai says that the said “it’s very personal for me.” Dunn said he couldn’t rushed the boys , ages 5 and 2, and their journalists’ whereabouts on Tuesday was believe that so many of them would vote against an in- 32-year-old mother to nearby hospitals. not known. vestigation. “In the evening, it transpired that both Three of the reporters - Bsimullah Wan- “I didn’t think it would be that close,” Dunn said. “I children had sadly died,” police said in a tandost, Qudrat Sultani and Moheb Obaidi statement, adding that the mother remained South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem visits the U.S. border with Mexico on Monday, - work for the local radio station Mellat thought it would be, everybody wants to get to the bot- in “extremely critical condition.” July 26, 2021, near McAllen, Texas. The Republican governor deployed roughly Zhagh. The fourth is Sanaullah Siam, a tom of it.” The heavy storm that caused the power 50 National Guard troops to help with Texas’ push to arrest people crossing il- cameraman for the Xinhua News Agency, outage also caused injuries and damage in legally and charge them with state crimes. (AP) the group said. (AP) PerkinElmer to pay $5.25b for antibody maker BioLegend

PerkinElmer will spend about testing equipment and scien- spokeswoman said. cents per share in adjusted $5.25 billion to acquire BioLe- tific instruments, called the BioLegend’s products are earnings in the first full year gend, which makes antibod- acquisition the largest in com- used in research areas like after the deal closes and then ies used in gene therapy and pany history. It estimates that immunology, oncology and 50 cents per share in the sec- In this file photo is the exterior reagents for drug discovery. BioLegend will generate $380 neuroscience. The compa- ond year. of the PerkinElmer lab in The Waltham, Massachu- million in revenue next year. ny’s antibodies and reagents Shares of PerkinElmer Valencia, California. (AP) setts, company said Monday BioLegend, headquartered are being used to help identi- Inc., which also reported bet- that it will pay a combination in San Diego, has more than fy people infected with COV- ter-than-expected, second- of cash and stock for the pri- 700 employees based mostly ID-19 and to monitor patient quarter earnings Monday, vately held BioLegend in a in the United States. Its rea- immune responses to new climbed more than 2% to deal expected to close by the gents are used in disease treatments and vaccines. $168.07 in late morning trad- end of the year. diagnostics as well as drug PerkinElmer expects the ing while broader indexes PerkinElmer, which sells discovery, a PerkinElmer company to add about 30 were flat. (AP)

Market Movements 27-07-2021 Change Closing pts Change Closing pts SAUDI - Tadawul +18.80 10,916.67 UK - FTSE 100 -29.35 6,996.08 JAPAN - Nikkei +136.93 27,970.22 EUROPE - Euro Stoxx 50 -37.76 4,064.83 UAE - DFM +2.60 2,761.42 INDIA - Sensex -273.51 52,578.76 EGYPT - EGX 30 +65.94 10,763.26 SINGAPORE - Straits Times STI -0.16 3,138.81 PHILIPPINES - PSEi +149.97 6,522.58 PAKISTAN - KSE 100 +14.31 47,686.99 Business President is pushing for more than $4 trillion in combined spending Biden says federal investments can prolong economic growth WASHINGTON, July 27, (AP): President Joe Biden said that his infrastructure and families agenda must be passed to sustain the economic momentum of his fi rst six US inflation ‘fears’ and politics months in offi ce, aiming to set the tone for a crucial week of congressional negotiations on the two bills. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer set a Wednesday deadline for a procedural vote to begin debate on the bipartisan infrastruc- shape views of Biden economy ture bill, the details of which are still being worked out as senators wrangle over how to pay for the Many Americans not feeling confident about economy: poll new spending in the $1 trillion package of highway, water system and other public works projects. WASHINGTON, July 27, At the same time, Democrats are (AP): President Joe Biden working out the particulars of a separate bill that would invest $3.5 is banking on the idea of trillion in social services, educa- making life more afford- tion and support for families, that able for middle-class fami- they aim to ultimately pass with lies - and that’s where the solely Democratic support. Demo- recent bout of inflation crats hope to show progress on that bill before lawmakers leave Wash- poses both a political and ington for their recess in August. an economic risk. The legislative wrangling marks The U.S. economy may be poised a major test of Biden’s ability to for the fastest growth since 1984, deliver on a massive package of but many Americans are not feeling economic promises and reforms he all that confident about the econo- made during his campaign. He’s my, according to a new poll from been putting public pressure on The Associated Press-NORC Cen- lawmakers with a series of speech- ter for Public Affairs Research. Re- es highlighting the strengthening publican lawmakers have attacked economy while emphasizing the the Biden administration over infla- need for further investment to con- tion as the country reopened from tinue that growth and to bolster the the coronavirus pandemic, and feel- middle class. ings about the economy are settling “What the best companies do - along partisan lines. and what we as a country should do Fewer than half, 45%, judge the - is make smart, sustainable invest- economy to be in good shape, while ments with appropriate fi nancing,” 54% say it’s in poor shape. Views the president said during remarks are similar to what they were in AP- at the White House Monday. NORC polls in June and in March, de- Calling his plans a “blue-collar spite increases in vaccinations and the fl ow of aid from Biden’s $1.9 trillion blueprint for building an American coronavirus relief package. The results economy back,” Biden said: “This is suggest that Americans not only fi l- the best strategy to create millions of ter their thoughts about the economy jobs and lift up middle class families, through their politics but also see un- grow wages and keep prices afford- certainty as the country is still 6.8 mil- able for the long term.” lion jobs below pre-pandemic levels. The economy has come back to John Novak, a 52-year-old school life as more Americans have got- maintenance worker from Hudson, ten vaccinated and Biden’s $1.9 Wisconsin, is tired of seeing higher gasoline prices and six-month waits to trillion relief package has coursed In this July 19, 2021 photo, President Joe Biden speaks about the economy and his infrastructure agenda in the buy a refrigerator. He blames the size through the country. Employers State Dining Room of the White House, in Washington. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for have added an average of nearly of the aid package. Public Affairs Research finds that 54% of Americans judge the economy to be in poor shape. That’s compared with “Everything just costs more, and no 45% who say conditions are good. (AP) 543,000 jobs a month since Janu- one’s really making more other than ary, with Federal Reserve offi cials if you get government money, which anticipating overall economic I did get some, but I’d rather have Amid speculation that Amazon considering crypto growth of roughly 7% this year prices lower,” said Novak, who voted that would be the highest since for President Donald Trump last year. 1984. Yet there is also uncertainty “It’s a tough spot. We’re kind of com- as employers say they’re strug- ing out of this pandemic and then when you pour too much money in you just Price of Bitcoin jumps again gling to fi nd workers at the current can’t get enough of what you want.” pay levels and infl ation concerns The Biden administration is keenly NEW YORK, July 27, (AP): Bitcoin’s sarily related to blockchain develop- have yet to fully abate. aware that infl ation is a potent weapon price surged again Monday after spec- ment, but list blockchain background Virus clouds outlook Key to Biden’s message is that that could be used politically against ulation that Amazon may be entering as relevant experience for those apply- the growth is occurring as intended Democrats. While pledging to stay vigi- the cryptocurrency sector after it posting for the job. and helping the U.S. middle class. lant against price increases, offi cials say ed a job seeking a “digital currency In a statement, Amazon rejected as Yet much of it is expected to fade that the recent burst refl ects the complex and blockchain product lead.” “fabricated” a report that said it would German business as the economy fully heals from nature of restarting an economy that had Bitcoin jumped more than 14% be accepting payments in cryptocur- the pandemic. been shuttered because of the pandemic in the past 24 hours, nearly reaching rency by the end of the year, and that confidence sinks The president is pushing for more and that infl ation will only be elevated $40,000 per unit before settling closer it could launch its own digital coin in temporarily as a result. to $37,000. The fi ve-week intra-day 2022. BERLIN, July 27, (AP): Ger- than $4 trillion in combined spending There are some early signs of in- high reached Monday comes after But it did acknowledged that is ex- man business confidence has with the hopes of prolonging solid fl ation lessening as the Manheim a long slide where it dipped under ploring what the use of cryptocurren- economic gains. But his $973 bil- dipped unexpectedly this lion infrastructure deal with a group Used Vehicle Value Index fell during $30,000 from an April high of nearly cies would look like on Amazon. month as increasing coronavi- the fi rst 15 days of July. Meanwhile, houses, autos and the raw materials used $65,000. “We believe the future will be built of Senate Republicans lacks a clear the economy has been adding nearly by many manufacturers. There is also speculation that the on new technologies that enable mod- rus infections help cloud busi- plan for how to pay for it, as GOP 605,000 jobs a month since Biden be- The solid demand is supposed to price surge may have also been a re- ern, fast, and inexpensive payments, nesses’ outlook for the coming lawmakers have backed away from came president and economic growth lead to additional supply, which can sult of traders buying up bitcoin to fi ll and hope to bring that future to Ama- months, a closely watched sur- then help infl ation ease. But the out- tougher enforcement by the IRS. At is tracking above 7%. positions they were short on, having zon customers as soon as possible,” the vey found Monday. the same time, his $3.5 trillion pack- “There’s no better way to contradict look for infl ation that Fed Chair Je- bet its value would fall further. But it’s company said. rome Powell considers to be tempo- The Ifo institute’s business age focused on climate, schools and false messaging than by posting strong diffi cult if not impossible to track short Tom Forte, a senior research analyst confi dence index declined to performance,” said Jared Bernstein, a rary has become somewhat more hazy. positions on the cryptocurrency. who covers Amazon for the investment families needs backing from all 50 member of the White House Council Consumer prices jumped 5.4% for the Amazon’s job listing says the com- bank D.A. Davidson, said he doubts 100.8 points in July from 101.7 a Senate Democrats to clear a party of Economic Advisers. “When you’re year ended in June. Stripping out vola- pany is looking for “an experienced Amazon will accept bitcoin across its month earlier. line vote. in the midst of a recovery with these tile food and energy costs, they’re up product leader to develop Amazon’s platform any time soon. Forte noted It was the fi rst decline since Biden also used his remarks to kinds of numbers, I think it makes it 4.5%, the biggest increase since 1991. Digital Currency and Blockchain strat- bitcoin accounts for less than 1% of January. push back against Republican crit- harder for people on the other side to “We don’t have another example of egy and product roadmap.” transaction payments on Overstock. Economists had expected an ics of his plans who argue massive paint a false version of reality.” the last time we reopened a $20 tril- The Seattle-based online retail giant com, one of the few online retailers to increase to 102.5. federal investments in the econo- Still, political identity is infusing lion economy,” Powell told the Senate currently has 74 listings for jobs whose accept the cryptocurrency. Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs While managers’ assessment my will accelerate infl ation. views on the economy. About 6 in 10 descriptions include the words “block- “It’s been an effective mechanism Consumer prices climbed 5.4% Democrats call the economy good, Committee this month. “We’re humble chain,” the backbone of cryptocurren- for trading and speculation, but it of their current situation im- while three-quarters of Republicans about what we understand.” cies, many dating back to earlier this hasn’t shown to date to be a form of proved, their outlook for the next for the year that ended in June, say conditions are poor. Joseph Smith, 72 and a retiree in Al- year. However, the jobs are not neces- currency for payments,” Forte said. six months worsened signifi cant- the highest annual increase since That spills over to how Americans exandria, Virginia, said he worries that ly. August 2008. Higher infl ation can are judging Biden’s handling of the the constant focus on infl ation by Pow- Ifo said that their optimism erode the wages of workers and ul- economy, with 52% approving and ell and Republicans has been spooking was clouded by problems with timately hurt economic growth. 47% disapproving overall. Biden’s consumers. Biden said Monday that his pro- approval rating overall is somewhat “The Fed is sort of hindering the the supply of raw materials and other products and by an upturn posed investments would help re- higher, at 59%, as is his approval rat- economy by talking about infl ation all build U.S. supply chains and ease ing for his handling of the COVID-19 the time,” said Smith, who supported in coronavirus infections. pandemic, at 66%. Biden last year and feels the president Germany’s infection rate re- pressures on U.S. production that About 8 in 10 Democrats, but only has brought “real stability” to the gov- some economists say have contrib- mains very low compared with uted to infl ation. about 1 in 10 Republicans, approve of ernment with his straight talk on the some other European countries, Biden on the economy. Republicans coronavirus and the economy. “If we make prudent, multi-year are somewhat more likely to approve Republican lawmakers have blamed but it has been rising stead- investments in better roads, bridg- of Biden’s handling of the coronavirus Biden’s spending for the infl ation and ily since it bottomed out in early es, transit systems and high speed pandemic (about 3 in 10 do) and even say his plans for another $4.1 trillion July. internet, a modern resilient electric issues like health care and infrastruc- in new spending to be paid for through The increase is being fueled grid, here’s what will happen: It ture (about 2 in 10 do). taxes on the wealthy and corporations by the more contagious delta breaks up the bottlenecks in our Federal Reserve offi cials have esti- will only cause prices to keep rising. variant, which is now domi- economy,” he said. mated that the economy could grow at They frame it as a return to the run- nant. roughly 7% this year. But the U.S. cen- away price increases of the 1970s, “These steps will enhance our tral bank is also tasked with keeping in- even though economists who are con- The Ifo survey is based on productivity, raising wages with- fl ation at a 2% target, and there are signs cerned about infl ation say that’s not monthly responses from about out raising prices. That won’t in- that the pressures pushing up prices have the case. But the message is connect- In this file photo, the Bitcoin logo appears on the display screen of a crypto- 9,000 companies across the Ger- crease infl ation, it’ll take the pres- yet to fade as there are limited supplies of ing with Republican voters. currency ATM at the Smoker’s Choice store in Salem, New Hampshire. (AP) man business spectrum. sure off of infl ation,” Biden added. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2021 BUSINESS 9

