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Kuwaittimes 11-2-2019.Qxp Layout 1 JAMADA ALTHANI 6, 1440 AH MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2019 28 Pages Max 16º Min 11º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17756 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Discoveries prove Failaka was Bollywood stars test taboos ‘Heavy clashes’ as US-backed Manchester City thrash Chelsea 522inhabited in Abbasid period with hip-hop blockbuster 24 forces in final push against IS 28 6-0 to go top of Premier League Kuwait sets new world record for longest flag More than 4,000 students carry Kuwaiti flag measuring 2019 meters By Nawara Fattahova sion to power. The celebration was held under the patronage of Education KUWAIT: Kuwait registered a world Minister Hamed Al-Azmi. record yesterday for the longest flag, Various state bodies participated in after over 4,000 students paraded with the event, including the defense ministry, a 2019-meter-long Kuwaiti flag along a interior ministry, fire department, road that was blocked to traffic. The feat Municipality, ministry of public works, was recognized by the Guinness World information ministry and other institu- Records. The event coincided with the tions. The celebration also included a national celebrations and the 13th parade by mounted police officers on anniversary of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah horses and camels and vehicles of the Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s ascen- Continued on Page 24 Organizers hold aloft a certificate by Guinness World Records endorsing the KUWAIT: Students carry a Kuwaiti flag, the longest in the world, during an event to set a world record yesterday. — KUNA record. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat (See Page 2) KUNA in an interview on the sidelines of an the situation is assessed on an “individual Taxes in Kuwait Arab financial forum. He said the constitution- basis”, citing efforts to remedy any irregularities al law in Kuwait should be respected, mean- in the payment of salaries, “which could take a ing that taxes will only be levied under legis- while to materialize”. The spate of financial ‘only possible’ lation that “follows proper procedure”. reforms seen in Kuwait aims to ensure steady The minister added that any discussion economic development, he explained, pinpoint- with proper laws over taxes in Kuwait is merely conjecture at ing more job opportunities and anti-corruption this point, emphasizing that proper laws need efforts as among the measures taken. DUBAI: In the event a tax law is introduced to be enacted in the first place. On the types Hajraf also touched on Kuwait’s newly- in Kuwait, it would be “no different” than oth- of taxes currently under discussion, he men- unveiled budget for the fiscal year 2019-2020, er legislation, requiring it to pass through tioned a value-added tax (VAT) agreement which sees government spending slashed by 26 parliament as stipulated by the constitution, between Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) percent as part of a tighter expenditure policy. the finance minister said yesterday. “A member states, which has become the subject The minister highlighted the forum as a valuable prospective tax law in Kuwait has been a of heated debate in the National Assembly. opportunity for Kuwait to gain some insight into recurring topic of discussion among our part- In response to a question on an increase in the experiences of some of its neighbors in KUWAIT: Finance Minister Nayef Al-Hajraf and Central Bank Governor Mohammad ners in the region,” Nayef Al-Hajraf told wages and more monetary bonuses, Hajraf said dealing with financial reforms. — KUNA Al-Hashel attend an Arab financial forum yesterday. — KUNA and to support sanctions against the Jewish state. But News in brief Muslim lawmakers’ for Israel partisans - including many Democrats and Republicans in Congress - BDS smacks of anti- Highest daily garbage collection Semitism and poses a threat to Israel. criticism of Israel Tlaib, 42, has Palestinian roots and represents a dis- KUWAIT: Municipality Director Ahmed Al- trict of suburban Detroit, Michigan that is home to Manfouhi yesterday said Kuwait removes 4,000 tons pressures US Dems thousands of Muslims. She argues that BDS can draw a of garbage daily, the highest daily garbage collection focus on “issues like the racism and the international rate in the world. Responding to an inquiry about WASHINGTON: The support for a boycott of Israel human rights violations by Israel right now”. Omar, 37, cleaning services in various areas, Manfouhi said the by the first two Muslim women in the US Congress has is the daughter of Somali refugees who was elected to total value of current cleaning contracts has sur- opened a breach in the Democratic Party and threatens represent a Minneapolis, Minnesota district with a passed KD 285 million. —A Saleh to create a fissure in the ironclad US-Israeli alliance. large Somali population. She accuses Israel of discrimi- Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib made their debut in the nation against Palestinians akin to apartheid, but denies House