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KUWAIT CITY: The Philippine Embassy in Kuwait said it has been agreed between the embassy and the concerned authorities in Kuwait that Filipino domestic workers can use their cell phones outside working hours, reports Al-Qabas daily. Al-Qabas daily had reported last month what the Filipino side had discussed with the Domestic Work- ers Federation about the terms and conditions in the contract, including a term in the contract which stipu- lates that a domestic worker should be given a phone and the worker can use the phone outside working hours and nothing should be deducted from the wages of the employee. ❑ ❑ ❑ In this image made from April 17, 2021 video released by the Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), state-run TV, various centrifuge machines line the hall damaged on April 11, 2021, at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, some 200 miles (322 km) south of the capital Tehran. Iran named a suspect Saturday in the attack on its Natanz nuclear facility that damaged WASHINGTON: Facing swift blow- centrifuges there, as Reza Karimi and said he had fled the country ‘hours before’ the sabotage happened. (AP) back from allies and aid groups, the White House said President Joe Biden plans to lift his predecessor’s historically low cap on refugees by Uranium enriched to 60% next month, after initially moving only to expand the eligibility criteria for resettlements. TEHRAN, April 17, (AP): Israel’s foreign minister has said that his Askenazi met with the foreign ministers of Cyprus and Greece, Nikos Christodoulides and Nikos In an emergency determination Dendias, as well as Anwar Gargash, a top presidential aide in the United Arab Emirates. signed by Biden earlier Friday, he country was determined to stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon, Israel and the UAE normalized relations in a landmark deal last year, and the four countries rep- stated the admission of up to 15,000 after Tehran promised to step up its uranium enrichment process. resented at the meeting Friday promised to boost cooperation in defense, energy, tourism, and other refugees set by former President “We will do whatever it takes to prevent the extremists (in Iran) from succeeding, and Donald Trump this year “remains sectors. justifi ed by humanitarian concerns defi nitely will prevent this regime from having a nuclear weapon,” Israeli Foreign Minister Meanwhile, Iran named a suspect Saturday in the attack on its Natanz nuclear facility that damaged and is otherwise in the national inter- Gabi Ashkenazi told reporters on a visit to Cyprus. centrifuges there, saying he had fled the country “hours before” the sabotage happened. est.” But if the cap is reached before Iranian officials say the country will begin enriching uranium up to 60% purity following an attack While the extent of the damage from the April 11 sabotage remains unclear, it comes as Iran tries the end of the current budget year on its nuclear facility at Natanz, in central Iran, on Sunday, that it blamed on Israel. to negotiate with world powers over allowing the U.S. to re-enter its tattered nuclear deal with world and the emergency refugee situation powers and lift the economic sanctions it faces. persists, then a presidential deter- Already, Iran has begun enriching uranium up mination may be issued to raise the to 60% purity in response - three times higher ceiling. Microsoft hit than ever before, though in small quantities. The That set off a deluge of criticism sabotage and Iran’s response to it also have fur- from top allies on Capitol Hill such Assembly back-and-forth as the second-ranking Senate Demo- in Solar hack ther inflamed tensions across the Mideast, where a crat, Dick Durbin of Illinois, who shadow war between Tehran and Israel, the prime called that initial limit “unaccepta- BOSTON, April 17, (AP): The suspect in the sabotage, still rages. ble.” (AP) sprawling, monthslong hacking State television named the suspect as 43-year- ❑ ❑ ❑ campaign deemed a grave threat over alleged mommy jibe old Reza Karimi. It showed a passport-style pho- to U.S. national security came to tograph of a man it identified as Karimi, saying he MANILA: Philippine troops killed be known as SolarWinds for the was born in the nearby city of Kashan, Iran. a suspected Egyptian would-be company whose software up- By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh The report also aired what appeared to be an suicide bomber and two local Abu Interpol “red notice” seeking his arrest. The ar- Sayyaf militants in what military date Russian intelligence agents Arab Times Staff stealthily seeded with malware to rest notice was not immediately accessible on offi cials said Saturday was a set- KUWAIT CITY, April 17: The Interpol’s public-facing back that would make it harder for penetrate sensitive government Doubt aired on Danes; and private networks. dispute between National As- database. Interpol, based gunmen linked to the Islamic State sembly Speaker Marzouq Al- group to stage suicide attacks. Yet it was Microsoft whose in Lyon, France, did not Army troops gunned down the code the cyber spies persistently Ghanim and the opposition MPs immediately respond to a three militants in a 10-minute fi re- abused in the campaign’s second new cases here 1,406 continues with MP Muhammad request for comment. fi ght Friday night near a hinterland stage, rifling through emails and Al-Mutair accusing Al-Ghanim The TV report said “nec- village off the mountainous Patikul other files of such high-value By Marwa Al-Bahrawi ommendations. of insulting his mother during essary actions” are under- the supplementary session on way to bring Karimi back town in southern Sulu province. targets as then-acting Homeland Al-Seyassah Staff and He said the Kuwaiti Ministry of They also recovered three assault Security chief Chad Wolf - and Wednesday. to Iran through legal chan- Agencies Health is closely following up inter- rifl es and bandoliers of ammunition, hopping undetected among vic- national recommendations and that it In a press statement, Al-Ghanim nels, without elaborating. army brigade commander Col. Ben- tim networks. KUWAIT CITY, April 17, (Agen- has not and will not hesitate to protect vehemently denied the allegation The supposed Interpol “red jamin Batara Jr. said. This has put the world’s third- the health of citizens and residents. urging Al-Mutair to prove his notice” listed his foreign Military offi cials did not indicate cies): Kuwait’s Ministry of Health most valuable company in the on Friday registered eight new CO- Dr Al-Saeed commenting on the de- claim through the testimony of Karimi travel history as including how the three were tracked down hot seat. Because its products are witnesses. He said Al-Mutair al- Ethiopia, Kenya, the Neth- but military chief Gen. Cirilito So- VID-19 fatalities and 1,406 new in- cision of the Danish Ministry of Health a de facto monoculture in gov- said Kuwait’s Ministry of Health is ways keeps a recording device in erlands, Qatar, Romania, Turkey, Uganda and the bejana suggested that troops were fections in the past 24 hours. his pocket to record every word ut- ernment and industry - with more following up on the developments re- United Arab Emirates. helped by intelligence provided by The Ministry’s spokesman Dr. tered in the legislative sessions. He than 85% market share - federal Abdullah Al-Sanad told KUNA that garding all vaccines and international The report did not elaborate how Karimi would villagers. “The support of the public urged Al-Mutair to present proof have gotten access to one of the most secure fa- in our peace and security operations lawmakers are insisting that Mi- the death toll increased to 1,436 total recommendations and will not hesitate crosoft swiftly upgrade security of the allegation that he insulted cilities in the Islamic Republic. However, it did is much, much needed,” Sobejana fatalities, and the infections caseload to stop any vaccine or medicine if it the latter’s mother, wondering if told The Associated Press. to what they say it should have proves harmful and so also all accred- for the first time offer authorities acknowledging to 254,472 since the beginning of the the device recorded everything ex- an explosion struck the Natanz facility. The Egyptian, who was identi- provided in the first place, and ited international institutions will stop pandemic. cept the alleged insult. There was a “limited explosion of a small part fi ed by the military only as Yusop, without fleecing taxpayers. He added that 1,283 patients have the vaccine or the medicines. was the son of an Egyptian militant Seeking to assuage concerns, Meanwhile, an employee at of the electricity-feeding path to the centrifuges’ recovered from the virus in the past He affirmed that no thrombosis has the Assembly -- Khalid Bu Sleeb hall,” the TV report said. “The explosion hap- Reda Mohammad Mahmud who Microsoft this past week offered 24 hours to reach 237,667 recover- been recorded for those who took the used the nom de guerre Siti Aisyah all federal agencies a year of “ad- (brother of MP Soud Bu Sleeb) pened because of the function of explosive mate- ies, which make the ratio of recoveries second dose of the Oxford vaccine. -- affirmed he did not hear Al- rials and there was no cyberattack.” and was killed when she detonated vanced” security features at no Al-Saeed stressed on the need a bomb and was shot by troops two 93.40 percent from total conducted tests. Ghanim and Secretary General Initial reports in Israeli media, which maintain extra charge. But it also seeks to The spokesman pointed out that to do diagnostic swabs for the ‘Co- years ago at the gate of an army de- deflect blame, saying it is cus- of the Assembly Adel Allughani close relations to its military and intelligence ser- tachment in Sulu’s Indanan town. 247 new patients were sent to the vid-19’ virus to prove and confirm utter any insulting word. vices, blamed a cyberattack for the damage. tomers who do not always make the infection in order to organize the His Egyptian stepfather was killed in security a priority. intensive care units, to increase the On the contrary, MP Kha- The Iranian state TV report also said there were a gunbattle with troops at a military Risks in Microsoft’s foreign number of patients who are receiving vaccination mechanism and take the lid Al-Otaibi said he heard the images that corroborated the account of an explo- checkpoint in Indanan, also in 2019, dealings also came into relief health care to 15,369 patients. prescribed doses. He explained the speaker insulting Al-Mutair’s sion rather than cyberattack offered by security the military said. when the Biden administration Moreover, in the past 24 hours infection gives immunity to the virus mother during Wednesday’s ses- services, but it did not broadcast those pictures. “This is one less suicide bomber,” imposed sanctions Thursday on a 9,260 tests were conducted to make for a period of 90 days, so it is neces- sion. He added that he thought The report also showed centrifuges in a hall, as army Maj Gen William Gonzales the total conducted tests reach sary to prove the infection so that the Al-Ghanim uttered such words in well as what appeared to be caution tape up at the said. “Without them, the possibility half-dozen Russian IT companies it said support Kremlin hacking. 2,205,047 tests, which make the ra- patient can benefit from the two doses a burst of anger and expected him Natanz facility. In one shot, a TV reporter inter- of another attack is slimmer.” (AP) tio of infections 15.18 percent, he of vaccination after the expiration of to apologize to Al-Mutair; but in- ❑ ❑ ❑ Most prominent was Positive viewed an unnamed technician, who was shown Technologies, which was among added. the time frame. stead of saying sorry, Al-Ghanim from behind - likely a safety measure as Iranian KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s Foreign more than 80 companies that Mi- Al-Sanad called on the public to The consultant of Internal Diseases denied what he said. nuclear scientists have been assassinated in sus- Ministry on Thursday condemned crosoft has supplied with early maintain social distancing, and to abide and Diseases of the Digestive System MP Marzouq Al-Khalifa ap- pected Israeli-orchestrated attacks in the past. and denounced, in the strongest access to data on vulnerabilities with all health regulations that would and Hepatology at the Ministry of pealed to His Highness the Amir “The sound that you are hearing is the sound of op- terms, Houthi militias’ continued as- detected in its products. Follow- help in stopping the virus spread. Health, Dr. Fahad Al-Najjar said the Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- erating machines that are fortunately undamaged,” he saults on Saudi Arabia’s civilians ing the sanctions announcement, A member of the Vaccina- rate of serious injury and death due Jaber Al-Sabah to interfere in said, the high-pitched whine of the centrifuges heard and civil areas. Microsoft said Positive Tech was tion Committee of the Ministry of to the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine ending the current political crisis. in the background. “Many of the centrifuge chains In a press statement, the Ministry no longer in the program and Health, Professor of Pediatrics, In- is very small, and if it is compared He pointed out this necessitates that faced defects are now under control. Part of the said that the continuation and in- removed its name from a list of fectious Diseases and Rheumatol- with the death rates from Corona or the dismissal of Al-Ghanim and work that had been disrupted will be back on track creasing of these attacks stresses the participants on its website. ogy, Dr. Khaled Al-Saeed, called road accidents and death as a result of HH the Prime Minister Sheikh with the round-the-clock efforts of my colleagues.” importance for international com- The SolarWinds hackers took the decision by the Danish Ministry other accidents, “we will find that it is Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah. Iran began enriching uranium Friday to its high- munity to move to put a decisive and of Health to stop using the ‘Oxford much lower, and despite that we have He said HH the Prime Minister deterrent end to these attacks. full advantage of what George est-ever purity, edging close to weapons-grade lev- Kurtz, CEO of top cybersecu- AstraZeneca’ vaccine ‘strange’ and not and will not stop driving cars, for and the speaker violated the Con- els, as it attempts to pressure negotiators in Vienna Such attacks violate international does not depend on European rec- example.” humanitarian law, and pose threats rity firm CrowdStrike, called stitution when they deprived the during talks on restoring its nuclear deal with world to the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi “systematic weaknesses” in key MPs of the right to grill the premier powers after an attack on its main enrichment site. Arabia and the region’s stability, elements of Microsoft code to or any minister in accordance with A top official said only a few grams an hour of the statement noted. In addition, they mine at least nine U.S. govern- Article 100 of the Constitution, uranium gas would be enriched up to 60% purity - undermine international efforts aim- ment agencies - the departments which states: “Every member of triple its previous level but at a quantity far lower ing to put an end to the ongoing con- of Justice and Treasury, among the National Assembly is empow- than what the Islamic Republic had been able to fl ict in Yemen, it pointed out. them - and more than 100 pri- ered to interrogate the Prime Min- produce. Iran also is enriching at an above-ground The statement reaffi rmed that Ku- vate companies and think tanks, ister and the Ministers on matters facility at its Natanz nuclear site already visited wait fully stands with, and supports, including software and telecom- within their jurisdiction. If the is- by international inspectors, not deep within un- the sisterly Kingdom of Saudi Ara- munications providers. sues are not pressing and with the derground halls hardened to withstand airstrikes. bia in all measures it takes to main- The SolarWinds hackers’ concerned Minister’s consent, de- The narrow scope of the new enrichment provides tain its security, stability and sover- abuse of Microsoft’s identity and bate on an interrogation shall take Iran with a way to quickly de-escalate if it chooses, eignty. (KUNA) access architecture - which vali- place after at least eight days from experts say, but time is narrowing. An Iranian presi- ❑ ❑ ❑ dates users’ identities and grants the day of its presentation.” dential election looms on the horizon as Tehran al- KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait on Friday them access to email, documents He asserted the most impor- ready threatens to limit international inspections. strongly condemned the terrorist at- and other data - did the most dra- tant monitoring tool of the MPs Israel, suspected of carrying out Sunday’s sabotage tack on Irbil International Airport matic harm, the nonpartisan At- -- grilling -- was stolen when de- at Natanz, also could act again amid a long-running and the terrorist attack on a market in lantic Council think tank said in liberations on the grilling motions shadow war between the two Middle East rivals. east Baghdad that killed and injured a report. That set the hack apart against HH the Prime Minister Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Iran’s parliament a number of people. as “a widespread intelligence were postponed for one and a half speaker, announced the higher enrichment on Twitter. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs coup.” In nearly every case of year. He claimed the results of “The young and God-believing Iranian scien- in a statement affi rmed Kuwait’s full post-intrusion mischief, the in- voting on the request to postpone tists managed to achieve a 60% enriched uranium support to any measures taken by truders “silently moved through such grilling motions were rigged product,” Qalibaf said. “I congratulate the brave Iraq to protect its security and sta- Microsoft products “vacuuming Palestinian worshipers pray during the first Friday of the holy month of as Al-Ghanim announced that 33 nation of Islamic Iran on this success. The Iranian bility. (KUNA) up emails and files from dozens Ramadan at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s old city, April out 60 who were present at the ses- nation’s willpower is miraculous and can defuse of organizations.” 16. (AP) sion voted in favor of the request. any conspiracy.” ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2021 2

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Fishermen’s union hails MoH efforts COVID-19 repercussions ignite prices of agricultural plots KUWAIT CITY, April 17: It seems that the many Kuwaitis to spend their time with their specifying a period of time, as the farmer is He affi rmed everyone is fully aware of the Al-Hajraf. repercussions of the COVID-19 crisis, in ad- families in their farms instead of their homes free to enter or leave the agricultural area. excellent initiatives of the Health Ministry Regarding the existence of a plan or study dition to other factors, have ignited the prices in the cities. Meanwhile, chairman of the Kuwaiti Fish- since the beginning of the corona pandemic. to develop this road, Al-Faris stated that of agricultural plots, as the local demand for He said, “Some people are building houses ermen Federation Zahir Al-Soyyan praised He called for resumption of fi sh market auc- the Public Authority for Roads and Land the purchase of farms in both Abdali and in the middle of their farms instead of in the the efforts of the Ministry of Health (MoH) tion, pointing out that all other auctions of Transport (PART) is currently working on Wafra areas has increased in the recent pe- city, creating wonderful gardens and culti- in protecting public health, particularly the the Ministry of Commerce are continuing. the development of the road referred to in – riod, reports Al-Rai daily. vating delicious fruits. This is because the decision of Health Minister Sheikh Dr Ba- Minister of Public Works and Minister of construction, completion and maintenance of The demand has signifi cantly overtaken rich is not the one with a lot of money in the sel Al-Sabah to vaccinate workers who have State for Communications and Information roads and other services for a dual road sepa- the supply of agricultural plots, especially banks, but the one who spends and enjoys direct contact with the public; such as those Technology, Dr. Rana Al-Faris, confi rmed rating Saad Al-Abdullah and the Amghara the small land plots required by many who what he owns”. employed in cooperative societies, central there is delay in developing the Sheikh Industrial Area. like planting and greenery. The price of one Al-Mutairi asked, “Why do they allow the markets, malls, restaurants and others, re- Abdullah Sabah Al-Nasser Road, which is It connects the Jahra Highway with the square meter has risen to about KD 5 and to fi rst owner to give up the plot that he obtained ports Al-Rai daily. located between Amghara Industrial Area Sixth Ring Road, noting that it is currently KD 7 per meter depending on the site. from the state after two years, while the citi- Al-Soyan urged the ministry to vaccinate and Saad Al-Abdullah city, saying is due to in the stage of getting the approvals of the According to a statement issued by farmer zens who bought it are not allowed to sell it workers in Sharq and Fahaheel markets, stall the long time it takes for service ministries services ministries and preparing the docu- Muhammad Al-Mutairi, the law allows those or formally assign it to the Public Authority owners, employees of signage offi ces and the to prepare their responses and provide the ments. who obtained a land plot from the state to for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources, vendors so they are ready to serve the public ministry with their existing and proposed In response to a question whether the Minis- surrender it to others after two years of its and the Administration of State Properties once the ban is lifted. services to approve the design plans, says try faces obstacles from the Ministry of Interior allocation. This stimulated the agricultural until after fi ve years have passed? This is not He hopes the ministry will understand the Al-Seyassah. or Kuwait Municipality during the development plots market in Kuwait, in addition to other fair, as I see, people must be treated equally.” request of the union, and that it will initiate This came in written reply, a copy of of this road, Al-Faris stated there are no obsta- known factors about the repercussions of the He called for the need to allow people to the vaccination of workers in Sharq and Fa- which has been obtained by the Al-Seyassah cles with the Ministry of Interior since the min- COVID-19 pandemic, and the preference of buy farms like any other property, without haheel markets. daily, to a query submitted by MP Mubarak istry’s responses are always quick.

