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TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2021 / MUHARRAM 16, 1443 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17771 16 PAGES 150 FILS Kuwait regulator approves drug to treat COVID Talks on flights

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23, (Agen- cies): Kuwait’s pharmaceutical Taliban retake three districts regulator on Monday granted emergency use approval for an artificial antibody drug known as ‘Ronapreve’ to treat COVID-19, Gunfire kills 1 the health ministry said. The antibody drug, developed by the US biotech company Re- KABUL, Aug 23, generon, has been approved by (Agencies): A firefight the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency; just outside Kabul’s UK’s drug regulator, said the international airport ministry’s Assistant Undersecre- killed at least one Af- tary for drug control Dr. Abdul- lah Al-Bader. ghan soldier early The drug has been shown Monday, German of- to be effective in reducing the ficials said, the latest likelihood of COVID-induced hospitalizations, added the offi- chaos to engulf West- cial, hailing the medication as a ern efforts to evacu- useful tool to ease the strain on ate those fleeing the hospitals. The Ministry of Health (MoH) Taliban takeover of the during a meeting with officials country. from the Directorate-General of The airport shooting came Civil Aviation (DGCA) has said as the Taliban sent fight- there is a need to set conditions, ers north of the capital to standards and controls to orga- nize flights from countries that eliminate pockets of armed were previously classified ‘high resistance to their lightning risk’ and not to rush into taking takeover earlier this month. decisions, reports Al-Anba daily. The Taliban said they retook It is worth mentioning here the three districts seized by oppo- decision to operate direct flights nents the day before and had to six countries -- India, Egypt, surrounded Panjshir, the last Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka province that remains out of and Nepal – went into effect on their control. Aug 18, 2021 after the Cabinet Afghanistan’s security forces during the meeting chaired by collapsed in the face of the Tal- HH the Prime Minister Sheikh iban advance, despite 20 years Sabah Al-Khaled gave the nod. of Western aid, training and as- Successful sistance. Tens of thousands of The sources said that the oper- Afghans have sought to flee the ation of flights must be success- country since, fearing a return ful in terms of equal distribution to the brutal rule the Taliban of operating shares between na- imposed the last time they ran tional companies and companies Afghanistan. That has led to operating in those countries, and In this image provided by the US Air Force, US Air Force aircrew, assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, assist qualified evacuees boarding a US chaos at the airport in Kabul, Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft in support of the Afghanistan evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport. Inset: In this Aug 21 photo, provided by the obtaining an additional ‘quota’ the main route out of the coun- for Kuwait International Airport US Marine Corps, a US Marine assigned to 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) comforts an infant while they wait for the mother during an evacuation at Hamid try. Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP) commensurate with the increase Gunfire broke out near an en- in operations, especially with the trance to the airport, where at destinations such as Egypt and least seven Afghans died a day India. KFAS recruiting hit earlier in a panicked stampede of The sources expect the opera- Opinion thousands of people. The circum- tion schedules and distribution of stances of the shooting, which flights to be finalized this week. occurred around dawn, remained The Residency Affairs Sec- unclear. tor in the Interior Ministry has Mohammed VI, voice of his people MP queries BAE spy app The German military tweeted no power to issue visit visas to that one member of the Afghan any category like it did before By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh army was killed and three others the emergence of coronavirus, Arab Times Staff were wounded by “unknown at- reports Al-Anba daily quoting a By Ahmed Al-Jarallah since 1999 until today is well tackers.” An Italian humanitarian source from the security sector. KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23: MP Abdulaziz Newswatch organization that operates hos- Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times aware of where Morocco is Al-Saqaabi forwarded queries to Minister The source clarified that at heading, something that King pitals in Afghanistan said it had present, the Residency Affairs THE Moroccan King Moham- of Foreign Affairs and Minister of State treated six patients with bullet Mohammed VI took upon him- for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Committee is the only entity au- med VI has achieved a new wounds from the airport. thorized to grant visit visas to the self to develop in line with na- Al-Muhammad about the report that Brit- KUWAIT CITY: His Highness the The US military and NATO milestone for his kingdom tional capabilities and innova- ish Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) pub- Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad family members of expatriates Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received, on did not immediately acknowl- who hold the following visas: through the development of the tions. lished on May 15, 2017 regarding BAE edge the shooting. There was no political discourse in interna- Monday, cables from senior state Article 22 (dependent visa), Ar- Today it has become one of Systems; which allegedly sold spying comment from the Taliban. ticle 18 (private sector work visa) tional relations by opening up applications violating the privacy of indi- offi cials, all expressing deep condo- the most attractive destinations lences over the demise of Sheikha Approved and Article 17 (government sec- more to Europe - the neighbor for foreign investments. Like viduals to some countries. Badriah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- tor work visa). The source added closest to Africa’s golden gate. Al-Saqaabi requested for clarification Mubarak Al-Sabah, asking Al- Kuwait approved the transit the ministry will issue an entry many modern cities, it has mod- about the report. If it is true, he wants to of 5,000 Afghan nationals, who This was eminent from his ern infrastructure. All of this mighty Allah to bestow mercy upon permit once the visit visa ap- speech marking the 68th an- know the reasons behind signing a con- her soul. have been evacuated from their plication is approved, indicating translates into human develop- tract with such a company for Kuwait’s niversary of the Revolution of The cables were from His High- country to the US, under the the application is entered into the ment especially when the illit- biggest cybersecurity project. He inquired ness the Crown Prince Sheikh directions of His Highness the joint automated system for the the King and the People, by eracy rate drops signifi cantly, about the legal basis for signing a contract Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad opening the doors to a histori- approval of the committee. and unemployment continues with the company to provide applications Sabah, National Assembly Speaker Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the foreign The source reiterated that no cal settlement that unclogs the which can be used to spy on individuals. Marzouq Al-Ghanim, His High- ministry said on Sunday. to decline, despite the obstacles ness Chief of Kuwait National Guard decision has been issued yet for Moroccan-Spanish relations due created by the COVID-19 pan- He asked if the ministry floated a public This move comes in “recogni- the Residency Affairs Sector to to Madrid’s misreading of re- tender in this regard. If yes, he demanded Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah, tion of the strategic relations be- demic. His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al- grant visit visas; hence, this re- gional developments in the past for copies of the relevant documents. tween the State of Kuwait and the mains the task of the committee All of this is the natural re- He also wants to know the total cost of Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, two years. His Highness the Prime Minister United States of America,” ac- until further notice. sult of the perseverance of the the contract, if the ministry coordinated cording to a ministry statement. Therefore, Spain, like the rest Moroccan monarch who, eve- Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad The source also affirmed that with other concerned institutions like the Al-Sabah, President of Kuwait’s It also aims to “enhance the the ministry gave the Residency of the European Union member ry year in the Throne Day’s Ministry of Public Works and Central existing cooperation between states, highly appreciated this Supreme Judicial Council and Chair- Affairs Sector the authority to speech, presents the general agency for Information Technology. If man of the Court of Cassation Jus- them and in continuation of the grant entry visas to foreign wom- position with great applause, guidelines and road map of the yes, he requested for copies of the rel- tice Ahmad Al-Ajeel and National humanitarian role of the State of en who are currently abroad and and considered it an initiative state. According to all Moroc- evant correspondences and minutes of Guard Deputy Chief Lieu. Gen. Kuwait, which calls for the im- are married to citizens, as well as to restore matters to its natural can observers, they are more meetings. Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad portance of securing safe passage the children of Kuwaiti women courses and to work on a solid Deputy National Assembly Speaker Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. for diplomats and foreign nation- married to foreigners. clear in expressing popular Ahmad Al-Shuhoumi received in his of- In reply cables, His Highness als and the facilitation of evacua- and ever-evolving partnership in hopes than the government’s The source went on to say that all fi elds. fice Kuwaiti engineer Jenan Shehab who the Amir expressed appreciation tions from Afghanistan. a directive was issued to allow statement in every legislative won the gold award in the World Genius for the sincere sentiments, wish- The US military reported its There is no doubt that Mo- ing good health and wellness to all. the transfer of commercial visit session of the parliament. Convention for her wireless energy in- biggest day of airlifts out of Af- visas to work permits. rocco and its king bear great re- Everyone feels that these vention. (KUNA) ghanistan by far on Monday, but sponsibilities at the level of Af- speeches represent the voice Al-Shuhoumi also met student Ghala ❑ ❑ ❑ deadly violence that has blocked Disclosed rican-European relations. This of the people, conveyed by the Al-Anzi -- one of the top 10 program- KUWAIT CITY: The Amiri Di- many desperate evacuees from The source disclosed the Resi- matter can only be straightened King to all institutions. They mers in the global competition held re- wan on Monday mourned Sheikha entering Kabul’s airport persist- dence Affairs Sector has granted through the clarity of the strate- cently in India. Badriah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- ed, and the Taliban signaled they Article 24 (self-sponsorship) vi- guide them towards better per- He praised both winners, stressing that gic position that governs these formance in work because of the Mubarak Al-Sabah, widow of the might soon seek to shut down the sas to 3,800 expatriates -- most- relations. they represent the best among the Ku- late Sheikh Abdullah Al-Khalifa evacuation. ly Syrians — in the last few absolute belief that the Revolu- waiti youths who proved their creativity Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah. The de- Twenty-eight US military months. Hence, when European ob- tion of the King and the People and deserve all means of support. ceased will be laid to rest today servers say that the Moroccan flights ferried about 10,400 On expatriates without a uni- 68 years ago still continues in a MP Bader Al-Humaidi forwarded que- morning. (KUNA) people to safety out of Taliban- versity degree and are above 60 monarch’s emphasis on the is- process of modernization at all ries to Minister of Interior Sheikh Thamer ❑ ❑ ❑ held Afghanistan over the 24 years old, the source revealed sue of national and regional levels. Ali Al-Sabah about the mechanism for KUWAIT CITY: His Highness the hours that ended early Monday the Residency Affairs Sector has constants cannot be neutralized This is what was confi rmed receiving and checking citizenship ap- Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad morning, a White House offi- granted a grace period for this and that relations with Europe by King Mohammed VI in his plications since 1995 till date, categories Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has addressed cial said. segment until the proposed fees must be based on balance and last speech when he said, “This of those granted citizenship from 1995 till a cable to US President Joe Biden After more than a week of are approved; indicating it is al- construction, this means that the date, requirements for obtaining citizen- expressing deep condolences on evacuations plagued by major lowed to grant an extension of up revolution is more than just a ship, if the ministry uncovered cases of deadly fl ash fl oods swamping wide obstacles, including Taliban to six months. peer-to-peer policy is something historical event. It is an ongo- that cannot be waived. forging citizenship, if any of the employ- swaths of land in the state of Ten- forces and crushing crowds that The source added that the ing revolution that has inspired ees were involved in the forgery, if the nessee. are making approaching the air- absence permits are renewed Morocco would not have successive generations. It cel- ministry investigated the issue, results of His Highness the Crown Prince port difficult and dangerous, the automatically without the need reached this level of ability to ebrates the same spirit of true investigations if the answer is yes, num- Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al- number of people flown out met for the sponsors to visit the recalibrate relations both re- patriotism and eagerness to de- ber and names of individuals who have Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness - and exceeded - US projections Residency Affairs departments, gionally and internationally if obtained citizenship since 1995 till date, the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah for the first time. The count was confirming the absence permit is fend the homeland, its institu- Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah have it had not enjoyed security, po- tions and sacred values”. if they were granted citizenship according more than twice the 3,900 flown automatically renewed whenever to the directives issued by higher politi- sent cables of identical content to the out in the previous 24 hours on litical and economic stability, King Mohammed VI has in- US president. (KUNA) the sponsor renews the residence and active development that cal leaders or as per the regulations in this US military planes. permit on the ministry’s website. terpreted his love for his country regard. – See Also Page 7 US President Joe Biden said The Kuwaiti Embassy in the reaches about four percent an- through his constant follow up In addition, MP Fares Al-Otaibi criti- KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait Ministry Sunday he would not rule out Netherlands recently issued an ad- nually and continues to devel- on projects and the requirements cized the recruitment procedures fol- extending the evacuation beyond visory, stating that travelers from op in accordance with the new of Interior on Monday said that the of the people personally, making lowed by Kuwait Foundation for the country’s Special Forces and US Aug. 31, the date he had set for Kuwait to the Netherlands must development model that aims him a fi eld king who does not Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) to army will perform a security drill completing the withdrawal of submit a negative PCR test result to change the face of Morocco depend on advisors and reports. fill up vacant supervisory posts; describ- in the Avenues Mall on Tuesday, at troops and formally ending the or a corona vaccination certificate by 2035 in rendering it a re- ing the process as lacking transparency dawn. 19-year US combat role in Af- without the need to undergo quar- gional power under the theme, Email: [email protected] and biased. He said the job description, The ministry’s security media ghanistan. And British Prime antine, reports Al-Jarida daily. required qualifications and experience, and public relations department said Minister Boris Johnson plans to “Freeing energies and restor- Follow me on: In a press statement, the Em- ing confidence to accelerate members of the committee tasked to re- in a press statement that this exer- press Biden for an extension to bassy explained this step was view applications, and procedures for ap- cise comes as part of deep relations get out the maximum number of taken after the Dutch health au- progress and achieve prosper- pealing the recruitment results or filing a and cooperation between the two foreigners and Afghan allies pos- thorities on Thursday decided to ity for all.” lawsuit in this regard were not mentioned institutions in the fi eld of training. sible. Biden is to face the US’s put Kuwait under the ‘high-risk [email protected] An observer of royal speeches in the advertisement regarding the vacant (KUNA) G-7 allies in a virtual summit on list’ instead of the ‘extremely supervisory posts. Afghanistan Tuesday. dangerous’ list. ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2021 2

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National Bank of Kuwait climbs 4 fi ls, NAPESCO skids Kuwait bourse notches modest gains in volatile session By John Mathews Arab Times Staff ▼ UUS$/KDS$/KD 0.30095/050.30095/05 KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23: Kuwait stocks headed north on ■ Euro/KD 0.3530 Monday, recouping last session’s losses. The All Shares In- dex rose 12.06 points in volatile session to 6669.82 points ■ Yen/KD 0.0027 led by some of the heavyweights and mid-caps. The Premier Market climbed 17.25 points to 7289.22 pts ▲ British £/KD 0.4127 taking the month’s gains to 125 points while Main Market was little changed at 5445.43 pts. The BK Main 50 was down ■ Indian Rs/KD 0.0040 20.54 points at 5757.43 pts. The volume turnover meanwhile logged a modest rise following last session’s drop. Over 255 ■ Philippines Peso/KD million shares changed hands – up 15 percent from the day 0.0060 before. The sectors closed mixed. Utilities outshone the rest with ▲ FTSE +25.41 pts at 18:50 Aug 23 3.56 pct gain whereas Insurance shed 3.94 percent, the big- gest loser of the session. Volume wise, Financial Services topped with 95.9 million shares while Banking sector domi- ▲ Nikkei +480.99 pts at closing Aug 23 nated with KD 16.28 million. Among the standout performers, sector bellwether Na- ▲ Gold tional Bank of Kuwait climbed 4 fi ls on back of 5.4 million $1786.90 per oz (London) shares to 903 fi ls while Kuwait Finance House took in 2 fi ls. after pushing over 4 million shares and is up 231 points year- ▲ NYMEX crude $65.43 per barrel to-date. Humansoft Holding tumbled 41 fi ls to KD 3.437 and NAPESCO skidded 35 fi ls. Gulf Insurance Group slid 79 fi ls ▲ Brent crude $68.60 per barrel to 820 fi ls. Zain fell 2 fi ls to 600 fi ls after pushing 4.9 million shares LIBOR rate 0.12838% and Ooredoo dialed up 2 fi ls. stc edged 2 fi ls lower to 857 fi ls and Agility gave up 3 fi ls before settling at 990 fi ls. KIP- CO was unchanged at 153 fi ls whereas National Investment with brisk trading whereas Ahli United Bank Kuwait Co gained 4 fi ls on back of 4.8 million shares. Mabanee Co paused at 310 fils. Al Ahli Bank added 2 fils before end- eased 1 fi l to 734 fi ls. Boursa Kuwait Securities Co closed ing at 220 fils. 5 fi ls in red. Kuwait Investment Co slipped 5 fi ls to 251 fi ls whereas Photo by Mohammad Morsi National Industries Group added 2 fi ls after pushing 4.2 International Financial Advisors was unchanged at 136 fi ls. Editor-in-Chief of the Arab Times and Al-Seyassah newspapers Ahmad Al-Jarallah received in his offi ce on Mon- million shares whereas Gulf Cable paused at 760 fi ls. Bou- Arzan Financial Group dialed up 2 fi ls and Kuwait Financial day, August 23, 2021, the Ambassador of Djibouti to Kuwait Mohammad Ali Mou’min. Various international and byan Petrochemical Co scaled 7 fi ls and Al Qurain Petro- Centre dialed down 2 fi ls. Gulf Investment Co scaled 6 fi ls local issues were discussed at the meeting. chemical Co took in 1 fi l to close at 376 fi ls. Mezzan Hold- while Aayan Leasing and Noor Financial Investment gained ing fell 2 fi ls to 602 fi ls and Integrated Holding was fl at at 4 fi ls each. Tamdeen Investment Co dropped 10 fi ls to 279 373 fi ls. Azour climbed 8 fi ls to 233 fi ls. fi ls. The market opened fi rm and drifted sideways in early KOC magnetic, seismic surveys in last 10 years trading. The main index pulled higher and see sawed be- Clipped tween small gains and losses before plumbing the day’s Kuwait Cement Co ticked 2 fi ls to 230 fi ls whereas Ku- KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23: Accord- and free gas, in addition to associ- pandemic, KOC succeeded in lowest level of 6659 points half way into the session. It wait Portland Cement clipped 1 fi l. HEISC slipped 6 fi ls to ing to offi cial data, the Kuwait Oil ated gas, which was discovered in reaching a number of new discov- headed north again and peaked at 6673 points before clos- 451 fi ls while Metal and Recycling Co erased 4 fi ls. Kuwait Company (KOC) conducted mag- a number of fi elds recently, such as eries - Kabd, Houmah, Kahlula and ing with modest gains. Foundry Co held ground at 385 fi ls and ACICO Industries netic surveys in all parts of Kuwait, Qashaniyah, Kabd and Umm Al- Qashaniya. Top gainer of the day, KSHC jumped 9.7 percent to 32.8 was up 5 fi ls at 116 fi ls. Hilal Cement slipped 3 fi ls to 90.8 and seven major seismic surveys Rus. These discoveries include light fi ls while Sharjah Cement Co climbed 5.47 pct to stand next. fi ls and NICBM closed 3 fi ls in red. during the past ten years, reports The number of discoveries dur- oil and associated gas that are Gulf Insurance Co skidded 8.79 percent, the steepest declin- Kuwait and Gulf Links ticked 0.3 fi l higher to 50.3 fi ls Al-Anba daily. ing the ten-year period is 18 aqui- in commercial quantities in the er of the day and Mazaya Holding topped the volume with and KCPC shed 10 fi ls. Educational Holding dialed up 1 fi l 45.3 million shares. whereas Independent Petroleum Group dialed down 2 fi ls Through seismic surveys, KOC fers. These discoveries come with- Qashaaniya fi eld in the northern Sultan Centre and Arabi Group tripped 1 fi l each and Warba also conducted a number of studies in the framework of the plans and Kuwait region, at a rate of 1,819 Gains Capital Holding added 2.3 fi ls. Kuwait National Cinema Co for several deep reservoirs in order programs of KOC that were im- barrels of oil per day and 2.78 mil- Mirroring the day’s gains, the market spread was skewed inched 1 fi l up to 762 fi ls. to discover light oil and associated plemented for this purpose. They lion cubic feet of associated gas per towards the winners. 75 stocks advanced whereas 41 closed Burgan Company For Well Drilling eased 1 fi l to 175 fi ls gas or free gas and increase oil and had the most impact and positively day. lower. Of the 136 counters active on Monday, 20 closed fl at. whereas IFA Hotels and Resorts crept 0.5 fi l higher. Com- gas reserves in Kuwait. refl ected on the increase in oil and KOC had discovered four oil 10,059 deals worth KD 47.7 million were transacted during bined Group Contracting Co was unchanged at 350 fi ls and the session. OSOS Holding Group trimmed 1.4 fi ls and United Projects The data revealed that the sur- gas reserves in Kuwait. reservoirs containing associated oil In the banking sector, Gulf Bank eased 1 fil to 242 fils Co dialed up 1 fi l. Inovest BSC gave up 2 fi ls and Land Unit- veys carried out by KOC resulted It should be noted in this re- and gas during the 2020/2021 fi scal after pushing 6.2 million shares whereas Kuwait Interna- ed Real Estate dipped 27 fi ls to 102 fi ls. in the discovery of many promis- gard that, despite the diffi cult cir- year, which are four fi elds - Kahl- tional Bank and Burgan Bank stood pat at 225 fils and 226 The market has been mixed so far during the week and has ing reservoirs and fi elds of various cumstances the country is going ula, Qashaniya, Houmt and Kabd fils respectively. Boubyan Bank added 3 fils and Warba added 1 points in past two sessions. It has gained 89 points types of conventional oil, light oil through in light of the COVID-19 - and in various aquifers. Bank followed suit. Ahli United Bank BSC took in 1 fil from start of the month and is up 1124 points year-to-date. ‘We’re bound to honor rights of workers as per procedure’ Salaries, perks paid: Justice Ministry