Exchanger Industries Limited acquires HRS Heat Exchangers

Exchanger Industries Limited , the Canadi- for robust international expansion afforded tainable projects in the biogas and waste- quisition of HRS Heat Exchangers provides continue our journey to building a highly an designer and manufacturer of heat trans- by the strategic combination of two distinct, water treatment sectors, in addition to EIL’s EIL an extraordinary opportunity to expand respected global supplier of heat transfer fer products for the energy, petrochemical, yet complementary industry leaders. existing projects in clean power generation, their exposure to an impressive international products,” added Steven Pither, founder industrial and clean power generation sec- “For decades, we’ve worked hard on be- Liquifi ed Natural Gas (LNG), emissions-free customer base across rapidly growing geo- and CEO of HRS. “Leveraging EIL’s ex- tors, has acquired HRS Heat Exchangers half of our customers in Canada, the U.S. power storage and biofuels applications.” graphic market positions in the U.S., U.K., pertise in designing innovative heat trans- Ltd. Financial terms were not disclosed. and 25 countries worldwide, consistently To deliver these projects competitively, Spain, Mexico, India, the Middle East, Ma- fer systems and their established track HRS is widely recognized as the pre-emi- providing them with mission-critical, innova- the acquisition provides EIL immediate ac- laysia, Australia and New Zealand. As evi- record in creating streamlined, highly ef- nent, international specialist supplier of heat tive solutions in some of the most demand- cess to a cost-effective global footprint with dence of this opportunity, HRS was ranked fi cient business processes will allow us to exchangers and custom process systems ing environments,” stated Mark el Baroudi, scalable hubs in both India and Spain, and a number 161 in U.K.’s prestigious Sunday enhance our product offering and effec- across the environmental, food, beverage, EIL’s CEO. “The HRS acquisition will pro- portfolio of anti-fouling technologies that en- Times HSBC international top league table tively scale our Spanish and Indian manu- and pharmaceutical sectors. The seasoned vide numerous benefi ts to our customers in- hances differentiation and acts as a unique that tracks the international growth of U.K. facturing operations, delivering timely, HRS management team will be retained by cluding a broader capability to provide heat platform to create value for customers. based companies. cost effective solutions to our customer EIL and play a critical role in executing plans transfer solutions to environmentally sus- Additionally, el Baroudi stated that the ac- “We’re thrilled to join the EIL family and base around the world.” (Agencies) Tech leads stocks lower on Wall Street Investors try to get clearer picture of economic recovery ABB to ‘sell’ unit NEW YORK, July 27, to RBC Bearings (AP): Drops in big technol- ZURICH, July 27, (Agencies): ABB an- ogy companies led stocks nounced it has signed a definitive agreement to divest its Mechanical Power broadly lower on Wall Transmission division (Dodge) to RBC Street, easing major in- Bearings Incorporated for $2.9 billion in dexes off the latest record cash. The transaction will create a leading manufacturer of highly engineered, highs they set a day earlier. performance-critical bearings and mo- Markets have been choppy as in- tion control components. The transaction vestors try to get a clearer picture is expected to be completed by the end of how well the economy is recov- of the year 2021, subject to customary ering from the pandemic and how closing conditions, including regulatory the Federal Reserve will eventu- review. ally ease up on its support for low For more than 140 years, the Dodge business has been a leader in the de- interest rates. The central bank is sign, production, and marketing of meeting Tuesday and will release mounted bearings, enclosed gearing, its latest statement on Wednesday. and power transmission components. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% as of 11:22 It offers one of the broadest portfo- a.m. The benchmark index reached lios of mechanical power transmission a new record high on Monday. The products in the market, selling to in- Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 147 dustries such as surface mining, aggre- points, or 0.4%, to 34,996 and the Nas- gates & cement, warehousing and food daq fell 1.7%. & beverage. Technology companies and a mix Dodge has roughly 1,500 employees of consumer-oriented companies were worldwide and achieved revenues of among the biggest losers. Microsoft approximately $600 million for the last fell 1.5% and Apple fell 1.4%. Both twelve months ending June 30, 2021, of companies are set to report their latest which more than 90 percent were gen- results after the close of trading. erated in the Americas. The operating Investors shifted money to sectors EBITA margin was approximately 23 seen as less risky, including utilities percent. It produces at six manufacturing and companies that make household sites - 5 in the U.S. and 1 in China - and and personal goods. its headquarter is located in Greenville, They also bought bonds, sending South Carolina. The president of the divi- the yield on the 10-year Treasury note sion is Roger Costa. down to 1.24% from 1.27% late Mon- “We are delighted that Dodge has day. Long-term yields have eased off found an excellent new home with RBC from their sharp rise earlier in the year, Bearings, where it can continue its excit- but Wall Street is still worried about ing growth story,” said ABB CEO Björn infl ation. Rosengren. “This transaction further Wednesday’s report from the Fed People stand in front of a bank’s electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong, Tuesday, July 27, strengthens ABB’s balance sheet. In line could give investors more clues about 2021. Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday as investors looked ahead to a Federal Reserve report for an update on when U.S. stimulus might with our capital allocation priorities, we the central bank’s level of concern and start winding down. (AP) plan to first use the proceeds from the when it might start reducing its month- transaction to fund organic growth, pay a ly bond purchases that have helped rising sustainable dividend per share and keep interest rates low. The backdrop for stocks “is still ID-19 and its potential impact on the while Shanghai and Hong Kong de- weighed on Chinese internet and other make value-creating acquisitions. Fur- “We expect Jay Powell to reiterate favorable, ”said Terry Sandven, chief recovery. Case numbers and hospital- clined. Tokyo advanced. companies. The Hang Seng in Hong thermore, we will give an update on our that the tapering discussion is underway, equity strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth izations have been ticking higher in In early trading, the FTSE 100 in Kong tumbled 4.2% to 25,086.43, plans for the Turbocharging exit and pos- but that it’s too soon to reveal a specifi c Management. “The weakness today is certain parts of the U.S. and world as London lost 0.9% to 6,961.11 and the pulled down by China shares. sible listing of our E-Mobility division in date,” Danielle DiMartino Booth of Quill just part of the normal ebb and fl ow.” the Delta variant spreads. DAX in Frankfurt was off 0.9% at The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo advanced due course.” Intelligence said in a report. The Conference Board reported that “The pace of growth is being ques- 15,471.67. The CAC 40 retreated 0.7% 0.5% to 27,970.22. “Today, we are very pleased to an- Investors considered a mixed bag consumer confi dence edged higher in tioned because of COVID-19 variants,” to 6,534.16. The Kospi in Seoul rose 0.2% to nounce the execution of an agreement be- of earnings from several large com- July, marking the sixth straight month Sandven said. “There is some concern On Wall Street, the S&P 500 future 3,232.53 after economic growth mod- tween ABB and RBC Bearings to acquire panies. UPS slumped 8.5% after its that the measurement has risen. The that the pace may not be as robust.” was off 0.4% and that for the Dow erated to 0.7% over the previous quar- Dodge. The combination will enhance revenue for the latest quarter fell short International Monetary Fund said it The broad declines in the U.S. fol- Jones Industrial Average lost 0.5%. ter in the three months ending in June, RBC Bearings’ capabilities, footprint, of analysts’ forecasts. Wall Street expects the global economy to expand low more drops in China, where a reg- On Monday, the S&P 500 and Dow down from previous quarter’s 1.7%. and customer access while increasing our brushed off seemingly solid results 6% this year, a dramatic bounce-back ulatory clampdown on various com- both gained 0.2%. The Nasdaq com- Australia’s S&P-ASX 200 advanced exposure to Dodge’s attractive end mar- from several other companies. Tesla from the 3.2% contraction in the pan- panies is spooking investors. Hong posite added less than 0.1%. 0.5% to 7,431.40 and India’s Sensex kets. Our businesses are highly comple- fell 2.9% and industrial conglomerate demic year of 2020. Kong’s Hang Seng lost 4.2% and the In Asia, the Shanghai Composite sank 0.6% to 52,505.70. New Zealand, mentary, with Dodge bringing new offer- 3M fell 1%, despite reporting solid fi - Part of the uncertainty hovering Shanghai Composite lost 2.5%. Index lost 2.5% to 3,381.18 as data- Bangkok and Jakarta, Indonesia, de- ings, new end markets, and more scale to nancial results. over markets has to do with COV- London and Frankfurt opened lower safety and other enforcement actions clined while Singapore advanced. the combined organization.” Market value reaches roughly $630 billion Tesla hits milestone with $1b profit SAN RAMON, Calif., July 27, (AP): of the software in its cars to ensure at Tesla. The company already has Tesla’s quarterly profit has surpassed all the technology remained com- eliminated the department that com- $1 billion for the first time thanks to patible. Although he said things ap- municates with reporters. the electric car pioneer’s ability to pear to be slightly approving, Musk In its most recent quarter, Tesla navigate through a pandemic-driv- described the chip shortage as still produced more than 206,000 ve- en computer chip shortage that has being “quite serious,” making it dif- hicles within a three-month span for caused major headaches for other ficult to plan for the second half of the first time in its history. It is also automakers. the year. gearing up to add another sports util- The financial milestone an- “The chip supply is a governing ity vehicle, the Model Y, to its lineup nounced Monday extended a two- factor on our output,” Musk said. “It later this year. Some of those vehi- year run of prosperity that has is out of our hands.” cles will be manufactured at a new erased questions about Tesla’s In a telling sign that Tesla isn’t factory in Austin, Texas that’s still long-term viability raised during immune to the shortage of chips on schedule to be completed later its early years of losses and pro- and other components, the com- this year. duction problems. pany disclosed that it will delay the Despite Tesla is now on a pro- Tesla now has cemented its posi- introduction of a highly anticipated duction pace that has raised hopes tion as the leader in the shift away semi truck to some time next year. it will be able to manufacture more from gas-combustion that is expect- Its original plan was to introduce it than 800,000 vehicles this year. That ed to make it even more profitable this year. would be a significant increase from than during its most recent quarter. Musk, who jokingly anointed nearly 510,000 last year, when gov- The Palo Alto, California, compa- himself as Tesla’s “Technoking” ernment restrictions during the early ny earned $1.1 billion, or $1.02 per earlier this year, let investors stages of the pandemic forced the share, in the April-June period. That know that he might not be the ex- company to temporarily shut down was more than 10 times its profit at ecutive discussing how the compa- its California factory. the same time last year. Revenue ny is faring during the second half The uncertainty about the chip nearly doubled from last year to of the year. shortage may have somewhat damp- about $12 billion. After holding regular quarterly ened the investor response to Tesla’s Adjusted to exclude one-time updates since Tesla went public 11 surprisingly strong quarterly results. times items, Tesla earned $1.45 a years ago, Musk said he no longer The company’s stock gained more share in the latest quarter, easily intends to be on future calls with than 1% in extended trading Monday topping the 94 cents expected by analysts unless he has something after the second-quarter numbers Wall Street analysts, according to extremely important to say. He told came out. The stock has fallen about FactSet. analysts on Monday that he wants to 25% from its peak price reached six Tesla now boasts a market value use the time to focus on other work months ago. of roughly $630 billion, far more than any other automaker and 14 times more than what the company was worth just two years ago. Its mercurial CEO, Elon Musk, is now sitting on the world’s third largest fortune at an estimated $163 billion, according to Forbes magazine’s cal- culations. For all its recent success, Tes- la’s momentum could still be slowed by a persisting shortage of chips that have become vital parts in modern cars. While other major automakers had to dramatically curtail production during the first half, Tesla so far has been able to secure an adequate supply of chips to churn out vehicles at the fastest rate in its history. In a Monday conference call, Musk said Tesla keep its manufacturing lines running largely by find- The company logo is shown at the top of a supercharger for Tesla automo- ing chips from alternate suppliers biles near shops Feb. 25, 2021 in Boulder, Colo. Tesla’s quarterly profit has and then scrambling to rewrite some surpassed $1 billion for the first time. (AP) ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2021 BUSINESS 10

