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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. military authorities will begin restricting ac- solid. uprising against the ruling night-bats facilities used by Iran-backed says were used by Iran-backed cess to shopping malls, restaurants, Coordinator of the bloc and to the state’s recovery with the help cafes, sporting activities, museums, that poisoned the lives of Iraqis and of Russia. militia groups to support drone militia groups near the border former MP Bader Al-Dahoum strikes inside Iraq. gyms, schools and universities. The made them easy prey for sectarian The Arab standing with Iraq is between Iraq and Syria. The unvaccinated will effectively be said the government attended the strife over the past years. Iraq’s military condemned rhetoric seemed to underscore session on approving the State strength in its own merit, especially the U.S. airstrikes, and the mi- barred from entering any business in It was clear that the language with after the harsh lesson involving sev- that he would remain tough on the city except for supermarkets and budget and voted from outside which the leaders addressed other litia groups called for revenge malign Iran activity even as he pharmacies. the Assembly Hall, which means eral countries. When they abandoned against the United States. seeks a diplomatic track to stem the government attends sessions Arab countries expressed determina- it, it fell into the clutches of Iran. We Abu Dhabi has already rolled out tion for the highest levels of coopera- Pentagon Press Secretary Tehran’s nuclear program. a “green pass” system that limits according to its whims. The have in Lebanon a clear example in John Kirby said the militias “What I can say to you is that public access to those who have ei- citizens will see whether or not tion and openness, and affi rmed that this regard, as the gang of the base- were using the facilities to the government will continue Iraq’s return to the Arab embrace is Iran will never get a nuclear ther received the shot or can show a ment dwellers turned it into a den launch unmanned aerial vehicle weapon on my watch,” Biden negative virus test. (AP) refusing to attend sessions just not a maneuver imposed by the devel- for drug smuggling and aggression attacks against U.S. troops in said at the White House meet- ❑ ❑ ❑ because some MPs occupied the opments of events, but rather a strate- against Arab countries. It plunged Iraq. It was the second time the ing. seats allocated for ministers, he gic choice. CAIRO: A Yemeni government of- asserted. the state into a stifl ing economic and administration has taken mili- The meeting with Rivlin, who fi cial said Tuesday that Houthi rebels This began from the fi rst moments living crisis, which began to threaten tary action in the region since is making his final foreign trip MP Mehalhal Al-Mudaf af- fi red two missiles in a government- firmed the bloc is persistent in when Cairo, Amman and Baghdad its existence. This is what Iran seeks Biden took over earlier this of his presidency, took place held city killing at least three people, agreed to establish this alliance to year. just weeks after Naftali Ben- including a child. its demand to discuss the grilling to achieve in any country in which it motions against His Highness the confront the Persian expansion pro- interferes. There was no indication that nett became Israel’s new prime The missiles landed in the Raw- ject that entered on the back of the Sunday’s attacks were meant minister, replacing Benjamin dha neighborhood in the central Prime Minister. He said the bloc remains firm in its stand against American tank through sectarian mi- Email: [email protected] as the start of a wider, sustained Netanyahu. The Biden admin- city of Marib, according to Ali al- U.S. air campaign in the border istration, meanwhile, has in- Ghulisi, the provincial governor’s the decision to protect the premier litias that wreaked havoc in Meso- Follow me on: against grilling for almost one and potamia, and made it a backyard for region. But a spokesman for the tensified efforts to revive Iran’s press secretary. U.S. military mission based in 2015 accord with world powers At least 10 other people, including half year. Iran since 2003 where it threw all its two children, were wounded in the In another development, MP sectarian dirt. Baghdad, Col. Wayne Marotto, to limit Tehran’s ability to de- wrote on Twitter Monday that attack, al-Ghulisi said. (AP) Hesham Al-Saleh forwarded que- With this summit, one of the sides [email protected] velop nuclear weapons. Former ❑ ❑ ❑ ries to Minister of Foreign Affairs at 7:44 p.m. local time “U.S. President Donald Trump, with forces in Syria were attacked by and Minister of State for Cabinet Netanyahu’s backing, scrapped DUBAI: Israel’s new foreign minis- Affairs Sheikh Ahmad Nasser multiple rockets.” He said there the accord in 2018. ter was in the United Arab Emir- ates on Tuesday, kicking off the Al-Muhammad on studies which were no injuries and that attack Biden said he hoped to meet stressed the need to rationalize ex- Commercial visit visas to work visas OK’d damage was being assessed. the new prime minister at the highest-level visit by an Israeli offi - cial to the Gulf Arab state since the penditures due to the current eco- Marotto later tweeted that White House “very soon.” nomic situation. He requested for KUWAIT CITY, June 29: The Minis- However, informed sources stressed while under rocket attack, U.S. Rivlin is set to leave office two countries formally established relations nine months ago. detailed reports on the budgets al- terial Committee for COVID-19 Emer- that no decision has yet been issued by forces in Syria responded in on July 7 after a seven-year located for furnishing the offices of gency has approved the request of shop PAM to determine the mechanism for self-defense with artillery fire at Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is term. Isaac Herzog, a former expected to meet the UAE’s foreign ministers, undersecretaries, assistant owners and commercial companies to implementation of the decision, indicat- the rocket-launching positions. parliament member who most minister in Abu Dhabi, with talks undersecretaries and senior officials; allow them to convert commercial visit ing that PAM is expected to issue a deci- Kirby said the U.S. military recently headed a nonprofit that likely to focus in part on Iran, which and copies of relevant tenders and visas to the State of Kuwait into work sion in this regard within the next few targeted three operational and works closely with the govern- both countries view as a top regional contracts signed for this purpose. permits without the need for the holders days. weapons storage facilities - two ment to promote immigration to threat. On the other hand, MP Ahmed to leave the country and return with the They revealed that the previous mecha- in Syria and one in Iraq. In its Israel, will take over as Israeli Soon after his arrival in the UAE, Al-Hamad submitted a proposal new visas, reports Al-Seyassah daily. nism required the employer to obtain a release of videos of the strikes president. Lapid told diplomats gathered at the to establish a memorial for the by Air Force F-15 and F-16 air- Rivlin met later Monday with inauguration of the Israeli Embassy victims of the terrorist attack on This approval was specified in a letter permit for employment from PAM if the in Abu Dhabi that the moment rep- sent to the Public Authority for Manpow- employee was outside the country, and craft, the Pentagon described House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Al-Sadeq Mosque in 2015. one target as a coordination Both leaders stressed the friend- resented “the right to determine our He also suggested naming er by the Assistant Secretary General of then the Ministry of Interior would be center for the shipment and ship between their countries, fate by ourselves.” Israel, he said, streets after some of the victims the Administrative and Financial Affairs addressed to approve the issuance of the transfer of advanced conven- although Rivlin noted disagree- isn’t going anywhere. (AP) in order to immortalize them in in the Cabinet Osama Al-Duaij. permit. tional weapons. ments as well. the memory of the nation. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 2

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National Bank of Kuwait rallies 6 fi ls, Agility slips Kuwait bourse logs small gains in range bound trade By John Mathews Arab Times Staff ■ UUS$/KDS$/KD 0.30100/100.30100/10 KUWAIT CITY, June 29: Kuwait stocks crept higher on ▼ Euro/KD 0.3585 Monday extending the gains to third straight session. The All Shares Index rose 9.72 points to 6,487.41 points in ■ Yen/KD 0.0027 range bound trading even as the broader sentiment remained mixed. The bourse has closed higher in 20 of the last 21 ses- ▼ British £/KD 0.4167 sions. The Premier Market climbed 6.90 pts to 7,056.98 points ■ Indian Rs/KD 0.0040 taking the month’s gains to 316 points while Main Market gained 16.67 pts. The BK Main 50 was down 10.04 points ■ Philippines Peso/KD 0.0062 to 5,593.35 pts. The volume turnover meanwhile shrank af- ter two-day rise. Over 322 million shares changed hands — down 17 percent from the day before. ▲ FTSE +26.92 pts at 18:50 June 29 The sectors closed mostly in red. Financial Services out- shone the rest with 1.08 pct gain whereas Basic Materials slid 3.60 percent, the worst performer of the day. Volume ▼ Nikkei -235.41 pts at closing June 29 wise, Financial Services continued to top the volume with 136.78 million shares while Banking sector dominated in ▼ Gold value with KD 21.3 million. $1,769.60 per oz (London) In the individual shares, National Bank of Kuwait rallied 6 fi ls to 868 fi ls on back of 6.3 million shares and Bou- ▲ NYMEX crude $73.32 per barrel byan Bank extended last session’s gains with 12 fi ls jump to 756 fi ls. Humansoft Holding skidded 35 fi ls to KD 3.705 ▼ Brent crude $74.53 per barrel whereas Boursa Kuwait Securities paced 15 fi ls with a vol- ume 1.47 million shares to close at KD 1.235. Arabi Group LIBOR rate 0.14725% Holding jumped 43 fi ls to 172 fi ls and the counter saw 20.6 million shares change hands. KUNA photo Zain fell 3 fi ls to 594 fi ls after pushing 1.7 million shares Portland Cement followed suit. Kuwait Foundry Co paused The Chief of the Directorate General of Fire Department (DGFD) Lieutenant-General Khaled Al-Mekrad visited on Tues- whereas Ooredoo was up 6 fi ls at 636 fi ls. stc sprinted 11 at 379 fi ls whereas ACICO Industries scaled 4 fi ls to close at day with the Undersecretary of the National Guard Lieutenant General Hashem Al-Rifai, the Engineering and Support fi ls to 865 fi ls whereas logistics major Agility gave up 7 fi ls Sector building at the Fire Department headquarters. The meeting took place in the presence of senior offi cers of the 134 fi ls. HEISC gave up 5 fi ls and NICBM climbed 7 fi ls to two sides to review the achievements of the joint cooperation protocol and the latest fi re extinguishing mechanisms. The to close at 937 fi ls with a volume of 2.3 million shares. 171 fi ls. Integrated Holding took in 1 fi l and Aznour erased 2 DGFD stated in a press release that the KNG team witnessed a fi eld presentation of the major operations mechanism KIPCO and Mabanee Co stood pat at 163 fi ls and 731 fi ls fi ls. Educational Holding Co rose 4 fi ls to 770 fi ls. that contributes to enhancing skills in the fi eld of accident management through modern technologies. respectively whereas Mezzan Holding shed 7 fi ls. Tamdeen Kuwait National Cinema Co jumped 18 fi ls to 858 fi ls Investment gained 9 fi ls and Al Mazaya Holding closed 5 fi ls with thin trading and Sultan Centre shed 10 fi ls. Automated in green. NAPESCO gained 10 fi ls. Systems Co dialed up 1 fi l. Egypt Kuwait Holding jumped National Industries Group eased 1 fi l to 228 fi ls after 26 fi ls to 340 fi ls and Inovest edged 1 fi l into green. YIACO Kuwait consumes 3.38 million Pfi zer, Astra doses moving 5.6 million shares whereas Gulf Cable dialed up 2 Medical clipped 2 fi ls. fi ls. Boubyan Petrochemical Co tumbled 58 fi ls to 865 fi ls In the banking sector, Kuwait Finance House and Kuwait By Marwa Bahrawi sumed about 3.38 million of Pfi zer and Al-Sanad cited a study conducted and Al Qurain Petrochemical Co gave up 5 fi ls before clos- International Bank dialed down 2 fi ls each to close at 772 Al-Seyassah Staff AstraZeneca doses since the start of by the American Center for Disease ing at 387 fi ls. Jazeera Airways clipped 2 fi ls before settling fi ls and 222 fi ls respectively whereas Gulf Bank added 2 the national vaccination campaign six Control and Prevention to emphasize at 648 fi ls whereas ALAFCO paced 4 fi ls on back of 4.3 fi ls on back of 5.3 million shares. Burgan Bank eased 1 fi l KUWAIT CITY, June 29: The offi cial months ago until now. on the importance of vaccination to million shares. to 228 fi ls. spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Al-Sanad disclosed in a press state- prevent the risks of infection with the The market opened fi rm and slipped briefl y into red in Warba Bank was unchanged at 255 fi ls whereas Ahli Dr. Abdullah Al-Sanad, has warned ment an increase in the Covid patients virus, by comparing 200 million peo- early trade. The main index plumbed the day’s lowest level United Bank BSC scaled 3 fi ls on back of 27.4 million of the high rate of admission to hos- admitted to hospital wards by 37 per- ple, half of whom are immune to the of 6469 pts and swung higher amid buying spurt in some of shares. Al Ahli Bank trimmed 1 fi l to close at 215 fi ls and pital wards and intensive care units cent and in intensive care by 47 per- virus and the other half are not. the counters. It peaked at 6494 points over an hour into the Ahli United Bank Kuwait followed suit. National Invest- during the past few weeks, especially cent from June 1 to June 26 saying The study showed that 10,000 peo- session and retreated thereafter before moving sideways in ment Co dialed down 2 fi ls whereas Kuwait Investment Co of people who have already received the rate of infection among the unvac- ple who had taken the vaccine were the second half to close with small gains. inched 1 fi l up with brisk trading. the vaccination against the Covid-19 cinated people reached 92 percent in infected with the virus compared to 35 Top gainer of the day, AGHC soared 33 percent to 172 United Projects Co dropped 14 fi ls to 279 fi ls and In- virus. wards 88.5 percent in intensive care. million people who had not taken the fi ls while NCCI sprinted 20.97 pct to stand next. BPCC skid- dependent Petroleum Group shed 21 fi ls. Kuwait and Gulf On the other hand, in spite of the He stressed on the need to get vac- vaccine. ded 6.28 pct, the steepest decliner of the day and Mazaya Links Transport Co trimmed 0.7 fi ls and KCPC was un- efforts exerted by Kuwait to raise the cinated to protect from the virus, espe- The study also showed that the num- Holding topped the volume with 40.4 million shares. changed at 552 fi ls. Burgan Company For Well Drilling Co level of immunity, the global immu- cially since the death rate among the ber of cases that required admission to Despite the day’s modest gains, the losers outnumbered was up 6 fi ls at 186 fi ls whereas Combined Group Contract- nization index shows as of June 28, unvaccinated people has reached 96.1 hospitals was 995 people who were the winners. 51 stocks advanced whereas 65 closed lower. ing Co tripped 1 fi l. 2021, Kuwait fell backwards in the percent in other treatment institutions vaccinated and 1.7 million people who Of the 134 counters active on Tuesday, 18 closed fl at. 13,216 The market has been trending higher so far during the global immunization race against Cov- affi liated to the Ministry of Health, re- were not vaccinated; and 160 deaths deals worth KD 63.51 million were transacted during the week scaling 26 points in last three sessions. It has rallied id-19. It ranked 30 out of 214 countries iterating at the same time to adhere to among the 100 million people who session. 264 points from start of the month and is up 924 points around the world. In the recent past it health protocols -- wearing masks and were vaccinated and 181,000 deaths Kuwait Cement Co eased 1 fi l to 250 fi ls and Kuwait year-to-date. was ranked 28th and 29th. physical distancing to prevent from among the 100 million people who The index also showed Kuwait con- getting infected with the virus. were not vaccinated. ‘Shun rumours, get your jabs for society’s safety’