Other Voices A statesman passes away By Youssef Mubarak Al-Mubaraki wich. After the coronation of the King s soon as Prince Philip, Duke of George’s daughter as Queen Eliza- AEdinburgh, husband of Britain’s beth II in 1952, Prince Philip left the Queen Elizabeth II, passed away, military service, then, in 1957 he had the light had been shed upon him. It been given the title of British Prince. was the first time that the light was It was as though he settled at last, shed upon any after riding the waves and fl ips, in one of this royal the shade, away from the storms of noble family, and wars,of human beings, and of covet- it happened as ousness of the giant companies. though he came Thus the fates enabled this prince, out of a shadow who grew up far away from his home- that he chose land, and then served in the British to live in, after Army, received British citizenship, years of preoc- and became a husband of queen of cupation with the empire that sun did not start to be participating in absent from the spears of her soldiers the work of many Al-Mubaraki only by the beginning of the second organizations of half of the twentieth century, to avoid a humanitarian character, especially the adventures of British armies in bodies which concerned about envi- the jungles of Africa, the labyrinth of ronmental, athletic, and educational the forests of Myanmar, and the pur- affairs, in addition to his stalwart sup- suit of the poor Indian weavers, thus port of his wife, Queen Elizabeth, for acquiring the features of a quiet man over seven decades, and his tours in of great stature, having time to chair, almost all parts of the world. sponsor, and obtain membership in The biography of the life of this more than 780 multi-interest civil or- prince who was born in Greece, his fi rst ganizations operating in various parts home, for two royal families, Greek and of the world. Accordingly, it is not Danish, begins by a rarely known mira- unusual for him to deserve commen- cle way. Had he not passed away at the dation by all the British Parties. age of 99, and his death echoed in more The Archbishop of Canterbury said Photo by Bassam Abu Shanab than one continent, we would not know “he was taking care of interests of A Kuwaiti youth performing stunts with his jet ski in the sea opposite a residential area near Kuwait City. that he exiled from Greece as an infant, others always, more than his own in- and resorted to relatives in France, Ger- terests, and thus gave an example of a many and England, where he studied prominent Christian values.” and the and struggled hard to achieve his own leader of the Labor Party looks at him unique status. as “an exceptional statesman.” It is true that he almost grew up in Civic activists believe that with his ‘Law can revoke nationality’ exile with a golden spoon in his mouth, work and his life, he “inspired count- thanks to the royal families to which he less young men” and guided them to the belongs, but his life career began when generous ways, the ways of goodness, Not sovereign matter: judge he joined the British Navy in 1939 at and caring for the values that glorify the the age of eighteen. With this weapon, human being and exalt his status. he continued going on his path, work- On top of all this, came the obitu- KUWAIT CITY, April 17: The Court of ing in two fl eets during World War II: ary issued by Buckingham Palace in 23,000 meals for needy Cassation has established a new principle the Mediterranean Fleet, and the Pacifi c the name of the British royal family Fleet. When the war ended, the Brit- last Friday, in which the Queen an- through its ruling over the appeal filed by a ish King George VI agreed to give his Kuwaiti citizen against the decision to with- nounced the death of her beloved hus- Kuwait continues humanitarian daughter, Elizabeth, in marriage to him, band with great sorrow, and indicated draw his citizenship when the government’s whom he knew since 1934 when she the special place that this Greek/Dan- decisions on the revocation of his nationality was thirteen years old. ish/British child occupied in the hearts assistance during holy Ramadan by birth was subjected to judicial oversight. So, before the engagement in 1947, of all the people who knew him. he gave up his Greek, and Danish ti- We can’t help but share, Her Maj- KUWAIT CITY, April 17, (KUNA): The The court declared that it is an administra- tles and became a British citizen, that esty Queen Elizabeth II her sorrow for fi rst week of Ramadan witnessed intense ‘Health rules’ tive act and does not fall within the scope of is he is considered a naturalized citi- the loss of a life companion, who was Kuwaiti activity in providing aid to the acts of sovereignty, reports Al-Rai daily. zen. As a substitute for him, perhaps, over six decades, an umbrella for her needy, as part of the continuous efforts of the British king granted him the title The withdrawal of the plaintiff’s citizenship is and her era, which most people did Kuwait on the humanitarian level. of His Royal Highness, in addition to not know. The Kuwait Food Bank launched a char- Checkpoints visited against article No. 27 of the Constitution which states a number of titles, the most famous ity campaign, which aims to distribute about ❑ ❑ ❑ KUWAIT CITY, April 17, (KUNA): Ku- that, “Kuwaiti nationality is defi ned by the law, and of which are the Duke of Edinburgh, 23,000 meals to the needy in Ramadan, in waiti Interior Minister Sheikh Thamer it is not permissible to revoke or withdraw it except Earl of Marionette and Baron Green- [email protected] cooperation with the General Secretariat of Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah made a within the limits of the law”. Awqaf. tour late Friday to check several security The court overturned the verdict of the Court of First In a statement, the Food Bank Vice- checkpoints around the country. Instance in support of the appeal, and ruled the judge’s Jahra co-ops, shops inspected Chairman Mishal Al-Ansari said that this The tour aimed to inspect the applica- lack of jurisdiction to consider the case for revoking citi- campaign comes within a group of chari- tion of the required precautionary and zenship. table initiatives that will be launched in health measures. It affi rmed that the judgment is right, the decision to revoke Nod to barcode shopping in markets the holy month, adding that the campaign In a statement, the General Depart- the nationality is not a sovereign matter, and it is within the ju- comes under the framework of the bank’s ment of Public Relations and Media said risdiction of the courts, thus rendering the appellant’s lawsuit to By Abdel Nasser Al-Aslami nicipality. strategy for social responsibility to secure on Saturday that the tour comes within be referred back to the Court of First Instance for adjudication. Al-Seyassah Staff If case of dispute over non-compli- the requirements of needy families in the the Ministry’s strategy to connect with In its ruling, the court explained that the appealed ruling ance the committee will make use of country. the security forces at all locations. did not differentiate between the two types of decisions – KUWAIT CITY, April 17: The head the CCTV footage installed at the cen- On the other hand, Kuwait Red Cres- The Minister stressed the important “grant and withdrawal” – related to nationality issues. It role played by the security system to of the Obstacles Removing De- tral markets and other places to prove or cent Society (KRCS) announced that it will ruled that the state has no jurisdiction to hear the case, and it partment in the Jahra Municipality distribute daily iftar meals to about 2,000 maintain law and order in the country deny the incident. and assures that no default will be al- is a fl awed judgment that should be distinguished, especially branch, Sulaiman Al-Ghais, said next workers and security guards. since the appellant’s lawsuit does not relate to the decision Regarding the clearing campaign in In a statement to KUNA, KRCS Deputy lowed in keeping security and safety June is the deadline for the handover the South Saad Al-Abdullah city proj- across the country. to grant or not to grant him citizenship. Chairman Anwar Al-Hasawi affi rmed that The appellant’s dispute falls out of the scope of the acts of of a project site in the south of Saad ect, Al-Ghais said, “We have started in this campaign is part of a group of activities During the tour, the Interior Minister Abdullah City to the Public Authority praised the citizens’ cooperation with sovereignty. It is related to an act of administration that is con- the farms and camps and have issued that refl ect the social responsibility of the security members after listening to their cerned with the administrative department of the highest court. for Housing Welfare (PAHW) after warnings after making announcements association in the holy month of Ramadan. notes. Representing the appellant was the former MP Lawyer removing all forms of obstacles that in October and November 2020 and we He also stressed the association’s keenness He stressed the ministry’s efforts to Abdullah Al-Kandari, who argued that the ruling was based on prevent the completion of the project to provide the best services to the workers, have informed them of the deadline for ease and facilitate all obstacles accord- article 27 of the Constitution, which prohibits the withdrawal or even if these belong to the state min- implementing the clearances which is while observing health requirements in light ing to the law, directing Security men to revocation of nationality except by virtue of a legal text. istries or the private sector. of the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure pro- take into account the humanitarian situ- He stressed that the decision issued to withdraw the na- next June.” vided them with the necessary meals. This came during a Ramadan tour ❑ ❑ ❑ ation and the peoples’ exceptional cir- tionality of his client was not based on a text of the law, carried out by the Jahra Municipality to Al-Hasawi praised the volunteers ‘role in cumstances during curfew hours. but was an administration decision, and thus it is subject to this holy month despite the summer heat. cooperative societies and shops in par- Motorist deported: The General Traf- judicial oversight. fi c Department deported an Arab driver Within the “Kuwait by Your Side” cam- funded by the Kuwaiti General Secretariat Lawyer Al-Kandari said, “Article 166 of the Constitution allel markets to ensure their compliance paign that has been going on for six years gives everyone the right to sue. The nationality by virtue of birth with health requirements. for intentionally reversing his vehicle in Yemen, the Yemeni Ministry of Educa- of Awqaf and supervised by the Kuwaiti Embassy in Jordan. is not entitled to withdrawal administratively. There are deci- Al-Ghais explained the tour is aimed on a highway. tion and the Kuwait Relief Society signed sions related to nationality that are subject to judicial oversight.” at ensuring the implementation of The General Traffi c Department said an agreement to restore, rehabilitate and fur- In a statement, the association said that the distribution of iftar meals at Al-Aqsa Mosque He went on to say, “The case was fi led against the govern- health precautions during the curfew the man was arrested after someone nish four schools in the governorates of Lahj ment because of its arbitrariness in using the text related to in the south of Yemen. has started and will continue throughout the period in supermarkets and cooperative posted a video clip in the social media month of Ramadan, noting that Kuwait is one nationality revocation unlawfully and in a manner that might societies, and to determine the extent to showing the man reversing the vehicle In a press statement during the signing mean injustice and represent blackmail against those who ceremony, Yemeni Undersecretary of the of the biggest supporters to the Palestinian which health requirements are applied and endangering his life and the life of charitable societies and institutions. violate its policies. The case was also aimed for the judiciary Ministry of Education Dr. Mohammad Basl- to decide on this fateful issue. Such a verdict is a victory for in them, stressing that this is done upon other motorists. eem praised the unlimited support of Kuwait For his part, Kuwait Ambassador to Jor- instructions from the Committee to fol- The man was arrested and adminis- dan Aziz Al-Daihani told KUNA that this freedoms and cuts the way for arbitrariness.” for the education sector in Yemen. ❑ ❑ ❑ low up the health requirements set up tratively deported from the country and He also expressed thanks and apprecia- work is a fraternal duty that Kuwaitis are by the Council of Ministers, indicating the vehicle was impounded. tion to Kuwait leadership, government and keen to perform for their steadfast brothers Assistant Undersecretary for Public Education Sector at inspections tours will be conducted on In the same context, the securitymen people, for this continuous help to the Ye- in Palestine. the Ministry of Education Osama Al-Sultan said the old dis- meni people through the (Kuwait Is By Your Al-Daihani stressed that the leadership in ability cards issued by the Public Authority for Handicapped a daily basis. have arrested another young reckless Side) campaign. Kuwait attaches “exceptional” care to the Affairs (PAHA) are valid until the expiration date; calling on He added, “We have started activat- motorist who was caught making stunts. In Palestine, the (Wafa Association for Palestinian cause, and one of its aspects is school administrations in all educational stages to adhere to ing evening shopping via barcode in He has been referred to the Juvenile Development and Capacity Building) start- to support the basic needs of the Palestinian this directive which is based on the undersecretary’s circular central markets during the curfew hours Prosecution Offi ce and his vehicle has ed the iftar project in Al-Aqsa Mosque, people. dated April 4, reports Al-Anba daily. based on the decision issued by the Mu- been impounded for two months. ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2021 LOCAL 3 REMEMBER WHEN

Local Architecture

This house facade in old Kuwait is water cistern stood. In daytime, there characterized by a set of windows would be plenty of sunshine through- Photograph courtesy overlooking a main street, and by a ve- out the house. Invariably, a few stairs of The Center for Re- randa over the house entrance, both un- led to the roof, a much preferred place common in the old houses of Kuwait. for sleeping during hot summer nights. search and Studies on The architecture in old Kuwait is Close to the house stood the diwaniya, Kuwait and the work characterized by its success in “trans- or men’s meeting place, with its pri- forming the local values and way of life vate entrance and coffee-hearth in the of Dr Yacoub Al- into architectural terms,” as stated by a center. It was there that the men of the Hijji in the book Old- contemporary architect of Kuwait. The house would entertain their guests. Kuwaiti master builder, known locally In nearby villages, however, houses Kuwait: Memories as ustad, drew no plans on papers; he were less sophisticated and blended in Photographs fi rst fi gured the proportions and made the beautifully with the surrounding en- plan in his mind. His success, however, vironment. Some were fi shermen’s published in 1996. in using traditional techniques with lo- homes; others, such as the romantic cally available materials such as mud, kubar, were retreats that belonged to gypsum, coral and mangrove poles, is city dwellers. They resided there in all too evident. the spring when the desert bloomed A house or a mosque in old Kuwait after the winter rains. (From the book was always built around a courtyard ‘Old Kuwait: Memories in Photo- where a brackish water well or a fresh- graphs’)

