SUBSCRIPTION WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2017 SHABAN 28, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Marzouq: More AI wins as James Bond Curry, Durant output cuts may Google beats star Roger shine as be discussed at No. 1 Go Moore dies Warriors sweep OPEC meeting5 player27 aged37 89 into20 NBA finals Police name suspect after 22 Min 28º killed in Manchester attack Max 42º High Tide 10:16 & 23:23 Low Tide Kuwait condemns bombing, Amir sends condolences 04:20 & 17:08 40 PAGES NO: 17237 150 FILS MANCHESTER: Police yesterday named a young its social media channels: “One of the caliphate’s Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah man - reportedly British-born of Libyan descent - soldiers placed bombs among the crowds.” and HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al- as the suspect behind a suicide bombing that HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. ripped into young fans at a concert in Al-Sabah yesterday sent two cables of condo- Kuwait is vehemently opposed to all forms of Manchester, killing 22 including an eight-year- lences to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and May on violence and supports all measures Britain takes old girl. Manchester police identified the suspect the victims of the Manchester explosion. In the to uphold its security and stability, an official as 22-year-old Salman Abedi, but declined to cables, the Amir reiterated Kuwait’s position source at Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry noted. The give any further details. British media said he was source also extended deepest condolences born in the northwestern English city and that over the loss of life, wishing a speedy recovery his Libyan parents had fled the regime of dicta- SEE PAGES 7, 10, 14 & 39 for the wounded. tor Muammar Gaddafi. Manchester police chief constable Ian Prime Minister Theresa May vowed “terrorists based on rejecting such terrorist acts that target Hopkins told reporters: “The priority remains to will not prevail”, after the Islamic State group innocents, while voicing support to all measures establish whether he was acting alone or as part claimed responsibility for the attack at the con- the UK is taking to uphold its security and stabili- of a network.” Witnesses described the horror clusion of US pop star Ariana Grande’s concert ty. The Amir also offered sincere condolences to when the suicide bomber blew himself up and late Monday at the Manchester Arena, one of the families of the victims and wished swift anguished parents appealed for information on Europe’s largest indoor venues. Threatening recovery for the wounded. their loved ones, as Mancunians opened their KUWAIT: Zain Group’s Vice Chairman and CEO Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi receives more attacks, IS said in a statement published on Similar cables were sent by HH the Crown Continued on Page 13 a memento from Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah during a ceremony organized by Forbes Middle East on Monday night. Forbes: Zain among top influential firms Bader Al-Kharafi featured personality KUWAIT: Forbes Middle East, a leading recognition of Zain Group as one of the regional business magazine, has select- top influencing companies listed in the ed Zain Group’s Vice Chairman and Kuwait Stock Exchange. Chief Executive Officer Bader Nasser Al- Bader Al-Kharafi is one of the most Kharafi as the featured personality on active business leaders in the Middle the cover of its special issue to cele- East and North Africa region, having an brate Kuwait’s Success 2017 entitled “A exceptional record in leading business New Vision”. The new issue features development and advisory roles within and celebrates Kharafi - the scion of top companies as well as global institu- one of Kuwait’s powerful families - for tions. Forbes describes Kharafi as one playing a key role in the charge in fur- of the main supporters of youth and ther expanding the country’s influence aspiring entrepreneurs, as well as a across the globe. strong supporter and advocate of Forbes’ celebration of Kuwait’s suc- investing in education and the devel- cesses came for the second consecu- opment of curricula. Speaking about tive year, in a gala ceremony held in the first and most important teacher in Kuwait on Monday night under the his life, Bader Al-Kharafi said during his patronage and presence of Sheikh Forbes ME interview: “I had the best Mohammed Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al- teacher, my late father, peace be upon Sabah, Minister of State for Cabinet his soul. If I could reach only 10 percent Affairs and Deputy Minister of of the successes he reached, I would be Crowds gather for a vigil in Albert Square in Manchester yesterday, a day after a suicide attack at a concert that left 22 people dead. (Inset) Information. The event also saw the very