Borders ajar for vaccinated

KUWAIT CITY, June 29, (KUNA): The Cabinet on Monday appealed to people to Other Voices receive the anti-coronavirus vaccines to maintain safety of both individuals and the soci- ety. This came during the Cabi- Would you risk 6 months net’s weekly meeting held at Seif Palace, under chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister jail for reckless behavior? Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. By Attorney Dr. Fawaz this law came into force, the irre- Alkhateeb sponsibility of the drivers is still It urged people to ignore all ru- visible on the roads. mors and untrue information circu- Visiting Assistant Professor The police have a responsibil- lated about the vaccines, in light of at Kilaw ity to implement this law until the the spread of the disease and its rapid desired goal is achieved, where repercussions that require concerted hile driving my car to work, the main intention is to protect efforts of all as a common societal re- Wespecially on highways, I children and raise public aware- sponsibility. have often noticed that many chil- This will help curb the transmission ness and their commitment to it. dren seated in the front seats or the In developed countries such be- of the infections, Minister of Health middle seats of many cars while and Acting Minister of State for Cabi- havior is rarely seen because of the most of them without a fastened enforcement net Affairs Dr. Basel Al-Sabah said seat belt which may make them after the meeting. of the laws, potential victims of car accidents. in contrast The Cabinet decided to allow citi- In Kuwait, it appears that it is zens and close relatives as well as to the State a phenomenon even though the of Kuwait accompanying housemaids who had Kuwaiti Law No. 21/2015 forbids taken the fi rst jab of the anti-virus vac- where such such reckless behavior and consid- violations are cine to pass through land and maritime ers the driver of the vehicle, a par- exits as of tomorrow (Tuesday). repeatedly ent or not, negligent as he/she does committed by Twitter offi cial account of the Gov- not care to take safety measures to ernment Communication Center said the public. protect children against potential My mes- the decision would be valid until July danger. 31 (2021). sage is not The law stipulates that a child only about Dr Fawaz It added that the Cabinet decided to under the age of ten (10) years open the land and sea borders for those enforcing the must be seated in the back seat rules, but it is also about commit- who had taken the two jabs of the ac- with seat belts fastened. The driver credited vaccines — Pfi zer, AstraZen- ting to the seat belt rule which who does not obey the law and would enhance the child’s knowl- eca and Moderna — or one jab of the practices such reckless behavior is vaccine Johnson and Johnson effective edge of respecting the law as well considered to have committed neg- as to save lives. Children trust us, August 1. ligence, which is a crime punish- The Cabinet declared the beginning and their protection is our respon- able with imprisonment for up to sibility. We should not expose of direct fl ights to Bosnia and Herze- 6 months and a fi ne not exceeding govina, Britain, Spain, the US, The them to such risks and grave dan- KD 500, or one of these two pen- gers. The loss of children’s lives is Netherlands, Italy, Austria, France, alties as per article 74 of Law No. Kyrgyzstan, Germany, Greece and simply awful. 21/2015 regarding Child Rights. ❑ ❑ ❑ Switzerland as of 1/7/2021. Unfortunately, even though it In the same context, Dr. Basel made has been more than 6 years since [email protected] a presentation to the Cabinet on the latest developments relating to the coronavirus at local and international levels, in light of the new variants and Bastaki and Acting Undersecretary of tion made by Interior Minister Sheikh the rise in infections all over the world. the Ministry of Finance Aseel Sulei- Thamer Sabah Al-Sabah on the details He also briefed on the Cabinet on man Al-Munifi on the State’s fi nancial of killing a Kuwaiti woman and po- the situation of the virus in Kuwait, in position on June 28, 2021. liceman Abdulaziz Al-Resheedi. light of the latest data and statistics that The Cabinet voiced its satisfaction The minister informed the Cabi- show the rise in infections and patients about the Kuwaiti economy’s state and net about the arrest of the killer who at hospitals. the results of the unprecedented gen- passed away while taking medicine. Meanwhile, the ministers were eral performance of investment. The General Department of Rela- briefed on a presentation made by It expressed appreciation to the ef- tions and Security Media at the Minis- Minister of Finance and Minister of forts made by offi cials of the Ministry try said earlier that the killer was appre- State for Economic and Investment of Finance and authority in order to pre- hended after gunfi re exchange, and was Affairs Khalifa Hamada, CEO of Ku- serve, manage and develop these assets. immediately transferred to hospital but wait Investment Authority Farouk Ali The Cabinet listened to a presenta- died effected by gunshot wounds. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 LOCAL 3 diwaniya A DIGEST OF PUBLIC OPINION ‘Gulf states feel ‘insecure’ in likely Iran, US thaw in relations’ “THE Islamic Republic of Iran recently witnessed two important events which “Meanwhile we have observed that the recent victory of Iran’s spiritual leader such a situation was never witnessed in Kuwait’s parliamentary history since will have signifi cant strategic impact on the entire Gulf region.” columnist Adel Ibrahim Raisi in the recent presidential elections, has given the Iranian political 1963 except during the term of 2016 National Assembly and what happened Al-Mutairi wrote for Al-Anba daily. regime a strong belief that this regime will not collapse soon as some people recently. “The fi rst event is the presidential elections while the second is the fi le of nu- were expecting. “However, the political leadership was always capable of containing the cri- clear negotiations which currently takes place in Vienna, the capital of Austria, “In this regard we conclude what the Iranian spiritual leader Sayed Ali ses and differences through its wisdom by dissolving the Parliament and the between Iran and the United States of America. Khamenei said in his speech on the 40th anniversary of the Iranian revolution in subsequent resignation of the government for the good of the ruling regime, the “However, for some people this is a victory for the president-elect Ibrahim 2019 indicated that ‘Iran is currently on the verge of a new revolution which is reputation of the State of Kuwait, and respect for public interests and people’s Raisi and the Iranian conservatives and this can be attributed to the fact that expected to be realized soon’. desires to contain the crises. most Iranians abstained from casting their ballots, particularly following a deci- “But with regard to the nuclear affairs, it seems to be very obvious that Iran “As we see it neither the government nor the National Assembly will be able sion taken by the Iranians Council to Protect the Regime not to allow a bevy is still committed to its nuclear project, and it is likely to pass this project during to solve the current complex impasse between the government and the Parlia- of strong reformists from contesting the elections as its current negotiations with the United States of America. ment and the only feasible solution is for the decision makers to call for early such we found only 48.8 percent casting their ballots as “With regard to the ballistic missiles program, Iranian president-elect was parliamentary elections during the constitutional period followed by the forma- against 73.33 who voted in 2017 elections. quoted as saying that he will not relinquish this project. tion of a new government. “Anyway, although this is the reality, the quiet reading “In conclusion, we say that the American manipulation that surfaced during “Since the current situation does not benefi t anyone, the Kuwaitis who are of the outcome of these election, tells us something else the tenure of Donald Trump’s administration was costly but achieved no success sincere will not accept the relevant situation because it is waste of time and -- the existence of ‘a bloc of coherent conservative vot- in terms of containing Iran. government money and against the Constitution. ers’ which is steadily growing. This happens in spite of “However, it seems Biden, will push the region back to the pre-Trump era, “We suggest restoring harmony between the legislative and executive powers the sanctions imposed on Iran and the bad living condi- hence, we would like to point out here that Biden is likely to build a new policy can be realized by surmounting the crisis and this means the two powers must tions of the Iranians. The bitter reality is that Raisi during towards Iran. Anyway, all Gulf states will fi nd themselves in an embarrassing hasten to promote harmony and avoid the issue of the Speaker being referred to the presidential elections in 2017 had polled only 15.7 and unstable situation, because they will fi nd themselves in a confrontation sce- the International Parliamentary Union by one of the MPs. million votes, while during the recent elections he polled nario with the ‘second Iranian revolution’ boosted by nuclear weapons in a prel- “Moreover, this crisis is likely to develop and referred to the United Nations 18 million votes out of the total registered voters which ude to export this revolution to the countries in the region.” (UN), Security Council, the European Union (EU), the Human Rights Organiza- is a whopping 59 million people, and by all means this Adel Al-Mutairi Also: tions, and the Human Rights Council, because dealing in this manner with the fi gure is quite signifi cant. Speaker of the National Assembly and the government violates the Constitution “In other words, the outcome shows that one-third of the Iranian people still “During the past six months, the elected MPs and the chosen ministers have and the law and charter of the Parliament. believe in the leadership of the spiritual leader as well as both the internal and been constantly at loggerheads and differences over the election of the speaker, “This scenario should it unfold at the international level in the form of fi ling the foreign policies followed by the incumbent Iranian regime. his deputy, the issue of Dr. Bader Al-Dahoum’s parliamentary membership, the complaints will not serve Kuwait, rather its reputation at international level will “The second important event is related to the outcome to the sixth round of suspension of the Constitution, the law and charter of the National Assembly, be at stake and the interests of the Kuwaitis will be dented. Given this situation nuclear talks last Sunday in Vienna between Iran and the US, where the senior the immunization of the Prime Minister by postponing the parliamentary inter- the issues should not be internationalized. Iranian negotiator ‘Arakji’ was quoted as saying ‘we are very close to achieving pellations that have already been fi led by the MPs, and the exchange of vulgar “It is in the interest of everyone to solve the crises as soon as possible, because ‘mutual understanding’ before taking the fi nal decision. words between the Speaker and some MPs as well as among the MPs themselves the solution is not too diffi cult which is the dissolution of the Parliament and the “However according to ‘The New York Times’ newspaper senior assistants to and the impacts of these practices on the interests of both the state and the peo- resignation of the government because this will be acceptable to both parties.” US President Joe Biden who currently takes part in the Vienna talks was quoted ple,” columnist and attorney By Ahmad alsarraf wrote for Al-Shahed daily. as saying ‘this is high time to conclude an agreement with Iran’. “Some MPs have raised their hands on each other and this is regretful because — Compiled by Zaki Taleb

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Blame who in double murder? By Ahmad alsarraf ing the killer in less than two hours, and deserve to be thanked, however n spite of the intensive training of prevention is very important. Ithe police force and the instruc- tions issued to them not to allow the Accordingly, the securitymen driver of a car to get out of his vehi- must ensure that the driver of any cle when ordered to pull over, and vehicle does not climb out of his/ not to get too close to the driver (sus- her vehicle when ordered to pull pect), some of over and must ensure that he keeps the policemen a safe distance between him and the disregard the motorist. instruction, ei- This happens in many countries, ther due to lack and we have seen it in hundreds of of awareness of American fi lms, where the police- the seriousness man stands behind the violating car, of the matter or or the suspect, at a suffi cient distance overconfi dence. and orders its driver to remain in the I have wit- car, and then the policeman gets out nessed such of his car and heads towards the ve- incidents hap- alsarraf hicle of the suspect or the violator, pening on the and then the camera installed in the roads dozens of times and a security patrol car records all what is happen- KUNA photo ing (audio and image). A group photo of the participants in the ministerial meeting of the international coalition against ISIS. man shows leniency and talks tact- fully with those motorists who are How could a person stab a patrol ordered to pull over for committing policeman with a knife if he was a violation. not close enough to the suspect? Yesterday, Kuwait witnessed a This happened because of viola- horrifi c double murder as a twenty- tion of all instructions? What is ‘Kuwait with world in anti-terror war’ the nature of the conversation that year-old Syrian fi rst killed his moth- er and fl ed. took place between the offender ISIS still a global threat, says US The descriptions of the murderer and the victim? and his vehicle were circulated. Because of the dangerous nature of Shortly after, another report was re- many societies, the increase in drug KUWAIT CITY, June 29, (Agencies): Kuwait’s For- Italian capital Rome. ceived by the Operations (Room of abuse, and the increase in the num- eign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs The meeting was held in response to an invitation from Italian Min- the Ministry of Interior) stating an- ber of psychopaths often because ister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Luigi Di Maio other murder happened on the road of the diffi culties that many people Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah are experiencing these days, many headed on Monday Kuwait’s delegation participating and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to the allies to discuss between Abu Halifa and Mahboula. efforts in the campaign to achieve the enduring defeat of IS. When security forces rushed to the countries, including the UAE, have in the ministerial meeting of the international coalition In his speech, Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser said the international coalition site, they discovered that a traffi c provided their police with cameras to defeat the so-called Islamic State (IS), held in the meeting confirms to the whole world the unity and solidity of the globe’s posi- policeman was the victim who had and accurate recording machines tion against terrorism and determination to As the U.S. works on its military with- been stabbed several times in broad that record the entire conversation defend humanity against the treacherous drawal from Afghanistan, members of the daylight. of the police with the suspects, un- forces of terrorism, especially the IS global coalition fighting the Islamic State The security cameras revealed the like recording and photocopying (Daesh). group met Monday to chart future steps culprit was the same who had earlier machines inside vehicles, which are He added that Kuwait cooperates with against the extremist group. used fi rstly for deterrence, and sec- members of the international coalition for The meeting came just a day after the slain his mother. The security forces also discovered that the suspect had ondly to serve as evidence and proof returning fighters to their countries with U.S. launched airstrikes against Iran-backed for both parties in the court. rehabilitation and reintegration into their militias near the Iraq-Syria border escaped with the policeman’s ser- vice revolver. We ask the honorable brother, societies in accordance with principles of Amid significant other international pri- Lieutenant-General Essam Al-Nah- international law and human rights. orities, including taming the coronavirus The security forces succeeded in Kuwait renews its commitment to the pandemic and stepping up the fight against record time to locate the wherea- ham to expedite the provision of international coalition against terrorism and climate change, the coalition is hoping to bouts of the suspect, far away from the police and its patrols with such adherence to activate the State of Kuwait stabilize areas liberated from IS, repatriate the crime scene and was reportedly devices through which the right guidelines, adopted in February 2018, which and hold foreign fighters accountable for injured during an exchange of fi re and life of the securityman can be include preventing the financing of the their actions and combat extremist messag- with the security forces and subse- preserved on the one hand, and the group, disrupting its capabilities to carry out ing. quently succumbed to his wounds in citizen and resident on the other, and KUNA photo terrorist acts and exchanging information Blinken and Di Maio urged representa- also be a deterrent factor in prevent- Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Ahmad Nasser Al- related to terrorism with the other stakehold- tives of the 77 other countries and five a hospital. Mohammad Al-Sabah leading the Kuwaiti delegation at There is no doubt that the security ing the occurrence of crimes. ers. organizations that make up the coalition not ❑ ❑ ❑ the meeting. The guidelines also include transfer and to drop their guard. forces know their duties well, and return of terrorist fighters to their countries “We must step up the action taken by the that is why they succeeded in arrest- email: [email protected] with rehabilitation and reintegration into coalition, increasing the areas in which we Covid cases jump 47 % their societies and supporting Iraq in the can operate,” said Di Maio. transition process from the phase of restor- Outside of Iraq and Syria, he said there ing stability to sustainable reconstruction. was an “alarming” surge in IS activity, par- ‘Death rate high in those The meeting was inaugurated by Italian ticularly in the Sahel, Mozambique and the Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio and his US Horn of Africa. He called for the coalition to counterpart Antony Blinken, who co-chaired create a special mechanism to deal with the who are not vaccinated’ the event. threat in Africa. It is also attended by foreign ministers of Blinken noted that despite their defeat, IS By Marwa Bahrawi the coalition’s member-countries, including elements in Iraq and Syria “still aspire to Al-Seyassah Staff Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr conduct large-scale attacks.” KUWAIT CITY, June 29: In parallel with Kuwait’s decline Ahmad Al-Nasser Al-Sabah. “Together, we must stay as committed to to the 30th position globally in the index of countries that Although the so-called Islamic State (IS) our stabilization goals as we did to our mili- have immunized their residents against COVID-19, the offi - was defeated on a regional level, “we have tary campaign that resulted in victory on the cial spokesperson of the Ministry of Health Dr. Abdullah Al- yet to destroy its roots,” said Di Maio. He battlefield,” he said. Sanad warned of the high rates of admission into intensive added that Italy’s military unit will remain Blinken announced a new U.S. contribu- care units during the period from January 1 to January 26. in Iraq to help the country fight IS, while tion of $436 million to assist displaced peo- still respecting Iraq’s sovereignty. ple in Syria and surrounding countries and He explained that the rate of admission into intensive care The Italian minister also noted that his called for a new effort to repatriate - and units has jumped to 47 percent, and the average occupancy country is looking forward to boost its rehabilitate or prosecute - some 10,000 IS rate of wards by those infected with the virus has increased efforts in the NATO mission, and is ready to fighters who remain imprisoned by the by 37 percent. Also, the rate of infection among the unvacci- take the mission’s leadership after Denmark. Syrian Defense Forces. nated has reached 92 percent in the wards, and 88.5 percent Di Maio suggested that the coalition “This situation is simply untenable,” in intensive care. would form a specialized group to fight IS in Blinken said. “It just can’t persist indefi- Dr. Al-Sanad stressed the need for getting vaccinated Africa in cooperation with African states. nitely.” However, no countries present made against the virus in light of the high rate of deaths among On his part, Blinken affirmed that coop- any new commitment to repatriating their those unvaccinated, which is 96.1 percent in other treatment eration and joint work since the establish- citizens and it was unclear if the number of institutions affi liated with the Ministry of Health. ment of the coalition in 2014 was key for detainees could be reduced in any signifi- He reiterated the importance of adhering to health require- defeating IS in Iraq and Syria. cant way in the near-term. ments such as wearing masks and maintaining physical dis- The meeting also discussed preventing Blinken also announced sanctions tancing in order to prevent the spread of the virus. the terrorist group from recovering after against Ousmane Illiassou Djibo, a native In the same context, Kuwait took a step back in the global defeat and supporting stability in liberated of Niger, who is a key leader of the Islamic immunization marathon against COVID-19, despite the ef- areas in Iraq and Syria. State affiliate in the greater Sahara. Djibo forts taken to enhance the pace of vaccination in the country. The meeting is also attended by Secretary was designated a global terrorist, meaning The global immunization index yesterday showed that Generals of the Interpol, Arab League and that any of his U.S. are frozen and Kuwait was ranked 30 out of 214 countries around the the NATO, as well as other senior officials Americans are barred from any transac- world, after staying in the 28th place for the past 29 weeks. from the UN and the European Union (EU). tions with him. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 LOCAL 4 Team issues warnings to 324 firms for allowing work under direct sun Cabinet instructs PART to build lakes, canals in 2 areas

KUWAIT CITY, June ‘Sabbatical leave to complete studies remains in effect’ 29: Director of the Pub- lic Relations and Media Department and official KUNA photo CSC directive prohibits those employed in public spokesperson of the Public HH the Deputy Amir and the Crown Prince while receiving HH Sheikh Nass- Authority for Manpower er Al-Mohammed. sector from studying and working at same time (PAM) Aseel Al-Mazyed said the inspection team HH Deputy Amir receives Sheikh Nasser KUWAIT CITY, June 29: Coinciding with the period for submission of appli- tasked to monitor work cations for admission to universities and Nice varsity team visits Kuwait’s primary health center in open spaces at the Na- His Highness the Deputy Amir and at Bayan Palace Tuesday His High- educational institutions locally and inter- tional Center for Occupa- Crown Prince Sheikh Mishaal Al- ness Sheikh Nasser Mohammad Al- nationally, the Civil Service Commission KUWAIT CITY, June 29, (KUNA): Dr Abdullah Al-Ali. Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Ahmad Al-Sabah. (KUNA) A delegation of Nice University The French visitors admired level tional Health and Safety (CSC) reiterated its directive on prohibit- Hospital visited on Tuesday head- of the health care at the center, the ing those employed in the public sector quarters of the primary health statement said, noting that the two inspected 502 sites from from studying and working at the same care center in the district of Al- sides discussed plans for habilitat- June 1-24, reports Al-An- time, reports Al-Qabas daily quoting reli- Sulaibikhat as part of a joint ap- ing medical cadres. ba daily. able sources. proach to boost cooperation and Yesterday (Monday), Kuwait In- Sources said the decision on requir- exchange expertise. stitute for Medical Specialization Al-Mazyed told the daily that ing an employee to take sabbatical The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health (KIMS) signed an agreement with the team has so far issued warn- leave to complete university studies re- (MoH) said in a statement that the the Nice university to allow Kuwaiti ings to 324 companies found to mains in effect. Sources explained this delegation met the director, Dr Dina doctors to study medicine and re- have violated the directive on decision aims to regulate the quality Al-Dbaib, and the representative of ceive Fellowship in different medi- banning work under the direct of education and to emphasize the im- international relations at the MoH, cal specializations. heat of the sun during summer for portance of stability for the employee who wishes to enroll in the university the first time. She disclosed the as per the regulations and decisions on sources clarified this is on a case by case the needs of the entities in order to give number of erring workers in these regulating the quality of education and basis and no resolution has so far been employees a chance to complete their companies totaled 564. university certificates. issued to cancel the decision prohibiting studies in accordance with the regula- During the re-inspection, the Asked about the news on the approval employees from studying and working at tions. Sources wondered how could team discovered that 200 compa- given to some employees to complete the same time. some employees claim that their classes nies met the conditions; while only their studies without going on leave, Sources affirmed the CSC has laid are held after official working hours if one failed to address the viola- down a plan for study leave according to the university is outside the country. tion. The team received 31 reports through the specified hotlines and communication sites of the author- ity, Safety She called on the employers to abide by the directive to guarantee KUNA photo the safety of workers and to avoid HH the PM with the outgoing Czech ambassador. legal problems, stressing that the authority’s goal in implementing the decision is to protect the health HH PM hosts outgoing foreign envoys of workers. She confirmed that the authority His Highness the Prime Minister was ending his tenure. specified hotline numbers in all gov- Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al- His Highness the Prime Minis- ernorates for the inspection team to Sabah received on Tuesday at Sief ter also received the outgoing Bel- receive reports on violations. These Palace the outgoing Czech Ambas- gian Ambassador to Kuwait, Leo numbers are as follows: Capital and sador to Kuwait Martin Dvorak who Peeters. (KUNA) Jahra governorates - 66646466, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate - 99990930, Farwaniya Governorate Panel to be formed to prepare report - 66205229, Ahmadi Governorate - 66080612 and Hawally Governor- ate - 99709994. Meanwhile, the Cabinet has in- CPU to look into classifi cation structed the Public Authority for Roads and Transportation (PART) issue of KU at universities level at the Ministry of Public Works to build lakes and canals in Mutlaa KUWAIT CITY, June 29, (KUNA): The propriate. and South Abdullah Al-Mubarak Council of Public Universities (CPU) Al-Rifai added the council has as- residential cities to protect these has decided to prepare a semiannual pe- signed the Kuwait University to coor- cities from flood, reports Al-Jarida riodic report that includes all procedures dinate its efforts with the Ministry of daily quoting sources. and steps taken to raise the level of clas- Health on the issue of health require- Sources revealed the Cabinet’s sification of the Kuwait University at the ments to confront the spread of the directive includes three projects world universities level. coronavirus when the students being a with an estimated total cost of In this regard the council has instruct- gradual return to the university. KD98.5 million. Sources said ed the Public Authority for Academic He explained the council approved these are included in the projects of Accreditation and Quality Assurance the university calendar for all facul- PART for fiscal 2021/2022. of Education to form a committee to ties of the Kuwait University, includ- Sources added the cost of build- study the current classification and pre- ing the College of Law and the Col- ing lakes and canals in Mutla’a Res- pare a report and recommend proposals leges of Medical Sciences Centers for idential City is estimated at KD45 needed to raise the level of the Kuwait the academic years (2021/2022 and million and the cost for building University classification. (2022/2023), and a temporary commit- rainwater lakes in the same city The Secretary-General of the Coun- tee was formed to prepare and submit is estimated at KD3.500 million; cil, Dr Muthanna Al-Rifai, said Mon- a proposal concerning the general con- day evening, that the council, in its trols and standards for the dismissed while the cost for South Abdullah second meeting headed by the Minister students to continue studies – the stu- Al-Mubarak Residential City is es- of Higher Education, Dr Muhammad dents who were dismissed due to the timated at KD50 million. Al-Faris, approved the plan and mecha- low level of study. Sources indicated that the ex- nism for the return of students to the He said the council has approved the pected date of signing these con- Kuwait University for what it called basic rules for admission and transfer tracts will be on Feb 13, 2023 after ‘traditional studies’ for the (2021/2022) at Kuwait University for the academic obtaining approval from the regula- academic year. year (2021/2022), the proposed num- tory authorities; while the imple- The council had also approved dur- bers of colleges to accept new students mentation will start on March 13, ing a previous meeting a report and for the year (2021/2022), and the tuition 2023 and the target completion date submitted it the Council of Ministers fees for students who are not enrolled is on March 14, 2025. to take all measures what it deems ap- for theoretical and practical hours. PAM in a bid to regulate employees’ attendance KUWAIT CITY, June 29: Director General of the Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) Ahmed Al-Mousa issued Administrative Circular Number 15 of 2021 on regulating the attendance of employees based on the manual of poli- cies, procedures and rules for the gradual return to work in government agencies, reports Al-Jarida daily. The daily obtained a copy of the circular, which stipulated the full resumption of work except the following: pregnant employees who did not receive two doses of the vaccine against coronavirus; the disabled; and those suffering from heart disease, kidney failure or cancer as per the certifi cate issued by the concerned unit at the Ministry of Health. The circular also canceled the fl exible and remote work systems, while stipulating resumption of offi cial working hours - from 7:00 am to 2:30 pm; indicating the female em- ployees are allowed to leave 15 minutes before closing time. The circular stated the need for employees to report for work within 30 minutes from the start of the offi cial working hours; otherwise, they will be marked late and the period of tardiness will be calculated from the end of the grace period. It also confi rmed the resumption of the fi ngerprint attend- ance system, clarifying the employees can use the attend- ance application in their mobile phones. Employees must adhere to the health and precautionary regulations laid down by the health authorities, added the circular which will take effect on Aug 1. Sector keen to provide highest quality of care KUWAIT CITY, June 29: Assistant Undersecretary for Social Welfare at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Societal Devel- opment Musallam Al-Subaie said the Social Welfare Sector is keen on providing the highest quality of care for the elderly, serving the biggest number of elderly citizens through the mo- bile service centers for elderly care, reports Al-Rai daily. In a statement to the daily, Al-Subaie disclosed the sec- tor’s policy is based on the concept of simplifying proce- dures to better serve the elderly. He confi rmed the formation of a committee, whose members are from the ministries of Social Affairs and Health, tasked to issue car plate numbers for the elderly to benefi t from the parking spaces allotted to them. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 LOCAL 5 Kuwait participates in Arab Civil Aviation Organization meetings Aviation safety, COVID-19 impact on agenda

