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KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3, (Agencies): A spokesman for the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Saad Al-Otaibi, said the operations at the Kuwait International Airport functions in line with the requirements and decisions issued by the Council of Ministers and the Corona Emergency Committee, reports Al-Rai daily. Al-Otaibi said there was no change in the incoming and outgoing flights on the second day of resuming work and that the operational capacity remained the same as specified by the Council of Ministers. He pointed out those leaving the country from Kuwait International Airport do not need to register on the Kuwait Mosafer platform, provided they obtain health insurance cover and sign a de- Day by Day parture pledge following the recent amendments made to the Kuwait Mosafer platform and OUR democracy unlike other de- tation for reconciliation. the start of new procedures for mocracies does not serve the in- The path of democracy is jus- travel through the Kuwait Air- terests of the people. In it we don’t tice, meaning people are equal port. see philosophy and the principles before the law. Democracy is Al-Otaibi called on incoming are obscure. not about distributing positions, and outgoing citizens and resi- In our democracy what we see grants, and sharing the spoils dents to fully comply with the are insults, accusations and dis- (profits) sans justice. procedures announced by the crimination, therefore what our … Yet, tomorrow is another day. democracy needs is an iron fist to Council of Ministers to enjoy a correct its course and stop exploi- Zahed Matar smooth and safe journey. According to informed sources, the government has made arrangements to revive Six lose steering development projects that were suspended due to poor funding, A man leaves as advancing fires rage the Hisaronu area, Turkey, Aug 2, 2021. For the sixth straight day, Turkish firefight- and deal with the lack of tech- ers battled Monday to control the blazes that are tearing through forests near Turkey’s beach destinations. Fed by strong nical specialists due to previ- winds and scorching temperatures, the fires that began Wednesday have left eight people dead. Residents and tourists ‘Potential hijack’ of ous closures, reports Al-Nahar have fled vacation resorts in flotillas of small boats or convoys of cars and trucks. (AP) daily. They explained that the government’s decision to reopen the country to those stranded ship feared off UAE abroad will revive the move- Opinion Newswatch ment of development projects, DUBAI, Aug 3, (AP): The British assault to have killed civilians in the which were postponed or halted navy warned Tuesday of a “potential yearslong shadow war targeting com- due to the repercussions of the KUWAIT CITY: The Public hijack” of a ship off the coast of the mercial vessels in the region. COVID-19 crisis. The cost of Authority for Civil Information United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Iran denied playing any role in the Development projects or (PACI) has agreed to renew the these projects, which are in the Oman, without elaborating. incident, though Tehran and its allied sectors of electricity, oil and in- contract for delivery of civil ID The incident comes amid height- militias have used similar “suicide” cards to homes based on the au- frastructure, exceeds hundreds thority’s desire and the decision ened tensions between Iran and the drones in attacks previously. of millions. a summer night’s dream? of its procurement committee, West over its tattered nuclear deal Israel, the United States and Unit- reports Al-Anba daily. and as commercial shipping in the ed Kingdom vowed a “collective re- Measures Sources told the daily the con- region has found itself in the cross- sponse” to the attack, without elabo- The measures taken by the tract will be renewed for one year hairs over it. Most recently, the U.S., rating. state during total lock down the U.K. and Israel have blamed Iran The Gulf of Oman is near the Strait led to strengthening project oversight starting from October 22, 2021, prevented the entry of special- By Ahmed Al-Jarallah and will bring a revenue of 650 for a drone attack on an oil tanker off of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times and setting the correct costs for them, fi ls for each successful delivery. Oman that killed two people. Iran has Arabian Gulf through which a fifth of ized workers to complete some resulting in a massive decrease in the ❑ ❑ ❑ denied being involved. all oil passes. Fujairah, on the UAE’s projects, causing difficulty AN excellent step was taken by the Cab- spending and speedy implementation. for experts and technicians to inet a few days ago when it laid out a The British military’s United eastern coast, is a main port in the Hence, there are dozens of major pro- WASHINGTON: An offi cer died Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reach the country to supervise road map to expedite the implementation region for ships to take on new oil jects implemented by the government after being stabbed Tuesday dur- initially warned ships Tuesday that cargo, pick up supplies or trade out some technical works. of 18 major development projects. today without any budget defi cit, and far ing a burst of violence at a transit “an incident is currently underway” crew. The sources indicated that Perhaps, this step could be the kiss of from quotas and corruption. station outside the Pentagon, law the decision would reduce