glad”. (Full report on Page 21) British Prime Minister Theresa May addresses the media outside 10 Downing Street in London yesterday. — AP photos Trump pushes for Mideast peace JERUSALEM: US President Donald Trump the focus of international efforts and US called on Israelis and Palestinians to Middle East diplomacy. make compromises for peace yesterday The parts of the speech offering a News as he wrapped up a closely watched visit, robust defense of Israel drew loud in brief but offered no specifics on how to applause, which seemed to energize resolve the conflict. In a speech before Trump on the second leg of his first for- he flew to Rome for a high-profile meet- eign trip since taking office. After men- RAK officials sentenced ing with Pope Francis, Trump offered a tioning threats to Israel from Hezbollah, over embezzlement case forceful defense of the Jewish state and Hamas and Iran, he said, “not with DUBAI: Two former senior officials of the Ras Al-Khaimah pledged to protect the country from Iran. Donald J Trump,” drawing enthusiastic Investment Authority (RAKIA) in the United Arab But he also vowed he was “personally applause. “I like you too,” Trump said Emirates (UAE) have been sentenced in absentia to 15 committed” to helping Israel reach a deal when the audience quietened. years in prison for embezzlement, according to court with the Palestinians, while backtracking Trump’s speech, welcomed by Israeli documents released yesterday. Khater Massaad and Gela from previous claims that could be easier right-wingers, came after he met Mikadze were sentenced on April 26 by a court in Ras Al- GENEVA: Outgoing Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), than thought to achieve. Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas Khaimah (RAK) for defrauding RAKIA of $17.2 million in China’s Margaret Chan, leads the new WHO Director General, Ethiopia’s “Making peace however will not be in Bethlehem in the occupied West 2011. A third man, George Janashia, was also sentenced Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, to the podium after his election during the easy,” Trump told an audience at the Israel Bank earlier in the day. On Monday, he to 15 years in prison in absentia. Mikadze and Janashia World Health Assembly (WHA) yesterday. — AFP Museum. “Both sides will face tough deci- met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin were ordered to repay $12.8 million and $4.4 million sions. But with determination, compro- Netanyahu in Jerusalem. Trump also respectively. The three defendants were also fined $17.2 Ethiopia’s Tedros elected mise and the belief that peace is possible, laid a wreath and spoke at a ceremony million, according to the documents which were Israelis and Palestinians can make a deal.” at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial released by the RAK government. A spokesman for Massaad’s legal team said Massaad strongly denied the He offered no detail and did not specifi- in Jerusalem yesterday. first African WHO chief “trumped up charges”, which relate to the 2011 sale of cally mention the two-state solution, long Continued on Page 13 Georgia’s Poti Sea Port and are part of a wider corruption GENEVA: Ethiopia’s Tedros Adhanom healthcare, especially to the world’s most case against Massaad, a former chief executive of RAKIA. was elected as the new head of the pow- impoverished, as his top priority. Tedros erful World Health Organization yester- said he refused “to accept that people day, vowing to shake up an agency seen should die because they are poor”. Egyptian first amputee to as needing major reform. The former The WHO is perhaps the most influen- swim across Red Sea Gulf Ethiopian health minister beat out tial United Nations agency, charged with CAIRO: An Egyptian adventurer has become the Britain’s David Nabarro and Sania Nishtar emergency response and shaping base- first amputee to swim from Egypt to Jordan, cross- of Pakistan in the race to lead the UN’s line policies for treatment of major ing a 20-km stretch of the Red Sea’s Gulf of Aqaba public health body. The result was con- health challenges. The agency was last month in under nine hours. Omar Hegazy, a firmed in a statement by the WHO after broadly accused of failing the major test 26-year-old banker, lost his left leg two years ago three rounds of voting yesterday. that followed the Dec 2013 Ebola out- in a motorcycle accident he said left him with an Tedros, a 52-year-old malaria special- break, missing key warnings about the identity crisis. But Hegazy regained his strength ist, will take over on July 1, succeeding severity of an epidemic that ultimately through training and was able to take up sports he Margaret Chan, a Hong Kong native killed more than 11,000 people. had enjoyed before his accident, including rock- whose decade-long tenure was marred Health officials, including from climbing and snorkelling.