of Representatives in January openly declaring that she is anti-Semitic. Turkey slams treatment of Uighurs their support for the Palestinian-led Boycott, Her remarks in January to Yahoo News however Divestment, Sanctions movement, or BDS. sparked anger among the large pro-Israel contingent in ANKARA: Turkey on Saturday condemned China’s The movement, launched more than a decade ago Congress, the powerful, largely Democratic US Jewish treatment of its Muslim ethnic Uighur people. “The and modeled on the 1960s movement to pressure South community, and Israel itself, where BDS is seen as a WASHINGTON: US Representatives Ilhan Omar (left) and systematic assimilation policy of Chinese authorities Africa over apartheid, calls for people and groups to national threat. Rashida Tlaib are seen at the US Capitol. — AFP towards Uighur Turks is a great embarrassment for sever economic, cultural and academic ties to Israel, Continued on Page 24 humanity,” Turkish foreign ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said in a statement. “It is no longer a secret that more than one million Uighur Turks - who are want to strengthen their position on the exposed to arbitrary arrests - are subjected to tor- Kagame steps African continent and they don’t want to ture and political brainwashing in concentration cen- be seen as a country only focused on the ters and prisons,” he said. Aksoy also said Turkey had Arab world,” said Liesl Louw-Vaudran, learned of the “tragic” death in custody Saturday of down as Sisi an analyst at the Institute for Security Uighur poet and musician Abdurehim Heyit. — AFP Studies. Kagame’s leadership of the AU takes AU helm focused on institutional and administra- tive reforms. Sisi however is expected to Bouteflika to seek fifth term ADDIS ABABA: Rwandan President focus more on security, peacekeeping Paul Kagame, who led an active, reformist and post-war reconstruction, issues LGIERS: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika tenure as African Union chair, yesterday closely tied to the AU’s 2019 theme of is to seek a fifth term in April elections, state media passed the baton to Egypt, seen as more “Refugees, Returnees and Internally announced yesterday, despite health issues that likely to focus on security issues than Displaced Persons”. have kept him largely out of the public eye for expanding the body’s powers. Egyptian “The road is still long” in terms of years. The 81-year-old head of state, in power since President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi officially reaching the AU’s goal of “silencing the 1999, declared his widely expected candidacy in a took over the rotating post of ceremonial guns” by 2020, Sisi told delegates yes- message to the nation. The president said he would head of the AU at the start of a two-day terday. He announced he would hold a set up an “inclusive national conference” to address summit in Addis Ababa. The meeting “forum for peace and development” in “political, economic and social” issues and “pro- highlighted the “links between the the town of Aswan, southern Egypt, in ADDIS ABABA: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi (right) speaks with out- pose an enrichment of the constitution”, Algeria’s Mediterranean and Lake Victoria”, as a 2019. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Saturday that going African Union Chairman and Rwandan President Paul Kagame after Sisi official APS news agency reported. — AFP metaphor for sub-Saharan Africa. “Egypt has an interest in Africa, they Continued on Page 24 was elected the new chairman during the 32nd AU summit yesterday. — AFP 2 Established 1961 Local Monday, February 11, 2019 Amir receives record-breaking officers, meets with senior state, foreign officials Amir patronizes ‘Al-Fahad.. Spirit of Leadership’ exhibition today KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Sabah meets with Lieutenant Colonel Fahad Al-Yaqoub, Lieutenant meets with First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Nasser His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Colonel Salem Al-Mell and Major Nasser Fawaz Al-Sabah. — Amiri Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel Fahad Al- meets with envoy of the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Diwan and KUNA photos Yaqoub, Lieutenant Colonel Salem Al-Mell and Major Nasser Fawaz Al-Sabah. Yasser Abbas. His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Sabah meets with envoy of the Palestinian President Mahmoud meets with Nicaragua’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Denis Colindres. the outgoing Ambassador of Nepal Yagya Bahadur Hamal. Abbas, Yasser Abbas. KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al- Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, accompanied by Lieutenant Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, accompanied by Palestinian President on boosting bilateral ties on all Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah met His Highness the Crown Colonel Fahad Al-Yaqoub, Lieutenant Colonel Salem Al- Nicaragua’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Denis Colindres.
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