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THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021 / SHAWWAL 15, 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17698 16 PAGES 150 FILS Kuwait backs UN accountability find

KUNA photo The Kuwaiti aid convoy headed Wednesday from Cairo to the Rafah crossing in preparation for entering the Gaza Strip to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people. In a statement to KUNA, Head of the Kuwaiti delegation, Di- rector of Disaster and Emergency Department at Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS), Yousef Al-Maraj, said that the Kuwaiti Red Crescent is ‘the first volunteer team to enter the Gaza Strip’. Al-Maraj added that KRCS responded urgently to provide support, food, and medical supplies to Gaza Strip, in addition to providing materials to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. He noted that medical aid will be delivered to the Palestine Red Crescent Society for distribution to hospitals suffering from a lack of medical supplies. He said that the Kuwaiti convoy was carrying 85 tons of aid, including nearly 1,000 food baskets that were bought from the Egyptian local market.

Egypt ... again Opinion GENEVA, May 26, instead trying to bolster Hamas’ rival, the internationally recog- (Agencies): Kuwait is nized Palestinian Authority. keen to push forward Blinken has set modest goals Gaza reconstruction, not Hamas pockets the outputs of an up- for the trip, his first official visit to the Middle East as secretary of coming United Nations state. His main goals have been Human Rights Council to help rebuild Gaza and lower By Ahmed Al-Jarallah the pockets of blood merchants in the Gaza emergency session on the tensions in contested Jerusa- Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times Strip as usual. lem that helped fuel the war. The haters may have realized that there Other Voices the implications of the But he has made it made clear IT is easy to wage wars, but it is very dif- is no solution to the issue except through humanitarian and hu- the US has no immediate plans ficult to rebuild what has been destroyed, international peace references. Any distur- man rights situation in to pursue peace talks between especially in an international pariah area bance in this matter will increase the bur- the sides and done little to ad- such as the Gaza Strip, which is controlled den of the problems that the sector suffers the occupied Palestinian dress the underlying causes of by the Hamas group that is classified as a from, because the international commu- Decisions applicable territories, the ambassa- the decades-long conflict, though terrorist group globally. nity, which supports Israel’s right to de- he expressed hope for creating a The firm American position was based fend itself, will neither allow these terrorist dor said on Wednesday. The session aims to high- “better environment” that might on this aspect. President Joe Biden said, groups to lead the march nor obstruct it. lead to negotiations. “We will prevent Hamas from benefiting Therefore, all eyes have turned to Ra- light the need to adopt a Hu- In Cairo, Blinken on Wednes- from the funds intended for the reconstruc- mallah, where the internationally recog- to some people only! man Rights Council draft day met with el-Sissi for nearly tion program of the Gaza Strip. We will nized authority will determine the direction resolution to establish an in- two hours. Meeting with Ameri- mobilize international support necessary that should be taken. It has expressed its By Ali Ahmed Al-Baghli drivers, cooks and household workers. ternational investigation com- can diplomatic staff afterwards, for this reconstruction campaign”. position clearly through its Foreign Minis- Former Minister of Oil Under such circumstances, what will mittee and activate account- he described Egypt as a “real It has been clear since last Friday that ter Riyad Al-Maliki who said, “The posi- happen to the Kuwaiti – who has been ability mechanisms for the and effective partner” that helped this group, which works according to Irani- tions of the American administration come he selective decisions of the young deprived of dozens of things which he Israeli occupation’s attacks end the Gaza war and is help- an directives, has realized that the pressure in the right direction and can be built upon. Tminister – Sheikh Basel Al-Sabah has been accustomed to throughout his ing “build something positive.” cards it exercised during the conflict are no The Palestinian side is dealing positively – led to the bankruptcy of hundreds of life due to the epidemic – if someone on Gaza, Kuwait’s permanent who drives his car, cooks his food or United Nations and interna- El-Sissi spoke to President Joe longer valid during the time of ceasefire with the American positions and tenden- young owners of small and medium Biden last week before and after and negotiations on the basis of the Ameri- cies to achieve peace according to interna- enterprises (SMEs). This is in addition serves his meals for breakfast, lunch tional organisations in Ge- and dinner is infected? the ceasefire was announced. can initiative for the establishment of two tional references, foremost of which is the to ruining the psyche of thousands of neva representative Ambassa- “I think we both believe two-state solution for peace”. Kuwaitis and others who are sitting in We hope the young minister sheikh states. and the Council of Ministers will go dor Jamal Al-Ghunaim said. strongly that Palestinians and Is- The Hamas leader Khaled Meshal tried As per this fact, all of the Brotherhood’s their homes; while depriving them of The remotely-held session, the chance to meet their parents, broth- to the street starting from the National raelis deserve equally to, to live in to block the support project, saying, “The remnants in the Arab countries, including Assembly building, up to the palace of which comes to fruition after pres- safety and security to enjoy equal Kuwait, should stop embarrassing their ers and friends. movement is sticking to directing funds Surprisingly, Sheikh Nasser Al-Muhammad – may sure by Kuwait and several Islamic measures of freedom, opportunity for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip countries by deliberately pushing them to these deci- God prolong his life, Jahra Round- countries, are being held in the and dignity. And we’re working through its channels”, supplementing the adopt extremist positions that affect their sions that af- about, Fahd Al-Salem Street and the wake of Israel’s violations of the on that together,” Blinken said be- missing part of the picture that the Head international relations, presenting them- fected millions bus stops to see with their own eyes Geneva Convention provisions, fore departing to Jordan. of the Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh de- selves as supporters of terrorism, and of citizens and what my friend and brother who was said the diplomat in a statement. Both Egypt and Jordan are key clared in his last speech when he said, “... calling for “no normalization of ties with expatriates do shocked to witness such a scenario last Stemming from its commit- US allies that have peace agree- by the efforts of the benevolent Arabs, we Israel”. not apply to Friday. In this manner, they can see ment to defending the humani- ments with Israel and frequently will work to reconstruct Gaza ...” The fact is that they are well aware some. A friend with their own eyes that the decisions tarian and human rights condi- serve as mediators between Is- The benevolent Arabs that Haniyeh is normalization will happen inevitably, and who is like a of their young minister sheikh are ap- tions of the Palestinian people, rael and the Palestinians. Egypt talking about are the ones whose photo- whoever does not board this train will be brother told me plied only on certain people. Kuwait’s Foreign Minister and maintains ties with Hamas, but graphs the supporters of Hamas had burned trampled under the wheels of international that while driv- The new Indian corona strain called State Minister for Cabinet Af- ‘black fungus’ causes closure of the also enforces a tight blockade in some Arab capitals, that is, the Gulf ostracism and isolation. ing along Gulf fairs Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Nasser on Gaza, along with Israel, with Street, Shera- lungs and kidneys. Treatment requires states. These states’ rights were violated In conclusion, the reconstruction of Al-Baghli Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah will a shared goal of preventing the Gaza will not happen with Gulf money go- ton Round- removal of the eyes or the nose. It by the leaders of the Palestinian factions in caused the death of famous Egyptian make an intervention during the Islamic group from arming. ing into the pockets of the Hamas leaders to about, Fahd Al- session, the statement mentioned. Gaza after decades of financial and politi- Salem Street and Al-Salhiya Complex comedian Samir Ghanem. This strain The stop in Cairo, along with cal support. These leaders gave credit for repeat the massacre that they recently com- could have moved to Egypt through The intervention will give im- Biden’s phone talks with el- mitted in Gaza in a bid to raise the Arab last Friday; he saw hundreds of Asian their achievements, if any, to Iran, which men and women sitting beside each the Egyptian community in the United petus to the work of this session Sissi, signal a closer relation- employed them in its expansion project and shares of the Mullahs regime and the Mus- other without masks and no precautions Arab Emirates who interacted with sev- and its outputs in support of the ship between the countries after provided them with a few missiles to attack lim Brotherhood Group. It will go to the were taken at all!! eral millions of our Indian brothers in just Palestinian position, Ambas- a cooler beginning, when the US Israel whenever orders came from Tehran. people of Gaza, who undoubtedly have to- Therefore, we say to the geniuses of humanity living in the sisterly state – sador Al-Ghunaim added. The expressed concern over el-Sissi’s There is no doubt that the US adminis- day realized the extent of the terrible crime the Ministry of Health that these Asians the Emirates. move’s significance is also due human rights record. tration’s position to “coordinate with the that Hamas has committed against them. work in our homes. We, Kuwaitis, will We give the information in this ar- to it being the first intervention The Gaza reconstruction ef- definitely contract the coronavirus once ticle to the young minister sheikh, his of a Kuwaiti foreign minister at Gulf countries and donors to deliver funds Email: [email protected] fort will be an important test. The through the United Nations and the Pales- they are infected; considering they in- assistants and members of his cabinet. the Human Rights Council, since 11-day war killed more than 250 tinian Authority to the affected people” is Follow me on: teract with us and supervise everything ❑ ❑ ❑ it was established in 2006. people, mostly Palestinians, and in our homes starting from our cars The session will also be an caused heavy destruction in the what Gaza really needs. This will happen [email protected] only according to an international fund and others since they are employed as opportunity to review and docu- impoverished coastal territory. under the supervision of the United Na- ment Israel’s violations, and to Preliminary estimates have put tions so that the money does not go into [email protected] prevent further aggravating the the damage in the hundreds of S&P sees $88.7 bln in the hole humanitarian conditions of the millions of dollars. Palestinian people. Ahmed Aboul Gheit, secre- The emergency session will tary-general of the Arab League, be the ninth held by the Human said US commitment is critical Newswatch Rights Council to discuss Israel’s for the region. Before the Gaza Kuwait to register highest grave violations in the occupied war, the Biden administration Arab territories, including East had kept its distance, preferring Jerusalem. to focus on higher foreign policy KUWAIT CITY: At least 1,408 people have ratio between recoveries and swabs is deficit to GDP ratio in Gulf US Secretary of State Anto- priorities like China and Iran. been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus 13.02 percent. ny Blinken jetted to Egypt on “In the absence of an effective (COVID-19) over the last 24 hours, taking ❑ ❑ ❑ KUWAIT CITY, May 26: Standard & lion), and Oman by four percent (equiva- Wednesday as he pressed ahead role for the US, we should expect the total infections to 301,863, Spokesman Poor’s (S&P) credit rating agency is ex- lent to $14.2 billion). Kuwait, Abu Dhabi with a diplomatic mission aimed nothing but more cycles of vio- KUWAIT CITY: The Kuwaiti Ministry of pecting Kuwait to record the highest defi- and Qatar may rely more on liquidating for the Ministry of Health Dr Abdullah Al- Health set today, Wednesday, the health at shoring up a cease-fire that lence and bloodshed of innocent Sanad said on Tuesday. cit to GDP ratio among Gulf countries in part of their assets to meet the deficit. ended an 11-day war between Is- people,” he wrote in the Saudi measures necessary to leave and return to the current year by 20 percent, followed It is likely that Kuwait will issue a The number of those recovered from the State of Kuwait, including the need to rael and the Gaza Strip’s ruling daily Asharq Al-Awsat. the disease hit 1,158 over 24 hours, rais- by Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates public debt law in 2021, but the size of Hamas militant group. One of the US goals is to en- register on the (Kuwait Traveler) platform with 6 percent, Saudi Arabia with 5 per- the fiscal deficit that the agency expects ing the overall recoveries to 287,357, he and the (Shlonak) application. Blinken landed in Cairo a day sure that any assistance be kept told KUNA in a statement. cent, Oman with 4 percent, and Qatar with until 2024 implies that it is likely to be The ministry said in a press statement one percent, reports Al-Seyassah daily. exhausted, and the borrowing will be li- after holding intensive talks with out of the hands of Hamas, which Five patients succumbed to the corona- that all (immunized) citizens are allowed Israeli and Palestinian leaders. In opposes Israel’s right to exist and virus pandemic, he noted, indicating that The agency estimated that the cumu- censed under the law, which was previ- to travel outside the country from Kuwait lative deficit of Gulf governments would ously proposed to have a limit of KD 20 Egypt, he met with President Ab- which Israel and the US consider the death toll has risen so far to 1,746. International Airport, while the ministry del Fattah el-Sissi and other top of- a terrorist group. Up to 12,760 patients are receiving reach about $355 billion during the pe- billion, within three years. excluded from this procedure four catego- riod between 2021 and 2024. Sustainable solutions that last for a ficials. Later he traveled to Jordan In Gaza, Hamas leader Ye- treatment at hospitals, in addition to 146 ries, the fi rst of which is citizens who have to meet with King Abdullah II. hiyeh Sinwar told journalists cases at intensive care units, he stated. According to the report issued by the longer period could include a compre- obtained a certifi cate approved by the agency, Saudi Arabia acquired about 60 hensive program of reforms and mea- Blinken has vowed to “rally in- Wednesday that the group wel- Overall medical swabs rose to Ministry of Health stating that they can- ternational support” to rebuild the comed international reconstruc- 2,545,841 after conducting 10,812 in the percent of this deficit (equivalent to $213 sures to control public finances such as not obtain the vaccine for health reasons. billion), and then Kuwait by 25 percent by reducing subsidies, filling the gaps in destruction in hard-hit Gaza while tion aid, as long as it did not come same period, Al-Sanad made clear. The (KUNA) (equivalent to $88.7 billion), the UAE by expenditures, and imposing new taxes, promising to make sure that none from Israel, and had no objections seven percent (equivalent to $24.8 bil- like many other Gulf countries. of the aid reaches Hamas. He is to international oversight. ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021 2

Oud master Naseer Shamma

upported by Lead Partner Mubadala Investment Company (Mubadala) episodes designed to shed light on the works of oud makers, on innovations in maker Huosain Sabsaby and offers insight from Sami Naseem on how best to Sand in collaboration with oud master Naseer Shamma, the 18th edition the musical instrument industry, on the history and present of the oud in the leverage digital technology in oud music. of the Abu Dhabi Festival, held under the theme ‘The Future Starts Now’, Gulf region and the ways it is becoming recognised globally, and on the mod- Episode 5, streamed on 8 June at 08:00 UAE time, will offer performances announced the launch of the first-of-its-kind Global Oud Forum (GOF) 2021 ern musical instrument industry, in which digital technology has transformed from Driss El Maloumi from Agadir, Morocco, Berlin-based Syrian artist across its digital channels. Consisting of seven TV-format epi- oud music and all the arts. Nabil Hilaneh, Alaa Shaheen from Amman, Jordan, and a duet between So- sodes, the virtual event will feature 27 oud musicians from 14 The History & Present of the Oud mar Al Naser of Syria and Bacem Yousfi of Tunisia, both based in France. countries performing compositions written specifically for the Episode 1 of GOF 2021 will be held 25 May at 08:00 UAE The episode will shed light on the craft of Lebanese oud maker Nazih Ghad- oud. time with performances by Bechir Gharbi of Tunisia, Faisal Al ban, and Dr. Mourad Al Sakli will present the findings of his research on the Held between 25 March and 15 June, GOF 2021 will share Saari of the UAE, Sadiq Jaafar of Iraq and a trio performance by oud and its journey in an ever-changing environment of modern music and insights from academics and experts in the fields of music and Islam Taha, Eslam Abdelaziz and Salma Mokhtar from Egypt. technology. the arts into the history and development of the ancient oud and The episode sheds light on the craft of oud maker Amr Fawzi, On 12 June at 08:00 UAE time, episode 6 will present performances by how the instrument is being integrated into today’s digital mu- who heads the Arab Oud House workshop in Abu Dhabi, and Necati Çelik from Istanbul, Hisham Errish from Tripoli, Hashem Qallaf of sic industry. The forum will also show interviews with six well- who has contributed many innovations in the musical instru- Kuwait and Zain Al Marhabi of Saudi Arabia. The episode will shed light known oud makers from across the Arab world, while visiting ments manufacturing industry. Academic writer Dr. Noura Al on the work of Ya’aqoub Jasim, an oud maker from Kuwait, with writer and their workshops for a glimpse of the secrets of their craft. Mazroui will offer excerpts from her research on the past and academic Dr. Fahad Mohsen Al Bathali from Kuwait speaking about the in- H.E. Huda I. Alkhamis-Kanoo, Founder of the Abu Dhabi present of the oud in the Gulf region and the means of its glo- fluence of digital technology on art. Music & Arts Foundation and Artistic Director of Abu Dhabi balisation. The GOF 2021 concludes with an episode featuring three performances Festival, said: “Musicians around the world have been inspired Streaming on 29 May at 08:00 UAE time, episode 2 includes by Naseer Shamma, who will also speak on the challenges presented by by authentic Arabic oud music, a fundamental part of our cul- performances by Yousif Abbas of Iraq, Sherine Tohamy of the global pandemic and on the value of the research presented in the tural heritage that has had significant impact on Western music.” Egypt, Mohammed Al Attar of Iraq and Zulkarnain Yusof of Forum and what brought these particular participants to this edition of the “Our strategic partnership with oud master Naseer Shamma to Malaysia. The episode will feature a report from oud maker Forum. produce the Global Oud Forum reflects ADF’s mission to raise Omar Mohammad Fadhil filmed at his workshop in Baghdad. Visit AbuDhabiFestival.ae for more information about the Global Oud Fo- awareness about the critical role of music and the arts in build- Researcher and composer Dr. Duraid Fadhil Al Khafaji of Iraq rum and OudForum.com where the full brochure for the forum can be down- ing bridges between cultures and building a civilisation that is Huda I. Alkhamis will provide excerpts from his research on the development of loaded. capable of overcoming challenges. Through the Global Oud Fo- the oud since the beginning of the twentieth century, offering The year-long programme of the 18th edition of Abu Dhabi Festival com- rum, we help preserve the traditional Arabic music that is rooted in our history solutions for protecting the intellectual property of both composers and oud bines a unique hybrid programme of virtual and in-person performances, ex- and is part of our legacy.” musicians in the Arab world. hibitions and events by over 500 artists from more than 50 countries. Naseer Shamma said, “I am proud to be working again with Abu Dhabi Music & Digital Challenges About Abu Dhabi Festival Festival. In this edition, the festival is reinventing itself to communicate its Scheduled for 1 June at 08:00 UAE time, episode 3 brings together per- Founded in 2004, Abu Dhabi Festival was initially a small arts and culture vision in the arts and music industry despite the impact of COVID-19, which formances by Hazem Shaheen and Mohammed Abozekry of Egypt, Ahmad platform that soon graduated to one of the world’s premiere annual events. has affected us all.” Shamma of Iraq and Fateen Kanaan of Syria. It also features a report on Held in the UAE, it celebrates artistic and creative excellence, and promotes “The Global Oud Forum combines a wide array of creative individuals to modern day pioneers in the oud making industry from Fawzi Monshed in his the role of music and the arts in bringing nations closer. It also promotes Abu present their visions, ideas, music and innovations in the world of the Oud, a Basra, Iraq, workshop, as well as an overview of music in the digital world Dhabi as a leading global hub for creativity and as an Emirati beacon for unique attempt to bring together musicians, Oud makers, researchers and crit- presented by academic researcher Dr. Ahmad Al Hinnawi. respect and tolerance. ics, all in one place,” he added. On 5 June at 08:00 UAE time, episode 4 will feature performances by Strengthened by a growing network of 30 international partners, the festival A Unique Series of Episodes Nehad El Sayed of Egypt, Ashraf Awad of Sudan, Naochika Sogabe of Ja- brings audiences together each year to enjoy world premieres and exclusive The virtual edition of GOF consists of a unique series of seven TV-format pan, and Jalal Kassam of Syria. The episode interviews Damascus-based oud commissions in the UAE and around the world.

editor’s choice ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021 3

Weather Expected weather for the next north westerly wind with speeds Jahra 43 27 Prayer Timings 24 hours: of 08-28 km/h. Failaka Island - - Fajr ...... 03:18 Asr ...... 15:20 By Day: Hot with light to mod- Station Max Exp Min Rec Salmiyah 36 30 erate north westerly wind to light Sunrise .. 04:50 Maghrib .. 18:39 Kuwait City 41 30 Ahmadi 36 30 Zohr ...... 11:45 Isha ...... 20:08 variable wind with speeds of 08- 32 km/h. Kuwait Airport 41 27 Nuwaisib 40 26 By Night: Rather hot with light Abdaly 41 25 Wafra 40 27 variable wind to light to moderate Bubyan - - Salmy 39 24

