baseball Page 15 markets THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT Page 9 Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 / ZUL-QAADAH 20, 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17727 16 PAGES 150 FILS SPEAKER DENIES DECREE INTENT TO IMPOSE TAXES First Assembly round ends Thursday Al-Sadeq Mosque memorial proposed By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh Arab Times Staff KUWAIT CITY, June 29: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim has confirmed receiving Decree No. 139/2021 to end the first round of the 16th parlia- mentary term on Thursday. He said His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mesha’al Al-Ah- mad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah signed the decree, which will be included in the agenda Newswatch of Thursday’s session. He pointed out that Article 89 of the Constitution grants HH KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s Ministry the Amir the right to end or- of Health on Monday reported 1,652 dinary and exceptional parlia- new infections of the novel coro- mentary rounds. navirus (COVID-19) over the past He added Article Two of the 24 hours, raising the total cases to decree mandates HH the Prime 353,133. Minister to inform the Assembly Some 1,663 people recovered from the disease in the same period, about it, indicating the decree will pushing the total recoveries up to be published in Kuwait Gazette. 332,678, Ministry’s Spokesman Dr He went on to say that he re- Abdullah Al-Sanad told KUNA. ceived five proposals to hold spe- The death toll from the virus cial sessions, affirming that he will climbed to 1,943 after registering invite the government and MPs to 10 mortalities, which have not been a special session on Wednesday. vaccinated, in the corresponding pe- He denied the allegation that the riod, he stated. government will issue decrees of He pointed out that over 19,000 necessity to impose tax, asserting patients are treated treat at hospitals, such claims are mere lies which in addition to 280 cases at intensive The first ever Kuwaiti satellite that was launched into orbit Tuesday evening. reflect the ignorance of those be- care units. hind them. Medical swabs conducted in 24 He cited Article 71 of the Con- Kuwait congratulated on satellite hours hit 13,772, bringing the total stitution, stating that the decrees of to 2.947 million, he said, indicating necessity issued during the period that the ratio between recoveries to between two parliamentary rounds Opinion The UAE Ambassador in Kuwait, Dr Matar Hamed Al Neyadi, swabs is 12 percent today. said, “To further progress, Kuwait, the country of goodness and must be referred to the Assembly Al-Sanad renewed his call for for approval within 15 days; other- giving is now investing in space projects which undoubtedly an both citizens and residents to abide investment in the future,” and wished Kuwait all success, reports by health precautions and physical wise, these decrees will be consid- Al-Rai daily. distancing, as well as avoid gather- ered null and void. If the Assem- Iraq’s fortifi cation summit … The UAE ambassador said the ‘Made in Kuwait’ website, an- ings. bly rejects a decree of necessity, nounced the launch of the first Kuwaiti satellite into orbit Tuesday He further urged the public to fol- it will be nullified. Claims on the evening, between 9:56 pm and 10:54 pm, Kuwait time. low up offi cial accounts of the min- issuance of decrees of necessity The Director-General of the Kuwait Orbital Space Company, istry, and the bodies’ guidelines and against the citizens’ interests are expulsion of the ‘night bats’ Dr. Bassam Al-Faili, announced the launching of the first Kuwaiti recommendations in order to control aimed at intimidating the people, satellite into outer space will be from the rocket launching pad in the spread of the virus. (KUNA) he added. Florida in the United States of America. ❑ ❑ ❑ The company ‘Orbital Space’ had stated earlier that the ‘Ku- Proposals wait satellite’, the first satellite bearing the name of Kuwait, KUWAIT CITY: The Kuwaiti air- On the proposals to hold special By Ahmed Al-Jarallah of the triangle of conspiracy against continues to successfully pass the operational tests, in terms of lines company, Jazeera Airways, de- the Arabs, either from some sub- sessions, Al-Ghanim said they cov- Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times verifying the operational functions of the satellite and its ability clared on Tuesday resuming fl ights er many topics like the privileges versive forces, or from countries, or to perform all tasks as expected, including managing production to the Lebanese capital Beirut as granted to the disabled; obstacles