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23: In response to the report pub- lished recently concerning the judges and legal con- sultants who have been los- ing their perks as a result of statute of limitation, the Ministry of Justice affi rmed that it is bound to honor the rights of its employees in a manner that conforms with the procedures, reports Al- Qabas daily. In its statement, the ministry affi rmed that the approval of the perks for the members of the ju- diciary for their participation in the National Assembly elections Photo by Bassam Abu Shanab in December 2020 and the sup- Seafood including all kinds of fi sh and prawns big and small are available plementary elections in May 2021 in abundance at the Souk Sharq fi sh market. were completed immediately after the end of the electoral process and referred to the concerned authori- Ex-MP, Iranians involved ties for approval and disbursement. Payment Money-laundering case adjourned Regarding the payment of due salaries to members of the judici- By Jaber Al-Hamoud fers through the former MP’s com- ary after the issuance of the decree Al-Seyassah Staff pany to Canada, Australia, Hungary and the United States of on their appointment, the ministry KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23: The explained that it does not have the America for the purpose of dis- Criminal Court adjourned to guising and concealing the illegal authority to pay the salaries of October 31 the money laundering members of the judiciary prior to source of those funds. case filed against a former MP and ❑ ❑ ❑ the issuance of the decree on their four Iranians who are accused of appointment, in compliance with smuggling and laundering quarter The Traffi c Court put behind the instructions of the Ministry of of a billion Kuwaiti dinars obtained bars two expatriates, one to 6 Finance and all other supervisory through real estate fraud in several months and 15 days, to be followed authorities. Currently, the sala- projects. The Public Prosecution by deportation from the country ries due to all have been paid, and had charged the defendants with after serving the prison term, and there are no perks or salaries that laundering quarter of a billion the other 3 weeks for driving for are due, as the decrees that were dinars by intentionally acquiring driving without a driver’s license, issued for their appointment and those funds fraudulently, and reports Al-Rai daily. their financial conditions have depositing some of them in their Security sources told the daily been in order for more than four personal accounts and in the that there is a tendency not to rec- months. accounts of the accomplices. oncile with motorists who commit Concerning the delay in dis- The accused made several trans- serious violations. bursing the perks for the evening sessions and the reward for the bursement. disbursement are completed. lecturers of the Kuwait Institute for Judicial Studies, the minis- Also, with regard to the fact that In conclusion, the ministry af- try said the perks were fully dis- the rights of judges may be lost by fi rmed its full concern for the rights bursed, and the same is true in statute of limitation, the ministry of everyone, both members of the terms of the rewards for the lec- said it lists all fi nancial dues, ei- judiciary and the ministry’s em- turers of the Kuwait Institute for ther to members of the judiciary or ployees, and its keenness to meet Judicial and Legal Studies. They employees, at the end of each fi s- them after following all the neces- were disbursed after issuing the cal year and refer them to the sec- sary procedures and controls for appointment decree and obtain- retariat, as they are reserved in the disbursement in order to avoid the ing the approval of the concerned ministry’s budget until the docu- observations of the supervisory au- oversight authorities before dis- ments and procedures necessary for thorities. ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2021 LOCAL 3 diwaniya A DIGEST OF PUBLIC OPINION ‘Extremism poses threat to neighbors after downfall of Kabul govt’ “LET US move away a little from our internal problems and our development growing presence and dominance of extremist movements, whether on sectar- barrel, then record prices and then the decline and stability now, but what did stumbling blocks, which are numerous. We certainly will not be able to over- ian or ethnic grounds, in the two countries. we do after all these experiences? come our problems with good intentions, and we will not achieve development “It is a matter of concern to the whole world and to us in the Gulf countries in “Yes, austerity is required, but a distinction must be made between the citi- through friendly meetings or offi cial statements, no matter how sublime our particular, due to our proximity to the hotbeds of confl ict and confl ict in Syria, zen with low and high incomes, between the home and the institution. The goals are and the height of our ambitions.. We need effi cient management to Lebanon, Yemen and Central Asia, with the entry of Afghanistan into the scene prices of services and energy cannot be the same. Rationalization is required in achieve what we aspire to. Alone is not enough,” columnist, Kuwaiti former and we are all afraid of the infi ltration of the pests of extremism and cells of water and electricity, facing waste fi rmly, and not stopping vital projects that minister of state for housing affairs, former minister of state for administra- extremism into our countries which necessitates coordination and consensus are in dire need of new blood. tive development affairs, former minister of education and former minister of between these countries to protect their societies and interests from the conse- “There are modern countries that were able to progress and grow despite the higher education Dr. Moudhi Abdulaziz Al-Humoud quences of all this, for the effects of all this are possible, and it is only a matter crises they have gone through, such as Japan, whose people did not succumb to wrote for Al-Qabas daily. of time if we do not warn ourselves and prepare to confront them. defeat, paying attention to education. Singapore is an island without natural re- “Today, let us think about what is going on around “We ask God to protect us.” sources and smaller than the Kuwaiti island of Bubiyan. Today, it is considered us and in the vicinity of our affl icted region, or say its the fi fth richest country in the world in terms of hard currency reserves, and the will has been ‘stolen’ by global powers that are planning Also: most politically stable nation in Asia according to the Global Competitiveness what we do not realize is its objectives even if we live “It is reasonable to consider stopping employment support for some private Report, all because of prudent management.” through its events and follow its chapters. sector employees, so that the employee loses 20 percent of his salary? He may ❑ ❑ ❑ “Let’s go back to May 2003 and during the Iraq lib- have obligations and loans. The Council of Ministers has commissioned the eration war, at that time, the civil administrator of the Public Authority for Manpower to study the possibility of stopping the dis- “The statement issued during the extraordinary meeting of the Council of coalition forces, ‘Paul Bremer’ announced the dissolu- bursement of national labor support to workers in the private sector, for those Ministers last Wednesday evening bears many good signs -- a reassurance that tion of the military structures and the dismissal of the whose total salary is 3,000 dinars and above, and the Public Authority for In- Kuwait is moving towards the right direction and it will witness many sig- Iraqi army, whose factions had vanished, leaving its dustry submitted a study to reconsider the list of prices for rents, lands and nifi cant and positive changes in the near future,” columnist Abdulrahman Al- Awwad wrote for Al-Sabah daily. stores of weapons and ammunition to be plundered by Dr Al-Humoud property buildings, state and commercial and industrial plots,” columnist Ab- those who reached it. The arms fell in the hands of every dulaziz Al-Kandari wrote for Al-Rai daily. “We have spent many years calling for diversifi cation of the sources of in- militia man and the militarization increased, and extremist groups fl ourished “Deputy Dr Badr Al-Mulla stated that the decision to study stopping em- come without a single step being taken towards this direction. There has been no initiative to transform this into plans, programs and projects. in the absence of the army. Such as the ‘Unity and Jihad’ group, which later ployment support for those whose salary exceeds 3,000 dinars is in violation of Articles 2 and 3 of the Labor Support Law, and it harms them because they built “Nevertheless, it seems the government of His Highness the Prime Minister became ISIS. From that time until now, neither Iraq nor those around it have Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled realized it is now time to stop whimpering and repeat- calmed down. their obligations on the basis of their income, some of them borrowed and have ing talks about our dependence on a single source of income, which is oil. The “I see this scenario being renewed recently with the hasty withdrawal of the fi nancial obligations, in addition to that it carries a distinction between citizens, Council decided to embark on a practical change. US army from Afghanistan, leaving behind its weapons, equipment, and ad- and called on the Council of Ministers to review this decision. “This is the importance of the statement issued in the last extraordinary meet- vanced mechanisms that were ‘looted’ by the Taliban factions, which invaded “The government also decided to reduce the budget expenditures for the cur- ing in terms of following up the implementation of the proposed roadmap to the Afghan provinces and took control of most of them without resistance. rent fi scal 2021/2022 by 10 percent in the interest of rationalization, and at the speed up the completion of major development projects, as well as providing the “The Afghan regular army, about which the US President spoke, that its large same time allow an increase in allowances for some groups, so how can it be right opportunity for the government to achieve goals and implement projects. numbers of 300,000 soldiers and equipped with the latest weapons would be at the same time rationalization and increases, and this will open the door to “The Council also adopted plans for the development of Sheikh Jaber Al-Ah- able to repel the 75,000 Taliban fi ghters, was absent. The army vanished and claims again. mad Bridge, implementation of an investment project, and assigning the Direct with it, the refugee armies of Afghan civilians migrated to neighboring coun- “The neighboring countries began to precede us and we are still missing one Investment Promotion Authority to coordinate with the other concerned authori- tries. They fl ed themselves in painful circumstances. We do not know what the opportunity after another. For information, from 1948 until the end of the 1960s ties to move forward with the option selected by the Legal Advice and Legislation future of this country will be. the price of a barrel of oil was 3 dollars, then in 1974 it rose four times, exceed- Department regarding the bidding for the implementation and management of a “What happened in Iraq and repeated in Afghanistan is puzzling and ques- ing 12 dollars a barrel, then international oil prices stabilized during 1974 and project in Abdally Economic Zone through public auction. This should be done in tionable, and even if we move away from the conspiracy theory, America 1978 between 12 dollars a barrel and 13 dollars, and because of the Iran-Iraq way that enhances the participation of the private sector in the implementation of certainly made a ‘historical mistake’ but historical mistakes were repeated in war, the price of a barrel of oil rose in 1978 to more than 35 dollars a barrel, and development projects and alleviating the fi nancial burdens of the State.” both cases, which raises doubt and suspicion about the goals of demobilizing in 1986 prices collapsed to less than 10 dollars a barrel, and in 1999 the price the Iraqi army or its recent withdrawal from Afghan lands, especially with the of a barrel rose to 25 dollars a barrel, and in 2005 prices reached 78 dollars per — Compiled by Zaki Taleb Other Voices GTD survey shows some expats You’ll sow as you shall reap own more than 50 vehicles each By Ahmad alsarraf and the Americans leaving behind huge amounts of military arsenal and equip- hen you decide to plant barley ment was rather intentional, and the aim “Win your back garden, and make was to make the Taliban a force, hinder Thief running with cash machine dies in accident sure to use the best types of seeds, fer- the Chinese expansion and put a dent tilize the soil, and irrigate it with fresh, to Russian ambitions and eliminate Ira- KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23: The General Traf- clean water, you will not reap cherries nian penetration, and so on. or pistachios, but barley.” No one disagrees that America made fi c Department law does not specify how We congratulate the Afghan peo- fatal mistakes in Afghanistan, aban- many cars an expatriate can register under ple for the return of ‘Taliban’ to rule doned its friends and those who cooper- his name, and taking advantage of this (you over them in the name of the Islamic ated and served it for two decades, and Emirate. This happened after twenty left them to their horrifi c fate and this is can call it loophole) hundreds of expatriates years of their en- an unforgivable betrayal. are believed to own more than 50 cars each, forced absence On the other hand, this is how coun- reports Al-Rai daily. and failure of tries that become large usually act so the Americans According to GTD sources it is widely believed these that it becomes diffi cult to manage people trade in cars – buying, selling and leasing – albeit to move them to them, at least externally, with high ef- the twenty-fi rst fi ciency. without license and this prompted the General Traffi c century, just like I think, or I hope, that America has Department to study the legality of this ownership and what had hap- learned something from the Afghan les- specify the number of cars an expatriate can own. pened earlier in son. This does not mean that it will stop The GTD sources told the daily “the survey carried out by Somalia, Syria, interfering in the affairs of other coun- the Traffi c Department, as part of efforts to reduce traffi c con- Iraq and Leba- tries in future, but rather it will most gestion on the streets, the authorities discovered hundreds of non, Libya and alsarraf likely change its strategies. Its status expatriates own dozens of cars and undoubtedly they trade in other nations. as a global superpower necessitates in- cars, without obtaining a license from the Ministry of Com- This is unlike the era of successful tervention, whenever required. We can merce taking advantage of the fact that there is no law to deter- military interventions and the great imagine what our situation here would mine how many cars a person can own. results they achieved in Japan, Ger- have been like on August 2, 1990, had This has led to hundreds of the expatriates circumventing many and South Korea, because these the law by registering more than 50 vehicles in their names. America not intervened and saved fi ve KUNA photo nations rose to the ranks of developed million people from the hell of Saddam The GTD pointed out these expatriates make huge profi ts but countries, thanks to American money and his gang. the state treasury does not benefi t from this trade, because they Marine fi refi ghting during the search, survey and combing process. and technology. However, all this mockery of Amer- trade without a license. Our colleague Sami Al-Behairi be- ica’s intervention in Afghanistan is to- The sources stated that the GTD wants to streamline or Corpse of Filipino found lieves the attempt to impose progress tally unfair, and it must be placed in the rather put limit on the vehicles each resident will be allowed on backward peoples is a failed process, correct time frame. In September 2001, to own, and probably they may have to pay for every extra car The Salmiya Fire and Maritime Rescue a fi shing trip. She said he was fi shing especially if their backwardness stems the developed world, and the entire he/she owns. Center have found the corpse to an uni- off the Blajat Beach and feared he may from their religious extremism. These Western civilization, was threatened The sources said there are cases of residents who rent ve- dentifi ed Filipino 33 hours after launch- have fallen into the sea. countries, and their ilk, see that their with total chaos caused by the backward hicles to their compatriots on monthly basis and the GTD is ing a search for him, reports Al-Anba The Salmiya rescue center immedi- existence in this world is transitional, and unseen forces living in caves and determined to put an end to all this illegal business. daily. ately went into action and after a long and therefore it is not the responsibility entrenched with ideologies dating back ❑ ❑ ❑ According to security sources the painstaking search found the body of of the government to build the land and to the Middle Ages, so something had to man’s wife informed the Operations the man. Without going into details the people and take care of their well-being, Thief dies in mishap: The death of a person after crashing Room of the Ministry of Interior that her daily said the corpse has been handed be done to eliminate them in any form into the fence of the garden of the home of a Kuwait, revealed but rather impose guidance (forcibly) and at any cost. husband had not returned home from over to the Forensics. on everyone, according to the concept the man behind the wheel was a thief, reports Al-Rai daily. It turned out later that it was really The incident happened in Mubarak Al-Kabir. After receiv- of the ruler. worth those sacrifi ces, but the problem Away from conspiracy theories, and ing a report police and paramedics rushed to the spot and dis- is that the memory of some is weak. covered the man had died, but on the passenger seat was a the number of contradictions reported ❑ ❑ ❑ Offi cers probed in docus forgery by political analysts, and how the rapid cashier machine, reportedly stolen by him from the branch of fall of Kabul to Taliban was planned, e-mail. [email protected] a cooperative society. KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23, (Agencies): Ku- dog, adding that the charges are “crimi- The corpse of the man has been referred to Forensics. wait’s anti-corruption authority, known as nalized” by laws aiming to protect public Nazaha, is investigating offi cers from the funds. interior ministry for the alleged forgery of There would be no letup in efforts to offi cial documents, the watchdog said on clamp down on such nefarious deeds, added Two Asians arrested for Monday. the statement. The measure is part of efforts to push a The Public Authority for Anti-Corrup- smuggling drugs via sea sweeping anti-corruption crusade across all tion (Nazaha) is studying 84 reports of sus- state bodies, said a statement by the watch- picions of corruption, reports Al-Rai daily. KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23: Personnel from the General Depart- ment for Drugs Control (GDDC) have arrested two Asians for attempting to smuggle into the country large amounts of nar- cotics via by sea, with the intent of traffi cking, reports Al-Rai daily. The Directorate-General of Public Relations and Security Media Department of the Interior Ministry stated in light of the ongoing security campaigns and efforts to prosecute drug smugglers and traffi ckers, the Criminal Security Sector of the GDDC was able to arrest the suspects. The security sources said the arrest came after the GDDC received a tip-off from a police agent that the suspects will attempt to smuggle large quantity of drugs from a neighboring country. They were arrested off the Ouha Island. Securitymen have seized from the suspect tightly wrapped 4 bags containing 105 kilos of hashish and a raid of their home yielded 20 kilos of hashish and 250 grams of cannabis and a KUNA photo quantity of shabu. Kuwait’s Saud Abdulaziz Al-Babtain Center for Burns and Plastic Surgery received During interrogation they confessed to traffi cking in drugs. six patients from the Lebanese Republic. – See Page 4 Meanwhile, the Environment Public Authority (EPA) has asked a female Twitter user to utilized appropriate words whenever she addresses a State entity, reports Al-Qabas daily. Court upholds 7 years jail for fraud This came after the Twitter user commented on the news pub- lished by the daily with the headline, “EPA celebrates the re- By Jaber Al-Hamoud certificates obtained from the Kingdom moval of used tyres on Aug 29.” The Twitter user posted: “Cel- Al-Seyassah Staff of Saudi Arabia, which had enabled him ebration!!! For what? Are you crazy?! You brought them from to get employed in the Ministry of Health Ariha to Salmi. Kuwait will remain the largest tyres cemetery.” KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23: The Court of Cas- as a public employee from 2007 to May EPA then responded to the Twitter user: “My dear sister, sation upheld the verdict issued to imprison 2019. please choose appropriate words when addressing a State an employee in the Ministry of Health for Throughout his years working in the min- agency. Do not underestimate the need to respect any party seven years, confi scate forged papers, and istry, he managed to illegally earn KD 30 serving the country. EPA relocated the tyres within six months pay a fi ne of KD 90,000 in salaries and fi - thousand, as well as forge certifi cates from in order to hand over the land to the Public Authority for Hous- nancial benefi ts. one of the colleges in Egypt, an act that was ing Welfare (PAHW) to start distributing housing plots to citi- According to the case files, the defend- discovered during the evaluation of his cer- zens. The tyres were relocated to Salmi where there are com- ant was accused of forging high school tifi cates. panies that will recycle and export these tyres.” ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2021 LOCAL 4

Ambassador of the Republic of Senegal. Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. KUNA photos Ambassador of the State of Qatar. FM receives credentials of new ambassadors George calls on ‘Health’ offi cials Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Monday at the Foreign Ministry headquarters ter wished the new diplomats success in their State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad copies of credentials of the new ambassadors missions, and further prosperity to Kuwait’s Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah received on of Senegal, Mauritania and Qatar. The minis- bilateral ties with their nations. (KUNA) Indian envoy discusses domestic Mobile fi eld units, jab centers in workers issue with PAM offi cials KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23: The Indian Ambassador to Kuwait, HE Sibi George said he is in the process of discussing the issue of domestic workers coming to Kuwait with the Public Authority for suburbs relieve pressure on MoH Manpower (PAM) in his quest to reduce the cost of bringing domestic workers to Kuwait. 18,000 expat workers given vaccines daily in residential areas Speaking to the media on the side- lines of the Onam celebration -- one of the important festivals in Kerala – KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23: at the India House he said if it costs a The Ministry of Health Kuwaiti sponsor 900 dinars to bring in has established more a domestic worker from India, “this is vaccination centers to worrisome” and called the fi gure ‘pure The ambassador with Dr Al-Mutairi. administer anti-corona exaggeration’. vaccines, especially in ar- The ambassador said 900 dinars no domestic labor offi ce in India which eas where there is large “From my point of view is an exagger- charges more than 30,000 rupees fees, ated fi gure,” and pointed out the cost of and if it is found “contrary to what I say, concentration of expa- I am ready to do all I can and even to triate workers to signifi - procedures for obtaining what he called a trained domestic worker from India the extent of getting the licence of the cantly relieve pressure to Kuwait does not exceed 30,000 ru- agency back home cancelled.” on vaccination centers pees (equivalent of 100 Kuwaiti dinars), The ambassador also said if any em- in Mishref and Sheikh which is a simple fee. He said he won- ployer is found to be abusive of his do- Jaber Bridge as part of ders where the rest of the money goes. mestic help, he/she will be prevented its plans to reach the re- He called for reconsideration of this from hiring domestic workers from In- quired societal immunity exaggerated cost, and stressed on the dia. against “Covid-19” with- need to reduce the fee of bringing Indian Meanwhile, Ambassador George re- in a short time, reports domestic workers. cently met Dr Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi, The ambassador went on to say, he Assistant Undersecretary, Ministry of Al-Qabas daily. Health, Kuwait. The MoH said more than wishes to see many Indian domestic workers coming to Kuwait, but “I do During the meeting both sides dis- 18,000 expatriate workers are not want the Kuwaiti citizen to pay large cussed ways of strengthening bilateral given vaccines on a daily ba- sums of money for domestic workers cooperation, Diaspora issues including sis in residential areas where from India.” streamlining of recruitment of medical Photo by Mohammad Morsi these workers live. This is be- He pointed out the two countries professionals from India to Kuwait. Ahmed Al-Jarallah, Editor-in-Chief of the Arab Times and Al-Seyassah newspapers, received in his offi ce on sides the MoH pressing into Monday, the Japanese Ambassador to Kuwait HE Masato Takaoka. Several issues were discussed. have signed a memorandum of under- The Ambassador also met Dr Buthai- service mobile fi eld units in standing to bring in labor, and part of na Al-Mudhaf, Assistant Undersecre- various other areas and gov- this agreement is to reduce the fees for tary, Ministry of Health, Kuwait, and ernment institutions. bringing domestic workers to Kuwait. “I discussed ways of enhancing bilateral Increased pay great attention in this area and I am ties including vaccination of all Indian This MoH move has increased optimistic an agreement will be reached nationals in Kuwait, and the issue of In- the daily vaccination rates to with the Kuwaiti side,” he added. dian who are stranded abroad including more than 100,000 recently, and He concluded by saying, “There is in India. will reach community immunity faster than expected. The Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh Youth Minutes of MC meet number 4/’21 OK’d Center vaccinates more than 6,000 workers daily, while similar num- bers are vaccinated at Al-Tadamun Dr Al-Fares rejects some decisions of Council Sports Club from eight in the KUNA photo morning until eight in the evening, The 6 fi refi ghting vehicles being sent to Tunisia, fully equipped to confront forest fi res. while the Employment Vaccination KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23: Minister of the special percentage of establishment is Center in Kabad receives more than Public Works and acting State Minister determined by Kuwait Municipality and Kuwait treats 6 injured Lebanese 3,000, after they were registered on for Municipality Affairs Dr Rana Al- after obtaining approval from the State the MoH vaccination platform by Fares has rejected some of the decisions Properties Department to add these gar- their respective companies. of the Municipal Council, reports Al- dens to the list of parks. She argued the At the Wafra Center, vaccina- Anba daily. proposal requires further study. Kuwait donates 6 fi refi ghting engines to Tunisia tions are continuing this week, The minister took this step when she The minister rejected as well the pro- due to the continued infl ux of approved the minutes of Municipal posal of some Council members to close KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23, (KUNA): Kuwaiti Fire Force at Al-Babtain Center for Burns and Plastic Surgery, the large numbers of workers so far. Council meeting number 4/2021. The Derwaza intersection due to asphalt said Monday that upon Amiri directives, Kuwait Army Air Health Ministry announced Monday. On the fi rst day of its inaugu- rejected decisions include the internal cracks and to carry out maintenance Force sent two aircraft to the Republic of Tunisia, carrying In a statement to KUNA, ministry spokesperson Dr ration 2,500 workers received the regulations for organizing the work of works in Derwaza tunnel. She pointed out six fully-equipped fi refi ghting vehicles, to confront forest Abdullah Al-Sanad said the move came upon directives vaccine while the number of those fi res and help in rescue operations. of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- vaccinated last Friday and Satur- the Council due to violation of Municipal that the Council of Ministers had earlier The donation comes within brotherly bonds and sup- Jaber Al-Sabah as they have been immediately trans- day was nearly 6000. However, Law No. 33/2016. instructed the Ministry of Public Works port in facing crises and disasters, as it refl ects Kuwait’s ferred to the Al-Babtain Center as soon as they arrived on a daily basis the center is ex- Al-Fares also rejected the proposal of to determine the future uses of the tunnel pioneering role in providing humanitarian aid, KFF Public in the country. pected vaccinate 3,000 workers. Council member Ahmed Hadian on al- and its surrounding area; in coordination Relations and Information said in a statement. Dr Qutaibah Al-Kanderi, head of the medical team su- The health teams are sched- lowing the establishment of shades with with the Ministry of Finance, State Min- Meanwhile, six Lebanese who were injured in a recent pervising the cases, noted that the burns varied between 50 uled to move next to vaccinate engineering designs in the gardens of pri- istry for Municipality Affairs, and Public fuel tank explosion in northern Lebanon are being treated and 80 percent in severity. farm workers in Abdali. vate and model housing areas, provided Authority for Roads and Transportation.