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Mabanee Co drops 7 fi ls, Humansoft Holding gains Kuwait stock market slips into red turf, volume tapers By John Mathews 2.6 million shares while Boubyan Bank gave skidded 10.73 percent, the steepest decliner of Deera Holding paced 6 fi ls. Arab Times Staff up 6 fi ls to close at 672 fi ls. Mabanee Co slipped the day and AAN topped the volume with over Noor Financial Investment tripped 1 fi l and ▼ UUS$/KDS$/KD 0.30045/550.30045/55 7 fi ls to 723 fi ls paring the month’s gains to 24 47 million shares. Tamdeen Investment Co was down 7 fi ls at 244 KUWAIT CITY, May 26: Kuwait stocks fi ls and Gulf Insurance Group tumbled 38 fi ls. Mirroring the day’s losses, the market spread fi ls. Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz) trimmed ▼ Euro/KD 0.3671 slipped into red on Wednesday after closing Zain fell 2 fi ls to 587 fi ls after trading 3.3 was heavily skewed towards the losers. 94 2 fi ls and Gulf Investment House took in 1 fi l. little changed in the previous session. The All million shares whereas Ooredoo eased 1 fi l. stc stocks advanced whereas 33 closed lower. Aayan Leasing and Investment Co dropped 12 ■ Yen/KD 0.0027 Shares Index dropped 29.98 points in range- stood pat at 830 fi ls and logistics major Agility Of the 142 counters active on Wednesday, 15 fi ls to 170 fi ls while Bayan Investment tripped bound trade to 6,241.17 pts dragged by some of added 2 fi ls on back of 8.6 million shares before closed fl at. 13.611 deals worth KD 49.89 mil- 0.5 fi l. KFIC fell 4 fi ls to 110 fi ls and KAMCO ■ British £/KD 0.4248 the heavyweights and mid-caps. closing at KD 1.053. Humansoft Holding scaled lion were transacted during the session. erased 3.5 fi ls. Unicap dialed up 2.5 fi ls. The Premier Market dipped 28.14 points to 11 fi ls and Mezzan Holding was up 11 fi ls at Kuwait Cement Co fell 2 fi ls to 260 fi ls ■ Indian Rs/KD 0.0041 6,783.96 pts while Main Market shed 35.32 664 fi ls. YIACO Medical shed 27 fi ls. Clipped whereas Kuwait Portland Cement added 5 fi ls. points. The BK Main 50 was down 25.33 points National Industries Group inched 1 fi l higher In the banking sector, Gulf Bank was un- Shuaiba Industrial gave up 8 fi ls while Kuwait ■ Philippines Peso/KD 0.0062 at 5418.57 pts. The volume turnover meanwhile to 234 fi ls after pushing over 1 million shares changed at 222 fi ls after trading 11.2 million Foundry Co and Kuwait National Cinema Co shrank for the fourth straight session. Over 344 whereas Gulf Cable dropped 17 fi ls. Boubyan shares and Kuwait International Bank too did paused at 293 fi ls and 850 fi ls respectively. In- million shares changed hands – a 7 pct drop Petrochemical Co slipped 8 fi ls to 907 fi ls and not budge from its earlier close of 216 fi ls. Ku- dependent Petroleum Group clipped 1 fi ls and ▼ FTSE -2.86 pts at 19:03 May 26 from the day before. Al Qurain Petrochemical Co was down 12 fi ls at wait Finance House and Burgan Bank clipped 1 Kuwait Gulf Links Transport Co trimmed 2.3 The sectors closed mostly in red. Consumer 395 fi ls. Jazeera Airways skidded 15 fi ls to 645 fi l each with a volume of 3.8 million. fi ls. Automated Systems Co fell 4 fi ls to 95 fi ls ▲ Nikkei Services outpaced the rest with 1.41 pct gain fi ls while ALAFCO dialed up 1 fi ls. Educational Warba Bank fell 2 fi ls to 249 fi ls and Ahli and KCPC shed 11 fi ls. +88.21 pts at closing May 26 whereas Technology skidded 4 percent, the big- Holding Co sprinted 18 fi ls to 648 fi ls. United Bank eased 1 fi l to 220 fi ls after push- Kuwait Insurance Co slipped 10 fi ls to 390 fi ls gest loser of the day. Volume wise, Financial The market opened fi rm and slipped into red ing 6.7 million shares. Al Ahli Bank and Ahli whereas Al Ahleia Insurance Co inched 1 fi l into ▲ Gold $ 1904.30 per oz (London) Services continued to top with 145.7 million in early trade. The main index leveled off and United Bank paused at 205 fi ls and 288 fi ls re- green. National Real Estate Co eased 1 fi ls to 170 shares and the sector was also ahead in value moved sideways halfway into the session before spectively. fi ls whereas Salhia Real Estate and Tamdeen Real with KD 13.1 million. heading south again as selling pressure roiled Kuwait Investment Co fell 3 fi ls to 187 fi ls Estate stood pat at 519 fi ls and 260 fi ls respec- ▲ NYMEX crude $66.24 per barrel the market sentiment. It continued to erode and whereas International Financial Advisors held tively. Ajial Real Estate was down 6 fi ls at 239 Drop closed with moderate losses. ground ay 118 fi ls. Coast Investment added 2.4 fi ls. The market has been mixed so far during the ▲ Brent crude $68.89 per barrel Among the notable losers, sector bellwether Top gainer of the day, Massaleh climbed 9.37 fi ls and Securities House closed 1.7 fi ls in green. week and has shed 49 points in last four sessions. National Bank of Kuwait erased last session’s pct to 56 fi ls and Fujairah Cement scaled 9.06 First Investment erased 1.6 fi ls with a volume It has rallied 127 points from start of the month LIBOR rate 0.13850 gains with a 5 fi ls drop to 832 fi ls after trading percent to stand close behind. Bareeq Holding of 9.4 million and KMEFIC gave up 3 fi ls. Al and is up 694 points year-to-date. Big or small, parties are back in full vigor Public longs for normal life

KUWAIT CITY, May 26: Salon workers ‘jabbed’: Within the framework of continuous efforts to en- Despite the Ministry of hance community immunity, the fi eld Health’s warnings and con- vaccination campaigns continue. Yes- tinuous calls to strictly com- terday, medical and nursing teams were able to vaccinate more than 2,300 work- ply with the health regula- ers, administrators and offi cials in health tions; the organization of institutes, men’s barbershops and wom- weddings and other social en’s salons, reports Al-Qabas daily. The Ministry of Health employees events started once again af- have exerted great efforts to complete ter the holy month of Ram- the vaccination process that took place adan, especially since Eid inside the Ahmed Al-Adwani School building in Adailiya, and salons and Al-Fitr coincided with the health institutes workers continued from decision to lift the partial eight in the morning until eight in the curfew, reports Al-Qabas evening, in spite of severe crowding, vaccinations were given smoothly and daily. quickly. In the last few days, the number of The Salons Union contributed to the wedding events increased even if there completion of the vaccination process, are restrictions in light of the current and used a security and guard company KUNA photo health condition. Some invitations are to organize the entry of those registered The Undersecretary of the Kuwait National Guard Lieutenant-General, Engineer Hashem Al-Rifai during talks with the Italian Ambassador Carlo bound by health regulations, stating with the vaccination platform. Health Balducci and the Italian military delegation. these celebrations are strictly for family employees dealt with the extended members only; and that the announce- queues of workers who came early. A KNG chief, Italian team discuss cooperation ment is just for notifi cation. Other invi- health source said a group of 70 people tations were extended to close friends, were allowed to enter the hall at one while others distributed invitations The Kuwait National Guard Undersecretary sides discussed cooperation and issues of cussed the development of joint cooperation time. Lt. Gen. Hashem Al-Rifai received the Am- common interest. between the Kuwait National Guard and the similar to how it was done before the Civil defense volunteers participated bassador of Italy to Kuwait Carlo Balducci ac- The Kuwait National Guard said in a press Italian gendarmerie also known as the ‘Cara- corona crisis. in the organizational efforts, as well as companied by a military delegation. The two statement Wednesday, that the two sides dis- binieri’. Sources from food companies and security men, who worked to control the event organizers revealed that they re- situation during the infl ux of workers. ceived requests to set up buffets or ar- Meanwhile, the Undersecretary at the PCR test mandatory Exams begin Sunday range celebrations and events – especial- Ministry of Social Affairs, Abdulaziz ly weddings – in homes or diwaniyas. Shuaib, said in line with the state’s pol- Sources disclosed the number of icy to begin return of normal life, which Passengers perplexed guests varied as some limited the events includes opening of private nurseries, the Paper tests on Assembly agenda for families of the husband and wife Ministry is in the process of carrying out By Abdulrahman Al-Shimmari ness of schools, and why the contents of the only; while others had more guests – up vaccination campaigns for workers in over 3-day quarantine Al-Seyassah Staff report are not announced transparently and to 150 people. This is a confi rmation that private nurseries, says Al-Seyassah. if all the measures taken are in the interest the number of events increased after Eid In a letter addressed to the Undersec- KUWAIT CITY, May 26: Confusion and misunderstanding KUWAIT CITY, May 26: The National As- of students clear. Al-Fitr. retary of the Ministry of Health, Shuaib regarding the three-day home quarantine requirement engulfed sembly during a special session slated for On the other hand, the Ministry of Educa- It seems people are more comfortable passengers arriving in the country, reports Al-Rai daily. Thursday morning will discuss the issue tion decided, through the distance education said all workers in the 544 private nurser- The daily quoted some arriving passengers as saying that of paper exams for Grade 12 government accepting invitations to various events ies which are spread all over the country evaluation team, to participate in a guard- instructions were given requiring them to undergo home quar- schools students as the countdown for ex- ian’s opinion poll regarding this education after the increase in the number of vacci- will be vaccinated in two places – in Sur- antine for three days and a PCR test to ensure they are not nated people and decrease in the number ams to be held next Sunday begins. in the stages of public education, in light of rah area in the Sheikhan Al-Farsi wed- infected with coronavirus. Undersecretary of the Ministry of Edu- the outbreak of the new Corona virus. of coronavirus cases compared to the fi g- ding hall and the second in the Mishref However, a source from the health sector clarifi ed there is cation, Dr. Ali Al-Yaqoub and the Un- The Education Ministry clarified that ures before Ramadan. Some organizers Vaccination Center. no decision to require these passengers to be quarantined as the dersecretary for Public Education, Osama this evaluation comes on the basis of the asked the guests whether they have been Shuaib has requested approval for the rule is to undergo a PCR test within three days after their return Al-Sultan, continues with the almost daily principle of community partnership. The vaccinated or not. vaccination campaign in these two loca- and to stay at home while waiting for the results. inspection visits that include examination team assigned a measure for the guardian Apparently, the return to normal life tions and the identifi cation of the medi- The source said these passengers are home quarantined un- committees and controllers of the scientifi c as one of the basic categories to know his has started and the current scene refl ects cal personnel that will be present. til the PCR test results show they are infected with the virus. and literary sections to ensure the readiness opinion on distance education and take it people’s desire to return to their normal He thanked the Ministry of Health for He explained the passengers will undergo PCR test only once of the examination committees to ensure into consideration, and the team was keen lifestyle. upon arrival -- on the fi rst, second or third day but it should not they apply all the evaluation criteria set by to prepare more than one method to sim- its clear efforts in implementing health exceed three days. ❑ ❑ ❑ requirements. the Ministry of Health. plify the application steps for the guardian On other issues that arriving passengers are currently facing, The education sources inquired about the on the one hand and maintaining safety to the daily reported a female citizen expressed dissatisfaction as the fate of the evaluation of the report of Min- put the electronic link dedicated to the Council of Ministers’ decisions were not widely circulated across istry of Health and if the Ministry of Health electronic educational platform (TEAMS) regional and International airports. For example, travelers at has handed over the report to the Ministry of through all public education schools on Dubai International Airport were forced to wait for hours until the Education with its opinion about the readi- the other hand. information about the quarantine exemption was checked. After that, they were allowed to board the plane. However, upon arrival at the airport, they were informed about the need to quarantine while waiting for the results of the PCR test. Another traveler complained that they were not informed through Kuwait Mosafer platform about the PCR testing labo- ratory at Kuwait International Airport, indicating passengers were surprised upon fi nding out that some of the laboratories mentioned on the platform are located inside the airport while others are outside. Several departing passengers complained about the deci- sion to ban unvaccinated citizens from traveling as many lost money due to the cancellation of their ticket reservations. The daily said some citizens questioned measures taken by the Council of Ministers that restrict the freedom of citizens; many of whom have commercial interests abroad, others wish to travel for leisure during the summer vacation, and some want to visit relatives and friends in other countries. They called on the concerned authorities to reconsider the Minister James Cleverley talks to a Kuwaiti during his visit to the British Council. decision to ban unvaccinated citizens from traveling as they have been incurring huge losses due to frequent changes in the rules on traveling. Regional security discussed The Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy said the sector concerned with evaluating the performance of By Shawqi Mahmoud Nasser to discuss new opportunities for the ministry’s employees will soon feed the data in the Civil Al-Seyassah Staff cooperation between the two countries Service Commission’s system, reports Al-Rai daily. and regional security issues. The daily added, the ministry has shortlisted about 17,000 The British Minister for the Middle East Cleverley held a virtual meeting yes- employees with excellent performance, an increase of about and North Africa, James Cleverley said terday with the staff of the British Em- he is happy to be in Kuwait on an offi cial bassy in Kuwait and thanked them for 4,000 over the previous year. visit. their efforts to strengthen relations be- Meanwhile, the sources explained the Financial Affairs Sec- His visit began with a meeting with tween Kuwait and the United Kingdom. tor has asked the Administrative Affairs Sector to provide it his friends and counterparts in the Ku- Cleverley also met with a group of Ku- with the lists of names of employees who have been exempted waiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He re- waiti graduates from the British Council from working hours since the start of the Corona crisis and the ferred to the meeting with the Minister and discussed their projects, opportuni- names of those who have obtained what it called the ‘degree of of Foreign Affairs and Minister of State ties and challenges in the Kuwaiti trade excellence to decide how and to what extent these employees for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr. Ahmed Al- sector. can be rewarded. ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021 LOCAL 4 Proposal on adding KD 600m to budget for frontliners gets okay Add Flour Mills Co’s employees to list of beneficiaries: MP