China fines tech giants for content exploiting children

China’s internet watchdog said platform Sina Weibo and social ramps up scrutiny of technol- the physical and mental health it has fi ned platforms operated media and e-commerce ser- ogy platforms in the country. of minors,” the Cyberspace Ad- In this fi le photo, people by e-commerce company Ali- vice Xiaohongshu were fi ned Regulators are investigating ministration of China said in a look at a display from baba and gaming fi rm Tencent for distributing sexually sug- Chinese technology compa- statement. Chinese technology fi rm for spreading sexually sugges- gestive stickers or short videos nies over a range of issues, in- In recent months, some Chi- Tencent at the China In- tive content involving children, of children, it said. cluding anti-competitive prac- nese media outlets have called ternational Fair for Trade as regulators seek to clean up The companies were or- tices and data practices. out sexually suggestive pho- in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing. (AP) content harmful to minors. dered to rectify the issue and “With regards to the infringe- tos of children used by certain Platforms including Aliba- ban accounts that use such ment of the legal rights and stores on platforms such as ba’s e-commerce marketplace content to attract more traffi c. interests of minors, a ‘zero tol- Taobao and Xiaohongshu to Taobao, Tencent’s QQ mes- The crackdown on inappro- erance’ attitude will be adopted sell clothing, as well as sug- saging service, live-streaming priate content involving minors and enforced to clean up the gestive stickers of children on site Kuaishou, microblogging comes as the government online problems that endanger messaging apps. (AP) GCC MARKETS LEAD EQUITY GAINS ON HIGHER OIL PRICES Global equities continue to rally in 2Q A positive but uncertain outlook for equities in 2H 2021

Report prepared by NBK portive of higher prices in late June/ early July. The performance disparity KUWAIT CITY, July 27: between the DJI and S&P can be owed Global equity markets con- to shifting investor preferences, in favor of cyclical stocks that stand to benefi t tinued to rally in 2Q21, the most from an economic recovery, with several indices reach- which the SP500 is heavier with (i.e. ing fresh all-time highs. fi nancial, energy stocks). Meanwhile, European and emerg- The bullish sentiment was sup- ing market stocks trailed behind, but ported by continued economic were still up a decent 3.7% and 3.2% recovery optimism amid stronger for the MSCI EM and Euro Stoxx 50 macroeconomic data, vaccine pro- respectively. With that said, stock gress and lowered restrictions, de- gains in Europe, usually lagging, were spite rising infl ation uncertainty, roughly on par with US stocks this resurging Covid concerns, and a year (15% year to end-June), helped hawkish Fed shift towards the end by improved economic prospects, low inflation, continued monetary of the quarter and in early July (in and fiscal support, and much lower line with a positive outlook and ris- valuations. For these reasons, there ing infl ation). is a growing consensus that European Meanwhile, GCC markets outper- stocks are to outperform peer markets formed, supported by higher oil prices in 2021. In contrast, emerging mar- and in turn reduced fi scal pressures, kets continue to be severely weighed improving economic data, and positive down by pandemic woes mainly in sentiment. Asia, hindering growth and denting While the equity market trend and sentiment. outlook remains fairly positive, down- Finally,virus uncertainty, rising inside risks include record stock prices fl ation, planned QE tapering and record and steep valuations, in addition to high valuations in the US continue to be the possibility of high US infl ation key downside risks for equities in the triggering early Fed tapering which near-to-medium term. would likely raise the risk-free rate of GCC markets lead global equity return and squeeze equity risk premi- gains on higher oil prices ums. Covid uncertainty also continues GCC markets outperformed their to be a key underlying factor, with global counterparts in 2Q21, build- the potential to hamper the economic ing on the strong gains of 1Q, with recovery and dent sentiment, espe- the MSCI GCC up a solid 8.7% q/q cially amid the spread of the new Delta helped by higher oil prices, vaccine strain. More recently, in July, weaker rollouts, and a better fiscal outlook. In than expected US macroeconomic data the lead were Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, and has raised concerns of a slowdown in Saudi Arabia up 16% 11% and 11% the pace of economic growth. The pos- respectively, with investor confidence sible combination of slower growth in the latter boosted by improving and high infl ation is one of special macro data and the announcement of concern, as it leaves policy makers a series of large investment plans as with diffi cult decisions (QE tapering/ part of a major economic diversifica- rate hike signals may control infl ation tion push. Solid gains were also seen but may also weigh on growth). in Dubai, Oman and Bahrain (9-10% Global equities continue to ad- q/q). KD 59 million/day, refl ecting a well- tions will likely continue to lend sup- are subject to notable downside risks in line with the expected unwinding of vance on recovery hopes Kuwait’s strong performance was led endowed, liquid and active market. Ku- port to markets in 2H21. This bullish stemming from pandemic, infl ation, stimulus, higher infl ation, and planned The bullish global sentiment for equi- once again by the main market (13.4% wait’s All-Share was up an impressive sentiment is refl ected in global stocks and policy-related uncertainty (tapering US policy rate hikes in 2023, may also ties is refl ected in the MSCI AC World q/q), with the strongest gains coming 15% in the year to end-June, trailing continuing to set all-time highs, ver- soon and rate hikes on the medium-term prove to be a drag on equity market index, which rose a solid 6.6% q/q, with from the technology, oil and gas, real Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia. sus softer demand for some safe-haven horizon), factors which have led to soft- sentiment. Moreover, GCC markets US markets outperforming their peers, estate, and industrial sectors. Market A positive but uncertain outlook assets such as gold and the US dollar, er market momentum as of late. Steep will continue to be infl uenced by oil as the S&P500 and DJIA rose 8.2% and capitalization in turn rose to KD 37 for equities in 2H 2021 which despite recent increases remain valuations, especially in US markets, prices, the pace of structural reforms, 4.6% respectively. Strong earnings ex- billion, the highest since 2010, while Accommodative central bank poli- relatively subdued. With that said, are an additional source of concern. geopolitics, and pandemic-related de- pectations for 2Q may have been sup- average daily turnover was an elevated cies and economic recovery expecta- near-to-medium term market prospects The possibility of higher bond yields velopments. AUB launches its online ‘Document Verifi cation’ KUWAIT CITY, July 27: Within adds more fl exibility and resilience to its efforts to provide the latest bank- banking transactions, and it helps to ing services that meet the needs of its avoid manual errors and risks associated customers, Ahli United Bank (AUB) with traditional operations, which pro- announced the launch of the online vides more protection to customer docu- “Document Verifi cation” service us- ments, by preventing any manipulation ing QR (“Quick response”) Code. This or forgery. This service also makes stor- new service provides an added feature ing, archiving and restoring documents to easily verify the authenticity of much easier, which also saves employ- documents, by scanning the QR code. ees time and increases their productivity This innovated services covers a large and ability to serve customers. variety of documents, including clear- Al-Baijan added: We always strive ance certifi cate, No objection letter to to keep abreast of new trends in com- transfer salary and the certifi cate of pleting banking operations, within our indebtedness for early repayment, in continuous endeavor to provide the addition to many other certifi cates that best banking services that meet the as- will be added through this service suc- pirations of our customers. cessively. Al-Baijan emphasized that AUB has QR Code technology can store lots achieved excellent results in the provi- of data in a small space of few square sion of services that gain the satisfac- centimeters, which reduces the use of tion of its customers and has provided paper and ink, and makes QR code an innovative and advanced banking technology eco-friendly. Moreover, experience to customers, at the highest QR Code technology provides instant level of effi ciency and quality in ac- access to the original documents. cordance with the latest international Commenting on this new service, standards, and the Bank is still continu- Mrs. Amirah Al-Baijan Sr. Manager - ing its steps towards providing more Branch Internal Control & Operation services to become a model for others Support at AUB, said: This service to follow in implementing the latest complements the several banking ser- banking systems. vices that AUB launches to provide For more information about the The Avenues and Hilton Garden Inn Summer promo photo. its customers with added value that bank’s services and products, please enhances their successful banking ex- visit any of AUB branches, contact ABK congratulates fi rst draw winners of its summer campaign perience. “Hayakom,” Service on 1812000 or vis- Al-Baijan asserts that this service it our website: www.ahliunited.com.kw. Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) an- ● Anwar Methkher The campaign will run through to points spent internationally. Win- nounced the names of the fi rst win- ● Hani Turki 9th September 2021, awarding 10 ners will not be eligible to partici- ners for the month of July for the ● Mohammed Esmail lucky winners each month a stay in pate in consecutive monthly draws. ‘STAY THE NIGHT AND SHOP ● Motlaq Snaid a Family Suite with breakfast for 4 For more information about the ALL DAY AT THE AVENUES’ ● Yacoub Ali adults at Hilton Garden Inn - The ‘STAY THE NIGHT AND SHOP monthly draw campaign. The draw ● Ameni Alarfawi Avenues, and KD 500 cash when ALL DAY AT THE AVENUES’ was held on 12 July 2021 under the ● Yousef Alshuwaiee using an ABK credit or prepaid Campaign and other ABK offers supervision of the Ministry of Com- ● Faisal Khajah card, and allows eligible custom- kindly visit eahli.com or contact an merce and Industry. The lucky win- ● Aseel Mahmoud ers to earn one draw point for every ABK customer service agent via ners are: ● Waleed Almutawa KD 10 spent locally and three draw ‘Ahlan Ahli’ at 1899899. Airlines cite concerns about fuel shortages at some airports FORT WORTH, Texas, July 27, (AP): other parts of the country and will last cation. Delta said pipelines have been ties and pipeline operators about the The fuel needle is moving closer to through mid-August, according to a devoting more space to gasoline and situation, which it said mostly affects “empty” at some U.S. airports. company memo to pilots on Monday. diesel and less to jet fuel during the smaller airports in the West. American Airlines says it’s running It asked pilots to conserve fuel by, for pandemic. Nevada politicians worry The jet fuel supply is being taxed into fuel shortages at some smaller and example, leaving one engine off while that the situation could limit the fl ow by a strong recovery in travel, which mid-size airports, and in some cases taxiing. of tourism dollars. means more planes in the air. U.S. the airline will add refueling stops or American said fuel supplies are Southwest said the fuel situation air travel has reached about 80% of fl y fuel into locations where the supply being squeezed at “several” airports, hasn’t affected its fl ights, but it has its pre-pandemic levels, with about is tight. which it didn’t name, mostly because added more fuel on some planes to 2 million people a day are flying in The airline said that the shortages of a shortage of tanker trucks or driv- limit the amount needed at airports the U.S., double the number in early showed up fi rst in the West, where ers. with shortages. March. they could affect efforts to fi ght wild- Delta Air Lines, meanwhile, said Trade group Airlines for America The American Airlines memo to pi- fi res. They are now being reported in Reno, Nevada, is the most affected lo- said it is talking to federal authori- lots was reported earlier by CNBC. A fl yer of AUB online ‘Document Verifi cation’ service. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2021 SCIENCE 11

