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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2017 RAJAB 29, 1438 AH www.kuwaittimes.net Coptic Pope Ivanka forced Thai man Warriors come says Church to defend Trump broadcasts out swinging, bombings aim at Germany daughter’s murder complete sweep at Egypt5 unity women’s7 summit live12 on Facebook of20 Trail Blazers OKs $100m grant Min 23º Max 32º for , first since 1990 High Tide 11:38 Low Tide Kuwait earmarks $100m for , $1.1bn pledged 05:48 & 18:16 40 PAGES NO: 17210 150 FILS

KUWAIT/GENEVA: Kuwait has approved a $100 million Conspiracy theories grant for Iraq to support humanitarian and reconstruc- tion projects in areas retaken from Islamic State mili- Grow your own... tants, an Iraqi official said yesterday. The grant is the first Kuwaiti financial assistance to Iraq since Baghdad’s occupation of the state from Aug 1990 to Feb 1991, ordered by then-President Saddam Hussein. Officials from the two countries signed the grant agreement in Kuwait yesterday, a spokeswoman for By Badriya Darwish Iraq’s Reconstruction Fund for Areas Affected by Terrorist Operations said. “The grant agreement signed today is an encouraging start for further future coopera- tion between Iraq and Kuwait,” the reconstruction fund chief, Mustafa Al-Hiti, said in a statement. [email protected] The fund aims to rebuild cities and territories recap- tured from Islamic State, the ultra-hardline group which declared a “caliphate” over parts of Iraq and in 2014. The war with Islamic State escalated as crude ’m fighting with our American editor over social prices tumbled, curtailing the Iraqi government budget media. Every time I come to her with news and as it relies almost exclusively on oil sales. Saddam was Imy source is social media with all its branches - toppled by the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Iraq and Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp, etc, she Kuwait are now close allies against militants. shouts and asks: “Why are you sourcing social Separately, countries around the world yesterday media?” May I know whom should I source in this pledged more than one billion dollars to help prevent a century, in 2017? Shall I source the history books in looming famine in war-torn Yemen at a Geneva conference libraries, which haven’t even been dusted in UN chief Antonio Guterres called a “remarkable success”. decades? KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (center) and other ministers and MPs Yet the $1.1 billion promised fell far short of the $2.1 billion All this shouting started because we were dis- are seen during a National Assembly session yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat the United Nations has estimated is needed this year alone cussing a newspaper report about the UAE banning in a country facing “a tragedy of immense proportions”. But vegetables and fruits from five countries: , Guterres praised the generosity of donor nations, pointing , , Yemen and . A while ago, sor- Assembly defers premier’s out that such conferences generally do not gather more ry to say again, news was everywhere that the US than a third of the requested amount. government had stopped the import of frozen Continued on Page 13 strawberries from Egypt due to a reported hepatitis grilling debate to May 10 A outbreak. My editor insisted to confirm all the specific facts with the FDA website, but I told her I had seen the ‘Maid company’ starts work in Aug Emirates CEO says photos of the strawberries on WhatsApp. It could be By B Izzak national carrier. The government had accepted the resig- laptop carry-on fake photos and fake news. In fact, nowadays, much nation and appointed a new board of directors. The fake news floats around social media. We have writ- KUWAIT: The National Assembly yesterday overwhelm- Assembly is studying a draft law on the future of KAC. ten about it before and people are aware, but still as ingly approved a request by the government to delay the The Assembly also asked the interior and defense ban puzzles him a consumer, what should I do? Leave alone infotain- debate of two grillings against HH the Prime Minister committee to investigate allegations that up to 400,000 ment about Kim Kardashian’s latest Mexico holiday Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah until May 10. The naturalized Kuwaitis had obtained citizenship through DUBAI: The chairman and or George Clooney’s wife being pregnant, but when postponement was approved with little opposition and forgery. MPs strongly criticized the allegations raised in CEO of Dubai’s long-haul car- we are talking about serious issues that can affect virtually without any discussion. Only eight MPs opposed an Assembly session two weeks ago, mainly by Speaker rier Emirates said yesterday our lives and our health and our children’s lives, the delay, with MP Mohammad Al-Mutair threatening to Marzouq Al-Ghanem and others. Attempts by a number he “can’t dig into somebody’s where can we turn to? file another grilling. of MPs to have the reference to forgery taken off the mind” to understand why Where does the consumer stand in all of this? Is it The prime minister is facing two separate grillings filed minutes of the session failed. the US instituted a ban on really due to health concerns and awareness? Or by five lawmakers over allegations that the government The allegations were raised before the Assembly laptops and other personal could it be due to political issues? I have no idea. has failed to check rampant corruption, mismanagement, rejected a key legislation giving the judiciary the right to electronics in carry-on lug- The truth of the matter is that all media - social or deciding to hike petrol and power prices and others. The look into citizenship cases. The rejection by a comfort- gage from 10 