By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh Arab Times Staff KUWAIT CITY, May 26: The parliamentary Budgets and Final Accounts Commit- KUNA photo tee has approved the propos- HH the Amir with HH the Crown Prince. al of the government to add Audiences of HH the Amir KD600 million to the budget allocated for the incentives of His Highness the Amir Sheikh National Assembly Speaker Mar- Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- zouq Al-Ghanim. workers on the frontline of Sabah received, at Bayan Palace His Highness the Amir also re- the fi ght against coronavirus. Wednesday, His Highness the ceived His Highness the Prime Committee Chairman MP Bader Crown Prince Sheikh Meshaal Al- Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al- Al-Mullah disclosed that they also Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Hamad Al-Sabah. (KUNA) KUNA photos approved several conditions to ensure His Highness the Amir received HH the Crown Prince with Speaker Al-Ghanim (left), and with HH the PM. only the deserving employees will receive the incentive. He explained National Day greetings sent Audiences of HH the Crown Prince that even if the existing State budget is enough to cover the incentive by His Highness the Crown Prince bly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim at His Highness the Prime Minister transferring money from items with Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Bayan Palace on Wednesday. Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad surplus, the committee decided to ap- HH Amir congratulates Georgia Al-Sabah received National Assem- His Highness also received Al-Sabah. (KUNA) prove the proposal in order to save KUWAIT CITY, May 26, (KUNA): country’s National Day. time. He said transferring money His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf His Highness the Crown Prince from one item to another requires an- Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent on Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber other proposal from the government, Wednesday a congratulatory cable Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime which will delay the disbursement to the President of Georgia Salome Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al- of the incentive and the committee Zourabichvili, on the occasion of her Hamad Al-Sabah sent similar cables. wants to avoid this. Rapporteur of the committee MP Ham- dan Al-Azmi affi rmed they do not want to disrupt the payment of the incentive, es- pecially at a time when public funds esti- mated at billions of Kuwaiti dinars are be- ing squandered. He added the bill allows employees, who think they are treated unjustly, to fi le a complaint. The proposal has been included in the agenda of the special session slated for The ambassador with Ministry of Oil undersecretary. The ambassador with Sheikha Mona. Thursday, during which the proposal is ex- pected to be approved to pave way for the Indian envoy calls on Oil undersecretary, Sheikha Mona payment of the incentive to benefi ciaries. Benefi ciaries The Indian Ambassador to Kuwait, HE Sibi George from Kuwait to India, and matters of mutual interest. In a relevant development, MP Osama called on Sheikh Dr Nimr Fahad Al-Malik Al-Sabah, Also, the ambassador met Sheikha Mona Jaber Al- Al-Shaheen submitted a proposal to add Undersecretary, Ministry of Oil, Kuwait and dis- Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Head of the Centre for the employees of Kuwait Flour Mills cussed opportunities for enhancing collaboration in Historical Document & Museums Center, at the Amiri and Bakeries Company to the list of ben- the hydrocarbons sector, Diaspora matters, early Diwan. efi ciaries of the incentive; considering the return to Kuwait of oil sector employees and their Discussions covered cultural relations between In- tremendous efforts they have been exert- families stranded in India, renewal of residencies of dia and Kuwait in the context of 60th anniversary of ing since the start of the covid-19 crisis. engineers in oil sector, emergency medical supplies establishment of diplomatic relations. Meanwhile, MPs Khalid Al-Otaibi, Abdulkareem Al-Kandari and Thamer Al-Suwait submitted a grilling motion No plan to import water, rumors baseless: minister against Minister of Interior Sheikh Tham- er Ali Al-Sabah on the following issues: 1. Depriving citizens the right to hold From right: Yousef Alghusain – Deputy CEO Reconnaissance Research, By Muhammad Ghanem munity Development, Dr Mashaan This came during his response to a Abdulaziz Al-Anjeri – Founder & CEO Reconnaissance Research, US Al-Otaibi, said the ministry does not parliamentary question submitted by meetings -- a right stipulated in Article Al-Seyassah Staff 44 of the Constitution. This articles states Ambassador Alina Romanowski and Larry Memmott. KUWAIT CITY, May 26: The Minis- plan to import water from outside the MP Slahil Al-Mudhaf who wanted to that individuals have the right of private ter of Electricity and Water and Minis- State of Kuwait, stressing that what is know the validity of rumors about im- assembly without permission or prior no- Memmott’s term of offi ce ends ter of State for Social Affairs and Com- said in this regard are baseless rumors. porting water from abroad. tifi cation, and the police may not attend such private meetings. Public meetings, demonstrations, and gatherings are per- ‘Reconnaissance’ organizes farewell event mitted in accordance with the conditions and manner specifi ed by law, provided for US Embassy’s Deputy Chief of Mission that their purpose and means are peaceful and not contrary to morals. KUWAIT CITY, May 26: Reconnais- For his part, Memmott expressed 2. Selective enforcement of laws, sance Research organized a farewell his thanks to Reconnaissance Re- 3. Arbitrary manner of dealing with gathering at its offi ce for Deputy Chief search, saying: “Think-tanks play Bedouns that led to dangerous conse- of Mission of the US Embassy Larry an important role in democracies, quences, Memmott, whose term of offi ce ended developing policy prescriptions and 4. Issuing decisions which violated the after three years in Kuwait. US Am- enabling the exchange of views on equal opportunity principle enshrined in bassador Alina Romanowski also at- important topics. In a very short time, articles seven and eight of the Constitu- tended the meeting. Reconnaissance Research has become tion. Article Seven stipulates that justice, Reconnaissance Research founder one of the most important fora for seri- liberty and equality are the pillars of soci- and CEO Abdulaziz Al-Anjeri ex- ety; cooperation and mutual help are the ous discussion in Kuwait and the Gulf. pressed his thanks and appreciation I congratulate the founder and all the fi rmest bonds between citizens. Article for Larry’s efforts during his time in Eight says the State safeguards the pillars supporters and collaborators of this Kuwait: “We are glad to have been important and thriving independent of society and ensures security, tranquility able to work directly with Mr Larry in center of thought, investigation, and and equal opportunities for citizens. many issues relevant to our scope of 5. Failure to address the traffi c problem work, including anti-corruption, mon- discussion.” and rising rate of crimes and violence in ey laundering, mechanisms for civil During the event, US Ambassador the society, society to access and advance free- Romanowski congratulated Recon- 6. Failure to address the lopsided demo- doms, as well as other issues where the naissance Research on its progress, graphic structure issue, centre benefi ted from his knowledge stating: “It is admirable to see the work 7. Failure to respond to parliamentary and efforts, he also played a major that Reconnaissance has been able to queries -- a violation of Article 99 of the role in connecting us with several key undertake since its establishment in Constitution which states every member NGOs and organizations.” late 2019,” she continued: “The US of the National Assembly may put to the “He also had a positive impact and Embassy and I are looking forward to Prime Minister and to Ministers questions infl uence in many of the issues that continuing our close cooperation and with a view to clarifying matters falling have come to light as a result of his are very pleased with Reconnaissance within their competence. The questioner direct effort,” added Abdulaziz Al- as a platform for ideas and a bridge be- alone has the right to comment once upon Anjeri, wishing him every success. tween our two nations” the answer. National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim confi rmed receiving the grill- ing motion and that he informed the con- cerned minister about it, adding the mo- tion will be included in the agenda of the upcoming ordinary session. On the other hand, MP Farz Al-Daihani said the delegation, including MPs, that was supposed to travel to Turkey to meet with the opposition fi gures postponed their plan due to the current conditions related to coronavirus and the total curfew which will be imposed in Turkey starting from Saturday. Al-Daihani pointed out the delegation and the opposition fi gures cannot meet in one place under such conditions, so they decided to reschedule the meeting once the situation in Turkey returns to normal. Also, MP Khalid Al-Otaibi commented on the statement of Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Mubarak Al- Harees that the MPs who occupied the seats allotted for ministers in the session hall violated the parliamentary tradition. He asked Al-Harees to stop issuing funny statements, asking the latter: “What is more serious, violating parliamentary tradition or violating the Constitution?” He asserted that State affairs are not managed through political stubbornness, indicating all Ku- waitis are fully aware of the reason why the MPs occupied the ministers’ seats. The Guest Show poster. In addition, MP Osama Al-Menawer submitted a bill on amending Amiri De- ‘TGS’ features AWL president cree number 12/1960 on the establish- ment of the Legal Advice and Legislation Department to change its name to Legal This Thursday, The Guest cal culture. The AWL played a Advice, Legislation and State Lawsuits Show (TGS) on Radio Ku- signifi cant role during the Iraqi Department. wait will host Pamela Khrai- invasion and continued to do The bill stipulates changing discipline but, President of the American so even after liberation. After a councils and imposing harsher penal- Women’s League (AWL), the quiet few years, the AWL was ties on erring employees whose rank is oldest expat women’s group in resurrected some years back lower than counsellor, such as dismissal. Kuwait. AWL has a history that to take its rightful place as a vi- The penalties include taking disciplinary refl ects the social development brant and active organization. action against the erring employee who of Kuwait. On the Guest Show, Pamela will no longer qualify for promotion. In The organization acts as a Khraibut speaks about all of all cases, the erring employee can fi le an bridge and helps members, this and about her journey of appeal against the decision at the Admin- many of them married to Ku- discovery in her adopted home- istrative Section of the Court of Cassation. waitis assimilate with the lo- land. Tune in. ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021 LOCAL 5 diwaniya Death penalty sought in A DIGEST OF PUBLIC OPINION man, nephew family row Expats and glimpses of hope Victim bludgeoned, incapacitated By Munif Nayef day of the Eid holiday following which Interior received a report that a young “KUWAIT has always been distinguished by its humani- “There are several reasons for this recurring phenom- Al-Seyassah Staff the victim’s family informed the Oper- man had climbed the top of the bridge tarian role at all levels as it has been the forerunner in enon that deserves to be noted. The Ministry of Com- ations Room of the Ministry of Interior trying to commit suicide, securitymen honoring people in most cases, and the offi cial and popu- merce does not oblige the tire shops to show the validity KUWAIT CITY, May 26: In following which police and paramedics rushed to the site and continued to ne- lar Kuwaiti belief in respecting and caring for a person, of the tires (expiry date) and the maximum permissible rushed to the spot and transferred the gotiate with him, but he insisted that he regardless of his nationality was evident in dealing with tire speed, all of which are written in a very complex man- a heinous crime, a Kuwaiti doctor working at the College unconscious victim to the Amiri Hos- wanted to end his life. the Corona pandemic at the beginning of the crisis and in ner on the tire that no one can decode. pital and days later he regained con- In a swift move the securitymen were most cases,” columnist Dr Anwar Al-Shrai’an wrote for “Shops sell either expired or tires that were not es- of Medicine at the Kuwait sciousness but was unable to move. able to grab the man when he was about Al-Shahed daily. sentially stored properly, or cheap tires designed for low University stands accused of “However, it is strange for the government to take a speeds to young men who own fast sports cars, while the In a related context, the lawyer for to jump. They rescued him and took him discriminating decision regarding travel requirements and shopkeeper is fully aware that the young buyer doesn’t assaulting his nephew with the victim, Attorney Yaqoub Al-Shatti, to the Al-Naeem Police Station. restrict it to citizens while discrim- know such facts and will not adhere to those low speeds, a dumbbell, the type used by said the accused is facing the death The source explained the parents of inating against the expatriates. In so the matter ends when the tire explodes due to the high body-builders inside a gym. penalty or life imprisonment. He add- the young man are dead young and he my opinion this is a mistake that speed and temperature, and the shop owner is never held The incident allegedly happened ed, he will request the court for maxi- lives with his grandfather. He refused must be corrected because it is accountable for his active contribution to the accident. mum penalty. to give reasons why he wanted to end inside the home of the suspect who He added the suspect, who works his life. not logical to accept forbidding “The additional cause of death accidents after a tire lives in Granada. The blow was a person from traveling only be- bursts is no one trained or warned the driver not to use in the medical school, must be an ex- ❑ ❑ ❑ cause he does not hold a Kuwaiti directed to the head of the victim ample to society, knowing the extent of the brakes in the event of a front tire bursting as it in- Mechanics held: Personnel from the passport. creases the vehicle’s imbalance factor, and as a result which caused a crack in his skull and the crime he committed and the extent “The precautionary measures the vehicle overturns. The driver and the man in the led to the paralysis of the right side. of injury he has caused. Criminal Investigation Department imposed by the health authorities passenger seat can escape death if they are wearing The suspect has been detained at the Lawyer Al-Shatti also said this is (CID) have arrested nine people -- 6 should have been applied to all seat belts, but if the belt is not worn the people in the Central Prison and remanded to police no less than premeditated murder and Syrians, a Bangladeshi, an Indian and those who wish to travel without car can be ejected and can cause death. custody for 21 days. punishable by death if it is proven the an Iranian, for stealing a vital part of exception so that the decisions “Our school curricula must develop solutions to the The victim was admitted to the inten- offender was stalking his victim. the exhaust from the car of the Kuwaiti become rational, assuming the Dr Al-Shrai’an problems of society not just teach things that have noth- sive care unit of the Amiri Hospital until ❑ ❑ ❑ man who had left it in a garage in Faha- health authorities believe in the ef- ing to do with these problems, so we would like the his condition stabilized. The victim re- heel for repairs. fectiveness of the vaccine, as such equality will prompt honorable Minister of Education to order the design of portedly cannot move due to paraplegia Suicide bid foiled: Public Secu- The vlue of the stolen part is believed arrivals to vaccinate to reach the desired level of health. curricula related to traffi c culture, the dangers of drugs, on the right side and a broken skull. rity offi cers thwarted the attempt of a to be between 200 and 400 dinars. “Although I was not optimistic a few months ago about extremism and terrorism, the rules for the culture of cor- A security source explained the vic- 20-year-old Saudi man to commit sui- According to the Kuwaiti the air- the government’s ability and seriousness in dealing with rect dialogue and the warning of misusing social media tim was attacked due to family disputes cide by jumping from a bridge which is conditioning unit needed repairs and the economic fi le and the seriousness for Kuwait’s eco- and the accompanying penalties. between the victim and his uncle (the between the Jahra Hospital and Taima. when he took delivery of the car, he nomic future, the events and decisions taken were like “The curricula should call for national unity, the neces- suspect). A security source explained after discovered a strange sound coming bright fl ashes in a dark tunnel. sity of loyalty to the homeland, and the warning against The incident happened on the fi rst the operations room of the Ministry of from the exhaust. “Even in light of this loss at the level of the govern- destructive foreign loyalties. These curricula are a thou- ment’s relationship with the National Assembly and some sand times better than courses that are outdated and for- of its wrong decisions, glimmer of hope was seen on the gotten by the students, minutes after they take exams be- horizon, and here it is necessary to commend the govern- cause they are not related to their reality. ment in this regard as the decisions of some ministers are “At last, in Los Angeles, a car tire exploded and fl ipped moving in the direction of the true concept of sustainable over and the young man driving it died. Investigators development. found that the tire speed was not appropriate for the car, “Here I start with the dear Minister of Higher Educa- so the court ordered the shop to pay the family of the ill- tion, Dr. Mohammad Al-Faris, who has taken important fated motorist $ 3 million.” measures in developing the scholarship plan and linking ❑ ❑ ❑ it to the needs of the labor market without taking into ac- count any other considerations. “What happened is greater than the supplementary “The Minister of Electricity and Minister of Social Af- elections in the Fifth Constituency,” columnist Qais Al- fairs, the honorable brother Dr. Mishaan Al-Otaibi has also Osta wrote for Al-Jarida daily. taken a bold decision to support Kuwaiti farmers obliging “What happened is a message from the Kuwaiti society cooperative societies to buy directly from Kuwaiti farms, that the era of infringement on public funds, corruption, and last but not the least, the decision of the Minister of money laundering, suspicious tenders, parachute appoint- Commerce and Industry, dear colleague Dr. Abdullah Al- ments, betting on the division of society into sects and Salman, to establish a company for fuel stations directed to tribes, forged testimonies and dozens of outrageous stories investors and entrepreneurs from among the young citizens raised under government sponsorship must be stopped. and this is a pioneering and wonderful idea. “MP-elect Dr Obaid Al-Wasmi obtaining about 44,000 “We hope that this positive infection will be transmit- votes is a matter that must be analyzed calmly, without ted to the rest of the ministers, and we see other decisions any emotion or prejudice. that simulate the future instead of drowning in the merits “Dr Obaid has vast political experience. He has been of the bureaucracy, and bypassing them with practical known as the major critic of the National Assembly, Coun- and applicable decisions.” cil of Ministers and successive governments since the 2012 Also: elections. This means that whoever elected him is con- “With each summer and the extreme high temperatures, vinced about these facts. Also, the government’s continu- a series of accidents begin with tire explosion, especially ing talk means the supposed public anger is nothing but the front ones, followed by the overturning of vehicles rumors spread by malicious parties on suspicious social and the death of the victims, most of whom are young media accounts. These rumors should be corrected.” men,” columnist Sami Al-Nisf wrote for Annahar daily. — Compiled by Ahmad Al-Shazli ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021 LOCAL 6

2020 laureates represent outstanding scientifi c minds: Dr Al-Fadhel KFAS announces winners of Kuwait Prize and Al-Nouri Prize for 2020 KUWAIT CITY, May 26: The Kuwait Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia, of Fine and Performing Arts and Mu- mathematics, including the importance of young researchers, who aspire to make Foundation for the Advancement of for his groundbreaking research in the sic), the Prize is awarded jointly to Dr. geometry, arithmetic, number theory, al- an impact through their scientifi c con- Sciences (KFAS) has announced that area of wireless , optical and vehicular Mahmoud Ali Guettat, Distinguished Pro- gebra, trigonometry, and combinatorics. tributions. His Highness Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad communications, including low-power fessor at The Higher Institution for Music Professor Ihsanogluis recognized for his The Kuwait Prize was established in Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Crown Prince of communications for the internet of at the University of Tunisia and Dr. Nada life-long achievements in promoting the 1979 to recognize the exceptional and the State of Kuwait and the Chairman of things, as well as his valuable contribu- Shabout. Professor of Art History at the history of science in Islam across geog- longstanding achievements of Arab re- KFAS’s Board has endorsed the deci- tion to the development of the 3G, 4G University of North raphies, including his searchers in four fi elds: Basic Sciences, sions of the KFAS Board of Directors and satellite systems. Texas in the United ground-breaking re- Applied Sciences, Economics and So- regarding the recipients of the 2020 Ku- In the Field of Economics and Social States. Dr Guettat is search on the history cial Sciences, Art and Literature. A fi fth wait Prize in the various fi elds and the Sciences (area of Administrative, Finan- recognized for his of science in the Ot- fi eld, Arabic and Islamic Scientifi c Her- recipient of the Al-Nouri Prize for Best cial, and Banking Sciences), the Prize is pioneering and valu- toman civilization in itage, is announced every three years Dissertation in the Field of Education. awarded jointly to Dr. Salim Chahine, able work on the her- period of the 16th to and is open to all scholars, regardless of Dr. Khaled Ali Al-Fadhel, KFAS The Abdul Aziz Al-Sagar Chair Profes- itage of Arab Music, the 19th century. nationality. The awardees are selected Director General, stated that the Prize sor of Finance at the Olayan School of its music principles Dr. Khaled Al- though a three-stage review process in the Field of Basic Sciences (area of Business, and the Executive Director and instruments. Dr. Fadhel stated that conducted by international experts in Earth Sciences) was awarded jointly to AUB-Innovation Park and the Ameri- Shabout has contributed signifi cantly to Dr. Ahmad Kamal Eid Essa is the win- Dr Khaled Al-Fadhel, KFAS Direc- the specifi c fi elds. Professor Farouk ElSayed Mohamed tor General can University of Beirut, and Profes- the understanding of contemporary Arab ner of Anwar Al-Nouri Prize for Best Elbaz, the Director Emeritus of the sor Amine Tarazi , the Director of the visual art, its trajectories with international Dissertation in the Field of Education Anwar AL-Nouri Prize was estab- Center for Remote Sensing at Boston Research Center LAPE at the Univer- movements, and on the Historiography of for his excellent dissertation titled “The lished in 2015 through the generosity Hoteit is recognized for his pioneering of the Anwar Al Nouri Philanthropic University in the United States and Dr. research in ocean modelling, remote sity of Limoges in France. Professor Arab art and its infl uence on world civili- Effectiveness of Dual-N-Back Program Ibrahim Hoteit, Professor of Earth Sci- sensing, Red Sea eddy dynamics, and Chahine is recognized for his valuable zations. in Raising the Working Memory Effi - Trust. It honors the late Dr. Anwar ences and Engineering and Professor the development of new techniques in and outstanding research on topics re- In the Field of Arabic and Islamic ciency and Its Impact on Attention for Al-Nouri, who played a pivotal role in of Applied Mathematics and Compu- data assimilation and modelling that lated to fi nance and banking, including scientifi c Heritage, the Prize is awarded Learned Disabled Prep Stage Pupils”. developing the fi eld of education in the tational Sciences at the King Abdulla have environmental applications of entrepreneurial fi nance, venture capital jointly to Dr. Ahmed Djebbar, Profes- Congratulating all the recipients of State of Kuwait and the Arab world for University of Science and Technology global signifi cance. and corporate governance. Professor sor Emeritus at the University of Lille in the Prizes, and wishing them continued more than 50 years, as well as support- (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia. Professor In the Field of Applied Sciences Tarazi’s research also has been excep- France, and Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsa- success, Dr. Khaled Al-Fadhel added ing the mission and mandate of KFAS Elbaz is recognized for his pioneering (area of Engineering Sciences), the tional on topics related to banking and noglu, the Founder and Director General that the 2020 laureates represent out- as a member of its Board of Directors. research and impressive research career Prize is awarded to Dr. Mohamed-Slim fi nance, including fi nancial integration, of Research Centre for Islamic History, standing scientifi c minds whose prolifi c The Prize is awarded on a biennial basis in various scientifi c fi elds, ranging from Alouini, Distinguished Professor of fragility, regulation, systemic stability, Art, and Culture (IRCICA) in Turkey. Dr. publications and research contributions to an outstanding PhD dissertation in earth archaeology to remote sensing, Electrical and Computer Engineeringat and the emerging area of Fintech. Djebbar is recognized for his outstand- are inspirational to the research com- the fi eld of education at a university in as well as earth and lunar geology. Dr King Abdulla University of Science and In the Field of Arts and Literature (area ing contributions to the history of Arab munity, especially for early career and the Arab world. Black fungus not contagious, no link to COVID: Dr Al-Obaid Introduction of special clause for treatment abroad

KUWAIT CITY, May black fungus is ‘wrong’ as the fungi are Al-Obaid stated that the spread of ures as well as vaccination. called by the scientifi c names found in this fungal disease in India has been Water supply a quantum leap in charity and humanitarian work. 26: The head of the Fungi the scientifi c works, and it is not correct observed in patients with COVID-19, Also: Laboratory Unit at the Ku- to call them black or other colors. The causing serious infections that include KUWAIT CITY: The Ministry of Health waiti Ministry of Health, correct name is the mucous fungus that the sinuses that may sometimes extend has sent a letter to the Ministry of Fi- Water in pre-cooled containers belongs to the family of fungi (Muco- to the eyes and brain. nance to study the introduction of a Dr. Khaled Al-Obaid, said rales). He pointed to a recent study that special clause for patients who are there is no evidence to in- He mentioned it is a common fungus included 18 countries in Europe, sent abroad for treatment concerning dicate the existence of any in the environment, such as soil and America and Asia, which showed that expenses of patients and their compan- Kuwait Food Bank completes plants, as well as in the air, and like the cases of mucous fungi associated ions and to allocate at least 50 million direct relationship between other living organisms it plays an im- with the disease (Covid-19) are very dinars more to the budget, reports Al- the emerging coronavirus portant role in the ecological balance few compared to India, knowing that Anba quoting well-informed sources. its water supply bank project (COVID-19) and the so- process, such as the analysis of organic COVID-19 is spread all over the world The sources indicated this measure is KUWAIT CITY, May 26: The Kuwaiti cessfully completed the ‘water supply’ matter and others. and this indicates that the relationship aimed at avoiding defi cit in the budget Food Bank announced the completion project during the last period by providing called ‘black fungus’ dis- He pointed out that, on the other between the two diseases is excluded to for overseas treatment, especially that of the ‘water supply bank’ project, in clean water in pre-cooled containers, as ease, reports Al-Seyassah hand, this type of fungus may lead to some extent. the annual appropriation is 170 million cooperation with the General Secretariat specialized cars move to workers’ gather- daily. the occurrence of some serious diseases Regarding prevention methods, he dinars, and it does not cover the actual of Awqaf, reports Al-Seyassah daily. ing places and supply them with water Al-Obaid, a clinical microbi- such as sinusitis, which may sometimes indicated that immuno-compromised expenditures, which will result in an The project is one of the largest devel- along the roads and mosques and hospi- ologist consultant, told the Kuwait extend to the eyes and brain, as well as patients should adhere to health meas- annual defi cit. opment projects in the region undertaken tals and vital places. Al-Ansari added the pneumonia, especially in patients who ures to prevent acquiring Covid-19 in- In the same context, the Ministry of by the charitable work sector, through the “water supply” project is a quantum News Agency (KUNA) yesterday have severe immunity weakness and fection. Health also addressed the Ministry of bank’s modern mobile cars equipped with leap in charity and humanitarian work that this fungal disease is not con- patients with diabetes, specifi cally As for diabetics, they must maintain Finance to strengthen its budget by 20 the latest cooling methods that are used in in the region, given the modern meth- tagious and does not cause epidem- those whose sugar level is irregular. the regularity of blood sugar levels by million dinars to pay the bills of hos- this vital project. ods used by the bank to make this proj- ics. They are more likely to be affected by following the doctor’s instructions in pitals where patients receive treatment Vice President of Kuwait Food Bank ect a success and benefit the largest He said that calling this disease the it. addition to following preventive meas- abroad. Mishaal Al-Ansari said the bank has suc- possible number of segments of society. ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021 INTERNATIONAL 7

