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Kuwait '20 GDP Shrinks 8.9 Percent baseball Page 15 THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT markets Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com Page 9 TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2021 / SHAWWAL 27, 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17708 16 PAGES 150 FILS Kuwait ’20 GDP shrinks 8.9 percent Non-oil cut 2.5% Opinion KUWAIT CITY, June 7, (KUNA) : The Central Sta- tistical Bureau in a report When ‘Sheikh Zenki’ becomes a righteous ruler, donkeys released on Monday declared that Kuwait’s gross domes- tic product declined by 8.9 bray: ‘O nation whose ignorance other nations laugh at !’ percent in 2020 in contrast to 2019, where the estimated value with constant prices By Ahmed Al-Jarallah Sunday new at 1,297 amounted to KD 36 billion Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times (USD 118.8 billion). BECAUSE an Arab does not admit to a mistake, is By comparison, the value in 2019 arrogant, and refuses to take responsibility, he tosses was estimated at KD 39.5 billion everything at others or at fate, and may fabricate sto- (USD 130 billion). ries to support his imagination. Kuwait signs for Moderna, J&J The Kuwaiti economy shrank by 11.2 In politics, we have known many such models in percent in Q4 2020 against Q3 with con- the past decades. They fantasize about their position, stant rates, while decline in current prices irrespective of whether they are a group, an orga- KUWAIT CITY, June 7, (KUNA): Kuwait has contracted amounted to 20.2 percent in Q4 2020 nization or a sect. They fight for them to the extent compared to the same quarter of the pre- of eliminating other compatriots who belong to the with US pharmaceutical com- panies Moderna and Johnson & vious year. same land and have the right to exist. Contribution of the oil sector in the The best proof of this is the story narrated by a Johnson to supply it with their coronavirus vaccines, Minister GDP with current prices in Q4 amounted cleric in his Friday Prayer sermon. to KD 2.8 billion (USD 15 billion), 33.4 The cleric said, “Three thieves burgled a palace, of Health Dr Sheikh Bassel Al- Sabah said on Sunday. percent, while this value increased to KD loaded everything they had seized on the back of a 4.6 billion (USD 15 billion), with a con- donkey, and fled. On their way, two of them agreed In an interview with the Ku- wait TV, Dr Bassel expected the tribution proportion amounting to 51.1 to kill the third so they could take over more shares of percent with fixed prices. their loot. Their plot succeeded... but not long after, delivery of Moderna and Johnson and Johnson vaccines in the last Value of the oil sector in Q4 2020 with one of them thought it would be better to get rid of current prices rose by 3.4 percent in con- the other so that he could keep the entire treasure. At quarter of this year. Commenting on the delay in trast to Q3 while the contribution value night, he killed his partner. reached 2.1 percent with constant prices In the morning the last man standing was on his the delivery of vaccine doses from certain producers, the min- -- vis a vis the Q3. way to his destination and was going down a slope GDP of the non-oil sector with current when his foot slipped, his neck broke and he died. ister argued that about 75 percent of produced vaccines are given prices in the last quarter of 2020 showed The donkey returned to the palace with the stolen decline by 2.5 percent compared to the treasure.” to 10 countries, while the residue goes to other world countries, he same quarter of the previous year and One of the worshipers then asked loudly, “If the growth by 13.2 percent for Q3 2020. three thieves died, who told this story, O Sheikh? added. Was it the donkey?” He went on to say that the de- The cleric left the pulpit and the mosque, and then lay in receiving vaccines is not the city. a problem facing Kuwait only This story reminds me of the things some clerics but also all Gulf and many other COVID ‘claims’ say in mosques or churches in an attempt to convince countries. people of their point of view, and brainwash them He assured those waiting for with such poor narratives. The same applies to all the second jab of the AstraZene- Hezbollah brain ca vaccine that the vaccine doses Arab politicians except for a blessed few. Riot police stand guard during a demonstration against the political leadership the protesters blame This is what the Muslim Brotherhood Group did arrived and stored in the country. DUBAI, June 7, (AP): Ali Akbar for the economic and financial crisis, in front of the Ministry of Economy, in downtown Beirut, Leba- The producer, however, rec- in Egypt when they wanted to market Muhammad non, June 6. (AP) Mohtashamipour, a Shiite cleric who as Morsi as the