Courtesy of The Center for Research and Studies on Kuwait © K.O.C. diwaniya A DIGEST OF PUBLIC OPINION ‘Kuwait greater than all of us, does not deserve what is happening’ “LET everyone, MPs and the government know that Kuwait is greater than them. In short, Kuwait does not deserve what is happening and it is a trust that nation is preoccupied with the luxury of the ship and preoccupied with the all of you. Kuwait will survive but and you will not. What is happening and hangs around everyone’s neck.” constitutional debate while its management is leading it towards collision with what will happen in the near future such as arguments, accusations, abusing an imperceptible speed. and fi stfi ghts between the MPs themselves or the MPs with ministers is not true Also: “Postponing addressing the economic crisis under the pretext of corruption, democracy to which the Kuwaitis are accustomed,” columnist Talal Al-Enezi “Kuwait is one of the most generous countries in the world in terms of the the corrupt, and the debate of democracy and democrats in light of the struggle wrote for Al-Rai daily. amount of various subsidies its citizens receive, and it may be a rare state that of the competing wings and the executives will inevitably speed up the collision “Our democracy was distinguished and of a special takes care of its people from cradle to grave, without getting anything in re- of the ship.” nature, our democracy was praised by the peoples of turn,” columnist Nijm Al-Shimmari wrote for Al-Shahed daily. ❑ ❑ ❑ the region, our democracy was a beacon for freedom of “The state here sponsors education and medicine at home and abroad for speech and expression, and respect for opinion and the free, subsidizes water, electricity, and housing care, supports national labor “Park Geun-hye, former president of South Korea — the fourth largest econ- opinion of others. and facilitates marriage through loan, passing through free easy loans, and free omy in the world and the second largest in Asia — was removed from offi ce “Today, unfortunately, our democracy is no longer burial services. after standing trial and being imprisoned over a corruption scandal,” columnist what it used to be. Where is the defect? What’s wrong? “The question arises today is why all this hustle and bustle? Why are the Dr Mohammad Al-Duwaihees wrote for Al-Shahed daily. Who is the reason? Is it in people, laws, regulations, and cycles of confl ict between the authorities on the one hand and the various wings “Park cried when she received a prison blanket to spend her fi rst night in soli- constitution, or practices? Development stalled, country on the other hand that we have become an example of ridicule? tary confi nement. She was imprisoned in April 2017 when she became inmate lagged behind, and everything went into decline. Who is “Here, there is an endless constitutional debate, and administrative and tech- number 503. This is a just method in combating corruption as the law is applied the reason, the government or the National Assembly? nical confl icts that hide behind endless class quotas, not to mention the con- on everyone — there is no difference between a superior and a subordinate or Is the defect in the parliament as a legislative body or in cerns and the issues of geopolitics and Arab and international issues which a prince and a public servant. the members and the president? Or the defect is in the Talal Al-Enezi form a dangerous controversial culture, while this culture does not refl ect the “These days, Kuwait is witnessing an uprising in the fi ght against corruption government? Kuwaiti reality in its democratic approaches and what has been recognized in and corrupt people. Trials have affected many offi cials and infl uential people “We need real frankness through a general national conference during which terms of controversy that diagnoses reality and stimulates reform. suspected of involvement in corruption, whether in the legislative authority or the areas of defects are studied and their causes and methods of treatment are to “The most dangerous thing facing nations and calling them to great concern the executive authority. This indicates the seriousness of the State’s approach be found. We may need a constitutional amendment that I don’t know. is their fi nancial and economic defi cit and how to direct the energies of their in combating corruption and applying the law on everyone. This move makes “We may need to set new general rules. We may need an explanation of some youth to live a comfortable life away from production to face future challenges the State more prestigious, while the citizens have a stronger sense of security articles of the constitution. We need to raise our voices in thinking because the and spreading motivation, as well as reviewing economic models to reduce and stability as no one is above the law. country’s situation is not pleasing as we exit from one crisis and enter into an- future risks for the country by holding open and closed conferences to discuss “I hope the prosecution of infl uential corrupt individuals will be done profes- other, and each side accuses the other and in the end, unfortunately, we discover developments in the economic reality whose effects have begun to plague the sionally while ensuring justice and equality. I hope the social media platforms the huge number of deals under the table, changing attitudes and moving from major economies of the world. will not defame those under preliminary investigations, because the accused is camp to camp. “The continuation of the consumer culture that generations have become ac- innocent until proven guilty.” “We must have the courage to face our bitter reality, know its reality, diag- customed to the way they live their lives, as an inevitable consequence, that nose its problems, develop appropriate solutions for it, and choose the best of the ship of the wealthy, the Titanic, will collide with the iceberg because the — Compiled by Ahmad Al-Shazli Roaring business at sweet shops 20 abandoned cars lifted Municipality preps reports on PAFN takes over abattoirs violations of health measures KUWAIT CITY, April 17: If there is a season By Abdul Nasser Al-Aslami Municipality Law No. 33/2016 regard- when sweets are desired all the time, it is the Al-Seyassah Staff ing monitoring public stores and what- Ramadan season. Because of this, sweet stores ever that can be harmful to health and witness a great momentum and a high turn- KUWAIT CITY, April 17: The Kuwait taking the necessary measures to pre- out of shoppers during this month, reports Al- Municipality has started preparing serve people’s heath according to Law Qabas daily. reports on comprehensive violations of No. 8 of 1969 regarding health precau- There are many dishes and dietary habits that are asso- the health measures by detailing the tions to be taken to prevent communi- ciated with Ramadan, particularly sweets. The Ramadan name of the violator, proof of identity, cable diseases. tables are hardly devoid of one or more sweet dishes. residence address, nationality, year, The report also authorizes the employ- The daily toured some confectionery shops to observe their phone and license in addition to the ee who writes to report to ask the activities especially the way they serve customers, amid pre- owner’s trade name data, the civil num- offender about his statements regarding ventive health measures in terms of organizing the entry of ber of the facility, its address, type of what is attributed to him for violating customers, and making sure they wear masks. Some stores work and the license number. the provisions of Minister of Health also receive online reservations and requests during the month The head of the removal department Resolution No. 99/2020 regarding non- of Ramadan through their apps and Instagram accounts. Delivery in the Jahra Municipality, Sulaiman compliance with the requirements of and advertising services are provided, along with special offers Al-Ghais, said in a statement to for Ramadan sweets to attract customers. health rules, failure to adhere to personal The daily noticed an increase in the demand for sweets and Al-Seyassah daily that monetary fines protection methods, failure to adhere to pastries despite the exceptional circumstances that the country can reach up to 5,000 dinars depending periodic hygiene and sterilization proce- is witnessing for the second year in a row, which changed the on the type of violation. This report sin- dures, etc. aspects of public life in an unprecedented way and led to the People waiting to get their ‘iftar’ meals. gles out who is in charge of establish- Moreover, the supervisory team in the absence of many familiar aspects during this month as well. ment and who is directly responsible for Farwaniya Governorate made a tour of Prices Charities distribute ‘Iftar’ meals the violation in his capacity according to Ardhiya, which resulted in lifting 20 According to shop owners, the prices of Ramadan sweets the text of Articles 32 and 44 of Kuwait abandoned cars. have not changed from normal days. There are new items that The charity societies are racing to miliar sight in the month of goodness. consumers are not familiar with. There is an increasing de- provide breakfast meals to workers in Picture shows workers waiting to re- mand for home delivery service instead of visiting the stores. various regions, reports Al-Seyassah ceive ‘the meal box’ in a suburb of Mah- They affi rmed the commitment of all workers in the confec- daily. boula. The meals are provided by the tionery shops to the requirements of the suppliers and delivery Seeing workers queuing before break- Al-Istiqama and Al-Salam Charity Socie- services for the safety of everyone. fast to receive meals has become a fa- ties. The shops are competing in presenting “Ramadan deals” in modern shapes and designs, which are among the most im- portant social customs that indicate the interconnectedness of ‘Workers, families helped’ families and neighbors in the holy month. The home quarantine and social distancing measures im- posed by the government with the aim of controlling the ‘Mabarrah’ gives food, donates money spread of COVID-19 have not deterred women from mastering sweets and showing their talents instead of buying them ready- KUWAIT CITY, April 17: The Mabar- continue in a number of areas. made from the sweets shops for fear of the spread of infection. rah Al-Awazem Charity Foundation He said the Al-Awazem Founda- Social media witnessed a remarkable activity of those wishing distributed 1,000 meals to families and tion continues to distribute one thou- to market their Ramadan sweets and attract customers through workers from different communities in sand meals a day and 100 cartons of women’s projects, some of which specialize in Eid sweets. This Salwa, in cooperation with a number of foodstuffs weighing more than 20 has made these home projects a strong competitor for the well- known stores, thanks to the assortments of homemade sweets they volunteers, in order to alleviate the suf- kilograms of rice, lentils, pasta, sugar, offer. It was also noticed that the bookings to buy sweets through fering of workers and families, as part tea and oil, in addition to hundreds of online platforms have increased by 32 percent. of its continuous efforts to confront the cartons of chicken, milk, sterilizers Various Kuwaiti families affi rmed that they exchange gifts Covid-19 pandemic, reports Al-Seyas- and face masks, as well as copies of for sweets in light of COVID-19 and the partial curfew, and sah daily. the Quran. these gifts are considered as an alternative to making visits. The foundation has taken upon it- Al-Baisis said the foundation also ❑ ❑ ❑ self the social responsibility to support supports government agencies and has Slaughterhouses: The Public Authority for Food Nutrition needy families and workers affected by contributed 101,000 dinars towards the (PAFN) will offi cially take over the slaughterhouse buildings the crisis, while at the same time sup- General Secretariat’s Contribution Fund from the Kuwait Municipality, reports Al-Jarida daily. porting offi cial efforts to combat the to counter the spread of the new Corona Sources at the authority confi rmed that it will take over the pandemic. virus (Covid-19). running of the main slaughterhouses located in the governo- rates of Jahra, Farwaniya, Al-Asimah and Al-Ahmadi, and that Chairman of the Board of Directors Al-Mabarrah has also donated 20 the offi cial transfer will take place during this, and through it, of the Foundation, Hamad Al-Baisis complete wireless network devices to the slaughterhouses will fall within the authority’s mandate in said the efforts of Al-Mabarrah – which cover all health centers in the Ahmadi terms of building maintenance and follow-up, as well as its began since the middle of March -- to Governorate to facilitate the movement control over the mechanism. distribute meals and food baskets will of work to confront the epidemic. ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2021 LOCAL 4 Some govt agencies fail to transfer profits to State Treasury: minister Four parties cited that do not generate profits

KUWAIT CITY, April 17: Minister of Finance and Minister ‘MoH studies offers received to run new Jahra Hospital’ of State for Economic and Investment Affairs Khalifa Hamadah revealed that there are Minister reveals about operation of Abdul Hakim Al-Ahmad at one of the cattle farms. three government agencies - the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Jaber Al-Ahmad and Jahra hospitals ‘Farms can produce 200 tons milk per day’ (KPC), the Public Authority for KUWAIT CITY, April 17: The Minister of in the cases of COVID-19. Communications and Information Health Sheikh D Basil Al-Sabah says, “Jaber The minister affirmed that the ministry had Technology, and the Kuwait Ports Al-Ahmad Hospital has been operating at full received six offers to run the hospital, and these clinical capacity during the COVID-19 pan- offers were studied in coordination with the Expedite establishment of dairy Authority - that are still holding demic. Many medical Amiri Diwan and the Ministry of Finance, total sum of about KD 7.92 billion employees were delegated revealing that, “After a technical review of the production plants: chief of union not yet referred to the State from other hospitals in offers, it was found that the offer submitted by Treasury (the general reserve), order for the hospital to Seoul National University of Korea is the most KUWAIT CITY, April 17: The head of the reach self-sufficiency if PAAAFR coordi- operate at full capacity appropriate among the offers presented”. Dairy Producers Union, Abdul Hakim nates with the Municipality to give license reports Al-Anba daily. during the months of May He stated that his ministry is seeking to Al-Ahmad has called for expediting the to sell dairy products on farms. In his response to a parliamentary ques- and June 2020. The hospi- develop therapeutic and diagnostic services by establishment of dairy production plants in He explained the farms contribute about tion by MP Marzouq Al-Khalifah, the min- tal continues to receive attracting international medical institutions to cattle farms, saying the farms will produce 18 percent of the total local consumption of ister explained that there are four parties that COVID-19 patients”, manage and operate a number of their hospitals. 200 tons of milk per day according to the dairy products now and the local production do not generate profits or transfer those reports Al-Rai daily. The minister stressed that, “It was based on agreed need of the Public Authority for covers 50 percent, while the importer covers profits annually to their own reserves. He stressed that the the decision of the Cabinet to form a joint com- Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources the other 50 percent, which is a high per- The seven government agencies whose profits operation of Jaber mittee headed by the Ministry of Health and (PAAAFR) to feed companies manufactur- centage for the importer, which has prompt- must be annually transferred to the State Al-Ahmad Hospital has Dr Basil Al-Sabah with representatives from the Amiri Diwan and ing dairy products, reports Al-Jarida daily. ed not to increase the production of milk. Treasury are the Kuwait Credit Bank, Kuwait been gradual, indicating the Ministry of Finance as members to coordi- In a statement to the daily, Al-Ahmad Al-Ahmad mentioned the number of Petroleum Corporation, the Public Authority for said the cattle breeders have the ability to farms allocated for breeding milk producing that the medical emergency departments, wards nate, follow up and study the procedures of the produce about 1,500 tons per day and con- cows is 50 and their areas vary, and the Industry, Kuwait Ports Authority, the Central and intensive care units have been operated in Jahra Medical City administration, and the Bank of Kuwait, the Kuwait Fund for Arab tribute to food security, cover local con- number of productive cows is not less than full clinical capacity by the ministry in the face extent of the possibility of using international sumption, and support local companies to 2,000. Economic Development, and the Public of the COVID-19 pandemic. centers and institutions to manage them. Authority for Communications and Information Technology. In response to a parliamentary question Ministerial resolution No. 250/2018 was issued The Public Authority for Communications and regarding the new Jahra Hospital, the minister regarding the formation of the aforementioned Information Technology did not report the value explained that the wards of pediatric, women joint committee”. Indian Embassy press release of the profits made to the State Treasury, and the and obstetric sections are operational, along He indicated that the ministry is currently amount was paid at the end of March 2021. with the emergency units, outpatient clinics, studying the feasibility of operating the two Regarding the value of the profits achieved by and operating rooms for maternity and intensive hospitals technically in view of the costs. each of the independent bodies, the reason for not care units for both sections. Regarding the payments to be made, the min- referring the profits, and the authority responsible The support services for the sections of labo- ister said they will be decided upon after draft- Open House to be held on Wednesday ratory, pharmacy and radiology are also avail- ing contracts and reviewing them by the regula- for retaining the profits, Hamadah explained that KUWAIT CITY, April 17: A virtual The sender must provide his/her full the Kuwait Credit Bank does not refer profits to able. The rest of the hospital sections are on tory authorities, indicating that the contracts for Open House at the Indian Embassy will name, passport number, Civil ID num- the Ministry of Finance, as the profits are fully standby as backup capacity in case of increase operating the two hospitals are yet to be signed. be held on Wednesday, April 21, at 3:30 ber and telephone contact number. transferred to the general reserve of the bank in pm under the theme, Covid-19 pan- The link for the Open House is: accordance with the articles of association of the demic and ICFW assistance. https://zoom. bank, which is based on Article No. 10 of law No. Kuwaiti embassy in Thailand advises its nationals The event is open to all Indian nation- us/j/96594258002?pwd=OUN1K1NVK 30/1965 and its amendments. The body respon- als in Kuwait. Those who have specific 3JYNmlCZnBIcllRNGRuZz09 and sible for withholding the bank’s profits is the KUWAIT CITY, April 17: The Embassy of the State ates, extreme caution must be exercised in order queries can e-mail them to community. login details are as follows: Meeting ID: Board of Directors. of Kuwait in the Kingdom of Thailand advised to ensure your health and safety from infection The Kuwait Petroleum Corporation did not Kuwaitis currently staying in various Thai provinces with this epidemic.” [email protected] 965 9425 8002; Password: 858687. report profits of KD 7.75 billion, and it was to avoid traveling to other provinces due to the rising In case the citizens in Thailand need assis- agreed with it to schedule them in installments. number of corona cases, reports Al-Qabas daily. tance, they should contact the embassy on the The Supreme Petroleum Council is the authority In its advisory, the embassy said: “If it is nec- following numbers: (+66) 918909998 (+66) responsible for withholding these profits. essary to travel to other provinces or governor- 26366600. Bid to vaccinate banking sector employees The Public Authority for Industry has referred KUWAIT CITY, April 17: Kuwait Banking coronavirus (Covid-19). all sums of money to the general reserve, and The Central Bank of Kuwait does not transfer Development has not realized profits. The profits Association (KBA), in cooperation with the KBA Board Chairman Yusuf Al-Ruwaih, there are no retained earnings in its possession. Ministry of Health, is organizing a cam- member of the Board of Directors Maryam As for the Kuwait Ports Authority, the value of profits to the Ministry of Finance due to the are fully transferred to the general reserve of the paign to vaccinate banking sector employ- Al-Mudhaf and Director General of KBA the profits that have not been supplied to date is increase in the general reserve balance of the fund until the fund’s determined capital is fully ees at the Millennium Hotel on April 18, Abbas Al-Balushi coordinated their efforts KD 108.67 million. It was contacted on February bank from KD 250 million to KD 1 billion, so covered. After covering the fund’s capital, all the reports Al-Anba daily. to guarantee the safety of employees in the 1, 2021 to expedite the payment of the sums the annual net profits are added to the reserve of net annual profits are credited to the fund’s This is part of the association’s social banking sector. owed to the State Treasury for the fiscal years the bank until reaching the ceiling of KD 1 bil- reserve account in accordance with the fund’s responsibility, its commitment to ensure the They also stressed the need for everyone 2017/2018 to 2019/2020. The Board of Directors lion. articles of association issued in accordance with safety of employees in banks, and to support to do their part in combating the epidemic is responsible for the custody of that money. The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Law No. 25/1974 and its amendments. the ongoing efforts to curb the spread of and return to normal life.

ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2021 LOCAL 6

Committee to prepare report containing recommendations in detail MPW forms technical committee to examine construction, maintenance work By Muhammad Ghanem The committee is chaired by the Engr Fahad Al-Ajmi in addition to and Networks Maintenance Depart- the committee has the right to con- thority within a period not exceed- Al-Seyassah Staff Director of the Maintenance Depart- the supervising engineer and Rappor- ment in the Capital Governorate, duct the examination in his absence, ing one month from the date of the ment of the Capital Governorate for teur Hammoud Al-Dhafi ri. Maintenance Engineering Sector and he has no right to make reserva- decision. KUWAIT CITY, April 17: The Un- Roads and Networks, the Mainte- According to the decision the com- in the Shuwaikh Industrial Area at tions about the results of this disclo- The decision specifi es the commit- dersecretary of the Ministry of Public nance Engineering Sector, Engr Ayed mittee can seek the assistance of ten in the morning on April 5, and sure. tee’s terms of reference to supervise Works, Engr Ismail Al-Failakawi, Al-Azmi, comprising members from whoever it deems appropriate and specified what the contractor must Immediately after the technical the preparation of inventory checks, has issued an administrative decision the Government Center for Inspec- experienced from any of the minis- do to facilitate completion of work inspection and completion of the to form a technical committee to ex- tion, Quality Control and Research try sectors, and they must provide all which must happen in the presence maintenance work, the committee approve their results, and prepare a amine the maintenance and construc- Sector, Engr Ali Naseeb, Design facilities to enable the committee to of the contractor or his representa- prepares a report to be signed by report on the results of their work, on tion work on the rain network and Department, Sanitary Engineering accomplish its mission. tive. the head of the committee contain- the prescribed form prepared by the sanitary sewers in the Capital Gov- Sector Engr Osama Mahfouz, and He mentioned the committee met If he or his representative does not ing recommendations in detail, and Ministry of Finance, General Storage ernorate. the Maintenance Engineering Sector at the headquarters of the Roads attend without giving valid reasons, it is submitted to the concerned au- Affairs Department.