Obituary France

Once married to Elizabeth Taylor Vaccine smear Former Senator Warner Paris praise ‘YouTubers’ ‘dies’ aged ninety-four LE PECQ, France, May 26, (AP): France’s government ALEXANDRIA, May 26, (AP): divorced in 1982, and remained offered strong praise Wednesday Former Sen. John W. Warner of friends thereafter. Taylor wrote to YouTubers and other social Virginia, a former Navy secretary that she “just couldn’t bear the media influencers who resisted a who was once married to Elizabeth intense loneliness” when he mysterious effort to recruit them Taylor, has died at 94. became engrossed in his Senate for a smear campaign to spread Warner died Tuesday of heart duties. disinformation to their millions failure at home in Alexandria, He was succeeded in 2008 by of young followers about the Virginia, with his wife and daugh- Democrat Mark Warner - no rela- Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. ter at his side, his longtime chief tion - who had challenged him for Multiple France-based influ- of staff, Susan A. Magill, said the Senate in 1996 and later served encers with sizable audiences on Wednesday. as Virginia’s governor. The rivals Twitter, Instagram and other “He was later became good friends. platforms said they were con- frail but “In Virginia, we expect a lot tacted with offers of hush-hush had a lot of of our elected officials,” Mark payments to make bogus claims spirit and Warner said Wednesday. “We about supposed deadly Pfizer was expect them to lead, yet remain vaccine risks. involved humble. We expect them to President Joe Biden speaks from the Treaty Room in the White House, about the withdrawal of the remainder of US troops from Afghanistan. The Taleban on May 26, warned the departing US military against setting up bases YouTuber Léo Grasset, among until his serve, but with dignity. We those contacted, said the shady last days,” expect them to fight for what in the region, and Pakistan vowed no American bases will be allowed on its territory. In his April speech announc- ing an end to America’s ‘forever war’, Biden said Washington would hold the Taleban and the government to its advertising agency that sought to Magill they believe in, but without mak- recruit him “wanted me to talk said. ing it personal. John Warner was commitments to ensure Afghanistan could not again be used as a staging arena to attack the American homeland or its allies. (AP) about the Pfizer vaccine in a way Warner the embodiment of all that and that would be detrimental to the was a cen- more. I firmly believe that we Pfizer vaccine reputation.” John Warner able. (AP) the Japanese vessel as the 9.7-ton trist could use more role models like ❑ ❑ ❑ Daihachi Hokko Maru, based in He and others said they Republican and a courtly figure him today.” Mombetsu, and the freighter as the 662- refused. They got a thumbs up whose marriage to a movie star News in Brief Swiss air force jet crashes: A Features ton Amur, registered in Nevelsk in Wednesday from French govern- drew huge crowds when he was Swiss air force fighter jet crashed during Russia’s Sakhalin island. (AP) ment spokesman Gabriel Attal. elected to the Senate in 1978. Warner, a courtly figure with a training fight in the Alps on Wednesday, ❑ ❑ ❑ “I want to salute the great Serving five terms before retiring chiseled features and a thick shock WhatsApp sues India govt: The the Defense Department said. The pilot responsibility of these young from the chamber 30 years later, of gray hair, was so popular with messaging app WhatsApp has sued the was able to eject safely and was unhurt. Plane lands safely on beach: A YouTubers or influencers who he drew support from moderates Virginia voters that Democrats did Indian government seeking to defend its The plane took off from Payerne in recreational plane landed safely on a users’ privacy and stop new rules that Sydney beach with three people aboard not only didn’t fall for this and of both major parties, establishing not bother to challenge him in western Switzerland and was acting as a didn’t, through cupidity, allow 2002 for his re-election to his fifth would require it to make messages “sparring partner” for the air force’s F/A- including a baby on Wednesday after its himself at the center of American “traceable” to external parties. themselves to be manipulated but politics. term. 18 jets on the training flight, the Defense single engine failed, officials said. WhatsApp filed the lawsuit The Tecnam P2008 aircraft landed also denounced it publicly,” Attal “Virginians know that I stand Department added. Military investigators said. “I really want to salute that.” Respected Wednesday in the Delhi High Court. It is were looking into the cause of the crash. without incident on Collaroy Beach in up for what I think is right, and I arguing that government rules regarding northern Sydney early afternoon, a Grasset, who has 1.1 million House Speaker Nancy Pelosi accept the consequences,” Warner (AP) subscribers on YouTube, said he the traceability of messages are unconsti- ❑ ❑ ❑ police statement said. lauded Warner as a military hero said in 1996. tutional and undermine the fundamental The 25-year-old male pilot, a 28-year- and other social media and inter- and respected Senate leader. “Virginia has lost an unmatched right to privacy. 3 dead in vessel collision: Three old female passenger and a 1-year-old net content-creators are “at the “This country has lost a great leader, and my family has lost a “Civil society and technical crew members of a Japanese crab fishing boy were not injured, police said. (AP) center of something going on patriot,” the Democrat said. “In dear friend,” said Sen. Tim Kaine, experts around the world have con- vessel died Wednesday after a collision ❑ ❑ ❑ like an information war.” Congress, we all knew him as a D-Va. He said he understood after sistently argued that a requirement to with a Russian freighter in the Sea of The person who contacted voice of courage, conviction and joining the chamber years later ‘trace’ private messages would break Okhotsk, north of Japan’s Hokkaido China denounces tribunal: China Grasset identified himself as comity; a leader unafraid to speak just how influential Warner had end-to-end encryption and lead to island, officials said. on Tuesday denounced plans for a peo- Anton and said his ad agency has ple’s tribunal in Britain on allegations of the truth but always committed to been. real abuse,” WhatsApp said in a The Japanese vessel overturned fol- a “quite considerable” budget for genocide against Uyghurs and other finding common ground and con- The former secretary of the statement. lowing the collision. The Russian cargo what he described as an “infor- sensus.” Navy, a veteran of World War II IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad Turkic Muslim people in China’s ship rescued all five crew members, but Xinjiang region. mation campaign” about Warner was a key supporter of and Korea, Warner devoted most said that the government is committed to three were confirmed dead after arriving ensuring the right to privacy, but that it is The spokesman for the northwestern “COVID-19 and the vaccines President George W. Bush’s dec- of his career to military matters. not an absolute right and comes with at the port of Mombetsu, Japan’s govern- region’s government, Xu Guixiang, said offered to the European popula- laration of war in Iraq, and served He lost his post as Armed reasonable restrictions. (AP) ment spokesman Katsunobu Kato said. China “condemned and despised” the tion, notably AstraZeneca and for a time as chairman of the Services Committee chairman in ❑ ❑ ❑ Japanese broadcaster NHK identified hearings, which are expected to draw Pfizer.” Senate Armed Services 2001 when Sen. Jim Jeffords’ dozens of witnesses when they begin in Specifically, “Anton” asked Committee. His independent departure from the GOP put 3 arrested in Italy: Police arrested early June. (AP) for a 45- to 60-second video on streak angered more conservative Democrats in control of the three people Wednesday in the cable car ❑ ❑ ❑ Instagram, TikTok or YouTube GOP leaders at times. But he was Senate, but he regained it after the disaster that killed 14 people in northern to say that “the mortality rate of hugely popular with Virginia vot- 2002 elections put Republicans Italy, saying workers placed a clamp on Twelve die from tainted wine: the Pfizer vaccine is 3 times ers. back in charge until the 2006 the emergency brake to deactivate it as a Twelve more people have died in greater than the AstraZeneca” Before he ran for Senate, elections. patchwork repair - one that prevented the Cambodia from drinking cheap adulter- and querying why the European Warner became the sixth of Warner often defended the brake from engaging when the lead cable ated rice wine, a perennial problem espe- Union is buying it. Taylor’s seven husbands. The two Bush administration’s handling of snapped. cially in rural areas, officials said. The revelations, obtained during an The Health Ministry said the victims He refused in a follow-up met on a blind date at a dinner for the war in Iraq, but he also showed overnight police interrogation of the sus- died in two additional deadly incidents email to divulge who is financing Queen Elizabeth, and were mar- a willingness to buck the White pects, turned the horror of Sunday’s after a drinking session at a May 10 the campaign, saying: “The cli- ried months later, in 1976. They House. disaster into outrage, given the tragedy funeral in Kandal province took the lives ent prefers to remain incognito.” appeared to have been entirely prevent- Prasad Milosevic of 12 other people. (AP) electric vehicles to be 40% of global sales by 2030: Ford

This photo pro- Ford expects 40% of its global build batteries in a joint venture vehicles capable of this than tomers have put down $100 vided by Ford sales to be battery-electric with SK Innovation of Korea. Tesla by July of 2022. deposits to reserve an electric shows a Ford vehicles by 2030 as it adds bil- The company also In the U.S., Ford’s largest F-150 in the week since it was Fusion Hybrid, a lions to what it’s spending to announced it would create a market, electric vehicles are unveiled. Ford’s F-Series pick- hybrid midsize develop them. separate business called Ford only 1.2% of Ford’s sales up is the top-selling vehicle in sedan that is Ahead of a presentation to Pro that will focus on commer- through April. Ford currently the U.S. essentially a reg- Wall Street on Wednesday, the cial and government fleet buy- offers only one all-electric vehi- The company is expected to ular Fusion but automaker says it will add ers. It also expects to have cle, the Mustang Mach-E SUV, discuss future electric vehicles with higher fuel about $8 billion to its EV devel- about 1 million vehicles capa- but by next spring it will have during its presentation on economy. (AP) opment spending from this year ble of getting over-the-internet an all-electric F-150 pickup and Wednesday. to 2025. That would bring the software updates by the end of a battery powered Transit big Ford also predicted it would total to nearly $20 billion as this year. commercial van on the roads. post an 8% pretax profit margin Ford begins to develop and Ford says it will have more The company said 70,000 cus- in 2023. (AP)

Market Movements 26-05-2021 Change Closing pts Change Closing pts JAPAN - Nikkei +88.21 28,642.19 AUSTRALIA - All Ordinaries -17.48 7,331.58 FRANCE - CAC 40 +1.33 6,391.60 GERMANY - DAX -14.37 15,450.72 PHILIPPINES - PSEi +144.53 6,341.24 EUROPE - Euro Stoxx 50 -4.37 4,031.67 INDIA - Sensex +379.99 51,017.52 S. KOREA - KRX 100 -19.93 6,640.69 PAKISTAN - KSE 100 +511.65 46,812.31 CHINA - Shanghai SE +12.02 3,593.36 Business ‘We’re at a tipping point’ Small businesses in US say they’ll Board tussle at Exxon intensifies on climate NEW YORK, May 26, (AP): ExxonMobil is facing a major challenge from a group of investors in one of the biggest borrow again from online lenders fights a corporate boardroom has endured over its stance on climate change, an issue of rising urgency for many share- holders. The investor group is pushing to replace four of the oil Some owners mull dumping traditional banks altogether giant’s board members with executives they say are better suited to both strengthen the company’s finances and lead it through the transition to cleaner energy. The fight represents NEW YORK, May 26, (AP): a moment of reckoning for major publicly traded companies Some small businesses forced to address a global crisis. to turn to online lenders for IMF nods to $1.16b loan to Egypt Engine No. 1, the name of the hedge fund that has mount- pandemic relief are making WASHINGTON, May 26, (KUNA): statement on Tuesday following the ed the challenge, owns just a sliver of Exxon’s shares. But The International Monetary Fund conclusion of the 20-day mission. the dissident slate of board members it has put forward com- mands the backing of some of the country’s most powerful those niche players a bigger (IMF) has issued an initial approval of “This agreement is subject to approv- part of their financial game institutional investors, including the largest public pension a USD 1.16 billion loan to Egypt as a al by the IMF’s Executive Board, which funds. plan, and are even considering part of its USD 5.2 billion Stand-by will take place in the coming weeks. Regardless of the outcome of the shareholder vote, to be dumping their traditional Arrangement with the government to Upon approval, an additional SDR 1.16 announced after the annual shareholder meeting Wednesday, support the North African’s nation eco- billion (about USD 1.6 billion) will be the challenge reflects momentum among consumers, inves- banks altogether. nomic reform program. made available to Egypt.” Ahmande Grimes, owner of Spartan tors and government leaders around the globe to pivot away Loans from online lenders saved “The IMF staff team and the Egyptian Allard held its virtual mission from thousands of small business owners Financial, a financial services broker, from fossil fuels and invest in a future where energy needs poses for a portrait Monday, May 24, authorities have reached a staff-level May 4 to 24, 2021 with the Egyptian are increasingly met using renewable sources. To that end, who were unable to get COVID-19 2021, in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP) agreement on the second review of authorities. The mission held discus- President Joe Biden has set the ambitious goal of slashing relief loans from big traditional lenders. Egypt’s economic program supported sions on the 2021 Article IV America’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of Now, encouraged by getting applica- banking relationships were rejected because by the IMF’s USD 5.2 billion Stand-by Consultation with Egypt and the second the decade. tions processed within days rather than they didn’t have the right mix of accounts. Arrangement,” head of the IMF mis- review of Egypt’s economic program “We’re at a tipping point,” said Aeisha Mastagni, portfo- weeks, these owners are becoming Others never heard back or were turned sion to review the Egyptian economic supported by the IMF’s 12-month lio manager at the California State Teachers’ Retirement repeat customers. down without explanation. Many desperate program Ms. Celine Allard said in a Stand-by Arrangement. System, known as CalSTRS, one of the nation’s largest pen- Patrick Carver was loyal to his big for cash then turned to small banks or online sion funds and among the major institutional investors that national bank but became disillusioned after lenders whose target customers are small backed the alternative group of directors. “You’re seeing applying for a Paycheck Protection Program businesses. Financial, a financial services broker in turn applications around faster, sometimes investors from all around the world that are wanting to see loan, not getting a response for over a month Online and other state-regulated lenders Nashville, Tennessee. within hours. better disclosure around climate change risk, you’re seeing and then having his application denied. At handled nearly 251,000 PPP loans totaling When he applied for a relief loan through A 2018 study by the Federal Reserve and shareholder proposals that are passing with increased share- the suggestion of a friend, Carver tried an more than $6 billion in 2020, according to his two traditional banks, the process the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland holder support, and now we have this monumental vote at online lender - his application was approved the Small Business Administration, which seemed as complicated as applying for a found owners want the relationship a tradi- ExxonMobil.” in four days and he had the money within a approved the loans. In the 2021 round of mortgage. When he turned to an online tional bank can offer - but they like the Engine No. 1 wants Exxon to refresh its board with directors week. If he needs another loan, he’ll start lending, which ended May 4, those compa- lender, his application was quickly accepted efficiency offered by online lenders. But who have a track record of managing change in the energy sec- with the internet. nies made more than 1 million loans totaling and sent to the SBA. there’s a downside to the ease and speed tor. The group asserts that Exxon has under-performed com- “Anything related to my business that nearly $21 billion. Grimes is looking into online banks that online lenders offer: cost. pared with its peers, having lost market value even when requires swift action, I’ll likely go with one Those dollar amounts accounted for only provide checking and other services. Some online loans carry interest rates that demand for oil and gas was growing. It also argues that the of these companies that’s built for speed,” about 1% of the program’s money, but it was Because he doesn’t handle cash in his busi- top the 20% business credit cards can carry. company lacks a credible strategy to create value in a de-car- says Carver, owner of Atlanta-based cash many businesses couldn’t get elsewhere. ness, all his transactions can be carried out Traditional business loans are likely to have bonizing world and that its board lacks people with experience in successfully revamping an energy giant. Constellation Marketing. Ahmande Grimes is considering a complete electronically. rates under 10%. (This wasn’t an issue with The recently ended Paycheck Protection move to online banking, not just for borrow- “I believe that there is an online bank In opposing the challenge, Exxon counters that it has the PPP: Congress set the rate for all loans continually refreshed its board with directors who have Program gave out more than 11 million ing. He had considered an online loan before with the services that we need,” he says. through the program at 1%.) loans worth over $788 billion. Banks were the pandemic, but believed at that point that Speed can be the difference maker for an expertise in energy, capital allocation and transitions. It Paying a higher interest rate can make contends that the company has been investing in low-carbon overwhelmed by more applications than traditional banks were the best route. owner in need of a loan. A traditional bank sense, Carver says. they were used to handling, and many larger “My experience through 2020 was really loan can take weeks between the application solutions, including a recent proposal to transform the “Money is important, but time is also a Houston Ship Channel into a hub for carbon capture and applicants got their loans processed ahead an eye opener regarding the differences and the money arriving. Online lenders big part,” he says. of smaller businesses. between online banking and traditional don’t have to comply with federal govern- sequestration. That technology, still under development, Some small companies with established banking,” says Grimes, who owns Spartan ment regulations as banks do, so they can Continued on Page 9 involves pulling carbon dioxide out of the air and storing it underground off shore. In that proposal, Exxon called on government and indus- try to together invest $100 billion. Exxon has said it would spend $3 billion through 2025 on carbon capture and other low-carbon initiatives. Those efforts have fallen short of the demands of Exxon’s dissident investor groups. Other major oil companies, from British Petroleum and Shell to Conoco Phillips and Chevron, have done more to satisfy shareholders. Investors want more corporate disclosures of climate-damaging emissions, and they expect energy companies to diversify their portfolios to include more renewable sources, said Anne Simpson, managing invest- ment director for board governance and sustainability at the California Public Employees’ Retirement System - known as CalPERS - America’s largest pension fund. “What we’re finding with other oil companies,” Simpson said, “is we’re making progress, and Exxon needs to catch up. Exxon is still saying one thing and doing another.” CalPERS, a heavyweight in the investing community, voted for Engine No. 1s slate of candidates. The pension fund asserts that through its engagement and proxy voting, it has compelled hundreds of companies to add new direc- tors to their boards. “Usually what happens is, we have a collaborative approach where we work with companies,” Simpson said. “I would say it’s in rare circumstances that investors feel the need to actually put their own candidates forward. But that is because the nominating committee hasn’t been able to fulfill investors’ expectations. Exxon has had several years attempting to address this issue.” Support for shareholder proposals that focus on climate change is rapidly growing. In 2015, Glass Lewis, a firm that advises institutional investors, reviewed 14 shareholder proposals that requested additional disclosures on climate- related issues, such as the companies’ levels of greenhouse gas emissions. By 2017, there were 21 such shareholder proposals that went to a vote; three of them received over 50% approval. Before then, none had received majority support, according to Glass Lewis. This year, 25 climate-related shareholder proposals have made it onto ballots, and those that have been voted on so far have received support from 59% of shareholders on aver- age, according to the Institute for Shareholder Services. The International Energy Agency this month warned that immediate action was needed to reshape the world’s energy sector, and it recommended ending investments in new oil and gas wells and coal mines. “Even if you love fossil fuels, you have to acknowledge that they’re not making any more of them, and any company that wants to be sustainable over the long term has got to figure out what their next step is going to be,” said Nell Minow, vice chair of ValueEdge Advisors, an influential figure in corporate gov- ernance who voted in support of Engine No. 1. “There’s a massive demographic shift. I think the millennial generation and the generation that follow are much, much more sensitive on these issues as employees, as consumers and as investors, than the generations that have gone before.”