Kuwait Relief Society funds Kuwait opens 2 schools in Yemen’s Hadramout

ADEN, Aug 23, (KUNA): The Undersecretary of Yem- en’s Hadramout Governorate, Issam Al-Kathiri, inaugu- rated on Sunday the “Bakathir Secondary Schools” in the city of Sayun and Wadi Bin Ali in the Shibam district, after restoring it with funding from the Kuwait Relief Society. In his speech during the inauguration ceremony, Al- Kathiri expressed his thanks and appreciation to Kuwait, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- Jaber Al-Sabah, the Kuwaiti government, and the Kuwait Relief Society for the permanent support to the Yemeni people, especially in the education sector. For his part, Offi ce Director of Response Foundation (Istejaba) in Hadramout, Engineer Salem Bawazeer, said that the inauguration of these two projects is part of projects implemented by Kuwait Relief Society in Had- ramout, most notably the restoration of the Industrial In- stitute in Sayun. He lauded the generous support provided by Kuwait Relief Society and other Kuwaiti associations to Had- ramout Governorate. For his part, Deputy Director of the Kuwaiti Relief Society in Yemen, Adel Baeshen, said in a statement to KUNA that the inauguration of the two projects to restore and rehabilitate the two schools is part of a package of development projects implemented by the association in various Yemeni governorates. He added that the education sector is of great priority and importance to Kuwait Relief Society, which launched during the past two weeks, coinciding with the start of the new academic year, a number of important projects to serve the educational process. He pointed out that the Kuwaiti Society opened a school of eight classes in Abyan governorate after build- ing and equipping it and opened Al-Farouq High School in Shabwa after its restoration and rehabilitation. He stressed the keenness of Kuwait Relief Society to support the Yemeni people and to continue relief and de- velopment efforts in a way that contributes to achieving development and serving the Yemeni community, within the framework of the campaign “Kuwait by your side” for the seventh year in a row.

ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2021 LOCAL 6

4-week training program Burgan Bank’s Summer Internship Program for Young Bankers begins

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23: Burgan thinking, public speaking and mod- Bank has launched the 2021 Sum- ern banking. The participants also mer Internship Program for Young take part in various cross-collabo- Bankers designed to provide the ration projects and initiatives under students, who have a passion for the the supervision of the branches’ banking world,with the opportunity managers and employees. to access a hands-on professional Commenting on this preeminent experience in the banking sector. program for developing the future Through the four-week training leaders of the banking sector, Mr. program, the participants had the Bashar Al-Qattan, Manager at the chance to implement their acquired Learning and Talent Development, theoretical knowledge in a business said “The Learning & Talent De- environment and to learn new skills. velopment team has launched this First launched in 2002, the yearly internship program as part of Bur- Summer Internship Program enables gan’s corporate social responsibil- 17 talented students to acquire the ity strategy that reflects the Bank’s experience as well as the key skills commitment to provide continuous and competencies that facilitate their and impartial support to students in access to upcoming career opportu- Kuwait through dedicated special nities in the banking industry. educational and training initiatives. Designed to offer a learning plat- Selected form enriched with unparalleled in- Learning and Talents Development team at Burgan Bank with the students. The participants were selected sights into the banking industry, the from a large pool of candidates program aims to boost the interns’ who have applied through the Man- power skills by providing them with power and Government Restructur- the key banking foundations that ing Program. Burgan’s employees will prepare them for great future were also invited to partake in the career opportunities.” initiative, which reflects the bank’s Burgan Bank is committed to its commitment to stimulate Burgan- strategic investment in developing ‘No significant’ fish deaths ers’ loyalty and engagement. its human capital. In line with this The Summer Internship Program key priority, Burgan extends the organized by the Learning and Tal- implementation of this principle ents Development Department in to sharing banking knowledge and collaboration with the Recruitment experience with the community by and the Retail Management teams, preparing and nurturing new gen- engages students in rotations across erations of skilled employees. The along Kuwaiti shores: EPA the Bank’s branches and contact Bank’s support to this initiative also center to allow them to experience falls under its dynamic full-fledged the retail banking dynamics. The community program ENGAGE– internship program also helps par- Together to be the change, through ticipants to develop their teamwork, which Burgan highlights the key as- Coral reefs around Qaru island bleached creativity, communication and cus- pects affecting various society seg- tomer service skills. It covers a wide ments and promotes social welfare range of topics including leader- through educational, cultural and KUWAIT CITY, Aug 23, of fish deaths and taking samples of the ship mastery, cooperation, creative health driven initiatives. dead fish. (Agencies): The Environ- He pointed the issue needs to be tack- ment Public Authority on led by the concerned officials, study its Monday denied online re- causes and work to treat it, at the same Djibouti commends Kuwait’s assistance ports claiming the coastal re- time stressing the importance of involv- ing the fishermen’s federation because Djibouti’s Ambassador to Kuwait Mo- express gratitude for KRCS for ex- gions have witnessed death it contributes to preserving fish wealth, hammad Ali Moumin commended tending humanitarian assistance to of large numbers of fish. pointing out every year at this time Monday State of Kuwait’s humani- Djibouti. There was a countable number some deaths appear, but they were con- tarian assistance around the world, Moumin, who commended “histor- of fish deaths at some coastal re- centrated to two types of fish, including helping needy regardless of their ic and distinguished ties with Kuwait, mead, but this time the species have in- race or faith. called for boosting partnership be- gions over the past few days, EPA creased, and this is alarming. Kuwait’s philanthropic action tween Kuwait and Djibouti Red Cres- said in a statement, on Monday, spreads around the globe during cri- cents in terms of training and relief. clarifying that the death of fish Also: ses, Moumin told KUNA after meet- Al-Sayer said humanitarian work could not be classified as serious KUWAIT CITY: Coral reefs skirting ing with Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer, Board was facing many challenges, and unless numbers exceed 100,000. the Kuwaiti island of Garu have been Chairman of Kuwait Red Crescent called for doubling efforts to ce- The fish death is a global phenom- bleached, largely due to waters’ upper Society (KRCS). ment effectiveness of philanthropy. enon that recurs annually, it said af- layers overheating and altering envi- He said he visited Al-Sayer to (KUNA) firming that fish die due to high tem- ronment related to climatic change, the KUNA photo perature and irresponsible acts by Coral bleaching on Qaru Island. Environment Public Authority said on sea-goers. Monday. Some dead fish were washed ashore Abdullah Al-Zaidan, the deputy along Kuwait Bay and this prompted to open Kuwait Bay for mead fishing ronment Public Authority has spared director general for technical affairs, the head of the Kuwaiti Fishermen’s under the supervision of the concerned no effort in protecting the environ- told KUNA EPA’s teams during sur- Federation Zaher Al-Suwayan criti- authorities. ment,” and said the Kuwaiti Fisher- veys of locations around the island cizing conflicting statements issued He said one of the causes of fish men’s Federation is ready to cooperate found that the coral reefs there have by some parties which he said neces- dying is due to dumping waste in rain and provide all assistance whenever been bleached. sitate careful consideration, reports Al- water sewers which then pollutes the requested to do so to protect the ma- Measuring the water heat, they Qabas daily. marine environment beyond the scien- rine environment, develop the fishing found that it hit 34 degrees on Satur- Al-Suwayan in defence of the fisher- tifically permissible limits. sector and develop fisheries. day, as compared to 37 degrees in July. men said they have nothing to do with Al-Suwayan stated the issue of dead Al-Suwayan praised the efforts ex- The bleaching of the reefs may oc- the fish death. He said the areas where fish found floating along the coastline erted by the Public Authority for Ag- cur when the heat rises at least one dead fish was found are areas where requires serious study to find out its ricultural Affairs and Fish Resources degree for three consecutive weeks, he fishermen are not permitted to catch, causes and identify the reasons to limit (PAAAFR) on the issue of fish deaths said, indicating that they may re-live KUNA photo although the federation on more than its recurrence. by conducting a survey of the entire once they are liberated of the heat re- Djibouti’s Ambassador to Kuwait Mohammad Ali Moumin during a meeting with one occasion had demanded, in vain, He added, “We know that the Envi- Kuwait Bay, determining the locations lated stress. Dr Hilal Al-Sayer, Board Chairman of Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS). ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2021 INTERNATIONAL 7

Weather

Floodwaters rush through Tennessee 22 dead, many missing after 17 inches of rain WAVERLY, Tenn., Aug 23, (AP): At least 22 people were killed and rescue crews searched desperately Sunday amid shattered homes and tangled debris for dozens of people still missing after record-breaking rain sent fl oodwaters surging through Middle Tennessee. Saturday’s fl ooding in rural areas took out roads, cell- phone towers and telephone lines, leaving families uncer- tain about whether their loved ones survived the unprece- dented deluge. Emergency workers were searching door to door, said Kristi Brown, a coordinator for health and safety supervisor with Humphreys County Schools. Many of the missing live in the neighborhoods where the water rose the fastest, said Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis, who confi rmed the 22 fatalities in his county. The names of the missing were on a board in the county’s emergency center and listed on a city department’s Face- book page. Lee “I would expect, given the num- ber of fatalities, that we’re going to see mostly recovery efforts at this point rather than rescue efforts,” Tennessee Emergency Management Director Pat- rick Sheehan said. The dead included twin babies who were swept from their father’s arms, according to surviving family members, and a foreman at county music star Loretta Lynn’s ranch. The sheriff of the county of about 18,000 people some 60 Members of the public watch the Changing of the Guard ceremony at Buckingham Palace, London, Monday, August 23, 2021, which is taking place for the fi rst time miles (96 kilometers) west of Nashville said he lost one of since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP) his best friends. Up to 17 inches (43 centimeters) of rain fell in Hum- phreys County in less than 24 hours Saturday, shattering Buckingham Palace guard ceremony returns after COVID hiatus the Tennessee record for one-day rainfall by more than 3 inches (8 centimeters), the National Weather Service British soldiers in scarlet tunics and bearskin hats the spread of the coronavirus. success at the Tokyo Olympics, including the paraded outside Buckingham Palace on Monday as On Monday, soldiers from the Coldstream Guards theme from “Chariots of Fire” and Spandau Bal- said. the Changing the Guard ceremony resumed after a marched from their London barracks to the home of let’s “Gold.” Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee toured the area, calling it a pandemic-induced 18-month gap. Queen Elizabeth II to mount the guard, as scores of Soldiers have maintained sentry duty outside “devastating picture of loss and heartache.” He stopped on The tourist-pleasing spectacle was halted in spectators watched and took photos royal residences during the pandemic, but the cer- Main Street in Waverly where some homes were washed March 2020 as Britain went into lockdown to stem A military band played tunes saluting British emonial changeover was not held. (AP) off their foundations and people were sifting though their water-logged possessions. All around the county were debris from wrecked cars, demolished businesses and homes and a chaotic, tangled Budget mix of the things inside. Shirley Foster cried as the governor walked up. She said she just learned a friend from her church was dead. “I thought I was over the shock of all this. I’m just tore No signs of budging up over my friend. My house is nothing, but my friend is gone,” Foster told the governor. The hardest-hit areas saw double the rain that area of Middle Tennessee had in the previous worst-case scenario Moderates pit against Biden, Pelosi for fl ooding, meteorologists said. Lines of storms moved over the area for hours, wring- WASHINGTON, Aug 23, (AP): Out- Pelosi, D-Calif., would let her own tee chairs late last week. In a show of ing out a record amount of moisture - a scenario sci- numbered and with their party’s most party’s centrists deal him an embar- solidarity, the White House and Pelosi entists have warned may be more common because of powerful leaders arrayed against them, rassing defeat. That’s especially true issued similar statements afterward global warming. nine moderate Democrats trying to up- with the president already under fi re underscoring their determination to end plans for enacting President Joe over his handling of the U.S. with- approve the measures soon and point- Downpours Biden’s multitrillion-dollar domestic drawal from Afghanistan and Demo- edly ignoring moderates’ demand to The downpours rapidly turned the creeks that run behind program face a House showdown. crats’ prospects uncertain in the 2022 do infrastructure fi rst. backyards and through downtown Waverly into raging rap- All the rebellious group must do elections for control of Congress. “The president noted that these poli- ids. Business owner Kansas Klein stood on a bridge Sat- to prevail is outmaneuver the White Some solution averting a Biden set- cies go to the heart of the values that urday in the town of 4,500 people and saw two girls who In this photo provided by Mayor Chris House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and nu- back in the House seems likely, but it he ran on,” the White House statement were holding on to a puppy and clinging to a wooden board Slavicek, emergency personnel and merous progressive colleagues who’ve was unclear what that would be. said. It said Biden “reiterated his en- fi rst responders work to help residents stood fi rmly against them. That’s no Pelosi, top House Democrat since thusiasm” for signing the $1 trillion sweep past, the current too fast for anyone to grab them. He after heavy rains from Henri fl ooded hadn’t found out what happened to them. small task. 2003, has a long history of doing what infrastructure and $3.5 trillion social the area, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021, in The House meets Monday in what and environment bills “as soon as pos- Not far from the bridge, Klein told The Associated Press Helmetta, N.J. (AP) it takes to line up the votes she needs by phone that dozens of buildings in a low-income housing Democratic leaders hope will be just on important issues. sible.” area known as Brookside appeared to have borne the brunt a two-day interruption of lawmakers’ She said in a weekend letter to The House planned a Monday eve- August recess. They want quick ap- Democratic members of the House ning vote on a measure opening the of the fl ash fl ood from Trent Creek. proval of a budget resolution setting that it was critical to pass the budget door to passage later of the budget “It was devastating: buildings were knocked down, half up future passage - maybe this fall - resolution this week and that any delay resolution, the infrastructure bill and of them were destroyed,” Klein said. “People were pulling of legislation directing $3.5 trillion at threatens the timetable for delivering a voting rights measure, another top out bodies of people who had drowned and didn’t make it safety net, environment and other pro- “the transformative vision that Demo- Democratic goal. out.” grams over the next decade. crats share.” Unless the moderates decide to op- The Humphreys County Sheriff Offi ce Facebook page That huge measure, largely fi nanced “It is essential that our Caucus pro- pose the procedural measure, Demo- fi lled with people looking fo r missing friends and family. with tax increases on the rich and ceeds unifi ed in our determination to crats controlling the chamber 220-212 GoFundMe pages were made asking for help for funeral big business, comprises the heart of deliver once-in-a-century progress for should be able to push it through. To expenses for the dead, including 7-month-old twins yanked Biden’s vision for helping families and the children,” she wrote. pass any legislation over solid GOP from their father’s arms as they tried to escape. combating climate change and is pro- opposition, Democrats can lose no gressives’ top priority. Released more than three votes. The foreman at Lynn’s ranch, Wayne Spears, also was Suga Lofven killed. The moderates have threatened to On Friday, her offi ce released a let- If the procedural measure passes, “He’s out at his barn and next thing you know, he goes oppose the budget resolution unless ter from the chair of the Congressional leaders planned a vote on the budget from checking animals in the barn to hanging on in the barn the House fi rst approves a $1 tril- Hispanic Caucus urging lawmakers to resolution Tuesday. Statements from News in Brief lion, 10-year package of road, power support the budget resolution. Four of both sides last week showed they re- to people seeing him fl oating down the creek. And that’s the nine moderates who’ve demanded how fast it had come up,” the sheriff said. grid, broadband and other infrastruc- mained divided. ture projects that’s already passed the that the infrastructure bill pass fi rst are Among moderates, Rep. Henry A photo taken by someone at the ranch showed Spears in Suga ally loses local race: A close Senate. With unanimous Republican members of that caucus. Cuellar, D-Texas, said in an inter- a cowboy hat clinging to a pillar in brown, churning water ally of Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide opposition expected to the fi scal blue- The chair, Rep. Raul Ruiz, D-Calif., view, “No progressive is going to cram up to his chest. Suga was defeated in a high-profile mayoral print, moderates’ nine votes would be wrote that provisions like extended something down my throat.” Rep. “Wayne’s just one of those guys, he just does everything election in Yokohama, Suga’s home turf, in more than enough to sink it in the nar- child tax credits and a path to citizen- Jared Golden, D-Maine, said failure for everybody, if there’s a job to do,” said his friend Mi- a sharp setback for the already unpopular rowly divided House. ship for many immigrants would pro- to pass the infrastructure bill quickly chael Pate, who met Spears at the ranch 15 years ago. leader ahead of general elections later this The moderates want Congress to vide “an equitable recovery” for His- “leaves the nation’s economy and At the Cash Saver grocery in in Waverly, employees year. quickly send the bipartisan infrastruc- panic and other families. crumbling infrastructure hostage to stood on desks, registers and a fl ower rack as the waters Opposition-backed scientist Takeharu ture measure to Biden so he can sign The House Blue Dog Coalition, a political gamesmanship.” from the creek that’s usually 400 feet (120 meters) from Yamanaka comfortably beat Suga confi- it before the political winds shift. That group that includes some of the most On the other side, progressive leader the store rushed in after devastating the low income hous- dante Hachiro Okonogi in an eight-candi- would nail down a victory they could conservative congressional Democrats, Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., said in an date race with support from voters critical has also said it wants the infrastructure ing next door. At one point, they tried to break through the of the governing party’s pandemic response tout in their reelection campaigns next interview that Democrats “not actively celling into the attic and couldn’t, store co-owner David and its backing of plans for a waterfront ca- year. measure passed as fast as possible, supporting” Biden’s priorities “are not Hensley said. sino in the city. (AP) “The House can’t afford to wait but has stopped short of threatening moderates,” suggesting they’re conser- The fl ood waters stopped rising as fast just as the situa- ❑ ❑ ❑ months or do anything to risk passing” to oppose the budget resolution. Eight vative. tion was getting dire and a rescue boat came by. “We told the infrastructure bill, Rep. Josh Got- of its 19 members are among the nine The group Justice Democrats, him that if there’s somebody else out there you can get, go Protesters clash in Portland: Opposing theimer, D-N.J., said Friday. He’s a moderates who have threatened to vote which recruits progressive candidates get them, we think we’re OK,” Hensley said. rallies that drew hundreds of people in Port- leader of the nine moderate mavericks against the budget. including challengers to congressional land, Oregon, sparked clashes on Sunday. who each released statements reaffi rm- So far, neither the moderates nor the incumbents, released a fundraising ap- Condolences The two groups had gathered in differ- ing their desire that the infrastructure powerful forces confronting them were peal saying Gottheimer was being sup- ent parts of the city after a far-right group vote come fi rst. showing signs of budging. ported by “the worst of the political At the beginning of a news conference on Tropical Storm changed the location of its event. Henri’s impact on New England, President Joe Biden of- With most of Biden’s domestic Biden met virtually with Pelosi and establishment.” It did not name who The right-wing rally drew about 100 agenda at stake, it’s unimaginable that other Democratic leaders and commit- they were. fered condolences to the people of Tennessee and directed people in a parking lot of a former Kmart federal disaster offi cials to talk with the governor and offer store and clashes began as it wound down, assistance. KOIN-TV reported. A van tried to drive into SKorea, US envoys discuss aid: South their talks in Seoul, renewing his offer sion of the US hostile policy” toward it. Just to the east of Waverly, the town of McEwen was the parking lot, but crashed and the driver Korea’s chief nuclear envoy Noh Kyu-duk to “meet with my North Korean counter- (KUNA) pummeled Saturday with 17.02 inches (43.2 centimeters) ran away. Demonstrators then began ignit- and US special representative for North parts anywhere, at anytime,” according to ❑ ❑ ❑ of rain, smashing the state’s 24-hour record of 13.6 inches ing fireworks and similar devices. It was not Korea Sung Kim on Monday discussed hu- the report. (34.5 centimeters) from 1982, according to the National immediately clear if anyone suffered serious manitarian aid to Pyongyang, Yonhap News The meeting came amid renewed ten- Indonesia minister gets 12 yrs: Indo- injuries. (AP) Agency reported. sions with Pyongyang over the ongoing nesia’s anti-graft court sentenced a former Weather Service in Nashville, though Saturday’s numbers ❑ ❑ ❑ Cabinet minister to 12 years in prison on would have to be confi rmed. “The US does not have a hostile intent South Korea-US military exercise, which to the North,” Kim told reporters after the North berated as the “most vivid expres- Monday after finding him guilty of bribery A fl ash fl ood watch was issued for the area before the Swedish PM to step down: Stefan related to the government’s distribution of rain started, with forecasters saying 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 Lofven, Sweden’s Social Democratic prime coronavirus aid. centimeters) of rain was possible. The worst storm recorded minister since 2014, said Sunday that he Former Social Affairs Minister Juliari Pe- in this area of Middle Tennessee only dropped 9 inches (23 will step down as head of government and ter Batubara was arrested in December after centimeters) of rain, said Krissy Hurley, a weather service the party in November. he turned himself in to the Corruption Erad- The unexpected announcement - made ication Commission, hours after its chair- meteorologist in Nashville. during his annual summer speech – came “Forecasting almost a record is something we don’t do man publicly called on him to surrender. ahead of next year’s general election and af- His arrest came a day after the commis- very often,” Hurley said. “Double the amount we’ve ever ter Lofven in June became the first Swedish sion foiled an attempt to hand over seven seen was almost unfathomable.” leader ever to lose a motion in parliament. suitcases and backpacks containing $1.3 Recent scientifi c research has determined that extreme Lofven said he had informed the party million in cash to ministry officials. He was rain events will become more frequent because of man- “that I want to leave my position as party immediately dismissed by President Joko made climate change. Hurley said it is impossible to know chairman at the party congress in November Widodo. (AP) its exact role in Saturday’s fl ood, but noted in the past year and then also ask to be dismissed as prime ❑ ❑ ❑ her offi ce dealt with fl oods that used to be expected maybe minister.” (AP) ❑ ❑ ❑ 2 new blazes break in Greece: Greece once every 100 years in September south of Nashville and scrambled firefighting aircraft and ground in March closer to the city. Malaysia’s new PM strikes: Malay- forces Monday as at least two new blazes “We had an incredible amount of water in the atmo- sia’s new Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaa- broke out in areas already scarred by wild- sphere,” Hurley said of Saturday’s fl ooding. “Thunder- kob struck a conciliatory tone in his first fires this summer, with strong winds com- storms developed and moved across the same area over and national address Sunday, saying he would plicating the efforts to contain them. over and over.” embrace the opposition in an effort to tackle The first broke out Monday morning in The problem isn’t limited to Tennessee. A federal study the runaway pandemic and revive a slump- the southern part of Evia, Greece’s second- ing economy. largest island, whose north was decimated found man-made climate change doubles the chances of the A day after being sworn in, Ismail said types of heavy downpours that in August 2016 dumped 26 earlier this month by a blaze that burned for the political battles that led to a change of more than 10 days. The second wildfire was inches (66 centimeters) of rain around Baton Rouge, Loui- government twice since 2018 elections had New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul addresses the media after a meeting with Long burning in Kaza, in the Vilia area northwest siana. Those fl oods killed at least 13 people and damaged been detrimental to the country and dis- Island labor leaders in Hauppauge, N.Y., on Friday, Aug. 20, 2021. Hochul is set of Athens where a major blaze was brought 150,000 homes. tressed the public. (AP) to take over as governor of the state in a midnight transfer of power on Monday, under control Friday after burning for five ❑ ❑ ❑ Aug. 23, following the resignation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. (AP) days. (AP) Pfizer to pay $2.26bn for cancer treatment developer Trillium