the enforcement offi cials said. off the coast of Fujairah. Hours later, Since 2019, the waters off Fujairah life to revive the development drive, the Unfortunately, it is customary in they said the incident was a “potential have seen a series of explosions and cost of labor, which rose sig- slogans of which have been decorating The Pentagon, the headquar- Kuwait for projects to become semi- ters of the US military, was tem- hijack.” They did not elaborate. hijackings. The US Navy blamed Iran nificantly with the continua- ministerial programs for several dec- reservoir for certain infl uential people. The US military’s Mideast-based for a series of limpet mine attacks on tion of the decision to close ades. In fact, it remained as just makeup porarily placed on lockdown af- Despite the existence of several anti- ter gunshots were fi red Tuesday 5th Fleet and the British Defense vessels that damaged tankers. the country for the return of that beautifi es duplicated tendencies corruption bodies and institutions, they morning near the entrance of the Ministry did not immediately re- Also in 2019, Iran seized the stranded workers; this will re- of successive governments that preoc- work selectively, which is what caused building, A Pentagon police of- turn calls for comment. The Emirati British-flagged Stena Impero on July duce the cost of the product and cupied themselves with bickering and such a huge defi cit. Tens of billions of fi cer who was stabbed later died, government did not immediately ac- 19 in the Strait of Hormuz as it was thus increase the ability of local wrangling with the National Assembly, dinars were lost, and all of the Kuwaiti according to offi cials who were knowledge the incident. headed from the Iranian port of Ban- which in turn benefi ted from exposing products to compete in the long projects are not equivalent to even ten not authorized to discuss the mat- Earlier, six oil tankers announced dar Abbas to Dubai. The raid came term. the shortcomings of the executive au- percent of the Saudi projects. ter and spoke to The Associated around the same time via their Auto- after authorities in Gibraltar, a British thority. Press on condition of anonymity. They said they expect the We have publicly seen how the in- matic Identification System trackers overseas territory, seized an Iranian current year 2021/2022 to wit- There is no doubt that such an an- More details about the vio- that they were “not under command,” supertanker carrying $130 million in fl uential, who did not obtain shares in lence were expected at a Penta- ness a significant increase in nouncement needs a strong will so that some projects, moved their tools in the according to MarineTraffic.com. crude oil on suspicion it was breaking it does not remain mere ink on paper. gon news conference. The con- That typically means a vessel has lost European Union sanctions by taking the spending on development National Assembly and deliberately dis- nection between the shooting and projects, as its execution had However, the most important thing is rupted it, and they cost the state several power and can no longer steer. the oil to Syria. Both vessels were that the systematic and well-known the stabbing of the offi cer was not “At the same time, if they are in the stopped due to the precaution- billions of dinars. immediately clear. The authori- later released. mechanism of corruption quotas does same vicinity and in the same place, In July of last year, an oil tanker ary measures taken by the Hence, if the government is serious ties did not immediately provide government to confront the re- not return to control these projects. about this announcement, it must work details or the sequence of events. then very rarely that happens,” said sought by the US over allegedly cir- Therefore, His Highness the Prime (AP) Ranjith Raja, an oil and shipping ex- cumventing sanctions on Iran was percussions of the COVID-19 on two correlative lines - fi rst is to re- crisis, especially since many Minister, the ministers, and the concerned move all those suspected of corruption ❑ ❑ ❑ pert with data firm Refintiv. “Not all hijacked off the Emirati coast, fol- authorities are faced with a real challenge the vessels would lose their engines lowing months of tensions between countries have begun to open from valuing projects, and put them in BOZALAN: Selcuk Sanli set his or their capability to steer at the same their airspace in accordance in proving their seriousness in implemen- fair bids through the use of experts rec- Iran and the US. The vessel and its two cows loose, put his family’s time.” crew ended up in Iran, though Teh- with the health requirements tation, especially by ending the monopoly ognized for their integrity and effi ciency. of infl uential people who raise the cost of most treasured belongings in a One of the vessels later began ran never acknowledged the inci- imposed by the World Health Second is to overcome all legal obstacles car and fl ed his home as a wild- moving. dent. projects to increase the profi ts, to distribute created by the benefi ciaries of this mo- Organization. quotas to other competitors to keep them fi re approached his village near An Oman Royal Air Force Airbus And in January, armed Iranian nopoly in order to protect their interests Turkey’s beach resort of Bod- It is worth mentioning that, away, as well as to bribe some offi cials. C-295MPA, a maritime patrol air- Revolutionary Guard troops stormed and prevent fair competition, which led rum, one of thousands fl eeing due to the