In this file photo, the logo for ExxonMobil appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP) ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021 BUSINESS 9

German regulator probes Google’s market position, data use In this file photo, exhibitors German regulators have launched an in- Google denied that its practices could be considered to be of paramount work on laptop computers in vestigation into Google’s position in the breach German competition rules. significance for competition across mar- front of an illuminated sign of market, and how the search engine and Under provisions which came into kets,” the head of the regulatory body, the Google logo at the indus- advertising giant handles user data. force in January, the Federal Cartel Andreas Mundt, said in a statement. trial fair Hannover Messe in The Federal Cartel Office, or Bun- Office can ban companies that are of A second probe will examine Google’s Hanover, Germany. German deskartellamt, said that it has started “paramount significance for competition data processing terms, which are often regulators have launched an proceedings against Google entities in across markets” from engaging in prac- lengthy and difficult for users to under- investigation into Google’s Germany, Ireland and California based tices deemed to be anti-competitive. stand. position in the market, and on new provisions in German competi- “Due to the large number of digital “A key question in this context is how the search and advertis- tion law that apply to large digital compa- services offered by Google, such as the whether consumers wishing to use ing giant handles user data. nies. Similar probes were launched into Google search engine, YouTube, Goog- Google’s services have sufficient choice (AP) the activities of Facebook and Amazon le Maps, the Android operating system as to how Google will use their data,” in recent months. or the Chrome browser, the company Mundt said. (AP) Wall Street rises as inflation fears ease Investors also encouraged by stronger earnings, consumer spending

NEW YORK, May 26, (AP): Stocks headed higher DC files antitrust on Wall Street Wednesday as inflation fears ease and case vs Amazon investors look ahead to WASHINGTON, May 26, (AP): The data expected to show eco- District of Columbia has sued Amazon, nomic growth accelerating accusing the online retail giant of anti- competitive practices in its treatment of in the U.S. sellers on its platform. The practices have Investors have worried that raised prices for consumers and stifled stronger inflation might prompt innovation and choice in the online retail governments and central banks to market, the DC attorney general alleges withdraw economic stimulus, but in an antitrust suit. The suit filed Tuesday in the Dis- they’ve been reassured by com- trict of Columbia court maintains that ments from Fed officials that they Amazon has fixed online retail prices see no need yet to change course. through contract provisions and poli- A report due Thursday is expected cies it applies to third-party sellers. It to show the U.S. economy acceler- alleges these provisions and policies ated last quarter after growing at an prevent sellers that offer products on annual rate of 4.3% in 2020’s final Amazon.com from offering their prod- quarter. Benchmarks rose in Paris, ucts at lower prices or on better terms London, Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong on any other online platform, including Kong on Wednesday. their own websites. London and Frankfurt opened “We filed this antitrust lawsuit to put higher. Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong an end to Amazon’s illegal control of Kong advanced. prices across the online retail market,” Investors worry stronger infla- DC Attorney General Karl Racine said tion might prompt governments and in a conference call with reporters. “We central banks to roll back economic need a fair online marketplace that ex- stimulus. They have been reassured pands options available to (District of Columbia) residents and promotes com- by comments from U.S. Federal Re- petition, innovation and choice.” serve officials that they see no need Racine said Amazon, the world’s yet to change course. biggest online retailer, controls 50% to “Inflationistas look like they might 70% of online market sales. be ready to throw in the towel,” said The suit seeks to end Amazon’s use Edward Moya of Oanda in a report. of the allegedly illegal price agree- Investors also have been encour- ments as well as unspecified damages aged by stronger U.S. corporate and penalties. profits and consumer spending. That Amazon rejected the allegations, say- has kept the U.S. stock market near ing the relief Racine is seeking “would record highs and boosted optimism force Amazon to feature higher prices to in global markets. customers, oddly going against core ob- Data due out Thursday are expect- jectives of antitrust law.” ed to show the biggest global econ- “The DC attorney general has it ex- omy accelerated in the first three actly backwards - sellers set their own Women wearing protective masks walk in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan’s Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Wednesday, May 26, prices for the products they offer in our months of this year after expanding 2021, in Tokyo. Asian stock markets rose Wednesday as inflation fears eased and investors looked ahead to U.S. data that are expected to show eco- at an annual rate of 4.3% in 2020’s nomic growth accelerating. (AP) store,” the Seattle company said in a final quarter. Economists expect a prepared statement. “Amazon takes huge rebound this year following the while that for the Dow Jones Indus- down 0.1% at 3,168.43 and Syd- Moderna rose 3.1% after the drug- on the New York Mercantile Ex- pride in the fact that we offer low pric- trial Average gained 0.3%. On Tues- ney’s S&P-ASX 200 lost 0.3% to maker said its COVID-19 vaccine change. The contract rose 2 cents es across the broadest selection, and deepest slump since the Great De- like any store we reserve the right not pression of the 1930s. day, both lost 0.2%. The Nasdaq fell 7,092.50. was found to be effective in children on Tuesday to $66.07 per barrel. to highlight offers to customers that In early trading, the FTSE 100 less than 0.1%. India’s Sensex rose 0.6% to aged 12 to 15. Brent crude, the basis for inter- are not priced competitively. “ in London rose less than 0.1% to In Asian trading Wednesday, the 50,950.69 while New Zealand de- Technology and communication national prices, added 12 cents to 7,033.02 and Frankfurt’s DAX add- Shanghai Composite Index rose clined. Markets in Singapore, Thai- stocks gained. So did big retailers, $68.61 per barrel in London. It ed less than 0.1% to 15,476.78. The 0.3% to 3,593.36 and the Nikkei 225 land and Indonesia were closed for cruise lines and other companies that rose 19 cents the previous session CAC 40 in Paris was 0.3% higher at in Tokyo gained 0.3% to 28,642.19. holidays. rely on consumer spending. to $68.65 a barrel. 6,408.03. The Hang Seng in Hong Kong added Financial, energy and health care In energy markets, benchmark The dollar fell to 108.92 Japanese On Wall Street, the future for the 0.9% to 29,166.01. stocks accounted for much of Tues- U.S. crude rose 8 cents to $66.15 yen from 108.79 yen. The euro rose benchmark S&P 500 was up 0.4% The Kospi in Seoul ended day’s decline on Wall Street. per barrel in electronic trading to $1.2243 from $1.2213. Norwegian low-cost airline ‘has been saved,’ chief executive says COPENHAGEN, Denmark, May a rights issue. courts in Ireland, where its planes are with Boeing and Airbus, worth ap- conditions for participating in the 26, (AP): Low-cost carrier Norwe- In January, the Oslo-based airline registered, and in Norway. proximately 85 billion ($10.2 bil- Norwegian airline’s restructuring, gian Air Shuttle “has been saved,” said it was ending its long-haul op- The courts, which had approved lion) in aggregated value. including that the Oslo-based com- its chief executive said Wednesday, erations and was focusing instead the plan, demanded that the airline In May 2020, the carrier got 3 bil- pany must get new capital from pri- adding it had “written history” as the on European destinations. The com- raise at least 4.5 billion kroner ($541 lion kroner ($361 million) in loan vate investors. ailing airline had struggled with fall- pany then presented a plan that cut million) as part of a program to guarantees from the Norwegian gov- Chief Financial Offi cer Geir out from the coronavirus pandemic its fl eet from 140 aircraft to about 50. emerge from bankruptcy protection ernment as part of a restructuring Karlsen told Norwegian news agen- In this file photo, Jacob Schram and a debt restructuring plan. In a statement, Norwegian said it in the two countries which happened plan. In January, the government in cy NTB that the last year, and espe- poses for the media after being an- CEO Jacob Schram said Norwe- had reduced its total debt by approxi- Wednesday. Oslo gave another a 1.5 billion kro- cially the past six months, had been nounced as the new CEO of Norwe- gian had “successfully” concluded mately 63-65 billion kroner ($7.5 bil- The airline, whose fl eet were ner ($180 million) in loans as long intense. gian Air Shuttle, in Oslo. Low-cost the plan after it raised 6 billion kro- lion-$7.8 billion) to around 20 billion mostly grounded as the pandemic as the ailing company raised at least “We have negotiated with 30-40 carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle ‘has ner ($721 million) through the sale kroner ($2.36 billion) under a plan has caused a near-total halt to global 4.5 billion kroner from other inves- large banks and several thousand been saved,’ top boss CEO Jacob of perpetual bonds, new shares and that had to be approved by bankruptcy travel, also terminated aircraft orders tors. The government put several creditors,” he was quoted as saying. Schram said on May 26. (AP) Small businesses

Continued from Page 8 There are varying estimates of the size of the on- line lending market for businesses, but it’s well into the dozens of billions of dollars and is expected to grow by double-digit percentages in the next few years. Investors and the financial services industry rec- ognize the potential value of online lenders; PayPal, which went public in 2015, has nearly doubled in price since before the PPP began, compared to a 20% gain in the S&P 500 index over the same time frame. Last year, American Express bought Kabbage, which offers banking services in addition to loans. The PPP raised the profile of online lenders like Pay- Pal and Square, says Karen Mills, who headed the SBA during the Obama administration and now is a research fellow at Harvard University. These companies based their lending on information in their own databases, payment histories being one example. “They were dteeply committed to the success and future of the small business segment, so they leaned in,” Mills says. When some small business clients of Kruze Consult- ing ran into roadblocks at their banks, the accounting firm recommended they try online lenders. All those clients got their loans and had good service. “They would use those online services again,” says Healy Jones, a vice president at the firm that has offices in California, New York and Texas. The PPP was a teachable moment for the accoun- tants as they saw widely varying performances from all the lenders. “We are really seeing it as a weighing mechanism to see which banks had the customer service and organi- zational chops to help clients during the crisis,” Jones says. For Grimes, online banks are in the best position to give him that kind of help because they once were startups. “They were a small business. They understand me. They are me,” he says.

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EU to donate 100mn doses Online ‘stars’ wooed to smear Pfi zer shot LE PECQ, France, May 26, (AP): Social media infl uencers in France with hundreds of thousands of followers say a mysteri- ous advertising agency offered to pay them if they agreed to smear Pfi zer’s COVID-19 vaccine with negative fake stories. French YouTuber Léo Grasset was among those contacted. He said Tuesday that he was offered a potentially lucrative but also hush-hush deal to make bogus claims that Pfi zer’s vaccine poses a deadly risk and that regulators and mainstream media are covering up the supposed dangers. Grasset, who has 1.1 million subscribers on YouTube, says he refused. Other France-based infl uencers with sizable audi- ences on Twitter, Instagram and other platforms also said they were contacted with similar offers of payment for posts. The person who contacted Grasset identifi ed himself as Anton and said his agency has a “quite considerable” budget for what he described as an “informa- tion campaign” about “COVID-19 and the vaccines offered to the European population, notably AstraZeneca and Pfi zer.” Specifi cally, Anton asked for a 45- to 60-second video on Instagram, TikTok or YouTube to say that “the mortal- ity rate of the Pfi zer vaccine is 3 times greater than the AstraZeneca” and que- rying why the European Union is buy- ing it. Grasset “This is a monopoly and is causing harm to public health,” Anton claimed of EU’s purchases. He refused in a follow-up email to divulge who is fi nanc- ing the disinformation campaign, saying: “The client prefers to remain incognito.” Grasset shared the email exchanges with The Associated Press. The smear effort drew a withering response from French Ismail Oncel, 76, (right), is administered a dose of the CoronaVac vaccine made by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd., by nurse Meltem Gulcan at his house in the vil- Health Minister Olivier Veran. lage of Gokce, in the district of Mardin, a culturally and historically diverse region in Turkey’s south, overlooking Mesopotamia and bordering Syria, May 21. The “It’s pathetic, it’s dangerous, it’s irresponsible and it doesn’t health worker is part of Turkey’s ‘vaccination persuasion’ teams, a recent initiative that aims to promote inoculation against the coronavirus among the country’s work,” he said. most vulnerable population. (AP) The person who contacted Grasset said he works for an advertising agency called Fazze. A website for Fazze used to give a London address but that had been scrubbed from the site on Tuesday. Companies House, where British fi rms are Coronavirus registered, has no record of Fazze. Campaign The AP sent emails requesting comment to a contact address listed on the website and to the email address used by Anton. Cases in fully vaccinated remain rare: CDC Neither elicited an immediate response. Anton’s emails included a password-protected link to a set of instructions in error-strewn English for the would-be cam- paign. Moderna shot works in adolescents It said infl uencers who agreed to take part shouldn’t say that they were being sponsored and should instead “present the ma- NEW YORK, May 26, (AP): Moderna terial as your own independent view.” said Tuesday its COVID-19 vaccine Other instructions were that infl uencers should say “that strongly protects kids as young as 12, a mainstream media ignores this theme” and should ask why step that could put the shot on track to Schools try pep-rally tactics governments are purchasing Pfi zer. become the second option for that age A trainee doctor in southern France with tens of thousands group in the US. of followers who was also approached for the smear effort told With global vaccine supplies still to get ‘students’ vaccinated French broadcaster BFMTV that he was offered more than tight, much of the world is struggling 2,000 euros ($3,000) for a 30-second video post. to vaccinate adults in the quest to end SAN DIEGO, May 26, (AP): A grow- There are many challenges. Grasset said that given the large size of his YouTube follow- the pandemic. But earlier this month, ing number of public schools are us- Depending on the state and even ing, he possibly might have earned tens of thousands of euros the US and Canada authorized another The moon rises as surfers wait for ing mascots, food trucks and prize county, minors may be required to (dollars) had he agreed to take part. waves in Sydney, May 26. A total lu- vaccine - the shot made by Pfi zer and giveaways to create a pep-rally at- have a parent present to get the Instead, he wrote back that “I can’t work for a client that nar eclipse, also known as a Super BioNTech - to be used starting at age mosphere aimed at encouraging stu- shot. Some parents may not be able won’t give its name and who asks me to hide the partnership.” Blood Moon, took place Wednesday 12. dents to get vaccinated against the to get away from work to do that. “Too many red fl ags,” Grasset said in an interview with AP. as the moon appears slightly reddish- Moderna aims to be next in line, coronavirus before summer vacation. Others are unsure about allowing “I decided not to do it.” orange in colour. (AP) saying it will submit its teen data to Districts from California to Michi- their kids to get a vaccine that only “They wanted me to talk about the Pfi zer vaccine in a way the US Food and Drug Administration gan are offering free prom tickets was approved for emergency use. that would be detrimental to the Pfi zer vaccine reputation,” he and other global regulators early next and deploying mobile vaccination Protests have popped up out- said. month. teams to schools to inoculate stu- side schools offering the vaccine, He said the disinformation effort drives home the need for The company studied more than dents 12 and up so everyone can discouraging kids who may already people “to be super, super cautious” about what they see on- 3,700 12- to 17-year-olds. Preliminary return to classrooms in the fall. be nervous. fi ndings showed the vaccine triggered They are also enlisting students Mission Bay High School in San line. who have gotten shots to press Diego provides an example of the “We creators on YouTube, on internet, Instagram, et cetera, the same signs of immune protection in their friends to do the same. mixed reaction among students. we are at the center of something going on like an information kids as it does in adults, and the same Officials are concerned that “I’m not getting it,” said Tatum war,” he said. “We, as creators, need to set our standards really kind of temporary side effects such as once school lets out, it will be even Merrill, 14, standing with friends high because it’s, I think, just the beginning.” sore arms, headache and fatigue. tougher to get enough teens vac- outside a mobile vaccine clinic at Meanwhile, EU leaders agreed Tuesday to donate at least There were no COVID-19 diag- cinated in time to guarantee wide- the school. “It was developed too 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to poorer nations by noses in those given two doses of the spread immunity on campuses. fast and is kind of sketchy. And I the end of the year as supplies steadily rise across Europe. Moderna vaccine compared with four The massive effort has just got- feel like the number of COVID cas- Gathered in Brussels for a two-day summit, the 27 leaders Kunkel Sheriff cases among kids given dummy shots. ten underway because it was only es is dying down so if everybody backed a text in which they pledge to continue efforts “to in- In a press release, the company also two weeks ago that federal regula- else has it, there may not be a need crease global vaccine production capacities in order to meet said the vaccine appeared 93% effec- tors authorized the Pfizer vaccine for me to have it.” global needs.” tive two weeks after the fi rst dose. for children 12 to 15. Younger chil- Her friend Brandon Cheeks, 15, Discovery While children are far less likely dren are not yet eligible. said he wants the vaccine, but his Progress than adults to get seriously ill from So far, about 14% of the nation’s mother is unsure. In the meantime, Leaders also called “for work to be stepped up to ensure COVID-19, they represent about 14% 15 million kids ages 12 to 15 have another 15-year-old, Laura Pilger, global equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines” and reiterated of the nation’s coronavirus cases. At received their first shot, according said she feels safer being back in People of color ‘exposed’ to heat: to the Centers for Disease Control school knowing that she and every- their support for the UN-backed COVAX program. COVAX In nearly every major city in the US, peo- least 316 have died in the US alone, according to a tally by the American and Prevention. Among 7.5 million one she knows is vaccinated. aims to ensure equitable access to COVID-19 shots for low- ple of color are exposed to more extreme teens ages 16 and 17, that number “A woman showed up and was and middle-income countries. urban heat than white people, a new study Academy of Pediatrics. goes up to 34%, and about 22% passing out flyers that said ‘your The program suffered a major setback last week when its found. With plenty of vaccine supply in the have had both shots, according to body, your choice’ but the message biggest supplier, the Serum Institute of India, announced it Using government temperature and US, younger teens fl ocked to get Pfi z- the latest figures released Monday. was not very welcomed,” Pilger would likely not export any more vaccines until the end of the census data, researchers examined the er’s shot in the days after FDA opened The doses are scheduled about said. “Why wouldn’t you want to get year due to the COVID-19 crisis on the subcontinent. distribution of heat islands - parts of cities it to them, part of a push to get as many three weeks apart. the vaccine?” Leaders acknowledged that vaccination has fi nally picked with higher average temperatures than the kids vaccinated as possible before the surrounding areas. The study, published next school year. up across their continent following a painfully slow start com- Tuesday in Nature Communications, pared with the successful drives in the US, Britain and Israel. Both Pfi zer and Moderna have be- the end of April, when 101 million reporting by 46 states and territories found that during the summer of 2017 in gun testing in even younger children, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen pre- nearly all large urban areas, the average Americans were fully vaccinated. Of and isn’t considered a complete tally sented data to the leaders suggesting that 300 million doses non-white person lived in a census tract from age 11 down to 6-month-old those, about 10,300 breakthrough in- of all breakthrough infections that may will have been delivered in the region by the end of May, with with higher heat island intensity. babies. This testing is more complex: fections were reported - that’s about have occurred. Health offi cials say no about 46% of the adult population in the bloc of 450 million Glenn Sheriff, a co-author of the study Teens receive the same dose as adults, 1 infection in every 10,000 fully vac- vaccine is perfect and infections were getting at least a fi rst dose of vaccine. and environmental economics professor but researchers are testing smaller dos- cinated people, based on the available expected in some vaccinated people. But as vaccination campaigns continue to progress in the at Arizona State University, was surprised es in younger children. Experts hope to data. The CDC stopped reporting a total Western world, poorer countries are struggling to acquire sup- to fi nd such pervasive disparities: It was see some results in the fall. Nearly two-thirds were women, and number at the end of April but has plies. During a health summit in Rome last week, Italian Pre- seen in all but six of the country’s 175 Meanwhile, US health offi cials say the median age of all cases was 58. been posting weekly updates on break- mier Mario Draghi said that nearly 1.5 billion vaccine doses largest urban areas. coronavirus cases in fully vaccinated About 25% of the infections involved through infections that resulted in hos- have been administered in over 180 countries worldwide. Yet “I expected to see that people of color people remain rare. people who didn’t have symptoms. pitalization and deaths. As of May 17, only 0.3% were in low-income countries, while richer coun- had a higher exposure to this heat island The Centers for Disease Control and About 10% were hospitalized and the CDC listed reports of about 1,800 tries administered around 85%. effect in maybe a majority of cities,” Prevention on Tuesday issued a report about 2% died. hospitalizations and 350 deaths. In addition to the donation of shots, leaders pledged to help Sheriff said. “But what we found was that on these “breakthrough” cases through The report is based on voluntary something like 97% of the cities had these countries in need to develop vaccine production locally. disparities.” It was unclear which vaccines from the EU’s portfolio The researchers used heat islands as would be donated. Coronavirus vaccines authorized by the Eu- a proxy for exposure to extreme heat. ‘Busy Atlantic storm season’: The The National Oceanic and Atmos- will become hurricanes and three to fi ve ropean Medicines Agency, the bloc’s drug regulator, include These places are usually landlocked and Atlantic hurricane season will be busier pheric Administration forecasted that the Pfi zer, Moderna, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson. will be major hurricanes with winds of laden with concrete, with little to no grass, than normal, but it’s unlikely to be as hurricane season, which runs from June more than 110 mph (177 kilometers per The agreement came after the US said earlier this month it trees or bushes. Because of this, they typi- crazy as 2020’s record-shattering year, through November, will see 13 to 20 will share an additional 20 million doses of COVID-19 vac- hour), the agency predicted. cally attract and retain more heat than meteorologists has said. named storms. Six to 10 of those storms Since 1990, a typical season sees 14 cines with the world on top of a prior commitment to share surrounding areas. With climate change named storms, seven hurricanes and three about 60 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine. warming the planet, heat islands have major hurricanes - a climate normal that been an increasingly scrutinized by envi- The EU plans to have the trans-border passes up and run- has increased in recent decades. There’s ning by July 1. They will be delivered to EU residents who ronmental scientists over the last decade. “The physics behind the urban heat a 60% chance that this hurricane season can prove they have been vaccinated, as well as those who will be busier than normal and only a 10% tested negative for the virus or have proof they recovered from island means that the strongest tempera- ture increases occur in the central parts of chance it will be below normal, NOAA COVID-19, and should serve to avoid quarantines and more said. testing upon arrival. urban areas,” said Ken Kunkel, a senior scientist with the National Oceanic and Lead agency forecaster Matthew Ros- Also: Atmospheric Administration who was not encrans said the season looks to be busy involved with the study. because of warmer water, which fuels MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s top diplomat said Tuesday that ship- People living in or near heat islands storms; reduced cross winds that decapi- ments of a long-delayed lot of AstraZeneca vaccines will fi - can experience hotter days, less night- tate storms; and more seeds of stormy nally be sent to Argentina this weekend. time cooling and higher air pollution than weather coming off the coast of Africa. Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said about surrounding areas. Those conditions can There is also no El Nino weather event, 800,000 doses will be fl own to Argentina. Mexico will get contribute to heat-related deaths and ill- the natural temporary warming of the cen- a similar amount, and he expressed hopes that later shipments nesses such as stroke, respiratory diffi - tral Pacifi c that squelches Atlantic hurri- can be sent to other Latin American countries. culty, cramps and exhaustion, according cane activity, he said. The effort to fi ll and fi nish the vaccines at a Mexican plant to the Environmental Protection Agency. Atlantic waters are nearly 0.68 degrees took almost three months longer than originally expected. In addition to fi nding disparities be- (0.38 degrees Celsius) warmer than nor- Ebrard acknowledged Tuesday it had been “a long, com- tween people of color and whites, Sher- mal, which is not as hot as 2020 when plex, hazardous process,” adding “we now fi nally, at last have iff and his colleagues also found that the they were 1 degree (0.56 degrees Celsius) this vaccine available.” average person of color is exposed to a above normal, Rosencrans said. The vaccines were produced in bulk in Argentina and sent higher heat island intensity than the aver- Last year, there were 30 named storms to Mexico for bottling. But the Mexican plant ran into prob- age person living below poverty. 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In“PartII,”thesurvivingAbbottsareforcedto ling, Pitt’sattorneyssaid,“Ouderkirkhas Proceeding “She immediatelycoveredhermouthandwas Before Krasinskihadevensharedhisscriptwith “I knewthatshecouldcarrytheentirefranchise,” In thefi “If thefi Krasinski’s idea:MakeSimmonds’characterthe most undeniableidea.” what theywanted.ButJohnjustthencameupwiththe one, whetherwewereapartofitornot.Ithinkthatwas terview lastyear.“Paramountsaidwe’regoingtomake rally, grew. on a$17millionbudget.Pressureforsequel,natu- by sound.Itwasahit,grossing$340millionglobally hypersensitive hearingstalktheland,ruthlesslyhunting in anupstateNewYorkdystopiawherecreatureswith Blunt, MillicentSimmonds,NoahJupeandaninfant) ski, followedtheAbbottfamily(playedbyKrasinski, our movieis.” those thingsatthesametime,”hesays.“Butthat’swhat “I waslike,no,justpreserveit,”Bluntsaidinanin- “A QuietPlace,”writtenanddirectedbyKrasin- “It’s defi gures outawaytodefeatthecreaturesbyus- rst onewasalovelettertomykids,thisone’s rst “AQuietPlace,”Simmonds’character, Friday that literary prize. nation’s largestundergraduate strating the best potential for future strating the bestpotentialfor future to thegraduatingsenior demon- Shore writerisawarded eachyear The prizenamedfor anEastern which isworth$65,580 thisyear. Smyrna wonthe nitely thrillingandnerve-wrackingall Washington College announced Washington Collegeannounced Family Justin Nash lm, shegrowsevenbolder S ophie Kerr Prize, ophie KerrPrize, , 22, of , 22,of single whileotherissuesremained,includingfi yers askedforajudgmentthatallowedmarriedcoupletobedeclared for divorce.TheyweredeclareddivorcedinApril2019,aftertheirlaw- ples for12years.TheyhadbeenmarriedtwoyearswhenJoliefi made fi ness relationshipwithoneofPitt’sattorneys. chose tomaintaintheirprivacy,arguingthathehasanimproperbusi- working withJolieonpolicyissues. said Harvey,aformerattorneygeneralofNewJerseywhohasbeen ensure thatotherfamiliesdonotexperiencewhathershasendured,” both healherfamilyandtofi to custodyissues. prompted hertotakeamoreactiveroleinchangingthelaw’sapproach ings. ceedings areunderseal. ation iscomplicatedandhecan’tgointodetailbecausethecourtpro- directly involved,saidtheactress“supportsjointcustody”butsitu- have beenmadethatnotpublic. of sixfi school offi achievement inaliteraryendeavor, ing. Hehopes tobecomean editor Union andhasinterned inpublish- president ofthecampus Writers’ and journals.Hewas thevice chief ofcampusliterary magazines minors hasservedaseditor-in- Jolie, 45,andPitt,57,wereamongHollywood’smostprominentcou- She saidinMonday’sfi Jolie hassoughttodisqualifyOuderkirk,aprivatejudgesheandPitt “Ms. Joliehasbeenworkingprivatelyforfourandahalfyearsto Harvey toldTheAssociatedPressthatJolie’sfamilystruggleshave Divorce lawyersforbothsidesdeclinedtocommentonthenewfi Peter Harvey,alawyerforJoliewhoisclosetothecasebutnot The Englishmajorwiththree nal byOuderkirk,shewillappealit. nalists this year. nalists thisyear. and useitasanadvantage.” I’m unique.Ihavesomethingtoofferandcantakethat I wasabletolookatmyselfandsay:I’mnotbroken. Simmonds. Thatgavemeanewperspectiveonmyself. — allofherdefi second fi deaf? WhatifIwasaquote-unquote‘normalperson?’ enced personally.Ithoughttomyself:Whatifwasn’t happened tothefamily.That’ssomethingthatIexperi- critical andblamedherselfforalotofthethingsthat fi confi ing Reganreallyhelpedmebecausewasvery monds saysthroughaninterpreterbyZoom.“Butplay- into thebackgroundalittlemorethanRegan,”Sim- greater confi taneously drewfromherownstrengthandencouraged tunity butresolvedtodoherbestinarolethatsimul- Haynes’ “Wonderstruck,”wassurprisedbytheoppor- up withsomewheretogo.”(AP) “Finally,” hetoldacrowdinCleveland,“I’malldressed some ofthecommunalexcitementgoingtomovies. traveling nationwidetosurprisemoviegoersandrekindle Paramount+. Butintheweekbeforerelease,Krasinskiis have ashorter,45-dayrunintheatersbeforestreaming,on are alsopossible. turned inhisscript.Morefi ols (“Mud,”“TakeShelter”),whoKrasinskisaysjust writing anddirectingathirdinstallmenttoJeffNich- says Simmonds. be shockedatfrontingasummerblockbuster. right direction—andthatpeoplelikeherselfshouldn’t reading, believesthemovieindustryisprogressingin demic helpedcreatetransparentfacemaskstoaidinlip- the upcoming“CODA.”Simmons,whoduringpan- impairment, includinglastyear’s“SoundofMetal”and tically anddynamicallyrepresentcharacterswithhearing a life-saver,arepartofsurgerecentfi cials said. Nash was one cials said.Nashwas one rstfi The two“AQuietPlace”fi “But whenReganbecamethispowerhouseinthe “As aperson,I’mlittlebitmoreshy.Imightfade Simmonds, the18-year-oldwhostarredinTodd Like mostupcomingfi After “AQuietPlacePartII,”Krasinskiwillpass “We needtostartaskingourselves:Whynotme?” dent inherself,andthatreallyaffectedme. Inthe Quiet PlacePartII.’(AP) lm,shewasn’tasconfi lm, Irealizedthatshewasusingwhathad dence inherself. ling thatifthetentativecustodydecisionis cits, ifyouwill—asstrengths,”says ght forimprovementstothesystem lms, “A Quiet Place Part II” will lms, “AQuietPlacePartII”will lms beyondthat,hegrants, lms, where sign language is lms, wheresignlanguageis Nash said. (AP) raised andwhereI wasraised,” desire. subjects likerural life, deathand on afarminSmyrna,focuses reports thatNash,whogrewup one day. with anonprofi dent.Shewashighlyself- “I doowethattohow Iwas The WilmingtonNewsJournal nances andchildcustody. lms thatauthen- t publishingpress led led l- ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021 NEWS/FEATURES 13