RABAT, June 29, (KUNA): Kuwait is taking part in Municipality employees meetings of the Arab Civil referred to prosecution Aviation Organization’s KUWAIT CITY, June 29, (ACAO) Executive Coun- (KUNA): Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) announced cil, held in Rabat, Moroc- Tuesday referring employees from co, on 29-30 June. Kuwait Municipality to the Public Kuwait’s participation in the Prosecution for forging offi cial event is part of its executive mem- documents. Nazaha said it referred supervi- bership in ACAO, Director Gener- sors and other employees to the al of Kuwait’s Directorate General prosecutor as part of its crack down of Civil Aviation Yousef Al-Fozan KUNA photo on corruption and the corrupted in This Thursday, The Guest Show Show, Dr Behbehani speaks of told KUNA in a statement. Kuwait’s delegation to Arab Civil Aviation Organization’s meetings. line wth Law No. 2 (2016), the au- (TGS) will host an extraordinary her journey of learning, her family The meetings will focus on aviation thority said in a statement. Kuwaiti woman. Dr Amar Beh- of super achievers, her career, her safety and security, as well as the im- He added that the aviation in the Kuwait will also take part in the 26th It did not elaborate on the spe- behani is a super-achiever who work in wellness, and the effect of pact of the COVID-19 pandemic and Arab countries was strongly affected session of the organization’s General cifi c nature of documents nor wears many hats and wears them the pandemic on mental health in measures taken to face the crisis, he by the pandemic, hoping to find solu- Secretariat on 1-2 July, which Kuwait identity of those referred. all with aplomb. On The Guest Kuwait. said. tions to resolve the issue. currently chairs, Al-Fozan noted. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021

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Envoy expresses interest to publish a magazine on Pakistan Pakistani ambassador discusses community issues during meeting

KUWAIT CITY, June 29: Mujahid Iqbal, Managing Editor of Contem- porary Japan magazine and Market- Virtual meet focuses on Pakistani schools issues ing Director at ALC International Group Company, met Ambassador of Pakistan to Kuwait Syed Sajjad PISK holds meeting with Pakistani envoy in Riyadh Haider recently to discuss promoting Pakistan as a whole. By Sana Bashir Issues of mutual interest between Pakistan and Kuwait, tourism, diplo- KUWAIT CITY, June 29: The Chair- matic ties, China-Pakistan Economic man, BoDs Abdul Rehman, and the Corridor (CPEC), lifting of the ban Principal, Ajmal Jamil of PISK Saudia on Pakistani visas by the Kuwait Arabia had a very constructive online government were discussed during meeting with HE the Ambassador of the courtesy visit. Ambassador of Pakistan in Riyadh, Lt General (R) Bi- Pakistan to Kuwait Sajjad Haider, lal Akbar focused on the major issues who praised the special issue on Ja- faced by Pakistani community schools pan. Haider showed keen interest to in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. publish a magazine on Pakistan too. Highlighted issues faced by the Head of Chancery and Third Sec- PISK Saudia Arabia and requested his retary Tehreem Ilyas, Assistant to Head of Chancery & Third Secretary Tehreem Ilyas, System Incharge valuable support. HE the Ambassador Commercial Attaché Asif Iqbal and (MRP) Atta ur Rehman, Ambassador of Pakistan to Kuwait Syed Sajjad of Pakistan in Riyadh, Lt General (R) System Incharge (MRP) Atta ur Re- Haider, Managing Editor of Contemporary Japan magazine Mujahid Iqbal Bilal Akbar very kindly acknowl- hman also attended the meeting. and Assistant to Commercial Attaché Asif Iqbal. edged the issues and assured of his best support to address all issues with A screen shot from the online meeting. the help of local authorities: MOFA, MOE, and local government. ments for best learning environment General (R) Bilal Akbar who is also HE the ambassador stressed on the of future generations of Pakistani Di- the Patron in Chief of all Pakistani importance of close liaison between aspora living in the Kingdom of Saudi community schools in the Kingdom the Embassy of Pakistan in Riyadh, Arabia. of Saudi Arabia. The meeting was at- respective BoDs and principals of BoDs PISK Saudia Arabia assure of tended by Ms Aiman Nadeem, Malik schools to assert all their possible our continuous sincere efforts with the Muhammad Abu-Bakar, CWA-II, positive energies for the best welfare very kind patronage of HE the Am- and the Principals of all Pakistani of students and academic environ- bassador of Pakistan in Riyadh, Lt. community schools in KSA. Council launches website KIC marks 60 years of Indo-Kuwait ties KUWAIT CITY, June 29: The Ku- wait Kerala Islamic Council, the nurturing arm of Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama celebrated the 60th anniversary of India-Kuwait diplomatic relations and inaugurat- ed the KIC website. In this virtual event Honourable Indian Ambassador to Kuwait His A collage of photos from the event. Excellency Sibi George delivered a greeting message. HE congratu- lated KIC for taking initiative in Forum honors special guests for support launching series of events as part of the celebrations of 60th anni- versary of establishment of diplo- PWF patron hosts ceremony at Pakistan House matic relationship between India and Kuwait. KUWAIT CITY, June 29: A beauti- tation was delivered by Mrs Sabiha continue her support and coopera- SKSSF State President Sayyid ful ceremony was held at the Pakistan Arian, the advisory of PWF, on Paki- tion in future. She also mentioned Hameed Ali Shihabthangal inau- House by Pakistan Women’s Forum’s stani bangles. She highlighted the his- gurated the KIC website. E.T. Mu- that she was highly motivated to see Indian Ambassador Sibi George delivers a greeting message. patron Mrs Ambreen Mustafa, wife tory and the importance of bangles in the positive spirit of the Pakistani hammad Basheer MP delivered the keynote address. of the Ambassador of Pakistan to the Pakistani culture. To honour and thank Ladies. She was even very keen to state of Kuwait. Ceremony was organ- for their support to PWF, certifi cates of KIC President Abdul Gafoor Alankar welcomed the gather- Moulavi, Abdul Naser Kodoor, know more about Pakistani culture ized to appreciate the cooperation for appreciation were presented to Shai- Faizi Ponmala presided over the ing and General Secretary Zainul Salam Peruvallur, Media Wing friends of PWF. We were honored to kha Suhaila, Dr. Samia Hamad, Dr and its traditions. Gradually every- function. Chairman Shamsuddin Abid Faizi thanked them. Sarga- Convener Hamza Vaniyannoor, host Shaikha Suhaila Al Sabah, Dr. Huda, Wafa Mahdi, Maryam Dashti. one mingled up and discussed about Faizi Edayatur delivered the Sa- laya Wing Convenor Ismail Vel- Other central leaders, regional unit Samia from Green Hands Team of Shaikha Suhaila in her speech their values and culture. Ceremony mastha Foundation Day message. liyoth coordinated the event. heads, council members, various Kuwait and Dr Huda from Islamic thanked Madam Ambreen Mustafa was concluded by a sumptuous Vice Chairman Usman Darimi Treasurer E.S. Abdurahman Haji, wing conveners, parents and other Herbal Centre. An interesting presen- for her hospitality and wished to lunch of Pakistani delicacies. led the prayers. Secretary Nisar Central Secretaries Abdul Hakeem activists were also present.

Delegates hold online meeting Overseas NCP Kuwait celebrates the 22nd Foundation Day of NCP KUWAIT CITY, June 29: On the Committee President), Moham- occasion of the 22nd founding anni- mad Haneef-(Saudi Committee versary of the NCP India, the global Secretary), Sunny Miranda (Karna- committee of Overseas NCP cele- taka State Committee), KV Rajeesh brated its foundation day through the (NCP Kerala State Committee) rep- Zoom application. NCP Overseas resented various committees. Adv Cell National President Babu Fran- Babu Latheef, Arul Raj KV, Joffrey cis presided over the function and CG, Maxwell Dcruz, Mathew John, inaugurated by NCP Kerala State Noble Jose, Sreebin Sreenivasan, Committee President P.C. Chacko Siddique Cheruveettil, Raveendran ex-MP. T.V. Ajmal Mankavu, Akhil Ponnar- ONCP UAE Chapter President athand Grisom Cottomannil led the Ravi Kommeri moderated the online program, as well as delegates from meeting, which was welcomed by various countries have attended. ONCP National General Secretary Expatriate Returns Forum delegates Geo Tomy. Faisal F.M. (Bahrain also attended the ceremony. Nooral Committee President), Sajeev Ka- Hassan, (Kerala State President of dasseril (Angola-Africa Committee the Returnees Forum) delivered vote President), Jeeves Erinjeri (Kuwait of thank.

A photo from the virtual investiture ceremony. ‘Be honest in discharging your duties’ FAIPS-DPS inducts offi ce-bearers of Students Council KUWAIT CITY, June 29: “Leaders are the role sponsible and do their best to bring about posi- abilities. models who inspire the followers and motivate tive changes in the school. The outgoing Head Boys and Head Girls then them to reach the pinnacle of success.” He exhorted them to uphold the values and gave nostalgic speeches reminiscing their time In a spectacular Investiture Ceremony organ- admonished them to be impartial and honest in spent in FAIPS, as they handed over the mantle ized on a virtual platform on Friday, June 11, discharging their duties. to their successors. 2021, FAIPS-DPS bestowed responsibilities on Ms Subbulatha Ramachandran, Head of the The newly inducted Head Boys Aariz Ahmad the 29 members of the newly appointed senior Physical Education Department announced the and Debangan Mishra and Head Girls Arathi student council, chosen after rigorous interview names of the newly- appointed council members Sasidharan and Sanjna Ravindranath, expressed and selection procedure, for the academic year and invited the parents to pin badges for their their gratitude to be chosen for this position 2021-22. wards. and promised to work for a better future for The programme commenced with the Ku- The elated parents felt privileged to be a the council and the school. The vote of thanks wait National anthem and recital of verses part of this august occasion as they did the proposed by the Vice Principal, Ms Vineeta from the Holy Quran was followed by the honours. The Students’ Council took the oath Munshi brought a culmination to this solemn rendition of morning prayer by the Principal, of office administered by the school Principal programme. Ravi Ayanoli. Ravi Ayanoli, wherein the council members The school song followed by Indian National In his address, Ravi blessed the members of pledged the oath of commitment and endur- Anthem marked a smooth end to a momentous the council and urged them to be dutiful and re- ance to discharge duties to the best of their virtual day. A screen shot of the meeting. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 INTERNATIONAL 7

