FREE Established 1961 Friday ISSUE NO: 17973 RABIA ALAWWAL 4, 1441 AH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019 Customs to destroy 6,500 kg Central Bank cuts discount Nationals rally to beat Astros 9 fake goods shipment 37 rate from 3% to 2.75% 47 and capture World Series At least 74 killed in Pakistan train fire Page 10 2 Friday Local Friday, November 1, 2019 PHOTO OF THE DAY Year of disputes Local Spotlight By Muna Al-Fuzai
[email protected] nfortunately, the daily news has become violent and disturbing. There is either an internal crisis Uin a regime or public crisis and chaos. It is indeed a year of dispute and conflict, and it seems to me that no one is safe. When a neighbor’s house burns down, the house next door will be affected by smoke. I believe that all people want to live in peace and prosperity, but when this hope is not being realized, and especially when the poor get poorer and corruption is widespread, an explosion occurs. It is a natural end for desperate people. When a public movement turns into a news report on television channels, then the situation becomes an embarrassment for the political authority. No leadership wants to show the world its failure or inability to run its state. Tightening sanctions and distorting the objectives of the protest are the most likely scenarios to show the KUWAIT: Vehicles drive on a main highway in Kuwait during sunset. — Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh No leadership wants to show the world its failure or Realizing grief inability to run its state IN MY VIEW By Noha Al-Awadi world media that it is an external conspiracy and sabo- tage against the state.