Bid to boost ties Meeting to discuss use of Kuwait FM ‘vows’ to visit Libya, says ambassador ‘explosives’ in Mutla City By Shawqi Mahmoud Al-Seyassah Staff KUWAIT CITY, April 17: The Libyan Ambassador to Kuwait, ‘Mechanism can save KD 2,000’ Suleiman Al-Sahili, affi rmed his country’s complete satisfaction with the results of the visit of the KUWAIT CITY, April 17: head of the national unity govern- A member of the Munici- ment, Abdul Hamid Al-Dabaiba, to Quran review project receives support Kuwait at the end of last week. pal Council Hamad Al- He disclosed Minister of Foreign Medlej revealed an agree- By Abdel Nasser Al-Aslami the Printing and Publishing of the for this support. Affairs and Minister of State for Al-Seyassah Staff Noble Quran and the Sunnah and He stressed the Authority plays Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmed ment between the Public their sciences. very prominent role in a number of Al-Nasser has promised to visit Suleiman Al-Sahili Authority for Housing KUWAIT CITY, April 17: The The Director of the Preparation the projects undertaken by the au- Libya as soon as possible, which is Welfare (PAHW) and the General Secretariat of Awqaf pro- and Printing Department at the au- thority. Al-Hajri explained through the fi rst visit of a Kuwaiti offi cial at support to Libya, and praised its Ministry of Interior to al- vided support to the Quran review thority, Saeed Al-Hajri, expressed this project the Quran is reviewed to this level since February 2010, and noble positions. project, which is one of the most his gratitude and thanked the higher ensure it is free from errors and ap- the coming period will witness vis- He pointed out that Dabaiba low specialized contract- important projects adopted by the management of the authority at the proved by a select group of person- its by delegations of senior offi cials discussed with His Highness the ing companies to use ex- Public Authority for the Care of General Secretariat for Endowments alities before distribution. to coordinate and exchange views Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al- on strengthening cooperation, ac- Khaled the bilateral relations be- plosives to dig rocky lands tivating the concluded agreements in Mutla City, reports Al- which is the value of digging the “If it gets rejected, the Minister of vice Commission to issue a final tween the two countries and ways land”. Municipal Affairs will activate Ar- decision to permit the appoint- and studying their increase in the to develop and strengthen them, jarida daily. ticle No. 25. The case will then be ment of Kuwaitis, as requested by common interest. and expressed his thanks and grati- Regarding the allocation of the Al-Sahili told Al-Seyassah Da- Following a meeting with the referred to the Cabinet”. the Minister of Municipality and tude for the warm reception and land of Abu Halifa Park for resi- baiba’s visit to Kuwait confi rms generous hospitality. Minister of State for Municipal Af- dential projects, Al-Medlej affi rmed Regarding opening the door with the approval of CSC. fairs and the Minister of State for the depth of the historical relations He pointed out that the meeting of that the Municipal Council will re- for employment in the legal ad- He indicated that the municipal- between the two countries and the Al-Dabaiba and the Minister of For- Housing and Urban Development offer the allocation of the park land ministration for the position of a ity is full of advisors, which weak- strength of the bonds between the eign Affairs and Minister of State for Shaya Al-Shaya, Al-Medlej said, and the site of South Qairawan in its “municipal lawyer”, Al-Medlej ened the follow-up of its cases in the two brotherly peoples, noting that Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr. Ahmed “The step is based on his request next sessions for its approval since a explained that the minister prom- courts. Dabaiba expressed, in his meeting Al-Nasser discussed several topics to compensate the owners of the year has passed since it was rejected ised to coordinate with the Deputy Al-Medlej called on the Minister with His Highness the Amir Sheikh related to the latest developments in rocky lands in Mutla. According to by the former minister. Prime Minister and Minister of of Cabinet Affairs to urgently hold Nawaf Al-Ahmad, his deep appre- the Libyan political arena and issues the minister, this mechanism can He urged government agencies to State for Cabinet Affairs and hold meetings with CSC to redress the ciation for Kuwait’s permanent of common concern. save KD 2,000 for Kuwait citizens, cooperate on these issues, adding, a meeting soon with the Civil Ser- municipality’s lawyer. ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2021 INTERNATIONAL 7

Diplomacy

Resolve in dealing with China Japan, US showcase alliance

WASHINGTON, April 17, (AP): President Joe Biden visit by a foreign leader, so Biden didn’t host Suga for and Japan Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga showcased any formal meal. Earlier Friday, Suga placed a wreath the alliance between their two countries as well as at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Na- their shared resolve in dealing with China as they met tional Cemetery and visited with Vice President Ka- at the White House on Friday in Biden’s fi rst face-to- mala Harris. An honor guard greeted his arrival at the face talks with a foreign leader as president. White House. Suga and Biden, who wore masks for their meeting Speaking to reporters with Biden after their meet- in a visit modifi ed by precautions against the coro- ings, Suga also spoke out against a surge in attacks on navirus, were seeking to challenge messaging from Asians in the United States amid the coronavirus pan- Chinese President Xi Jinping that America and de- demic, and he and Biden pledged to fi ght such crimes. mocracies in general are on the decline following the Biden turned to Suga at one point in their press political turmoil and international withdrawal that conference to note the recent victory of Japanese marked Donald Trump’s presidency. golfer Hideki Matsuyama in the Masters Tournament. At a press conference in the Rose Garden after their The 29-year-old is the fi rst Japanese player to win at meeting, Biden stressed U.S. commitments to Japan’s Augusta National. defense and said the alliance - the U.S. is Japan’s only “You’ve got a Japanese boy coming over here, and treaty ally - would “prove that democracies can still guess what? He won the Masters,” Biden said. commit and win” and “deliver for our people.” Their joint statement also expressed concern over Managing the alliance with the United States is one human rights for residents of Hong Kong and for Chi- of the trickiest tasks for any leader of Japan, whose na’s ethnic Muslim minority, marking another step economy depends heavily on China and whose secu- where Japan was acceding to a U.S. push for a public rity depends on the U.S Friday’s talks featured unu- rebuke to China. Both countries, however, declared sually frank talk from a Japanese leader against any they planned to work with China “on areas of com- effort by China to dominate the Indo-Pacifi c region mon interest.” by “force or coercion.” Japan long has moved cautiously on steps that Suga also called for peace and stability in Taiwan, might worsen relations with China, though Suga has and urged China - whose disputed claim to Taiwan is been more outspoken. His administration pushed its a potential fl ashpoint in the region and with the Unit- comfort zone in a statement stressing “peace and ed States - to peacefully resolve the dispute. China stability” on the Taiwan Strait. That came during a under Xi has been increasingly deploying its military visit last month by Secretary of State Tony Blinken to assert its sweeping territorial claims, helping prod and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, which was the the United States, Japan and some other Indo-Pacifi c Biden administration’s highest-level face-to-face nations to strengthen their alliance. meeting at the time. Mildly worded as that part of the two leaders’ state- China tested U.S. and Taiwanese resolve weeks ment was, it marked the fi rst time a Japanese prime into the Biden administration by sending fi ghter jets minister had spoken out in a communique with the and bombers near Taiwan. United States on Taiwan since 1969 talks between Japan considers China’s growing military activity Richard Nixon and Eisaku Sato. and broad territorial claims to be security threats. Ja- Suga told Japanese reporters after his White House pan is itself locked in a dispute with China over Bei- visit that the two leaders and their aides had spent jing’s claim to the Japanese-controlled Senkaku Is- much of their meetings, conducted around a table in lands, called Diaoyu in China, in the East China Sea. the White House state dining room, sharing stories Elsewhere, Tokyo has watched with concern as of their lives and careers. It left them so engrossed China has built military installations on disputed ter- “we ended up not even touching our hamburger steak ritory it claims in the South China Sea. prepared for us,” Suga said. U.S. ships regularly conduct so-called freedom of “I think we were able to establish a good relation- navigation operations, sailing into international wa- ship of trust,” he added. ters that China claims as its own. The Biden administration calls managing U.S. poli- Biden as president has taken a different approach to cies toward China and the Indo-Pacifi c the primary China’s growing assertiveness and other global chal- challenge for the United States. That helped guide lenges, reaching out to allies as a fi rst step. Biden’s decision, announced this week, to pull U.S. President Barack Obama was seen as cajoling troops out of Afghanistan and free the administration China, in hopes of encouraging reforms. After ini- to focus more on East Asia. tially praising Xi, Trump later took on China head- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had warned his on and solo, with tariffs and insults, while building Japanese counterpart in a call ahead of Suga’s visit a golf-buddy relationship with Suga’s predecessor, to see to it that China-Japan relations “do not get in- Abe. volved in the so-called confrontation between major The Biden-Suga meeting also saw new announce- countries.” ments on a series of alliance-building moves. Suga, a farmer’s son who rose to Japan’s highest The U.S. and Japanese governments have been political offi ce after an early stint as a worker in a working to strengthen technology supply chains in- cardboard factory, succeeded Shinzo Abe as prime dependent of China during a shortage of semiconduc- minister last September after long serving as his chief tors that’s worrying businesses around the world. And Cabinet secretary. both countries are expected in coming days to make Suga expressed eagerness to meet with Biden early deeper commitments to cutting climate-wrecking fos- on despite global COVID-19 lockdowns. sil fuel emissions, in line with Biden’s climate sum- The pandemic changed the normal routine for a mit with 40 world leaders next week.

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Justice sues Roger Stone: The Justice Department sued Donald Trump’s ally Roger Stone on Friday, accusing the conservative provocateur and his wife of failing to pay nearly $2 million in income tax. The lawsuit was fi led in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It alleges the couple underpaid their income tax by more than $1.5 million from 2007 until 2011 and separately al- leges Stone also owes more than $400,000 for not fully paying his tax bill in 2018. The suit alleges that the couple used a commercial entity known as Drake Ventures to “shield their personal income from enforced collection” and to fund a “lavish lifestyle.” “Despite notice and demand for payment, Roger and Nydia Stone have failed and refused to pay the entire amount of the liabilities,” the lawsuit says. Stone, a longtime confi dant of the former president, calls the lawsuit “politically motivated.” Stone was charged by the Justice Department in special counsel Robert Stone Mueller’s Russia investigation and convicted at trial of lying to Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the House inves- tigation into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to tip the 2016 election. Trump later commuted Stone’s sentence and pardoned him. Stone boasted during the 2016 campaign that he was in con- tact with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange through a trusted intermediary and hinted at inside knowledge of WikiLeaks’ plans to release more than 19,000 emails hacked from the serv- ers of the Democratic National Committee. (AP) ❑ ❑ ❑ Man kills self outside airport: A handgun-wielding man who opened fi re outside the San Antonio airport died from a self-infl icted gunshot wound, not from police gunfi re as of- fi cials initially said, according to a police statement Friday. On Thursday, Police Chief William McManus said the man was fatally shot outside a San Antonio International Airport terminal hours after he’d shot at vehicles from a highway overpass in the northern part of the Texas city. In the Friday police statement, the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Offi ce concluded that an autopsy on the man and evidence examined at the shooting scene showed the man had shot himself after receiving a non-fatal wound from Offi cer John Maines’ gun. Police continued to withhold the identity of the suspect until the medical examiner could establish it conclusively. The city’s airport was placed on lockdown after police got a call around 2:30 p.m. Thursday about a car driving the wrong way on a road at the airport, McManus said Thursday. On Friday, police said Maines stopped the car and confronted the suspect, who jumped from his car and opened fi re. (AP) ❑ ❑ ❑ Angry crowd gathers near shooting: An angry crowd gathered in a park in Portland, Oregon, Friday after police fatally shot a man while responding to reports of a person with a gun. Deputy Police Chief Chris Davis told reporters that a white man in his 30s was shot and killed by police, who opened fi re with a gun and weapons that fi re non-lethal projectiles. The man was pronounced dead at the scene in Lents Park, which is in a leafy, residential neighborhood of the city. Two offi cers fi red a 40mm device that shoots non-lethal projectiles, and one offi cer – an eight-year veteran - fi red a gun, police said in a statement. The offi cer is on paid administrative leave, and his or her name will be released Saturday, authori- ties said. Davis did not know if the man who died had pointed a weapon at the offi cers and did not say how many shots were fi red. A witness who spoke to reporters at the scene said the man, who had removed his shirt and was blocking an intersec- tion, appeared to be in a mental health crisis, The Oregonian/ OregonLive reported. (AP) Business

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WASHINGTON, April 17, (AP): American industry re- bounded last month as the Kuwait ... where are we going? United States recovered from By Kamel Al-Harami threats of no cash availability to pay an unusually frigid February. Independent Oil Analyst salaries in the coming month are ongo- Industrial production - including ing every month. So, we ended up not output at factories, mines and utili- IT is a simple question being asked trusting the fi gures nor the government. daily by all of us on this land. For Kuwait needs a strong and de- ties - rose 1.4% in March, revers- how long are we to remain behind our termined government with a clear ing a 2.6% drop in February, the neighboring Gulf states without any agenda and the capability to commu- Federal Reserve reported Thurs- directions or long-term objectives for nicate, be transparent and have clear- day. The increase was about half the future? At the same time, our de- cut short-term plans. There is nothing the surge economists had expected mocracy is coming under fi re with our to hide ... we are an open society, and as federal aid fl ows into the econo- neighboring exposed to all types of media without countries any restriction. So, we know what is my and the rollout of vaccines en- putting the going on and we know the weakness courages a return to normal busi- blame on our of our government. ness activity. Output was limited parliamen- Alas, the public seems to know by disruptions in the supplies of tary system, what needs to be done, while the key components. and with government is dragging itself without “Clearly there is lots of demand out some calling knowing its priorities and what needs there,” Jennifer Lee, senior economist for its disso- to be done. lution. There is nothing wrong with our at BMO Capital Markets, said in a re- The ongo- search note. “It is up to manufacturers democracy. The ones that don’t have ing standoff cannot say much because they do not to pull up their socks and meet the de- between the Al-Harami have the minimum requirements of free mand.’’ parliament speech or the freedom of free press. Output rose 2.7% at factories. Auto and the government is never ending. Surely, we are behind the rest. We production increased 2.8% last month Our never ending problems just con- realize its impact on the long term, but after plunging 10% in February. Au- tinue to drag, while Kuwait’s stand on we can’t live without our democracy... tomakers were constrained for the past the world stage is getting lower ratings we still need time to learn. Our state is two months by a shortage of computer every year, if not every six months by not even 60 years old, and others don’t chips. Production climbed 5.7% at the fi nancial institutions. This time, a know its basic foundation. mines on a jump in output by oil and comfortable majority is not leaving In conclusion, our democracy can, gas producers. the government alone. None can move at any time, put to trial any of the top Utility production plunged 11.4%, forward; Kuwait will remain behind. offi cials including the prime minister biggest drop in records going back to The drop in the oil prices and the and other top ministers. Others can continuing defi cit in our annual budget 1972, as the weather warmed in March never do that within the established is an ongoing ordeal with no solutions judicial system. That is a wide differ- and Americans turned down the heat. at sight. The government is unable to U.S. factories, mines and utilities ence. formulate a solution, and the members ❑ ❑ ❑ were running at 74.4% of capacity last of the parliament don’t seem to trust month, up from 73.4% in February but the government fi gures. The monthly well below the 1972-2020 average of email: [email protected] 79.6%. ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2021 BUSINESS 9

In this file photo, inves- lawsuit over 737 crash claims autothrottle problem tigators inspect pieces of the Sriwijaya Air Flight SJ-182 retrieved A lawsuit filed in Seattle against Boeing Boeing in a statement extended sym- According to the preliminary report into from the Java Sea alleges that a malfunctioning autothrottle pathy to the families and loved ones of the crash of Flight SJ182 by the where the passenger system on an older 737 jet led to the people who died in the Jan. 9 crash but Indonesian National Transportation jet crashed on Jan. 9, crash of the Sriwijaya Air plane into the added that “it would be inappropriate to Safety Committee, maintenance logs at Tanjung Priok Port Java Sea in Indonesia last January, kill- comment while our technical experts showed that pilots repeatedly reported in Jakarta, Indonesia. ing all 62 people on board. continue to assist with the investigation, issues with the autothrottle in the days A lawsuit filed in The Seattle Times reported that the law- or on any pending litigation.” before the fatal flight and that technicians Seattle against Boeing suit, filed Thursday in King County Superior This 737 that crashed had been parked tried to fix the problem by cleaning alleges a malfunction- Court on behalf of 16 families of crash vic- for nine months last year due to the switches and connectors. ing autothrottle system tims, cited previous incidents involving mal- COVID-19 pandemic air travel downturn. The plane nosedived into the ocean on the older 737 jet led functions of the 737 autothrottle system, Indonesian aviation regulators issued a near the Thousand Island chain in heavy to the January crash of arguing the history suggests the system new certificate of airworthiness for the jet rain shortly after it took off from Jakarta. the Sriwijaya Air flight should have been redesigned. in December that allowed it to fly again. (AP) that killed all 62 people on board. (AP) China quarterly growth surges to 18.3% Michigan virus surge slows Ram truck plant production DETROIT, April 17, (AP): Michigan’s est seven-day case rate, 538 per every worst-in-the-nation COVID-19 out- 100,000 residents, the federal govern- break is beginning to slow auto pro- ment reported. duction, with a major Ram pickup The UAW confirmed that cases are truck plant reducing its output because on the rise at Sterling Heights. Many of a high number of absent workers. of the absent workers didn’t test posi- About 10% of the production work tive but are either awaiting tests or force at the Stellantis (formerly Fiat isolating themselves because of close Chrysler) assembly plant in Sterling contact with others who have the virus, Heights, north of Detroit, either test- the union said. ed positive or is on quarantine, a “While the numbers change by shift, person who has been briefed on the we can say that there is a recent situation said Friday. That is equiva- increase in cases, as there is through- lent to about 600 workers, said the out Michigan,” UAW Vice President person, who asked not to be identi- for Stellantis Cindy Estrada said in a fied because neither the company nor statement. the United Auto Workers union is She urged workers to be cautious to releasing details. “keep the plants and our UAW mem- The 5-million-square-foot plant has bers and families safe.” about 7,450 hourly workers, but not all Stellantis also wouldn’t provide of them are on the assembly lines. To numbers but confirmed that it has had try to stem the shortfall, the company employees test positive for the corona- has pulled workers from a pickup fac- virus as cases rise in Michigan. tory in nearby Warren, Michigan, that The company says in a statement has been forced to shut down by the that it’s been taking steps to keep fac- global shortage of semiconductors. tory workers safe and urging them to But because those workers have to get vaccinated. be trained to build the new Ram pick- “We continue to be aggressive in ups, the assembly line is moving more following recommended guidelines for slowly than normal, said the person, contact tracing,” the statement said. who did not know how much produc- “We also continue to strongly encour- tion had been lost. age our employees to follow the same A woman walks her dog in a retail district in Beijing on April 15, 2021. China’s economic growth surged to 18.3% over a year earlier in the first quarter As it has for weeks, Michigan con- health and safety measures whenever of this year as factory and consumer activity recovered from the coronavirus pandemic. (AP) tinues to suffer from the nation’s high- they are out and about.” Forecasters expect growth of at least 7% this year

