Amir Renames Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled to Form New Govt Opposition Mps Reject Granting Premier Immunity Against Grilling
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JAMADA ALTHANI 12, 1442 AH MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2021 16 Pages Max 19º Min 04º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18343 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net US ambassador tours Tears, fears as India’s huge Timeless art mechanics McGregor knocked out by 3 Qurain Martyrs Museum 7 virus vaccine push falters 13 embraces 3D future 15 Poirier in stunning upset Amir renames Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled to form new govt Opposition MPs reject granting premier immunity against grilling By B Izzak Anas Al-Saleh and foreign minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah. 35 passengers KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf MP Yousef Al-Ghareeb called on Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yester- Sheikh Sabah to adopt qualifications only on each day named outgoing Prime Minister and competence as the main parame- HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- ter for selecting the 15-member Hamad Al-Sabah to form the next Cabinet. Seven leading opposition arriving flight Cabinet, weeks after its resignation. lawmakers issued a brief statement Sheikh Sabah tendered his Cabinet’s immediately after Sheikh Sabah was KUWAIT: A decision to limit the capacity of resignation last month, less than a reappointed as premier, insisting that incoming flights to a maximum of 35 passengers month of its formation, after three they totally reject any agreement to on each flight went into effect yesterday, accord- opposition MPs filed to grill him over provide the premier with any immuni- ing to a report in Al-Qabas Arabic daily. This allegations of violating the constitu- ty against political questioning and caused prices to skyrocket to KD 1,000 per ticket tion and backing the election of popular supervision. for nearby destinations, in addition to some airlines Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem. The statement, signed by MPs canceling scheduled flights for financial reasons, leading to the cancellation of around 60,000 Under the Kuwaiti constitution, Mohammad Al-Mutair, Khaled Al- reservations. there is no time limit for the premier Otaibi, Shuaib Al-Muwaizri, A circulation sent to airlines operating at to submit his candidates for the new Abdulkarim Al-Kandari, Bader Al- Kuwait airport said the operating capacity for Cabinet. A number of opposition MPs Dahoum, Thamer Al-Suwait and have called on the premier not to Mubarak Al-Hajraf, stressed that the arriving flights will be amended from Jan 24 until KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets HH the Prime retain a number of ministers, especial- issues raised by the grilling filed Feb 6, excluding domestic helpers and transit pas- Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah at Seif Palace yesterday. — AFP sengers. There are no changes to passenger ly Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Continued on Page 2 capacity for departing flights. An official source said the spread of a coron- avirus variant and the discovery of two cases in “extremely weak physical condition” the country in passengers arriving from Britain Rescuers save and rushed to hospital, CCTV said. made health authorities increase supervision on all The 11 miners were rescued after arrivals by testing them at the airport before they the air ventilator shaft was cleared, enter the country. He said incoming flights could 11 trapped the official state news agency Xinhua be reduced to only 15 daily after some airlines reported, citing the operation’s com- cancelled their flights to Kuwait. Chinese miners mand center. A further 10 remain The source said the decision may be reviewed unaccounted for. Specialist teams after private labs become available at the airport, BEIJING: Rescuers in east China have been battling difficult conditions for which preparations are ongoing. He said com- yesterday pulled 11 miners from hun- since an explosion at the Hushan mine mercial operations in the first stage of a return to dreds of meters underground where in Shandong province trapped the normality allowed for around 5,000 daily arriving they had been trapped for two weeks, miners underground amid rising passengers, but with this decision the number will state media reported, as the race to waters on Jan 10. drop to no more than 1,000. locate the remaining 10 intensified. The explosion occurred in a venti- The miners were brought to the sur- lator shaft, causing a blockage that News in brief face starting from around 11 am yes- damaged the cable car. Yesterday terday, state broadcaster CCTV morning the huge obstacles suddenly reported - a major breakthrough for a fell to the bottom of the shaft, allow- Oman bars expats from some jobs rescue operation that has captivated ing the operation to take a big step QIXIA, China: One (blue helmet) of 22 