Coronavirus

Ofﬁ cials warn over delta More Americans seek shots as cases surge

NEW YORK, July 27, (AP): Infections are climbing across the US, and mask mandates and other COVID-19 prevention measures are making a comeback in some places as health offi cials issue increasingly dire warnings about the highly contagious delta variant. But in a possible sign that the warnings are getting through to more Americans, vaccination rates are creeping up again, offering hope that the nation could yet break free of the coronavirus if people who have been reluctant to receive the shot are fi nally inoculated. Vaccinations ticked up over the weekend, with about 657,000 vaccines administered Saturday and nearly 780,000 on Sunday, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The 7-day rolling average on Sun- day was about 583,000 vaccinations a day, up from about 525,000 a week prior. The country will need much higher levels of immunity to crush the resur- gent virus — probably 85% to 90%, said Dr Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health. The current level stands at about 67%, counting prior infections. “So we need a lot more vaccinations. Or a lot more infections” and Fauci thus more suffering, he said. Nearly 57% of the country has received at least one vaccine dose, and about 49% of Americans are fully inoculated. The virus has killed almost 611,000 people in the US since the pandemic started. Meanwhile, some municipal offi cials are re-imposing some virus rules meant to slow the spread of the disease. Leon Haley Jr, CEO of UF Health Jacksonville, gets the hospital’s first injection of the COVID-19 vaccine from nurse manager Vickie Perez on Dec 14, 2020, in St Louis on Monday became the second major city to Jacksonville, Fla. Haley, 56, who was lauded for his efforts in response to COVID-19, died in an accident involving a personal watercraft vehicle, officials said. Haley mandate that face masks be worn indoors, regardless of was ejected from a personal watercraft in Palm Beach Inlet on July 24, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said. (AP) vaccination status, joining Los Angeles in re-imposing the orders. In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday that all municipal workers — including teachers Health and police offi cers — will be required to get vaccinated by mid-September or face weekly COVID-19 testing, making the city one of the largest employers in the US to take such action. The nation’s top infectious diseases expert said federal Cancer patients who quit gain nearly 2 years of life offi cials are considering a nationwide recommendation to resume wearing face masks as the once-rosy outlook for a summer return to normalcy seemed to be at risk. Docs push patients to quit smoking Unvaccinated “We’re going in the wrong direction,” Dr Anthony NEW YORK, July 27, (AP): When Fauci, who serves as President Joe Biden’s chief medical cancer patients stop smoking, they adviser, told CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “It heal faster, experience fewer side ef- Vaccine maker BioNTech to use is really a pandemic among the unvaccinated, which is the fects from treatment and lower their reason why we’re out there, practically pleading with the chances of tumors returning. Now, top unvaccinated people to go out and get vaccinated.” cancer hospitals are helping patients the mRNA tech to target malaria Jha shared in Fauci’s frustration. quit as evidence mounts that it’s never “For much of winter, spring, I was VERY optimistic too late. BERLIN, July 27, (AP): Pharma- Organization, there were about 229 we’d have a great summer with few infections, deaths,” The newest research, reported Mon- ceutical company BioNTech said million cases of malaria worldwide he wrote on Twitter. “But (the) situation has clearly turned day, shows lung cancer patients who Monday that it wants to use the in 2019. The global body estimates worse.” stopped smoking gained nearly two mRNA technology behind its coro- that 409,000 people died from ma- He said the nation “hit a wall” in its vaccination effort, years of life compared to those who navirus vaccine to target malaria. laria that year, with children under with just under 50% of the population fully immunized, and continued to smoke. The Germany-based company, the age of 5 accounting for 67% of “It is a huge effect,” said Dr Mah- which developed the first widely deaths. the virus’ delta variant proving be more contagious than ex- This July 2021 photo provided by di Sheikh, who led the study for the approved coronavirus shot togeth- Africa has by far the highest bur- pected. Preston Browning shows him at the World Health Organization’s cancer er with US partner Pfizer, aims to den of the mosquito-borne disease “Super contagious variant, lots of unvaccinated folks and Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nash- research agency in Lyon, France. In begin clinical trials for a “safe and worldwide, WHO says. more breakthrough infections sets up a tough few months ville, Tenn. Browning, 20, of Ridgetop, lung cancer, he said, quitting smoking highly effective malaria vaccine” by Sahin acknowledged that the ahead,” Jha said. “We need to break the cycle.” Tenn., who is recovering from cancer is “as necessary as the treatments.” the end of next year. effort is at a very early stage and The seven-day rolling average for daily new cases in the surgery, quit smoking with help from In the US, many cancer centers of- “We are already working on HIV there’s no guarantee of success. country shot up over the past two weeks, from more than Vanderbilt Ingram Cancer Center. He fer proven quit strategies: phone coun- and and tuberculosis, and malaria But he said the company believes 19,000 on July 11 to nearly 52,000 on July 25, according to says cancer is ‘the biggest reason I’ve seling, nicotine patches and pills that is the third big indication (disease) it’s “the perfect time to address this data from Johns Hopkins University. ever had in my life to quit.’ (AP) ease the urge to smoke. More cancer with a high unmet medical need,” challenge” because of the insights BioNTech’s chief executive, Ugur it has gained from developing an Also, some prominent conservative and Republican voic- doctors are talking to their patients Sahin, told The Associated Press. mRNA vaccine against the corona- es that have spent months casting doubt on the vaccination about quitting. “It has an incredible high number of virus and a growing understanding effort have recently started sounding a different tune. For some patients, the shock of a people being infected every year, of how malaria works. House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, a Louisiana Re- cancer diagnosis can be highly moti- a high number of patients dying, Experts say developing a vac- publican, was among the members of the GOP Doctors vating. a particularly severe disease and cine to prime the immune system Caucus who held a press conference at the Capitol late last “It’s the biggest reason I’ve ever high mortality in small children.” against malaria will be tricky, how- week imploring their constituents to lay lingering doubts had in my life to quit,” said Preston According to the World Health ever. aside. Browning, an electrician in Ridgetop, A week ago, on July 19, Fox News host Sean Hannity Tennessee, who quit cigarettes last declared: “It absolutely makes sense for many Americans to month while recovering from cancer whether they’d quit. After fi ve years, it should be provided to all patients,” get vaccinated. I believe in science. I believe in the science surgery. nearly 60% of those who quit smoking said Judith Prochaska who directs of vaccinations.” were alive, compared to about 47% of Stanford’s tobacco program, which re- Reward those who continued smoking. ceived the federal funds. And in Tennessee, the brother of a popular local con- Cox Hasenyager Browning, now 20 years old, had servative radio host who had been a vaccine skeptic urged The effect held up regardless of At Stanford’s cancer clinics, about 1 smoked a pack a day since he was tumor stage, how much the patient in 4 patients who accept tobacco treat- listeners to get vaccinated as his brother was in critical care 14. He credits the stop-smoking drug smoked or how long after diagnosis ment remain tobacco free after two in the hospital battling COVID-19. Chantix and support from tobacco they quit, researchers reported in the years, Prochaska said. “For those listening, I know if he were able to tell you Discovery treatment specialists at the Vanderbilt- journal Annals of Internal Medicine. Mike Fulton, 71, a retired bank pres- this, he would tell you, ‘Go get vaccinated. Quit worrying Ingram Cancer Center. Nurse Lesa Ab- “Doctors at every visit should en- ident in San Jose, California, smoked a about the politics. Quit worrying about all the conspiracy ney listened to Browning’s reasons for courage their lung cancer patients to pack a day for decades before he was theories,’” Mark Valentine said of his brother, Phil Valen- Salt Lake water levels drop: The smoking — he described smoking as quit smoking,” Sheikh said. diagnosed with throat cancer last year. tine, Thursday on WWTN-FM in Nashville. water levels at the Great Salt Lake have “me time” and “a little reward” — and A $27 million National Cancer In- After successful radiation and chemo- Meanwhile, New York City will require all of its munici- hit a historic low, a grim milestone for the suggested strategies he could use: Eat stitute program is helping 53 cancer therapy, he said, he still sneaked oc- pal workers — including teachers and police offi cers — to largest natural lake west of the Missis- breakfast instead of lighting up each centers integrate tobacco treatment casional cigarettes, thinking, “This is get coronavirus vaccines by mid-September or face weekly sippi River that comes as a megadrought morning. Reach for a toothpick after into care. It has reached more than crazy. The cancer’s cured, but I know COVID-19 testing, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Mon- grips the region. lunch. Treat yourself with dessert. 50,000 patients since 2018. I’m hurting myself because I can feel day. On Saturday, the US Geological Sur- “If it wasn’t for Lesa, I think it “We’ve already learned a tremen- it.” vey announced average daily water levels would have been harder,” Browning dous amount from this,” said Director He sought help, and began weekly Action had dropped about an inch below the pre- said. vious record of 4,191.4 feet (1,278 me- Dr Ned Sharpless. “With relatively phone chats with a Stanford counselor. The rule is expected to affect about 340,000 city employ- ters), which was set in 1963. Browning had sarcoma in his leg, a modest support — these are not huge, A tip he followed: Make your ciga- ees, making the city one of the largest employers in the US The new record comes months earlier rare cancer of unknown cause. expensive programs — you can mark- rettes harder to reach. He moved them to take such action. While it isn’t a vaccine mandate — no than when the lake typically hits its lowest In contrast, lung cancer is largely edly increase the number of patients farther and farther away, starting from workers will be forced to take a shot — offi cials hope the level of the year, indicating water levels linked to tobacco use, so smokers may you reach.” a drawer in the bedroom. inconvenience and discomfort of weekly tests will persuade could continue to drop even further, said feel shame, despair and hopelessness The next step, he said, is spreading “Finally, I put them on the roof in many to overcome a reluctance to get inoculated. Candice Hasenyager, the deputy director after diagnosis, experts say. It can be the know-how to smaller cancer clin- a gutter. To reach it, I needed a metal “This is about our recovery. This is about what we need of Utah’s Division of Water Resources. welcome news to hear from doctors ics. ladder. Which I climbed once, and had to do to bring back New York City,” de Blasio said. “This is Receding waters are already affect- that they, too, can benefi t from quit- In California, the Stanford Cancer a puff from a pack that had seven ciga- ing a nesting spot for pelicans, which are ting. Institute phones patients who use to- rettes in it.” about keeping people safe.” among the millions of birds dependent The Sept 13 deadline coincides with the start of public In Monday’s study, researchers fol- bacco to offer support from specialists “Now,” Fulton said, “they’re gone.” on the lake. Sailboats have been hoisted lowed 517 Russian lung cancer patients and stop-smoking medication Nicotine gum and a twice-a-day pill school, when the Democratic mayor has said he expects out of the water to keep them from get- who smoked, checking annually to see “If you’ve got life-saving treatment help with cravings. all pupils to be in classrooms full time. City health care ting stuck in the mud. More dry lakebed workers and employees in congregate setting such as group getting exposed could send arsenic-laced homes will face earlier deadlines. dust into the air that millions breathe. The move comes as the city battles a rise in COVID-19 People for years have been diverting network said, which had posted a video burn brightly after entering the Earth’s Meteor Network has a number of cameras water from rivers that fl ow into the lake to on the phenomenon on its Twitter site. atmosphere at high speed, aren’t uncom- continuously monitoring the sky. (AP) cases fueled by the highly contagious delta variant. Since Sightings of meteors, space rocks that mon over Norway and the Norwegian ❑ ❑ ❑ the end of June, the daily average of new cases has in- water crops and supply homes. Because the lake is shallow — about 35 feet (11 Researcher tracks bobcats: A creased by more than 300%. meters) at its deepest point — less water Last week, the city had announced it was mandating vac- Southern Illinois University researcher quickly translates to receding shorelines. is tracking coyotes and bobcats to under- cinations or weekly testing for workers in the city’s hospital The drought is drying up lakes across system. stand the habitats they seek and how they the West and worsening massive wildfi res affect them. De Blasio expanded the requirement Monday and urged affecting California and Oregon. Utah Nicole Gorman is a graduate zoology private employers to adopt similar rules. Gov Spencer Cox, a Republican, has student and a research assistant at SIU’s “My message to the private sector is: Go as far as you begged people to cut back on lawn water- Wildlife Research Laboratory in Car- ing and “pray for rain.” (AP) can go right now,” the mayor said. “I would strongly urge bondale. She is studying the movement ❑ ❑ ❑ a vaccination mandate whenever possible, or as close to it of bobcats and coyotes in central and as possible.” Meteor lights up skies: Norwegian southern Illinois. Such midsize predators Unions representing city workers offered mixed respons- experts say an unusually large meteor was dominate North America and it’s critical es to the new mandate affecting their members. visible over large parts of southern Scan- to understand their impact, she said. “Vaccination and testing have helped keep schools dinavia and illuminated southeast Norway “Studying predator movement specifi - among the safest places in the city,” the United Federa- with a powerful fl ash of light for a few cally can provide scientists with more de- tion of Teachers said in a statement. “This approach puts seconds as many observers were reported tails about their behavior and how they the emphasis on vaccination but still allows for personal to also hear a roaring sound afterwards. might be interacting with their environ- The Norwegian Meteor Network said ments and other species around them,” choice and provides additional safeguards through regular that it had analyzed and reviewed several Gorman said. “This understanding can testing.” videos of the event Sunday and said the lead to effective wildlife management, But Henry Garrido, executive director of District Council meteor fi rst appeared about 90 kilometers benefi ting predator and prey species 37 of AFSCME, said, “If City Hall intends to test our mem- (55 miles) north of the capital, Oslo, and alike.” bers weekly, they must fi rst meet us at the table to bargain.” continued its trail in a southwest direction Since starting in November 2019, Gor- Garrido, whose union represents about 100,000 New before fragmenting in several fl ashes of man has captured and tagged 33 of the York City employees across several departments, said light. animals at sites near Makanda and Lake weekly testing is subject to mandatory bargaining. “The meteor appeared at 1:08 am on In this photo released by the Norwegian Meteor Network, a view of an unusually Shelbyville. She says she traps them safely the night of July 25 and was visible for large meteor visible in Oslo, July 25, giving a powerful flash of light over Eastern with foothold or cage traps and fi ts them approximately for 5 seconds,” said the Norway. (AP) with GPS transmitters to follow them. (AP) Books WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2021 FFeatureseatures added that“I’llbe happytopay sexism. 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‘Scrutiny is exhausting’ Spears ﬁ les to end her father’s control