Biden to visit Florida building collapse on Thursday America

Will they return? Florida condo search stretches to Day 6 SURFSIDE, Florida, June 29, (AP): The Just two additional bodies were found Mon- left layer upon layer of intertwined debris, tential survivors and when to conclude “that slow work of sifting through the remnants of day, raising the count of confirmed dead to 11. frustrating efforts to reach anyone who may the probability of continued survival is very, Millions ‘skip’ church a collapsed Florida condo building stretched That leaves 150 people still unaccounted for in have survived in a pocket of space. very small.” into a sixth day Tuesday, as families desper- the community just outside Miami. “Every time there’s an action, there’s a “It’s an incredibly difficult decision, and during the pandemic ate for progress endured a wrenching wait Authorities meet frequently with families reaction,” Miami-Dade Assistant Fire Chief I’ve never had to make that decision,” Bar- for answers. to explain what they’re doing and to answer Raide Jadallah said Monday during a news bera said. WALDOBORO, Maine, June 29, (AP): With mil- “We have people waiting and waiting questions. They have discussed how DNA conference. “It’s not an issue of we could The building collapsed just days before a lions of people having stayed home from places of and waiting for news,” Miami-Dade Mayor matches are made to help identify the dead, just attach a couple of cords to a concrete deadline for condo owners to start making worship during the coronavirus pandemic, strug- Daniella Levine Cava told reporters. “We how next-of-kin will be contacted and ex- boulder and lift it and call it a day.” Some of steep payments toward more than $9 million gling congregations have one key question: How have them coping with the news that they plained in “extreme detail” how they are the concrete pieces are smaller, the size of in repairs that had been recommended near- many of them will return? might not have their loved ones come out searching the mound, the mayor said. basketballs or baseballs. ly three years earlier, in a report that warned As the pandemic recedes in the United States and alive and still hope against hope that they With that knowledge, she said, families of “major structural damage.” in-person services resume, worries of a deepening will. They’re learning that some of their are coming to their own conclusions. Excavate Meanwhile, President Joe Biden and First slide in attendance are universal. loved ones will come out as body parts. This “Some are feeling more hopeful, some From outside a neighboring building on Lady Jill Biden will travel to Surfside, Flor- Some houses of worship won’t make it. is the kind of information that is just excru- less hopeful, because we do not have defini- Monday, more than two dozen family mem- ida, on Thursday to visit with the families of Smaller organizations with older congregations ciating for everyone.” tive answers. We give them the facts. We bers watched teams of searchers excavate victims of the collapsed Miami-area condo- that struggled to adapt during the pandemic are The work has been deliberate and treach- take them to the site,” she said. “They have the building site. Some held onto each other minium tower, the White House said. in the greatest danger of a downward spiral from erous. Thunderstorms rolled through the seen the operation. They understand now for support. Others hugged and prayed. Biden has offered federal help and ex- which they can’t recover, said the Rev. Gloria E. area Tuesday morning, and debris fell onto how it works, and they are preparing them- Some people took photos. tended his concerns to the community as White-Hammond, lecturer at the Harvard Divinity the search area overnight from the shattered selves for news, one way or the other.” Authorities insisted they are not losing hope. people “grieve their lost loved ones and wait School and co-pastor of a church in Boston. edge of the part of the building that still Rescuers are using bucket brigades and Deciding to transition from search-and- anxiously as search and rescue efforts con- On the Maine coast, the pandemic proved to be stands. That forced rescuers to mark a “don’t heavy machinery as they work atop a precari- rescue work to a recovery operation is agoniz- tinue,” as he said in one tweet. the last straw for the 164-year- go beyond here” line and focus their efforts ous mound of pulverized concrete, twisted steel ing, said Dr. Joseph A. Barbera, a professor at “They want to thank the heroic first re- old Waldoboro United Meth- parts of the debris pile that are farther from and the remnants of dozens of households. The George Washington University. That decision sponders, search and rescue teams, and odist Church. the structure, Surfside Mayor Charles Bur- efforts include firefighters, sniffer dogs and is fraught with considerations, he said, that everyone who has been working tirelessly Even before COVID-19 kett told Miami television station WSVN. search experts using radar and sonar devices. only those on the ground can make. around the clock and meet with the families swept the world, weekly at- Also Tuesday, the White House an- Authorities said it’s still a search-and-rescue Barbera coauthored a study examining who have been forced to endure this terrible tendance had dipped to 25 nounced that President Joe Biden and First operation, but no one has been found alive disasters where some people survived under tragedy waiting in anguish and heartbreak or 30 at the white-clapboard Lady Jill Biden would travel to Surfside on since hours after the collapse on Thursday. rubble for prolonged periods of time. He has for word of their loved ones,” White House New England church that Thursday. The pancake collapse of the building also advised teams on where to look for po- press secretary Jen Psaki said could hold several hundred worshippers. The number further dwindled to five or six before the final service News in Brief Hammond was held Sunday, said the Rev. Gregory Foster. The remaining congregants realized they couldn’t ‘Thank you, Benedict’: Russian jets flew low: Rus- continue to maintain the structure, and decided to Pope Francis on Tuesday of- sian fighter jets repeatedly flew fold the tent, Foster said. fered an affectionate, public low over a Dutch navy frigate “We can’t entirely blame everything on COVID. thank-you to Benedict XVI, in the Black Sea last week and But that was just the final blow. Some people have whose retirement from the carried out “mock attacks,” the not been back at all,” he said. papacy in 2013 shocked the Defense Ministry of the Neth- In Virginia, the Mount Clifton United Method- Roman Catholic Church and erlands said Tuesday. ist Church experienced a similar fate. The church the world. The incident involving the can seat more than 100 but the number of weekly Addressing tourists and Dutch ship Zr. Ms. Evertsen worshippers dwindled to 10 to 15, even before the Romans in St. Peter’s Square, happened last Thursday pandemic. Francis triggered applause southeast of Crimea, the min- The small white church built on a hill in the when he recalled that it was istry said in a statement. Shenandoah Valley in the 1880s may be rented to the 70th anniversary of Bene- It came a day after after another congregation, or it may be put up for sale. dict’s ordination to the priest- Russia said one of its war- “It’s a complicated picture overall, but the pan- hood in his native Germany. ships in the Black Sea fired Joseph Ratzinger later be- warning shots and a warplane demic was the straw that broke the camel’s back,” came a powerful Vatican of- dropped bombs to force a Brit- said the Rev. Darlene Wilkins, who oversaw Mount ficial as the church’s official ish destroyer out of an area near Clifton. “It just became next to impossible to sus- guardian of doctrinal ortho- Crimea that Russia claims as tain.” doxy. Then, in 2005, Ratz- its territorial waters. Britain de- Challenge inger was elected by fellow nied that account and insisted cardinals as pontiff and chose its ship wasn’t fired upon. In the United States, the latest challenge for the name Benedict XVI. He The Evertsen has been pa- places of worship comes against a backdrop of a de- announced in February 2013 trolling in the Black Sea with cadeslong trend of a smaller share of the population his decision to retire two HMS Defender, the British identifying as religious. weeks later, the first pontiff ship that was involved in that It’s too early to know the full impact of the pan- to resign in 600 years. incident. demic. Surveys do show signs of hopefulness - and Benedict, now 94 and frail, Defense Minister Minis- also cause for concern. is devoting his remaining ter Ank Bijleveld-Schouten About three-quarters of Americans who attended years to prayer in a monas- called the Russian actions “ir- religious services in person at least monthly before tery in Vatican City. Francis responsible.” (AP) the pandemic say they are likely to do so again in the said: “To you, Benedict, dear ❑ ❑ ❑ next few weeks, according to a recent AP-NORC father and brother, goes our poll. That’s up slightly from the about two-thirds affection, our gratitude and Boaters watch collapse: who said in May 2020 that they would if they were our closeness.” (AP) A cliff wall broke away at a allowed to do so. But 7% said they definitely won’t ❑ ❑ ❑ national park along Lake Su- perior in northern Michigan, be attending. Supreme Court says no: stunning some boaters who Those findings are in line with a Pew Research The Supreme Court ruled captured it on video. Center survey of U.S. residents last summer. It Tuesday that the government Sandstone and dirt crashed found that 92% of people who regularly attend re- can indefinitely detain certain into the lake Saturday at Pic- ligious services expected to continue at the same or immigrants who say they will tured Rocks National Lake- higher rate, while 7% say they will attend in-person face persecution or torture if shore in Michigan’s Upper services less often. they are deported to their na- Peninsula. The park’s cliffs Nashville, Tennessee-based Lifeway Research, an tive countries. are 50 feet to 200 feet (15.2 evangelical research firm, says many churches lost Over the dissent of three meters to 60.9 meters) above steam when in-person services shut down. A small but liberal justices, the court held the lake. concerning number churchgoers are coming out of the 6-3 that the immigrants are “We could hear the cliff pandemic in limbo without a church home, said Scott not entitled to a hearing about wall popping and cracking McConnell, Lifeway’s executive director. whether they should be re- and within 60 seconds a sec- “That’s a lot of momentum to lose and a lot of leased while the government tion of cliff approximately people stepping out of the habit” of weekly worship, evaluates their claims. 200 feet wide fell before us,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote Jahn Martin told WLUC-TV. McConnell said. for the court that “those aliens Those that are successful in reemerging from the “The splash and swell wave are not entitled to a bond were very dramatic.” COVID-19 lockdowns will likely be those that did hearing.” a better job adapting to the pandemic, said White- Martin shared his video The case involves people with the TV station. Hammond. Eight in 10 congregants in the U.S. re- who had been previously de- “Back up, Brad!” someone ported that their services were being streamed on- ported and, when detained after yelled as waves rolled toward line, Pew said. re-entering the United States the pontoon-style boat. (AP) Those that kept a connection with congregants illegally, claimed that they No injuries were reported. and relied less on the physical passing of the plate would be persecuted or tortured No one at the park could for donations stand a better chance of emerging un- if sent back. One man is a citi- immediately be reached for scathed, White-Hammond said. zen of El Salvador who said he comment Tuesday, though In Charlotte, North Carolina, Temple Beth El was was immediately threatened the park’s website warns that closed during the pandemic but kept congregants in by a gang after being deported rocks can fall at any time and touch through events like “challah day.” Volunteers from the U.S. (AP) shows a photo of rocks fall- baked over 900 loaves of the bread, which were de- ❑ ❑ ❑ ing. (AP) livered to homes so worshippers could share them over a Shabbat meal. There will be no returning to “normal” after the pan- demic, said Rabbi Dusty Klass. “There were people who went home and may never come back to the sanc- tuary. They may just pray from their couch. It’s up to us to make sure they have the opportunity.” Locations The All Dulles Area Muslim Society, whose main campus is in Sterling, Virginia, said some of its 11 locations have reopened to worshippers with safety measures. “If COVID is gone 100%, I firmly believe our community would be fully back because people crave ... to be together,” said Rizwan Jaka, chair of interfaith and media relations. In San Francisco, the historic Old St. Mary’s Ca- thedral survived when members rebuilt after a fire following the 1906 earthquake but it has struggled mightily during the pandemic to stay open. The 160-year-old Roman Catholic church, which is heavily dependent on older worshippers and tourists, lost most of its revenue after parishes closed during the pandemic. During those “dark hours,” the Rev. John Ardis had to dismiss most of the lay staff, cut the salary of a priest and close the parish preschool. The plaster is crumbling, the paint is peeling off the walls and dozens of its stained-glass windows need to be replaced. “But those are secondary at the moment,” Ardis said. “Because I’m just basically trying to trying to keep the doors open.” Here in New England, any slide could be more acute since a smaller proportion of residents identify as religious. In Maine, Judy Grant, 77, was a newcomer to Waldoboro who started watching the services online and then began attending in person. She’s upset by the closure. “I’m extremely disappointed,” she said. “A lot of churches are closing. I think COVID had a big part in this latest shrinkage, but they were shrinking even before that,” she said. The final service on Sunday was emotional, with both smiles and tears, as nearly 60 gathered in the sanctuary. Foster preached about new beginnings and encouraged people to continue their faith. Afterward, people began removing some of the church’s contents, including religious paintings, some furniture, and other items. Grant said many hope the building will come alive again with a new congregation: “We have to be positive - and pray.” United orders 270 jets to replace old ones, plan for growth

United Airlines said Tuesday It is one of the largest orders Max jets were grounded follow- United claims the orders will This fi le photo shows a that it is ordering 200 Boeing ever for commercial planes ing two deadly crashes. The create 25,000 jobs over several Boeing 737 Max 9 built for Max jets and 70 Airbus planes and underscores that airlines pandemic has hurt sales too. years, although executives did United Airlines landing at so it can replace some of its see a recovery underway and Boeing “needs to play a bit not describe how they arrived King County International aging planes and grow after expect to return to the profi t- of catch-up,” and so it likely at that fi gure. The airline has Airport - Boeing Field after the pandemic eases. ability they enjoyed before the gave United a steep discount, about 68,000 employees now. a test fl ight from Moses At list prices, the deal would pandemic crushed air travel said George Dimitroff, analyst United said it ordered 50 Lake, Washington, in be worth more than $30 billion, more than a year ago. with Ascend by Cirium. Max 8 jets, 150 slightly larg- Seattle. (AP) although airlines routinely get It is also, of course, a major “From here forward, pricing er Max 10s, and 70 Airbus deep discounts, sometimes boost for the world’s two main will get fi rmer,” Dimitroff said. A321neos, which are larger more than half, according to aircraft makers, especially Boe- “I think that United is probably still and usually seat 220 pas- analysts. United declined to ing. The Chicago-based com- taking advantage of the last of sengers in economy and pre- disclose terms. pany saw orders plummet after the good pricing.” mium. (AP)

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Move could lead to a sharp increase in prices of most commodities Lebanon hikes fuel prices by more than 35% amid crisis BEIRUT, June 29, (AP): Lebanon’s energy ministry on Tuesday increased gasoline and fuel prices by 35%, a move that could lead to a sharp increase in prices of most com- modities in the crisis-hit country. The hike came days after caretaker prime minister, Has- san Diab, granted approval for fi nancing fuel imports at a rate higher than the offi cial exchange rate, effectively reduc- ing critical fuel subsidies. Lebanon is going through an unprecedented economic and fi nancial collapse, coupled with a monthslong political deadlock over the formation of a new government. The developments pose the gravest threat to the small country’s stability since the end of its civil war three decades ago. The World Bank said the crisis is among the worst the world has seen in 150 years. Fistfi ghts and shootings have erupted at some gas stations over the past weeks as frustrated citizens lined up for hours to fi ll up their tanks and the shortages have led to protests around Lebanon. Electricity cuts last for much of the day, and people have had to turn off private generators for several hours to ration fuel. Last week, the economy ministry raised the price of subsidized bread by 18%, the fi fth time it was raised in a year. The price of gasoline, which in Lebanon is calculated for 20 liters (about 5 1/2 gallons) reached 62,000 Lebanese pounds at the 35% increase, or about $3.6 according to black market rates. Despite the hike, motorists still lined up at gas stations Tuesday to fi ll their tanks. Diesel increased 38%, to 46,100 pounds - about $2.7 on the black market. Fuel distributors representative, Fadi Abu Shakra, urged calm. He was quoted by the Lebanese state news agency, NNA, as saying that six fuel tankers began offl oading oil products after midnight on Monday to ease demands. The Lebanese pound hit a new low over the weekend, sell- ing at 18,000 pounds to the dollar on the black market. The pound has lost more than 90% of its value since the crisis began with nationwide protests against the country’s politi- cal class in late 2019. There are several exchange rates - including the offi cial rate that still stands at 1,507 pounds to the dollar. Two other exchange rates, both authorized by the Central Bank, are 3,900 pounds to the dollar for withdrawals from bank accounts and 12,000 pounds for $1 for imports of several products. The decree signed by Diab on Friday allows the fi nancing of fuel imports at an exchange rate price of 3,900 pounds. The crisis, rooted in decades of corruption and misman- agement, has worsened in recent weeks with the Central Motorbike drivers wait to get fuel at a gas station in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, June 27, 2021. On Friday, Hassan Diab, Lebanon’s caretaker Bank cutting back on fi nancing imports at subsidized dol- prime minister, granted his approval to allow the fi nancing of fuel imports at a rate higher than the offi cial exchange rate, effectively reducing critical fuel subsidies that lars. Foreign currency reserves have dropped dangerously have been in place for decades, amid worsening gasoline shortages. (AP) low, from $30 billion at the start of the crisis, to nearly $15 billion currently. That has prompted merchants to either raise prices or stop imports. US April home prices jump

First major economy to rebound from pandemic Fastest pace in over 15 yrs WASHINGTON, June 29, (AP): U.S. WB raises China growth outlook to 8.5% home prices soared in April at the fast- est pace since 2005 as potential buyers bid BEIJING, June 29, (AP): The World pre-outbreak levels, though authori- report in April that said China and Vi- up prices on a limited supply of available Bank raised its forecast of China’s eco- ties have re-imposed travel controls in etnam were the only East Asian econo- properties. nomic growth this year to 8.5% from some areas to counter outbreaks of new mies to achieve a “v-shaped” recovery The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home In this fi le photo, shoppers wearing face masks to help 8.1% and said Tuesday that a full re- variants of the virus. in 2020 with output back above pre- covery requires progress in vaccina- Chinese economic growth is likely coronavirus levels. price index, released Tuesday, jumped nearly 15% in curb the spread of the coronavirus walk through the April from the previous year. That is up from a 13.4% capital popular shopping mall in Beijing. The World tions against the coronavirus. to decline to 5.4% next year as the re- China is on track to vaccinate 40% of Bank raised its forecast of China’s economic growth The report adds to positive signs bound from last year’s history-making its population by early summer, but “a annual gain in March. this year to 8.5% from 8.1% and said Tuesday, June for China, the fi rst major economy to global slump fades and activity returns full recovery will also require continued Many Americans have sought more living space since 29, 2021, a full recovery requires progress in vaccina- rebound from the pandemic. Factory to normal, the World Bank said. progress toward achieving wide-spread the pandemic began, seeking larger homes in suburbs rather tions against the coronavirus. (AP) and consumer activity are back above Its forecast was an increase over a immunization,” the World Bank said. than apartments or smaller homes in cities. Historically low mortgage rates, restrained in part by the Federal Reserve’s low-interest rate policies, have also spurred demand, just as the large millennial generation ages into a peak home- buying period. The price gains have been so dramatic that home sales have started to slow as more would-be buyers are priced out of the market. Still, economists said there is little sign that the housing market’s blistering price increases are likely to cool off soon. “The forces that have propelled home price growth to new highs over the past year remain in place and are offering lit- tle evidence of abating,” said Matthew Speakman, an econo- mist at real estate data provider Zillow. All 20 cities that make up the index reported higher year- over-year price gains in April than the previous month. Five cities - Charlotte, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, and Seattle - had the largest 12-month price increases on records dating back 30 years. Even as demand rose during the pandemic, fewer Ameri- cans were willing to sell their properties, perhaps reluctant to have waves of potential buyers troop through their homes. That sharply reduced the number of houses available, setting off bidding wars for most properties. Last month, nearly half of homes sold were selling for above their asking price, ac- cording to realty company Redfi n. In May, the number of available homes ticked up slightly, to 1.23 million. But that was still down 21% compared with a year earlier. Sales of existing homes have fallen for four straight months, likely because soaring prices have discouraged some would-be buyers. Still, demand is strong enough that a typical home was on the market for just 17 days last month, the National As- sociation of Realtors said. Nearly 9 of 10 homes were on the market for less than a month.

A real estate sign is posted in front of a newly-construct- ed single family home, Thursday, June 24, 2021 in Au- burn, New Hampshire. US home prices soared in April at the fastest pace since 2005 as Americans bid up prices on a limited supply of available properties. (AP) ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 BUSINESS 9 US stocks climb as banks raise dividends

Technology, bank stocks among biggest gainers General Motors NEW YORK, June 29, week will be Friday’s jobs report for June. Economists expect U.S. employers recalls old SUVs (AP): Stocks were mod- created 675,000 jobs last month, with the erately higher Tuesday as unemployment rate falling to 5.7%. DETROIT, June 29, (AP): General banks announced plans European stock markets opened Motors is recalling more than 380,000 higher Tuesday while Asia declined older SUVs in the U.S., many for a sec- to return billions more to as investors looked ahead to U.S. jobs ond time, to fi x a suspension problem shareholders and consum- data for signs of infl ation pressure. that can cause them to sway at highway er confi dence grows. In early trading, the FTSE 100 speeds. The S&P 500 rose 0.1% as of in London gained 0.3% to 7,095.06 GM decided on the recall after the 11:36 a.m. Eastern. The Dow and Frankfurt’s DAX added 0.6% to U.S. National Highway Traffi c Safety 15,642.81. The CAC 40 in Paris ad- Administration opened an investigation Jones Industrial Average was up vanced 0.3% to 6,580.65. last year. The recall covers 2010 through 99 points, or 0.3%, to 34,382 and In Asia, the Shanghai Composite 2016 Cadillac SRX and 2011 and 2012 the Nasdaq composite was mostly Index fell 0.9% to 3,573.18 and the Saab 9-4X SUVs. GM once owned Saab unchanged. Nikkei 225 in Tokyo shed 0.8% to and manufactured its vehicles. With two trading days left in June, 28,812.61. GM says in government documents the market is getting ready to close The Hang Seng in Hong Kong lost that the rear suspension toe link adjuster out a strong fi rst half of the year as the 1% to 28,983.89 after the Chinese ter- may not have been tightened properly, economy emerges from its pandemic- ritory banned airline fl ights from Brit- which could result in a loose toe link. induced recession. The S&P 500 is on ain starting Thursday in a new effort to The toe link keeps the rear suspension track for a gain of more than 14% for prevent the spread of a new coronavi- stable and keeps the tires on the ground. the fi rst half of 2021. rus variant. Owners are being told not to drive Technology and bank stocks were The Kospi in Seoul retreated 0.5% their vehicle if they see certain dashboard among the biggest gainers. Morgan The ‘Fearless Girl’ statue faces the New York Stock Exchange in this fi le photo. Stocks were moderately higher to 3,286.68 and Sydney’s S&P-ASX warning lights or experience unusual Stanley rose 3.8% after the bank an- Tuesday as banks announced plans to return billions more to shareholders and consumer confi dence grows. (AP) 200 lost less than 0.1% to 7,301.20. steering behavior. Dealers will replace nounced it would double its quarterly India’s Sensex declined less than the adjustable toe link with a non-adjust- dividend and buy back $12 billion of placed upon them last year. betting that travel will return to pre- of 119, according to FactSet. 0.1% to 52,691.47. New Zealand, able one at no cost to owners, who will be its own stock over the next year. Other bank stocks that were higher pandemic levels in the coming year. Also, a report showed that home Bangkok and Jakarta advanced while notifi ed by letter starting Aug. 9. Morgan Stanley was one of several included JPMorgan Chase, which was United is also buying 70 aircraft from prices soared in April at the fastest Singapore declined. Most of the vehicles were fi rst re- banks to announce dividend increases up 0.8%, and Goldman Sachs, which Boeing rival Airbus. pace since 2005 as potential buyers bid Stock prices look expensive to some called in September of 2014. NHTSA and stock buybacks after passing the Investors also got a dose of good up prices on a limited supply of avail- investors after rising faster than corpo- opened an investigation of the problem Federal Reserve’s most recent “stress was up 2%. economic news. The Conference able properties. That lifted homebuild- rate profi ts. Infl ation remains a worry, in November of 2020 after getting nine tests.” As part of passing the tests, the Boeing rose 0.4% after United Air- Board reported that its consumer confi - ers. Lennar rose 1.5% and Toll Broth- even if more U.S. investors have come complaints from owners, including two Fed freed the banks from the coronavi- lines announced it would buy 200 of dence index rose to 127.3 in June. That ers rose 2%. around to the Federal Reserve’s view involving crashes. The agency said rus pandemic restrictions that had been the company’s 737-MAX aircraft, was well above economists’ forecast The big piece of economic data this that it will be only a temporary problem. three people were hurt. Widow seeks probe into McAfee’s death