president. One of them gave a sermon ommended pre-usage tests, he Iran’s ambassador to Syria helped found in Rabaa al-Adawiya Square, claiming that Prophet said, noting the AstraZeneca is the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah Muhammad (PBUH) visited him in a dream, and said expected to deliver test results on and lost his right hand to a book bomb- to him, “May the blessed Morsi lead you in prayer”. June 8. ing reportedly carried out by Israel, died Another said, “The Messenger (PBUH) was present If the results came positive, Monday of the coronavirus. He was 74. at one of the congregational prayers, and he asked Nod to direct UK flights vaccination will start directly, A close ally of Iran’s late Supreme Morsi to lead the worshipers.” he stressed, pointing out that the Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, These individuals are no better than other politi- ministry has a plan to vaccinate Mohtashamipour in the 1970s formed cal orators who try to support their idea with heresies KUWAIT CITY, June 7, the 200,000 people who are wait- alliances with Muslim militant groups of their own, which are many, including the issue of (KUNA): The Cabinet decided ing for the second doze in 10 across the Mideast. After the Islamic “divine victories” that Iran’s agents in the region talk Moody’s rates on Monday to stage direct air days. Revolution, he helped found the para- a lot about after every battle. flight to the United Kingdom Newswatch Demanded military Revolutionary Guard in Iran and However, if one of them is put on the spot, he as of Sunday (June 13) with ad- as ambassador to flees to silence. One among such people is Yousef Aramco sukuk herence to health precautions But if AstraZeneca demanded Syria brought the Al-Qaradawi, who was the theorist of the so-called against the novel coronavirus more time to send the results, force into the re- KUWAIT CITY: His Highness beneficiaries will have the choice “Arab Spring”. He made Hamad bin Jassem a savior LONDON, June 7: Moody’s In- (COVID-19). the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al- gion to help form who deserved all support, obliterating the reality of vestors Service (“Moody’s”) has The Cabinet tasked the Direc- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has of getting a second doze from Hezbollah. the scheme that was intended to arbitrate the Mus- assigned a (P)A1 rating to Saudi torate General of Civil Aviation addressed a cable to Pakistani Pfizer vaccine, he said. In his later lim Brotherhood Group in the Arab countries with Arabian Oil Company’s (“Saudi to organize the direct flights to President Arif Alvi expressing “We are approaching the herd years, he slowly national instruments and salvation. The issue of the Aramco”) new trust certificate the UK (Kuwait-London-Ku- deep condolences on victims of immunity, but there are chal- joined the cause of “savior” was just “business”, which increased his issuance programme. This sukuk wait) at a rate of one per week the two trains’ accident in Sindh lenges, including the lack of vac- reformists in Iran, wealth by capitalizing in it, as he generously spent programme is established under for each airways company, ac- southern Pakistan. cines,” he made clear. hoping to change about $137 billion on this destructive scheme and got SA Global Sukuk Limited, a spe- cording to a statement posted by His Highness the Amir prayed Controlling this pandemic the Islamic Re- about $30 billion. cial purpose company incorpo- the Government Communication for His Almighty’s mercy for the needs a fair distribution of vac- public’s theocracy cines to all countries to stop the When the uprising of the Egyptian people against rated in the Cayman Islands. SA Center on Twitter. victims, wished their next of kin Mohtashamipour from the inside. He the rule of the Brotherhood overthrew this scheme Global Sukuk Limited has been patience and the injured speedy mutation of the virus, he ex- backed the opposi- on June 30, 2013, Hamad bin Jassim said his famous assigned a negative outlook in recovery. plained. tion leaders Mir Hossein Mousavi and line with the negative outlook His Highness the Crown Prince The minister affirmed that the phrase,“Lost prey”, which is what the Brotherhood Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al- Mahdi Karroubi in Iran’s Green Move- considered as the sacred project of the Islamic state. on existing ratings of Saudi Ar- country’s pandemic situation is ment protests that followed the disputed amco. Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable of stable, despite registering new After this major transformation, the scandals of identical content to the Pakistani 2009 re-election of then-President Mah- the planners and implementers began to unfold.
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