LOS ANGELES, July 27, (AP): Britney Spears’ new attorney petitioned Monday to oust her father from the conservatorship that has controlled her life and money for 13 years and replace him with a professional ac- countant. Matthew Rosengart said in documents fi led in Los Angeles Superior court that the current legal arrangement “has grown increasingly toxic and is simply no longer tenable.” He proposed that James Spears be replaced with CPA Jason Rubin as conservator of the pop star’s estate, which documents say equates to $2.7 million in cash and more than $57 million in assets. Rosengart said in the fi ling that before he sought to end the conservatorship, he was fi rst addressing “the most pressing issue facing Ms. Spears: removing Mr. Spears as conservator of the estate.” “Any father who genuinely loves his daughter and has her best interests at heart should willingly step aside in favor of the highly respected professional fi duciary nominated here,” Rosengart said in the Spears documents. Lynne Spears, Britney’s mother and James’ ex-wife, said in a declaration supporting Rosengart’s fi ling that his “microscopic control” over her health care and business decisions in a key period in 2018 and 2019 was especially damaging. Alejandro Sanz performs ‘Mala Gente’ at the Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year gala honoring Juanes on Nov. 13, 2019, in Las Vegas. Sanz performed “Such scrutiny is exhausting and terrifying, like liv- ‘Imagine’ by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, with John Legend, Keith Urban and Angelique Kidjo via pre-recorded video at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olym- ing in custody,” Lynne Spears said. pics on July 23. (AP) James Spears stepped down as the so-called conservator of the person for his daughter in 2019, ceding control of her life decisions and health care to court- appointed professional Jodie Montgomery while maintaining control of her fi nances. Music A message sent seeking comment from James Spears and his legal team was not immediately returned. But at a July 14 hearing, his attorney Vivian Thoreen said he would not be stepping down and he has only ever been Sanz spreads message of peace at Tokyo Games motivated by his daughter’s best interests. Thoreen said Britney Spears had many inaccurate beliefs, among them that “her father is responsible for all the bad things that have happened to her.” ‘Olympics magic that world was missing’ Permission MEXICO CITY, July 27, (AP): Ale- to the pandemic. that his project would release on the Judge Brenda Penny gave Britney Spears permis- jandro Sanz just earned another ac- “I’m very excited to get on stage same day as his rival Taylor Swift’s sion to hire an attorney of her choice at that hearing, colade to go with his 29 Grammys: again, I don’t know if I’m going to re- project “Folklore,” but his album was when for the second straight time the singer publicly Olympic performer. member how to do that, but I’m going postponed. assailed the conservatorship that has been in place The Spanish sensation joined John to try not to show it,” he joked. ❑ ❑ ❑ since 2008, breaking into tears as she described the Legend, Keith Urban and Angelique Sanz is also “giving fi nal touches” to “cruelty” it subjected her to. Kidjo on Friday to spread the message what will be his next album. CLEVELAND: Baker Mayfi eld never “My dad needs to be removed today,” she said, add- of peace at the Tokyo Games in a pre- “I really want to be able to show dreamed of being on a team with Alice ing that she would like to see him charged with abus- recorded rendition of “Imagine.” everything that I have been doing dur- Cooper. ing his position. The John Lennon-Yoko Ono stand- ing the pandemic,” he said. “A lot of The Browns quarterback also had no Penny has not yet shown any inclination to remove ard has become an unoffi cial Olympic music and a lot of lyrics.” idea the legendary rocker, known for theatrical stage shows featuring pyro- James Spears, and it is not the fi rst time an attorney for This image provided by Amazon anthem. In close up on video, the four Britney Spears has sought her father’s ouster. crooned the song near the end of the Also: technics, snakes and a guillotine, had Prime shows promotional art for ‘The more serious skills. Last year, Rosengart’s court-appointed predeces- Pursuit of Love,’ premiering Friday, opening ceremony. LOS ANGELES: Kanye West has been sor, Samuel Ingham III, proposed that James Spears July 30. (AP) The song’s message, Sanz said, is living inside an Atlanta stadium while “He’s a scratch golfer,” Mayfi eld be replaced with estate-management fi rm The Besse- necessary now more than ever. working on his new album. said of the 73-year-old Cooper, who mer Trust. Penny instead ruled that Jamie Spears and “I think it is one of the most beau- A representative for the performer shot three strokes below his age dur- the fi rm should work in tandem, but Bessemer bowed tiful pop hymns that have been writ- said Monday that West planned to re- ing a round at an area country club this out of the arrangement before it formally began. ten in history. The message cannot main inside Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz week. Ingham resigned after the dramatic June hearing when be more conciliatory and more ad hoc Stadium while working to complete The unlikely pairing of Mayfi eld the pop star publicly decried the conservatorship for the at this time,” he told The Associated “Donda,” his 10th studio album. The and one shock rock’s godfathers took fi rst time, telling Penny: “I just want my life back.” Press in a video interview from Anda- person spoke to The Associated Press place during a TV commercial shoot A hearing to address Rosengart’s petition and other lusia, Spain, the land of his family. on the condition of anonymity because for Progressive’s popular “At Home issues in the conservatorship is scheduled for Sept. 29. “Sports and the Olympics represent they were not authorized to speak pub- With Baker Mayfi eld” campaign, Earlier this month around 50 people gathered the magic that the whole world was licly on the matter. which features Mayfi eld and his wife, around the Utah State Capitol dressed in glittery-hot missing,” Sanz added. West held a massive listening ses- Emily, living inside FirstEnergy Sta- pink attire, to rally for Spears as she headed to court The four were summoned by the sion at the stadium Thursday and was dium, home of the Browns. for her conservatorship case in California. It was a part German fi lm music composer Hans seen on social media attending a soccer In the new spots for the award-win- of a nationwide rally for the pop star. Zimmer, who arranged and produced match over the weekend. ning campaign’s third season, May- While the #FreeBritney movement has garnered na- O’Reilly Keating their version. “Donda,” which was slated to refi eld and Cooper are neighbors. tional attention from the entertainer’s fans, activist Heidi “They sent me Hans Zimmer’s ar- lease last Friday, is now due Aug. 6. Mayfi eld, who led the Browns to Pomerleau with Disabled Rights Action Committee in rangements that are spectacular. They The Grammy winner’s album was their fi rst playoff berth since 2003 last Utah said Spears’ case is shedding light on a situation Variety are exciting like everything he does in named after his mother, Donda West, season, knew only a little about Coop- that frequently occurs to people living with disabilities. the cinema,” said Sanz, who is also a who died at the age of 58 following er before their fi rst meeting. He was “What we’re really trying to do is show that she’s composer and guitar player known for plastic surgery complications in 2007. aware of “School’s Out,” Cooper’s not unique,” Pomerleau said. “This can happen to re- LONDON: Irish singer Ronan Keating on fl amenco-infl uenced ballads and work West unveiled “Donda” in front of a summer-has-arrived anthem shouted ally just about anyone who has disabilities.” Monday accepted “substantial damages” in pop, rock, funk, R&B and jazz. sold-out crowd at the venue after he an- by kids across the country, but not She said individuals living with autism are more from a British tabloid newspaper publisher Sanz didn’t attend the ceremony in nounced two days before that the fi rst much more. likely to be affected by these cases. over phone hacking. person, but he felt its power when he public listen of his highly-anticipated So Mayfi eld did some deeper dig- “We have a lot of people who have mental illnesses, The former member of boy band Boy- watched. album would take place. He barely ging into the iconic singer, who was who have things like autism,” Pomerleau said, “who zone is the latest in a long list of celebrities “It is true that in the stadium there said a word while introducing his new inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of whose mobile phone voicemail messages was no public. The ceremony at the music during the event, which brought Fame in 2011. are terrifi ed that if they (say) the wrong thing to the were intercepted by News of the World wrong person or have an episode that this will happen beginning has logically started a bit out several big names including Rick “Just an amazing person. Truly, not reporters more than a decade ago. Ross, Khloe Kardashian what I was expecting,” Mayfi eld said. to them, that someone will decide they need a conser- Keating’s lawyer, Ellen Gallagher, told cold,” he said. “But as the athletes and his es- vatorship.” a High Court hearing that the singer had have entered, they have fi lled every- tranged wife Kim Kardashian West, ”’He’s a Detroit fan, which I didn’t According to the National Council on Disability, in identifi ed a number of “suspicious” articles thing with happiness and enthusiasm, who showed up in a red jumpsuit with know. But if you’re born there, you’ve 2018 an estimated 1.3 million people with disabilities published between 1996 and 2011 which he with this spirit of improvement, with their kids. got to be a Lions fan. He’s a fun guy were under guardianship. Pomerleau said activists like said contained his private information. effort.” West’s new project is a follow up to who takes his work very seriously. herself have been working to raise awareness around Keating’s suspicions about who might be Sanz has won 25 Latin Grammys his 2019 gospel-themed album “Jesus “He was practicing his lines and I these issues. leaking personal information to the newspa- and four Grammys. He is preparing is King,” which won a Grammy for thought it was cool to see someone at “Part of it is disheartening because disability rights per “generated distrust which impacted on to begin a tour of the United States in best contemporary Christian album. that level still taking it that seriously.” activists and disabled people have been trying for so his relationships and caused him consider- October that will include stops in Los Last year, West announced on Twit- Mayfi eld and Cooper quickly built long to bring attention to this,” she said. “It took a ce- able distress and upset,” Gallagher said. Angeles, Miami, New York and Hou- ter - with colorful cover art and a track a strong working rapport and enjoyed lebrity with a lot of money and a lot of fame and fans, Ben Silverstone, lawyer for News of the ston, among other cities, after so many list - that he would release his latest al- their time together on set, often burst- to fi nally get people to pay attention.” World publisher News Group Newspapers, months without live performances due bum. At the time, his tweets indicated ing into laughter after a take. said the company offered “its sincere apol- Effective ogies to the claimant for the distress caused She said the most effective way to get change to to him by the invasion of his privacy by individuals working for or on behalf of the her interview pending further develop- Beast earlier this month detailing her expe- attempt before agreeing to a $9 million set- happen in Utah is for it to happen at the federal level. News of the World.” ments. We look forward to welcoming her riences with O’Reilly. She had accused him tlement in 2004. Pomerleau said she hopes Spears’ case will establish “The defendant acknowledges that such to ‘The View’ at a later date.” of making repeated lewd telephone calls, Fox News in 2017 fi red O’Reilly, then that change. activity should never have taken place and Mackris gave an interview to the Daily while he accused Mackris of an extortion its most popular star, after it was revealed Nate Crippes, staff attorney at the Disability Law that it had no right to intrude into the private the company had paid fi ve women a total of Center in Salt Lake City, said conservatorship laws life of the claimant in this way,” he said. $13 million to keep quiet about disturbing differ from state to state. In Utah, he said these types The amount of the damages was not encounters with him. of cases allow a court appointed guardian to control disclosed. O’Reilly, in court papers fi led this week someone’s money. A guardianship, however, gives Owner Rupert Murdoch shut down the in New York state Supreme Court in Nas- much more control over someone’s life. 168-year-old News of the World in 2011 sau County, accused Mackris of violating “The reality of guardianship is you are essentially after the revelation that its employees had the confi dentiality obligations she had eavesdropped on celebrities, politicians and agreed to in her settlement. While Mackris stripping a person of all their rights,” Crippes said. apparently believes the terms don’t apply “They don’t get to make decisions anymore.” crime victims. Since then, police investigations, criminal trials and a public inquiry to her, “she has not offered to return any Under state statute, for someone to be considered of the millions of dollars she received,” for guardianship, they must be deemed incapacitated. have revealed that phone hacking was widespread at Britain’s tabloids. O’Reilly’s lawyers said. Defi ned by Utah code, one factor taken into con- Judge Randy Sue Marber, signed the sideration is when a person is unable to “provide for News Group Newspapers and rival publisher Trinity Mirror have both paid restraining order Tuesday and ordered a necessities such as food, shelter, clothing, health care millions of pounds to settle lawsuits from hearing for July 26. or safety.” hacking victims. (AP) Mackris told the Daily Beast that “I hope the days of the law allowing the silencing “That could be very broad to a person who actually ❑ ❑ ❑ just needed assistance with certain things,” he said. “Es- of women are over. I will continue to fi ght sentially a court could fi nd that (someone) needs a guard- NEW YORK: “The View” canceled a for my voice.” ianship even though there’s nothing mentally (wrong), planned appearance by a woman who In the July 13 article for the website, making it diffi cult for them to make decisions.” settled a sexual harassment lawsuit against Mackris spoke about her emotional distress He said the language to enforce guardianships is Bill O’Reilly, after the former Fox News and of being effectively blackballed in the Channel personality sought and received a news industry in the years following her concerning because there is a lot of room for legal in- case. terpretation. restraining order against her. O’Reilly accused his former producer, That article was co-authored by “con- Once a person is under one of these situations, it is tributing reporter” Diana Falzone, herself incredibly diffi cult to fi ght and there are measures in Andrea Mackris, of violating a non- disclosure agreement by talking about her a former Fox News employee. Falzone place that discourage people from doing so, Crippes experiences with him nearly two decades In this fi le photo dated Sunday, Dec 10, 2017, Kazuo Ishiguro, laureate in litera- settled a gender discrimination lawsuit said. For example, if someone chooses to challenge ago. ture delivers a speech, during the Nobel banquet in the City Hall, in Stockholm. against Fox, after she accused the network their guardianship and loses, they have to pay the oth- ABC’s daytime talk show, in a state- Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro is among 13 authors named Tuesday July 27, in of abruptly taking her off the air when she er side’s legal fees. ment, said that after being notifi ed of the the running for the prestigious Booker Prize for fi ction, with the winner scheduled wrote an article in 2017 detailing her strug- restraining order “we decided to postpone to be announced Nov. 3. (AP) — Details on Page 12 gles with endometriosis. (AP) ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2021 SPORTS 14