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‘Acting save my life’ McCarthy ‘taps’ into 80s era with memoir NEW YORK, May 26, (AP): Andrew McCarthy admits he “fl ed” from his shaggy-haired 1980’s per- sona and didn’t look back for decades. Much like the slouchy blazers he wore in movies like “Pretty in Pink” and “St. Elmo’s Fire,” that Brat Pack moni- ker and image never really fi t. But time has put a soft fi lter on that era for the actor and he’s ready to refl ect on his early days as a movie star in his new memoir, “Brat: An 80’s Story,” which debuted ear- lier this month. Now a TV director, acclaimed travel writer, and best-selling author, McCarthy has been busy in re- cent years, if under the radar. He decided it was the right time to look back on his early life in acting and share stories about his adven- tures in Hollywood, compli- cated family relationships, addiction and recovery. The book helps explain the evolution of the Brat Pack — a group of young actors in- cluding Molly Ringwald and Judd Nelson who dominated movies in the 1980’s and set cultural trends — and how McCarthy and others swept McCarthy into its vortex became the nostalgic “avatar of people’s youth.” In a recent interview with The Associated Press, he discussed reconciling his Brat Pack membership, his kids choosing to act, and which of his movies should be remade. Responses have been condensed for brevity and clarity. AP: Why write the book now? McCarthy: I think I probably grew up enough to look at it. It was certainly one of, if not the defi ning, This image released by Amazon shows singer Pink performing in a scene from her documentary, ‘Pink: All I Know So Far,’ which debuted May 21 on Prime Video. (AP) sort of moments in my life. My life changed because of that. And we wouldn’t be talking if those couple of years hadn’t happened. I think it came at me so quickly when I was young that I just sort of fl ed from it and it took me just a long time to sort of go, “Let’s look under that rock.” It was actually quite liberat- Music ing to me. AP: Some may be surprised to read about your alcohol abuse during that time. Was that diffi cult to write about? Docu takes viewers back to ‘Beautiful Trauma’ tour McCarthy: There were three things that were dominant in my life in that period in the 80’s. If I was going to capture it, I needed to look at all three of them, which was being successful in movies, my After 2 decades, Pink still a rockstar drinking and my relationship with my father. If you wrote about any two, without the other one, it’s in- NEW YORK, May 26, (AP): Pink stadiums would be a full-time mom. In an interview with The Asso- complete, like a stool that would have tipped over. It is grappling with the fact that her He had never seen that before and ciated Press, Pink talks about her felt like I had to sort of address that. 9-year-old daughter, Willow, with thought it was a story worth telling. aerial silks routine, acting and what AP: You explain the evolution of the Brat Pack. husband Carey Hart, is on the cusp After I thought about it, I was like, she thinks of a possible “Lady Mar- How do you look at that now? of the tween years. ‘Well, there’s not a lot of women malade ” redo. McCarthy: I’m a pretty solitary person in many “It’s still the salad days, she’s still headlining stadiums and there’s cer- AP: You’re known for performing ways, and so I wasn’t in the center of a group of my baby,” said Pink in an interview tainly not a lot of women touring aerial silks in your performances and friends. And I lived in New York, they all lived in over Zoom. “But she’s starting to the world with their family.’ I just doing acrobatics. Do you foresee a LA, and they were very nice to me. I didn’t feel al- ask me questions about deodorant thought it was a time stamp... and time you’d want to give that up? ienated by them, I felt a bit alienated from them, just and bras.” As if on cue, a siren blares something for the kids to watch one Pink: I’ll always want to. It’s just because that’s my nature... And I suppose it took me in the background. “And there’s my day when they’ve built this narrative if people are going to want to see that so many years to write the book, to really come to This cover image released by Grand ambulance,” she deadpans. in their head about how they weren’t stuffed into a leotard. I mean, that’s terms with that, what that whole notion of the Brat Central Publishing shows ‘Brat: An Pack was and became and is, because I think they’re 80s Story’ by Andrew McCarthy. (AP) Willow Sage and son, Jameson loved or cared for.” the real question, isn’t it? (Laughs.) very different things. When I started, it was cast in Moon, are a huge creative inspira- It’s a busy time for Pink, who AP: You co-starred with Gwyneth this very sort of pejorative way. And it’s evolved tion for the singer, whose real name also has a new song called ”All I Paltrow, Josh Gad and Mark Ruf- over time to be this kind of nostalgic memory of is Alecia Moore. Earlier this year Know So Far,” and received the falo in the 2012 movie “Thanks for youth that we all our generation looks back on so she released a single called “Cover Icon Award at the Billboard Music Sharing.” Would you ever want to fondly. And I’m sort of the avatar of people’s youth Me In Sunshine” featuring Willow’s Awards. Past recipients include Jen- act again? in a certain way... It took me a long time to kind vocals, which Pink says happened nifer Lopez, Janet Jackson and Ma- Pink: No, it’s excruciating. I of embrace that notion, but that’s sort of a beautiful organically. riah Carey. mean, I would do Broadway, that thing. “She was in the room when I was “I wish I could feel it more,” said kind of acting, even though that’s AP: You include some fun stories about being recording. She liked the song and Pink of the honor, adding she’s too also excruciating, but no. I don’t young in Hollywood. When was the moment you was humming, and she has such a self-deprecating to keep from poking want to see this (points to face) in hi- most wondered “How did I get here?” cute, pretty little voice. I was like, fun at herself. “I’m like, ‘Oh, it’s the def any more than I have to (laughs.) McCarthy: Early on, getting my first movie ‘You want to sing on it?’ She’s like, old lady award,’ because Cher gave AP: Speaking of Broadway, you and suddenly doing love scenes with Jacqueline ‘Sure.’” it to Garth Brooks last year. I’m like, worked with the “Dear Evan Hans- Bisset, that was like, “Oh my God, what just hap- Cena Cotton In the new documentary “Pink: ‘Wait a minute, I’m 41, not 70.’ But en” songwriters — Benj Pasek and pened to me?” After that, everything else sort of All I Know So Far,” debuted May at the end of the day, I guess two Justin Paul — on the “All I Know So paled in the degree of “How did I get from here 21 on Prime Video, viewers go decades (in music) is a big deal and I Far” single. What was that like? to there?” Variety back to 2019 for Pink’s “Beauti- want to be able to take it in.” Pink: They’re freaking awesome. AP: Your teen daughter and son are both acting. ful Trauma” world tour with Hart, Pink says she’s “horrible” at ac- I loved “The Greatest Showman” so How do you feel about that choice? Willow and Jameson in tow. The ceptance speeches because she feels much, and “Dear Evan Hansen” and McCarthy: Acting save my life, you know? It al- MILAN: Milan Fashion Week will kids join her for rehearsals, she “awkward” and says her “jokes get “La La Land.” They’re such good most cost me my life in a certain way, but it saved remain mostly digital for menswear wrangles them for bedtime and bad,” but she made a pretty memo- storytellers and I’m a theater geek. my life. It gave me a place in the world. I felt like previews in June, with just three fashion feels guilty when Willow vents that rable one in 2017 at the MTV Video AP: There’s talk of a “Lady me when I did it. And I’d never felt that way before I houses opting to host guests in their did it. And I was able to locate myself in acting. And showrooms as international travel just Jameson, a toddler at the time, gets Music Awards. While accepting an- Marmalade” re-record with names if someone else feels that way, who am I to tell them begins to resume amid the lifting of all the attention. other prestigious award, the Michael including Miley Cyrus and Halsey not to do that? My kids certainly didn’t grow up with coronavirus restrictions. “I wasn’t sure anybody would Jackson Video Vanguard Award, singing your part. What do you think any illusions about how glamorous and wonderful it Giorgio Armani, Dolce & Gabbana want to see that,” said Pink of the she spoke to Willow, who was in the of that? all is, because it’s a job. and Etro plan to present live shows with concept of capturing mom life on audience with her dad, about the im- Pink: It would be amazing. Why AP: How do you view your 80’s movies and guests during fashion week, which is camera, but her director, Michael portance of authenticity and not con- not? I saw Miley do “Silent Night.” should they be remade? scheduled for June 18-22. A total of 63 Gracey, convinced her it was some- forming to conventional standards That girl could sing the phone book brands are preparing new collections for thing to see. of beauty. The speech is included on to me. She’s so good. Her voice is so McCarthy: Those movies suddenly took young the spring-summer 2022 previews. people seriously in a way that movies hadn’t really, The Milan fashion chamber on “He thought it was fascinating the live album “All I Know So Far soulful and Halsey’s rad, too. I think that their struggles and their emotional life — which Tuesday projected a 15%-20% increase that someone that was headlining Setlist.” it’d be cool. is massive — it was valid and real. And I think we in 2021 revenues compared with 2020, kind of take that for granted now, whereas in those when revenues for clothing generated by days that was not represented before in fi lm. So that Italian fashion houses plunged by nearly “In one interview, I made a mistake,” mistake, I really apologize for it.” in China, which considers the self-gov- was a big revelation… But if people want to remake a quarter to 51.5 billion euros ($63 bil- he said in heavily accented Mandarin In his interview with TVBS, a Tai- erning democracy its own territory to be them it wouldn’t matter to me. I think “St. Elmo’s lion) due to the effects of the pandemic. Chinese. “I need to say now that this is wanese cable channel, Cena was also taken back by force if necessary. Fire”… pick up those guys 30 years later, they’re Adding in eyewear, jewelry and very, very, very, very, very important. I speaking in Mandarin when he said It was unclear if Cena’s apology all old and fat, you know? (laughs) The only one cosmetics, Italian brands are expected love and respect China and the Chinese Taiwan would be the fi rst “country” to be worked, as many comments on Chinese that probably should be remade is “Weekend at to generate over 80 billion euros ($98 people. I’m very, very sorry. As for my able to see the fi lm. That led to an uproar social media in response to his video Bernie’s.” (laughs) billion) in income, an increase of 17% were negative. Likewise, Cena was also over 2020. facing scorn back in the United States, Also: “It is a good sign, better than we ex- where Sen Tom Cotton called the apol- pected,’’ Italian National Fashion Cham- ogy “pathetic” and others lashed out at NEW YORK: Filmmaker-actor Ron Howard and ac- ber President Carlo Capasa said. “We him on social media as a “coward.” tor Clint Howard, brothers, former child stars and should close 10% lower than 2019, but it Global companies and celebrities seek- fellow Hollywood veterans, will now share their looks like a net recovery, and we hope to ing to maintain access to the lucrative unusual story in book-length form. return to our usual levels in 2022.” Chinese market have to tread a fi ne line The Howards have a deal with William Morrow While luxury was one of the hardest- on many issues as online nationalistic for “The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Fam- hit sectors during the pandemic, Capasa outrage can spark boycotts. ily,” scheduled to come out Oct 12. According to underlined that fashion was one of the China has increasingly pressured William Morrow, a HarperCollins Publishers im- most dynamic in March among Italian foreign fi rms over their statements on print, the book will help answer a perennial question industries. He noted that orders still had Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Tibet, the asked of Ron Howard: What was it like to grow up not reached hoped-for levels, indicating a South China Sea and other issues Beijing on television? level of “prudence” in the market. (AP) considers sensitive. ❑ ❑ ❑ Airlines and other multinational “In ‘The Boys,’ he and his younger brother, Clint, companies have been pushed to refer examine their childhoods in detail for the fi rst time,” TAIPEI, Taiwan: Actor and profession- to Taiwan as a part of China on their the publisher’s statement Monday reads in part. “For al wrestler John Cena has apologized websites or risk damage to their business Ron, playing Opie on ‘The Andy Griffi th Show’ to fans in China after he called Taiwan in China. and Richie Cunningham on ‘Happy Days’ offered a country in a promotional interview for Chinese state broadcaster CCTV cut fame, joy, and opportunity — but also invited stress his upcoming fi lm and became the latest ties with the NBA for a year in response and bullying. For Clint, a fast start on such programs celebrity to face the fury of Chinese to a tweet by Houston Rockets general as ‘Gentle Ben’ and ‘Star Trek’ petered out in ado- nationalists. manager Daryl Morey backing pro-de- lescence, with some tough consequences and les- In a short video posted Tuesday on mocracy protesters in Hong Kong, even sons.” Chinese social media site Weibo, Cena though the post was quickly deleted. According to the Howards, “The Boys” was fi rst did not refer to Taiwan or go into much News about Chloe Zhao, a Chinese detail about the incident, which occurred Chrissie Hynde, of the Pretenders, performs at the Arroyo Seco Music Festival director, winning an Oscar was censored in inspired by the death of their father, actor Rance earlier this month when he was doing a in Pasadena, Calif on June 23, 2018. Hynde is featured in ‘1971: The Year That April after old interviews surfaced where Howard. promotion for “Fast & Furious 9” with Music Changed Everything,’ an eight-part documentary series that premiered she said that she grew up in a place where Taiwanese media. May 21 on the Apple+ streaming service. (AP) there were “lies” everywhere. (AP) ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021 SPORTS 14