SANT ESTEVE SESROVIRES, Spain, June 29, (AP): The widow of John McAfee, the British-American tycoon who died in a Spanish prison this week while awaiting extradition to the United States, on Friday de- manded a “thorough investigation” of his death, say- ing her husband did not appear suicidal when they last spoke. Authorities in Spain are conducting an autopsy on McAfee’s body but have said that everything at the scene in his cell indicated that the 75-year-old killed himself. An offi cial source familiar with the investigation told The Associated Press that a suicide note had been found in McAfee’s pocket. The source, who was not author- ized to speak about an ongoing judicial inquiry, refused to comment on the content of the note. McAfee’s Spanish lawyer, Javier Villalba, said that the family had not been informed by authorities about the note. In her fi rst public remarks since the software entre- preneur’s death on Wednesday, McAfee’s widow Janice McAfee said she wanted a “thorough investigation” to provide “answers about this was able to happen.” “His last words to me were ‘I love you and I will call you in the evening,’” the 38-year-old told reporters out- side the Brians 2 penitentiary northwest of Barcelona where she recovered her late husband’s belongings. She said they spoke earlier on the day he was found dead. “Those words are not words of somebody who is sui- cidal,” she added. John McAfee was arrested at the Barcelona airport in October last year on a warrant issued by prosecutors in Tennessee who were seeking up to three decades of im- prisonment for allegedly evading more than $4 million in taxes. The day before he was found dead, Spain’s National Court had announced that it was agreeing to his extradi- tion to the U.S. but the decision was not fi nal. “We had a plan of action already in place to appeal that decision,” Janice McAfee told reporters. “I blame the U.S. authorities for this tragedy: Because of these politically motivated charges against him my husband is now dead.” The National Court judge said John McAfee had pro- vided no evidence to back his allegations that he was being politically persecuted. “On the contrary, accord- ing to his own testimony, he took part in primaries of a certain party to defend his convictions with a result little favorable to him,” the judge wrote in the ruling seen by AP. In an e-mailed statement, the U.S. State Department confi rmed for the fi rst time the tycoon’s death, offering the family condolences. It said: “We are closely moni- toring local authorities’ investigation into the cause of death. We stand ready to provide all appropriate assis- tance to the family. Out of respect to the family during this diffi cult time, we have no further comment.” Results of McAfee’s autopsy could take “days or weeks,” authorities have said. The couple reportedly met in 2012 in Miami and mar- ried the following year. John McAfee had several chil- dren from previous relationships, Janice McAfee said. The entrepreneur had not been connected with the companies that took over the antivirus software he built after he sold his shares in the 1990s. That early success had made McAfee rich and followed him in his troubled biography. In 2012, he was sought for questioning in connec- tion with the murder of his neighbor in Belize, but was never charged with a crime. The controversy didn’t stop him from making long-shot runs for the U.S. presidency starting in 2016. But it was his more recent tax problems that kept him away from the U.S., the country where the British-born entrepreneur was raised and had built his early success. The Tennessee prosecutors’ indictments from 2020 showed that the tycoon allegedly failed to declare in- come made by promoting cryptocurrencies, attending speaking engagements and selling the rights for a docu- mentary on his eventful life. “Even though he was born in England, America was his home,” Janice McAfee said. “He came there when he was a child. He had his fi rst girlfriend there, his fi rst case, you know, his fi rst job. He made his fi rst millions there and he wanted to be there. But, you know, politics just wouldn’t allow for that to happen.” John McAfee’s social media postings indicated that he had chosen a northeastern Spanish coastal resort town as his base in Europe at least since late 2019. “All John wanted to do was spend his remaining years fi shing and drinking,” his widow said on Friday. “He had hope that things would work out. We knew that there would be an uphill battle to continue to fi ght this situation. But he’s a fi ghter ... And anybody that knows John, that knows him even a little bit, knows that about him.” “He was just so loving. He had a big heart and he just loved people and he just wanted to have peace in his life,” Janice McAfee added. “My prayers are that his soul has found the peace in death that he could not fi nd in life.” ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 BUSINESS 10

World’s biggest mobile industry trade show likely to be a shadow of its former self Pandemic-era MWC tech fair kicks off

BARCELONA, Spain, June 29, (AP): A major wireless technology trade fair kicked off in Barcelona on Monday with scaled-back attendance and beefed-up health and safety measures, changes that refl ect the new reality for industry conventions in the pandemic era. A man checks his laptop at the Mobile Mobile World Congress was World Congress 2021 in Barcelona, canceled at the last minute last year Spain, June 28. (AP) because of COVID-19 concerns. Its 2021 revival makes it one of the few big trade shows so far to attempt a comeback even as the coronavirus pandemic continues to simmer in many parts of the world. The show, known as MWC, is typically a glitzy and well-attended affair, with tech and telecom companies setting up elaborate pavilions to unveil the latest mobile devices, schmooze clients and lobby government offi cials. But this year, the world’s biggest mobile industry trade show is likely to be a shadow of its former self. “Obviously, there is a huge dif- A visitor checks the Huawei FreeBuds ference from previous years. This 4 at the Mobile World Congress 2021 in show is going to be much smaller, A visitor tests a VR device at the TelcoDR booth during the Mobile World Congress 2021 in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, June 28. (AP) Barcelona, Spain, June 28. (AP) much safer from a health and safety perspective,” said Mats Granryd, director general of GSM Associa- tion, which organizes the show and represents more than 750 mobile network operators. “We’re taking a lot of precautions: Testing people regularly within 72 hours, no hands, everything is touchless.” Still, companies like Ericsson, Nokia, Intel, Sony and Qualcomm are staying away while South Ko- rea’s Samsung, the world’s biggest mobile phone maker, is only holding a virtual device launch. Chinese tech giant Huawei, a major sponsor, is one the few big names that will have a show stand. A woman tests the Huawei MatePad Pro at the Mobile A man checks his phone at the Mobile World Congress 2021 The Furhat robot, from Alisys robotics, is Granryd said he’s expecting 25,000 World Congress 2021 in Barcelona, Spain, June 28. (AP) in Barcelona, Spain, June 28. The Mobile World Congress displayed at the Mobile World Congress 2021 in to 30,000 people from 143 countries takes places in Barcelona from June 28 to July 1. (AP) Barcelona, Spain, June 28. (AP) to attend in person, a fraction of the more than 100,000 visitors from 200 countries in recent years. ery year, “and last year without Mobile as long as people remain at least 1.5 For fake reviews of goods Other visitors will be attend- World Congress we really felt that we meters (5 feet) apart. Masks remain ing virtually, as will a third of the missed something in terms of fi nding mandatory indoors in public places and show’s 350 speakers, including new partners and also getting to know on public transport. Tesla CEO Elon Musk. the new trends in technology.” Barcelona has hosted MWC since UK watchdog probes Amazon & Google At Barcelona’s Fira Gran Via The GSMA delayed the show from 2006 and last year’s cancellation dealt exhibition centre, visitors had their its usual February slot to buy time in a major economic blow to the city, LONDON, June 29, (AP): UK regu- reviews on some big websites last views to give their products or ser- temperatures checked by staff at the the hope the pandemic would be under with lost revenue for hotels, restau- lators said that they’re investigating year - without identifying any spe- vices the most prominence, while entrance. Other safety features in- control by now. Granryd said they plan rants and taxi companies. Google and Amazon over concerns cifi c ones - amid the pandemic-fueled law-abiding businesses lose out.” clude COVID-19 testing, extra ven- to move it back to February for 2022. Authorities estimate the show the online giants aren’t doing enough boom in online shopping. The CMA said its investigation has tilation and one-way routes around To help make the four-day show typically generates 473 million euros to stop fake reviews of products and “Our worry is that millions of online yet to determine whether either com- the venue. Attendees use an offi cial happen, Spanish authorities agreed to ($516 million) and more than 14,000 exempt exhibitors, attendees, sponsors part-time jobs for the local economy. services on their platforms. shoppers could be misled by reading fake pany broke consumer protection law. MWC app to fl ash the negative test The Competition and Markets reviews and then spending their money If it does, the watchdog could require result needed to get in. and partners from travel restrictions Other big tech industry trade fairs “My fi rst impression is that I am that might otherwise prevent them disrupted by the pandemic are plan- Authority said it opened a formal based on those recommendations,” the that they change how they deal with very happy to be back,” said Lionel from entering the country. ning to return in force, including investigation into whether the two watchdog’s chief executive Andrea Cos- fake reviews or be taken court. Anciaux, CEO of Brussels-based Spain eased COVID-19 restrictions Berlin’s IFA in September, Lisbon’s companies broke U.K. consumer law celli said in a press statement. Google and Amazon said they will smart sensor company IOT Factory. on Saturday by scrapping a require- WebSummit set for November and by failing to protect shoppers. The “Equally, it’s simply not fair if work with U.K. regulators on the in- Anciaux said he usually attends ev- ment to wear face masks outdoors, CES in Las Vegas in January. watchdog started looking into phony some businesses can fake 5-star re- vestigation. Big US lenders hike dividends

Payouts expected to start in Q3

NEW YORK, June 29, (AP): Recently freed from regulators’ coronavirus re- strictions, the largest U.S. banks on Mon- day announced plans to return tens of bil- lions of dollars to their shareholders over the next year in the form of dividends and stock buybacks. It’s a signal that banks are looking to reward their shareholders after last year’s pandemic-driven losses. But it’s also a sign banks at the moment see few places to put their big profits other than back into the hands of their shareholders. In an attempt to ensure banks could hold up in the face of a severe pandemic-induced recession, the Federal Re- serve last year put into place restrictions on how much banks could pay in dividends or spend on stock buy- backs. Banks at the time were reporting tens of billions in losses as businesses were shuttered and Americans were thrown out of work. But in last week’s “stress tests,” the Fed found that all of the nation’s big banks were healthy enough to withstand a sudden economic catastrophe and ended its restrictions on dividends and buybacks. Morgan Stanley on Monday said it would double its quar- terly dividend, from 35 cents per share to 70 cents per share, with payouts expected to start in the third quarter. The bank will also buy back $12 billion worth of its outstanding shares over the next year. For context, analysts surveyed by FactSet expect Morgan Stanley to make about $15.5 billion in profi ts this year. Wells Fargo is also heavily upping its dividend, raising it from 10 cents per share to 20 cents a share. The bank plans to buy back $18 billion in stock over the next year, it said in a statement. That buyback plan would also consume all of Wells Fargo’s forecasted profi ts, with analysts expecting the bank to earn around $15.7 billion this year, according to FactSet.

In this file photo, the JPMorgan Chase logo is displayed at their headquarters in New York. (AP) ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 SCIENCE 11