Pfizer is spending more than immune system to detect and invested $25 million in Tril- the company. $2 billion in cash to buy a destroy cancer cells. lium last September, and one Cancer treatments brought drugmaker focused on can- Its two lead candidates are of the leaders of Pfizer’s can- in $10.9 billion in revenue last In this file photo, the Pfizer cer treatments. in early-stage testing and fo- cer research was named to year, and Pfizer’s oncology logo is displayed at the com- Pfizer will pay $18.50 for cus on hematology. Trillium’s scientific advisory products include treatments pany’s headquarters in New each share of Trillium Thera- That includes blood, bone board. for breast, colorectal, blood York. (AP) peutics Inc., or more than marrow and lymph node Pfizer Inc. said last and lung cancers. double the stock’s 60-day cancers like leukemia or lym- month that its COVID-19 Pfizer’s stock climbed weighted average price. phoma. vaccine brought in nearly almost 3% at the open- Trillium has no products The deal announced Mon- half of its second-quarter ing bell. Shares of Trillium, on the market. Its potential day will need approval from revenue, but cancer treat- based in Cambridge, Mas- treatments include biologics Trillium shareholders. ments also have been a sachusetts, nearly tripled to that aim to prime a patient’s Pfizer, based in New York, growing sales generator for $17.73. (AP)

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By Kimberly Palmer NerdWallet osing income is never easy, but it’s Lbecome increasingly common over the last year and a half: According to the Pew Research Center, 44 percent of US adults say their household has experienced either job loss (includ- ing temporarily) or a pay cut since the beginning of the pandemic, with His- panic and Asian adults most likely to say so. That creates an incredible strain as people scramble to cover basic expenses like food and housing as well as monthly bills and everyday expenses, even if the reduction in in- come is temporary. Having a sense of your budget and avoiding procrastination is the key to doing well post-pay cut, says certified financial planner Manisha Thakor, founder of MoneyZen, a financial educational consultancy in Portland, Oregon. She says your odds of surviving and perhaps thriving go up exponen- tially “if you know your expenses beforehand, immediately acknowl- edge something bad has happened and you need to adjust them - and open your mind to the notion that it’s really likely that by downsizing, you could actually end up having a richer life.” Acknowledge the emotions “It’s OK to admit that it’s a crappy situation and you are going through it. I think a lot of people don’t give themselves that grace,” says Athena Valentine Lent, founder of the Mon- ey Smart Latina website. There can be grief involved in los- ing income as you mourn your pre- vious lifestyle, says Daisy Luther , founder of The Frugalite website. “I grew up in a well-to-do-family and never heard, ‘We can’t afford that,’ and then got divorced and I had to accept that my life had changed,” she says. A customer wears a mask as she waits to get a receipt at a register in Target store in Vernon Hills, Illinois, Sunday, May 23, 2021. Losing income is never easy, but it’s become increasingly She could no longer go out to piz- common over the last year and a half: According to the Pew Research Center, 44 percent of U.S. adults say their household has experienced either job loss (including temporarily) or a pay cut za with her kids every Friday night, since the beginning of the pandemic, with Hispanic and Asian adults most likely to say so. (AP) for example. Gym memberships and nail salon visits were out, too. She suggests giving yourself a set amount of time to feel sad and then start focusing on how you are going to move on. Pop-up restaurants in US may stick Audit your spending If you review all of your spend- ing, Thakor says, then you can get tactical about which items to cut: “Anything you’re spending mon- ey on that doesn’t bring you joy, around as COVID sees ‘resurgence’ like cable bills, activities for kids, things that have crept into your life about ‘who looks the best?’ - just step out of that competition,” Tha- Consumers continue to embrace takeout and delivery kor advises. Lent adds that you can make trade- offs: “I might need the Internet but NEW YORK, Aug 23, (AP): let chefs and owners keep working fewer people to dine out. continue to operate with a lean team, taurant earlier this year, but initially not cable. I need a phone, but not that Pop-up restaurants, many and making a living during the early “2021 is defi nitely a year of transi- with every safety precaution taken, had trouble fi nding investors. extra stuff on the phone plan. I need part of the pandemic when dining tion for the restaurant industry,” said to be able to serve guests in both a “Most people worried about get- groceries, but I don’t need to eat out. started as stopgap measures rooms were closed and the economy Hudson Riehle, senior vice president to-go and delivery capacity.” ting involved in restaurants during I don’t need Netflix, I can go to the by struggling chefs and was teetering. They’ve helped bring of research for the National Restau- Hathorne, a restaurant in Nash- the pandemic,” he said. “So, we had library. Anything you don’t need to owners, may have staying buzz to existing restaurants that host rant Federation. “The industry is still ville, has hosted about 10 pop-ups to get creative. I thought, if we can spend on, don’t spend it,” she says. them. And some have even morphed being substantially challenged by the featuring local area chefs since the run a pop up, we can put the pro- Zero in on food power as consumers con- into permanent new businesses. COVID situation.” pandemic began. For the pop-ups, it ceeds and profi ts into building the Food is a major spending category tinue to embrace takeout Now, as re-openings across the The fl exibility of the take-out and is a way to get exposure and have ac- restaurant.” for a lot of people, and it’s a prime and delivery and the delta country are threatened by a rise in delivery model helped Alex Thab- cess to a full kitchen. For Hathorne, In May he started Naegi, a pop- target for cuts, says Valerie Rind , variant threatens to make COVID-19 cases, pop-up creators oua meet those challenges. Thab- it’s a way to fi ll seats on nights up serving fried chicken sandwiches author of “Gold Diggers and Dead- and hosts are asking, “What next?” oua is co-owner of Electric Burrito, they’d ordinarily be empty. Since from a window in the building he beat Dads: True Stories of Friends, dining in less of an option. The restaurant industry has been which began as a pop-up at Mister reopening for in-person dining in bought. The pop-up helped bring Family, and Financial Ruin ,” who Pop-up restaurants can take one of the hardest-hit during the pan- Paradise bar in New York in 2020. October, the restaurant is open just awareness to the permanent restau- experienced a major income drop a variety of forms, from a ra- demic. It is still down 1 million jobs A permanent location opened in Wednesday through Saturday. rant, Matsu, a more traditional Japa- when she changed careers about 16 men maker appearing for one- from the pre-pandemic employment May and is focused on take-out and “We knew, when we reopened, we nese restaurant with a tasting menu, were not going to be able to be open which will open in a few weeks. years ago. night only at an established bar level of 12.3 million. Restaurant delivery, so even if there is another “I cut back on eating out, even sales in 2020 totaled $659 million, lockdown, the restaurant will be able six or seven days a week because “It helped bring a lot of aware- though I like it and I’m not much of or restaurant, to a taco maker down $240 million from expected to operate, he said. staffi ng and business wasn’t going ness, it helped start spreading word a cook,” she says. She also changed using an unused space to tem- levels, according to the National “This fl exibility was something to be there,” said John Stephenson, of mouth more than what we ever the way she shopped for groceries, porarily host diners, to a chef Restaurant Federation. Sales re- we found very important during our Hathorne’s owner. “I knew that I thought it would do,” he said. He bypassing the $4 orange juice and offering meatballs for delivery bounded this year as the economy re- pop-up stages, when the world was wanted to utilize the space.” doesn’t anticipate another lockdown using a crock pot for more meals, only. covered and restrictions were lifted, getting locked down and heavy re- A Nashville chef for decades, Ste- coming to Oceanside, California, but which also generated leftovers for Cheaper to operate than regular but now some economists are paring strictions were being placed on busi- phenson knew a number of chefs if it does, he will just continue to op- the freezer. back expectations for U.S. economic nesses,” he said. “We’ve designed who were trying to stay afl oat dur- erate Naegi, he said. restaurants because they have less ing the pandemic with projects like For Marisa Iocco, who co-owns Recently, she has gotten inspira- overhead and staffi ng costs, pop-ups growth, partly because they expect our operations in a way that we can tion for meals from TikTok chefs, creating take-out dinners or starting Italian restaurant Spiga Ristorante in who break down recipes in short vid- food trucks, he said. Needham, Mass., a pop-up was a way eo segments. “It makes things easy purchasing it. The fi rst pop up at Hathorne started to stay positive during the pandemic. and simple,” she says, adding that “It really can be a lot of fun,” she in October, with a Mexican theme She opened Polpettiamo in April 2021 her favorite chef is @thatdudecan- says. She enjoys growing tomatoes from Julio Hernandez centered around in Providence, R.I. It serves only meat- cook. and lettuce to make her own salads, his homemade tortilla. It was a success, balls, and just for takeout. Adjust your expectations which she estimates saves at least and more pop ups followed. Currently, “During the pandemic it was a Thakor suggests asking yourself $10 a week. Hathorne hosts Michael Hanna’s fo- very challenging to survive,” she if you could get by with less, such Save up for next time caccia-based pizza company, St. Vito said. The meatballs - which are also as whether you can trade in for more If you’ve had to deplete your Focacciaria, every Sunday. offered as appetizers at Spiga - are economical vehicles or consider emergency fund or don’t have one, Hanna and his staff get work created in the kitchen at her main having only one car. “People are consider deepening your cuts to al- and “it keeps people coming in our restaurant and fi nished in a kitchen driving more expensive cars than low savings that will cushion you doors,” Stephenson says. The ar- in Providence, which has a staff of they can comfortably afford. Look at in the next financial crisis. Thakor rangement with St. Vito is long- three. pre-owned certified cars,” she sug- suggests a $2,000 emergency fund term, so he hired Hanna as a chef. She is considering a brick-and- gests. It’s easier to handle income goal and then continuing to build - Hanna gets a percentage of the mortar location in Providence and loss, even a temporary one, without but even $500 can protect you from Sunday sales; Hathorne pays for all another delivery-only location in a large car payment each month. financial shocks. products and labor. Boston and doesn’t expect ris- Relish the challenge of being “If you know you will be in a cash Stephenson said he plans to keep ing cases or future lockdowns will frugal deficit in a few months, start stack- on having pop ups even after the change those plans. But more than Luther suggests treating frugal- ing cash,” Lent says. Look for ways pandemic wanes rather than reopen- anything, creating something new ity like a game. When it comes to to make extra money , for example - ing full time. during the pandemic gave her a “vi- food, home decor or an accessory, perhaps ride-sharing, freelance work Hathorne restaurant owner John Stephenson holds a sign for a pop-up Pop-ups can be a way to attract at- tamin B12 shot” of energy. she suggests asking yourself if you or selling items you no longer need, restaurant which will cover the Hathorne sign when that restaurant is open, tention for new projects. William Eick “It really helps keep your mood can make it for less than the cost of she adds. (AP) Aug. 18, in Nashville, Tennessee. (AP) bought a building to start his own res- positive,” she said. ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2021 BUSINESS 9

USD vs KD Vijay Gullapalli joins cybersecurity firm Vehere

The US dollar was traded at KD 0.301 Cyber Situational Awareness firm Vehere releases on schedule for cloud access Security, and the leader of a team of research and development activities with and the euro at KD 0.352 on Monday announced that Vijay Gullapalli has joined security broker (CASB), Firewall and IPS engineers, managers and architects de- a thrust on innovation. Vijay’s coming on compared to Sunday’s rates. the organization as Director of Engineer- products. Gullapalli is zealous about qual- livering Web Gateway, Web SaaS, DLP board is also a shot in the arm for plans to The Central Bank of Kuwait ing. He will be based in Dallas, United ity, execution velocity and innovation, and and Cloud Data Protection SaaS (CASB) expand our footprint in the USA.” (CBK) said in its daily bulletin the States, and drive the vision, strategy, de- is accomplished at building and leading products and solutions. On his part, Gullapalli said, “I’m delighted British sterling pound firmed at KD sign and development of Vehere’s Cyber global high-performance teams. He also Following his time at McAfee, Gullapalli to be associated with Vehere. It is a big re- 0.410, the Swiss franc was traded Situational Awareness platforms. He will has interests in emerging technologies worked at Optiv as Senior Director/Head sponsibility to power the Engineering team at KD 0.328. Moreover, the Japa- also be responsible for the management of and Internet of Things (IoT). of Engineering, and as technology leader and boost innovation. I look forward to hitting nese Yen remained at KD 0.003. Vehere’s R&D and technological prowess. Gullapalli joins Vehere after his stint for Cybersecurity start-ups. the ground running.” Gullapalli is a Master of The CBK publishes daily average Gullapalli is an experienced Engineer- as Engineering and Technology leader Naveen Jaiswal, Founder and CTO of Science in Computer Science, from the Uni- exchange rates that do not necessar- ing leader with a proven track record in for leading cybersecurity companies. He Vehere, said, “With his strong background versity of Louisiana and holds a Bachelor of ily reflect actual prices of the curren- Enterprise, Network and Cloud Security spent well over 16 years at McAfee, as in Cybersecurity and leading various Engi- Technology degree from JNTU College of cies’ trade for the day. (KUNA) products. He has achieved high-quality the Senior Director of Engineering, Cloud neering teams, Vijay will bolster Vehere’s Engineering. (Agencies) US stocks rise broadly, oil regains ground