Hosts win by 103 runs Maple Leafs blank Canadiens Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka to secure first ODI series victory DHAKA, Bangladesh, May 26, Mahmudullah, who scored 54 in for a 3-1 lead in playoff series (AP): Mushfi qur Rahim hit his the previous match, also was on the eighth ODI century as Bangladesh verge of his second straight 50, but secured its fi rst ODI series victory his premeditated paddle sweep cost over Sri Lanka with a 103-run win his wicket as he was 41 off 58 with by DLS method in the rain-interrupt- one four and two sixes. ed second match. Mushfi qur was on 85 and 96 respec- In an innings twice halted by rain, tively when the rain halted the game the wicket-keeper batsman scored twice as Sri Lanka was on top, leaving 125 off 127 balls with 10 fours as Bangladesh 184-7 in the 38th over. Bangladesh was bowled out for 246 Mushfi qur reached deserving cen- in 48.1 overs. It was Bangladesh’s tury off 114 balls with a glance to- fi rst series victory against Sri Lanka ward fi ne leg for boundary off Cha- across three formats. meera. “It’s good to win the series, but Saifuddin, who was run out for 11, we haven’t played our perfect game was struck on his helmet by a Cha- yet,” Bangla- meera delivery and Taskin Ahmed desh captain Ta- replaced him as concussion sub. mim Iqbal said. “We lost a lot of wickets and CRICKET 200 was looking diffi cult at one Chameera and Sandakan point. Mush- claimed three wickets apiece fi qur’s innings for Sri Lanka while Isuru Udana was really good picked up two. and Mahmudul- “It’s very disappointing,” Sri Lan- lah chipped in ka captain Kusal Perera said. “Lack as well. We still Rahim of experience cost us a lot, middle- haven’t nailed it yet. Hope to play order collapses cost us in both well in the third match.” games. Our players have to back Sri Lanka was 126-9 after 38 overs their strengths and believe in them- when rain interrupted the game for selves, and play fearless cricket.” a third time. Sri Lanka was set a Sri Lanka made a cautious start revised target of 245 in 40 overs, but Bangladesh bowlers made regu- meaning it needed 119 runs from the lar inroads to be on top always. fi nal two overs. The visitors ended Shoriful Islam (1-30) dismissed on 141-9. captain Kusal Perera (14) for his debut Bangladesh won by 33 runs on wicket to kick things off. The spinners Sunday in the fi rst of their three- then took center stage with the wicket match series. The fi nal match is on increasingly slowing down. Friday. Left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan Mushfi qur, who scored 84 in the (2-38) and offspinner Mehidy Hasan Toronto Maple Leafs’ Zach Hyman tries a wrap-around on Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price as teammates Ben Chiarot, left, and Shea Weber fi rst match, helped Bangladesh re- (3-28) ripped through Sri Lanka’s pressure during the second period of Game 4 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series, on May 25, in Montreal. (AP) cover from a shaky start after Tamim middle order. Pacer Mustafi zur opted to bat fi rst. Rahman ended with 3-16. Opener Sri Lanka fast bowler Dushmantha Danushka Gunathilaka was the Staal scores in OT, lifts Hurricanes past Predators Chameera utilized the early moisture top scorer for the side with 24 and of the wicket well to swing the ball Pathum Nissanka made 20. Udana in both ways. was not out on 18. MONTREAL, May 26, Campbell stopped Eric Staal at the (38 years, 222 days). Ryan Johansen for position just out- His inswinger accounted both other end on the next shift before Joel The goal was Toronto’s third with side the crease when Brett Pesce fi red (AP): Jack Campbell made Armia fanned on a great chance later in a shot toward Juuse Saros on a 4-on- Tamim and Shakib Al Hasan in the the man advantage in the series after space of three balls in the second 32 saves in his first playoff the period. The Maple Leafs broke the fi nishing the regular season a dismal 5 4 sequence. Saros made the stop and other way with Galchenyuk sending a for 73 on the power play. poked the puck forward, but Carolina’s over, leaving Bangladesh 15-2. shutout, Alex Galchenyuk Chameera reviewed his leg-before set up two goals and scored pass to Spezza, who scored his second Montreal’s power play - 0 for 11 in captain batted the puck out of the air of the series on a 2-on-1 at 12:28. the series after two failed man advan- and past Saros to seal the win. wicket appeal against Tamim, who into the empty net against tages in the fi rst - got another oppor- Staal gave a yell and immediately skat- scored 13, successfully to overturn his former team, and the tunity late in the period, but Brendan ed backward with his arms outstretched the umpire’s decision. Later, he got ICE HOCKEY Shakib (0) via leg-before also. Toronto Maple Leafs beat Gallagher’s shot that beat Campbell until he reached the boards, where his clanked off the post. teammates mobbed him in front of a roar- Out-of-form Liton Das struggled the Montreal Canadiens The North Division’s No. 1 seed, A healthy scratch in Game 1, Gal- ing home crowd of 12,000. to make 25 off 42, with two fours 4-0 for a 3-1 lead in their Toronto kept the pressure on, and chenyuk scored into an empty net for Staal’s score ended what was the before left-arm spinner Lakshan first-round series. Thornton made it 3-0 just 2:28 later on the fi rst three-point playoff game of his third straight game to go to extra time, Sandakan got the better of him with a power play when he redirected a feed career. with the Predators winning a pair of a delivery that turned sharply. Jason Spezza had a goal and an from Spezza at the side of Price’s net. grueling double-overtime contests in Mushfi qur and Mahmudullah At 41 years and 327 days, the veteran Hurricanes 3, Predators 2 Games 3 and 4 in the best-of-seven assist and William Nylander and shared a fi fth-wicket stand of 87 to Goaltenders Cal Petersen of the Joe Thornton also scored for To- forward became the oldest Toronto In Raleigh, N.C., Jordan Staal series. This one, however, moved the help Bangladesh hit back. Mushfi qur scored off a rebound at 2:03 of over- US makes a save during the Ice ronto, which can wrap up the best- player to record a playoff point, pass- Hurricanes within a win of closing it reached his half-century by slog- Hockey World Championship group ing both Ron Francis and the late Allan time to give the Carolina Hurricanes out and advancing in the postseason. sweeping Sandakan for two off 70 B match between United States of-seven series at home Thursday Stanley (both 41 years, 62 days). a 3-2 come-from-behind victory over They’ll get that chance on the road in Game 5. Alexander Kerfoot had balls. and Kazakhstan at the Arena in Thornton also became the oldest the Nashville Predators for a 3-2 lead in Game 6 on Thursday night. Riga, Latvia, on May 25. (AP) three assists. Maple Leafs player to score in the in the fi rst-round playoff series. Martin Necas scored twice for Hur- Carey Price stopped 24 shots for postseason, passing Patrick Marleau Staal was jostling with Nashville’s ricanes. Yakov Trenin had two goals Montreal. The Canadiens have scored for Nashville. just four times in 12 periods against The Hurricanes fl irted with becom- Petersen makes 18 saves as Campbell in the fi rst playoff series be- ing the fi rst team to lose on home-ice tween the teams since 1979. in the series on a tough night that in- The Leafs, who won consecutive cluded having a second-period goal US top Kazakhstan at worlds post-season games in Montreal for the disallowed after a Nashville challenge fi rst time since the 1967 Stanley Cup for goaltender interference. They RIGA, Latvia, May 26, (AP): Los the win,” coach Jack Capuano said. fi nal on the heels of Monday’s 2-1 vic- trailed 2-1 midway through the third Angeles Kings goaltender Cal Pe- “This is a fun group to be around. tory, haven’t advanced to the second period before Necas scored his second tersen made 18 saves and the United A lot of them are playing their fi rst round since 2004. goal on a terrifi c individual effort. States beat Kazakhstan 3-0 to im- time internationally and their pride Toronto is 11-1 all-time when lead- Necas charged up the ice on a one- prove to 2-1 at the IIHF world cham- and work ethic shows.” ing a series 3-1 - a situation the Maple man push, speeding past Matt Duchene pionship. Kazakhstan lost for the fi rst time Leafs haven’t found themselves in to get behind the net and beat Saros in the tournament after winning its since 1987. with a wraparound score at 12:55 that ICE HOCKEY fi rst two group-play games in over- If the Canadiens can force a Game sent a jolt through the Hurricanes line- time. Goaltender Nikita Boyarkin 6 in Montreal on Saturday, the Que- up and rowdy home crowd. fi nished with 49 saves. bec government will allow 2,500 fans Necas’ fi rst goal came when he into the Bell Centre, which would be buzzed a puck over Saros’ left shoul- Kings teammate Trevor Moore, de- Denmark needed an overtime the fi rst NHL crowd in Canada since der and by his helmet for the fi rst-peri- fenseman Adam Clendening and for- goal from Markus Lauridsen to beat the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in od score on the power play. ward Jack Drury scored for the U.S., Great Britain 3-2 in overtime. Julian March 2020. Trenin scored twice to lead the Preda- which set a team world championship Jakobsen and Nicklas Jensen also Toronto opened the scoring 1:27 tors’ offense, while Saros turned in yet record for shots in a period with 25 in scored for the Danes. into the second period when Nyland- another steady performance in net that the fi rst and fi nished with 52. Kings forward Adrian Kempe er scored his fourth goal in as many Carolina Hurricanes defenseman Jani Hakanpaa (58) and Nashville Preda- continued to befuddle Carolina’s skaters. “We knew Kazakhstan would be a and Buffalo Sabres forward Victor games in the series after taking a slick tors center Yakov Trenin (13) skate for the puck during the first period in He fi nished with 34 saves after racking up tight defensive team, and I’m proud Olofsson were among Sweden’s goal behind-the-back feed in tight from Game 5 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series in Ra- 110 stops through the two double-over- of the way our guys were able to ad- scorers in a 7-0 blowout of Switzer- Galchenyuk on an odd-man rush. leigh, N.C., on May 25. (AP) time wins that knotted the series at 2-2. just our structure and come out with land and Finland beat Norway 5-2. ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021 SPORTS 15 Rays’ 11-game streak halted by Royals

Giolito, White Sox beat Flaherty, Cardinals 8-3 in HS reunion

ST. PETERSBURG, Flor- ida, May 26, (AP): The MLB Results/Standings Tampa Bay Rays’ 11-game winning streak came to an end when Brad Keller WASHINGTON, May 26, (AP): Re- sults and standings from the MLB pitched seven strong in- games on Tuesday. nings and Salvador Perez Kansas City 2 Tampa Bay 1 Cleveland 4 Detroit 1 hit a tiebreaking RBI sin- Toronto 6 NY Yankees 2 Atlanta 3 Boston 1 gle to give the Kansas City Minnesota 7 Baltimore 4 Chic. White Sox 8 St Louis 3 Royals a 2-1 victory. LA Dodgers 9 Houston 2 Rich Hill struck out a career- LA Angels 11 Texas 5 Seattle 4 Oakland 3 high 13 for the Rays. Tampa Bay’s Philadelphia 2 Miami 0 winning string was the second-lon- Chicago Cubs 4 Pittsburgh 3 Cincinnati 2 Washington 1 gest in club history, one shy of the NY Mets 3 Colorado 1 record set in 2004 by the then-Dev- San Diego 7 Milwaukee 1 il Rays managed by Lou Piniella. San Francisco 8 Arizona 0 American League Keller (4-4) allowed one run, four East Division hits, four walks and struck out seven. W L Pct GB Jake Brentz went 1 1/3 innings before Tampa Bay 30 20 .600 _ Boston 29 20 .592 -1/2 Kyle Zimmer got two outs to get his New York 28 20 .583 1 second save. Toronto 24 23 .511 4-1/2 Perez put the Royals up 2-1 on a Baltimore 17 31 .354 12 sixth-inning single off Hill (3-2). Central Division W L Pct GB Hill became the oldest player to Chicago 28 19 .596 _ appear in a game with the Rays at 41 Cleveland 26 20 .565 1-1/2 years, 75 days. Hall of Famer Wade Kansas City 23 23 .500 4-1/2 Minnesota 19 29 .396 9-1/2 Boggs was 41 years, 73 days old when Detroit 18 30 .375 10-1/2 he played his fi nal game on Aug. 27, West Division 1999. W L Pct GB Oakland 28 22 .560 _ White Sox 8, Cardinals 3 Houston 26 22 .542 1 In Chicago, Lucas Giolito beat Jack Seattle 23 26 .469 4-1/2 Texas 22 28 .440 6 Flaherty in a major league matchup of Los Angeles 21 27 .438 6 former high school teammates, leading National League Chicago over sloppy St. Louis. East Division The Harvard-Westlake High re- W L Pct GB New York 22 20 .524 _ union also had a little history behind Atlanta 24 24 .500 1 the plate, with Joe West working a Philadelphia 24 25 .490 1-1/2 record 5,376th regular-season game, Miami 23 25 .479 2 Washington 20 24 .455 3 snapping a tie with Hall of Fame um- Central Division pire Bill Klem. W L Pct GB Giolito (4-4) pitched six innings of Chicago White Sox’s Nick Madrigal hits an RBI single off St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Jack Flaherty during the second inning of a baseball game, St Louis 26 22 .542 _ two-run ball in his second straight win, on May 25, in Chicago. (AP) Chicago 25 22 .532 -1/2 Milwaukee 24 24 .500 2 easily getting the better of a shaky Fla- but Dodger blue also dotted the stands give the Braves a 3-1 lead. Cincinnati 21 25 .457 4 herty hurt by another poor defensive Pittsburgh 18 29 .383 7-1/2 in the rematch of the 2017 World Se- Morton (3-2) allowed six of the fi rst West Division performance by the Cardinals. eight Boston batters to reach base, Flaherty (8-1), leading the majors ries. Houston won that title over Los W L Pct GB Angeles, a championship later tainted loading the bases in the fi rst with no- San Diego 31 18 .633 _ in wins, lasted just 3 2/3 innings in his body out and giving up a leadoff triple Los Angeles 30 18 .625 -1/2 shortest outing of the season. when it was revealed the Astros illic- San Francisco 29 19 .604 1-1/2 in the second. But the Red Sox man- José Abreu homered and drove in itly stole signs that season. Colorado 19 30 .388 12 aged only one run in the fi rst two in- Arizona 18 31 .367 13 four runs for Chicago, which earned its The Astros lost their fourth straight second straight win since it was swept game as Jose Altuve went 0 for 4 to nings, and Morton retired 13 straight by the Yankees over the weekend. snap a 17-game hitting streak, which batters after Xander Bogaerts’ third- Liam Hendriks entered with the bases was the longest in the majors this sea- inning single. loaded in the ninth and struck out the son and the second-longest of his ca- Mariners 4, Athletics 3 side for his 10th save. reer. In Oakland, California, J.P. Craw- Dodgers 9, Astros 2 Mets 3, Rockies 1 ford had three hits and Seattle center In Houston, Clayton Kershaw In New York, Jacob deGrom struck fi elder Kyle Lewis made a magnifi cent pitched into the eighth inning in his out nine in a successful return from the catch to save two possible runs. fi rst game against Houston since the injured list and Tomás Nido hit a tie- Paul Sewald (2-0) pitched two in- 2017 World Series, and Justin Turner breaking homer to send depleted New Los Angeles Dodgers Mookie Betts dives back to first on a pickoff attempt nings of relief for the win. Anthony York past Colorado. by Houston Astros starting pitcher Zack Greinke during the fourth inning of Misiewicz recorded two key outs in hit a two-run homer for Los Angeles. a baseball game, on May 25, at Minute Maid Park in Houston. (AP) Kershaw (7-3) allowed a run and Back from a bout with tightness on the eighth before Rafael Montero fi n- ished for his sixth save after putting four hits in 7 2/3 innings and Chris his right side, deGrom gave up only off Chi Chi Gonzalez (2-3) in the sixth batter and threw a wild pitch. Taylor drove in two runs as the Dodg- Ryan McMahon’s solo homer in fi ve runners on the corners. after Dominic Smith singled. The Mets Five of San Diego’s stolen bases Lewis robbed Ramón Laureano of ers got their eighth straight victory. innings of three-hit ball. The two-time (22-20) remained atop the NL East de- came with Burnes on the mound. The Astros fans made up the bulk of the Cy Young Award winner walked none a likely extra-base hit with two on in spite a major league-most 16 players Padres are the only team to steal six the fi fth, ranging deep into left-center 34,443 crowd in the fi rst full-capacity and was removed after 63 pitches. on the injured list. bases in a game this season and have game in Houston since the pandemic, Nido connected for a two-run shot fi eld for a running grab just in front of Miguel Castro (1-1) struck out four done it twice. No team has had seven the wall. in two hitless innings for the win. Ed- steals since Washington against the win Díaz whiffed three in the ninth for Chicago Cubs on June 27, 2017. Tigers 4, Indians 1 Never any doubt his eighth save. In Detroit, Aaron Civale dominated Cubs 4, Pirates 3 Detroit again, taking a shutout into the Blue Jays 6, Yankees 2 In Pittsburgh, Joc Pederson hit two ninth inning in Cleveland’s victory. WNBA star Liz Cambage all-in In New York, Steven Matz returned home runs and Jake Arrieta beat Pitts- Civale (7-1) improved to 6-0 with a Kansas City Royals’ Brad Keller to New York with his fi nest outing in burgh for the third time this season. 2.19 ERA in seven career starts against pitches to the Tampa Bay Rays two years, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit Arrieta (5-4) went fi ve innings and the Tigers, including three wins this during the first inning of a baseball for Australia at Tokyo Games his major league-leading 16th home gave up three runs - two earned - on season. He allowed one run, six hits game, on May 25, in St. Peters- run and Toronto beat the Yankees. fi ve hits with seven strikeouts and one and a walk in eight-plus innings. burg, Florida. (AP) walk. Four Cubs relievers combined BRISBANE, Australia, May 26, (AP): Cambage criticized two photos - one James Karinchak allowed an RBI sixth homer in the ninth off Amir Gar- In the end, there appeared to be never from the team’s offi cial underwear for four scoreless innings, with Craig single to Jonathan Schoop in the ninth BASEBALL Kimbrel working the ninth for his 10th rett, and Lucas Sims got the fi nal out any doubt WNBA star Liz Cambage supplier, and another from the Austra- and walked Akil Baddoo to load the for his second save. would suit up for her third Olympics lian Olympic team. The underwear ad- save. The bullpen has allowed only bases with one out. Willi Castro took a for Australia. vertisement featured athletes from the Corey Kluber (4-3), making his fi rst one unearned run over its last 29 2/3 called third strike and Eric Haase fl ew Phillies 2, Marlins 0 Cambage was included Wednesday Olympics and Paralympics. start after pitching a no-hitter for the innings. out to give Karinchak his sixth save. In Miami, Vince Velasquez pitched in the 12-women Opals team for the “If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a Yankees, had his outing cut short by Chicago won for the seventh time in Tarik Skubal (2-6) took the loss de- three-hit ball for six innings, Rhys Tokyo Games, ending an earlier saga million times. how am I meant to shoulder tightness. The team said the nine games and is 14-7 in May. Pitts- spite a career-high nine strikeouts, allow- Hoskins homered and Philadelphia de- in which she fi rst threatened to boycott represent a country that doesn’t even two-time Cy Young Award winner burgh lost again in its fi rst game back ing two runs, six hits and a walk in fi ve feated Miami. the games but later changed her mind. represent me. #whitewashedaustralia,” will have a MRI. home following a 1-5 road trip. innings. Detroit has lost four straight. The Phillies won hours after putting Two-time Olympian Jenna O’Hea Cambage wrote. “Until I see y’all doin Toronto stopped its six-game losing slugger Bryce Harper on the 10-day streak and the Yankees’ six-game win- Braves 3, Red Sox 1 Reds 2, Nationals 1 injured list because of a bruised left will captain the squad and Rio Olym- more @ausolympicteam imma sit this In Boston, Pablo Sandoval had three pians Katie Ebzery, Cayla George, one out.” ning streak, improving to 5-2 against In Washington, Eugenio Suarez forearm. New York this season. Lourdes Gur- hits in his fi rst game at Fenway Park homered off Washington ace Max Scratched from his previous start Tessa Lavey, Leilani Mitchell, Stepha- A week later, she changed her mind. since his disastrous tenure with Bos- “For everyone wondering so des- riel Jr. and Randal Grichuk homered Scherzer (4-3) in his fi rst career start as because of fi nger discomfort on his nie Talbot and Marianna Tolo return ton, and Charlie Morton pitched out of for their second games. Rebecca Al- perately what my decision is for the for Toronto, and Yankees shortstop a leadoff hitter, Tyler Mahle allowed pitching hand, Velasquez (2-0) struck len, Tess Madgen, Ezi Magbegor and Opals, I’m in baby . . . I’m in,” she Gleyber Torres made a two-run throw- early trouble to lead Atlanta. three hits in 5 1/3 scoreless innings and out fi ve and walked three. The right- Alanna Smith were selected for their posted. ing error. Sandoval, who was released in 2017 Cincinnati beat the Nationals. hander continued a solid May, lower- Olympic debuts. Four-time Olympian Sandy Bron- midway through the fi ve-year, $95 Kyle Farmer also homered off ing his ERA this month to 1.17 in four Angels 11, Rangers 5 million contract he signed with Bos- Scherzer to go with Suarez’s 10th of dello, who will lead the Opals into In Anaheim, California, Shohei starts and one relief outing. her fi rst Olympics as head coach, said ton, was booed for every at-bat. But he the season. Suarez still struck out three OLYMPICS Ohtani hit his 15th homer during a six- responded with singles in his fi rst three times - running his season total to 65 Twins 7, Orioles 4 Cambage was never hesitant to come run burst, Andrew Heaney (2-3) got In Minneapolis, Rob Refsnyder on board for Tokyo. plate appearances before he grounded - and is batting .150. Manager David his fi rst win in eight weeks and Los out meekly to third to start the eighth. Bell bumped him up in the lineup in homered and doubled twice, Jorge Allen (New York Liberty), Cam- “It was a very quick yes, I do want Angeles beat Texas. Polanco also homered and Minnesota bage (Las Vegas Aces), Magbegor to play,” Brondello said. “There was The 2012 World Series MVP lined hopes of changing those trends. Ohtani scorched a cutter by Brett one up the middle in the sixth to start Tejay Antone worked 2 2/3 hitless gave Baltimore its eighth straight loss. (Seattle Storm), Mitchell (Washington never any pressure, I’m not going to de Geus down the right-fi eld line for a Mitch Garver and Alex Kirill- Mystics), Smith (Phoenix Mercury) force anybody to play for her country. the rally that chased Boston starter innings or relief to follow Mahle (3-2). three-run shot to give the Angels a 9-1 Garrett Richards (4-3), then scored to Washington’s Josh Bell belted his off each doubled twice as the Twins and Talbot (Seattle Storm) are all cur- She loves the Opals, these are all her lead in the fourth inning. The ball had cranked out eight extra-base hits to rently playing in the WNBA. sisters . . . she’s super motivated and a 117 mph exit velocity off Ohtani’s win their third in a row. The Tokyo Olympics, already de- ready to win that gold.” bat - the hardest-hit homer by an An- José Berríos (5-2) allowed one layed a year because of the COVID-19 Appearing to refer to Cambage’s gels player since MLB Statcast started earned run on seven hits, striking out pandemic, are scheduled to open July social media posts - she’s also had in 2015. seven in 5 2/3 innings. Taylor Rogers 23. celebrated Twitter run-ins with former Ohtani is one behind Toronto’s got four outs for his third save. Earlier this month, Cambage criti- No. 1 NBA draft pick and fellow Aus- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. for the major Giants 8, Diamondbacks 0 cized promotional photos of Austra- tralian Andrew Bogut, Brondello said: league lead in home runs. Justin Upton lian Olympians and Paralympians as “Liz is passionate about a lot of things In Phoenix, Evan Longoria had and Jared Walsh also went deep for the three hits, including a three-run homer, “whitewashed” and said there was a off the court and we totally support Angels. lack of diversity in Australian media. that.” and drove in four runs, Kevin Gaus- The photos contained mostly white Cambage was also in the news this Padres 7, Brewers 1 man struck out nine in fi ve innings, athletes. past weekend after Connecticut Sun In Milwaukee, Joe Musgrove and and San Francisco broke a three-game Cambage, 29, was born in London, coach Curt Miller was fi ned $10,000 three relievers combined on a two- losing streak. England to a Nigerian father and Aus- and suspended a game by the WNBA hitter and San Diego got to Milwaukee Longoria hit his sixth homer of the tralian mother. She moved with her for making a disparaging remark about ace Corbin Burnes by matching a sea- season in the third inning for a 6-0 lead mother to Australia at a young age. the veteran Australian center to a ref- son high with six stolen bases. off Corbin Martin (0-2) and doubled in In a series of social media posts, eree on Sunday. San Diego ran like crazy on a night a run in the seventh. He also walked when Burnes (2-4) was uncharacter- and scored twice. istically wild and scored four runs Gausman (5-0) gave up fi ve hits and against the right-hander in six innings, two walks and allowed only one run- spiking his ERA from 1.79 to 2.33. ner past second base while lowering Burnes, who opened the season with his ERA to 1.53. He has given up one a record 58 strikeouts before walking Seattle Storm’s Sue Bird (10) brings the ball up against the Connecticut or fewer runs in nine of his 10 starts Sun during the first half of a WNBA basketball game, on May 25, in Everett, anyone, issued three free passes, hit a Washington. (AP) this season, including his last seven. Bird, Storm use run in OT to hand Sun their first loss EVERETT, Washington, May 26, (AP): Sue Bird converted a three-point play to trim the Sun’s defi cit scored 15 and Natisha Hiedeman 14. scored 21 points, Jewell Loyd had 19 points, eight to 87-84 with 2:58 to play but Stewart answered with DiJonai Carrington made a reverse layup for the rebounds, fi ve assists and three steals and the Seattle a 3-pointer - her fi rst basket since the fi rst quarter - Sun - the last WNBA team to lose this season - with Storm handed the Connecticut Sun their fi rst loss of and Seattle held on. 15.3 seconds left in regulation to force OT. the season with a 90-87 overtime win. Connecticut was without coach Curt Miller, who Breanna Stewart had 17 points and 12 rebounds BASKETBALL was fi ned $10,000 and suspended for one game by and Stephanie Talbot added 11 points for Seattle (4- the WNBA for making a disparaging remark to a ref- 1). eree Sunday about the weight of Las Vegas Aces post Bird, who threw away the ball at the end of regula- Jonquel Jones had her fi fth consecutive double- player Liz Cambage. Las Vegas Aces’ Liz Cambage (8) tries to get a shot off as Seattle Storm’s tion, sandwiched a pair of 3-pointers around a layup double for Connecticut (5-1), fi nishing with 28 It was the fi rst time since 2014 that Seattle had Candice Dupree (4) defends in the first half of a WNBA basketball game, by Loyd in an 8-0 run to open the extra period and points, 13 rebounds, three steals and three blocks. played back-to-back overtime games. Seattle beat on May 15, in Everett, Washington. (AP) the Storm led the rest of the way. Jasmine Thomas Brionna Jones added 19 points, DeWanna Bonner Dallas in OT in its previous contest. ARAB TIMES, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 2021 16