Chinese miners is rescued yesterday from hundreds of the nation. One miner was in Continued on Page 2 meters underground after being trapped for two weeks after a goldmine explosion. — AFP MUSCAT: Oman announced yesterday it will bar expatriates from certain private sector jobs in an effort to create more employment oppor- kingpin Tse Chi Lop, 57, for years until his arrest by Sam Gor is believed to launder its billions in drug tunities for its citizens amid an economic down- Asia drug lord Dutch police on Friday acting on a request from money through businesses springing up in turn. The Omani labor ministry announced work Australia’s federal police. Southeast Asia’s Mekong region - including casinos, permits of foreigners in those professions will In a statement yesterday, Australian authorities hotels and real estate. Australia’s federal police said not be renewed after their expiry date. Various arrested after said a man “of significant interest” to law enforcement Friday’s arrest followed an operation that in 2012- jobs in insurance companies, shops and car agencies had been detained. A police spokeswoman 2013 nabbed 27 people linked to a crime syndicate dealerships, including finance, commercial and Australia probe confirmed his name as Tse Chi Lop. The Chinese-born spanning five countries. The group were accused of administrative positions, will be “limited to Canadian citizen has been compared to Mexican drug importing “substantial quantities of heroin and Omanis only”, the ministry said. – AFP SYDNEY: The alleged ringleader of Asia’s biggest lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. He has been named methamphetamine” into Australia, long a lucrative crime syndicate and one of the world’s most wanted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime market for drug traffickers. “The syndicate targeted men has been arrested in the Netherlands, with (UNODC) as the suspected leader of the Asian mega- Australia over a number of years, importing and dis- Egypt begins vaccination drive Australian authorities pushing for his extradition to cartel known as “Sam Gor”, a major producer and tributing large amounts face trial. Police had been chasing alleged drug supplier of methamphetamines globally. Continued on Page 2 ISMAILIA, Egypt: Egypt began its COVID-19 immunization program yesterday, becoming one of the first countries in Africa to vaccinate its citizens, with a doctor and a nurse receiving the percent success rate in COVID-19 Chinese-made Sinopharm jab. The inoculation Czech trainers detection in samples of human scent. will be available to all health workers for free, “The study is designed to verify dogs’ Health Minister Hala Zayed said yesterday. She teach dogs to ability to detect COVID-19 and gen- also paid tribute to over 330 doctors in Egypt erate a method enabling the use of who have died from the virus. — AFP trained dogs in combatting the pan- sniff out virus demic,” project head Gustav Hotovy told AFP. “The method should also KLINY, Czech Republic: In a dog work with other diseases, even more Polisario rebels launch attack training center built inside a shipping lethal than COVID-19,” Hotovy said. container located in a Czech mountain “In the end, we should be able to ALGIERS: Pro-independence rebels fighting village, Renda, Cap and Laky are detect a huge number of people in a Morocco over the disputed territory of Western being put to the test. They sniff at six very short time with a trained dog,” Sahara yesterday vowed a military escalation, vessels, each containing a piece of he said, speaking in the snowy village hours after launching an overnight attack. The cloth with scent from patients with Polisario Front said they had bombarded the of Kliny near the German border. COVID-19, negative donors, or fake Morocco-controlled area of Guerguerat, a Vlachova told AFP the first study con- samples. “Good boy!” exclaims Lenka crossing point between Western Sahara and firming dogs are able to detect tissue Mauritania in a UN-patrolled buffer zone. A Vlachova, a trainer working at attacked by a virus was conducted in Moroccan official however told AFP there had Prague’s fire brigade, as jagdterrier the United States about a decade ago. only been “harassing fire”, labeled the attack Renda sits down by one sample, wag- “The virus changes the human tissue, claim part of a “propaganda war” and insisted ging his tail. affecting the scent signature of the KLINY, Czech Republic: Head of the project Gustav Hotovy stands behind his big “the situation is normal”. — AFP (See Page 5) The team of dog trainers are work- person,” she said. Schnauzer dog inside the training center for COVID-19 sniffing dogs located inside a ing in their own time and report a 95- Continued on Page 2 ship container on Jan 22, 2021. — AFP 2 Established 1961 Monday, January 25, 2021 Local Prime Minister expresses gratitude for Amir’s trust ‘Commitment to constructive cooperation to achieve reform’ KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets National Assembly Speaker Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.