Pfizer climbs after FDA approves vaccine

NEW YORK, Aug 23, (AP): Stocks were solidly higher in early trading Monday, led by gains in a broad range of technology, financial and health care companies. Energy stocks rose as the price of crude oil recovered some of the ground it hast lost in recent days. The S&P 500 rose 0.9% as of 10:20 a.m. Eastern. The benchmark index is coming off its fi rst weekly loss since July. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.7% and the Nasdaq composite was up 1.1%. Pfi zer rose more than 2% after the Food & Drug Administration gave full approval to its COVID-19 vac- cine. The vaccine had been under an emergency use authorization since December, but the full approval could convince some reluctant Americans to now get their shot and will likely give local authorities the legal backing to impose mandates. BioNTech, a German drug manu- facturer which co-developed the vac- cine with Pfi zer, rose nearly 10% on the news. Moderna, which developed a similar vaccine that uses the same technology, jumped 10%. Investors will be looking to the Fed- eral Reserve, where the Kansas City Fed’s annual conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, starts later this week. It will likely provide Wall Street with more insight into what the Fed may do about infl ation. Last week, minutes from the most re- cent Fed meeting showed that offi cials had discussed reducing the central bank’s bond-buying program later this year to start winding down some of the emer- gency measures that were implemented during the pandemic. But they stopped short of setting a fi rm timeline. France’s CAC 40 edged up 0.6% in early trading to 6,664.67, while Ger- many’s DAX inched up nearly 0.1% to 15,819.69. Britain’s FTSE 100 added A woman walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. Asian shares rose Monday as investor sentiment received a big boost from the rally last week 0.3% to 7,106.04. U.S. shares were set on Wall Street, despite worries about the more contagious coronavirus delta variant not only in the region but across the world. (AP) to drift higher, with Dow futures up 0.2% at 35,127.00, while S&P 500 fu- weakness in stocks and energy markets are COVID-19 infections, which have state of emergency, but the measures Last week, minutes from the most Investors will be locked on to the event tures edged up 0.2% to 4,447.00. refl ected fears about the impact delta been rising in parts of Japan, including are limited, such as having restaurants recent Fed meeting showed that offi - for any clues to the timing and pace of Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose may have on global growth though Tokyo, with some sick people being close early or limiting crowd size at cials had discussed reducing the cen- the taper, as well as the eventual Fed 1.8% to fi nish at 27,494.24. South Ko- Asian markets have been feeling the turned away at hospitals. The gov- stores. tral bank’s bond-buying program later rate hike,” Prakash Sakpal and Nicholas rea’s Kospi jumped 1.0% to 3,090.21. impact for longer,” Rabobank said in ernment has set up “oxygen stations” Escalating coronavirus infections this year to start winding down some Mapa, senior economists at ING, wrote Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 edged up a report. which have beds and oxygen treatment across the U.S. and around the globe of the emergency measures that were in a joint report. 0.4% to 7,489.90. Hong Kong’s Hang The recent decline in Japanese for people waiting to be hospitalized. due to the highly contagious delta vari- implemented during the pandemic. In energy trading, benchmark U.S. Seng surged 1.1% to 25,109.59, while shares provided an opportunity for Critics have said the government ant have given traders reason to pause But they stopped short of setting a fi rm crude gained $1.48 to $63.62 a barrel. the Shanghai Composite added 1.5% bargain hunters. Toyota Motor Corp. needs to do more to reorganize the with the market near all-time highs. timeline. Brent crude, the international standard, to 3,477.13. shares rose 3.4% in Tokyo trading. overall hospital system, assigning The U.S. Federal Reserve’s annual “With the delta variant becoming gained $1.61 to $66.79 a barrel. “Asian shares have bounced higher Other shares that gained included Nis- certain facilities for COVID-19 treat- conference in Jackson Hole, Wyo- more pervasive, the event will now be In currency trading, the U.S. dol- by the strongest level for three weeks san Motor Co., Sony Corp. and Nin- ment, a move that Japan has yet to take ming, later this week could provide held online suggesting that attending lar rose to 109.95 yen from 109.81 as bargain hunters take advantage tendo Co. on a signifi cant scale. Much of Japan Wall Street with more insight into central bank offi cials are cognizant of the yen. The euro cost $1.1727, up from of the recent sell-off. Last week the Weighing on investor sentiments remains under a government-declared what the Fed may do about infl ation. rising threat of the current delta strain. $1.1696. Surging inflation poses threat to re-election prospects BioDuro-Sundia ‘acquires’ Brazil’s Bolsonaro ‘vexed’ by central bank autonomy US manufacturing facility BRASILIA, Brazil, Aug 23, (AP): Bra- SAN DIEGO, Aug 23, (Agen- turing,” said Payne. “This means zilian President Jair Bolsonaro has be- cies): BioDuro-Sundia, a leading continued investment in our ca- gun expressing irritation at the central KBRA rates CLO drug discovery and development pabilities as we have done at our bank’s newfound autonomy as surging services organization backed by new 150,000 ft 2 R&D site in infl ation presents a threat to his 2022 NEW YORK, Aug 23, (Agencies): Advent International, announced Wuxi City last year, and now our re-election prospects, government of- Kroll Bond Rating Agency UK Lim- today it has entered into a defi ni- US-based commercial drug prod- fi cials told The Associated Press. ited (KBRA) assigns preliminary rat- tive agreement to acquire a 40,000 uct manufacturing site. In partner- On Thursday, during a fl ight home ings to five classes of notes issued ft 2 commercial oral solid dose ship with our investors, Advent from Mato Grosso state, Bolsonaro by RRE 8 Loan Management DAC, manufacturing facility located at International, we are committed said he regretted signing the bill into a cash flow collateralised loan obli- 72 Fairbanks, Irvine, CA, USA. to accelerating growth to support law earlier this year that granted the gation (CLO) backed primarily by a Subject to customary closing con- clients from discovery through to bank autonomy, a high-level offi cial diversified portfolio of Euro-denomi- ditions, BioDuro-Sundia expects commercialization. The results aboard told AP. Separately, Bolsonaro nated corporate loans and bonds. to begin commercial service op- are good for all stakeholders, and on several recent occasions has ex- RRE 8 Loan Management DAC erations at the site on January 1, especially critical for our pharma pressed discomfort with the autonomy is managed by Redding Ridge Asset 2022. partners who benefi t from integrat- and said he would like to interfere in Management (UK) LLP (“RRAM “This fully-audited and opera- ed services with time savings and monetary policy, a minister who has UK” or the “collateral manager”). tional facility allows us to imme- quality drug product.” heard such complaints himself told The CLO will have a 4.5-year rein- diately support our clients who BioDuro-Sundia, an Advent In- AP. Both spoke on condition of ano- vestment period and a 15-year legal require larger scale commercial ternational portfolio company, is a nymity because they weren’t autho- rized to speak publicly. final. The ratings reflect initial credit production,” said Kent Payne, who leading contract research, develop- enhancement levels, coverage tests led the acquisition in his role as ment and manufacturing organiza- The law passed in February sought Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro poses for photos with the soldiers during President, Development and Manu- tion (CRDMO) that provides bio- to protect the bank from political med- annual military exercises by the Navy, Army and Air Force, in Formosa, including par value and interest cov- facturing US/EU at BioDuro-Sun- pharmaceutical partners with fully dling and burnish Brazil’s economic Brazil, Monday, Aug. 16, 2021. Bolsonaro has begun expressing irritation erage tests, excess spread, and a re- dia. “BioDuro-Sundia is a pioneer integrated services to support drug credibility among investors. Under the at the central bank’s newfound autonomy as surging inflation presents a investment over collateralisation test. in enhancing bioavailability, with discovery, development and manu- law’s terms, the president still nomi- threat to his 2022 re-election prospects, government officials told The As- The collateral in RRE 8 Loan Man- 25 years of experience applying facturing for both drug substance nates the central bank chief, but cannot sociated Press. (AP) agement DAC will mainly consist of stabilized amorphous solid disper- and drug product. The company fi re him for disagreements about mon- broadly syndicated leveraged loans signals it may boost spending next the AP that Bolsonaro has spoken of and bonds issued by corporate obli- sion technology to poorly soluble is the industry’s third largest, with etary policy. year despite limited fi scal space. Bolsonaro in 2018 provided assur- his concern about out-of-control infl a- gors diversified across sectors. The drug product candidates. Our cli- major operations in China and the That has prompted a sell-off due to con- tion during the election year. ents have requested our support to US—featuring more than 2,000 ances that he would remain hands-off target portfolio par amount is 500.0 cerns about Brazil’s fi scal policy outlook, The Supreme Court is scheduled to provide commercial scale manu- employees and 10 global sites. economic policymaking, and the mar- as well as speculation the market could million euros with exposures to 155 facturing to save time and maxi- Core expertise includes small ket celebrated his pick to lead the cen- begin analysis of the law’s constitu- obligors. The obligors in the portfo- tral bank: economist and former trader give up hope on the Bolsonaro adminis- tionality on Aug. 25. Bolsonaro voiced mize success, and it is a pleasure to and large molecule discovery, de- tration’s will or ability to deliver further lio have a K-WARF of 2494, which take this next step with them.” velopment and scale up, support Roberto Campos Neto, who began a support for the court to uphold bank represents a weighted average port- Capabilities of the new site for IND submission, and unique fi xed four-year term in April. reforms -- particularly as the president autonomy at a June 22 ceremony, dur- keeps focusing energy on his simmering ing which he said everyone trusts in folio assessment of approximately B. include > 1-billion-unit annual technology platforms such as bio- Neither the offi ce of the presidency RRAM UK is a UK-based subsid- capacity in tableting and encapsu- availability enhancement of in- nor the central bank responded to re- feud with the Supreme Court. Campos Neto. Twelve-month infl ation is tracking at His statement about regretting au- iary of Redding Ridge Asset Man- lation, as well as aqueous and or- soluble compounds. The company quests for comment about Bolsonaro’s agement LLC, an independent asset ganic solvent process for fl uid bed has research sites, as well as GMP statements. Following the story’s pub- almost 9%, its fastest pace in over fi ve tonomy came in response to comments years. After the government drew down hours earlier from Campos Neto, who management company established and coating capabilities. manufacturing facilities in both lication, Bolsonaro’s chief of staff, and seeded by Apollo Global Credit BioDuro-Sundia is immediately China and the US. The one-stop- Ciro Nogueira, wrote on Twitter that pandemic welfare disbursements, the the president said he wished he could poor have been especially hard hit by replace with the stroke of a pen, ac- Management, LLC (Apollo) in 2016 making new equipment invest- shop operation helps biopharma there is no crisis between Bolsonaro to manage CLOs. The RRAM UK ments in support of the commer- partners across the globe to sig- and Campos Neto. double-digit increases in the prices of cording to the offi cial present. Campos cial operation, including commer- nifi cantly accelerate discovery “I give my testimony that the re- foodstuffs, cooking gas and electricity. Neto said in an online event hosted by management arm currently manages cial Spray Drying capacity up to and de-risk development to create lationship of the government with Economists surveyed by the central the Council of the Americas that “lo- more than 3.0 billion euros in assets 100Kg/hr and Hot Melt Extrusion higher value outcomes. the central bank is excellent, that au- bank have raised their 2021 infl ation cal noise” has had an impact on 2022 across seven European CLOs. capacity up to 30Kg/hr. These ca- Founded in 1984, Advent Inter- tonomy of the monetary authority is forecast for 19 straight weeks, and the infl ation expectations. The ratings on the Class A-1 and pabilities provide a commercial national is one of the largest and an historic and irreversible advance,” cost-of-living increase is expected to “There is uncertainty, or at least a A-2 Notes consider the timely pay- extension to the company’s exist- most experienced global private Nogueira wrote. exceed the bank’s target for the fi rst higher level of noise, in the institu- ment of interest and ultimate pay- ing oral solid development and equity investors. The fi rm has in- Bank autonomy is among few sig- time in six years. tional part of how Brazil works and the ment of principal by the applicable manufacturing capabilities. vested in over 350 private equity nifi cant economic reforms that Bolso- Economists expect 3.9% infl ation in fi ght between powers,” Campos Neto stated maturity date, while its ratings “We are dedicated to our clients transactions in 41 countries, and as naro’s administration has managed to 2022, nearly the midpoint of the bank’s said, adding that the market has also on the Class B, C, and D Notes con- through all phases of drug discov- of June 30, 2020, had $58.4 billion secure. Others have faced headwinds, target range after creeping upward in understood the government is seeking sider the ultimate payment of interest ery, development and manufac- in assets under management. including lately a tax reform proposal, recent weeks. Still, the minister who to increase spending of its conditional- and principal by the applicable stated at the same time as the government spoke on condition of anonymity told cash transfer program for the poor. maturity date. Litera announces its acquisition of Concep

Litera, a global leader in le- ties into usable and actionable offerings beyond the practice of professional services fi rms will CRM integration and expertise ships. gal technology solutions, an- information. law to include the business of be able to surface truly unique to professional, fi nancial, and le- Litera has been a global lead- nounced it has acquired Con- This acquisition brings togeth- law. This acquisition will provide data insights and perspectives, gal fi rms who rely on high-value er in legal technology for 25+ cep, a leading provider of B2B er the Concep marketing tech- our customers with the means to driving ever more effective ac- relationships to build growth. Its years, helping legal teams work relationship marketing technol- nology and integrated platform connect and engage with their tions through Concep’s market- solutions are simple and easy to more effi ciently, accurately, and ogy for law fi rms, corporations, - email marketing, event man- clients in more meaningful ways ing workfl ows. This is good for use. They develop products that competitively. As a leader in and professional and fi nancial agement, and web automation using the power of their data our clients and our highly valued automate manual processes, document workfl ow, collabora- services. - with the business insight and to drive business results,” said CRM partners.” said Dan Mor- freeing up valuable resources; tion, and data management so- Concep will become part of Lit- intelligence of the Litera platform Chris Vorderer, Litera Managing gan, Concep CEO. make marketing campaigns more lutions, we empower legal teams era’s new Firm Intelligence busi- to empower law fi rms to improve Director, Firm Intelligence. Founded in 2002, Concep has measurable and more effective; with simplifi ed technology for ness unit - a platform that aims client services and deliver on “We are excited to become offi ces in London, New York, and create relationship management creating and managing all their to transform disparate data about growth. part of Litera’s growing world- Sydney. dashboards that use analytics to documents, deals, cases, and clients, matters, people, and par- “We continue to expand our wide brand. As a Litera offering, Concep provides software, show you your strongest relation- data. (Agencies)

American faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted and is forbidden from leaving Japan Ex-Nissan exec Kelly wants boardroom, not criminal, trial TOKYO, Aug 23, (AP): Nearly three years later, former Nissan ex- ecutive Greg Kelly is still wondering Co among fastest growing Fintechs in the US why the questions that led to his ar- rest and trial in Japan weren’t simply taken up in the automaker’s corpo- NASDAQ congratulates Portfolio Insider rate boardroom. Kelly, an American lawyer who NEW YORK, Aug 23, (Agen- topher Koo said, “Accurate data own Bloomberg terminal for free. worked for three decades for Nissan cies): NASDAQ congratulated underpins sound decision-mak- Portfolio Insider Chief AI Officer Motor Co., is awaiting a verdict in Portfolio Insider on the iconic ing, and we see virtually no limit Noah Mitsuhashi said, “Technol- his trial on charges of fi nancial mis- MarketSite tower’s LED electron- to the amount of demand for more ogy has reached the evolution- conduct in the case of Carlos Ghosn. ic video display in Times Square powerful algorithms and tools to ary speed where intense tasks The embattled former chairman of as among the fastest-growing Fin- level the playing field.” just years or months ago are now the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alli- tech companies in America. The AI Technology To “Make In- trivial and basic. Technology is ance jumped bail and fl ed to Lebanon hyper growing financial analytics vesting Human.” growing exponentially, shaping a in late 2019, leaving Kelly in Japan company has democratized access Computer programmers used future where technology becomes alone to face charges of Ghosn’s un- to valuable financial data, deliver- to strenuously translate their in- virtually indistinguishable from der-reported Nissan compensation. ing nearly anyone the same level tentions into the language of magic. We contribute to human Kelly has denied the allegations. of investing insights enjoyed by machines. Now, leveraging the progress by enabling a fair play- “I don’t think any of us were in- institutions and hedge funds. world’s largest autoregressive ing field for retail investors.” volved in a crime, or a criminal ac- The pandemic spurred a flood language model, those machines Portfolio Insider is a fintech tivity,” Kelly told The Associated Former Nissan Motor Co. executive Greg Kelly, (right), accompanied by his of new retail investors into the are conversant with the language analytics company powering the Press in an interview Wednesday in wife Dee Kelly and his lawyer Yoichi Kitamura, speaks during an interview stock market, making up nearly of humans. Portfolio Insider be- open finance revolution. They with The Associated Press, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP) his Tokyo apartment, where he is out 34% of U.S. stocks according to lieves they can “make investing contribute to the Fintech land- on bail. the Federal Reserve. It created an more human” by developing on scape by democratizing access to “We were involved in trying to she said. “To have him treated like tending he was the victim of a corpo- this, especially by people that were rate coup linked to a decline in Nis- unprecedented level of demand one of the most powerful neural the world’s most valuable finan- solve a business problem, which for financial insights. Portfolio In- networks ever created. By apply- cial data and bring transparency was: What actions do you take that your friends. That’s really hard.” san’s fi nancial performance as the The case Japanese automaker resisted losing sider grew revenue by over 300% ing artificial intelligence to areas to capital markets. Reaching mil- are lawful to retain a very valuable in only the first half of this year, like unstructured data in financial lions of people each month, they executive who was underpaid?” Kel- Unknown except to several top autonomy to French partner Renault. Nissan offi cials, Ghosn’s salary was In an AP interview in May, Ghosn hiring over 70 new staff to build reports, heuristic search, and a provide on-chain market intelli- ly added, referring to Ghosn. out Blockchain Analytics and human intuitive SQL-like query gence and real-time data services “It should have been resolved at slashed from about 2 billion yen mounted a robust defense of Kelly, ($20 million) to 1 billion yen ($10 saying: “Obviously he is innocent.” machine learning models for fi- for fundamental financial data, for institutional and retail stake- the corporate level at Nissan. It’s not nancial data. Senior analyst Chris- it enables anyone to build their holders. a criminal matter,” said Kelly, who million) in fi scal 2009, when the dis- “Some observers think that Kelly faces up to 15 years in prison if con- closure of individual executive pay may be a bit of a pawn in the (Japa- became required in Japan. nese) government’s effort to salvage victed and is forbidden from leaving Kelly was just trying to do what competitive. have a motive. Greg didn’t get any- Japan as he awaits his fate. A verdict Prosecutors contend there was an its reputation after Ghosn escaped,” he thought was best for Nissan, Ki- Nada, former Nissan Chief Execu- thing. He was trying to help Nissan,” is not expected until March. More elaborate plan to make up for the pay said Carl Tobias, Williams Chair in tamura added. tive Hiroto Saikawa and several other Dave Kelly, a petroleum engineer than 99% of Japanese criminal trials cut, which should have been docu- Law at the University of Richmond. Hari Nada, who worked with Kel- Japanese executives opposed the who lives in Lafayette, Louisiana, result in convictions. mented in Nissan’s annual securities “In the end, there may be no winners ly in Nissan human resources, went merger, according to court testimony. said in a telephone interview. Behind him, the walls of the apart- report. in this sordid story.” to prosecutors about Ghosn’s unpaid “It was a small group that put to- “He was just doing his job.” ment Kelly shares with his wife, At trial, they presented as evi- The alliance backdrop compensation, according to Nada’s gether this scenario,” Kelly said of The brothers grew up playing Dee, were plastered with photos dence tables on Ghosn’s unpaid sal- Yoichi Kitamura, Kelly’s chief at- testimony in Kelly’s trial. Nada is his and Ghosn’s arrests. baseball and football in their back- of his two grandsons, including a ary, kept meticulously by another torney, says that in his 43 years as a one of two Nissan offi cials who got Kelly’s brothers yard together. 20-month-old baby he has never Nissan offi cial. Kelly says he didn’t defense lawyer, he has never encoun- a plea bargain to avoid prosecution. John and Dave Kelly, Greg Kel- “He was always an honest guy. He held. Family is most important, the know about the tables. tered a case like the one against Kelly. Kelly says he may have been sin- ly’s brothers, were at the Chicago was always someone you could trust 64-year-old Kelly said, especially From Ghosn’s native Lebanon, the “There is absolutely no evidence,” gled out because he, like Ghosn, Auto Show last month, with cous- and talk to,” said John Kelly, a gen- this late in life. auto magnate-turned-international Kitamura said, adding there was no supported a merger for Nissan and ins, spouses and friends all wearing eral surgeon in Oneida, New York. “When you get into your 60s, fugitive has denied accusations of motive either. “Nissan and the pros- Renault, to strengthen the alliance “Free Greg Kelly” hats and T-shirts, “I know my brother. I know he you’re not looking at a long hori- underreporting his compensation ecutors got together and concocted in a way he thought would make the to picket and hand out leafl ets. will never be involved in anything zon,” Kelly said. and misusing company funds, con- this into a criminal case.” companies more equal yet remain “To commit a crime, you have to dishonest.” “Every day that you miss with your family, you know, that to me is the stress. To spend 33 months ‘Think of crypto investment as dead money. Money you’ll never get back’ without my family. For a corporate matter, it just doesn’t make a lot of sense.” How it happened Kelly was working for Nissan but Three things to do before you buy crypto living in the Nashville area of Ten- nessee when he was asked to come to Japan for a meeting in Novem- By Sara Rathner ber 2018. Since he was scheduled NerdWallet for neck fusion surgery to address nvesting in cryptocurrency can a painful spinal condition he sug- Ibe as easy as a few taps on your gested a video conference. But Nis- phone, and with crypto all over the san booked a corporate jet for him, news and coming up in conversa- promising he would be back within tions with friends, it’s tempting to the week. dive right in. However, depending After landing in Japan, he got in a on your fi nancial situation and appe- van. The driver asked if he could pull tite for investing risk, crypto might over and make a call. Suddenly the not be an appropriate investment for van door opened, and several men you right now - or ever. rushed in, identifying themselves as “I am the biggest crypto hippie prosecutors and a translator. you’ll talk to in a very long time,” Kelly was taken to a detention says Tyrone Ross, CEO of Onramp center, handcuffed and searched, Invest, a cryptoasset platform for then led to an interrogation room, registered investment advisors . And and questioned by prosecutors, ini- yet, he cautions against it. “I don’t tially without a lawyer present. think the general public should be “It was a shock,” he said. investing in crypto.” He was kept in solitary confi ne- Picture your fi nances as an ice ment for 35 days and interrogated cream sundae, with crypto as the daily. He was confused. He could cherry on top. It makes up a small not call his wife. He pleaded to be proportion of the overall sundae, and allowed to get help from Nissan. Lit- not everyone wants one. And before tle did he know, he said, that Nissan you fi sh that cherry out of the jar, was behind the arrest. Life on bail you need to assemble the rest of your To pass the time as he awaits a dessert. In non-ice-cream terms, that verdict, Kelly takes long walks with means creating a strong fi nancial his wife, who moved to Japan in Jan- foundation and learning everything uary 2019 on a student visa, taking you can about crypto before you put Japanese language courses to be near any real money in. her husband. 1. Put fi nancial safeguards in Kelly says he is lucky to have place Dee, his college sweetheart from First and foremost, you need to their days at Augustana College in prepare for those times when things Rock Island, Illinois. don’t go as planned. She was at his trial, giving her Over the past year, workers who husband a thumbs-up as he walked lost income because of the pandemic had to tap into savings, take on debt into the courtroom with his lawyers. In this fi le photo, the Bitcoin logo appears on the display screen of a crypto currency ATM at the Smoker’s Choice store in Salem, New Hampshire. Ac- Sitting in the front row, she took co- or enter into hardship programs to afford their bills. This time has been cording to experts, before dabbling in crypto, it helps to get your fi nancial house in order - that means setting money goals, building your savings and pious notes since court transcripts contributing to retirement accounts - then educate yourself on how crypto works. (AP) are only in Japanese. a stark reminder of the importance of Dee Kelly said she was taking a having an emergency fund. your fi nancial position. year, buy a house in 10 years, get crypto. Understanding the mechan- the truth.” walk near the couple’s home in No- “When you’re young, you can feel Review your insurance coverage, married in 10 years. These things ics is important, but so is learning 4. If you still want to dabble in vember 2018, when she heard a ra- like Superman or Superwoman, but too, because these policies can pro- cost money,” Morrison says. “Put what kind of investor you are, be- crypto, start small dio report about the arrest of Ghosn when the bubble happens, you could vide much-needed money during down how much it’ll cost in today’s cause that also affects the kinds of Once you have a grasp on how and “an American executive.” easily be out of a job for nine to 12 diffi cult times. Life insurance can terms and fi gure out how much to investments that would be a good fi t it all works, you can begin to think “You feel like you can’t breathe,” months,” says Theresa Morrison, be especially important if you have save out of your paycheck every for you. about allocating some of your excess she said, not knowing what could a fi nancial planner in Tucson, Ari- dependents. month. From my experience, that “There’s a process you have to cash (after you pay your bills and have happened to her husband while zona. “Don’t underestimate systemic 2. Save and invest for future alone can be $1,000 a month.” go through to determine if this new meet your monthly savings goals) on a business trip. At home, Japa- shocks to the market.” plans 3. Get educated about crypto- asset class is right for you. What’s toward crypto. But keep your invest- nese reporters were already showing Morrison recommends saving Once you have money set aside for currency your plan? How old are you? What ment totals small and manageable. up at her door. up six months of living expenses emergencies, begin thinking about You’ve got the money and you’re are your goals? How tech-savvy are Ross recommends investing up to “You work all your life so you can if you’re single, or around three your short-, medium- and long-term ready to jump on the crypto band- you? Do you understand what it $500 or so. This way, even if you have time during retirement to spend months if you share expenses with fi nancial goals. Retirement is, of wagon, only you have no idea how means to hold these assets and have lose it all, it’s an amount you specifi - with your kids, and we really wanted a working spouse or partner. But course, a big thing to save for, so someone even buys crypto. Or how them not be insured? If something cally budgeted. to play a big part in our grandkids’ stashing away even a few hundred contribute to retirement accounts it will fi t into your overall fi nancial happens to you, who in your fam- “If you invest in crypto, think of it lives, and that was taken,” she said dollars can be helpful when you’re (especially if you have access to a plan. Or if it’s too risky for you. ily knows about this stuff to retrieve as dead money. Money you’ll never of the events that have unfolded faced with an unexpected expense plan with an employer match). But Time out. Don’t do anything it?” Ross says. “People don’t do the get back,” says Danny Lee, a fi nan- since. “What was done to him is be- . And if you have any high-interest set specifi c savings goals for other with your money that you don’t right due diligence before dump- cial planner in Denver. “At the end yond terrible.” debt, like credit card debt, paying major life steps. understand. Dedicate some time to ing money into something. I know of the day, it’s going to be a specula- Kelly dedicated his life to Nissan, this down can further strengthen “Most people want to travel every learning everything you can about that’s not the sexy answer, but it’s tive investment.” (AP) ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2021 SCIENCE 11