Overall leader Egan Bernal of Colombia (center) wearing the pink jersey, pedals during during the 17th stage of the Giro d’Italia cycling race, from Canazei to Sega Di Ala, Italy. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Martin wins stage 17 Bernal loses 3 seconds of Giro lead Nets ‘take’ 2-0 lead, SEGA DI ALA, Italy, May 26, (AP): Irish cyclist Daniel from the group of his main rivals shortly before the end of Martin won the 17th stage of the Giro d’Italia on Wednes- the climb and crossed in seventh. day to complete a set of Grand Tour victories, while Egan The 2019 Tour champion saw his lead cut slightly to Bernal had three seconds shaved off his overall lead and 2:21 ahead of Damiano Caruso. saw one of his main rivals gain signifi cant time after a “Today was not my best day but I didn’t lose much Lakers bounce back disappointing day in the high mountains. time, just a few seconds from Caruso,” Bernal said. “In Martin attacked from a breakaway at the start of a the end, it’s another day out, now let’s think about tomor- tough climb to the summit fi nish and rode solo to victory Mavs close in on series win row.” to add to his two stage wins in both the Tour de France Thursday’s 18th stage is the Giro’s longest leg. The and the Spanish Vuelta. NEW YORK, May 26, don’t make him the priority. “That’s what I came here for and I knew that today Harris tied a franchise playoff re- was one of my last opportunities,” the 34-year-old Martin CYCLING (AP): Brooklyn is more cord with seven 3-pointers, Durant said. “With the extra time I lost the day before the rest than just its Big Three. scored 26 points and the Nets routed day, I knew it was possible I go in the breakaway.” the Boston Celtics 130-108 on Tues- 231-kilometer (144-mile) route from Rovereto to Stradel- There’s also Joe Harris João Almeida was second, 13 seconds behind Martin day night for a 2-0 lead in their fi rst- at the end of the 193-kilometer (120-mile) route from la is mainly fl at but there are a series of short climbs and his 3s. round playoff series. Canazei to Sega di Ala that also featured two other cat- through the rolling Pavia winelands to the fi nish. Even if a team can contain Harris had a career playoff-high 25 points and Harden added 20 as the egorized climbs. The Giro fi nishes on Sunday in Milan with an individ- Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and ual time trial. “I have some advantage with Yates, so I James Harden, it still has to stop Nets unleashed their lethal offense af- Simon Yates crossed the line in third, 30 seconds be- ter winning Game 1 largely with de- hind Martin, to move up from fi fth into third place over- need to … just to arrive with some time to Milan,” Bernal the NBA’s most accurate 3-point fense. all, 3 minutes, 23 seconds behind Bernal. said. “And then if I win the Giro with one second or two shooter. Game 3 is Friday in Boston, where Bernal, who rides for Ineos Grenadiers, was dropped minutes for me it will be the same.” That’s a lot of problems to solve, the Nets will attempt to build on their and Harris understands why teams fi rst 2-0 lead in a series since they swept the New York Knicks in the fi rst round in 2004. This one might be headed toward the same result, with the Celtics unable to do much scoring in Game 1 or stop the Nets from doing tons of it in Game 2. Marcus Smart scored 19 points and Kemba Walker had 17 for the Celtics. Leading scorer Jayson Tatum had only Dallas Mavericks guard Luka Don- nine points on 3-for-12 shooting be- cic (77) celebrates after a 3-point fore leaving after just 21 minutes when basket by Tim Hardaway Jr. during he was poked in the right eye. the second half in Game 2 of the After the Nets scored just 16 points team’s NBA basketball fi rst-round in the fi rst quarter of Game 1, Harris playoff series Los Angeles Clippers had that by himself in the opening in Los Angeles. (AP) quarter of this one while going 4 for 4 behind the arc. The Nets had started slowly in Game Christophe to ‘step’ 1 and in the only game their Big Three played together late in the regular sea- down as Lille coach son, and on Monday coach Steve Nash LILLE, France, May 26, (AP): said he thought it might be a while be- Christophe Galtier has informed fore his three stars could walk on the Lille that he’ll step down as court and be fi ring on all cylinders. coach, less than two days after he led the club to their fi rst French league title in 10 years. BASKETBALL Galtier has one year left on his contract but his departure was widely anticipated amid strong It was only a day later for Harris, interest for his services from who led the NBA in 3-point percent- Nice, Lyon and possibly Napoli. age at 47.5% this season. Lille beat the odds to win their Mavericks 127, Clippers 121 fi rst French championship since In Los Angeles, Luka Doncic scored 2011, edging defending champi- 39 points, Tim Hardaway Jr. added 28 ons Paris Saint-Germain by one and the Dallas Mavericks again out- point as an enthralling title race shot the NBA’s best 3-point team in a ended on Sunday night. 127-121 victory over the Los Angeles ❑ ❑ ❑ Clippers to take a 2-0 lead in the fi rst- With only 3 days to go before round playoff series. the Champions League fi nal in Kristaps Porzingis added 20 points Portugal, UEFA put 1,700 tickets and Maxi Kleber had 13. Hardaway on sale for fans worldwide for the hit a playoff career-high six 3-point- game between Manchester City ers and Doncic had fi ve as Dallas was and Chelsea. 18 of 34 from long-range. The Mavs Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart (36) tries to get the ball from Brooklyn Nets guard James Harden (13) during the second quarter of Game 2 of an NBA made 17 3-pointers in winning Game basketball fi rst-round playoff series in New York. (AP) 1 on Saturday. SOCCER The Clippers were led by Kawhi Leonard, who scored 30 of his 41 in ‘Who is forcing this to go ahead, and under what rights?’ the fi rst half. Paul George had 28 UEFA said the tickets, which points and 12 rebounds. cost between 70 and 600 euros Game 3 is Friday in Dallas. ($78 and $670), were being sold The Clippers threw just about every on its website from 1200 GMT. body they had at Doncic in an effort to Buyers are limited to two tickets. Major Japan newspaper calls for Oly cancellation slow the player that burned them with The Estádio do Dragão in a triple-double in Game 1. But once Porto will be one-third full with TOKYO, May 26, (AP): Japan’s Asahi again, the All-Star got plenty of help up to 16,500 spectators for Satur- Shimbun newspaper on Wednesday from his supporting cast. day’s game. It was moved from called for the Tokyo Olympics to be The Clippers, who led the league Istanbul because of current travel canceled with the games set to open in UEFA opens disciplinary with 41% 3-point shooting, went 13 limits in Turkey amid the corona- less than two months. of 33 from long range. They regained virus pandemic. It is the fi rst of Japan’s major news- their touch in the fourth, when they ❑ ❑ ❑ papers to make the move and joins cases against 3 SL clubs made fi ve and twice cut their defi cit to some regional newspapers that have four points, but Josh Richardson made Luka Modric’s contract with recently added to the growing opposi- GENEVA, May 26, (AP): UEFA Super League, then they don’t play four straight free throws over the fi nal Real Madrid has been extended tion to holding the Olympics. has opened disciplinary cases Champions League, of course.” 21 seconds to preserve the victory. until June 2022, the club said . Coming out against the Olympics against Super League rebels Real UEFA gave no timetable for the George was just 1 of 7 from long The move will keep the could be signifi cant since the newspa- Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus expected disciplinary cases against range. The Clippers made 11 3-point- 35-year-old Croatian midfi elder per, like many in Japan, is a sponsor of that could lead to bans from the the three which have all qualifi ed ers in Game 1. Dallas led by 13 in the at the club for a full decade. He the postponed Tokyo Games that are Champions League. on merit for the Champions League fourth on a 3-pointer by Porzingis. joined the Spanish powerhouse scheduled to open on July 23. Asahi Proceedings are now active for next season. Any bans for the clubs The Clippers cut their defi cit to 114- from Tottenham in 2012. is typically liberal-leaning and often “a potential violation of UEFA’s - and elevation of other Spanish 109 on two 3-pointers by Marcus Mor- Madrid failed to win a title for the opposes the ruling party led by Prime legal framework,” UEFA said. and Italian teams to replace them - ris, sandwiched around George’s dunk. fi rst time since the 2009-10 season. Minister Yoshihide Suga. The European soccer body’s would likely lead to appeals at the But Morris soon fouled out. Doncic They fi nished two points behind “We cannot think it’s rational to statutes include a section on “pro- Court of Arbitration for Sport and scored on consecutive drives and Por- city rivals Atlético Madrid in the host the Olympics in the city this sum- hibited groupings” of clubs or pressure to resolve the cases be- zingis dunked with George chasing Spanish league and were elimi- leagues forming without UEFA’s fore next season’s European com- nated by Chelsea in the Champi- mer,” the newspaper said in its edito- People stand by posters to promote him for a 120-111 lead. permission or outside its control. petitions. The Champions League ons League semifi nals. It remains the Tokyo Olympic Games sched- Lakers 109, Suns 102 uled to start in the summer of 2021, The three clubs now being pros- group-stage draw is on Aug. 26 and unclear if Zinedine Zidane will OLYMPICS in Tokyo. (AP) ecuted by UEFA are the remaining matches start on Sept. 14. In Phoenix, the Los Angeles Lakers remain as Madrid’s coach for next holdouts among 12 founders of the The nine clubs who settled with were reeling late in the fourth quarter . season. He said he would be dis- response. failed Super League project who UEFA are: AC Milan, Inter Milan, The Phoenix Suns had made a big run, cussing his future with the club. rial under a headline that read: “We Asahi is one of about 70 local refused to renounce it. Atlético Madrid, Arsenal, Liverpool, their home crowd was in a frenzy and Demand PM Suga Decide Cancella- Olympic sponsors that have chipped UEFA president Aleksander Manchester United, and Tottenham, the defending NBA champions were Ceferin warned the clubs last plus Champions League fi nalists in danger of going down two games to weren’t about to let that happen. tion.” “Distrust and backlash against in almost $3.5 billion to the organizing James made a turnaround 18- the reckless national government, committee budget. It is also one of a month that “if they say we are a Chelsea and Manchester City. none in the fi rst round. Tokyo government and stakeholders LeBron James and Anthony Davis foot jumper, Davis followed with a half dozen newspapers that are spon- 3-pointer and two free throws late in in the Olympics are nothing but esca- sors. and under what rights?” Son added. lating,” the editorial added. “We de- fourth quarter and the Lakers held on “Of course, different press organiza- Asahi also criticized the IOC, call- for a hard-fought 109-102 win over mand Prime Minister Suga to calmly tions have different views. And that’s ing it “self-righteous” and also lam- evaluate the circumstances and decide the Suns in Game 2 of the fi rst-round very natural,” Muto said, adding lo- basted IOC vice president John Coates. playoff series. the cancellation of the summer event.” cal partners, or sponsors, continued to Last week, Coates was asked if the Asahi has a morning circulation re- It was a big bounce-back game for ported at 5.16 million, and 1.55 million offer “support.” Senior IOC member Olympics would be held if a state of the Lakers, and especially Davis, who for its evening edition. It is second in Richard Pound said in an interview emergency were in force. struggled in Game 1 and took personal circulation behind Yomiuri Shimbun, with Japan’s JiJi Press last week that “Absolutely, yes,” he replied. responsibility for the team’s 99-90 loss and subsequently is the second largest the fi nal deadline to call off the Olym- The newspaper said there was a on Sunday. His crucial 3-pointer with circulating newspaper in the world be- pics was still a month away. “huge gap” between Coates’ words 2:15 left on Tuesday put Los Angeles hind Yomiuri. “Before the end of June, you really and the sentiments “of the people.” up 98-92 and ended a late Suns rally. Despite the editorial, there is no need to know, yes or no,” JiJi quoted “Despite its overgrown size and exces- James added 23 points and nine as- indication the International Olympic Pound as saying. The British Medical sive commercialism and many other sists. Davis made 18 of 21 free throws Committee or local organizers have Journal called last month for a hard problems, the Olympics have been and added 10 rebounds and seven as- any plans to pull the plug on the games. look at going forward with the Olym- supported because of empathy for its sists. Game 3 is on Thursday in Los But opposition is mounting with only pics. Local medical offi cials have also ideals. ... But what is the reality now?” Angeles. The Lakers had a 63-48 lead a tiny percentage of Japanese people been skeptical, and billionaire busi- Asahi asked. On Tuesday, the Japa- after a 10-1 run to open the third quar- now vaccinated. nessman Masayoshi Son suggested nese government said a warning by the Los Angeles Lakers forward Anthony Davis (3) attempts to block Phoenix ter. James splashed home a 3-pointer Tokyo organizing committee CEO over the weekend that the IOC was United States to avoid travel to Japan Suns center Deandre Ayton (22) shot during the second half of Game 2 of to start the scoring and Los Angeles Toshiro Muto said Wednesday he was forcing the Olympics on Japan. would have no impact on holding the an NBA basketball fi rst-round playoff series in Phoenix. The Lakers won looked like it might put this one away aware of the editorial, but offered little “Who is forcing this to go ahead, Olympics. 109-102. (AP) comfortably.

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