BEIJING, April 17, (AP): China’s economy grew by double digits in the latest Australian judge rules Google quarter but an explosive rebound from the corona- misled Android users on data virus pandemic is slowing CANBERRA, Australia, April 17, device during the same time period to abruptly as manufacturing (AP): Google broke Australian law turn that setting off, they were also by misleading users about personal misled because Google did not inform and consumer spending location data collected through them that by leaving the “Web & App return to normal. Android mobile devices, a judge Activity” setting switched on, Google The economy grew by 18.3% found Friday. would continue to collect, store and over a year ago, official data The Federal Court decision was a use their personally identifiable loca- showed Friday, a figure that was partial win for the Australian tion data. magnified by comparison with Competition and Consumer Similarly, between March 2017 and early 2020, when factories and Commission, the nation’s fair trade Nov. 29, 2018, when users later watchdog, which has been prosecuting accessed the “Web & App Activity” shops were closed and activity Google for broader alleged breaches of setting on their Android device, they plunged. Growth compared with consumer law since October 2019. were misled because Google did not 2020’s final quarter, when a recov- Justice Thomas Thawley found that inform them that the setting was rele- ery was under way, slowed to Google misled Android mobile device vant to the collection of personal loca- 0.6%, among the weakest of the users about personal location data col- tion data. past decade. lected between January 2017 and Google said the digital platform The latest figures “mask a sharp December 2018. provides “robust controls for location slowdown” in the world’s second-larg- “This is an important victory for data and are always looking to do est economy as stimulus spending and consumers, especially anyone con- more.” easy credit are wound down, Julian cerned about their privacy online, as The commission is seeking court Evans-Pritchard of Capital economics the court’s decision sends a strong orders and financial penalties against said in a report. message to Google and others that big Google to be determined later. “China’s post-COVID rebound is businesses must not mislead their cus- The Australia Institute Center for leveling off,” Evans-Pritchard said. tomers,” Commission Chair Rod Sims Responsible Technology, a Canberra- Manufacturing, auto sales and con- said in a statement. based think tank, said the case “high- sumer spending have recovered to “We are extremely pleased with the lights the complexity of Big Tech above pre-pandemic levels since the outcome in this world-first case,” he terms and conditions.” ruling Communist Party declared vic- added. tory over the coronavirus last March Google is considering an appeal to and allowed factories and stores to the full bench of the Federal Court. reopen. Restaurants and shopping “The court rejected many of the malls are filling up, though visitors ACCC’s broad claims,” a Google still are checked for the virus’s telltale statement said. fever. “We disagree with the remaining The economy “delivered a stable findings and are currently reviewing performance with a consolidated foun- our options, including a possible dation and good momentum of appeal,” Google added. growth,” the National Bureau of The judge ruled that when users cre- Statistics said in a report. ated a new Google account during the Forecasters expect economic growth initial set-up process of their Android of at least 7% this year but say China’s device, Google misrepresented that the outlook is clouded by trade tension “Location History” setting was the with Washington and disruptions in only Google account setting that global supplies of processor chips affected whether Google collected, needed by smartphone makers and kept or used personally identifiable other tech industries the ruling party is data about their location. counting on to propel a self-sustaining But another Google account setting economy and reduce reliance on trade. titled “Web & App Activity” also The latest figures are in line with enabled Google to collect, store and expectations due to the low basis for use personally identifiable location comparison in early 2020. The econo- data when it was turned on, and that In this file photo, the Google exhib- my shrank by 6.8% in the first quarter, setting was turned on by default. it building shown offers a multitude the worst performance since at least The judge also found that when of products offering the Google users later accessed the “Location Assistant during the CES tech the mid-1960s. show in Las Vegas. (AP) Activity started to recover in the History” setting on their Android second quarter of 2020, when the economy expanded by 3.2% over a 25.6%. Donald Trump. year earlier. That accelerated to 4.9% “The focus should be on consump- “China-U.S. relations with be criti- in the third quarter and 6.5% in the tion data, which kept improving,” cal for China’s economic growth, final three months of the year. Chaoping Zhu of JP Morgan Asset mostly in technology development,” For the full year, China eked out Management said in a report. 2.3% growth, becoming the only said Pang in a report. “It is likely that Quarterly growth compared with the the U.S. will continue to put more major economy to expand while previous quarter should stabilize at United States, Europe and Japan 1%-2%, according to Iris Pang of ING. pressure on China.” struggled with renewed disease out- Pang raised her full-year growth fore- Spending on restaurants jumped breaks. cast to 8.2% from 7%. 75.8% in the first quarter over a year This year, the International Still, some warn a Chinese recovery ago, a period when most were closed Monetary Fund and private sector still isn’t certain because global for weeks. E-commerce rose 29.9%. forecasters expect growth to rise to demand is weak as some governments Overall growth shrugged off the above 8%. The ruling party’s official re-impose anti-disease curbs that are impact of a government appeal to target is “above 6%.” disrupting business and trade. China’s public to avoid travel during Government data indicate consumer Tech industries are hampered by February’s Lunar New Year holiday, spending, a pillar of the ruling party’s U.S. sanctions that block access to usually the busiest travel and consum- plan to reduce reliance on exports, is chips and other technology for Chinese er spending period. accelerating while growth in factory tech giant Huawei and other compa- March exports, reported earlier, rose output and investment are slowing. nies in a feud with Beijing over tech- Retail spending rose 34.2% in nology and security. 30.6% over a year earlier as global March, up from 33.9% for the full first President Joe Biden says he wants consumer demand revived. Exports to quarter, according to the NBS. Factory better relations with Beijing but has the United States jumped 53.6% output rose 24.5% in the first quarter yet to indicate whether he will roll despite tariff hikes still in place on while investment in real estate, facto- back sanctions or tariff hikes imposed Chinese goods in a trade war launched ries and other fixed assets increased on Chinese goods by his predecessor, by Trump. ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2021 BUSINESS 10

Thermo Fisher buying PPD in deal worth $17.4bn

This file photo, Thermo Fisher is buying the clinical testing emerging biotech firms as well as global phar- It said this week that U.S. regulators granted shows the exterior of company PPD for $17.4 billion with the global maceutical companies. It booked revenue of emergency use authorization for a new auto- Thermo Fisher Scien- pandemic creating a surge in demand. $4.7 billion last year. mated system for processing COVID-19 tests. tific Inc., in Waltham, Activity in healthcare testing has gone into Thermo Fisher makes scientific research and Booming sales in goods and services related Massachusetts. overdrive over the past year and Thermo Fisher testing equipment and has been engaged in ef- to the pandemic has provided Thermo Fisher Thermo Fisher is buy- accelerated its entry into that field with the deal forts to quell the pandemic. It has processed with a buffer against other parts of its business ing clinical research announced Thursday. COVID-19 tests and supplied the scientists de- that suffered as businesses shut down and company PPD in a Shares of the Waltham, Massachusetts, veloping treatments and vaccines. It also creat- people sheltered. deal valued at $17.4 company rose almost 2% at the opening bell. ed a molecular diagnostic business to support Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. will pay $47.50 billion. (AP) PPD, based in Wilmington, N.C., is a con- COVID-19 testing. per PPD share. The transaction also includes tract-research company, which tests experi- Revenue climbed to $6.63 billion from com- approximately $3.5 billion in debt. mental drugs being pursued by pharmaceutical pany divisions last year that dealt in products PPD will be folded into Thermo Fisher’s labo- companies. The company provides services to tied to COVID-19 diagnosis and treatment. ratory products and services unit. (AP) Spain’s PM wants EU recovery funds to transform the nation

BARCELONA, Spain, April 17, (AP): Spain’s lockdown restrictions, job losses and reduced der inequality and ensuring Spain’s underpopu- first present his plan to Spain’s Parliament on Meanwhile, Sánchez wants to shift the nation’s left-wing government wants the massive corona- consumer spending. lated rural areas don’t get left behind. Wednesday, when opposition parties can argue economy by boosting renewable energy use and virus windfall it will be receiving from the Euro- Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the leader of “This is the biggest opportunity for Spain for changes. other initiatives to fight the effects of climate change, pean Union to transform the nation after the eco- Spain’s Socialists, unveiled the plans his coali- since its entry into the European Union, and Sánchez said his government has forecast a including electrifying Spain’s motorways for elec- nomic devastation caused by the pandemic. tion government had for 70 billion ($83 billion) that was 37 years ago,” Sánchez said. “These 2% annual GPD growth thanks to the financial tric and hybrid vehicles. He also wants to spend big Spain is set to receive 140 billion euros in direct aid that it hopes to invest over the next opportunities only come twice in a generation, injection for a nation of 47 million whose econ- on making homes more energy efficient. ($166 billion) - half in direct payments, half three years. In line with EU priorities, they place and Spain is not going to let it go by.” omy shrunk 11% last year. “In the short term, we want to promote the in loans - from the 750 billion-euro ($908 bil- a heavy emphasis on creating a greener economy, The members of the 27-nation bloc have un- The first goal is to offset the hundreds of recovery our our economy. In the mid-term, lion) recovery plan adopted by EU leaders last digitalizing business and public administrations til the end of the month to hand in their corona- thousands of jobs lost in the pandemic, above we want to foster its complete transformation,” year as the continent’s economy reeled under and boosting productivity, all while fighting gen- virus recovery plans to Brussels. Sánchez will all in Spain’s large tourism industry. Sánchez said. Experts cut outlook for German growth

Move comes amid 3rd pandemic wave

FRANKFURT, Germany, April 17, (AP): Leading Ger- man economic institutes have Germany’s court overturns slashed their growth forecast for 2021 as a slow vaccination rollout and a more contagious Berlin cap on rental prices variant of the coronavirus BERLIN, April 17, (AP): Germany’s retroactively if the cap were over- have meant continuing re- highest court ruled that a cap on rent turned. Some tenants now face consid- strictions on business activity prices implemented last year by Ber- erable back payments. in Germany. lin’s left-wing state government is Though the cap only applied to The institutes cut their joint fore- unconstitutional and void, fueling an Berlin, a city-state with a popula- cast for this year by a full percent- explosive political issue in an election tion of some 3.6 million, Deutsche age point, to 3.7%, compared to an year. Bank said in a research note that the The cap was introduced in February court’s decision could have a wide- earlier forecast issued in the fall. ranging effect. Germany has experienced a diffi- 2020 by the state’s governing coalition with the goal of preserving affordable “Across German cities, rent growth cult third wave of the pandemic, with decelerated with the extensive me- infection numbers rising and more housing in Berlin, which has seen rents rise significantly since it again became dia coverage of the Berlin rent cap,” COVID-19 patients requiring inten- Deutsche Bank economist Jochen sive care. Meanwhile, vaccinations capital of a united Germany in 1991. The Social Democratic, Greens and Moebert said. “Rental growth could against the virus have lagged com- pick up again in several cities and re- pared to the United States and the Left parties make up the coalition. The regulation meant that rents for gions, as many initiatives which cop- United Kingdom, although the pace ied the Berlin rent cap will lose mo- in Germany picked up somewhat some 90% of Berlin apartments were frozen at June 2019 rates for five years, mentum.” over the last week. Berlin’s opposition Free Democratic Torsten Schmidt, forecasting chief and that new rents could not be above for the Leibniz Institute for Economic that level, while existing rents needed Party and Christian Democratic Union Research in Essen, said Thursday that to be reduced to conform. had appealed to challenge the rent cap. the institute expects pandemic-related The policy has caused havoc in Ber- In its ruling, the Federal Constitutional restrictions to start being eased from lin’s housing market. Many landlords Court in Karlsruhe said the regulation the middle of the second quarter and was unconstitutional because housing have included so-called “shadow-rent” policy is a federal issue and states only to be mostly withdrawn by the end of clauses in new contracts — higher the third. may intervene if the federal govern- monthly rents that would take effect ment does not exercise that power. “Since the federal legislature has laws... regulating rental prices, there is no room for the the states to legislate,” the court said in its ruling. Germany’s top housing official, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer, wel- comed the decision, saying the rent cap had caused “uncertainty on the hous- ing market, put a brake on investments and didn’t create a single new home.” The Left party, which has its roots in the former East German communist party and oversees housing in the capi- tal, said the court decision would be a disappointment for some 1.5 million Berlin households that were covered by the cap. In this file photo, apartment buildings in the district Mitte photographed from “They have the (Christian Demo- the television tower in Berlin, Germany. Germany’s highest court has ruled cratic) Union and the FDP to thank,” that a cap on rent prices implemented last year by Berlin’s left-wing state said the party’s housing policy expert, government is unconstitutional and void. (AP) Caren Lay. ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2021 BUSINESS 11

Air Force One subcontractor countersues Boeing In this fi le photo, the Boeing logo appears A subcontractor working on The lawsuit alleges that comment Friday from Boeing. liver them by December 2024. above a trading post on the new Air Force One aircraft Boeing’s mismanagement Boeing had alleged GDC Boeing hired GDC for work on the fl oor of the New York for Boeing countersued the caused the delays, not GDC’s ran into fi nancial problems Air Force One and other ex- Stock Exchange before Chicago-based aircraft giant actions. The Fort Worth-based and missed deadlines, caus- ecutive planes used to carry the opening bell. Boeing Friday over Boeing’s allega- subcontractor contends that ing millions in damages to government offi cials. is suing a subcontractor tions of missed deadlines for Boeing failed in its contractual Boeing and jeopardizing work Boeing is currently working it hired to work on new work on the presidential air- obligations to the subcontrac- Air Force One planes that critically important to the U.S. on electrical power upgrades, will carry the president of craft. tors, including failing to pay Air Force and the president. communication systems, ex- the United States. Boeing In a seven-page lawsuit what GDC was due for its The U.S. Air Force award- ecutive interiors and other says a subcontractor on fi led in state district court in work. It also alleges that Boe- ed Boeing a $3.9 billion con- work on the planes at a Boe- in Fort Worth, Texas, Fort Worth, GDC Technics ing has damaged GDC’s repu- tract in 2018 to convert two ing facility in San Antonio, a missed deadlines for work LLC seeks more than $20 mil- tation with the Pentagon. Boeing 747-8 planes into the Boeing spokeswoman has on the planes. (AP) lion in damages from Boeing. There was no immediate iconic presidential jets and de- said. (AP) S&P 500 and Dow hit new record highs Investors continue to focus on global economic recovery

NEW YORK, April 17, pandemic. (AP): Stocks added to their Homebuilder stocks moved broadly higher Friday after the recent gains Friday, driv- Commerce Department said that ing the S&P 500 and Dow U.S. home construction rebounded Jones Industrial Average to strongly in March to the fastest pace new highs. since 2006, as builders recovered The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, led from an unusually frigid February. by gains in companies that rely The report also showed that appli- directly on consumer spending, cations for building permits, a good health care stocks and banks, sign of future activity, increased by which benefi ted from higher 2.7% to a seasonally adjusted annual Treasury yields. The benchmark rate of 1.77 million units. D.R. Hor- index notched its fourth straight ton rose 3.6% and KB Home gained weekly gain. 3.3%. The gains were tempered by mod- The rally in builder stocks helped est declines in technology stocks, power the S&P 500’s consumer dis- which have been prone to pull back cretionary sector’s gains, while Pfi z- when bond yields move higher. Ris- er was among the big winners in the ing bond yields tend to make shares index’s health care sector, notching in technology companies that have a 2.6% gain. had a strong runup over the past year Technology and communication look too expensive. Crude oil pric- services stocks fell modestly. Apple es slipped, weighing down energy slipped 0.3% and Facebook dropped companies. 0.5%. Bond yields rose broadly after Several companies rose after re- falling earlier in the week. The yield porting solid earnings. Paint and of the 10-year Treasury note rose to coatings maker PPG Industries 1.59% from 1.53% late Thursday. jumped 8.7% for the biggest gain in Still, bond yields are down from the the S&P 500 after handily beating highs they hit earlier in the month, Wall Street’s fi rst-quarter profi t and when the 10-year note traded at a revenue forecasts. Other standouts yield of 1.75%. include J.B. Hunt Transport Servic- “There’s sort of a churning with es, which rose 1.4% after reporting regard to interest rates and in the solid fi nancial results. market itself,” said Tom Mar- In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange, traders work on the fl oor, Thursday, April 15, 2021. U.S. stocks are rallying toward records The market is heading into the on Thursday after a suite of encouraging data showed how hungry Americans are to spend again, how fewer workers are losing their jobs and how busiest two weeks of the earnings tin, senior portfolio manager with much fatter corporate profi ts are getting. (AP) Globalt Investments. reporting season. Expectations The S&P 500 rose 15.05 points to companies added 5.60 points, or and Federal Reserve are fueling ex- weigh other proposals in Wash- Investors also continue to be fo- are high for companies to show 4,185.47. The Dow gained 164.68 0.2%, to 2,262.67. pectations for solid corporate profi t ington, which include investments cused on the global economic re- they are recovering from the pan- points, or 0.5% to 34,200.67. The Stocks have rallied in recent growth as more businesses reopen in infrastructure and potential tax covery. China’s economy expanded demic or have roadmaps to show S&P and Dow also hit all-time highs weeks amid a string of encouraging after being forced to close or op- changes. at a sizzling annual pace of 18.3% when profi ts will return. Dozens of on Thursday. The technology-heavy reports on hiring, consumer confi - erate on a limited basis due to the “Market participants are just try- in the fi rst quarter of the year, the companies will report next week, Nasdaq inched up 13.58 points, or dence and spending that point to an pandemic. ing to fi gure out, given the stimulus government reported Friday. The including Coca-Cola, Johnson & 0.1%, to 14,052.34 after recovering accelerating U.S. economy. COV- The last round of stimulus from that’s already in the market, how do world’s second-largest economy Johnson, Verizon Communications, from an early slide. ID-19 vaccinations and massive the government helped lift retail we handicap these next couple of contracted, as most of the world Dow Chemical and American Air- The Russell 2000 index of smaller support from the U.S. government sales, and investors now have to rounds,” Martin said. did, during the fi rst months of the lines. ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2021 SCIENCE 12