Coronavirus

‘Full vaccine OK soon’ ‘COVID anxiety’ rising amid delta surge: poll

DENVER, Aug 23, (AP): Anxiety in the United States over COVID-19 is at its highest level since winter, a new poll shows, as the delta variant rages, more states and school districts adopt mask and vaccination requirements and the nation’s hospitals once again fi ll to capacity. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also fi nds that majorities of Ameri- can adults want vaccination mandates for those attending movies, sports, concerts and other crowded events; those traveling by airplane; and workers in hospitals, restaurants, stores and government offi ces. The poll shows that 41% are “extremely” or “very” wor- ried about themselves or their family becoming infected with the virus. That is up from 21% in June, and about the same as in January, during the coun- try’s last major surge, when 43% were extremely or very worried. “I wouldn’t have said this a couple of years ago, but I’m not as confi dent as I was in America’s ability to take care of itself,” said David Bowers, a 42-year-old business analyst in the Phoenix suburb of Peoria. Bowers, a Democrat, and his wife, a public school teacher, got vacci- nated early. But they fret once again Ducey about their daughters, ages 7 and 9, attending school in a state whose Republican governor, Doug Ducey, signed a law to block school districts from Medical staff assists with oxygen supply to a COVID-19 patient at the intensive care unit of the government-run Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, Aug mandating masks, let alone vaccines. 14. Many private hospitals, who offer 80% of Lebanon’s medical services, are shutting down because of lack of resources or turning away patients who can’t pay. (AP) A brief summer respite from COVID-19 fatigue included a family trip to New York. “COVID was pretty much out of mind,” Bowers said. “Now it feels like we’re going back- ward.” Health Close to 6 in 10 Americans say they favor requiring peo- ple to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to travel on an airplane or attend crowded public events. Only about a quarter of Americans oppose such measures. Everything runs out Roughly 6 in 10 also support vaccine mandates for hos- pital or other health care workers, along with government employees, members of the military and workers who in- teract with the public, such as in restaurants and stores. Lebanese hospitals at breaking point Support is slightly lower for requiring vaccinations to go out to a bar or restaurant, though more are in favor than BEIRUT, Aug 23, (AP): Drenched “I want to help my people,” she erators but the crisis took on new opposed, 51% to 28%. in sweat, doctors check patients ly- said. “But at the same time, what dimensions this summer as fuel and Vaccinated ing on stretchers in the reception area about me being a better doctor?” diesel became scarce, disrupting the of Lebanon’s largest public hospital. work of hospitals, bakeries, internet Nearly 200 million people, or just over 60% of the US Air conditioners are turned off, ex- Running on empty providers and many other businesses. population, had received at least one vaccine dose as of cept in operating rooms and storage The Rafi k Hariri University Hos- Then last August, a massive explo- Thursday, according to the Centers for Disease Control and units, to save on fuel. pital is Lebanon’s largest public hos- sion at Beirut’s port - when hundreds Prevention. Just over half of the population was fully vac- Medics scramble to fi nd alterna- pital and the country’s No. 1 for the of tons of improperly stored am- cinated. A healthcare worker holds a syringe tives to saline solutions after the treatment of coronavirus patients. monium nitrate ignited - destroyed Hospitals across the US had more than 75,000 coronavi- filled with a dose of the Pfizer CO- hospital ran out. The shortages are Lebanon has so far registered nearly entire neighborhoods of the city and rus patients as of last week, a dramatic increase from a few VID-19 vaccine during a vaccination overwhelming, the medical staff ex- 590,000 infections and over 8,000 killed 214 people. Thousands were weeks ago but still well below the winter surge records. campaign in Lima, Peru, Aug 21. (AP) hausted. And with a new surge in deaths. injured, inundating hospitals, some Florida, Arkansas, Oregon, Hawaii, Louisiana and Missis- coronavirus cases, Lebanon’s hospi- The hospital, which depended on of which lost members of their staff sippi have set records for COVID-19 hospitalizations in tals are at a breaking point. the state power company, had to start and were forced to shut down tem- recent weeks, and the surge in the delta variant, combined The country’s health sector is a relying on generators for at least 12 porarily. with low vaccination rates, has produced a scramble to fi nd casualty of the multiple crises that hours a day. Since last Monday, the On a recent afternoon at the Rafi k beds for patients. have plunged Lebanon into a down- generators have been the only source Hariri hospital, nurse Mustafa Har- The poll suggests that despite increasing cases and great- ward spiral - a fi nancial and eco- of power, running non-stop. Most of qous, 39, tried to ignore the ruckus er concern about the virus, Americans have not stepped nomic meltdown, compounded by a the hospital’s diesel, sold at the black outside the coronavirus ER: patients up their own precautionary behavior since June, though at complete failure of the government, market at fi ve times the offi cial price, with oxygen masks waiting for a bed least half still say they always or often wear a mask around runaway corruption and a pandemic is either donated by political parties to free up, families pressing to visit other people, stay away from large groups and avoid nones- that isn’t going away. or international aid groups. sick relatives, others arguing over sential travel. The collapse is all the more dra- To save on fuel, some rooms run out-of-stock drugs. Confi dence in vaccines to withstand virus variants has matic since only a few years ago, only electrical fans in the sweltering He went about his work in the 25- not waned, either, as US health offi cials this week an- Obama Biden Lebanon was a leader in medical summer heat. Not all hospital eleva- bed room. Except for a month-old nounced plans to dispense booster shots to all Americans care in the Arab world. The region’s tors are working. Bed capacity has baby, the patients were mostly men to shore up their protection. The doses could begin next rich and famous came to this small been downsized by about 15% and the in their 30s and 40s. month. Mideast nation of 6 million for eve- ER admits only life-threatening cases. “Some people understand the Carla Jones, 37, of Lafayette, Louisiana, is a paraple- Discovery rything, from major hospital proce- It is a perpetual crisis that has left shortages are not our fault,” he said. gic with immunity problems and uses a wheelchair after dures to plastic surgeries. the hospital always on the brink, says “But many don’t.” its director, Firas Abiad. There are she was severely injured in a car accident. Because of her The new normal He worries how he will fi ll up his health, she has been told by her doctor she cannot get the U of I plans new building: The Uni- “shortages of almost everything.” car for the drive home, an hour and a vaccine. She gets anxious visiting the doctor or when her versity of Illinois College of Medicine Ghaidaa al-Saddik, a second-year Every day, he struggles to secure half away. The government, he said, grandchildren visit. Rockford campus is moving forward with resident, had just returned from a week more fuel - the hospital has a maxi- is “leaving people in the middle of plans for a $100 million building that’ll off after an exhausting year. Back on “I see someone next to me at the doctor’s without a mask, focus on expanding rural health care, ac- mum two-day supply at any time. the sea with no rescue boat.” duty for a week, she has already intu- Shelves are thin on medicines, in- it makes my heart rapidly beat faster,” Jones said. cording to college offi cials. No way out Jones, a Democrat, strongly favors vaccination and mask The Rural Health Sciences Education bated two critical patients in the emer- cluding for cancer patients and di- mandates, and not just for herself. “For the good of all,” she Building will be built on the college’s gency room, both in their 30s. alysis. A new aid shipment of blood Reports say at least 2,500 doctors said. “I don’t have the shot, but I defi nitely wouldn’t want existing campus and bring an additional She struggles to admit new patients, serum will last just a few days. and nurses have left Lebanon this to pass it on to anyone else.” 400 students to Rockford. University of- knowing how short on supplies the “We can hardly get by,” said Jihad year. At the Rafi k Hariri hospital, at The poll shows that 55% support requiring Americans fi cials hope to expand on areas to educate hospital is, scared to be blamed for Bikai, head of the ER. He recently least 30% of doctors and more than to wear masks around other people outside their homes, rural health processionals including in mistakes and questioning if she is do- had to send a critical patient to an- 10% of nurses left, most recently fi ve dentistry, public health, social work and ing her best. Many patients are asked other hospital because he no longer in one day. Many private hospitals, while 62% support mask mandates specifi cally for work- applied health. ers who interact with the public, such as at restaurants and Dr Alex Stagnaro-Green, the college of to bring their own medicines, such as has a vascular surgeon on staff. who offer 80% of Lebanon’s medical steroids. Others are discharged too services, are shutting down because stores. Eighty-fi ve percent of Democrats and 39% of Re- medicine’s dean, said there aren’t enough What happened? publicans are in favor of mask mandates for public-facing health care professionals in less populated soon - often to homes where power of lack of resources or turning away workers. areas of the state. outages last for days. Lebanon’s fi nancial crisis, rooted patients who can’t pay. Robbie Allen, a 63-year-old retiree from Clifton, “What started 50 years ago in Rockford “You feel like you are trapped,” in years of corruption and misman- Bikai, the 37-year-old ER chief, Texas, is fully vaccinated and will wear a mask when as a regional medical school has grown said al-Saddik. agement, spilled out into the streets was offered a job in a neighboring to become a health sciences campus that The 28-year-old spends more in late 2019, with antigovernment country. His salary is barely enough required by stores or other places. But the self-described is known for its work in preparing health independent who leans Republican insists it is a matter nights in the staff dorms studying be- protests and demands for account- to cover his son’s dentist’s bills. His care professionals to serve in rural and cause at home, she has no electricity. ability. Political leaders have since wife, also a doctor, works by his side of personal choice, and he sees mandates as taking the underserved areas,” Stagnaro-Green said joy out of life. in a statement. She moved to an apartment closer failed to agree on a recovery program in the ER. “The COVID is not going away very quickly, but I don’t University offi cials, who said the pro- to the hospital that she shares with or even a new government - leaving “There is a moment, when you are think people should live in fear,” said Allen, who motorcy- ject will require funding from state, fed- two other people to save on rent and the previous one in perpetual but pushing hard to get over a mountain, cled with his girlfriend to this month’s Sturgis Motorcycle eral and philanthropic sources, hope to transportation. With the collapse of stumped caretaker role. and you get to a place, you can’t Rally, which attracted hundreds of thousands to the South break ground in 2023. (AP) Lebanon’s currency amid the crisis, The World Bank has described the move,” he said. “I worry we’ll get to Dakota city. “People are going to die, but if we all hunker ❑ ❑ ❑ her salary has lost nearly 90% of its crisis as among the worst in over a that.” value. century. In just two and a half years, Abiad, the hospital director, strug- down, life gets miserable.” Climate impact of coal sales hit: Partisan gaps are also wide on vaccination requirements. US offi cials launched a review of climate With fewer and fewer residents, the majority of the population has gles to remain positive for his staff. In Arizona, Bowers has already taken time off work to pick damage and other impacts from coal min- she must now do the rounds for about been plunged into poverty, the na- “Our country is disintegrating in up his daughter from school after she developed a high fe- ing on public lands as the Biden adminis- 30 patients, instead of 10. Her men- tional currency is collapsing and for- front of our eyes,” he said. “The most ver. They spent hours last week looking for a drive-thru tration expands its scrutiny of government tor, a senior virologist, has left Leba- eign reserves have run dry. diffi cult part is ... we can’t seem to be fossil fuel sales that contribute to green- non - one of many in a brain drain of Power outages have for years able to fi nd a way to stop this dete- COVID-19 testing site that wasn’t overcrowded. She tested house gas emissions. medical professionals. forced a dependence on private gen- rioration.” negative. But the worries persist. The review also will consider if com- “My thinking is, the people who don’t want mandates panies are paying fair value for coal ex- are the people who need to be regulated,” Bowers said. tracted from public reserves in Wyoming, “There’s a slim majority in this country making the right Montana, Colorado, Utah and other states, consider the effects of coal mining on air fuel will be exported, and how coal sup- public comment and plans to announce its decisions. If it wasn’t for a slim majority as a country, we’d according to a federal register notice out- quality and the local environment, wheth- ports the nation’s energy needs. next steps by November. be in trouble.” lining the administration’s intents. er leasing decisions should consider if the The agency said it will take 30 days of The coal program brought in $387 mil- Coal combustion for electricity remains lion for federal and state coffers through Also: one of the top sources of US greenhouse royalties and other payments last year, gas emissions, even after many power according to government data. It supports WASHINGTON: US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy says plants shut down over the past decade be- thousands of jobs and has been fi ercely he wouldn’t be surprised if the Food and Drug Administra- cause of concerns over pollution. defended by industry representatives, Re- tion’s full approval of Pfi zer’s COVID-19 vaccine comes Almost half the nation’s annual coal publicans in Congress and offi cials in coal soon and he expects that it will spur more vaccine mandates production - some 250 million tons last producing states. by schools and businesses. fi scal year - is mined by private compa- “Our public lands are intended for mul- Murthy said Sunday he didn’t want to get ahead of the nies from leases on federal land, primarily tiple uses, including the production of FDA’s announcement but didn’t disagree it could happen in Western states. affordable, reliable energy for all Ameri- this week. He cited a wealth of data showing Pfi zer’s two- Coal lease sales were temporarily shut cans, and we look forward to providing down under President Barack Obama comment throughout the government’s dose regimen is safe and effective. because of climate concerns, then revived review,” said Ashley Burke with the Na- Currently the vaccine is being distributed under the under President Donald Trump as he tional Mining Association, an industry FDA’s emergency use authorization. Murthy said he be- sought to bolster the declining industry. lobbying group. lieves that once the agency completes its full review and Among President Joe Biden’s fi rst ac- California, New York, New Mexico issues approval, more Americans will be persuaded to get tions in his fi rst week in offi ce was to sus- and Washington state sued after then- the shots. pend oil and gas lease sales - a move later Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke revived He also anticipated more vaccine requirements, includ- blocked by a federal judge - and he faced coal lease sales in 2017. The Northern ing for teachers and staff, describing mandates as a “rea- pressure from environmental groups to Cheyenne Tribe, joined by the Sierra take similar action against coal. Club and other environmental groups, sonable” thing to do to create a safe environment for chil- Few leases have been sold in recent also filed a legal challenge, while state dren and others. years as coal demand shrank drastically, officials from Wyoming and Montana Murthy said that given the highly transmissible delta var- but the industry’s opponents want to en- argued against reviving the morato- iant, “We have got to take every step we can” when health sure it can’t make a comeback as wild- rium. and well-being is “on the line.” fi res, drought, rising sea levels and other The Biden administration had sought to He spoke on CNN’s “State of the Union,” ABC’s “This effects of climate change worsen, accord- A driver has a COVID-19 test at a drive through clinic in Auckland, New Zealand, delay the legal challenges, but a federal Week” and “Fox News Sunday. ing to a report last week from the Inter- Aug 19. Japan, Australia and New Zealand all got through the first year of the judge said in June that the states and en- governmental Panel on Climate Change. coronavirus pandemic in relatively good shape, but now are taking diverging vironmentalists faced potential damage if The Interior Department review will paths in dealing with new outbreaks of the fast-spreading delta variant. (AP) the case got stalled. (AP) Film TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2021 FFeatureseatures more ofamovingtarget. ity tostreamathomemadeiteven variant concernsanditsavailabil- 6-year-olds isawildcard.Delta series, itstargetaudienceofunder mensely popularNickelodeon the movieisbasedonanim- even tothoseinvolved.Although Patrol” cameasabitofsurprise, very 2019,notpandemic-era.” marketplace canhavelegs.Itfeels release evenintoday’sunusual an media analyst fi bine tomakeforagreattheatrical- engaged star,RyanReynolds,com- strong wordofmouthandareally harkens backtothedayswhen strong holdtogoodwordofmouth. million. 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Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer K-pop fans gravitate to K-dramas Don Everly of Everly Korean shows gaining US popularity

Brothers dies at 84 NEW YORK, Aug 23, (AP): Most Makoto Yasuda, Rakuten Viki’s Some of Netfl ix’s popular 2020 se- nights around 10 p.m. when her family chief operating offi cer believes using a ries included “Start-Up,” “It’s Okay NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug 23, (AP): Don Everly, Don Everly, (right), and Phil Everly, heads off to bed, Carol Holaday signs crowd-source method for its subtitles to Not Be Okay,” and “What’s Wrong one-half of the pioneering Everly Brothers whose har- the duo that call themselves ‘The Ev- erly Brothers’, perform at Camel Rock onto her computer. She’s not falling only helps with accuracy. With Secretary Kim?” monizing country rock hits impacted a generation of down Internet rabbit holes of random “If you have hundreds of people Another that caused a sensation is rock ‘n’ roll music, has died. He was 84. Casino in Pojoaque Pueblo, N.M., Sunday Oct. 15, 2000. Don Everly, information or combing through social contributing to the quality of subtitles, “Crash Landing on You” starring ac- Everly died at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, on media at her San Diego home. Holoday then it becomes much better than a sin- tors Hyun bin and Son Ye-jin. The Saturday, according to his attorney and family spokes- one-half of the pioneering rock ‘n’ roll is signing on to volunteer with the sub- gle professional translator working on romance about a North Korean and person Linda Edell Howard. His brother, Phil Everly, Everly Brothers whose harmonizing country rock hits impacted a genera- title translation of Korean TV shows the topics that they are not really fa- South Korean aired on the paid chan- died in January 2014 at age 74. tion of rock music, has died. He was -often referred to as K-dramas- on the miliar with.” nel tvN in South Korea and also on “Don lived by what he felt in his heart,” a statement 84. A family spokesperson said Everly He says the company’s name Viki from the family said. “Don expressed his apprecia- streaming platform Rakuten Viki. Netfl ix. Fans found their chemistry so died at his home in Nashville, Tennes- “It’s my secret treat,” said Holaday, is derived from the words video and believable, many believed there had to tion for the ability to live his dreams ... living in love see on Saturday, Aug. 21. (AP) Wikipedia, the crowdsourced online with his soul mate and wife Adela, and sharing the who has helped to subtitle 200 titles for be a real relationship off-screen. The Rakuten Viki, commonly just called encyclopedia site. actors’ representatives confi rmed they music that made him an Everly Brother. Don always “Sites like Viki use fan translations, expressed how grateful he was for his fans.” Viki. were dating on New Year’s Day. Viki has both original and licensed which is great, but it can be done in a MacDonald laughingly recalls hear- In the late 1950s and 1960s, hurry because people are anxious to the duo of Don and Phil drew content from Japan, Korea, China and ing the news of the coupledom and Taiwan and subscribers around the see the dramas. So it’s probably not as thinking, “Wow, I am irrationally ex- upon their rural roots with polished as you might get elsewhere,” their strummed guitars and globe. Its largest audience is from the cited about this.” US, 75% of which is non-Asian. It of- said Joan MacDonald, a Forbes con- Streaming services have made tele- high, yearning harmonies, tributor who covers Korean media. while their poignant songs — fers a tiered subscription, or limited vision more globalized where it’s easy content is available for free with ads. Viki translations aren’t just to Eng- to watch a show from another country, many by the team of Felice lish. “A drama can translate into 20 and Boudleaux Bryant — em- The translator program enlists vol- but MacDonald believes one reason for unteers from beginners to contributors different languages within 24 hours,” the popularity of K-dramas is because bodied teenage restlessness said Yasuda. He said there’s also often and energy. Their 19 top 40 designated as gold status based on the they blend genres like K-pop does. quality and quantity of their contribu- waiting lists to help translate on more “It’s kind of an overall thing like hits included “Bye Bye Love,” popular shows. There are a small num- “Let It Be Me,” “All I Have to Gruetters Baker tions. pop is not really one sound. A lot of Holaday, who doesn’t speak Kore- ber of translators who do get paid, if things fi t into it. You will have some- Do Is Dream” and “Wake Up it’s on a show that doesn’t have volun- Don an, is an editor of subtitles. She looks Little Susie,” and performers teers or a licensed series that already thing like a horror, rom-com that starts from the Beatles to Simon & Garfunkel cited them as Variety at portions of video that have already has subtitles. out as a gangster story but it’s really key infl uences. been translated to English, and checks The awareness of K-dramas out- a black comedy that keeps changing “The Everly Brothers are integral to the fabric of the grammar, word placement and side Korea seems to be growing, said genres all the way through.” American music,” said Jerry Lee Lewis in a state- BERLIN: Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie, spelling. Besides translators and edi- MacDonald. “The number of people MacDonald says K-pop fans also ment. “With my friend Don’s passing, I am refl ec- an iconic modern art museum designed by tors, there are also “segmenters” who that contacted me in the last year and gravitate to K-dramas because “a lot of tive … refl ective on a life full of wonderful friends, Bauhaus pioneer Ludwig Mies van der separate portions of video to be subti- a half to say, ‘Oh, I just discovered K- K-pop stars are in dramas and a lot of spectacular music and fond memories. There’s a lot Rohe, reopened to the public Sunday after tled, so one person is not translating an dramas, what do you recommend?’ It’s actors that are in dramas sometimes go I can say about Don, what he and Phil meant to me a six-year refurbishment of the glass- entire episode. signifi cant.” on to have singing careers.” both as people and as musicians, but I am going to fronted building. Another proud, qualifi ed contributor “There’s a band that’s very popular, Germany Monika refl ect today.” ’s culture minister, is retired attorney Connie Meredith. Streaming Astro, and one of the singers, Cha Eun- Gruetters, said during a celebration She even enrolled at the University of woo, was in a drama earlier this year Songs like “Bye Bye Love” and “Wake Up Little ceremony held Saturday that the occasion Other streaming sites are also add- Susie” appealed to the postwar generation of baby Hawaii to study Korean to become a ing more Korean content to their of- called ‘True Beauty,’ said MacDon- marked the museum’s “brilliant comeback better translator. ald. “I saw ‘True Beauty’ and thought, boomers, and their deceptively simple harmonies hid as a pilgrimage site for lovers of modern art ferings. greater meaning among the lighter pop fare of the era. and as a stage for contemporary artists.” “The grammatical structure is so Apple TV+ has two Korean lan- ‘Wow, he is great and he’s in a band. I The two broke up amid quarreling in 1973 after 16 British architect David Chipperfi eld different from English that it’s really, guage projects in the works: one based have to check that band out.’” Another years of hits, then reunited in 1983, “sealing it with a oversaw the extensive refurbishment of the really diffi cult,” said Meredith, who on the animation series “Dr. Brain,” example: Bae Suzy, formerly of the hug,” Phil Everly said. steel-and-glass structure, a project that cost has worked on more than 500 titles for and an adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s girl group Miss A, starred in “Start- Although their number of hit records declined in the 140 million euros ($164 million). Viki. She said translating a 10-minute novel “Pachinko” about four genera- Up.” late 1980s, they had successful concert tours in the US Mies van der Rohe was the last of three segment can take about two hours. tions of a Korean immigrant family. Sara Wagner of South Lyon, Michi- and Europe. directors of the Bauhaus school of art and “It’s like a hobby to me. People say, That series will be available in Korean, gan, grew up surrounded by Korean They were inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of design, which started work in 1919 and was ‘You’ve done that much for free?’ And Japanese and English. culture because her best friend of more Fame in 1986, the same year they had a hit pop-coun- forced to shut down shortly after the Nazis I say, ‘Why not?’ I have nothing bet- This year, Netfl ix is investing nearly than 40 years is Korean. try record, “Born Yesterday.” Two years earlier, they came to power in 1933. He later emigrated ter to do with my time. And it’s like $500 million to produce Korean con- “I would hang out at their house a had success with the up-tempo ballad “On the Wings to the United States. doing a New York Times crossword tent and has partnered with big studios lot and eat Korean food. ... With the in- of a Nightingale,” written by Paul McCartney. The Neue Nationalgalerie was Mies van puzzle for me, to solve the puzzle of there including Studio Dragon and ternet, it became a lot more accessible der Rohe’s only post-World War II build- language.” JTBC. to watch dramas.” “As a singer, a songwriter and a guitar innovator, ing in Germany. It was built in then-West Don Everly was one of the most talented and impact- Berlin, not far from the Berlin Wall that ful artists in popular music history,” said Kyle Young, divided the city for much of the Cold War. CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Muse- The museum opened in 1968, the year military uniform with the medals she buried at the Pantheon in 2018. The other Born in St Louis, Missouri, Baker um, in a statement. The brothers were inducted into before the architect’s death. received for her role as part of the French women are two who fought with the French became a megastar in the 1930s, especially the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001. Berlin Mayor Michael Mueller said Resistance during the war. Resistance during World War II — Ger- in France, where she moved in 1925 as she Don Everly was born in Brownie, Kentucky, to Ike that, shortly after the Wall was built, the Baker will be the fi fth woman to be maine Tillion and Genevieve de Gaulle- was seeking to fl ee racism and segregation and Margaret Everly, who were folk and country mu- building, with its transparent facade, stood honored with a Pantheon burial and will Anthonioz — and Nobel Prize-winning in the United States. sic singers. Phil Everly was born to the couple in Chi- for “progress, the avant-garde and modern, also be the fi rst entertainer honored. chemist Curie. Baker quickly became famous for her cago, where the Everlys moved from Brownie when openness and internationality,” news Holocaust survivor Simone Veil, one The monument also holds the remains “banana skirt” dance routines and wowed Ike grew tired of working in the coal mines. agency dpa reported. of France’s most revered politicians, was of 72 men. audiences at the Theatre des Champs-Ely- The brothers began singing country music in 1945 The museum is reopening with three sees and later at the Folies Bergere in Paris. on their family’s radio show in Shenandoah, Iowa. exhibitions: a selection of key works from She became a French citizen after her Their career breakthrough came when they moved its collection, a show of works by sculptor marriage to industrialist Jean Lion in 1937. Alexander Calder, and another dedicated to During her early career, Baker was to Nashville in the mid-1950s and signed a recording renowned as a dancer, and was among the contract with New York-based Cadence Records. fi lm and media artist Rosa Barbra. Berlin is creating more space to show its most celebrated performers to headline the Their breakup came dramatically during a concert contemporary art collection by building a revues of the Folies Bergère in Paris. Her at Knott’s Berry Farm in California. Phil Everly threw new “Museum of the 20th Century” next performance in the revue Un vent de folie his guitar down and walked off, prompting Don Ev- door to the Neue Nationalgalerie. (AP) in 1927 caused a sensation in the city. Her erly to tell the crowd, “The Everly Brothers died 10 ❑ ❑ ❑ costume, consisting of only a short skirt of years ago.” artifi cial bananas and a beaded necklace, The disputes between the brothers even went to PARIS: The remains of American-born became an iconic image and a symbol both court, when Don Everly sued the heirs of Phil Everly singer and dancer Josephine Baker will of the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties. in 2017 over the copyright to three of their songs, in- be reinterred at the Pantheon monument Baker was celebrated by artists and intel- cluding “Cathy’s Clown.” The case went all the way in Paris, making the entertainer who is lectuals of the era, who variously dubbed to the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. a World War II hero in France the fi rst her the “Black Venus”, the “Black Pearl”, But after Phil’s death in 2014, Don said that he felt Black woman to get the country’s highest the “Bronze Venus”. a spiritual message from his brother before he died. honor. During World War II, she joined the “Our love was and will always be deeper than any Le Parisien newspaper reported Sunday French Resistance. Amid other missions, that French President Emmanuel Macron she collected information from German earthly differences we might have had,” Don Everly decided to organize a ceremony on Nov. 30 offi cials she met at parties and carried mes- said in a statement in 2014. at the Paris monument, which houses the sages hidden in her underwear to England While apart, they pursued solo singing careers with remains of scientist Marie Curie, French and other countries, using her star status to little success. Phil also appeared in the 1978 Clint philosopher Voltaire, writer Victor Hugo justify her travels. Eastwood movie “Every Which Way but Loose.” Don and other French luminaries. A civil rights activist, she took part in made a couple of records with friends in Nashville, The presidential palace confi rmed the Actor Michael Caine, (left), is presented with the Crystal Globe award for his 1963 in the March on Washington for Jobs performed in local nightclubs and played guitar and newspaper’s report. extraordinary artistic contribution to world cinematography at the 55th edition and Freedom alongside the Rev Martin sang background vocals on recording sessions. After her death in 1975, Baker was of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, Luther King Jr, who made his “I Have A buried in Monaco, dressed in a French Friday, Aug. 20. (AP) Dream” speech. (Agencies) ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2021 SPORTS 14