Ohtani goes 7, hits RBI single as Angels top Rockies Red Sox rally late to beat Blue Jays for 2nd straight game BOSTON, July 27, (AP): Alex Verdugo hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and the AL East- leading Boston in the opener of an US ‘advance’ to quarterfi nals important series for the Blue Jays. Boston star Rafael Devers added a solo homer on the four-year anniversary of his fi rst major-league shot. Bo Bichette hit a two-run homer for fourth-place Toronto, which fell after 0-0 draw with Australia to 10½ games behind in the East. Adam Ottavino (3-3) worked a scoreless inning for the win. Matt Barnes got the fi nal three outs for his 22nd save. Toronto starter Thomas Hatch made just his second big-league start after being sidelined with a shoulder Los Angeles Angels’ Shohei Ohta- ni yells after a wild pitch that al- impingement since spring training. lowed David Fletcher to advance The 26-year-old right-hander gave to second during the fi rst inning of up three runs on seven hits in 3 2/3 a baseball game against the Colo- innings. Trevor Richards (1-1) took rado Rockies, on July 26, in Ana- the loss. heim, California. (AP) Angels 6, Rockies 2 Trevor May (3-2), the fourth of In Anaheim, Calif., Shohei Ohtani six Mets pitchers Monday night, pitched seven strong innings and hit threw a perfect fi fth and earned the an early RBI single as Los Angeles win. beat Colorado. Edwin Diaz struck out the side in Ohtani (5-1) gave up one run and a perfect seventh for his 22nd save. fi ve hits with fi ve strikeouts. Royals 4, White Sox 3 In Kansas City, Jorge Soler hit two BASEBALL home runs for the second straight game and Kansas City extended its winning streak to six games with a win over Chicago. Jack Mayfi eld added a two-run Mike Minor (8-8) gave the Roy- homer for the Angels. Raisel Igle- als their fi fth quality start in the last sias worked a scoreless ninth for his six games. He allowed two runs 22nd save in 26 chances. on three hits over six innings. He Marquez (8-8) permitted four runs walked two and struck out seven. (three earned) on eight hits over 6 Scott Barlow worked the fi nal two 1/3 innings with no walks and eight innings and picked up his sixth save. strikeouts. The White Sox got a run in the Phillies 6, Nationals 5 ninth when Adam Engel singled in United States’ Carli Lloyd, (left), and Australia’s Steph Catley head for the ball during a women’s soccer match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 27, in Kashima, Japan. (AP) In Philadelphia, Andrew Mc- Yoan Moncada. Cutchen hit a three-run homer in the Twins 6, Tigers 5, 10 Innings Belgium outscore Australia bottom of the ninth inning to give In Minneapolis, Max Kepler’s Sweden win again, NZ eliminated Philadelphia a victory over sinking RBI single in the bottom of the 10th Washington. inning against All-Star closer Greg- Rhys Hoskins also had a three-run KASHIMA, Japan, July 27, ory Soto gave Minnesota a win over US women win 50th straight homer for the second-place Phil- Detroit. (AP): The United States did lies, who are 3 1/2 games behind the Soto walked the bases loaded in what was necessary to ad- New York Mets in the NL East. the ninth before striking out Wil- Olympic game, beat Nigeria Josh Bell tripled and drove in two lians Astudillo on three pitches. vance at the Tokyo Olym- runs for the Nationals, who have lost pics, it just wasn’t exactly SAITAMA, Japan, July 27, (AP): A’ja Belgium faces Puerto Rico on Soto had two outs in the 10th, but Wilson had 19 points and 13 rebounds fi ve straight and 11 of 14. walked Andrelton Simmons and the high-fl ying offensive Thursday and Australia plays China on in her Olympic debut to help the U.S. Friday in Group C games. Braves 2, Mets 0, 1st Game then gave up Kepler’s ninth career juggernaut that the Ameri- beat Nigeria 81-72 on Tuesday in the game-ending hit. opener for both teams. Japan 74, France 70 Mets 1, Braves 0, 2nd Game Eric Haase also homered for the cans are known for. The win was the Americans’ 50th Saki Hayashi scored 12 points and The U.S. women made it through In New York, Jeff McNeil laced Tigers, who have lost eight road consecutive victory in the Olympics Moeko Nagaoka added 11 to help Japan his second go-ahead hit in two games in a row. to the quarterfi nals of the women’s dating back to a loss in the semifinals of beat France 74-70 in the Olympic open- days when his RBI double in the Cubs 6, Reds 5 soccer tournament after a 0-0 draw the 1992 Barcelona Games. er for both teams. fifth inning sent New York to a with Australia on Tuesday in an Diana Taurasi, who was playing in It was a tight game throughout and victory over Atlanta and a double- In Chicago, pinch-hitter Javier stadium mainly empty save for a her first game in nearly a month after Japan led 52-49 after three quarters Báez hit a bases-loaded single in the suffering a hip injury, has competed in header split. group of Japanese schoolchildren. Sweden’s Lina Hurtig (8) and New before France quickly tied it at 55 with Kyle Muller threw fi ve sharp in- bottom of the ninth inning to give The Americans are looking to win Zealand’s Meikayla Moore (5) bat- the last 33 of those victories to set a 6:48 left. The teams then exchanged Chicago a win over Cincinnati. record for most games in the Olympics. nings to earn his second big league a fi fth Olympic gold medal in Tokyo. tle for the ball during a women’s leads over the next few minutes. Anthony Rizzo homered in his soccer match at the 2020 Summer She showed no ill-effects from the inju- Maki Takada’s three-point play with victory in the opener, a win for the ry that sidelined her for the team’s three Braves. second straight game for the Cubs. Olympics, on July 27, in Rifu, Ja- 1:15 left gave Japan a 69-68 lead. Gabby Willson Contreras also homered. SOCCER pan. (AP) exhibition games in Las Vegas two Williams missed a 3-pointer from the top The Mets have split nine of their weeks ago. While she sat out, the U.S. 11 doubleheaders this season and Joey Votto homered for the of the key for France, then Nagaoka hit a third time in three games and The United States made fi ve lineup suffered two rare losses; one to a 3 from the wing with 28.2 seconds left to swept the other two. changes from the last match against WNBA All-Star team and the other make it a four-point game. drove in three runs for Cincinnati, They are also vying to become the fi rst Australia. Taurasi finished with 10 which dropped its second straight team to win at the Olympics following New Zealand, which was not unexpected given the tight competition and lost for the seventh time in 10 a World Cup title. games. But they’ve made it hard on them- schedule. Morgan was back up front, BASKETBALL selves at the Tokyo Games. They lost in place of Carli Lloyd, while Megan Kyle Farmer added a homer as the to Sweden 3-0 in their opening match Rapinoe replaced Tobin Heath. Cap- Reds’ winning streak against Chi- - snapping a 44-game unbeaten streak tain Becky Sauerbrunn and defender points, all coming in the first half. cago ended at four. - before rebounding with a 6-1 victory Kelley O’Hara also returned to the Ezinne Kalu scored 16 to lead Mariners 11, Astros 8 over New Zealand. starting lineup. Nigeria. In Seattle, Dylan Moore hit a The draw with Australia secured the Morgan broke away early in the Belgium 85, Australia 70 grand slam in the eighth inning United States second place in Group game but her hard shot was stopped by Australia goalkeeper Teagan Micah. Emma Meesseman scored 32 points to lift Seattle to a comeback win G behind Sweden on goal difference. and Belgium won its Olympic debut, against Houston. The Americans will face the winner Morgan’s header in the 30th minute was disallowed for offside, a call that beating Australia 85-70 in the opener Houston scored six runs in the of Group F - either the Netherlands or for both teams. fi rst and led 7-0 in the fourth before Brazil, depending on late results - in was confi rmed by video review. The Belgium trailed 59-58 early in the Yokohama on Friday. United States also had four goals called Seattle started to rally. The seven- fourth quarter before going on a 12-2 run run defi cit is the most the Mariners “It was a tactical decision by (coach back for offside in the fi rst half of the sparked by Meesseman, who had eight Vlatko Andonovski) to shift defen- victory over New Zealand. have overcome this season, and the points and two assists during the game- largest cushion the AL West-leading sively, a little more conservatively, and Overall, the Americans again looked changing spurt. She scored and then stole really allow them to get impatient, play out of sorts. Australia controlled pos- the inbounds pass and converted that for Astros have lost. along and give it back to us,” U.S. for- session for much of the game. On another basket that made it 67-61 with Kendall Graveman (4-0) pitched ward Alex Morgan said. “Eventually, I Megan Rapinoe’s free kick in the 57th, 6:19 left. Australia couldn’t get closer a scoreless eighth, and Paul Sewald feel like both teams kind of sat in, and O’Hara’s pass missed and Morgan’s than eight the rest of the game. Belgium’s Antonia Delaere (6) shoots over Australia’s Cayla George, (left), earned his fourth save with a perfect it became a matter of playing a profes- shot went over the goal, but again the Ezi Magbegor scored 20 to lead during a women’s basketball preliminary round game at the 2020 Summer ninth. sional game and moving on.” Americans were offside. Australia. Olympics, on July 27, in Saitama, Japan. (AP) Ryne Stanek (1-2) took the loss. Duffy earns Bermuda’s 1st gold

Bermuda has been sending athletes to the the smallest contingent Bermuda has ever Olympics since 1936. Until Tuesday, the At- sent to the Summer Games. lantic island’s highest honor was a bronze Bermuda hadn’t medaled at the Olympics Gold medalist Flora Duffy medal won 45 years ago. since Clarence Hill’s bronze in heavyweight of Bermuda celebrates Flora Duffy changed that in just under boxing in Montreal in 1976. after winning the women’s two hours, swimming, cycling and running Duffy, 33, had never fi nished higher than individual triathlon competition at the 2020 Summer through the wind and rain around Tokyo eighth in her previous three Olympic tries. Olympics, on July 27, in Bay to win the Olympic women’s triathlon But the two-time former world triathlon se- Tokyo, Japan. (AP) for Bermuda’s fi rst gold medal. ries champion was one of the favorites for A self-governing British overseas territory gold and was among the leaders Tuesday with a population under 65,000, Bermuda for the entire race. She closed out the vic- has only two athletes competing in Tokyo: tory with a dominant fi nal leg to fi nish in 1 Duffy and men’s rower Dara Alizadeh. It is hour, 55:36 minutes. (AP)

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Olympic Medalists Argentina advance