cities in traditional - could be manipulated for political rea- government did not raise any objection against the two able majority that included all Cabinet members trig- Muslim-majority countries. sons. But would you as a consumer take a chance? grillings - as was expected - but this could happen before gered opposition lawmakers to file to grill the prime However, Sheikh Ahmed bin the start of the debate. Some government sources have minister. One of the issues was the revoking of citizen- Myself, I’m a coward and wouldn’t. Saeed Al-Maktoum said he Sheikh Ahmed The good news that I heard guys is that is claimed that at least one grilling is not in line with the ships. The committee was given until the next term start- rules of the constitution. ing late October to present its findings to the Assembly. believes US President ramping up its agricultural production, so hopefully Meanwhile, the Assembly decided after a brief MPs also wanted to launch an investigation into why Donald Trump is a businessman who “wouldn’t want we’ll have some good Sudanese vegetables before debate to form a five-member committee to investigate the domestic workers company has not yet been estab- to affect American business” in his decisions. Ramadan. Otherwise, I guess we all need to start the resignation of Kuwait Airways’ Chairwoman Rasha lished in accordance with a law passed last year. But Sheikh Ahmed’s careful phrasing mirrored that of planting urban gardens on our rooftops and bal- Al-Roumi. MP Jamaan Al-Harbash said the KAC chief Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh told the Assembly that his rival, Airways CEO Akbar Al-Baker, the day conies. But as water prices are going up, be careful resigned after claiming that local private airlines were the company has indeed been established and it will before at the Arabian Travel Market exhibition in Dubai. and don’t overwater them! being given preferential treatment ahead of KAC, the commence full operations in August this year. Continued on Page 13 Saudi wins top Arab fiction award

ABU DHABI: A Saudi novelist has won Egypt, the Hijaz in today’s western Saudi Britain refuses to the International Prize for Arabic Fiction, Arabia, Syria, Iraq and Turkey, according becoming the third author in 10 years to an abstract posted on the prize web- apologize over from the kingdom to grab the Arab site. “Of a sensitive and anxious nature, world’s most prestigious literary award. Muhyiddin struggles with inner turmoil Balfour promise won for his throughout the course of his travels,” the novel “A Small Death”, which is a fictional- abstract said. Though “90 percent of the RAMALLAH: Palestinian leaders said yesterday Britain ized account of the life of a Sufi scholar novel is fiction,” Alwan said after receiv- had rejected their request for an apology for a 1917 and philosopher, Muhyiddin , ing the award, “I felt the pain while writ- declaration that helped pave the way to the state of from his birth in Muslim Spain in the ing it.” “Ibn Arabi remains a controversial Israel, and they would pursue international court 12th century until his death in Damascus. figure... but I believe that a reader of the action unless London backtracked. Palestinian The novel follows Ibn Arabi’s mystic novel would not disagree with the President Mahmoud Abbas called for the apology in Sufi experience and heroic travels from human side it portrays,” he added. an address to the UN General Assembly in September, Andalusia to Azerbaijan, via , Continued on Page 13 but Britain plans to hold celebrations along with DOHA: This file photo taken on May 4, 2015 shows foreign laborers working on Israeli officials to mark the Nov 2 centenary of the the construction site of the Al-Wakrah football stadium, one of the Qatar’s 2022 Balfour Declaration. World Cup stadiums, walking back to their accommodation at the Ezdan 40 British Prime Minister Theresa May has invited compound. — AFP Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to attend events commemorating the Balfour Declaration in Qatar World Cup workers November. Other commemorations are expected to take place in Israel during the year. “The answer came in a written letter to the (Palestinian) Foreign Ministry get nutrition health checks that the apology is refused,” Manuel Hassassian, the Palestinian ambassador to Britain, told Voice of DOHA: As many as 1,000 Qatar World requirements and could help other com- Palestine Radio yesterday. “It means the Queen and Cup construction workers are receiving panies and Qatar deal with the desert the government of Britain will not apologize to the health checks as part of a pilot program country’s harsh climate. Palestinian people and the celebration marking 100 agreed between the 2022 tournament “The impact of this initiative... could be years since the Balfour promise will be held on time.” organizers and Weill Cornell Medicine. In huge particularly if, as we hope, the find- A British Foreign Office spokesman confirmed that a statement yesterday, World Cup organ- ings are taken on board by other compa- there would be no apology and described the Balfour izers said workers, selected at random, nies and international businesses operat- Declaration as “an historic statement”, but said Britain are being tested for such things as diet, ing in Qatar,” said Weill’s research leader continued to work for an Israeli-Palestinian peace blood pressure, and kidney function. Dr Shahrad Taheri. The project began in deal. “We continue to support the principle of Researchers say the results are primarily February, the World Cup organizing body, Continued on Page 13 ABU DHABI: Saudi Arabian writer Mohammed Hasan Alwan poses for a photo aimed at improving workers’ nutritional Continued on Page 13 after winning the 2017 International Prize for Arabic Fiction yesterday. — AFP