Sigg wins Albertsons Boise Open Blaney takes lead on fi nal restart, Pampling captures fi rst PGA Tour Champions title at Boeing Classic holds on to win Michigan Cup race SNOQUALMIE, Wash., Aug. 23, Already headed to the PGA Tour (AP): Rod Pampling won the Boeing next season as a top-25 finisher in the Classic on Sunday for his first PGA regular-season points race, Sigg fin- Tour Champions victory when Jim ished at 19-under 265 at Hillcrest Harvick’s winning streak ends, but clinches playoff spot Furyk and Woody Austin failed to Country Club and earned $180,000. get up-and-down for birdie from The 26-yar-old former Georgia play- greenside bunkers on the par-5 18th. er also won in Knoxville in May. BROOKLYN, Mich., Aug Pampling, playing five groups Playing partner Rai closed with a 23, (AP): Ryan Blaney ahead of Furyk and Austin at double bogey for a 67. Spaun shot 66. needed a push to pass Wil- Snoqualmie Ridge, shot a 6-under 66 In Vysoky Ujezd, Czech Republic liam Byron. Kyle Busch to finish at 12-under 204. The (AP) - Johannes Veerman won the 51-year-old Australian won three Czech Masters for his first European provided the boost. times on the PGA Tour, the last in Tour title, closing with a 4-under 68 With Busch’s help, Blaney took 2017 in Las Vegas, and has two PGA for a two-stroke victory. the lead on the fi nal restart, then Tour of Australasia wins. The 29-year-old American finished bobbed and weaved his way around Furyk dropped a stroke back with a at 15-under 273 at Albatross Golf Michigan International Speedway bogey on the par-3 17th after hitting Resort near Prague. Fellow American to beat Byron by 0.077 seconds. It well short of the green and chipping Sean Crocker (70) and Finland’s Tapio was the narrowest victory margin 8 feet past. He hit left into a greenside Pulkkanen (72) tied for second. in a Cup race at this track since bunker on 18, Other Tours: Kazuki Higa won the electronic scoring began. sent his third Japan Golf Tour’s Shigeo Nagashima “I wouldn’t say we had the best car,” across the green Invitational Sega Sammy Cup in Blaney said. “We got pretty good, to nearly to the Hokkaido. He closed with a 4-under a point where I fringe and thought we could missed a 20-foot- run fourth or fi fth er. GOLF and it just worked Austin, the out to where he second-round could give us a leader, took two 68 to finish at 20 under, two stokes push and it just to get out of a ahead of Kunihiro Kamii. ... worked out.” right-side bun- Norway’s Espen Kofstad won the Blaney won ker and made a Pampling Challenge Tour’s Sydbank Esbjerg for the second bogey to drop to Challenge in Denmark, beating time this season 10 under. Furyk had a 70 to tie for Scotland’s Ewen Ferguson with a and sixth over- second with Tim Herron (67) and birdie on the first hole of a playoff. Harvick all, capping a Ryan Blaney stands next to the winner’s trophy after the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Michigan International Billy Mayfair (69). Austin’s closing Koftsad closed with a 4-under 67 to big weekend for Speedway, on Aug. 22, in Brooklyn, Michigan. (AP) 72 left him tied for fifth with Alex match Ferguson (69) at 11 under. ... Team Penske, which won Saturday’s Cejka (66). Denmark’s Thomas Bjorn won the IndyCar race in suburban St. Louis and Pampling opened eagle-birdie, Irish Legends for his first Legends then this victory, not far from Roger birdied Nos. 7 and 9, bogeyed the Tour title, beating Wales’ Phillip Penske’s Detroit roots. Ford also has Torrence completes NHRA track sweep 10th, birdied Nos. 11, 12 and 14 and Price with a birdie on the second hole won seven straight at Michigan. bogeyed the 16th. of a playoff. Bjorn closed with a This one was unexpected. BRAINERD, Minn., Aug. 23, (AP): “I did everything possible to screw me when I need it, I help them when Colin Montgomerie, playing in the 6-under 65 to match Price (69) at 15 With no practice and no qualifying final group with Furyk and Austin, under at Rosapenna Hotel & Golf race on a speedway race organizers Steve Torrence won at Brainerd In- it up all the way until the fi nal when they need it, and we’re at the front and added resin to the top of the track, ternational Raceway, giving him a I fi nally got my head out of my butt,” staying there. It’s just a blessing to be shot a 74 to tie for 11th at 7 under. He Resort. ... Sakura Kobetsu won the Blaney started third and quickly found least one victory at every track on the here and to have this opportunity is tru- had a double bogey on 17 after hit- Japan LPGA’s CAT Ladies for her NHRA Camping World Drag Racing ly special. To say I’ve won every race ting into the water. fifth victory of the season and sixth Series circuit. DRAG RACING on the circuit, I just remember dream- Local favorite Fred Couples closed overall. She shot a 1-under 71 in high CAR RACING The points leader and three-time ing of winning one race.” with a 71 to tie for 26th at 4 under. wind to finish at 7 under, two strokes defending Top Fuel champion drove Matt Hagan won in Funny Car, In Boise, Idaho, Greyson Sigg won ahead of three players. ... Lim Hee to his seventh victory of the year and Torrence said. “That was a heck of a beating Cruz Pedregon with a 3.923 at the Albertsons Boise Open to open Jeong closed with a 3-under 69 for a himself off the pace of Hendrick Mo- 47th overall, beating Clay Millican in race against Clay and those guys are 327.98 in a Dodge Charger SRT Hell- the Korn Ferry Tour finals, shooting one-stroke victory in the Korean torsports teammates Chase Elliot, Lar- the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals with a coming on strong right now. cat for his second victory of the season a 6-under 65 for a one-stroke victory LPGA’s HighOne Resort Ladies son and Byron. 3.712-second run at 323.74 mph. “This team, they continue to save and 38th overall. over J.J. Spaun and Aaron Rai. Open. She finished at 11 under. Instead, Blaney kept his cool in the heat as his crew fi ne-tuned the No. stage ended. 12 Ford. Blaney took care of the rest, Dillon was trying to move up from Browns beat Giants in matchup of reserves methodically working way toward the below the white line when the No. 3 front. Chevrolet appeared to make contact But Elliott lost track position after with Brad Kesewlowski, sending stalling in the pits and two late yellows Dillon hard into the outside wall and Lance throws 2 TDs passes as 49ers rally past Chargers bunched the fi eld together, suddenly briefl y airborne in the front straighta- putting Blaney in the top fi ve. way. Keselowski apologized immedi- INGLEWOOD, Calif, Aug 23, (AP): Lance’s pass intended for Mohamed Francisco took over at its 25 with 57 a holding penalty. Robbie Gould then When the top three cars took the ately on the radio. Trey Lance threw two touchdown Sanu in Niners’ territory and returned seconds remaining in the fi rst half as missed the point-after attempt, hitting outside lane on the fi nal restart, Blaney “I think we would have a shot for passes and continued to make his case it to the San Francisco 25. After an il- Lance directed a late TD drive. Trent the right upright. chose the inside lane next to Byron and something there at the end with that to be San Francisco’s Week 1 starter legal blindside block penalty moved Sherfi eld took advantage of a break- Meanwhile, Case Keenum showed as the 49ers rallied for a 15-10 victory why Cleveland invested in him to back in front of Busch. race car,” he said. “I thought we had a the ball back, Stick directed a seven- down in coverage and a missed tackle His decision - and Busch’s push - over the Los Angeles Chargers. up Baker Mayfi eld, throwing a touch- little room to come up but he just held play, 40-yard drive, culminating when by Mark Webb Jr. for a 41-yard recep- changed the complexion of the race. Lance, the third overall pick in he scrambled near the right sideline tion to the Chargers 13 with 21 sec- down pass and leading the Browns to a “It was fun, kind of like a super- me down a little bit.” April’s draft, had a rough start. He 17-13 win over the New York Giants Erik Jones told reporters Sunday he while being pursued by three defend- onds remaining. speedway race,” Byron said. “Unfor- completed only one of his fi rst six ers and lofted a 3-yard pass to a wide Two plays later, Lance connected in an exhibition game. tunately, he ran the bottom. You can signed a contract extension this week- passes and was picked off in his fi rst Keenum tossed a 7-yard TD pass to end to stay with Richard Petty Motor- open Josh Palmer in the back of the with Sanu for a 5-yard touchdown only block so many lanes and I tried three series before settling down. end zone. pass, bringing San Francisco within wide receiver KhaDarel Hodge to end to block the top and cost myself the sports next season. Lance was 7 of 8 for 93 yards on his Cleveland’s opening possession. He Jones didn’t divulge terms of the deal, Michael Badgley’s 50-yard fi eld 10-8 with 12 seconds remaining. lead.” Larson and Byron took turns fi nal three drives, which included the goal extended the Chargers advantage Lance ran it in for the two-point con- fi nished 9 of 12 for 74 yards with an over the fi nal seven laps trying to give which keeps him in the No. 43 Chevro- two TDs. interception while playing most of the to 10-2 before the Niners rallied. San versation, but it was called back due to one another a shot to pass Blaney. let. The announcement comes during a Lance, who fi nished 8 of 14 for fi rst half. Nothing worked. busy week in which he threw the fi rst 102 yards, also won the duel of for- The Browns (2-0) rested Mayfi eld, “Just made a couple of bad moves, pitch at a Detroit Tigers game, stared a running back Nick Chubb, All-Pro de- I guess,” Larson said. “A little too im- new charitable foundation and made an fensive end Myles Garrett and most patient behind the No. 12 and allowed appearance for Chevy in Detroit. FOOTBALL of their starters for the second straight William to get by me and then I was “It’s cool to have it done,” he said week. So did the Giants (0-2), who got hoping they would get racing and I on a video call. “Happy to have it done a 1-yard TD plunge from Devontae could get side-drafting.” at this point of the season not only so I mer North Dakota State quarterbacks. Booker in the fi rst half when both teams And Blaney sped across the fi nish can focus on the rest of this season but Easton Stick, who mentored Lance in played second- and third-stringers. line barely ahead of Byron. also so I can focus on next year.” 2018 when the Bison won their sev- New York’s No. 3 QB Brian “Really the push was the whole Denny Hamlin said he’s moved on enth FCS title in eight years, got the Lewerke threw a TD pass to David thing,” Blaney said. “So thanks, Kyle.” from last week’s tangle with Chase start for the Chargers and was 10 of 14 Sills in the fourth quarter to pull the Blaney also ended Kevin Harvick’s Briscoe at Indianapolis. Briscoe spun for 85 yards and a touchdown. Giants within one. Instead of kicking winning streak at Michigan at three. out the No. 11 Toyota with less than Stick was sacked for a safety early the PAT, New York coach Joe Judge But the consolation prize wasn’t bad two laps left - and after Briscoe’s team in the second quarter by San Francis- went for 2, but the Browns stuffed run- - clinching the 15th spot in the 16-car had been told he would be penalized co’s Jordan Willis, giving the Niners a ning back Gary Brightwell at the line. playoff that begins in two weeks. for cutting off the second turn by driv- 2-0 lead. Willis - who is ineligible for The Giants had another late chance, Elliott beat Larson to the fi nish line ing through the grass. the fi rst six games due to a violation but rookie safety Richard LeCounte III to win the fi rst stage, and Busch took They fi rst spoke on pit road then of the NFL’s performance-enhancing intercepted Lewerke in the end zone on the second stage over Joe Gibbs Rac- engaged in a Twitter spat when substances policy - got leverage on the fi nal play. ing teammate Christopher Bell. Briscoe’s radio transmissions were Chargers offensive tackle Trey Pip- Keenum has made 62 career starts, Austin Dillon heads into the regular- broadcast. It appeared to show the kins, forcing him into the end zone and the 33-year-old’s experience gives season fi nale in 17th place after fi nish- team was aware of the penalty before before tackling Stick. Los Angeles Chargers running back Larry Rountree III (left), is tackled by Browns coach Kevin Stefanski a solid ing third in the fi rst stage but his day the contact. Briscoe then urged Ham- San Francisco got the ball back, San Francisco 49ers linebacker Jonas Griffi th during the fi rst half of a pre- insurance policy in case Mayfi eld gets ended with a nasty crash as the second lin to call him. but Tevaughn Campbell picked off season NFL football game, on Aug 22, in Inglewood, Calif. (AP) hurt or he’s needed for clean-up duty. ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2021 SPORTS 15

All 5 teams in Group A and top 3 in Group B advance to quarters US down Finland in women’s world hockey championship CALGARY, Alberta, Aug. 23, (AP): Hilary Knight tied former U.S. star Cammi Granato’s record for goals in women’s world hockey champion- ship play with 44 in the Americans’ 3-0 victory over Finland. Making her U.S.-record 11th ap- pearance in the event, the 32-year- old Knight scored from the slot to cap the scoring with 6:58 left. She also moved within three of Granato’s points record of 78. Grace Zumwinkle and Kelly Pan- nek also scored and Nicole Hensley made 10 saves to help the fi ve-time defending champion Americans im- prove to 2-0 in Group A play. Meeri Raisanen stopped 36 shots for Fin- land (0-2). The teams met for the fi rst time since the United States beat host Fin-