repercussions of the In this regard, it is not a shame to craft, flew in circles for hours over a South Korean tanker and forced the COVID-19 crisis, Kuwait wit- to the wastage of public fi nances. fl ames that have coated the skies the area where the ships were, ac- learn from the experiences of others, es- with a thick yellow haze. ship to change course and travel to nessed the lowest spending on pecially our closest neighbors who were Of course, this does not mean that we cording to data from FlightRadar24. Iran. While Iran insisted it stopped should abandon our calls for a Kuwaiti For the sixth straight day, the projects of the 2020/2021 able to eradicate this scourge despite Turkish fi refi ghters battled Mon- com. the ship for polluting, it came as development plan in the last 11 version of “Ritz-Carlton,” or let the anti- Apparently responding to the in- its rootedness in offi cial behavior. Here day to control the blazes that Tehran sought to increase its lever- years. we mean the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, corruption institutions toughen up in or- are tearing through forests near cident, Iran’s state-run IRNA news age over Seoul ahead of negotiations whose Crown Prince Mohammed bin der to exercise their full role without any Turkey’s beach destinations. Fed agency quoted Foreign Ministry over billions of dollars in Iranian as- Achievement selectivity, especially since in Kuwait spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh as Salman announced in November 2020 by strong winds and scorching sets frozen in South Korean banks. The actual spending amount- that, “Corruption has spread through- there is a judiciary that does not favor temperatures, the fi res that began calling the recent maritime attacks in anyone, is characterized with integrity, Wednesday have left eight people the region “completely suspicious.” Also: ed to KD 860 million out of out the past three decades like cancer, a total of KD 1.7 billion allo- depriving the state of 15 percent of its and is able to hold anyone accountable dead. Residents and tourists have He denied that Iran was involved. TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader of- fl ed vacation resorts in fl otillas “Iran’s naval forces are ready for cated for spending on 126 proj- budget every year”. without fear. ficially endorsed his hard-line pro- Nonetheless, all this is linked to the of small boats or convoys of cars help and rescue in the region,” Khati- tégé as the nation’s next president on ects, none of which witnessed The young prince then launched a bold and trucks. Many villagers have bzadeh said. an achievement. Most of them campaign against the corrupt that led to government’s seriousness in implement- Tuesday, just two days ahead of the ing major projects, so that this is not just lost their homes and farm animals The event comes just days after a inauguration of Ebrahim Raisi at a remain between the stages of recovering 247 billion riyals within three and have had trouble breathing a dream on a sweltering summer night. drone struck an oil tanker linked to sensitive time for Iran and the wider preparation, implementation years, which represents 20 percent of the amid the heavy smoke. (AP) an Israeli billionaire off the coast of Middle East. and delivery, as per the data is- total non-oil revenues, in addition to Email: [email protected] ❑ ❑ ❑ Oman, killing two crew members. The country is reeling from crush- sued by the General Secretariat other assets amounting to tens of billions The West blamed Iran for the at- ing US sanctions that have devastated of the Supreme Council for of riyals. Follow me on: MOSCOW: The Russian ambassador to the United States says tack, which marked the first known the economy, led to the crash of the Planning and Development. There is no doubt that this step cor- Washington has ordered 24 Rus- Iranian riyal and hit ordinary Iranians More than 2.5 million citi- rected a historical imbalance in the Saudi sian diplomats to leave the coun- hard. Exacerbating Iran’s despair, zens and residents of Kuwait public fi nances, and constituted a mile- try by Sept 3, a move that comes the coronavirus has spiraled out of stone in governmental practice. It also [email protected] have received the COVID-19 shortly after the US said it had control, with authorities reporting a vaccine since the beginning of laid off nearly 200 local staffers record of 39,000 new cases on Tues- working for its diplomatic mis- the vaccination campaign in the day — almost 2,000 more than the country, said the Health Minis- sions in Russia. previous day. They are the latest in a series of ter Sheikh Dr. Basel Al-Sabah In his speech, Ayatollah Ali Monday. Powerful explosion hits Afghan capital measures taken by both sides that Khamenei advised Raisi, a former have strained US-Russia rela- During the Cabinet weekly KABUL, Aug 3, (AP): A powerful explo- of Defense Minister Bismillah Khan Mo- judiciary chief, to “empower the tions, although the State Depart- country’s poor people and improve meeting, Dr. Basel shed light sion rocked an upscale neighborhood of hammadi. His Jamiat-e-Islami party issued ment denied that its move was on the developments of the retaliatory. In this photo released by an official the national currency.” Afghanistan’s capital Tuesday that is home a statement saying the minister was not in Doubts about an imminent return pandemic situation in the coun- to several senior government officials, in- the guesthouse and his family had been In an interview with The Na- website of the