Coronavirus

Indonesia faces catastrophe Australia offers adults AZ to speed up rollout

CANBERRA, Australia, June 29, (AP): Australia is offering AstraZeneca to all adults in a bid to rapidly ramp up sluggish vaccination rates as more of the country on Tuesday locked down against the spread of COVID-19. The government late Monday agreed to indemnify doctors who administer the AstraZeneca vaccine that has been blamed for at least two fatalities from a rare blood clot complication in Australia since April. That exceeds the single death from COVID-19 in Australia this year, and vaccine hesitancy has increased with only 5% of the population fully inoculated. Pfi zer has been the recommended vaccine for people young- er than 60 since a 52-year-old woman died in May of blood clots in the brain blamed on AstraZeneca. But supply of Pfi zer, the only alterna- tive to Australian-manufactured Astra- Zeneca, cannot keep up with demand. “There’s a preference for Pfi zer un- til the age of 60. That’s a preference,” Chief Medical Offi cer Paul Kelly said on Tuesday. “It’s a discussion for doctors to have with their own patients and work through their own risk and benefi t in re- lation to that,” Kelly added. The Queensland state capital Bris- Kelly bane and surrounding cities will be in lockdown for three days from late Tuesday after the government reported two new COVID-19 infections. Sydney reported 19 new infections in that east coast city, Perth reported two new cases on the west coast and Darwin The Wax Lake Outlet, right, and Wax Lake Delta, part of the Atchafalaya Basin, are seen from 8,500 feet in this aerial photo in St. Mary Parish, La., Tuesday, May reported two new cases on the north coast. Those three cities 25, 2021. (AP) and their surrounds are already in lockdown. Australia has been relatively successful in containing clus- ters throughout the pandemic, registering fewer than 31,000 Science cases and 910 deaths within a population of 26 million. But the new clusters of a variant thought to be more contagious have highlighted the nation’s vulnerability through a slow vaccine rollout. Uses airborne tech to monitor dwindling deltas Vaccination AstraZeneca was supposed to be the mainstay of Austral- ia’s vaccination rollout free of the uncertainties of interna- tional supply chains. It was recommended for all adults until a NASA looks at US delta system 48-year-old woman died of blood clots in April four days after her fi rst jab. AstraZeneca was then said to be a safe option for adults aged over 50 until the 52-year-old died. MIKE ISLAND, La., June 29, (AP): Some epidemiologists argue the government should speed Erosion, sinking land and sea rise from up the rollout by reducing the gap between AstraZeneca jabs climate change have killed the Louisi- New study nixes life in clouds of from 12 to eight weeks. But some Australians are now refusing ana woods where a 41-year-old Native This image made available by NASA American chief played as a child. Not to take a second shot because of the evolving perception of the shows the planet Venus made with blood clotting risk. data produced by the Magellan far away in the Mississippi River delta Venus, but maybe in Jupiter’s? The New South Wales state government is highlighting vac- spacecraft and Pioneer Venus Orbiter system, middle-school students can cines’ apparent successes in the current Sydney cluster. from 1990 to 1994. (AP) stand on islands that emerged the year Twenty-four people who attended a birthday party on June they were born. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., June 29, fi nding and totally unexpected.” 19 became infected with the delta variant. None had been vac- NASA is using high-tech airborne (AP): A new study is throwing cold Further studies will be needed systems along with boats and mud- water on the possibility of life in the to ascertain whether microbial life cinated. But six fully vaccinated health workers and an aged clouds of Venus. might exist deep in the clouds of care worker who had received the fi rst of two doses attended slogging work on islands for a $15 mil- Discovery lion, fi ve-year study of these adjacent Scientists from Europe and the Jupiter, according to Hallsworth the house party and were not infected. US reported Monday there isn’t and NASA astrobiologist Chris Mc- “The early and strong indications from that party ... are, if areas of Louisiana. One is hitched to a river and growing; the other is discon- nearly enough water vapor in the Kay, a co-author on the research you’re vaccinated, you are much more likely to not be infected Lego unveils ‘brick’: Danish toymaker scorching planet’s clouds to sup- paper published Monday in the with COVID-19,” Health Minister Brad Hazzard said on Mon- Lego has presented its fi rst building bricks nected and dying. port life as we know it. journal Nature Astronomy. day. made out of recycled drinks bottles — an Scientists from NASA and a half- The team looked into the matter As for Venus, three new space- State Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall said he was experimental project that if successful could dozen universities from Boston to Cali- following September’s surprise an- craft will be headed there later this the only one among four government colleagues who dined eventually go into production. fornia aim to create computer models nouncement by others that strange, decade and early next — two by together at a Sydney pizza restaurant on June 21 to become In a statement, the group said the pro- that can be used with satellite data to let tiny organisms could be lurking in NASA and one by the European infected. An infected person had been at the restaurant earlier. totype uses plastic from discarded bottles countries around the world learn which the thick, sulfuric acid-fi lled clouds Space Agency. Hallsworth and and Marshall revealed he was the only one among the four who from the United States. On average, a one- parts of their dwindling deltas can be of Venus. Through spacecraft ob- McKay don’t expect their results had not had a dose of vaccine because, at age 36, he was not liter bottle provides enough raw material for shored up and which are past hope. servations, the latest research to change regarding uninhabitable eligible. ten Lego bricks with two rows of four studs, “If you have to choose between sav- group found the water level is more water activity at our solar system’s said the company which is based in Billund, ing an area and losing another instead than 100 times too low to support hottest planet. Sydney in the east and Darwin in the north were locked western Denmark. Earth-like life. “It’s unfortunate because I’m down on Monday. Perth in the west made masks compulsory of losing everything, you want to know “We know kids care about the environ- where to put your resources to work to “It’s almost at the bottom of the very interested in searching for life for three days and warned a lockdown could follow after a ment and want us to make our products save the livelihood of all the people scale and an unbridgeable dis- on other worlds and I would love to resident tested positive after visiting Sydney more than a week more sustainable,” said Tim Brooks, the who live there,” said lead scientist tance from what life requires to think that Venus is habitable,” Mc- ago. Lego group’s vice president of environmen- Marc Simard of NASA’s Jet Propul- be active,” said the lead author, Kay said. Brisbane and Canberra have or will soon make wearing tal responsibility. “Even though it will be a sion Laboratory. John Hallsworth, a microbiologist The scientists behind the Sep- masks compulsory. while before they will be able to play with While oceans rise because of cli- at Queen’s University Belfast in tember study possibly hinting at life Most of the new cases stem from a Sydney limousine driver bricks made from recycled plastic, we want mate change, the world’s river deltas Northern Ireland. in the Vesuvian clouds based their who tested positive on June 16 to the delta variant, which is to let kids know we’re working on it.” His team looked at the most dry- fi ndings on the presence of the The company said its discarded bottle — home to seafood nurseries and more thought to be more contagious. He was not vaccinated, report- than 300 million people -- are sinking tolerant and also the most acid- toxic gas phosphine. On Earth, it’s edly did not wear a mask and is suspected to have been infect- suppliers use processes approved by the US tolerant microbes on Earth — and associated with life. The research- Food & Drug Administration and the Euro- and shrinking. they “wouldn’t stand a chance in ers argued that Venus’ phosphine ed while transporting a foreign air crew from Sydney Airport. To fi gure out where to shore up New South Wales state on Monday reported 18 new cases pean Food Safety Authority. Venus.” levels are too high to be geologic The bottles are made of PET plastic, or dying deltas, NASA is studying wa- While the latest fi ndings veto Ve- in origin. in the latest 24-hour period. The tally was fewer than 30 cases polyethylene terephthalate, which doesn’t ter fl owing in and out of Louisiana’s recorded on Sunday and 29 on Saturday. nus at least for water-based organ- “We are not trying to push Venus degrade in quality when recycled. Atchafalaya and Terrebonne basins, isms, they identify another planet as a defi nitely habitable world. So Authorities warned that a two-week Sydney lockdown that The prototype followed more than three sediment carried by it, and plants that — Jupiter — with enough water in far all conventional interpretations began on Friday would not reduce infection rates for another years of research during which hundreds of can slow the fl ow, trap sediment and the clouds and the right atmospher- say Venus is inhabitable!” said fi ve days. variations of PET materials and other plastic pull carbon from the air. ic temperatures to support life. Massachusetts Institute of Tech- Meanwhile, Indonesia needs to urgently increase medical formulations were tested, Lego said. It can Louisiana holds 40% of the nation’s “Now I’m not suggesting there’s nology astrophysicist Sara Seager, care, testing and vaccinations as the number of new infections fi t with Lego elements made over the past wetlands, but they’re disappearing fast life on Jupiter and I’m not even sug- part of the September team. in the country has rapidly increased and left it “on the edge of a 60 years. (AP) -- about 2,000 square miles (5,180 gesting life could be there because Regarding the latest study, “we COVID-19 catastrophe,” the Red Cross said Tuesday. ❑ ❑ ❑ square kilometers) of the state have it would need the nutrients to be are tremendously enthusiastic The group said its coronavirus hospital in Bogor, outside of been lost since the 1930s. That’s about there and we can’t be sure of that,” about leaving no stone unturned, Vaccine creators win prize: Seven Hallsworth stressed to reporters. in case there is life on Venus,” she Jakarta, was “overfl owing” and emergency tents had been set researchers whose work contributed to 80% of the nation’s wetland losses, ac- “But still it’s a profound and exciting added in an email. up to be able to house more patients. It was a similar scene at designing COVID-19 vaccines have won cording to the US Geological Survey. other hospitals near the capital, including in at the Bekasi city Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Using two kinds of radar and a spec- hospital that had 90% of its beds fi lled. award for scientifi c research. trometer that measures more colors “We are seeing record number of infections, but every sta- The award panel announced it had chosen than the human eye can distinguish, logical timescale. They are very young Grant College Program, which uses tistic is a person who is suffering, grieving or struggling to Hungary’s Katalin Karikó, Americans Drew high-altitude NASA airplanes have and fragile, in a delicate balance of the Wax Lake Delta as a classroom for support the people they love,” Sudirman Said, secretary gen- Weissman and Philip Felgner, Germany’s been collecting information such as sinking and growing,” NASA states on middle- and high-school students. eral of Indonesian Red Cross, said in a statement. “Our medi- Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci, Canadian water height, slope, sediment, and the Delta-X project website. “We take kids and make them stand on land that was formed the year they cal teams are providing lifesaving care, with hospitals full to Derrick Rossi and Sarah Gilbert of the Unit- the types and density of plants. Some Threats the brim and oxygen supplies critically low.” ed Kingdom as this year’s prizewinners. measurements are as precise as a cou- were born.” Twilley said. The panel said the seven were “leading ple of centimeters (less than an inch). In geological time, young means In contrast, the adjacent Terrebonne Variant fi gures in one of the most outstanding feats On boats and islands, scientists and thousands of years. On that scale, Basin is shrinking so rapidly that the The surge in Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous in the history of science.” students from across the country take Louisiana’s Wax Lake Delta is taking government is paying to move the Isle “With their long careers in pure research, samples and measure everything from its fi rst breaths. It dates to 1942, when de Jean Charles band of Biloxi-Chiti- nation, is being blamed in part on the delta variant of the vi- they led the way to innovative applications rus, which was fi rst spotted in India and is thought to be more currents to diameters of trees. Their the Army Corps of Engineers dug an macha-Choctaw Indians from a van- such as obtaining, in an extraordinarily outlet from the lake to reduce fl ood ishing island to higher ground. contagious. Indonesia reported more than 20,600 new cases on short space of time, effective vaccines to fi ndings will be used to calibrate the Monday and more than 400 deaths. airborne instruments. threats to Morgan City, about 20 miles That band isn’t the only Native fi ght against the COVID-19 pandemic,” the (32 kilometers) away. Sediment from American group losing ground. Indonesia has seen more than 2.1 million cases since the citation said. “I’ve been working here 15 years, pandemic began and more than 57,500 deaths, both the most “Their work constitutes a prime example and one of the toughest parts about the Atchafalaya River fi lled the lake, “The wooded areas we used to run in Southeast Asia. of the importance of pure research for the working in a delta is you can only then began creating islands in the Gulf. through as children -- they’re dead,” Less than 5% of adults in the nation of 270 million people protection of public health the world over,” touch one little piece of it at any one The new islands are thick with black said Chief Shirell Parfait-Dardar of the have been fully vaccinated. The Red Cross called for global it added. time and understand one little piece of willows and, in spring, thigh-high Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi- action so countries like Indonesia can get the vaccines they The annual 50,000-euro ($60,000) award it at one time,” said Robert Twilley, a butterweed topped with small yellow Chitimacha Indians, based less than 50 need. is one of eight Asturias prizes handed out professor of oceanography and coastal fl owers. miles (80 kilometers) from the Wax President Joko Widodo announced Monday that his gov- each year by a foundation named for Crown sciences at Louisiana State University. Older wetlands in areas surveyed by Lake Delta. ernment will administer COVID-19 vaccines for children as Princess Leonor. Other categories include “Now we have the capability of work- Delta-X aircraft are more diverse, their “Ghost forests” are common in art, sport and social sciences. ing with NASA to understand the en- soil rich with humus from generations degrading deltas where salt water in- young as 12 after the country’s Food and Drug Monitoring The awards are among the most prestigious Agency green-lighted emergency use of the Sinovac vaccine tire delta.” of plants. Along nearby Hog Bayou, trudes as land sinks and erodes, LSU’s in the Spanish-speaking world. An awards The Mississippi River drains 41% of blue buntings and scarlet tanagers dart Twilley said. for children. ceremony typically takes place in October in Widodo said in a video statement that he was grateful that the continental United States, collecting through magnolia branches and skinks Louisiana is considering two pro- the northern Spanish city of Oviedo. (AP) 150 million tons (130 million metric skitter up trees. In swamps, ospreys jects that would divert Atchafalaya the agency has issued an emergency use of authorization for ❑ ❑ ❑ the Sinovac vaccine so that “vaccination for children that age tons) of sediment per year. But, largely nest atop bald cypresses and alligators River sediment to build land in the can start immediately.” Cicadas threat to fruit trees: The pe- because of fl ood-prevention levees, fl oat in the water below. Terrebonne Basin, but a decision is He has asked authorities to boost the country’s vaccination riodical cicadas that emerge every 17 years most sediment shoots into the Gulf of In addition to working at LSU, more than a year away, according to rollout to two million shots a day by August from the current are due to show up again in Tennessee, and Mexico rather than settling in wetlands. Twilley has spent about nine years as the state Coastal Restoration and Pres- University of Tennessee Extension offi cials “Deltas are the babies of the geo- executive director of Louisiana Sea ervation Authority. level of about 1 million a day, as a second wave of infections say they could threaten young fruit trees. engulfs Southeast Asia country. Trees are at risk if there is a large cicada Monday’s announcement came a day after health authorities population nearby, the university Institute announced the country’s largest one-day jump in new corona- of Agriculture said. virus infections, the second day in a row, as the Health Min- “Even a single female cicada may cause a barrier to cicada egg laying,” he said. The Council of State ruled that glue trap istry reported 21,342 new cases and 409 deaths over the past lot of injury,” David Lockwood, a Univer- Lockwood recommends using a frame hunting of thrushes and blackbirds “cannot 24 hours. sity of Tennessee Extension specialist who to suspend the netting so it doesn’t damage be authorized” because it is contrary to Eu- The latest tally on Monday showed the country’s total con- works with fruit and nut tree growers, said small branches. (AP) ropean law. fi rmed cases since the pandemic began at more than 2.1 mil- in a news release. ❑ ❑ ❑ Some insecticides can be used to prevent In addition, the court stated that being a lion, the most in Southeast Asia, including confi rmed fatalities “traditional” hunting method doesn’t alone to more than 57,100. damage, but blocking cicadas is more effec- Court bans glue trapping: France’s top tive, extension entomologist Frank Hale said. administrative court on Monday defi nitive- justify an exception. Authorities have so far only fully vaccinated 13.1 million The technique, used in southeastern of Indonesia’s 270 million people and partially vaccinated an- “Covering the canopy of young plants ly banned the use of glue trapping to hunt with netting having a mesh size of a quarter birds, a technique that was denounced by France, consists of brushing branches with other 14.2 million. inch or less and tying it around the trunk un- animal protection groups as barbaric and glue to trap birds, which are later used to der the lowest limbs will provide a physical endangering some species. Brooks Lockwood attract other birds for shotgun hunters. (AP) Events WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 FFeatureseatures pitted property rights against pitted propertyrights against Fred andhisfriends toremain. ough. Buttheagreement willallow lawsuit withthetownofHillsbor- San Francisco fanciful Flintstoneshouseinaposh he won. 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People & Places

Books

Debut story collection ‘A Distant Grave’ is a complex, lyrical tale

By Bruce DeSilva Distant Grave,’ by Sarah Stewart Taylor ‘A (Minotaur) Homicide detective Maggie D’arcy has been hop- ing to heat up a cross-Atlantic romance with her sweetheart, Conor Kearney, but after a body turns up on Long Island beach, her trip to Ireland appears to be off. When the murder victim turns out to be Gabriel Treacy, a Dublin resident who had just arrived in America, however, she fl ies to the Emerald Isle to combine business with pleasure. As the investigation heats up, she fi nds scant time for the latter. The indomitable D’arcy, introduced by author Sa- rah Stewart Taylor last year in the critically acclaimed “Mountains Wild,” soon fi nds herself entangled in a case with threads that stretch from Long Island and Ireland to It- aly and war-torn Afghanistan. Treacy, it turns out, was an aid worker who once had been kidnapped, and subsequently rescued, in Afghanistan. And recently, he had been looking Taylor for a long-lost brother who had been torn from his family dur- ing Ireland’s stolen babies scandal. Could either, or perhaps both, explain why he had come to America? Could either involve motives for his murder? Meanwhile, powerful Suffolk County DA John J. Cooney, insistent that the murder was just a gang- related robbery gone bad, pressures D’arcy to return A Saudi man looks at an artwork by Korean artist Do Ho Suh at King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture, also known as Ithra, in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, June 27. to Long Island. The center was built by Saudi Aramco and inaugurated by King Salman in 2016. (AP) As she persists in following her lines of investiga- tion, however, several others involved in either the stolen babies scandal or the kidnapping die from a mysterious killer’s bullets. Eventually, she realizes her own life is in danger. Music The result is a fast-paced, tension-fi lled yarn fi lled with twists the reader is unlikely to see coming. Tay- lor tells the story in a lyrical prose style that is a joy to read. She excels in vividly portraying both the rural Singer offers series of anecdotes in ‘Stories to Tell’ Ireland and Long Island settings and in developing memorable characters including D’arcy’s partner, Dave Milich, and her troubled daughter, Lilly. The only off note is occasional references to events in “The Mountain Wild” that are diffi cult for readers Marx waiting for respect he’s due to fathom unless they have read the fi rst book in the series. By Mark Kennedy tual songwriter who rode the wave of cal ability to attract and befriend super- ❑ ❑ ❑ MTV fame for a decade or so and then, stars, something that fi rst happened at ichard Marx likes to gently mess when the heat dissipated, reinvented age 5 when he met Davy Jones of The “Objects of Desire,” by Clare Sestanovich (Al- Rwith the minds of whoever comes himself as a producer and songwriter Monkees. As he writes: “I’ve always fred A. Knopf) to see his solo concerts. for others. had the ability to will people into my The characters in Clare Sestanovich’s debut He’ll start playing a Keith Urban or “It was just about 10 years straight path.” story collection, “Objects of Desire,” are middle- a Lionel Ritchie song and look out to where everything I put out had suc- Readers get lots of stories about to upper-middle-class, well-educated and tightly see the reaction. “If it’s a couple, I’ll cess. And then I put out a record that I Marx’s collaborators and how he wrapped. They’re baby boomers or their 20-some- see one of them look at the other with joked went double plywood instead of comes up with songs from a man who thing kids who haven’t quite grown up. While those this face like, ‘You’re kidding me. He double platinum,” he says. “It just was has steered clear of embarrassing, self- with jobs in marketing or tech can afford to live in wrote that?’” like a signal that everything had shift- destructive scandal. glass high-rises, the aspiring artists and writers ei- Then hits from his career will ed from me in my career. I remember “He hasn’t lived a life that is de- This cover image released by Simon tumble out: “Right Here Waiting,” ther have lots of roommates or temporarily move & Schuster shows ‘Stories to Tell,’ a thinking, ‘What did I do wrong?’” serving of VH1 ‘Behind the Music.’ back home. memoir by Richard Marx. (AP) “Should Have Known Better,” “Don’t He says it took a year for him to It’s been pretty even-keeled,” said In the fi rst story, “Annunciation,” Iris, a college stu- Mean Nothing,” “Hold On to the grasp the change. “I started to think, Sean Manning, his editor at Simon dent, is fl ying home for the holidays, seated between a Nights,” “Take This Heart,” “Hazard” ‘Well, you know what? I had a really & Schuster. “But I think that he is a married couple. The woman, after returning from the and “Angelia.” great turn for about 10 years. And it’s master craftsman. That’s what I was bathroom, reaches across Iris’s lap and waves a posi- “And they’ll go, ‘Oh, my God. He not my turn now. It’s somebody else’s really intrigued by - how he does what tive pregnancy stick in front of her husband. They’re did that, too? Like, really? Serious- turn.’” he does.” elated. Iris doesn’t recoil or say “Ewwww!” Instead, ly?’” says Marx. “On my part, there’s a He was still in his 30s and “had a ton Marx in recent years has become a she politely congratulates them, then goes back to subtle attempt to connect all the dots.” of music left” in him. “I’ll make it with social media phenomenon, enchanting cutting her green beans with a plastic knife. If you’ve not yet seen Marx in con- other people,” he concluded. That shift fans by wittily snapping back at trolls It’s a hilarious scene, a modern take on the Chris- cert, he’s offering a written version also freed him up to be a very present and intolerance. In June, when a guy tian theme of annunciation, told in Sestanovich’s with his new memoir “Stories to Tell,” father to his three sons. got on Twitter to tell Marx that his characteristic deadpan voice. Back at college, Iris will a series of anecdotes from a singer- pronouns should be “has/been,” Marx date a boy, graduate, fi nd out she’s pregnant, have an songwriter who has rubbed shoulders Versatile actually agreed: “I started writing hit abortion. Different characters — her mother, her best with - and supplied songs to - music Marx over his career has had 14 No. songs at age nineteen and the money friend, the aunt of the former boyfriend — will ex- Mitchum Noll royalty. 1 songs as a writer — one in each of ‘has been’ rolling in ever since.” press their views on sex and procreation while Iris Kenny Rogers, Whitney Houston, four different decades. He and Van- It was his humor, fearlessness, au- just struggles to keep it together. Madonna, Barbra Streisand, Burt dross’ “Dance With My Father” won thenticity and self-awareness that led Sestanovich, an editor at The New Yorker, is an Bacharach, NSYNC, Julio Iglesias, the 2004 Grammy for Song of the Manning to reach out to Marx just as elegant writer whose stories deftly capture the foods, Variety Josh Groban, Hugh Jackman, Kenny Year. He’s written or performed hits the pandemic was gripping the nation. clothes and customs of contemporary life. Parents Loggins, Luther Vandross, Paul Anka, on Billboard’s country, adult contem- Luckily, Marx had already written grapple with their daughter’s anorexia. A couple SHeDAISY, Philip Bailey and James porary, mainstream rock, holiday and some pages, based on the anecdotes he wonders if it is ethical to keep a cat in a small apart- ATHENS, Greece: Greek police say Ingram - all make cameo appearances pop charts. offers on stage. ment. A woman is hired as a night nanny for a little they have recovered two paintings by in Marx’s life and career. Starting out as a versatile background “He’s the fi rst one that will make girl who has three day nannies. 20th century masters Pablo Picasso and He reveals beefs with Brad Paisley, singer, he got his big break when Lionel fun of himself,” said Manning. “He Piet Mondrian, nearly a decade after Clive Davis and Night Ranger and Richie heard a tape of his songs and in- doesn’t wait for anyone to do that. Over the 11 stories, told in a variety of different their theft from the country’s biggest voices, we meet a large, angsty, mostly privileged a crush on Olivia Newton-John. He vited Marx to help him with his solo al- And I think that’s where you do re- state art gallery in Athens. made a Vixen song sound better with bums. You can hear a teenage Marx on late to him. He doesn’t take himself cast of characters who nonetheless seem to refl ect A statement late Monday said the two a society that’s been knocked back on its heels. For a little sonic trickery - adding someone such hits as “All Night Long” and “Run- so seriously, which I found incredibly works were in the hands of the police, else’s guitar solo - and watched in hor- ning with the Night.” refreshing.” the most part, the themes are domestic, not political but provided no detail on their condition — polyamory, infi delity, abandonment, isolation — ror as his band was held at gunpoint in That led to him writing songs with Readers of “Stories to Tell” will and on whether any arrests had been Taipei. though one story features an up-and-coming politi- made. Rogers and then writing or singing fi nd a more gentle style than his sharp- cian. The paintings were stripped from their “I have got so many - somewhere be- for a slew of stars before the release elbowed Twitter tone. He says he’s a If the younger people in these stories had been frames during a well-organized, over- tween interesting and hilarious - things of Marx’s own 1987 self-titled debut private person and was never going to alive in the 1920s or ’30s, they might have trudged night heist at the National Art Gallery on that have happened in the background album, which would go double plati- write a tell-all book with incendiary of my career,” he says by phone from off to war. In the ’50s, hit the road. In the ’60s or Jan 9, 2012. The burglars had also taken num. details. a pen and ink drawing of a religious the Los Angeles home he shares with The book’s publication is timed to “On Twitter, if I’m dealing with an ’70s, turned on and dropped out. These characters, by his wife, Daisy Fuentes. contrast, seem hemmed in, uptight, ambivalent about scene by Italian 16th century painter the release of a two-disc companion issue that’s racist or bigoted, there’s Guglielmo Caccia. They had initially “At the end of the day, I want people album with remastered versions of his no holding back. I’m going to blast having children, uncertain about the path forward, to feel the same things I want them to biggest hits plus demos, live tracks and it. And if someone’s coming after me, doomed to live up to their parents’ or their own high grabbed a fourth work, also by Mon- drian, but abandoned it as they fl ed. feel about my show - that you feel like fresh interpretations of songs he has I’m going to respond as you can see,” expectations, and struggling to do the right thing and Police said at the time that the heist you get to know me a little bit.” written for other artists. he says. But a book is another matter: not succumb to despair. was completed in about seven minutes. “Stories to Tell” is ultimately the Running through the book is Marx’s “They’re just two completely different ❑ ❑ ❑ The stolen Picasso was a cubist female tale of a supremely talented, instinc- conviction that he has an almost mysti- animals.” (AP) “Filthy Animals,” by Brandon Taylor (River- bust which the Spanish painter had do- nated to Greece in 1949 with a dedication head) “in homage to the Greek people” for their Brandon Taylor’s “Filthy Animals,” a book of He also appeared in numerous surfi ng 2010, he and his son Jed launched a surf From the early 1950s through the resistance to Nazi German occupying documentaries, worked as a photogra- apparel line. 1960s, he traveled from Southern interconnected short stories, is a chronicle of pain, forces during World War II. identity, recovery and the desperation we all feel for pher on the 1967 fi lm “Surfari” and was It was the towering waves he caught, California to Mexico, Australia and the The thieves also took a 1905 repre- the stunt double for James Mitchum in coupled with a blunt but friendly manner, North Shore of Hawaii’s island of Oahu human connection. sentational oil painting of a riverside the 1964 fi lm “Ride the Wild Surf.” In that made Noll’s reputation. A depressed and lonely man recovering from a in search of the biggest waves. windmill by Mondrian, the Dutch painter It was in October 1957, at Waimea suicide attempt fi nds himself caught in a love triangle who became famous for his later, abstract Bay on Oahu’s North Shore, where he with two dancers in an open relationship; a group of linear works. (AP) led a handful of surfers to a place where teenagers unable to control their emotions resort to ❑ ❑ ❑ the waves can reach three stories high brutal violence against one another; a young woman in the winter. The bay was said to be battles a terrifying illness; a babysitter recovering LOS ANGELES: Greg “Da Bull” Noll, who became a surfi ng legend by combin- impossible to surf, and residents claimed from a recent breakup fi nds herself stuck caring for a ing a gregarious, outsized personality nobody had tried since a young Califor- headstrong and wild little girl. with the courage and skill to ride bigger, nia surfer, Dickie Cross, had been killed The stories are wrought with emotion and com- more powerful waves than anyone had there in 1943. plexity, yet at the same time, Taylor’s writing is soft, ever attempted, has died. He was 84. Grainy footage shows Noll catching quiet, gentle. The stories feel almost like slices of life, Noll, who had lived in the picturesque, a wave perhaps as high as 30 feet (9 but the every day is heightened by the intensity of the seaside town of Crescent City, Cali- meters), then somehow managing to stay characters’ longing, desire, anger and, above all else, fornia, died Monday of natural causes, standing as it pitches him some 10 feet passion. To be human each day, the stories seem to according to an Instagram post from his (3 meters) or more straight down its face. say, is to feel deeply and urgently. son’s company, Noll Surfboards. Re- From there, he moves outside and rides it Taylor’s characters are beautiful messes, with their quests for comment from the Noll family nearly to the shore. fl aws, uncertainty, and mistakes making them all the were not immediately returned, and it Years later, Noll would let out a cackle more intriguing and real. With some recurring in dif- was not clear where he died. and an expletive as he recalled his fi rst ferent stories, the reader is able to understand certain One of the fi rst and arguably one of thought after fi nishing that ride: “I’m still relationships from different perspectives and feel the greatest big-wave riders, Noll was alive!” even more deeply the characters’ desperate attempts much more than a surfer. He was also From then on, there was no stopping the surfer who was instantly recogniz- to connect to one another. an entrepreneur who helped transform the sport with his Greg Noll surfboards, able in his distinctive black-and-white The book is also wonderfully queer and presents which were among the fi rst to be built “jailhouse” shorts. He started wearing queer love and identities with all the intricacy and from balsa wood, a substance that made them, he once said, so people would uniqueness they deserve. (AP) them more maneuverable and light Marc Jacobs fall/winter 2021 fashion show projected on the exterior of Bergdorf know it was him on a wave and get out enough for most people to use. Goodman department store on June 28, in New York. (AP) of his way. (AP) ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 SPORTS 14 Venus rises to 90th Wimbledon win