BASEBALL/SOFTBALL Fiji & Britain GOLD: Japan (Yukiyo Mine, Saki Yamaza- ki, Yuka Ichiguchi, Yu Yamamoto, Nodoka Harada, Sayaka Mori, Hitomi Kawabata, Eri Yamada, Mana Atsumi, Minori Naito, Yamato reach semis Fujita, Yukiko Ueno, Nayu Kiyohara, Haruka Agatsuma, Miu Goto) TOKYO, July 27, (AP): The Olym- SILVER: United States (Aubree Munro, Ali pic rugby sevens podium will feature Aguilar, Ally Carda, Amanda Chidester, Kel- at least one new team in Tokyo after sey Stewart, Haylie Mc Cleney, Janie Reed, Argentina upset 2016 bronze medalist Monica Abbott, Michelle Moultrie, Valerie South Africa in the quarterfi nals Tues- Arioto, Rachel Garcia, Dejah Mulipola, Cat day immediately after silver medalist Osterman, Bubba Nickles, Delaney Spaulding) Britain rallied from a 21-point defi cit BRONZE: Canada (Kelsey Harshman, Na- to edge the United States. talie Wideman, Erika Polidori, Joey Lye, Jenn Defending champion Fiji capped Salling, Victoria Hayward, Janet Leung, Dan- Day 2 of competition with a 19-0 win ielle Lawrie, Sara Groenewegen, Emma En- over Australia to continue its unbeat- tzminger, Jen Gilbert, Larissa Franklin, Jenna en run in Olympic competition since Caira, Lauren Regula, Kaleigh Rafter) rugby sevens made its debut in Rio de CANOE SLALOM Janeiro. Women’s Kayak The Fijians will next play Argen- GOLD: Ricarda Funk, Germany tina, which rebounded to beat South SILVER: Maialen Chourraut, Spain Africa 19-14, and Britain will have to BRONZE: Jessica Fox, Australia contend with top-ranked New Zealand. DIVING “We are suffering a lot with the Women’s Synchronised 10m Platform pandemic right now and that’s what GOLD: China (Yuxi Chen, Jiaqi Zhang) matters to us,” Fiji captain Jerry Tu- SILVER: United States (Delaney Schnell, Jes- wai said. “As the world knows, rugby sica Parratto) is the national sport of Fiji. Defending BRONZE: Mexico (Alejandra Orozco Loza, Left to right: Silver medals Jessica Parratto and Delaney Schnell of the United States, golden medalists Yuxi Chen and Jiaqi Zhang of China the gold would be something else - I Gabriela Agundez Garcia) and bronze medalists Gabriela Agundez Garcia and Alejandra Orozco Loza of Mexico pose for a photo after the women’s synchronized 10m think we would forget about the pan- FENCING platform diving fi nal at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 27, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP) demic. Women’s Épée Team GOLD: Estonia (Julia Beljajeva, Katrina Russia bounce back to beat Argentina Lehis, Erika Kirpu, Irina Embrich) US earn silver RUGBY SILVER: South Korea (Injeong Choi, Hyein Lee, Young Mi Kang, Sera Song) BRONZE: Italy (Federica Isola, Rossella Fi- TOKYO, July 27, (AP): “Everyone would be shouting and amingo, Mara Navarria, Alberta Santuccio) US women hand China 2nd straight loss happy. But we have a big task ahead. China won another gold Our focus is on Argentina in the semi- ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS medal in Olympic diving. TOKYO, July 27, (AP): The expected Olympic show- damage in this tournament.” fi nal at the moment.” Women’s Team down between the top two women’s volleyball teams The biggest question for China now is the health of The All Blacks sevens team was GOLD: ROC (Liliia Akhaimova, Viktoriia Chen Yuxi and Zhang Jiaqi won the women’s 10-meter synchro- in the world turned out to be a one-sided affair. star Zhu Ting. She was subbed out twice in the open- eliminated in the quarterfi nals in Rio Listunova, Angelina Melnikova, Vladislava The U.S. women swept defending gold medalist ing match because of a right wrist injury, the only Urazova) nized platform on Tuesday, giving and is desperate to make amends in SILVER: United States (Simone Biles, Jordan China 29-27, 25-22, 25-21 on Tuesday in a pool-play time Kiraly said he could ever remember the MVP in the medal rounds on Wednesday. the diving powerhouse its second match that left the Americans at the top of Pool B and Rio being a “non-factor” in a match. The New Zealanders rebounded from Chiles, Sunisa Lee, Grace Mc Callum) gold of the Tokyo Games. BRONZE: Britain (Jennifer Gadirova, Jessica the Chinese seeking to win their fi rst set of the tourna- She played the entire match on Tuesday with tape a comeback win over Australia that Chen and Zhang totaled 363.78 ment after two straight sweeps to open the Games. on her wrist and led China with 18 points, but it wasn’t earned them fi rst place in their group Gadirova, Alice Kinsella, Amelie Morgan) points over fi ve rounds. They received JUDO “When we play them, it’s always a great competi- nearly enough to overcome an American attack led by to score the fi rst 21 points in a 21-10 two perfect 10s for execution on their win over Canada in the quarterfi nals. Men - 81 kg second dive. Jessica Parratto and Dela- tion,” U.S. captain Jordan Larson said. “But ultimate- fi rst-time Olympian Jordan Thompson. GOLD: Takanori Nagase, Japan ney Schnell of the U.S. took silver in ly, I thought we controlled what we could on our side “Today she was much more back to what you The U.S. scored the fi rst 21 points SILVER: Saeid Mollaei, Mongolia just their second competition as a pair. of the net. I think it put them in a lot of trouble. Really might expect Zhu Ting to be,” Kiraly said. “I wish her with Danny Barrett getting the open- BRONZE: Shamil Borchashvili, Austria They totaled 310.80. proud of our team for imposing ourselves on them. the best of health, but I don’t know how her health is. ing try and Perry Baker touching down BRONZE: Matthias Casse, Belgium Schnell was the bronze medalist in But we know that the history of China and how they We can’t really worry about that. We just have to set twice against Britain, and appeared Women - 63 kg individual platform at the world cham- were in Rio, you just never know what could come.” up our game plan and be ready for all the great offense ready to enter the medal round but GOLD: Clarisse Agbegnenou, France pionships in 2019. Parratto was seventh China was also swept by Turkey in the opener but that she can bring at us, along with the other phases conceded four straight tries to lose 26- SILVER: Tina Trstenjak, Slovenia in the same event fi ve years ago in Rio. showed fi ve years ago in Rio de Janeiro how little the of her game. She’s the bedrock of that team. She’s the 21. BRONZE: Maria Centracchio, Italy Gabriela Agundez Garcia and Ale- pool-play matches can mean after losing three of fi ve reason why they won fi ve years ago in Rio. Without Britain lost to Fiji earlier Tuesday to BRONZE: Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard, jandra Orozco Loza of Mexico earned of them before rallying to win gold. her, I don’t see how they win a gold medal. But with fi nish second in Pool B and, for at least Canada bronze at 299.70. That’s similar to what happened in London in 2012 her, they are always capable of winning.” half of the quarterfi nal match, was on CYCLING MOUNTAIN BIKE the verge of another defeat. Women’s Cross-country when Brazil fi nished fourth in its pool before winning The Americans are seeking their fi rst gold medal in gold, as U.S. coach Karch Kiraly was quick to point the sport after winning bronze in 2016 and silver in “Pretty unreal when you’re down GOLD: Jolanda Neff, Switzerland DIVING like that,” British player Robbie Fer- SILVER: Sina Frei, Switzerland out. the two previous Games. “It’s not unusual for a team to struggle in prelimi- gusson said. “We could have been BRONZE: Linda Indergand, Switzerland down and out at halftime, but the score China was comfortably in fi rst place nary and then catch fi re with a key win in the quar- SHOOTING going into the fi nal round. VOLLEYBALL before halftime and resilience in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team The second-place Americans led Ja- terfi nals,” he said. “I wouldn’t count China out at second half is what we’re all about. GOLD: China (Ranxin Jiang, Wei Pang) all right now. They don’t want to be down 2-0, but pan by a scant 2.1 points, with Mexico They are off to a fast start in Tokyo thanks in large “When our backs are against the SILVER: ROC (Vitalina Batsarashkina, Artem another 1.32 points behind in fourth. that doesn’t mean they’re not capable of doing major part to the play of the 24-year-old Thompson. She had wall, we seem to be at our best.” Chernousov) China, the U.S., Mexico and Japan The best the United States can fi nish BRONZE: Ukraine (Olena Kostevych, Oleh all did the same dive in the last round, a a game-high 20 points against France in the opener now is fi fth. Omelchuk) back 2 1/2 somersaults 1 1/2 twists pike and was even better against China, especially at the 10m Air Rifl e Mixed Team “That’s a heartbreak, especially to carrying a 3.2 degree of diffi culty. Only end of a momentum-changing tight fi rst set. lose a lead like that,” American player GOLD: China (Qian Yang, Haoran Yang) Canada performed a more diffi cult dive Thompson’s block gave the U.S. two set points SILVER: United States (Mary Carolynn Tuck- Joe Schroeder said. “That hurts.” during the competition. that the Chinese erased. Thompson then saved two That’s how South Africa captain er, Lucas Kozeniesky) set points with attacks at the net. Then after Larson’s BRONZE: ROC (Yulia Karimova, Sergey Ka- The Chinese earned 84.48 points, Siviwe Soyizwapi described his team’s menskiy) barely creating splashes as they knifed well-placed shot gave the U.S. a 28-27 lead, Thomp- loss to Argentina, too. SURFING into the water. The Americans scored son put it away with a spike that China couldn’t get It was yet another setback for a Men 78.72, earning marks from 8.0 to 8.5 for back. squad that had to play the Olympic GOLD: Italo Ferreira, Brazil synchronization. The Mexicans scored Thompson had 12 points in the set and American tournament without head coach Neil SILVER: Kanoa Igarashi, Japan 71.04, while Japan fell out of medal women’s Olympic record 34 in the match as China Powell, who was in quarantine out- BRONZE: Owen Wright, Australia contention by scoring 61.44. had no answer for her play at the net. Thompson’s 34 side Tokyo because of a pre-tourna- Women Chen and Zhang were making their points are tied for the third most ever by a woman at ment positive test for COVID-19. The GOLD: Carissa Moore, United States Olympic debuts, but already have a the Olympics. players, who were held at a quaran- SILVER: Bianca Buitendag, South Africa winning history. Chen, who is 15, won “She’s a baller,” Larson said. “She’s been caged tine facility after arriving in Japan BRONZE: Amuro Tsuzuki, Japan the individual 10-meter platform title at a little bit. She’s ready to come out and show what’s the world championships in 2019, when because of a positive coronavirus test SWIMMING up. I’m just really proud of her. But she consistently involving their fl ight, were divided Men’s 100m Backstroke she was 13. Zhang, who is 17, won the platform synchro title at the world meet China’s Yan Ni, (left), and China’s Gong Xiangyu, shows up in practice, and that’s what you’re seeing into two smaller groups before relo- GOLD: Evgeny Rylov, ROC (right), try to block United States’ Michelle Bar- today. ... I think what sets true champions apart is cating to Tokyo. SILVER: Kliment Kolesnikov, ROC two years ago. China won its fi rst gold in Tokyo in tsch-Hackley during the women’s volleyball pre- people that can show up when the lights are on.” “It really hurt. It was a massive blow BRONZE: Ryan Murphy, United States liminary round pool B match between China and In other matches Tuesday, the Russians bounced to lose the coach - he’s the leader of Men’s 200m Freestyle women’s 3-meter synchro springboard and earned silver in men’s 10-meter United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on back from a loss in the opener to beat Argentina 3-0, the team,” Soyizwapi said. “We tried GOLD: Tom Dean, Britain to make it work without him, but un- SILVER: Duncan Scott, Britain platform synchro. July 27, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP) Serbia swept Japan 3-0 and Italy beat Turkey 3-1. BRONZE: Fernando Scheffer, Brazil fortunately we couldn’t go all the Women’s 100m Backstroke way.” GOLD: Kaylee McKeown, Australia Nishikori, Tsitsipas cruise into last 16 United States coach Mike Friday SILVER: Kylie Masse, Canada said his players were “gutted” at the BRONZE: Regan Smith, United States loss but were on the right path after Women’s 100m Breaststroke placing ninth in Rio. GOLD: Lydia Jacoby, United States Osaka eliminated from Olympics tournament “Sevens is brutal ... little moments, SILVER: Tatjana Schoenmaker, South Africa little referee calls either go your way BRONZE: Lilly King, United States TOKYO, July 27, (AP): It wasn’t the ending that doubts for her. or don’t go your way and that’s the TAEKWONDO Naomi Osaka - nor her multitudes of fans across Then, after her fi rst-round victory in Paris, she difference between being in the medal Men +80kg Japan and worldwide - had expected. skipped the mandatory news conference. rounds tomorrow,” he said. “Unfortu- GOLD: Vladislav Larin, ROC The start of the Tokyo Olympics, however, will Osaka was fi ned $15,000 and - surprisingly - nately we’ve just fallen on the wrong SILVER: Dejan Georgievski, Macedonia forever be a bright memory for the tennis super- publicly reprimanded by those in charge of Grand side.” BRONZE: Rafael Yunier Alba Castillo, Cuba star. Slam tournaments, who said she could be sus- BRONZE: Kyo Don In, South Korea Osaka herself said after lighting the Olympic pended if she kept avoiding the media. Women - 67kg cauldron during last week’s opening ceremony The next day, Osaka withdrew from Roland GOLD: Matea Jelic, Croatia that it was “undoubtedly the greatest athletic Garros entirely to take a mental health break, re- SILVER: Lauren Williams, Britain achievement and honor I will ever have in my vealing she has dealt with depression and anxiety. BRONZE: Ruth Gbagbi, Ivory Coast life.” She sat out Wimbledon, too. So the Tokyo BRONZE: Hedaya Malak, Egypt Games marked her return to competition. Women +67kg So maybe - just maybe - that will allow Osaka GOLD: Milica Mandic, Serbia to cope with her unexpected 6-1, 6-4 loss to for- The day wasn’t a complete loss for Japan since SILVER: Dabin Lee, South Korea mer French Open fi nalist Marketa Vondrousova Kei Nishikori, a bronze medalist in 2016, beat BRONZE: Althea Laurin, France Marcos Giron of the United States 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-1 to reach the last 16. BRONZE: Bianca Walkden, Britain Stefanos Tsitsipas, of Greece, plays Frances TRIATHLON TENNIS Third-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece also Tiafoe, of the United States, during the second defeated an American, Frances Tiafoe, 6-3, 6-4. Women’s Individual round of the tennis competition at the 2020 GOLD: Flora Duffy, Bermuda of the Czech Republic in the third round of the And Novak Djokovic added another medal Olympic tennis tournament on Tuesday. Summer Olympics, on July 27, in Tokyo, Ja- event to his program by entering the mixed dou- SILVER: Georgia Taylor-Brown, Britain pan. (AP) BRONZE: Katie Zaferes, United States Not immediately, though. bles draw with Serbian partner Nina Stojanovic. As a four-time Grand Slam champion, the WEIGHTLIFTING Osaka won her opening two matches in straight Tsitsipas is also entered in mixed with Maria Women’s 59kg highest-paid female athlete in the world and the sets following a two-month mental health break. Sakkari, who lost to fourth-seeded Elina Svitolina GOLD: Hsing-Chun Kuo, Taiwan host country’s poster girl for the Games, the huge But conditions were different Tuesday with the of Ukraine in singles in three sets. SILVER: Polina Guryeva, Turkmenistan expectations were hard to handle. Svitolina’s quarterfi nal opponent will be Cami- The second-ranked Osaka, who was born in Ja- roof closed because it was raining outside. la Giorgi of Italy, who defeated Wimbledon fi nal- BRONZE: Mikiko Andoh, Japan Osaka had talked earlier this week about how Women’s 64kg pan and grew up in the United States, struggled ist Karolina Plisova. Fiji’s Aminiasi Tuimaba, center, tries GOLD: Maude G Charron, Canada with her usually reliable groundstrokes while the “happy” she was to be playing again. That came Also reaching the last eight were seventh-seed- to evade Australia’s Joe Pincus in SILVER: Giorgia Bordignon, Italy left-handed Vondrousova produced a series of after she announced in May going into the French ed Garbiñe Muguruza of Spain, No. 9 Belinda their men’s rugby sevens quarterfinal BRONZE: Wen-Huei Chen, Taiwan (AP) drop-shot winners and other crafty shots that drew Open that she wouldn’t speak to reporters at Bencic of Switzerland and No. 13 Anastasia Ser- match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, her opponent out of her comfort zone. that tournament, saying those interactions create geyevna Pavlyuchenkova of ROC. on July 27, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP) ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2021 16