Coronavirus

US urged to ease exports US, other nations help with ‘COVAX program’ GENEVA, April 17, (AP): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has kicked off an appeal to other countries to help inject $2 billion more to the UN-backed program to ship coronavirus vaccines to the world’s poorest countries. The United States is co-hosting a pledging and donor con- ference Thursday, bringing together four presidents, three prime ministers and other dignitaries to help buttress the $6.3 billion already raised for the UN-backed COVAX program. Blinken laid out a goal to raise COVAX’s target of vac- cinating 20% of populations in the affected countries to 30%, with the addition of $2 billion in funds. The COVAX effort has been providing millions of vaccine doses to 92 of the world’s poorest countries. “We recognize that as long as COVID is spreading and replicating anywhere, it poses a threat to people every- where,” Blinken says. Donors were expected to chip in either funds - prime minister Stefan Lofven announced Sweden was increasing its contribution to COVAX from $20 million to $280 million - or announce plans to share doses with the low- and middle-income countries. Blinken highlighted the Biden administration’s contribution of $2 billion to COVAX in March and its plans to add another $2 billion through Blinken 2022. Blinken appealed Thursday for other countries to inject another $2 billion into a UN-backed program to ship coronavirus vaccines to the world’s poorest In this Feb. 2, 2021 file photo, a nurse cleans a patient suffering from COVID-19 in the ICU at the La Timone hospital in Marseille, southern France. The global countries - at a time when rich countries have seized the death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday, April 17, amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide vaccination campaign and a lion’s share of them. deepening crisis in places such as Brazil, India and France. (AP) Blinken, speaking in recorded remarks, laid out an ambi- tion to raise COVAX’s target of vaccinating 20% of popula- tions in the affected countries, even as he praised the pledges and donations made so far. Coronavirus “To beat this pandemic, we need to aim much higher. With $2 billion more to COVAX, we can reach approximately 30% of people in target countries, rather than 20%,” he said for the event hosted with Geneva-based Gavi, the Vaccine Crisis worsening in India, Brazil and France Alliance -- which co-runs COVAX. Effective “That’s not all we must do. We need to produce more safe, Global death toll tops staggering 3mn effective vaccines, and we need to distribute them more rap- idly,” Blinken said. RIO DE JANEIRO, April 17, (AP): their throats. country slows. He did not propose new US funds, but highlighted the The global death toll from the corona- The slow vaccine rollout has The WHO recently described the Biden administration’s contribution of $2 billion to COVAX virus topped a staggering 3 million crushed Brazilians’ pride in their own supply situation as precarious. Up to in March and its plans to add another $2 billion through people Saturday amid repeated set- history of carrying out huge immuni- 60 countries might not receive any 2022. backs in the worldwide vaccination zation campaigns that were the envy of more shots until June, by one estimate. “We recognize that as long as COVID is spreading and campaign and a deepening crisis in the developing world. To date, COVAX has delivered about replicating anywhere, it poses a threat to people every- places such as Brazil, India and Taking cues from President Jair 40 million doses to more than 100 where,” Blinken said. France. Bolsonaro, who has likened the virus countries, enough to cover barely Meanwhile, the chief executive of Serum Institute of The number of lives lost, as com- to little more than a flu, his Health 0.25% of the world’s population. India, the world’s largest maker of vaccines and a critical piled by Johns Hopkins University, is Ministry for months bet big on a single Globally, about 87% of the 700 mil- supplier of the UN-backed COVAX facility, asked President about equal to the population of Kyiv, vaccine, ignoring other producers. lion doses dispensed have been given Joe Biden on Twitter to lift the US embargo on exporting raw Ukraine; Caracas, Venezuela; or met- When bottlenecks emerged, it was too out in rich countries. While 1 in 4 ropolitan Lisbon, Portugal. It is bigger late to get large quantities in time. people in wealthy nations have materials needed to make the jabs. In this Jan. 12, 2019 file photo, the Vaccine makers and experts in India have been concerned than Chicago (2.7 million) and equiva- Watching so many patients suffer received a vaccine, in poor countries SpaceX prototype Starship hopper lent to Philadelphia and Dallas com- and die alone at her Rio de Janeiro the figure is 1 in more than 500. that the use of the Defense Production Act by the US to boost stands at the Boca Chica Beach site it own vaccine production was resulting in exports of critical in Texas. NASA chose SpaceX on bined. hospital impelled nurse Lidiane Melo In recent days, the US and some raw materials being stopped. This was hobbling vaccine Friday, April 16, to build the lunar And the true number is believed to to take desperate measures. European countries put the use of production in other parts of the world. lander that will eventually put the first be significantly higher because of pos- In the early days of the pandemic, as Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vac- Stéphane Bancel, chief executive officer for Moderna, said woman and person of color on the sible government concealment and the sufferers were calling out for comfort cine on hold while authorities investi- Tuesday in an online event that export embargoes were also moon. The announcement came a many cases overlooked in the early that she was too busy to provide, Melo gate extremely rare but dangerous preventing American vaccine makers from exporting shots few hours after SpaceX’s most inter- stages of the outbreak that began in filled two rubber gloves with warm blood clots. AstraZeneca’s vaccine has globally and resulting in shortages. national crew of astronauts yet arrived Wuhan, China, at the end of 2019. water, knotted them shut, and sand- likewise been hit with delays and “If we are to truly unite in beating this virus, on behalf of in Florida for a liftoff next week. (AP) When the world back in January wiched them around a patient’s hand restrictions because of a clotting scare. the vaccine industry outside the U.S., I humbly request you passed the bleak threshold of 2 million to simulate a loving touch. Another concern: Poorer countries deaths, immunization drives had just are relying on vaccines made by China to lift the embargo of raw material exports out of the U.S. so Image that vaccine production can ramp up,” wrote Adar started in Europe and the United and Russia, which some scientists States. Today, they are underway in Some have christened the practice believe provide less protection that Poonawalla, CEO of Serum Institute of India. more than 190 countries, though prog- the “hand of God,” and it is now the those by Pfizer, Moderna and He had earlier told The Associated Press that pivoting ress in bringing the virus under control searing image of a nation roiled by a AstraZeneca. away from suppliers in the U.S. could result in a delay of up varies widely. medical emergency with no end in Last week, the director of the to six months for the production of the COVID-19 vaccine While the campaigns in the US and sight. Chinese Center for Disease Control developed by Novavax. Serum Institute and Novavax have Britain have hit their stride and people “Patients can’t receive visitors. and Prevention acknowledged the inked a deal to supply 1.1 billion doses of the vaccine to and businesses there are beginning to Sadly, there’s no way. So it’s a way to country’s vaccines offer low protec- COVAX to equitably distribute it across the globe. contemplate life after the pandemic, provide psychological support, to be tion and said officials are considering Separately, 10 Democratic senators are urging Biden to other places, mostly poorer countries there together with the patient holding mixing them with other shots to back India and South Africa’s appeal to the World Trade Musk Bezos but some rich ones as well, are lagging their hand,” Melo said. She added: improve their effectiveness. Organization to temporarily relax intellectual property rules behind in putting shots in arms and “And this year it’s worse, the serious- In the US, where over 560,000 lives so coronavirus vaccines can be manufactured by nations that have imposed new lockdowns and ness of patients is 1,000 times great- have been lost, accounting for more are struggling to inoculate their populations. other restrictions as virus cases soar. er.” than 1 in 6 of the world’s COVID-19 The lawmakers, in a letter delivered to the White House on Discovery Worldwide, deaths are on the rise This situation is similarly dire in deaths, hospitalizations and deaths Thursday evening, wrote that Biden should “prioritize people again, running at around 12,000 per India, where cases spiked in February have dropped, businesses are reopen- over pharmaceutical company profits” and support the tem- day on average, and new cases are after weeks of steady decline, taking ing, and life is beginning to return to porary waiver of the rules. A waiver, which is supported by SpaceX picked for moonwalkers: climbing too, eclipsing 700,000 a day. authorities by surprise. In a surge driv- something approaching normalcy in more than 100 nations, could pave the way for generic or NASA chose SpaceX on Friday to build the “This is not the situation we want to en by variants of the virus, India saw several states. The number of other manufacturers to make more vaccines. lunar lander that will eventually put the first be in 16 months into a pandemic, over 180,000 new infections in one Americans filing for unemployment India, in particular, is facing tremendous need. Serum woman and person of color on the moon. where we have proven control mea- 24-hour span during the past week, benefits tumbled last week to 576,000, Institute of India paused exports to COVAX after a devastat- The announcement came a few hours sures,” said Maria Van Kerkhove, one bringing the total number of cases to a post-COVID-19 low. ing surge of infections in India resulted in increased domestic after SpaceX’s most international crew of of the World Health Organization’s over 13.9 million. But progress has been patchy, and demand. astronauts yet arrived in Florida for a liftoff leaders on COVID-19. Problems that India had overcome new hot spots - most notably Michigan Over 200,000 new infections were detected in the past 24 next week. In Brazil, where deaths are running last year are coming back to haunt - have flared up in recent weeks. Still, Elon Musk’s Starship - the futuristic, hours, and major cities, like Mumbai and New Delhi, are shiny steel rocketship that’s been launching at about 3,000 per day, accounting for health officials. Only 178 ventilators deaths in the U.S. are down to about under virus restrictions. Hospitals are overwhelmed, and and exploding in Texas - beat out landers one-quarter of the lives lost worldwide were free Wednesday afternoon in 700 per day on average, plummeting authorities are scrambling to try to vaccinate enough people proposed by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and in recent weeks, the crisis has been New Delhi, a city of 29 million, where from a mid-January peak of about to slow down the spread. But in doing so, India relies heav- Dynetics, a subsidiary of Leidos. The con- likened to a “raging inferno” by one 13,000 new infections were reported 3,400. ily on AstraZeneca shots made by Serum Institute of India. tract is worth $2.89 billion. WHO official. A more contagious the previous day. In Europe, countries are feeling the Poonawalla had said the unavailability of the raw materi- “We won’t stop at the moon,” said variant of the virus has been rampag- The challenges facing India rever- brunt of a more contagious variant that als, such as the specific medium needed to grow microorgan- NASA’s acting administrator Steve ing across the country. berate beyond its borders since the first ravaged Britain and has pushed isms, would prevent Serum Institute from scaling up the Jurczyk. Mars is the ultimate goal, he told As cases surge, hospitals are run- country is the biggest supplier of shots the continent’s COVID-19-related production of the vaccine developed by Novavax. reporters. ning out of critical sedatives. As a to COVAX, the UN-sponsored pro- death toll beyond 1 million. The company had been planning to make up to 40 million NASA declined to provide a target result, there have been reports of some gram to distribute vaccines to poorer Close to 6,000 gravely ill patients shots of the vaccine monthly. launch date for the moon-landing Artemis doctors diluting what supplies remain parts of the world. Last month, India are being treated in French critical care mission, saying a review is underway. The and even tying patients to their beds said it would suspend vaccine exports units, numbers not seen since the first Vaccine Trump administration had set a 2024 dead- while breathing tubes are pushed down until the virus’s spread inside the wave a year ago. Ramping up the production of this shot could also help line, but on Friday, NASA officials called it a goal. India. Novavax has applied for authorization of the vaccine “We’ll do it when it’s safe,” said Kathy to regulators in Europe, the US and the World Health Lueders, who leads NASA’s human space researchers published their findings in a Dracopristis hoffmanorum, or Hoffman’s easy to access because of a quarry and other Organization. If the vaccine is approved, India would be able exploration office. bulletin of the New Mexico Museum of Dragon Shark, in honor of the New Mexico commercial digging operations. to use it under new regulations that make it easier to green- She indicated NASA and SpaceX are Natural History & Science identifying the family that owns the land in the Manzano The name also harkens to the dragon-like light vaccines that have received the nod by the UK, the US, shooting for later this decade. The astro- shark as a separate species. Mountains where the fossils were found. jawline and 2.5-foot (0.75-meter) fin spines Europe, Japan or WHO. nauts will fly to the moon on the NASA- He named the 6.7-foot (2 meter) monster Hodnett says the area is rife with fossils and that inspired the discovery’s initial nick- Africa’s top health official said Thursday he wants to launched Orion capsule, then transfer to name, “Godzilla Shark.” believe that India will lift export restrictions on COVID-19 Starship in lunar orbit for the ride down to The formal naming announcement fol- vaccines as soon as possible, warning that “India is not an the surface and back. lowed seven years of excavation, preserva- island” while some African nations still have seen no shots at NASA has said at least one of the first tion and study. moonwalkers since 1972 would be the first The 12 rows of teeth on the shark’s lower all. jaw, for example, were still obscured by John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centers for woman on the moon. Another goal of the program, according to the space agency, is layers of sediment after excavation. Hodnett Disease Control and Prevention, spoke as the African conti- only saw them by using an angled light nent of 1.3 billion people doesn’t know when second doses to send a person of color to the lunar sur- face. technique that illuminates objects below. of key vaccines will arrive and India sees a devastating resur- On Friday, Jurczyk greeted the four (AP) gence in infections. India is a major vaccine producer and a astronauts arriving at Kennedy Space ❑ ❑ ❑ key supplier to the United Nations-backed COVAX initiative Center for SpaceX’s third crew launch in New blast at volcano: La Soufriere aiming to bring shots to some of the world’s poorest coun- less than a year. By coincidence, their flight volcano shot out another explosive burst of tries. to the International Space Station is set for “If you finish vaccinating your people before Africa or next Thursday - Earth Day. It’s a reminder gas and ash on Friday as a cruise ship other parts of the world, you have not done yourself any of NASA’s core mission of studying the arrived to evacuate some of the foreigners justice because variants will emerge and undermine your home planet, Jurczyk said. (AP) who had been stuck on a St. Vincent island ❑ ❑ ❑ coated in ash from a week of violent erup- own vaccination efforts,” Nkengasong said in a weekly press tions. briefing, highlighting what has become a global crisis with as ‘Godzilla’ shark discovered: The The explosions that began on April 9 many as 60 countries possibly stalled at their first shots. 300-million-year-old shark’s teeth were the forced some 20,000 to flee the northern end He said the uncertainty around the arrival of second doses first sign that it might be a distinct species. of the eastern Caribbean island for shelters puts the African continent in a “very dicey situation.” Some The ancient chompers looked less like and contaminated water supplies across the countries have already exhausted their initial vaccine doses, the spear-like rows of teeth of related spe- island. including Ghana and Rwanda, he said. cies. They were squatter and shorter, less Friday morning’s blast “wasn’t a big Nkengasong stressed that people should not worry now than an inch long, around 2 centimeters. In this undated photo provided by John-Paul Hodnett is a single tooth on the explosion compared to the ones that we last about receiving delayed second doses, but added that “we are “Great for grasping and crushing prey lower jaw of a 300-million-year-old shark species named this week following a weekend, but it was big enough to punch a very insistent, use the vaccines before the first expiration rather than piercing prey,” said discoverer nearly complete skeleton of the species in 2013 in New Mexico. Discoverer hole through the clouds,” said Richard date” despite guidance he said the Serum Institute had given John-Paul Hodnett, who was a graduate Hodnett says it was the short, squat teeth that first alerted him to the possibility Robertson, lead scientist at the University student when he unearthed the first fossils that the specimen initially dubbed ‘Godzilla Shark’ could be a species distinct of the West Indies Seismic Research Center, on an extension beyond the 12-week window currently rec- from it’s ancient cousins, which have longer, more spear-like teeth. The image ommended. of the shark at a dig east of Albuquerque in in an interview with local NBC radio. 2013. was taken using angled light techniques that reveal fossil features underneath “Probably got up to 8,000 meters (26,000 This week, Hodnett and a slew of other sediment. 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Russia claim ice dance gold Chen tops Hanyu to win men’s free skate at World Team Trophy OSAKA, Japan, April 17, (AP): Three-time world champion Na- than Chen won the free skate at the figure skating World Team Trophy to continue his dominance of two- Hall scores, Swayman solid time Olympic gold medalist Yu- zuru Hanyu. First after the short program, Chen opened with a quadruple flip and landed a quad salchow in the first half of his routine set as Bruins shutout Islanders to a selection of music by Philip Glass. Winner of the past five U.S. ti- Lehner, Golden Knights blank Ducks 4-0 tles, Chen landed two more qua- druple toeloops as part of com- bination jumps to score 203.24 BOSTON, April 17, (AP): points. Taylor Hall scored his sec- Hanyu, who was second after the ond goal in two nights, Jer- short program, opened with a quad emy Swayman stopped 25 loop but could only manage a sin- USA’s Nathan Chen performs dur- gle salchow instead of a planned ing the men’s free skating program shots and the Boston Bru- quad salchow on his second jump. of the ISU World Team Trophy fig- ins beat the Islanders 3-0, He added two quad toeloops later ure skating competition in Osaka, their second win over New in his program and finished with western Japan, on April 16. (AP) York in two nights. 193.76 points. were second with 124.75 fol- David Pastrnak added his 17th Russian skater Mikhail Kolyada lowed by Americans Kaitlin Ha- goal of the season and Curtis Lazar was third with 180.72 points. wayek and Jean-Luc Baker with had a late empty-netter as Boston Chen became the first American 110.16. put more distance between itself since Scott Hamilton to win a third Anastasia Mishina and Alek- and the idle New York Rangers for consecutive World Figure Skat- ing Championships men’s title in sandr Galliamov of Russia were the East Division’s final playoff first after the pairs short program spot. Stockholm, Sweden, last month where he also beat Hanyu. with 73.77 points. Nicole Della Ilya Sorokin had 21 saves for Monica and Matteo Guarise of the Islanders, who have lost three Chen has not lost a competition since the 2018 Olympics. Italy were second with 66.09 of four. points followed by Riku Miura Coming off a 4-1 win on Thurs- The biennial World Team Tro- phy features the six best figure and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan day night, the Bruins were again with 65.82. solid defensively, turning back all skating teams from the 2020-21 season. Each country sends two men, five of New York’s power play two women, one pair and one ice- chances. dancing entry. The points will be FIGURE SKATING combined across the four disci- ICE HOCKEY plines with the highest point total Teams from Japan, the United winning. Golden Knights 4, Ducks 0 States, Canada, France, Russia and The World Team Trophy was In Anaheim, California, Robin Italy are taking part. first held in 2009. Team USA has Lehner made 16 saves for his first Chen said he appreciated the won four of the previous six com- shutout of the season and 16th of rare opportunity to compete in a petitions with the other two won his career, and Vegas extended its team format. by Japan. The U.S. is the defend- winning streak to five games. “I don’t think I would have been ing champion. William Karlsson, Chandler Boston Bruins’ Sean Kuraly reaches for the puck next to New York Islanders’ Scott Mayfield during the second able to perform as well as I have A limited number of fans were Stephenson, Nicolas Roy and period of an NHL hockey game, on April 16, in Boston. (AP) over the past few years had it not allowed into Maruzen Intec Arena Brayden McNabb scored for the been for these guys pushing me even though Osaka is experiencing Golden Knights, who moved Devils. Jake Allen made 13 of his 28 also scored for the Wild, who won forward so a lot of credit goes to a surge in COVID-19 cases. within two points of the West John Gibson made 44 saves as saves in the first period for the Ca- their second straight. them,” Chen said. On Friday, Japan’s second-larg- Division-leading Colorado Ava- last-place Anaheim saw its two- nadiens, who had lost three of their Tomas Hertl and Evander Kane Russia led the competition est city recorded more than 1,209 lanche. Stephenson added an game winning streak end. previous four games - including a scored Martin Jones stopped 15 of after the second day with 91 cases, its highest total since Janu- assist and Mark Stone had two Canadiens 2, Flames 1 4-1 loss to the Flames on Wednes- 18 shots for the Sharks, who lost points, eight ahead of the United ary. assists to help Vegas improve In Montreal, Tyler Toffoli scored day night. their fourth in a row. States. Japan was third with 78 With less than a year to go until to 3-0 on its four-game trip to two goals, including the winner in Elias Lindholm scored the lone San Jose struck first on a strong points. the Beijing Olympics, many of the Southern California. the third period, to lift Montreal to goal for the Flames. individual effort by Hertl less Russia finished first in the world’s top skaters are in Osaka, Lehner, who missed over a a victory that snapped Calgary’s Wild 3, Sharks 2 than four minutes into the game. free dance to claim the ice dance eager to get in another competition month of play between Febru- three-game winning streak. In St. Paul, Minnesota, Nick Hertl gathered the puck in his own gold. after several International Skating ary and March with a concussion, Toffoli was credited with the Bonino had a goal and an assist, zone, played it off the sideboards Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Union events were cancelled this made just his 13th start of the sea- go-ahead goal at 15:45 of the third Cam Talbot made 20 saves and the to himself at center ice and skated Katsalapov, first after the rhythm season due to the pandemic. son while picking up his 10th win. after he deflected in a pass from Minnesota Wild held on to defeat in alone on Talbot, who let a wrist dance, received 130.15 points in The competition concludes Sat- It was his first shutout since March Joel Armia over the glove of Jacob the San Jose Sharks. shot slip past him for Hertl’s 13th the free dance. Charlene Guig- urday with the women’s free skate 3, 2020, against the New Jersey Markstrom. Mats Zuccarello and Zach Parise goal of the season. nard and Marco Fabbri of Italy and the pairs free skate.