IN form, the Baghdad tripartite sum- through personalities whose functions regulating electrical power for various systems, determining the of tomorrow (Wednesday) with two mit is happening among the leaders of position of the moon in its orbit and controlling it, as well as com- fl ights, on Wednesdays and Satur- to the implementation of hous- at one stage allowed them to play a ing projects; victims of real estate three countries, but in content, it is a role greater than their size, has been munications, information transfer, and even repair of the operat- days, each week. ing system in the event of failure of operating software. Rohit Ramachandran, CEO of fraud; and reports of the Interior and summit with a purely regional dimen- removed. Defense Affairs Committee on the sion, and sends a clear message to Jazeera Airways, urged in a press For instance, Hamad bin Jassim is statement passengers to review regula- proposals to amend the Elections those who are trying to tamper with currently expelled from the position tions regarding vaccinations, the PCRs Law, number of constituencies and Iraq’s national security that a new of decision, thanks to the wise cur- against coronavirus, ahead of booking. law on establishing the Adminis- Arab shield is forming in their faces. rent Qatari leadership. He at the time Biden tells Israel he Passengers to Beirut are not sub- trative Section at the First Instance This comes after the Arabs realized was under the illusion that through his ject to quarantines. Moreover, the Court. He then confirmed that all that abandoning one of their countries vaccinated, since 15 days ago, along these items will be included in the political position, he would be able with children aged below 12, are not leaves a void that will soon be fi lled to achieve his ambitions. He chose agenda of the special session sched- by the Iranian regime of terrorism. won’t tolerate N-Iran subject to PCR tests upon arrival in uled for Wednesday. to spearhead the so-called “Arab Beirut. Earlier, the 31 MPs Bloc met This was what happened in Lebanon, Spring” project. The second side was Those who have not been immu- Syria and Iraq when those countries in the house of MP Muhammad the Muslim Brotherhood Group, and WASHINGTON, June 29, nized are subject to the examinations Obaid Al-Rajhi to consolidate were left to the gangs of Iranian ter- the third was the Mullahs regime. (Agencies): US President Joe upon arrival along with quarantine their position on the special ses- rorist agents. These three worked in the region Rocket attack Biden sought to assure Israel until tests show negative results, he sion slated for Thursday. One way or another, the fi nal state- that he would not tolerate a explained. (KUNA) Al-Rajhi confirmed the atten- to achieve the goals of each of them ❑ ❑ ❑ ment of the summit affi rmed the de- particularly in Egypt, Syria, Iraq and on US troops nuclear Iran as he met with dance of 28 MPs, stressing that the termination of the three countries outgoing Israeli President Re- DUBAI: Abu Dhabi, the oil-rich bloc is united and it has adopted a Yemen. However, the fi rst blow came uven Rivlin on Monday amid a to confront any schemes of Tehran with the Egyptian people’s revolu- capital of the United Arab Emir- unified principle -- to protect the WASHINGTON, June 29, (AP): major shakeup in Israeli poli- ates, has announced that a wide Constitution and rights of citizens. aimed to ignite a civil war in Iraq tion against the rule of the Muslim U.S. troops in eastern Syria through the terrorist practices of its tics and growing angst in Tel range of public places will soon be The lawmaker pointed out the Brotherhood Group. Here, the sec- came under rocket attack Mon- Aviv over the U.S. administra- accessible only to those vaccinated critics who claimed that the bloc sectarian groups after they began ond aspect is being broken in Yemen, day, with no reported casualties, tightening their grip on them. tion’s effort to reenter the Iran against the coronavirus in a bid to is suffering from cracks in its despite the prolongation of the war one day after U.S. Air Force nuclear deal. encourage more people to get shots. positions on various issues will This is either through the measures waged by the Houthi group on Saudi planes carried out airstrikes near Biden noted that he had or- The Emirati government on Mon- be proven wrong as the coming taken by the government of Mustafa Arabia, as well as in Syria where the the Iraq-Syria border against dered airstrikes a day earlier tar- day said that starting August 20, days will affirm that the bloc is Al-Kazemi or through the popular Iranian presence is shrinking, thanks what the Pentagon said were geting facilities the U.S.