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TOKYO, July 27, (AP): Angelina Melnikova, a celebrated gymnast from Rus- sia, was gliding around the parallel bars when breaking news started rocket- ing around the world: her competitor, American su- perstar Simone Biles, was scratched from the competition. Melnikova stuck the landing. She clenched her ﬁ sts near her heart. They weren’t yet halfway through one of the most anticipated events of the Olympic Games, and the result had become a near certainty: the team from

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Russia would soon dethrone the Amer- icans, who just days before seemed unbeatable. In the end, they beat the Americans by 3.5 points, a signifi cant margin in the sport. They were inspired by the Russian Chad le Clos of South Africa swims in a men’s 200-meter butterfl y semifi nal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. (AP) men, who just a day earlier claimed the same victory in the team fi nals. ver in 52.00. The defending Olympic Italy beat China 23-21 to win the The country - barred at the Olympics champion, American Ryan Murphy, bronze. from using its name, fl ag or anthem settled for the bronze in 52.19. Germany’s Ricarda Funk won a sur- Medals Table over a systemic doping scandal - swept It was the fi rst backstroke defeat for prise gold medal in women’s kayak the gymnastics team gold medals, the U.S. men at the Olympics since the slalom. Heavy favorite Jessica Fox of among the most coveted at the Sum- 1992 Barcelona Games. They won 12 Australia slipped to third when she mer Games. straight golds at the last six Olympics, touched two gates on the fi nal run. TOKYO, July 27, (AP): Olympic It was the fi rst time either Russian Games medals table on Tuesday. including Murphy’s sweep of the 100- Funk took the lead from Spain’s de- G S B T team won gold at the Olympics since and 200-meter backstroke at the 2016 fending gold medalist Maialen Chour- shortly after the fall of the Soviet Un- United States 9 7 8 24 Rio Olympics. But the streak fi nally raut of Spain with a time of 105.50 sec- ion. China 9 5 7 21 Their performance Tuesday wasn’t ended at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. onds on a clean run. Then she had to Japan 10 3 5 18 Seventeen-year-old U.S. high wait for Fox, who came to the Olym- ROC 7 7 4 18 perfect: two of them, back to back, Britain 4 5 3 12 fell off the balance beam. But they re- schooler Lydia Jacoby won gold in pics as the favorite to win gold in both Italy 1 5 6 12 covered and became the fi rst team in the women’s 100-meter breaststroke, the kayak and canoe slalom events. South Korea 3 2 5 10 knocking off teammate and defending Fox, the top-ranked paddler in the Australia 3 1 5 9 11 years to beat the Americans in any Canada 2 3 3 8 event. Olympic champion Lilly King. world, struggled from the start when France 2 2 3 7 They became the fi rst team in 11 Jacoby was the fi rst swimmer from she touched the fourth gate of 25 for Taiwan 1 2 3 6 years to beat the Americans in any the state ever to make the U.S. Olym- an immediate 2-second penalty. She Brazil 1 2 2 5 pic swimming team. was still ripping through the course Switzerland 1 2 2 5 event Japan won their second straight Pakistan’s Mahoor Shahzad plays Germany 1 0 3 4 Olympic softball gold medal, beating Britain’s Bianca Walkden, (right), Now, she’s heading back to Anchor- against Britain’s Kristy Gilmour dur- and her splits were ahead of Funk until Serbia 1 1 1 3 the United States 2-0 in an emotional attacks during Poland’s Aleksandra age with a gold medal, rallying to win ing their women’s singles group she again touched gate No. 24 to earn Slovenia 1 1 1 3 in 1 minute, 4.95 seconds. play stage badminton match at the another penalty. Netherlands 0 3 0 3 repeat of their 2008 victory in Beijing Kowalczuk the taekwondo women’s Spain 0 2 1 3 that again left the Americans in tears. 67kg match at the 2020 Summer South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmak- 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Pang Wei and Jiang Ranxin defeat- Mongolia 0 1 2 3 Yukiko Ueno took a one-hitter into Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. (AP) er claimed the silver in 1:05.22, while Japan. (AP) ed Russians Artem Chernousov and Kazakhstan 0 0 3 3 the sixth inning fi ve days after her 39th King gave the Americans another Vitalina Batsarashkina to earn gold in Ukraine 0 0 3 3 Fox fi nished 1.23 seconds off the medal by taking the bronze in 1:05.54. claimed bronze. 10-meter air pistol mixed team. Kosovo 2 0 0 2 birthday. Japan snuffed out an Ameri- Takanori Nagase won Japan’s fi fth Hungary 1 1 0 2 can rally attempt with an acrobatic lead and held her face in her hands at Chen Yuxi and Zhang Jiaqi won the Pang and Jiang won the gold medal Tunisia 1 1 0 2 the fi nish line, knowing she had lost women’s 10-meter synchronized plat- gold medal in judo at the Tokyo Olym- match 16 rounds to 14, each earning Austria 1 0 1 2 double play in the sixth inning that will pics, beating Mongolia’s Saeid Mol- Croatia 1 0 1 2 long be replayed. the gold medal. Chourraut took silver. form, giving the diving powerhouse its their second medal of the Tokyo Olym- laei in the fi nal of the men’s 81-kilo- Estonia 1 0 1 2 Before 34,046 mostly empty seats Tom Dean captured the gold in 1 second gold of the Tokyo Games. pics. Pang and Jiang each took bronze in Georgia 0 2 0 2 minute, 44.22 seconds, while team- Chen and Zhang totaled 363.78 gram division. Nagase improved on his the individual 10-meter air pistol. China South Africa 0 2 0 2 Yokohama Stadium, second-ranked Belgium 0 1 1 2 Japan pushed across the fi rst earned mate Duncan Scott picked up the silver points over fi ve rounds on Tuesday. bronze medal in Rio de Janeiro with a has won seven medals in eight shooting strong performance all day at the Bu- Czech Republic 0 1 1 2 runs off the top-ranked Americans in in 1:44.26. The bronze went to Brazil’s They received two perfect 10s for ex- events, including two golds. Indonesia 0 1 1 2 the six-game tournament. The U.S. of- Fernando Scheffer at 1:44.66. ecution on their second dive. dokan. The 2015 world champion had Ukrainians Oleh Omelchuk and Egypt 0 0 2 2 fense sputtered as it did throughout the American Kieran Smith settled for a Jessica Parratto and Delaney Sch- a history of falling short on judo’s big- Olena Kostevych beat Serbia’s Zora- Mexico 0 0 2 2 gest stages, but he completed a waza Turkey 0 0 2 2 Olympics, totaling just nine runs. sixth-place showing after capturing a nell of the U.S. took silver in just their na Arunovic and Damir Mikec in the Bermuda 1 0 0 1 Earlier in the day, Canada beat Mex- bronze in the 400 free. second competition as a pair. They to- ari 1:43 into golden score to claim the bronze medal match. Ecuador 1 0 0 1 ico 3-2 for softball bronze. Kaylee McKeown gave the Austral- taled 310.80. Olympic title. Yang Haoran and Yang Qian beat Hong Kong 1 0 0 1 Belgium’s Matthias Casse and Iran 1 0 0 1 Jolanda Neff won the women’s ian women another swimming gold Gabriela Agundez Garcia and Ale- Americans Lucas Kozeniesky and Norway 1 0 0 1 mountain bike race, leading a Swiss medal. jandra Orozco Loza of Mexico earned Austria’s Shamil Borchasvili claimed Mary Tucker in 10-meter air rifl e. Philippines 1 0 0 1 sweep of the medal stand while cap- McKeown backed up her status as bronze at 299.70. bronze medals. Austria hadn’t won a Yang and Yang won the gold medal Thailand 1 0 0 1 judo medal since 2008. Uzbekistan 1 0 0 1 ping a long comeback from a career- the world record-holder in the wom- France’s Clarisse Agbegnenou won match 17-13, giving China its eighth Bulgaria 0 1 0 1 threatening crash in the North Carolina en’s 100-meter backstroke with a win- her fi rst Olympic gold medal in judo, Estonia have their fi rst Olympic medal in nine shooting events at the Colombia 0 1 0 1 mountains. ning time of 57.47 seconds. That’s just beating Slovenia’s Tina Trstenjak in gold medal in 13 years after Katrina Tokyo Olympics. Denmark 0 1 0 1 off the mark she set this year of 57.45. the 63-kilogram fi nal at the Budokan. Lehis sealed a tense 36-32 victory over Russians Sergey Kamenskiy and India 0 1 0 1 Sina Frei and Linda Indergand tried Jordan 0 1 0 1 to chase down their countrywoman but The silver went to Canada’s Kylie Agbegnenou won silver in Rio South Korea in the fi nal of women’s Yulia Karimova won the bronze medal Macedonia 0 1 0 1 never had a chance. They were left bat- Masse in 57.72, while former world re- de Janeiro, but the fi ve-time world team épée fencing. match 17-9 over South Korea’s Kwon Romania 0 1 0 1 tling among themselves, at one point cord-holder Regan Smith of the United champion cemented her dominance Individual bronze medalist Lehis Eunji Nam Taeyun. Turkmenistan 0 1 0 1 Cuba 0 0 1 1 riding side-by-side, before Frei pulled States settled for the bronze at 58.05. atop the sport with a waza ari to fi nish was up against No. 2-ranked Choi In- Brazilian surfer Italo Ferreira won Ivory Coast 0 0 1 1 ahead to take silver and left Indergand Russian athletes swept the top two Trstenjak. Agbegnenou, a dual citizen jeong in the last bout with scores tied gold against Kanoa Igarashi of Japan, Israel 0 0 1 1 with bronze. spots in the 100-meter backstroke, of Togo, also has won four European and won 10-6 to take the gold. despite crashing off an air to land on a Kuwait 0 0 1 1 The previous time Estonia won an New Zealand 0 0 1 1 Neff took the lead when world with Evgeny Rylov claiming the gold championships. broken board. Note: Table reads as gold, silver, champion Pauline Ferrand-Prevot medal in 51.98 seconds and teammate Italy’s Maria Centracchio and Can- Olympic event was in 2008 when Gerd Igarashi, the hometown hero who bronze and total crashed on a slippery section of rocks Kliment Kolesnikov taking the sil- ada’s Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard Kanter took the men’s discus throw. surfed a career best earlier in the day, on the fi rst loop in the mountains southwest of Tokyo. won silver. The German dressage team won Australian Owen Wright took home their ninth gold medal in the past 10 bronze after a close match against top- Olympics by beating the United States rated Gabriel Medina. and Britain for the second straight American Carissa Moore won gold time. in women’s surfi ng. Isabell Werth earned her seventh She beat Bianca Buitendag of South gold and equestrian-record 11th medal Africa, who won silver. The 17th- overall. She had the second-best indi- ranked Buitendag pulled off upset after vidual score in the competition. She upset to deliver some of the contest’s trailed only teammate Jessica von biggest moments in her path to the Bredow-Werndl. Olympic podium. Dorothee Schneider of Germany Japan’s Amuro Tsuzuki took home also rode well three months after a bronze after handily winning her heat horse she was riding collapsed and against American Caroline Marks. died. That left her with a broken col- Milica Mandić of Serbia won her larbone. second gold medal in women’s 67-kil- The Germans have 13 Olympic ti- ogram heavyweight taekwondo, beat- tles in team dressage since the event ing Lee Dabin of South Korea 10-7 was introduced at the 1928 Amsterdam with a last-minute rally. Games. They have won medals in 16 Mandić also won Olympic gold straight Olympic team competitions. Gold medalist team Japan celebrate on the podium during the medal cere- Russian Olympic Committee’s artistic gymnastics women’s team, from mony for softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Yokohama, Japan. (AP) right, Liliia Akhaimova, Viktoriia Listunova, Angelina Melnikova and Vladis- in London but was eliminated in the The United States edged Britain for quarterfi nals in Rio de Janeiro. silver fi ve years after fi nishing third lava Urazova celebrate after winning the gold medal at the 2020 Summer behind the Brits. Olympics in Tokyo. (AP) Medalists — See Page 15

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