Dynamo open MLS season with victory NHL Results/Standings

Paulo, Ruidiaz lift Sounders past United WASHINGTON, April 17, (AP): Results and standings from the NHL games on Friday. SEATTLE, April 17, (AP): João Paulo minute off a terrifi c pass by Will Bruin Montreal 2 Calgary 1 Minnesota 3 San Jose 2 scored a goal of the season candidate and moments later collected a second Boston 3 NY Islanders 0 Vegas 4 Anaheim 0 early in the second half, Raul Ruidiaz goal after Cristian Roldan found Ru- East Division West Division added two goals three minutes apart, GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA idiaz with a step behind the Loons de- Washington 44 28 12 4 60 154 132 and the Seattle Sounders welcomed fense. Fredy Montero, playing his fi rst NY Islanders 44 27 13 4 58 126 105 Colorado 43 30 9 4 64 154 101 fans back to its home stadium with a game for Seattle since 2012, added the Pittsburgh 43 27 13 3 57 147 120 Vegas 43 30 11 2 62 142 96 4-0 win over Minnesota United. Boston 42 24 12 6 54 119 107 Minnesota 42 26 13 3 55 127 113 fi nal goal in the 86th minute. NY Rangers 43 21 16 6 48 140 112 St Louis 42 19 17 6 44 122 132 The crowd of 7,042 wasn’t the near- Philadelphia 43 20 17 6 46 125 155 Arizona 44 19 20 5 43 118 139 ly 40,000 that has become the norm in New Jersey 42 14 22 6 34 103 139 San Jose 43 18 21 4 40 116 144 SOCCER Buffalo 43 11 25 7 29 105 149 Los Angeles 42 16 20 6 38 114 127 Seattle, but was a sellout under the cur- Central Division Anaheim 45 14 24 7 35 101 142 rent COVID-19 restrictions. GP W L OT Pts GF GA North Division The start to the 2021 season for Carolina 42 28 10 4 60 137 103 GP W L OT Pts GF GA the reigning Western Conference Dynamo 2, Earthquakes 1 Tampa Bay 43 29 12 2 60 146 110 Toronto 44 28 12 4 60 145 117 champions was a rousing celebra- In Houston, Memo Rodríguez Florida 44 27 12 5 59 138 120 Winnipeg 44 27 14 3 57 144 117 scored the opening goal of the Major Nashville 45 24 20 1 49 120 127 Edmonton 42 25 15 2 52 134 120 tion welcoming fans back to Lumen Chicago 44 20 19 5 45 123 139 Montreal 41 19 13 9 47 125 115 Seattle Sounders midfielder Alex Field for the first time in 13 months. League Soccer season and Maximil- Dallas 42 16 14 12 44 117 108 Calgary 44 19 22 3 41 116 129 Roldan (right), and Minnesota Unit- João Paulo ignited the cheers with iano Urruti added a goal in the second Columbus 45 15 21 9 39 113 149 Vancouver 37 16 18 3 35 100 120 ed defender Chase Gasper (left), a deft moment of skill, scoring on a half as Houston beat San Jose. Detroit 45 16 23 6 38 103 141 Ottawa 44 14 26 4 32 118 164 vie for a header during the first half 25-yard volley in the 49th minute to Rodríguez raced to Joe Corona’s Note: Two points for a win one point for overtime loss. The top four teams in each division will qualify for playoffs under this of an MLS soccer match on April give Seattle the lead. through ball in the 39th minute and season’s temporary realignment. 16, in Seattle. (AP) Ruidiaz scored his fi rst in the 70th bent a shot around JT Marcinkowski. ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2021 SPORTS 15 Seager homers in 12th, Dodgers top Padres Schwarber lifts Nats over D-backs

SAN DIEGO, April 17, (AP): Corey Seager hit a MLB Results/Standings tiebreaking, two-run hom- er on Tim Hill’s first pitch of the 12th inning and the WASHINGTON, April 17, (AP): Re- sults and standings from the MLB Los Angeles Dodgers beat games on Friday. Cincinnati 10 Cleveland 3 the San Diego Padres 11-6 Tampa Bay 8 NY Yankees 2 in a tense, entertaining first Baltimore 5 Texas 2 Oakland 3 Detroit 0 matchup this season be- LA Angels 10 Minnesota 3 Seattle 6 Houston 5 tween NL West rivals who Atlanta 5 Chicago Cubs 2 Philadelphia 9 St Louis 2 have visions of deep playoff Miami 4 San Francisco 1 runs. Washington 1 Arizona 0 Pittsburgh 6 Milwaukee 1 It took 4 hours, 57 minutes to LA Dodgers 11 San Diego (12 innings) 6 American League decide this one, which ended early East Division Saturday morning. The benches W L Pct GB emptied after Dodgers reliever Boston 9 4 .692 _ Toronto 6 7 .462 3 Dennis Santana hit Jorge Mateo Baltimore 6 8 .429 3-1/2 with a pitch to put runners on the Tampa Bay 6 8 .429 3-1/2 New York 5 8 .385 4 corners with one out in the 10th. Central Division Trent Grisham walked to load the W L Pct GB Kansas City 7 4 .636 _ bases, but Santana struck out Fer- Cleveland 7 6 .538 1 nando Tatis Jr. to escape. Chicago 6 7 .462 2 The teams met for the fi rst time Detroit 6 8 .429 2-1/2 Minnesota 6 8 .429 2-1/2 since the Dodgers swept San Diego West Division in their Division Series last year en W L Pct GB route to winning the World Series. The Seattle 9 5 .643 _ Los Angeles 8 5 .615 -1/2 Padres responded by beefi ng up their Oakland 7 7 .500 2 rotation, trading for Yu Darvish, Blake Houston 6 7 .462 2-1/2 Snell and Joe Musgrove. Darvish and Texas 6 8 .429 3 Snell are scheduled to pitch in the fi nal National League East Division two games of the three-game series. W L Pct GB Seager homered with Mookie Betts New York 5 3 .625 _ on second base after making the last Philadelphia 7 6 .538 -1/2 Pakistan players celebrate after winning the fourth and final T20 cricket match between South Africa and Pakistan at Centurion Park in Pretoria, South Miami 6 7 .462 1-1/2 Africa, on April 16. (AP) out of the 11th. The Dodgers added Atlanta 6 8 .429 2 three more runs in the inning, includ- Washington 4 7 .364 2-1/2 ing a sacrifi ce fl y by reliever David Central Division Tourists beat hosts by 3 wickets with a ball to spare W L Pct GB Price (1-0) that was caught by Mus- Cincinnati 8 5 .615 _ grove, who took over in left fi eld after Milwaukee 7 6 .538 1 the Padres ran out of relievers. St Louis 6 7 .462 2 Pittsburgh 6 8 .429 2-1/2 Chicago 5 8 .385 3 Pakistan seal T20 series win in SAfrica BASEBALL West Division W L Pct GB CENTURION, South Africa, April 17, Los Angeles 12 2 .857 _ (AP): Pakistan sealed a 3-1 Twenty20 Left fi elder Jurickson Profar moved San Francisco 8 5 .615 3-1/2 San Diego 9 6 .600 3-1/2 series win in South Africa with a nail- Chahar’s 4-13 leads Chennai to second base as infi elder Jake Arizona 5 9 .357 7 biting victory in the fi nal game. Cronenworth came on to pitch. He got Colorado 3 10 .231 8-1/2 Cruising at 92-1 in the 10th over, while the fi nal two outs, including striking chasing a winning target of 145, Pakistan out Betts to end the inning. suddenly lost fi ve wickets for 23 runs to to 6-wkt win vs Punjab in IPL Hill (0-2) allowed fi ve runs, three slip to 115-6 in the 15th over. earned, in 1 1/3 innings. MUMBAI, India, April 17, (AP): Fast a death bowler too but he’s somebody That ensured a tense fi nish in the bowler Deepak Chahar grabbed 4-13 who gets more purchase than other After the Dodgers went ahead 6-5 in tour fi nale at SuperSport Park. the ninth when Justin Turner singled in and led Chennai Super Kings to an em- bowlers.” Betts, the Padres tied it with two outs phatic six-wicket victory over Punjab Chahar removed the West Indian in the bottom half when Eric Hosmer CRICKET Kings with 26 balls remaining in the duo of Chris Gayle (10) and Nicholas singled home Manny Machado. Indian Premier League. Pooran (0) in his third over before he Chahar destroyed Punjab’s top order capped off his brilliant spell by having Nationals 1, Diamondbacks 0 No. 8 Mohammad Nawaz saw the in an uninterrupted impressive spell of Deepak Hooda (10) caught at mid-off In Washington, Kyle Schwarber hit a tourists home, hitting 25 not out from seam bowling to restrict Punjab to 106-8. that left Punjab reeling at 26-5 in the game-ending homer in the ninth inning, 21 balls at the death, including two England’s Moeen Ali then scored seventh over. giving Washington a win over Arizona crucial sixes in the last two overs. 46 off 31 balls and seasoned batter Faf after Max Scherzer passed Cy Young on Pakistan needed 16 from the last 12 du Plessis remained unbeaten on 36 as baseball’s career strikeouts list. balls and, with the pressure building, Chennai recorded its fi rst victory and CRICKET The lefty-batting Schwarber con- Nawaz whipped a six over square leg off South Africa’s batsman Rassie van reached 107-4 with more than four nected on a 2-1 pitch from left-hander the fi fth ball of the 19th over, then pulled der Dussen watches his shot dur- overs to spare. Shahrukh Khan, who top-scored with Alex Young (0-3), sending a drive to another six over square leg off the fi fth ball ing the fourth and final T20 cricket Earlier, Chahar had justifi ed captain 47 off 36 balls, couldn’t up the scor- right that traveled an estimated 463 Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitch- of the 20th over. That clinched the win in match between South Africa and Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s decision to ing rate as Jadeja bowled a tidy spell of feet for his fi rst homer for Washington. er Walker Buehler works against a style with a ball to spare when Pakistan Pakistan at Centurion Park in Pre- fi eld fi rst after winning the toss. The 0-19. Khan fi nally holed out to Jadeja in Brad Hand (1-0) worked a score- San Diego Padres batter during the needed two from the last two deliveries. toria, South Africa, on April 16. (AP) right-arm fast bowler hit the top of the last over to give the economical Sam less ninth for the win. The Nationals second inning of a baseball game, Pakistan fi nished on 149-7 in re- on April 16, in San Diego. (AP) al series for a highly successful tour. Mayank Agarwal’s off stump off his Curran (1-12) his fi rst wicket. allowed just three hits. sponse to South Africa’s 144 all out in fourth ball and Ravindra Jadeja’s di- Despite two late wickets for fast South Africa, 2-1 down and striving Scherzer, a three-time Cy Young Oakland joined the 1991 Mariners 19.3 overs. rect throw from short cover left captain bowler Muhammed Shami (2-21), Award winner, struck out the side in and 1915 White Sox as the only teams Batting at No. 3, Fakhar Zaman con- to save the T20 series, struggled after Lokesh Rahul well short of his crease. Punjab always looked behind as Ali the seventh while passing Cy Young to have both a six-game winning streak tinued his red-shot form with 60 from being put in to bat, with only Rassie “There was no dew and enough and du Plessis shared a 66-run second- to move into 22nd place on baseball’s and six-game losing streak in the fi rst 34 balls to put Pakistan on course. Pak- van der Dussen troubling Pakistan seam movement,” Dhoni said. “Over wicket stand to give Dhoni’s team its strikeout list. He fi nished with 10 on 14 games of a season, according to istan also won the one-day internation- with his 52 from 36 balls. the years, he (Chahar) has matured into fi rst win in two games. the day, giving him 2,808 for his ca- SportRadar. reer. Montas (2-1) walked one and from a .500 road trip and opened a six- in the bottom of the ninth inning for No. 9 hitter Freddy Galvis had two hits over fi ve innings. Rays 8, Yankees 2 struck out seven during an impressive game homestand with a prolifi c offen- Atlanta. extra-base hits and scored twice for In New York, Brandon Lowe hit a Reds 10, Indians 3 100-pitch outing. sive performance. Aaron Slegers (1-0) Wright was recalled from the club’s the Orioles, who improved to 5-2 on In Cincinnati, Joey Votto hit a two- two-run double in the fi rst inning off Mitch Moreland and Sean Murphy got the win. alternate site to replace Drew Smyly, the road this season. They were 1-6 on opener Nick Nelson (0-2), and AL cham- run homer to cap a seven-run third had two-out RBI hits in the fourth Upton’s eighth career slam off Ca- who was scratched and placed on the their fi rst homestand, and had to play inning and Cincinnati cruised past pion Tampa Bay kept up its domination against José Ureña (0-3). Matt Chap- leb Thielbar was part of a six-run, six- 10-day injured list with left forearm two doubleheaders against Seattle in of New York, setting off frustrated fans Cleveland. man homered in the eighth, and Lou hit rally in the seventh. infl ammation Friday morning. Wright the previous three days after a couple Jeff Hoffman (2-1) gave the Reds who caused a brief interruption. Trivino got his second save. Mitch Garver had a two-run double hit four batters, including Javier Báez of postponements. The young, athletic Rays spurted to another solid start, surrendering just a Mariners 6, Astros 5 and Josh Donaldson added a go-ahead twice, but limited Chicago to two runs A week after getting no-hit by San run and seven hits through six innings an 8-0, seventh-inning lead and beat single in the sixth for the Twins, who and three hits over 4 1/3 innings. He Diego Padres right-hander Joe Mus- the Yankees for the 16th time in their In Seattle, Ty France hit a game- and helping himself with a looping ending RBI single, lifting Seattle to its opened a six-game California road swing also doubled for his fi rst career hit. grove, the Rangers didn’t have a hit off RBI single in the third. Nick Castella- last 21 meetings, including during with their sixth loss in seven games. Ran- Four relievers, including win- López (1-2) until David Dahl and Nick last year’s Division Series. New York third straight win. nos homered in the sixth inning for the Mitch Haniger had three hits for dy Dobnak (0-3) got the loss. ner Josh Tomlin (2-0), kept the Cubs Solak started the fi fth with back-to- Reds, who struck fi rst in the weekend walked seven Rays, had just three hits, scoreless until Smith entered for the back homers. Those were the only hits struck out 14 times and made three er- the Mariners for the second time this Phillies 8, Cardinals 2 battle of Ohio. week. France and Kyle Seager each ninth. Atlanta’s closer walked the bas- allowed by López, who had given up Amed Rosario and Jordan Luplow rors that led to three unearned runs. In Philadelphia, Zach Efl in pitched es loaded with two outs before striking drove in two runs. into the eighth inning and J.T. Realmu- 11 runs over 8 2/3 innings in his fi rst homered for Cleveland, and Josh Nay- The game was stopped for about 2 out Joc Pederson to cap his third save two starts. minutes, 15 seconds with Clint Fra- The Mariners trailed 5-4 before to hit a two-run homer, leading Phila- lor had three hits. in three tries. César Valdez, the fourth Baltimore Indians starter Logan Allen (1-2) zier batting in the bottom of the eighth Evan White connected for a solo delphia past St. Louis. Willson Contreras homered off drive in the eighth. J.P. Crawford Efl in (1-0) allowed six hits, struck reliever, worked around two baserun- didn’t make it out of the third inning. when about a half-dozen balls were Wright as the Cubs lost their second ners in the ninth for his third save in thrown on the fi eld from the pandem- and Haniger opened the ninth with out six and walked none in seven- He gave up fi ve runs on three hits, but straight and fi fth of six. The fi rst four four chances. reliever Phil Maton surrendered the ic-limited crowd of 10,202 on a cool, walks against Ryne Stanek (0-1), and plus innings. The lanky right-hander runs came off Chicago starter Zach France’s drive against Ryan Pressly retired 12 straight batters at one point Rangers right-hander Mike Foltyne- big hits to Suárez and Votto before breezy night with a 45-degree temper- Davies (1-2). wicz (0-3) allowed fi ve runs and seven ature at game time. landed on the warning track in right- and exited after surrendering a two-run getting out of the inning. Michael Wacha (1-1) lowered his center and hopped over the wall. homer to Justin Williams in the eighth. Marlins 4, Giants 1 Pirates 6, Brewers 1 ERA from 7.00 to 4.20, allowing one Anthony Misiewicz (2-0) worked Cardinals righty Carlos Martinez (0- In Miami, Starling Marte snapped In Milwaukee, JT Brubaker struck hit in six scoreless innings with nine a scoreless inning for the win after 3) gave up six runs and fi ve hits in fi ve an eighth-inning tie with a three-run out eight in six impressive innings and strikeouts and two walks. returning from the 10-day injured list innings. homer and Miami defeated San Fran- Pittsburgh extended its recent surge by cisco. Athletics 3, Tigers 0 earlier in the day. The Phillies jumped ahead 6-0 in the beating Milwaukee. second with their biggest inning of the Jazz Chisholm Jr. also homered for Colin Moran and Gregory Polanco In Oakland, California, Frankie Angels 10, Twins 3 the Marlins. Marte’s shot to left-center Montas allowed two hits in six sharp In Anaheim, California, Justin Up- season. Nine straight batters reached homered for the Pirates, who have fol- safely after Martinez got the fi rst out. fi eld off reliever Wandy Peralta sent lowed a six-game skid by winning fi ve innings and Oakland won its sixth ton hit a grand slam in the seventh in- Miami to its fi fth victory in six games. straight game by beating Detroit. ning, and Jared Walsh homered and Braves 5, Cubs 2 of seven. Adam Frazier added a two- Pinch-hitter Jesús Aguilar began the run triple. After opening the season with six drove in three runs in the Angels’ vic- In Chicago, Kyle Wright plunked decisive rally with a one-out walk against consecutive losses, the roller-coaster tory. four Chicago batters but still left with Brubaker (2-0) yielded one run and reliever Matt Wisler (0-2). Corey Dick- four hits, lowering his ERA to 1.76 A’s (7-7) are back at .500 thanks to Mike Trout delivered a go-ahead, the lead after a last-minute call-up, and erson’s single advanced pinch-runner their follow-up winning streak. two-run single as the Angels returned Will Smith stranded the bases loaded in three starts this season. The right- Magneuris Sierra to second. hander didn’t walk anybody, though Anthony Bass (1-2) pitched a perfect he did hit three batters. eighth and Yimi García closed with a Adrian Houser (1-2) allowed three scoreless ninth for his third save. runs in 4 1/3 innings, ending Milwau- Orioles 5, Rangers 2 Washington Nationals’ Kyle kee’s franchise-record streak of eight In Arlington, Texas, Rio Ruiz and Schwarber hits a home run during straight games in which its starting D.J. Stewart homered, Jorge López the ninth inning of the team’s base- pitchers worked at least fi ve innings struck out eight in fi ve innings and ball game against the Arizona Dia- while allowing no more than one run. Baltimore topped Texas for its latest mondbacks at Nationals Park, on Brewers starters posted an 0.59 ERA road win. April 16, in Washington. (AP) during that stretch. Coleman to miss Olympics despite reduced ban GENEVA, April 17, (AP): American Dec. 9, 2019. details not updated where offi cials can sprinter Christian Coleman will miss A call such as that is not required fi nd them each day - within one year. the Tokyo Olympics after failing in an within the anti-doping rules, the judges The 25-year-old Coleman will be appeal to overturn his ban for missed acknowledged. One of the three CAS clear to compete in the 2022 season, doping tests. judges, German law professor Ulrich which includes the world champion- The Court of Arbitration for Sport Haas, helped write the updated World ships in Eugene, Oregon. cut the 100-meter world champion’s Anti-Doping Code. Coleman won the 2019 world title in ban from two years to 18 months, but The court also noted Coleman Doha, Qatar, after being cleared on a tech- it won’t expire until November, three “should have been on ‘high-alert’ nicality to run because of missed tests. months after the Olympics. on that day, given the two existing “I’m just really blessed the situation The panel of three judges said 18 ‘whereabout’ failures against him.” was resolved,” Coleman said in Sep- months “was the appropriate sanction tember 2019 ahead of the worlds. “I’m in the circumstances” because Coleman ATHLETICS just a regular guy who had talent and the was not entirely at fault for one of his wherewithal to be able to hone that into three missed tests in a one-year period. something I can make money doing.” They said it was “reasonable for the Coleman had challenged the two- He ran the three fastest 100 times in athlete to expect” a telephone call from year ban imposed last October by the the world in 2019, topped by his gold a sample collection offi cial to return to Athletics Integrity Unit. Athletes can medal-winning 9.76 seconds in Doha. Oakland Athletics’ Matt Olson, (right), slides into second as Detroit Tigers’ Niko Goodrum throws to first on a ball hit his apartment during the 60-minute pe- be banned for two years if they have That was the fastest 100-meter time in by Matt Chapman, who was safe during the second inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., on April 16. (AP) riod he said he would be available on three failures - missed tests or contact more than four years. ARAB TIMES, SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2021 16

