Page 16 baseball THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT markets Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com Page 9 FRIDAY-SATURDAY, AUGUST 27-28, 2021 / MUHARRAM 19-20, 1443 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17774 16 PAGES 150 FILS Travelers to Kuwait advised to update Immune app Schools prep Cabinet discusses progress on key development projects Day by Day KUWAIT CITY, Aug 26, KUWAIT CITY, Aug 26, (KUNA): with accepting bids from privately- He said such marquee projects pro- OUR government announced (Agencies): The Ministry Kuwait’s Cabinet met on Wednesday owned businesses for Abdali Eco- vide a myriad of benefits, chief among the opening of the air space of Health on Thursday de- to discuss progress made in regard nomic Zone. them is potentially creating a local job to six countries – countries clared updating online reg- to major state development projects, The initial project is one of three boom, in addition to bolstering the na- which are important to us – istration of anti COVID-19 which aim to boost revenue, rationalise proposed by KDIPA, which have been tional economy, which subsequently but people found out the situ- public spending and provide job oppor- earmarked by the government. ation is like what happened to vaccination certificates is- helps to lure greater foreign investment the Iraqi army during its war sued abroad for incoming tunities. The Cabinet then looked into plans to into Kuwait. Ministers urged haste in the fi- find an exclusive location in Kuwait’s with Israel. The army stopped GCC states’ citizens and The talks moved on to projects deal- fighting because they had not visitors from other countries nalisation of procedures for these northern Subiya region where contem- ing with the use of renewable power for received orders to march for- projects, Foreign Minister and State porary exhibitions would be displayed, electricity production, which include ward. to Kuwait. Minister for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh based on a suggestion by its economic Kuwait’s Shagaya renewable energy Today the world’s airports The director of data sys- Dr. Ahmad Naser Al-Mohammad Al- affairs committee. say they have not received or- tems, Ahmad Al-Ghareeb, Sabah said in a statement following Discussing development projects complex, an endeavor overseen by the ders to transport the passen- country’s Ministry of Electricity and said in a statement to KUNA the talks. in the works, Kuwait International gers from these six countries travelers coming to Kuwait, The meeting was held during a visit Fair chief Wael Al-Ibrahim, amid a Water. to Kuwait. PM Diwan’s photo Similarly, the Cabinet also tasked In the city of Hail, in Saudi after data entering and up- by His Highness the Prime Minister HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah presentation he gave to the Cabinet, Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al- unveiled plans to establish an inter- the Ministry of Electricity and Water to Arabia, the people say, “When loading vaccination certifi- Al-Khaled Al Hamad chairs Wednes- the resolve is absent, one cates, could authenticate the Sabah, accompanied by the ministers, day’s Cabinet meeting. national trade city in Kuwait, going be in charge of a smart meter project, blows and the other deflates.” to the visitors centre of the Sheikh Ja- into detail about the intricacies be- which aims to replace antiquated me- … Yet, tomorrow is just an- certificates by uploading the ber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Causeway de- Kuwait Direct Investment Promo- hind the endeavor, which include a chanical meters with smart and more other day. request on Immune applica- velopment site. tion Authority (KDIPA) was tasked funding mechanism. efficient ones. Zahed Matar tion via Apple’s App Store or Google’s Play Store. The updating enables ar- rivals to activate Immune ahead of coming to Kuwait and that is by entering the passport number and the IS believed behind Kabul attack previously used e-mail for registration. He (or she) will get at the end of the process a verifi- cation code for updating the app ahead of arrival in the country. Meanwhile, the various sectors of the Ministry of Education continue its prep- arations for the new scho- lastic year, reports Al-Anba daily. Monitor The daily quoting educa- tion sources said the work teams monitor the readiness of schools on a daily basis to check on the work progress. In this context, on the occasion of the schools’ preparations in their vari- ous stages for the return of schoolchildren to schools, Director of Saleh Shehab Secondary School in Ha- walli Educational District, Muhammad Abbas, praised the efforts of the Undersec- retary of the Ministry of Ed- ucation, Dr. Ali Al-Yaqoub, for forming committees to overlook the preparations for the 2021/2022 scholastic Smoke rises from an explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug 26. The explosion went off outside Kabul’s airport, where thousands of people have flocked as they try to flee the Taliban year in all schools. takeover of Afghanistan. Officials offered no casualty count, but a witness said several people appeared to have been killed or wounded Thursday. (AP) Abbas has met the directors of the educational districts to lay the initial foundations for 11 US Marines, 13 Afghans killed this preparation, foremost Newswatch of which is providing a safe Opinion environment for schoolchil- KABUL, Afghanistan, airport attack, in addition to 10 who dren, preparing schools and were dead when they arrived. KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait follows curricula, in addition to car- Aug 26, (AP): At least “Surgeons will be working into with deep regret the recent de- 12 U.S. service members the night,” said Marco Puntin, the velopments in relations between rying out maintenance and O Algeria, where is the gratitude? were killed in the Afghan- charity’s manager in Afghanistan. Morocco and Algeria and urges air-conditioning units, and The wounded overflowed the triage the two Arab countries to adopt statistics for students and the istan bombings, including zone into the physiotherapy area and dialogue to resolve their differ- educational staff. ences, the Foreign Ministry said rocco of setting fire to the forests in the 11 Marines and one Navy more beds were being added, he said. He indicated the prepara- By Ahmed Al-Jarallah Pentagon spokesman John Kirby on Wednesday. Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times north of the country, such an excuse is medic, according to two Kuwait advised the two tions include plans how to worse than a sin. U.S. officials. Officials say also confirmed the blasts and said North African neighbours to solve the problems of school BEING out of tune has been a constant Al- It is a deliberate neglect of the climate there were casualties, including among turn over a new leaf in their a number of US military members of the military, but gave no buildings and to carry out gerian policy since its independence, due change that has caused the worst fires and relations in a way that dem- necessary maintenance to to which the severing of relations with the troops were wounded. figure. He said one explosion was near onstrates the wisdom of their natural disasters in the world, starting from complete them as soon as Kingdom of Morocco did not come as a Spain, to Greece, France, and other coun- They warn, however, that an airport entrance and another was a leaderships, embodies the surprise, as it was part of the decades-long tries that have experienced this type of di- short distance away by a hotel. strong bonds linking their na- possible. escalation. the numbers may grow. One official, who spoke on condi- tions, meets the aspirations of saster. Two suicide bombers and gun- Wished Instead of Algeria responding positively Over the past six decades, the Moroccan tion of anonymity to discuss ongo- their people, promotes security and stability and helps them to the policy declared in the recent speech response to the Algerian provocations has men attacked crowds of Afghans ing military operations, said several He explained the text- Marines were killed. It wasn’t clear play their roles in boosting of Moroccan King Mohammed VI, the been kind and mild. It has been seeking to flocking to Kabul’s airport Thurs- books have been distributed troubled neighbor chose to turn his back on day, transforming a scene of des- if other U.S. military troops were joint Arab action to overcome to schools and wished ‘all extend a hand of cooperation, based on a among the dead. American officials challenges, added the ministry those who received great credit for the suc- fixed royal policy that has not changed since peration into one of horror in the the best’ for the school- cess of the 1954 revolution and the depar- have said that information is still in a press statement. (KUNA) the late King Hassan II assumed the reins waning days of an airlift for those coming in and they are trying to de- ❑ ❑ ❑ children during the coming ture of the French colonizer from Algeria of government. This royal policy is non- fleeing the Taliban takeover. At scholastic year. in 1962. termine exact numbers of casualties. IRBIL: Iraqi counterterrorism interference in the affairs of other states, and least 13 people were killed and Even as the area was hit, evacua- Kuwait’s daily corona- Despite that, Algeria, after one year of working on unifying the efforts of the North forces arrested a leader of the its liberation, launched the so-called “sand dozens wounded, Russian offi- tion flights continued to take off from so-called Islamic State (IS) in virus cases rose by 212 African Arab states under one banner, which cials and aid workers said.