Spain take 6 players from Euro 2020 Russia picks 10 athletes for limited Olympic track team

MOSCOW, June 29, (AP): Russia Spain at Euro 2020. named three world champions on its ❑ ❑ ❑ 10-strong athletics team for the Tokyo Olympics on Tuesday under rules lim- Some stages of the Tokyo Olympic iting the size of its squad because of a torch relay will be pulled off the roads long-running doping dispute. of the Japanese capital because of Three-time high jump world cham- fears about spreading the coronavirus, pion Mariya Lasitskene is joined by Japan’s Kyodo news agency reported pole vault world champion Anzhelika on Tuesday. Sidorova and 2015 world 110-meter Citing the Tokyo Metropolitan Gov- hurdles champion Sergei Shubenkov. ernment, Kyodo said the relay would Five more of the squad have won not appear on public streets from July world championship medals. 9-16. Kyodo said organizers would de- All of the 10 have “authorized neu- cide on the format for the relay from tral athlete” status from World Athlet- July 17 until the opening ceremony on ics after undergoing vetting of their July 23. records of drug testing. ❑ ❑ ❑ Top-ranked Ash Barty is set to lead OLYMPICS Australia’s 11-member tennis team at the Tokyo Olympics. The Australian squad was an- The Russian Athletics Federation nounced Tuesday, hours before Bar- has been suspended from World Athletics since 2015, when an inves- ty’s scheduled fi rst-round match at tigation revealed doping was wide- Wimbledon against Carla Suárez Na- spread. Plans to lift the suspension varro. were delayed in 2019 when RUSAF Former U.S. Open champion Sam Australia’s Ashleigh Barty plays a return to Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro during the women’s singles first round match on day two of the Wimbledon Ten- Stosur was selected to play singles and nis Championships in London, on June 29. (AP) officials drew up fake documents to give an athlete an alibi for missing a doubles in her fi fth Olympics, while doping test. That case drew the ire Nick Kyrgios, Alex de Minaur and of World Athletics and led to bans John Millman were among the men se- Barty, Kerber and Zverev advance for five senior officials including a lected for the Australian team. former president. ❑ ❑ ❑ WIMBLEDON, England, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 by Tereza Martincova of 2008, the year she set the tournament the fi rst Arab woman to win a WTA World Athletics capped the Rus- Ben Simmons has withdrawn from the Czech Republic. women’s record for fastest serve, 129 title. sian Olympic team at 10 athletes last Australia’s Olympic squad in order to June 29, (AP): Venus Wil- In men’s action, 20-year-old mph. When Jabeur did a video confer- year. Using quota limits to punish spend time working on his individual liams accumulated 10 aces American Sebastian Korda - whose On this day, with strips of black ence with reporters after winning countries for doping is rare, but not skill development following a disap- Tuesday by smacking father, Petr, won the 1998 Australian tape around her left knee, serving her fi rst-round match, Williams and unique to track and field. More than pointing NBA post-season for the serves at up to 114 mph - Open and whose sisters, No. 1-ranked helped Williams save 13 of 15 break Buzarnescu were beginning their last a dozen major weightlifting nations Philadelphia 76ers. Nelly and Jessica, are on the LPGA points, including a trio in the fi nal set. Whoever advanced would meet will have limits on their teams at the Basketball Australia issued a state- not quite like the old days, Tokyo Olympics as that sport tries ment early Tuesday local time to con- Tour - made a successful Wimbledon game. Jabeur, a 6-2, 6-1 winner against Re- to clean up its own steroid-tainted but not too shabby, either. debut, eliminating No. 15 Alex de On the fi rst, becca Peterson. fi rm Simmons’ decision to pull out of past. selection for the Tokyo Olympics. She drove forehands to corners. Minaur 6-3, 6-4, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5). Buzarnescu “I’m praying for her to win right Russia is competing under the acro- She made her way to the net for tried a lob that now. It’s such an honor, privilege, nym “ROC” for the Russian Olympic crisp volleys. And when it was all TENNIS the 6-foot- everything, to play Venus,” Jabeur Committee at the Tokyo Olympics in over, the 41-year-old American 1 (1.85-me- said, smiling widely and holding all sports because of a Court of Ar- celebrated her first Wimbledon No. 4 Alexander Zverev, No. 9 Di- ter) Williams up crossed fingers on both hands. bitration for Sport ruling last year on match win since 2018 by raising ego Schwartzman and No. 26 Fabio reached and “She’s a legend and such an in- doping laboratory data which the court Fognini also advanced. turned into an spiration for me. I’ve watched her found was manipulated while in stor- her arms and yelling “Come on!” Buzarnescu is a 33-year-old left- overhead win- so many times. I love the way she age in Moscow. The Russia name, fl ag before reprising her familiar smile- hander who has dealt with a series of ner. Buzarnescu fights. Honestly, it would be my and anthem are banned. and-twirl wave at No. 3 Court. injuries and has gone from the top 20 Zverev fl ipped her rack- dream to play her.” ❑ ❑ ❑ A fi ve-time singles champion at the et end over end Jabeur said Williams “was kind to outside the top 150. Taking advantage of Spanish clubs’ All England Club who is making her “Both of us, we are not young any- and caught it. The next break chance enough to practice with me” recently 23rd appearance there, Williams be- ended with a backhand passing shot and congratulated her for her barrier- obligation to release players, Spain more. She’s got a few years in front will take six members from its Euro- gan her record-extending 90th Grand of me,” Buzarnescu said about Wil- into the net. On the third, a powerful breaking trophy. Slam tournament with her 90th career pean Championship squad to the To- liams. “Really a lot of respect for her forehand from Williams forced an er- “Such a nice person ... Very happy kyo Olympics. victory at Wimbledon, beating Mi- ror, and Buzarnescu put her hands on and supportive,” Jabeur said. “I ap- haela Buzarnescu of Romania 7-5, to be still playing at this age. And I’m Olympic coach Luis de la Fuente an- really happy that as long as she can her hips. preciate her a lot.” nounced a list of 22 players on Tues- 4-6, 6-3. Two points later, it ended. One of Later, Williams returned the com- Williams is a former No. 1-ranked compete at this level, that she will day including Unai Simón, Eric Gar- continue, because she’s an example Williams’ sisters stood and shot the pliments, calling Jabeur “one of my cía, Pau Torres, Pedri González, Mikel player who came into this week scene with her cellphone. Her moth- favorite people on tour.” ranked 111th and having lost in the for (all) tennis players.” Oyarzabal and Dani Olmo. They are in Spain’s goalkeeper Unai Simon Williams, who is entered in the er, Oracene Price, simply sat in the “Honestly, she’s just breaking the Euro 2020 squad that on Monday celebrates his side’s fifth goal dur- fi rst or second round at the past eight stands, head resting on her left hand. down barriers,” Williams said. “The majors. mixed doubles competition with Nick advanced to the quarterfi nals. ing the Euro 2020 soccer champi- Kyrgios, made her debut at Wimble- Someone who was rather demon- fi rst woman from her country to do Simón, García and Pedri were in the onship round of 16 match between “You can’t win them all. Life is strative about hoping Williams would anything that she’s doing. ... She’s starting lineup as Spain defeated Croa- about how you handle challenges. don in 1997. She won it for the fi rst Croatia and Spain at Parken sta- time in 2000 and most recently in win: No. 21 seed Ons Jabeur of Tu- inspiring so many people, including tia 5-3 in extra time in Copenhagen. dium in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Each point is a challenge on the nisia, who earlier this month became me.” Torres and Olmo also have started for June 28. (AP) court. No one gives you anything,” said Williams, who was diagnosed a decade ago with Sjogren’s syndrome, an autoimmune disease that can cause Kremlev confident AIBA will return to Olympic role in Paris fatigue and joint pain. “I like to think I handle my challenges well.” LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 29, sport’s place in the Olympic program pleting reforms, tage, it is true,” Kremlev said. “To put The schedule on Day 2 of the tour- (AP): The International Boxing Asso- was in question when the IOC tired and putting a full it mildly, our past is not that good.” nament, like on Day 1, was jumbled ciation’s new president is confi dent his of AIBA’s scandals and questionable stop to the past. Kremlev won election partly by by showers. At least 18 matches were beleaguered organization will be wel- business practices under President It is for the IOC vowing to eliminate AIBA’s debts, postponed until Wednesday and a comed back into the Olympic family Ching-Kuo Wu, who resigned in 2017. to judge the re- which swelled while Wu’s administra- dozen were suspended in progress after the Tokyo Games. sult.” tion attempted to build the organiza- shortly after Williams fi nished off a Umar Kremlev said at a news confer- Kremlev won tion into a force in professional boxing. victory that lasted more than 2 1/2 ence Monday in Switzerland that AIBA BOXING an election to Last month, AIBA announced it had hours. is implementing the changes necessary to take charge of repaid a much-criticized, eight-fi gure Women’s winners included 2018 get back in the good graces of the Inter- An IOC task force led by gymnas- AIBA last De- loan taken from an Azeri company ear- champion Angelique Kerber, No. national Olympic Committee, and he still tics executive Morinari Watanabe will cember. He has ly in Wu’s tenure to create the defunct 1 seed Ash Barty, No. 8 Karolina expects the sport’s governing body to re- run the boxing tournament at the To- Kremlev been outspoken World Series of Boxing, a team-based Pliskova, No. 15 Maria Sakkari, two- turn to the Olympic fold before the Paris kyo Games. in his criticism professional boxing league. time Slam fi nalist Vera Zvonareva, Venus Williams of the US wins the Games in three years. The IOC hasn’t “Our position is that we are be- of the organization’s past bosses, vow- AIBA also agreed to a two-year 2020 French Open semifi nalist Nadia women’s singles first round match commented recently on the progress coming one of the best federations, ing to establish a new level of transpar- sponsorship deal with Gazprom, the Podoroska and Americans Shelby against Romania’s Mihaela Bu- made by AIBA, which was suspended so there will be no reason to exclude ency in everything from the business Russian energy giant. Kremlev said Rogers, Madison Brengle and quali- zarnescu on day two of the Wim- in 2019. us,” Kremlev said through a translator practices to the judging decisions of AIBA has even assembled a fi nancial fi er Claire Liu. Another U.S. woman, bledon Tennis Championships in A boxing tournament has been held in Lausanne. “You have just to look at the notorious governing body. fund to help national boxing federa- No. 28 seed Alison Riske, was beaten London, on June 29. (AP) at every Olympics since 1920, but the how boxing is developing and com- “Unfortunately, we have a bad heri- tions worldwide. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 SPORTS 15

Betts, Muncy early HRs propel Bauer, Dodgers over Giants 3-2 Schwarber hits 2 more homers as surging Nats rout Mets WASHINGTON, June 29, (AP): Kyle Schwarber homered twice, becoming the fi rst player in major league history to hit 15 home runs in a 17-day span, and the Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets 8-4. Schwarber socked a 1-0 fastball from Jared Eickhoff an estimated 439 feet into the upper deck in right fi eld in the fi rst inning. It was his sixth lead- off homer this season, and Trea Turner followed with a 435-foot bomb to left to make it 2-0. Schwarber took Eickhoff (0-1) deep again in the fi fth inning, his 24th of the year. The Nationals have won 12 of 15 to return to .500 and move within three games of the fi rst-place Mets in the NL East. Ryan Zimmerman had a pinch-hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning for the Nationals after New York had cut the lead to 5-4. Dodgers 3, Giants 2 In Los Angeles, Mookie Betts and Max Muncy hit back-to-back home runs to begin the fi rst inning, leading Trevor Bauer and Los Angeles over San Francisco. All of the runs at Dodger Stadium came on solo shots. Will Smith also went deep for Los Angeles, which has won four straight. BASEBALL