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Kane scores 2, gets injured in Spurs draw at Everton WASHINGTON, April 17, (AP): NBA results and standings on Friday. LONDON, April 17, (AP): Harry Utah 119 Indiana 111 Kane scored twice, including a second- Detroit 110 Oklahoma City 104 half equalizer, before limping off with Philadelphia 106 LA Clippers 103 Washington 117 N. Orleans OT 115 an ankle injury in Tottenham’s 2-2 Brooklyn 130 Charlotte 115 draw at Everton in the Premier League Toronto 113 Orlando 102 as both teams stayed on the fringe of Denver 128 Houston 99 the race for Champions League quali- Memphis 126 Chicago 115 fi cation. Minnesota 119 Miami 111 The England captain’s latest injury Portland 107 San Antonio 106 comes a week before Tottenham play New York 117 Dallas 109 Manchester City in the English League Eastern Conference Cup fi nal, which is Jose Mourinho’s Atlantic Division W L Pct GB team’s only shot at a trophy this sea- Philadelphia 39 17 .696 - son. Brooklyn 38 18 .679 1 Kane rolled his right ankle under the Boston 30 26 .536 9 weight of a tumbling Richarlison at a New York 30 27 .526 9-1/2 corner in second-half stoppage time at Toronto 23 34 .404 16-1/2 Goodison Park. Kane hobbled off after Southeast Division treatment, walking around the perim- W L Pct GB eter of the fi eld unaided toward the Atlanta 30 26 .536 - locker room. Miami 28 28 .500 2 Charlotte 27 28 .491 2-1/2 “I think it’s too early to say some- Washington 22 33 .400 7-1/2 thing,” Mourinho said immediately Orlando 18 38 .321 12 after the match. “For him to leave the Central Division pitch (at) 2-2 with a couple of min- W L Pct GB utes to go is obviously because he felt Milwaukee 35 20 .636 - something. Indiana 26 29 .473 9 “But let me be optimistic and be- Chicago 22 33 .400 13 lieve he has time to recover.” Cleveland 20 35 .364 15 The striker has suffered with a num- Detroit 17 39 .304 18-1/2 Western Conference ber of ankle issues in recent years. Southwest Division Earlier, Kane moved onto a league- W L Pct GB high 21 goals for the season, two more Dallas 30 25 .545 - than Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, Memphis 28 26 .519 1-1/2 with his clinically taken equalizer in San Antonio 26 28 .481 3-1/2 the 68th minute after a defensive mix- New Orleans 25 31 .446 5-1/2 up. Houston 14 42 .250 16-1/2 Kane had given Tottenham the lead Northwest Division in the 27th, only for a double from W L Pct GB Utah 42 14 .750 - Gylfi Sigurdsson — the fi rst coming Denver 36 20 .643 6 from the penalty spot following a foul Portland 32 23 .582 9-1/2 by Sergio Reguilon on James Rodri- Oklahoma City20 36 .357 22 guez — to put Everton ahead. Minnesota 15 42 .263 27-1/2 Sigurdsson’s goals came in the 31st Tottenham’s Serge Aurier, (right), duels for the ball with Everton’s Lucas Digne during the English Premier League soccer match between Everton and Pacifi c Division and 62nd minutes. Tottenham Hotspur at Goodison Park in Liverpool, England. (AP) W L Pct GB ❑ ❑ ❑ Phoenix 40 15 .727 - LA Clippers 39 19 .672 2-1/2 Sheffi eld Wednesday manager LA Lakers 34 22 .607 6-1/2 Darren Moore has developed pneu- Golden State 28 28 .500 12-1/2 monia and blood clots on his lungs fol- Sacramento 22 34 .393 18-1/2 lowing a recent coronavirus infection. The 46-year-old Moore returned from the requisite COVID-19 isola- 76ers snap LA Clippers tion period on Monday but said he felt VAR denies Leipzig discomfort the next night following the injury-time winner SOCCER BERLIN, April 17, (AP): Leip- zig had an injury-time winner Owls’ 2-0 loss to Swansea in the sec- ruled out through VAR and had ond division. to settle for a 0-0 draw with Hof- 7-game winning streak fenheim in the Bundesliga . “I have developed pneumonia as a result of COVID-19, with blood clots It was potentially a title-decid- on the lungs and extreme discomfort,” ing decision. Moore said in a club announcement Mitchell exits with ankle sprain as Jazz beat Pacers A win for hosts Leipzig would late Thursday. have cut Bayern Munich’s lead “I am gutted to be away but I under- to two points. stand the situation and the course of SALT LAKE CITY, April rebounds. Derrick Rose added 15 victory over San Antonio, which missed its ninth straight loss. Leipzig coach Julian Nagels- action I must take,” he said. 17, (AP): Donovan Mitchell points with fellow backup guard Alec three shots on its fi nal possession. Oklahoma City cut an 11-point, mann acknowledged his team’s The club sent its “very best wishes scored 22 points before leav- Burks sidelined by COVID-19 proto- Norman Powell added 22 points for fourth-quarter lead to one, but Detroit title bid was becoming increas- to the gaffer for a speedy and full re- cols. Portland, which snapped a two-game held on two nights after blowing a dou- ingly diffi cult. covery.” ing the game with a sprained The Knicks are three games over skid. ble-digit advantage in the fi nal period “We have to win the games to ❑ ❑ ❑ ankle in the third quarter, .500 for the fi rst DeMar DeRozan had 24 points and against the Los Angeles Clippers. manage it, but we didn’t manage and the NBA-leading Utah time since De- Dejounte Murray had 13 points, 11 re- Isaiah Stewart had 15 points and 22 it, and that’s why we don’t have A post on Twitter between high-pro- cember 2017. bounds and 10 assists for San Antonio. rebounds for Detroit. to talk about it so much,” Nagels- fi le soccer players after a Champions Jazz beat the Indiana Pacers Luka Don- Portland was without Damian Lil- Lu Dort scored 26 points for the 119-111 on Friday. mann said. League game has backfi red, highlight- cic scored 22 lard, who strained his right hamstring Thunder, who weren’t at full strength Substitute Yussuf Poulsen ing the perils of sports stars handing Bojan Bogdanovic had 24 points points and tied during practice on Thursday. themselves. thought he had scored in the 96th over control of their social media ac- and Rudy Gobert added 13 points, a career high DeRozan missed a jumper from the Grizzlies 126, Bulls 115 minute after heading in Marcel counts to third parties. 23 rebounds and four blocks for with 19 assists, wing with 9.2 seconds left, but Jakob After scoring the goal that sealed Poeltl tipped the rebound out to Rudy In Chicago, Dillon Brooks scored the Jazz. Jordan Clarkson chipped while Kristaps a season-high 32 points and Memphis Manchester City’s progress to the in 18 points off the bench while Porzingis had Gay, who missed a 3-pointer. Poeltl SOCCER semifi nals, Phil Foden appeared to got the rebound but missed a 17-footer took control in the second half to beat Mike Conley had 10 points and 23 points and McCollum Chicago. throw down the gauntlet to Paris 12 rebounds. as time expired. Halstenberg’s corner, but referee Saint-Germain superstar Kylian 10 assists. Utah won its second Brooks had 15 points in the third straight game. But the Mavericks couldn’t follow Nuggets 128, Rockets 99 quarter to lead Memphis’ charge. Manuel Gräfe reviewed video Mbappe. Doncic’s electrifying game-winning replays and determined that the “Are you ready,” read a post from Mitchell went to the locker room In Houston, Nikola Jokic scored 29 Jonas Valanciunas added 16 points 3-pointer in Memphis two nights ear- points, Michael Porter Jr added 21 and and seven rebounds while Ja Morant ball struck Poulsen’s hand. Foden’s Twitter account directed after suffering a right ankle sprain lier with another victory. with 8:18 left in the third quarter. He Denver cruised past Houston. scored 15 for the Grizzlies. Xavier It was Hoffenheim’s second at Mbappe in anticipation of City’s consecutive scoreless draw after match against PSG. could not put any weight on his leg Nets 130, Hornets 115 Jokic dominated in the paint, hitting Tillman added 14 points off the bench. and had to be helped off the fl oor by In New York, Kevin Durant had 25 10 of 12 fi eld goals and adding 16 re- Coby White led the way for the another uninspiring game against It was later deleted and the com- Bayer Leverkusen on Monday, pany that manages the social media teammates. X-rays on the ankle were points and 11 assists, Joe Harris scored bounds. Jokic played just 27 minutes Bulls with 27 points as the team played negative. 26 points and Brooklyn beat Charlotte. and fell three assists shy of his 16th without All-Star Zach LaVine, who but it was enough to lift the visi- accounts of Foden, among many other tors to 11th on goal difference leading players, looks to have had its Domantas Sabonis had 22 points, Landry Shamet added 20 points for triple-double of the season and second was sidelined by the NBA’s health and 15 rebounds, and seven assists for the the Nets. Kyrie Irving had 12 points, in as many games. safety protocols. Nikola Vucevic had ahead of the rest of the 29th partnership with the City player ended. round. Hours after the Daily Telegraph Pacers. Caris LeVert scored 24 points with Blake Griffi n and Jeff Green each The Nuggets have won 10 of their 24 points and 14 rebounds for Chicago. Nagelsmann, who is still just newspaper reported that Foden had and Malcolm Brogdon added 16. Indi- chipping in 10 for the Nets on the day last 12 games, winning six of those by Timberwolves 119, Heat 111 parted ways with Ten Toes Media, after LaMarcus Aldridge retired after double digits. 33, was up against his former Kelly Olynyk had 23 points for In Minneapolis, Karl-Anthony side in Hoffenheim, which he the company posted a statement on BASKETBALL experiencing an irregular heartbeat in Towns scored 24 points, including Twitter on Friday saying it was “sad- a game Saturday. Houston. Jae’Sean Tate had 21 points, led to third place and Champions and Christian Wood added 15. eight in the fourth quarter before foul- League qualifi cation in 2018. dened with the current situation.” “Phil Miles Bridges led the Hornets, who ing out, to lead Minnesota past Miami. Foden is a special person and football- ana led by as many as 17 points in the were playing without fi ve of their top Pistons 110, Thunder 104 Both Nagelsmann and Hof- Ricky Rubio added 17 points and fenheim counterpart Sebastian er and we wish him the very best going fi rst half but lost for the second time in six scorers, with a career-high 33 points. In Detroit, Josh Jackson scored 29 Naz Reid scored 16 off the bench as Hoeneß reacted at the break after forward,” the statement said. its last six games. Terry Rozier added 27 points and 10 points and Detroit overcame several Minnesota had seven players score in a muted fi rst half. Ten Toes Media didn’t respond to 76ers 106, Clippers 103 assists, and Vernon Carey Jr. scored a key absences to hand Oklahoma City double fi gures to overcome 21 turno- career-high 21 as the Hornets lost their Nagelsmann brought on Kevin emails and calls by The Associated In Philadelphia, Joel Embiid had vers. Towns keyed a 22-6 run midway fourth straight. Kampl and Amadou Haidara Press about the situation. 36 points and 14 rebounds and Phila- through the fourth as the Timber- Without directly referencing Foden, for the ineffective Angeliño delphia snapped Los Angeles’ seven- Wizards 117, Pelicans 115, OT wolves pulled away. and Nordi Mukiele, while Hoe- the company, whose clients have game winning streak. In Washington, Russell Westbrook Jimmy Butler had 30 points, 10 re- also included England internationals neß sent on Ihlas Bebou for Furkan Korkmaz added 18 points scored 10 of Washington’s 12 points in bounds and eight assists, but Miami Georginio Rutter. Harry Kane and Trent Alexander- and Ben Simmons had 12 points and overtime, including a pair of free throws lost its third straight game, all on the Arnold and Real Madrid winger Vin- Hoeneß was forced into anoth- nine rebounds for the Eastern Confer- to break a tie with 1 second left after he road. Trevor Ariza scored a season- er change early in the second half icius Junior, said it has always had a ence-leading Sixers, who have won was fouled by Zion Williamson, and high 21 points for the Heat, who start- process “which requires all posts to be when Mijat Gacinovic replaced four in a row. Washington edged New Orleans. ed the night seventh in the East and a the injured Florian Grillitsch. approved in advance” by the athletes it Paul George had 37 points and nine Westbrook accumulated 36 points, half-game ahead of Charlotte. manages or their representatives. Christopher Nkunku had the rebounds for the Clippers. Patrick Pat- 15 rebounds and nine assists, just shy Raptors 113, Magic 102 game’s fi rst real chance before “No exceptions,” it said. “They al- terson added a season-high 18 points. of what would have been a seventh ways have been approved — that has In Tampa, Fla, Paul Watson Jr the hour-mark when he forced a Kawhi Leonard missed his fourth consecutive triple-double. scored 20 of his career-high 30 points save from Hoffenheim goalkeep- been true for 4 years and is still true straight game for the Clippers with a NBA leading scorer Bradley Beal today.” Foden has nearly 500,000 fol- in the third quarter and Toronto pulled er Oliver Baumann, a minute be- sore right foot. added 30 points despite going 0 for 9 away to beat Orlando. fore Tyler Adams missed another lowers on Twitter. Mbappe has almost It was the second straight game in on 3-point attempts, helping Washing- 6 million. Playing in only his second game good chance for Leipzig. which the Sixers beat one of the league’s ton come back to collect its third vic- after missing 11 games due to the Alexander Sörloth, another City manager Pep Guardiola didn’t marquee teams without its stars, follow- tory in a row and fi fth in the past six address the tweet directly but said that NBA’s COVID-19 protocol, Watson substitute, should have done bet- ing Philadelphia’s win over Brooklyn on games. converted six straight 3-point shots in ter when he fi red over from a Foden and others should do their talk- Wednesday night with James Harden Brandon Ingram scored 34 points ing “on the grass.” “Footballers have the period, in which Toronto outscored promising position, while Bebou and Kevin Durant sidelined. for New Orleans, and Williamson add- the Magic 38-19. missed the visitors’ best chance to show every single day. The journal- ed 21 but was in foul trouble through- ists will talk a lot about the past, talk a Knicks 117, Mavericks 109 Yuta Watanabe also had a career in the 75th. In Dallas, Julius Randle scored 44 out and picked up his sixth on the late high for the Raptors, contributing 21 Meanwhile, Lille needed a late lot about the future — and football is play while guarding Westbrook away Washington Wizards guard Bradley present. It doesn’t matter what we have points in his best game in his home- Beal (3) looks to pass next to New points and six rebounds. equalizer from Luiz Araujo to done. It’s what you have to do today. town, leading New York past Dallas from the basket. Orleans Pelicans forward Naji Mar- Wendell Carter Jr led Orlando with draw 1-1 at home to Montpellier Today, everybody’s involved, talking, for a fi ve-game winning streak, the Trail Blazers 107, Spurs 106 shall, back, during the fi rst half of 20 points and nine rebounds on his and guarantee they will keep top talking and social media ... you have to Knicks’ longest in seven years. In San Antonio, CJ McCollum scored an NBA basketball game in Wash- 22nd birthday. Rookie Cole Anthony spot in a close French title race. talk on the grass.” RJ Barrett had 24 points and eight 29 points and Portland escaped with a ington. (AP) added 19 points.

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