ICE HOCKEY land 2-1 in a shootout in the 2019 championship game, the last time the event was played. The COVID-19 pandemic twice forced the cancella- tion of the tournament in Nova Scotia before it was shifted to Calgary. The United States also won its opener 3-0, beating Switzerland on Friday night with Alex Cavallini in goal. The Americans have won eight of the last nine titles and nine of the last 11. Earlier, Canada beat Russia 5-1 in Group A, and the Czech Republic topped Hungary 4-2 in Group B. All fi ve teams in Group A and the top Britta Curl, (left), of the United States, keeps Finland’s Michelle Karvinen away from the puck during fi rst period IIHF women’s world championship hockey action in Calgary, Alberta, on Aug. three in Group B will advance to the 22. (AP) quarterfi nals. Sarah Fillier, Ella Shelton, Erin Switzerland. Ambrose, Melodie Daoust and Re- In the early game, Teresa Radova, becca Johnston scored for Canada (2- Daniela Pejsova, Vendula Priby- 0) against Russia (1-1). Ann-Renee lova, and Denisa Krizova scored for Desbiens made six saves, allowing the Czech Republic (2-0), and Klara Cabrera hits 500th homer as only Olga Sosina’s power-play goal Peslarova made 11 saves. Reka Da- with a second remaining. On Tuesday, the United States will basi and Fanni Gasparics scored for face Russia, and Canada will play Hungary (0-2). Roma topple Fiorentina 3-1 Tigers top Jays in 11 innings Ronaldo starts on bench as Indians blank Angels 3-0 in Little League Classic TORONTO, Aug 23, (AP): Juventus waste 2-goal lead Miguel Cabrera became MLB Results/Standings MILAN, Aug. 23, (AP): Cristiano Dybala turned provider 20 minutes the 28th major league play- Ronaldo started on the bench as later with a brilliant cross-field pass to er to hit 500 home runs, Massimiliano Allegri’s return to Cuadrado, who skipped past a couple of defenders before shooting into the and the Detroit Tigers beat WASHINGTON, Aug 23, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Sunday. Juventus got off to a disappointing Atlanta 3 Baltimore 1 Cincinnati 3 Miami 1 start. Two mistakes from goalkeeper far bottom corner. the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 Tampa Bay 9 Chic. W. Sox 0 St Louis 3 Pittsburgh 0 Wojciech Szczesny saw his side relin- Udinese got back into the match six in 11 innings. Detroit 5 Toronto (11 inn) 3 Milwaukee 7 Washington 3 quish an early two-goal lead to draw minutes into the second half. Szczesny Daz Cameron and Willi Castro Kansas City 9 Chicago Cubs 1 Arizona 8 Colorado 4 could only parry Tolgay Arslan’s Seattle 6 Houston (11 inn) 3 Philadelphia 7 San Diego 4 2-2 at Udinese in the Italian league. each hit an RBI double in the 11th San Francisco 2 Oakland 1 NY Mets 7 LA Dodgers 2 Ronaldo didn’t start amid reports he effort and then brought down the Cleveland 3 LA Angels 0 had asked to be on the bench and that Udinese midfielder as they both went to help Detroit take two of three in American League National League he could still leave Juventus with a for the rebound. the weekend series. Gregory Soto East Division East Division (6-3) worked two innings for the W L Pct GB W L Pct GB year remaining on his contract. When Roberto Pereyra struck the penalty Tampa Bay 77 48 .616 _ Atlanta 68 56 .548 _ he did come on in the second half, into the bottom right corner. win, and Joe Jiménez got three outs New York 72 52 .581 4-1/2 Philadelphia 63 61 .508 5 Ronaldo thought he had scored a stop- Juventus almost restored its two- for his fi rst save in two chances. Boston 70 55 .560 7 New York 61 63 .492 7 goal lead immediately but Álvaro Toronto 64 58 .525 11-1/2 Washington 53 70 .431 14-1/2 page-time winner but it was ruled out The 38-year-old Cabrera connected Baltimore 38 85 .309 38 Miami 51 74 .408 17-1/2 for offside after he had ripped off his Morata’s header came off the left post. on a 1-1 pitch from left-hander Steven Detroit Tigers’ Miguel Cabrera Central Division Central Division shirt in celebration and been embraced Ronaldo was brought on at the hour Matz in the sixth, sending the ball over watches his 500th career home run W L Pct GB W L Pct GB in the sixth inning against the To- by teammates. mark and went close to having an the scoreboard in right-center fi eld. Chicago 72 53 .576 _ Milwaukee 76 49 .608 _ immediate impact as first he headed a Measured at 400 feet, the homer tied the ronto Blue Jays during a baseball Cleveland 61 61 .500 9-1/2 Cincinnati 69 57 .548 7-1/2 Paulo Dybala scored and set up game in Toronto, on Aug. 22. (AP) Detroit 60 66 .476 12-1/2 St Louis 63 60 .512 12 another goal to give Juventus what free kick inches wide and then he set score 1-all. Kansas City 55 68 .447 16 Chicago 54 72 .429 22-1/2 looked like a comfortable advantage a up Bentancur, whose effort smacked Much of the crowd of 14,685 at Rog- Minnesota 54 70 .435 17-1/2 Pittsburgh 44 80 .355 31-1/2 ers Centre rose for a standing ovation as Mejía hit a three-run double for Tampa West Division West Division quarter of the way through the match. off the right post. W L Pct GB W L Pct GB Instead it was Udinese which scored Cabrera rounded the bases. After cel- Bay, and fi ve Rays pitchers combined But Szczesny conceded a penalty and on a seven-hitter. Houston 73 51 .589 _ San Francisco 80 44 .645 _ another mistake from him allowed as Szczesny failed to deal with a sim- ebrating with his teammates, the Tigers Oakland 70 55 .560 3-1/2 Los Angeles 78 47 .624 2-1/2 ple-looking back pass from Leonardo slugger came out to accept a curtain call, Austin Meadows had three RBIs for Seattle 67 58 .536 6-1/2 San Diego 68 58 .540 13 Gerard Deulofeu to score the equalizer Tampa Bay, which took the fi nal two of Los Angeles 62 64 .492 12 Colorado 57 67 .460 23 Bonucci and Stefano Okaka stole the taking off his helmet and bowing to the with seven minutes remaining. fans behind the fi rst-base dugout. the three-game series between AL divi- Texas 43 80 .350 29-1/2 Arizona 42 83 .336 38-1/2 Allegri was rehired by Juventus in ball off him and set up Deulofeu. sion leaders. the offseason - just two years after he The goal was initially ruled out but Indians 3, Angels 0 Four Tampa Bay relievers followed was given on video review. VAR was Cincinnati, which won for the sixth time Kyle Seager then connected for his was fired by the club - after the In Williamsport, Pa., Cal Quantrill Chris Archer, who departed with left in eight games. It also moved a game 29th homer, lifting the Mariners to a 6-2 Bianconeri’s worst season in 10 years again to hurt Juventus deep into stop- pitched two-hit ball over seven innings, hip tightness after two innings. It was page time as Ronaldo was seen to be ahead of San Diego for the second NL lead. ended their nine-year grip on the Amed Rosario launched an early homer Archer’s fi rst start since leaving a game wild card. France’s solo shot in the ninth tied league title and saw the end of Andrea and Cleveland beat Los Angeles in the April 10 against the Yankees with right Miami wasted a sharp performance it at 2. Paul Sewald (8-3) picked up the Pirlo’s brief tenure. SOCCER Little League Classic. forearm tightness. by Sandy Alcantara (7-11) in its sev- win, and Yohan Ramirez got two outs José Mourinho has also returned to As the rain held off, youngsters in town Shawn Armstrong (1-0) got the win, enth straight loss. Alcantara struck out for his fi rst save. and Josh Fleming pitched three innings Serie A and his Roma side beat for the Little League World Series were a career-high 11 while working seven Brewers 7, Nationals 3 Fiorentina 3-1. able to enjoy the festivities. Kids rushed to for his fi rst major league save. innings of two-run ball. offside when he headed in Federico the stands for ice cream and sweets, pop- Chicago’s Reynaldo López (2-1) In Milwaukee, Kolten Wong homer- Allegri’s return got off to the best Chiesa’s cross. Phillies 7, Padres 4 possible start. Juan Cuadrado and ping infl atable thunder sticks in excite- gave up three runs in four innings. ed and drove in three runs, powering New Roma forward Tammy ment for each big league at-bat. The Rays announced before the game In San Diego, Rhys Hoskins homered Milwaukee to the victory. Rodrigo Bentancur combined before Abraham had a fantastic debut as he that slugger Nelson Cruz had been twice for Philadelphia in his return from Lorenzo Cain also connected as Mil- the latter pulled the ball back for Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani set up both his side’s goals and hit facetimed fans on ESPN’s “Kidscast” placed on the COVID-19 injured list. the injured list, and Kyle Gibson pitched waukee took the rubber game of the Dybala to drill across into the bottom the crossbar. Abraham, who joined eight fantastic innings. weekend series. The NL Central leaders left corner and give Juventus a third- from the dugout, and Little Leaguers Mets 7, Dodgers 2 from Chelsea for 40 million euros inched closer to the protective netting Odubel Herrera went 4 for 5 with a have won 10 of 13 overall. minute lead. ($47 million) on Tuesday, received a to watch his fi rst at-bat. Ohtani ripped a In Los Angeles, J.D. Davis homered home run and three RBIs to help the Hunter Strickland (2-1) got two outs standing ovation when he was sub- single to the delight of the crowd. and drove in four runs, and the Mets second-place Phillies remain fi ve games for the win, and Josh Hader recorded the snapped the Dodgers’ nine-game win last out for his 26th save. stituted off in the 69th. The 23-year- Braves 3, Orioles 1 behind Atlanta in the NL East. streak. San Diego has lost nine of 11. It Wong drove Sean Nolin’s second old Abraham also had a part to play New York avoided a four-game se- in getting Fiorentina reduced to 10 In Baltimore, Jorge Soler homered, dropped a game behind Cincinnati in the pitch deep to right for his 10th homer. It men as he was clattered into by Touki Toussaint pitched effectively race for the second NL wild card. was his fi fth leadoff shot this season and Bartłomiej Dregowski who had into the sixth inning, and the Braves ex- Hoskins, placed on the injured list No. 7 for his career. rushed out of his area. The visiting tended the Orioles’ losing streak to 18 BASEBALL Aug. 10 with a left groin strain, hit a Cardinals 3, Pirates 0 goalkeeper was shown a straight red games. solo shot to straightaway center off Baltimore’s skid is the longest in Ryan Weathers (4-6) in the fourth and In St. Louis, Adam Wainwright card in the 17th. ries sweep and a seven-game season pitched eight innings of two-hit ball and Roma took the lead nine minutes later the major leagues since Kansas City and another long drive to left in the fi fth dropped 19 in a row in 2005. This was sweep at the Dodgers’ hands with just against Miguel Diaz. Paul Goldschmidt homered, leading St. as Abraham threaded the ball through to its second win in 10 games overall. Mar- Louis to the victory. only the third time during this streak that Mariners 6, Astros 3, 11 Innings Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who turned and the Orioles lost by two runs or fewer. cus Stroman (9-12) pitched six innings The Cardinals snapped a two-game scored from 12 yards. Roma midfielder Adam Duvall added a two-run double of four-hit ball, and Javier Báez hit an In Houston, Ty France homered in skid and kept the Pirates from earning Nicolò Zaniolo was shown a second yel- for NL East-leading Atlanta, which has RBI double in the fi rst inning of his fi rst the ninth inning and singled in J.P. their fi rst series sweep of the season. low card seven minutes into the second won nine in a row and 16 of its last 18. game back from injury. Crawford in the 11th, leading Seattle to They remain the only team in the majors half and Nikola Milenković leveled The Braves also have won a franchise- Los Angeles dropped 2 1/2 games the win. without one. eight minutes later. record 13 consecutive road games. behind San Francisco atop the NL West Crawford started the 11th on second The 39-year-old Wainwright (12-7) Abraham almost restored Roma’s Toussaint (3-2) allowed a run and fi ve and overall MLB standings. Cody Bell- base and moved to third on a wild pitch threw 106 pitches and retired his fi nal Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo goes advantage immediately as his header hits in 5 1/3 innings. Will Smith worked inger had a two-run single, and David by Ryne Stanek (1-3) with no outs. 11 hitters. He hasn’t permitted a run in for the ball during the Serie A soc- came off the crossbar but shortly after- the ninth for his 28th save. Price (4-2) allowed three runs in four Mitch Haniger walked before France his past 19 innings against the Pirates cer match between Udinese and ward he rolled the ball across the area innings. singled on a grounder to right fi eld. and has won his last seven decisions Rays 9, White Sox 0 Juventus, at the Dacia Arena in for Jordan Veretout to tap in at the Giants 2, Athletics 1 against them. Udine, Italy, on Aug. 22. (AP) In St. Petersburg, Florida, Francisco back post. In Oakland, California, Pinch-hitter Royals 9, Cubs 1 Donovan Solano connected for a two- In Chicago, Andrew Benintendi run homer on the fi rst pitch he saw from drove in three runs, and Kansas City fi n- Sparks hold off Liberty for 86-83 win A.J. Puk with two outs in the eighth in- ished a three-game series sweep. ning, and the Giants rallied past the Ath- It was Chicago’s franchise-record letics for a second straight day. 13th consecutive loss at Wrigley Field. Puk (0-1) couldn’t hold the lead after Benintendi and Carlos Santana each Storm trounce Mystics, spoil Delle Donne’s return relieving Frankie Montas, who struck had three hits in Kansas City’s sixth win out nine over seven scoreless innings in seven games. Hunter Dozier doubled WASHINGTON, Aug 23, (AP): playing with three herniated disks in Charles led Washington with 20 in a brilliant duel with Logan Webb. and drove in two runs. Breanna Stewart had 20 points, her back. The 2015 WNBA scoring points. Solano went deep moments after Austin Royals right-hander Carlos Hernán- 12 rebounds and fi ve blocks and champion had two back surgeries Sparks 86, Liberty 83 Slater drew a pinch-hit walk. dez (4-1) struck out a career-high eight the Seattle Storm used a late run and missed 22 months with a career- Reds 3, Marlins 1 in seven innings, also a career best. He to beat the Washington Mystics In New York, Erica Wheeler allowed one run and four hits. scored 17 points and Brittney In Cincinnati, Tyler Naquin hit two 85-78, spoiling two-time WNBA solo homers and Vladimir Gutierrez Diamondbacks 8, Rockies 4 MVP Elena Delle Donne’s return. BASKETBALL Sykes made two defensive stops pitched seven effective innings, helping In Denver, Daulton Varsho hit a Delle Donne, who made her fi rst in the closing seconds to help Los the Reds complete the four-game series three-run homer, and the Diamondbacks appearance in nearly two years, Angeles beat New York. sweep. Cleveland Indians starting pitcher beat the Rockies for a rare win at Coors scored 16 points for the Mystics threatening injury. Nneka Ogwumike and Kristi Naquin’s leadoff shot extended his Cal Quantrill delivers during the fi rst Field. Toliver scored 16 points apiece for hitting streak to 12 games. He added his inning of the Little League Classic Taylor Widener (2-1) tossed fi ve in- (8-14). She helped Washington win Sue Bird and Stephanie Talbot 18th homer in the eighth, making it 3-1 baseball game against the Los An- nings of one-hit ball to help Arizona end Game 5 of the 2019 WNBA Finals each hit a 3-pointer during a 12-2 Los Angeles (10-13). when he drove an 0-2 fastball from An- geles Angels at Bowman Stadium a seven-game losing streak in Denver. on October 10, 2019, securing the run that gave Seattle (18-7) an Natasha Howard had 17 points thony Bass into the seats in right-center. in Williamsport, Pa., on Aug. 22. Varsho fi nished with three hits and four fi rst title franchise history despite 85-76 lead with 1:18 to play. Tina and 11 rebounds for New York. Mike Moustakas also connected for (AP) RBIs. ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 2021 16

Cleveland Indians’ Franmil Reyes’ (32) bat shatters at on pop up to the second base- man against the Los Angeles Angels in the eighth inning of the Little League Classic baseball game at Bowman Field in Williamsport, Pa. Cleveland won the game 3-0. (AP) – See Page 15 Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Nordqvist wins Women’s British Open Swede claims 3rd major title

CARNOUSTIE, Scotland, links. Aug 23, (AP): Anna Nor- “The only thing I could really con- trol was myself,” said Nordqvist, dqvist kept her ball out of who closed with a 3-under 69. “It trouble to make a routine was going to be my time.” Three par at the last and win the players - Lizette Salas (69), 2018 champion Georgia Hall (67) and Women’s British Open for Madelene Sagstrom (68) - tied for a third major title. second place, with a double bogey at For playing partner Nanna Ko- the last dropping Koerstz Madsen erstz Madsen, her 72nd hole of the (71) into a tie for fifth with Minjee tournament could hardly have been Lee (66). more traumatic. By adding the Women’s Open to The Scandinavians were tied for her victories at the 2009 LPGA the lead on 12-under par as they Championship and the 2017 Evian made their way down the famous Championship, the 34-year-old No. 18 at Swede became just the third Carnoustie on European woman - after Annika Sunday, with Sorenstam and Laura Davies - to even their tee shots unable to really separate GOLF them. After have won three or more majors. She Nordqvist received a check of $870,000 from landed her the $5.8 million purse, the largest in approach from women’s golf. the middle of Koerstz Madsen When it was all over, Nordqvist the fairway was joined on the 18th green by her safely on the green and 25 feet from husband, Kevin McAlpine, a former the pin, Koerstz Madsen turned away Scottish Amateur champion who is in disgust as she pushed her shot from Dundee, a city barely 20 min- from the light rough on the left into a utes from Carnoustie. On Christmas horseshoe-shaped greenside bunker trips back to Scotland, the couple on the right. play the storied links course that can Facing a plugged ball and a down- often bring players to their knees but hill lie at the back of the bunker, was defenseless Sunday because of Koerstz Madsen shanked a shot that little wind and almost balmy tem- flew sideways and almost out of peratures. Sweden’s Anna Nordqvist poses for the media holding the trophy after winning the Women’s British Open golf championship, during the presentation bounds at the back of the green. A third round of 65 - the lowest ceremony in Carnoustie, Scotland. (AP) The Danish player’s chip from round of the week - set up Nordqvist’s straggly rough fell short and left of first win in four years, since the In the end, what transpired on the the Barry Burn that runs in front of in the next-to-last group and the first Dane - male or female - to the cup, leaving Nordqvist with two Evian Championship. But the title 18th hole over a stretch of couple of the green. couldn’t get to 12 under, leaving win a major. putts for the title. The second was a was up for grabs midway through the hours decided the championship. Sagstrom, playing in the third-to- Nordqvist and Koerstz Madsen to It was the first year since 2010 tap-in from a couple of inches, secur- final round when, at one stage, there First, Lee, who started five shots last group, also bogeyed the last to duel it out. that a South Korean failed to win a ing a one-shot victory on what were six players in a share of the lead back but briefly moved into outright fall out of a three-way share of the While Nordqvist played the 72nd major. proved to be a shootout in perfect on 9 under, including the overnight first place, made bogey to drop to 10 lead. hole perfectly, Koerstz Madsen lost The last 13 LPGA majors have conditions over the storied Scottish leaders in the final group. under overall after nearly going into Salas missed a 15-foot birdie putt her nerve as she sought to become been won by 13 different players. Aussie bounces back from disappointing Oly loss Atletico win again Barty, Zverev notch effi cient Real Madrid held by 10-man Levante MADRID, Aug 23, (AP): After defending champions Atlé- half, and José Campaña put the hosts ahead with a shot into tico Madrid edged Elche to add to their winning start in the the top corner in the 57th. Spanish league, Real Madrid couldn’t overcome a Levante Madrid evened the match in a 73rd-minute breakaway, victories in Cincinnati fi nals side that were forced to fi nish the match with a defender as with Vinícius Júnior fi nding the net after a nice pass by Ca- their goalkeeper. semiro from Madrid’s own fi eld. But six minutes later Rober MASON, Ohio, Aug 23, (AP): Ash Atlético won 1-0 at home in the return of fans to the Pier gave Levante the lead again from close range off a set Barty bounced back from a disappoint- Wanda Metropolitano Stadium becoming the only team with piece. ing loss at the Tokyo Olympics. Gold Liverpool refuse two wins to begin the league. Then Madrid couldn’t manage Vinícius Júnior pulled Madrid even again with a neat an- medalist Alexander Zverev carried more than a 3-3 draw even though Levante played nearly 10 gled shot that struck the far post before going in. over his momentum from Tokyo. to ‘release’ Salah minutes without a true goalkeeper. Madrid were depleted by the injuries of some key players Madrid failed to get a shot on target after Levante goal- such as Toni Kroos, Luka Modric and Marcelo. Both are in fi ne form heading into CAIRO, Aug 23, (AP): Liv- the US Open, which begins a week keeper Aitor Fernández was sent off in the 87th minute for erpool have refused to release using his hands outside the area to stop a breakaway. De- from Monday in New York. Mohamed Salah for Egypt’s up- SOCCER The top-ranked Barty won her fi fth fender Rúben Vezo took over as goalkeeper because the coming World Cup qualifying hosts had already made all fi ve substitutions, but he didn’t title of the season, taking eight of the matches because of coronavirus last nine games from wild card Jil have to make any saves in the remainder of regulation and Atlético Madrid won with Ángel Correa again playing a restrictions, the country’s soccer stoppage time. leading role in Luis Suárez’s absence. Teichmann for a 6-3, 6-1 victory in association said Monday. the Western & Southern Open fi nal on Madrid had opened the scoring in the fi rst half with Gareth Correa scored a fi rst-half winner for his third goal in two Sunday. Egypt is on Britain’s red list, Bale, but the visitors had to come from behind twice after matches while starting in place of Suárez, who began on the Zverev, too, had a relatively easy so Salah would be required to halftime to salvage the draw with a pair of goals by Vinícius bench again. time in the Cincinnati fi nal, winning quarantine upon his return from Júnior. A limited crowd of nearly 25,000 was on hand in the fi rst the fi rst four games en route to a 6-2, Cairo and miss two Premier Levante had been the last team to defeat Madrid in the Spanish league match with fans at the Wanda Metropolitano 6-3 victory over seventh-ranked An- League games. league. Madrid won only two of their last fi ve league match- Stadium since March last year before the coronavirus pan- drey Rublev. Egypt is scheduled to play An- es against Levante. demic. Atlético presented last season’s league trophy to the Alexander Zverev of Germany, re- gola in Cairo on Sept. 2 before Bale scored his fi rst goal of the season in the fi fth minute fans before the match. turns a shot to Andrey Rublev of traveling to face Gabon three with a low shot from inside the area after a set up by Karim Correa added to his scoring streak in the 39th after a long TENNIS Russia, in the men’s single fi nal of days later in Franceville. Benzema, who made a run from near midfi eld before passing pass by Rodrigo de Paul, the Argentina midfi elder added to the Western & Southern Open ten- the ball to the Wales forward, who had been on a loan with the squad in the offseason. Elche goalkeeper Kiko Casilla The match lasted 58 minutes, a wel- nis tournament in Mason, Ohio. (AP) SOCCER Tottenham last season. beat Correa to the ball but whiffed his clearing attempt, leav- come result for Zverev after a grueling Bale hadn’t scored for Madrid since January 2020. He fi n- ing the Argentina forward with an easy shot from inside the three-set semifi nal win over Stefanos ished that season with only three goals, his lowest-ever tally area. Tsitsipas on Saturday. The association said it “contin- with the Spanish club. Correa had scored both Atlético goals in the team’s 2-1 “It’s been an awesome week,” said ues its contacts with the FIFA .... Roger Martí equalized about 30 seconds into the second win at Celta Vigo in the opener. Zverev, who lost to Dominic Thiem to have international players be in last year’s US Open fi nal. “This is exempted from travel restrictions an incredible feeling going into New imposed on them in countries York. where they play due to corona- “The US Open is a week everybody virus.” is looking forward to. Novak (Djoko- The Egyptian federation also vic) will be back, and he’ll be the fa- wanted Salah to play for the na- vorite. The other guys are in great tional team at the Tokyo Olym- shape. I’m looking forward to the pics, but it said Liverpool denied week. Let’s see how it goes. I’ve got a the request. Clubs are not obli- lot of work ahead of me. I have to fi nd gated to release players for the my rhythm.” men’s Olympic tournament. Barty, who won her fi rst Wimbledon Salah, who has twice won the title in July before getting upset in the Premier League’s Golden Boot fi rst round at the Olympics, didn’t drop award, tested positive for the a set in four Cincinnati matches and virus during a visit to Cairo in played only one tiebreaker. November, where he attended his “It’s been an awesome week,” Barty Ashleigh Barty, of Australia, holds brother’s wedding. At the time, said. “I felt like, each match, I got bet- the trophy after defeating Jil Teich- he was to join the national team ter and better in most parts of my game. mann, of Switzerland, to win the for its game against Togo. I was just excited to get some matches women’s single fi nal of the Western ❑ ❑ ❑ under my belt in some tough condi- & Southern Open tennis tourna- New Zealand Football is re- tions, and I think it put us in good stead ment in Mason, Ohio. (AP) going to New York.” ported to be considering drop- Last year’s Western & Southern Barty, of Australia, broke Teich- ping the “All Whites” nickname Open was moved from Cincinnati to mann’s serve to take a 5-3 lead in the of its national men’s soccer the US Open site at Flushing Meadows fi rst set, then won the next six games. team because of its racial con- because of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the second set, the Swiss player notation. Teichmann had a surprising run received medical attention during a While NZF has not confirmed to the fi nal, upsetting second-ranked changeover for blisters on her heavily it may discard the name, it says Naomi Osaka, Olympic gold medal- taped right foot. it is carrying out a variety of ist Belinda Bencic and fourth-ranked Zverev committed just fi ve unforced measures designed to improve its Karolina Pliskova. errors while improving to 5-0 in his cultural inclusivity. The national “This is where you belong,” Barty career against Rublev - all straight-set body is reported to have sought said to Teichmann during the post- wins. Rublev admitted having confi - feedback from stakeholders on a match ceremony. “You played excep- dence problems when facing his friend, potential change. Elche’s Johan Mojica, (left), duels for the ball with Atletico Madrid’s Angel Correa during the Spanish La Liga soc- tional tennis this week.” whom he’s known since they were 11. cer match between Atletico Madrid and Elche at Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid, Spain. (AP)

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