LaMonte Wade Jr. and Brandon Crawford homered for the Giants, who saw their NL West lead over Los Angeles decrease to 2 1/2 games. San Francisco outhit the Dodgers 11-5, but left 11 runners on base and was 0 for 13 with runners in scoring position. Bauer (8-5) allowed two runs on eight hits in six innings. He struck out eight and walked one. Kenley Jansen worked the ninth for his 19th save. Angels 5, Yankees 3 In New York, Shohei Ohtani pound- ed his hardest-hit home run of the sea- son, José Suarez pitched 5 1/3 innings of one-run relief after Dylan Bundy Los Angeles Dodgers’ Chris Taylor, (left), tags out San Francisco Giants’ Mike Tauchman as Tauchman tries to take second base after hitting a single during the ninth inning of a baseball threw up on the mound because of heat game, on June 28, in Los Angeles. (AP) exhaustion and Los Angeles beat New eighth inning that lifted Milwaukee York. over Chicago. Ohtani connected for a 117.2 mph The Brewers earned their sixth con- drive to right off Michael King (0-4) in secutive victory to extend their NL a two-run fi rst that also included Jared Central lead over the Cubs to four Walsh’s RBI double. The home run games. Kucherov leads Lightning to was the major league-leading 26th for Avisaíl García homered and drove Ohtani, who is slated to pitch Wednes- in three runs for the Brewers. Jace Pe- day night. terson went 3 for 4 and scored three Suarez (3-1) entered in the second runs. Hiura had two hits and four RBIs. after Bundy allowed Gio Urshela’s ty- Ian Happ and Patrick Wisdom each ing home run and Miguel Andújar’s hit a two-run homer for the Cubs. single. With sweat dripping off the bill Game 1 win over Canadiens of his cap, Bundy stepped back off the Reds 12, Phillies 4 mound, bent over and vomited on the In Cincinnati, Nick Castellano hit a 90-degree night. grand slam in the seventh inning and drove in a career-high seven runs as Vasilevskiy outplays Price, finishes with 18 saves Brewers 14, Cubs 4 Cincinnati beat Philadelphia. In Milwaukee, Willy Adames and Cincinnati trailed 4-2 before Cas- Keston Hiura each hit a three-run tellanos connected for his sixth career homer during a 10-run outburst in the TAMPA, Florida, June 29, (AP): Playoff scoring leader down with his hand before it wound up in the net. grand slam, driving a 1-1 fastball from Kucherov scored again at 11:25 of the third, then assisted on Steven Stamkos’ Neftali Feliz (0-1) deep to center for Nikita Kucherov had two goals and an assist and Andrei power-play goal that made it 5-1 with just over a minute to go. The Canadiens had his 15th homer. Vasilevskiy finished with 18 saves to outplay Carey Price not given up a power-play goal in an NHL playoff-record 13 consecutive games. It was Feliz’s fi rst big league ap- Game 2 is Wednesday night in Tampa. pearance since 2017. He came on after and lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 5-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. Vasilevskiy, a favorite to win the Vezina Trophy for the second time in three Bailey Falter pitched four innings of years, lost a bid for a fifth shutout this postseason when Chiarot scored his first one-run ball in relief of Spencer How- Kucherov put the defending champs up 3-1 early in the third period career playoff goal for the Canadiens late in the second period. ard. with a fluky goal that Canadiens defenseman Ben Chiarot tried to bat The Russian goaltender blanked the New York Islanders twice in the semifi- Alec Bohm and Ronald Torreyes nals, including 1-0 in Game 7. Chiar- each drove in two runs for the Phillies. ot’s goal ended Vasilevskiy’s streak of Indians 13, Tigers 5 not yielding a goal at 97 minutes, 40 In Cleveland, José Ramírez hom- seconds. ered and drove in fi ve runs, Austin Chiarot hit the post early in the Hedges had a two-run shot and Cleve- second period with his team trailing land blasted Detroit. 1-0. He finally got Montreal on the Ramírez connected for a three-run scoreboard when a shot that deflected drive in the fourth inning off rookie off Lightning defenseman Mikhail Matt Manning (1-2) as the Indians Sergachev eventually made it through opened a seven-game homestand with Vasilevskiy at 17:40 of the period. season highs in runs and hits (19). Cernak also scored his first career Detroit’s Miguel Cabrera connected postseason goal for his 493rd homer, tying him with for Tampa Bay. Lou Gehrig and Fred McGriff for 28th The defense- Washington Nationals’ Kyle on the career list. man playing in Schwarber watches his solo home Red Sox 6, Royals 5 his 46th playoff run during the fifth inning of a base- In Boston, Hunter Renfroe homered game beat Price ball game against the New York twice, the second a 434-foot solo shot from the slot off Mets at Nationals Park, on June 28, a pass from On- in Washington. (AP) over the Green Monster to break a sixth-inning tie, and Boston rallied for drej Palat at 6:19 a four-run defi cit to beat Kansas City. of the opening Kiké Hernández led off the bottom period. MLB Results/Standings Gourde re- of the fi rst with a home run for the sec- Kucherov ond straight game, Bobby Dalbec also directed Blake homered and Renfroe had a two-run Coleman’s shot for a 2-0 lead at 5:47 shot in the fourth as Boston came back of the second. WASHINGTON, June 29, (AP): Re- Playoff goals leader Brayden Point sults and standings from the MLB after falling behind 5-1. games on Monday. The score was 5-5 in the sixth when also assisted Cernak’s goal for Tampa Cleveland 13 Detroit 5 Renfroe’s second homer, off Josh Bay, which had never won Game 1 of LA Angels 5 NY Yankees 3 Staumont (0-2), banged off a billboard a Stanley Cup Final. Point missed the Boston 6 Kansas City 5 Baltimore 9 Houston 7 above Lansdowne Street. net on a power-play opportunity, and Colorado 2 Pittsburgh 0 Rockies 2, Pirates 0 Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy (88) blocks a shot by Montreal Canadiens right wing Brendan Price made a nice glove save to deny Cincinnati 12 Philadelphia 4 In Denver, Kyle Freeland pitched Gallagher (11) during the second period in Game 1 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup finals, on June 28, in Tampa, Stamkos from adding to Montreal’s Washington 8 NY Mets 4 Florida. (AP) deficit. St Louis 7 Arizona 1 fi ve scoreless innings before leaving Milwaukee 14 Chicago Cubs 4 with an apparent leg injury suffered LA Dodgers 3 San Francisco 2 while running the bases, Elías Díaz ICE HOCKEY American League Commodores a win away from national title East Division homered and Colorado beat Pittsburgh. W L Pct GB Yonathan Daza had an RBI triple Boston 48 31 .608 _ and an over-the-shoulder catch of Erik Price made his Stanley Cup Final Tampa Bay 47 32 .595 1 Gonzalez’s deep fl yball to the center Vandy crushes MSU in CWS finals opener debut in his 14th season with the Cana- Toronto 40 36 .526 6-1/2 diens. He’s the first goaltender in league New York 40 38 .513 7-1/2 fi eld warning track. Baltimore 25 54 .316 23 The Pirates had six hits, all singles. OMAHA, Nebraska, June 29, (AP): Cade Smith, Brandon Smith and history to win more than 400 regular-sea- Central Division Daniel Bard got the last three outs for Vanderbilt gave Jack Leiter a big early KC Hunt held Vanderbilt hitless from son and playoff games combined before W L Pct GB appearing in a Cup Final. Chicago 45 32 .584 _ his 11th save in 16 chances. lead and went on to an 8-2 victory over the second inning until Carter Young Cleveland 42 33 .560 2 Mississippi State in Game 1 of the Col- singled in a run in the seventh. Meanwhile, center Jake Evans was Minnesota 33 43 .434 11-1/2 Cardinals 7, Diamondbacks 1 lege World Series fi nals to move with- Leiter (11-4), the national strike- in the Canadiens lineup after missing Detroit 34 45 .430 12 In St. Louis, Paul DeJong homered in a win of a second straight national outs leader and a projected top-five nine games due to a concussion. Kansas City 33 44 .429 12 to cap a six-run burst in the seventh in- West Division championship. pick in the Major League Baseball Montreal forward Joel Armia was W L Pct GB ning and St. Louis beat Arizona. The Commodores (49-16) scored draft next month, allowed two runs scratched after being cleared from CO- Houston 48 31 .608 _ St. Louis had lost six of seven be- seven runs off Christian MacLeod and and three hits and fanned eight in six VID-19 protocol and being flown by Oakland 47 33 .588 1-1/2 fore beating the team with baseball’s Chase Patrick in the fi rst inning of a innings. Nick Maldonado pitched private jet to Florida earlier in the day. Seattle 41 38 .519 7 worst record. Los Angeles 38 40 .487 9-1/2 game delayed an hour because of the three innings of shutout relief for his The Lightning are in the Stanley Cup Texas 30 48 .385 17-1/2 Dylan Carlson hit a go-ahead sin- threat of inclement weather that never ninth save. Final for the third time since 2015. The National League gle. Paul Goldschmidt added an RBI materialized. Vandy won the 2019 title and is try- Canadiens have won a NHL-record East Division single, Yadier Molina hit a two-run W L Pct GB ing to become the fi rst back-to-back 24 championships, though none since New York 40 34 .541 _ double with two outs and DeJong fol- national champion since 2011, when 1993 - Tampa Bay’s first season in Washington 38 38 .500 3 lowed with a two-run homer. BASEBALL South Carolina won the second of two the league and the last time Montreal Atlanta 37 40 .481 4-1/2 Giovanny Gallegos (5-1), the fi fth of played on hockey’s grandest stage. Philadelphia 36 40 .474 5 straight. seven Cardinal pitchers, went one in- Mississippi State (48-18) led 1-0 There was no CWS last year be- Tampa Bay eliminated the Florida Miami 33 44 .429 8-1/2 ning. Alex Young (2-6) took the loss. Vanderbilt pitcher Jack Leiter Central Division against its Southeastern Conference throws during the first inning cause of the pandemic. Panthers, Carolina Hurricanes and W L Pct GB Orioles 9, Astros 7 rival after Kamren James hit Leiter’s The Commodores won two of three New York Islanders along the way, Milwaukee 46 33 .582 _ against Mississippi State in Game Chicago 42 37 .532 4 In Houston, Austin Hays hit a tie- low 93-mph fastball into the left-fi eld 1 of the NCAA College World Se- in the regular-season series against with Vasilevskiy extending an impres- Cincinnati 39 38 .506 6 breaking two-run homer during Balti- bleachers in the top of the fi rst. ries baseball finals, on June 28, in Mississippi State in Nashville. sive streak of shutouts in series-clinch- St Louis 38 41 .481 8 more’s fi ve-run ninth inning, helping But McLeod struggled for a second Omaha, Nebraska. (AP) They advanced to the finals with- ing victories to four dating to last year Pittsburgh 29 48 .377 16 West Division the Orioles top . straight CWS start and got only two out completing bracket play. North Cup Final against Dallas. W L Pct GB Cedric Mullins opened the ninth with outs in the bottom half. The redshirt Patrick. Jayson Gonzalez greeted him Carolina State was removed from Montreal had the worst record San Francisco 50 28 .641 _ his third single for Baltimore. Hays then freshman left-hander walked two of with a three-run homer. the tournament early Saturday be- among 16 playoff qualifiers this sea- Los Angeles 48 31 .608 2-1/2 connected for his seventh homer against the fi rst three batters and hit two in a McLeod (6-6) lasted only 1 1/3 in- cause of COVID-19 protocols and son, but with Price leading the way the San Diego 47 33 .588 4 Colorado 32 47 .405 18-1/2 Brandon Bielak (2-3). Pedro Severino row to bring in Vandy’s fi rst run. CJ nings against Virginia last Tuesday in the winner-take-all bracket final Canadiens played superb defense in Arizona 22 58 .275 29 added a two-run double and scored on Rodriguez’s two-run single and Isa- what at the time was his shortest outing matching those teams was declared ousting the Toronto Maple Leafs, Win- Ramon Urias’ two-out double. iah Thomas’ RBI double brought on of the season. a no-contest. nipeg Jets and Vegas Golden Knights. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2021 16

Los Angeles Clippers guard Paul George (13) passes as Phoenix Suns players look on during the fi rst half of game 5 of the NBA basketball Western Conference Finals in Phoenix. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com George sets his playoff career high in scoring; Suns hold 3-2 advantage Short-handed Clippers stave off elimination PHOENIX, June 29, (AP): Paul George had just wrapped up his bril- liant night, scoring 41 points to keep the Los Angeles Clippers’ season alive. He shared some hugs and fi st bumps with teammates and assistant England ‘edge’ Germany to reach coaches before he fi nally got to head coach Tyronn Lue. There were some words of encour- agement. They were also apparently too hot for TV. George set his playoff career high in scoring, Reggie Jackson added 23 and quarters, Swiss eliminate France the feisty Clippers staved off elimina- tion by beating the Phoenix Suns 116- 102 on Monday night in Game 5 of the Western Conference fi nals. Spain win 8-goal thriller against Croatia The Clippers have been counted out multiple times in this postseason. That continues to be a mistake. LONDON, June 29, (AP): “The group of guys we’ve got, I love England is unburdened by those guys. They compete every single night no matter who is on the fl oor,” the weight of agonizing his- Lue said. “The work’s not done, but we tory: Germany has fi nally came into a hostile environment and been beaten in a tourna- got a gritty win. The series moves back to LA with ment again. the Suns holding a 3-2 advantage. No need to endure more penalty Game 6 is Wednesday. heartache or disallowed goals this The short-handed Clippers were play- time. ing without two-time NBA Finals MVP Just like in the 1966 World Cup fi - Kawhi Leonard and center Ivica Zubac, nal, England triumphed over a German who missed his fi rst game of the season team at Wembley Stadium on Tues- with an MCL sprain in his right knee. day, winning 2-0 to reach the Euro- They’ve already fought through two pean Championship quarterfi nals. grueling series wins in these playoffs, And just like in England’s two coming back group wins, Raheem Sterling was from 2-0 defi cits on the scoresheet, breaking the tense to beat both the deadlock in the 75th minute in a move Dallas Maver- he started and completed. icks and Utah Jazz. Now they’re SOCCER trying to claw back against the The round of 16 fi nally saw England Suns. Game 5 net more than once at Euro 2020, and was a good start. for Harry Kane to shed the pressure on George was his shoulders by fi nally scoring. The Jackson fantastic after a striker headed in Jack Grealish’s cross tough shooting in the 86th minute to give England only night in Game 4, pouring in 20 points their second-ever win in the knockout in the third quarter. He fi nished 15 of stage of the European Championship. 20 from the fi eld, including 3 of 6 from The last such triumph came on pen- 3-point range and added 13 rebounds alties against Spain at Euro ’96 be- and six assists. fore the hosts were denied a place in Marcus Morris Sr., who played for the fi nal by Germany in a shootout at Phoenix earlier in his career, added 22 Wembley. points on 9-of-16 shooting. Au revoir France, this summer be- longs to Yann Sommer. BASKETBALL The Switzerland goalkeeper, who left in the middle of the European Championship’s group stage to be with England’s Harry Kane, (right), tries to take the ball past Germany’s Leon Goretzka during the Euro 2020 soccer championship round of 16 match between The Suns trailed by as many as 15 his wife for the birth of their second points during the fi rst half but took daughter, made the biggest save of his England and Germany at Wembley Stadium in England. (AP) their fi rst advantage in the third when life against one of the best players in Spain fi rst gifted Croatia a bizarre Chris Paul knocked down a 16-foot tersburg. the world. It was the third game in the round own-goal, then threw away a late jumper for a 62-61 lead. The Clippers That gave the Swiss a 5-4 pen- 3-1 lead. Alvaro Morata made sure it responded with the next 10 points and of 16 at Euro 2020 to go to extra time alty shootout victory over World Cup but the fi rst to be decided by penalties. didn’t matter in the end. then started sinking 3-pointers. George champions France and a spot in the Haris Seferovic put Switzerland Morata and Mikel Oyarzabal scored hit back-to-back 3s and Patrick Bev- quarterfi nals of a major soccer tourna- in extra time to give Spain a 5-3 win erley added one to push LA ahead 82- ment for the fi rst time in 67 years. The in the lead with a header in the 15th minute as France struggled to work it- over Croatia and a place 70, gesturing to the Suns crowd as he match had fi nished 3-3. It was the second-highest scoring jogged back down the court. Sommer dived to his right to save self into the game. But that all changed early in the second half when the Swiss game in the history of the European It was the common theme of the the fi nal penalty by Kylian Mbappé, Championship, trailing only Yugosla- night: Every time the Suns got some the young France forward who became were awarded a penalty. France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris, via’s 5-4 win over France in the open- momentum, the Clippers were there to a superstar at the last World Cup by ing game of the inaugural tournament squash it in a hurry. scoring in the fi nal. the team’s captain, saved Ricardo Rodríguez’s spot kick in the 55th in 1960. The Clippers took a 91-78 lead into Sommer, who fl ew back to Germa- And it had nearly as many momen- the fourth. The Suns pulled within 98- ny after the team’s 3-0 loss to Italy to minute and that seemed to wake up his teammates. Karim Benzema scored tum shifts as goals. 94 with 6:58 left but LA responded with be home when his daughter was born After Croatia midfi elder Mario a 10-2 run and pulled away for the win. on June 16, made the decisive save on moments later in the 57th, and then again in the 59th to give France the Pasalic equalized in injury time to Devin Booker led the Suns with 31 the 10th penalty after the previous nine cap an improbable late comeback, the points. Paul - who is trying to go to the had all been successful. quick-turnaround lead. Paul Pogba made it 3-1 in the 75th much-maligned Morata scored what NBA Finals for the fi rst time in his 16- The Swiss haven’t reached the quar- proved the winner in the 100th minute. with a right-foot shot from 20 meters year career - added 22 points and eight terfi nals at a major tournament since The Spain striker controlled a cross assists. Deandre Ayton had 10 points they hosted the World Cup in 1954. and it looked like the game was out with one deft touch and then sent a and 11 rebounds. Bolivia’s Erwin Saavedra, (left), and Argentina’s Marcos Acuna battle for This team also ended a run of three of reach. But just as quickly as France rising shot past goalkeeper Dominik The Clippers played inspired basket- consecutive exits in the round of 16. had taken over the match, they let it go the ball during a Copa America soccer match at Arena Pantanal stadium in ball in the fi rst half, jumping out to an Livakovic for his second goal of the They were knocked out by Poland again. tournament. Cuiaba, Brazil. (AP) 20-5 lead by halfway through the fi rst after losing a penalty shootout 5-4 at Seferovic scored another header in quarter. Jackson threw down a huge Euro 2016. the 81st minute and substitute Mario Messi breaks Argentina record one-handed jam during the run and LA The Swiss will next play Spain in Gavranović made it 3-3 with only sec- hit nine of its fi rst 11 shots. the quarterfi nals on Friday in St. Pe- onds remaining. Van der Poel maintains lead Argentina rout Bolivia, Cavendish posts 31st Tour stage win ‘face’ Ecuador in last 8 RIO DE JANEIRO, June 29, (AP): Li- ca, Messi has declined to talk about the FOUGERES, France, June 29, (AP): This time, they were ever get to come back to this race,” said Cavendish, the onel Messi couldn’t let a big milestone end of his contract with Barcelona on happy tears. greatest sprinter in the race’s history. night pass without a little celebration at Wednesday after 17 years. In October last year, Mark Cavendish posted an insig- The 36-year-old veteran sat on the road and cried after his the Copa America. His father, Jorge Messi, is negotiat- nifi cant 74th place at the Belgian classic Gent-Wevelgem. triumph in the fourth stage. He was congratulated by team- In a match in which he eclipsed ing a renewal with the club, while Mes- si hasn’t wanted to get into whether or Depressed and dejected, with his contract with the Bahrain mates, who worked hard in the stage fi nale to put Cavendish Javier Mascherano as Argentina’s most not he will stay at Barcelona. Before McLaren team almost over, the sprinter from the Isle of Man in an excellent position for the sprint. capped player, Messi captained the team and scored two goals and assisted the tournament, however, he reassured suggested in an emotional post-race interview it could well “You just see what a great team this is. You’ve got the Switzerland’s Granit Xhaka cele- all Argentines that his focus was on have been his fi nal race. green jersey, the world champion Julian Alaphilippe coming brates end of the Euro 2020 soccer on another in beating Bolivia 4-1. winning the Copa America. On Tuesday at the Tour de France, the tears of sadness to do the fi nal pull just to try to catch the breakaway, putting championship round of 16 match His 148th appearance for Argentina “I am always available to my nation- made way for those of happiness after the “Manx Missile” everything in,” Cavendish said. “So many people didn’t be- between France and Switzerland helped to earn the team Group A hon- al team,” he said. ”My biggest dream is posted a 31st stage win at cycling’s biggest event. lieve in me but these guys do.” at the National Arena stadium, in ors and a quarterfi nal against Ecuador. to win a title with this (Argentina) shirt. “Just being here is special enough. I didn’t think I would After all the doubts about his future, Cavendish secured a Bucharest, Romania. (AP) Before and during the Copa Ameri- “I was very close many times. It new contract with his former Deceuninck-Quick Step team. didn’t happen, but I will keep trying. I He convinced manager Patrick Lefevere he could perform at will always fi ght for this dream.” Messi the top level again but he was not expected to ride at the Tour is fi ghting hard at age 34. and did not train specifi cally for the three-week race. KFA calls for a GA meeting He has some of the best statistics so He received a last-minute call-up earlier this month, as a far at the South American champion- replacement for Sam Bennett, the best sprinter of last year’s ship. Tour. on Aug 9 to amend statute CYCLING KUWAIT CITY, June 29, also discuss resignations by some SOCCER (KUNA): Kuwait Football Associ- board members. ation (KFA) called on local clubs It added the clubs would also Messi leads all Copa America scor- “Three weeks ago I would not have imagined this,” said for a General Assembly meeting discuss the financial and adminis- ers with three in four matches. He has Cavendish, who is back at the Tour for the fi rst time since on August 9 to discuss proposals, trative statements of 2018-20. two assists, as many as Brazil’s Ney- 2018. submitted by FIFA and members, Meanwhile, KFA said it would mar. Lefevere’s bet paid off in the town of Fougeres, where to amend statute to pave way for hold on July 6 a ceremony to hon- Sports data site SofaScore places Britain’s Mark Cavendish, (center), sprints to win the Cavendish had already won in 2015. With a perfectly timed early elections. or national team captain Bader Al- him on top in the tournament so far in fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over burst of speed - he reached an average speed of 63 kph (39 KFA, in a tweet, said the Gen- Mutawa for playing 185 interna- successful dribbles (21), shots on target 150.4 kilometers (93.5 miles) with start in Redon and mph) in the last 500 meters - Cavendish edged Frenchman eral Assembly meeting would tional games, the most worldwide. (10), total duels won (40), and goals fi nish in Fougeres, France. (AP) Nacer Bouhanni and Jasper Philipsen of Belgium. from outside of the box (2).

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