FREE Established 1961 Friday ISSUE NO: 18031 JUMADA ALAWWAL 15, 1441 AH FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2020 Iran says Ukrainian plane Rockets prevail in Hawally: Historic and bustling 4 10 turned back before crashing 46 Harden-Young duel Government says no secret clause in neutral zone pact SEE PAGE 9 2 Friday Local Friday, January 10, 2020 Australia catastrophe 26th Al-Qurain Festival underway Local Spotlight By Muna Al-Fuzai
[email protected] he world is currently occupied with the latest Tupdates on political news and developments in the US-Iranian dispute in the region, and nearly every- one seems to know best. Yet another tragedy is happening which is receiving a lot less global attention. The environ- mental disaster and forest fires in Australia have affected human lives and innocent animals, with horrific pictures of creatures dying of thirst. This ordeal is making Australia’s bushfires the worst in the nation’s history. If you think that the fires of the Amazon or Australian forests do not concern you because they are located far away from Kuwait or your country, then you are wrong, because according to experts, these green areas that are exposed to a catastrophe support our lives on this planet, which we all share. The Amazon rainforest for example produces 20 percent of the oxygen on the planet, and therefore Earth’s oxygen is what burns, and it is not a mat- ter of a simple fire. Forest fires have broken out in Australia after rising tem- KUWAIT: Officials and honored guests pose for a group photo during the event.