office of the Iranian try, affirming that there is a tional Interest magazine, ambas- Supreme Leader, Supreme Lead- to Tehran’s tattered 2015 nuclear cluding the defense minister. safely evacuated. deal, which granted Iran sanctions comforting decline in the num- There were no immediate reports of No one took immediate responsibility sador Anatoly Antonov said er Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, (left), the embassy received a list of 24 gives his official seal of approval relief in exchange for limits on its ber of infections and fatalities. casualties but several smaller explosions but it came as Taliban insurgents have Russian diplomats who are ex- to newly-elected President Ebra- nuclear program, have become a dark The patient recovery rate could also be heard as well as small arms been pressing ahead with an offensive pected to leave the US by Sept. him Raisi in an endorsement cere- cloud dangling over the incoming climbed to 96 percent, the min- fire. that is putting pressure on the provincial 3. (AP) mony in Tehran, Iran, Aug 3. (AP) hard-line administration. ister added. Interior Ministry Mirwais Stanekzai said capitals in the south and west of the coun- The Cabinet expressed satis- the explosion happened in the posh Sherpur try. faction with the positive indi- neighborhood, which is in a deeply secure The Islamic Sate group has claimed some cators that have been achieved, section of the capital known as the green recent attacks in Kabul but most have gone KFH reports KD 102.2mn net profi t for H1 stressing the importance of zone. It was the first explosion in the capital unclaimed, with the government blaming continuing to adhere to the in some time. the Taliban and the Taliban blaming the — Details Page 9 — health requirements and to the It appeared the target was the guesthouse government. necessity of vaccination. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2021 2

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Mabanee Co gains 12 fi ls, Humansoft Holding dips Kuwait stock market treads water in choppy session By John Mathews Arab Times Staff ▼ UUS$/KDS$/KD 0.30025/350.30025/35 KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: Kuwait stocks ▼ Euro/KD 0.3561 Renewable energy projects eyed trod water Tuesday following the two- day drop. The All Shares Index ticked ■ Yen/KD 0.0027 0.12 points up in choppy session to 6,547.82 points even as the trading fl oor ▲ British £/KD 0.4175 PAHW, MEW form task force sentiment turned mixed. The Premier Market fell 3 points to ■ Indian Rs/KD 0.0040 7,127 pts while Main Market scaled 7.56 KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: The Minister of State for Mu- ity, Water and Renewable Energy, to study and approve points to end at 5,413.44 pts. The BK ■ Philippines Peso/KD Main 50 paced 14.68 points. The volume 0.0060 nicipal Affairs and Minister of State for Housing and the authority’s renewable energy projects, reports Al- turnover meanwhile dipped below the Urban Development Shaya Al-Shaya has formed a 300 million mark to hit a two-week low. ▲ FTSE +27.51 pts at 18:50 Aug 03 Rai daily. Over 242 million shares changed hands – task force in the Public Authority for Housing Welfare The decision stipulated the formation of the task force, headed by the down 30 percent from the day before. (PAHW), in partnership with the Ministry of Electric- Head of Electrical Works and Renewable Energy Department Badour The sectors closed mostly in red. Real ▼ Nikkei -139.19 pts at closing Aug 03 Estate outpaced the rest with 0.42 pct Al-Sharrah. Members of the gain whereas Utilities shed 0.88 percent, taskforce are Bassem Al-Mis- the biggest loser of the day. Volume wise, ▲ Gold $1809.70 per oz (London) Markaz: Kuwait equity market continues lim and Khaled Al-Rashidi Financial Services topped with 118 mil- representing the Ministry of lion shares while also ahead in value with ▼ NYMEX crude $70.21 per barrel Electricity, and Faisal Mulla KD 20.42 million. to rally underpinned by strong earnings Ali, Yasmine Al-Hashemi, In the individual shares, Boubyan Bank ▼ Brent crude $72.11 per barrel and Rahaf Al-Otaibi repre- extended last session’s losses with 6 fi ls senting PAHW. drop to 760 fi ls whereas sector bellweth- LIBOR rate 0.12375% KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: Kuwait Financial Centre performer was UAE’s International Holdings Com- er National Bank of Kuwait dialed up 2 “Markaz” recently released its Monthly Market pany which gained 11.5% during the month and The decision specifi ed the fi ls on back of 3.4 million shares to end at Review report for the month of July2021. Markaz 215% for the year. tasks of the taskforce, which 887 fi ls. Commercial Bank pushed 10 fi ls include follow-up study and lion shares whereas Kuwait International report noted that Kuwait equity market had another The company has benefi ted from many of its up to 510 fi ls. Bank and Burgan Bank both held ground month of gains. Kuwait All Share index extended subsidiaries being listed on the Abu Dhabi Stock review of all plans (design Mabanee Co climbed 12 fi ls to 737 fi ls at 224 fi ls . Gulf Bank erased 2 fi ls before its good run and rose3.0% for the month and 18.7% exchange in the last 2 years and which have sub- and implementation), studies, with a volume of over 1 million whereas settling at 238 fi ls and the counter saw for the year. Market liquidity in July, as indicated sequently made good gains post listing. Saudi Blue reports, specifi cations and ma- Humansoft Holding erased most of Mon- over 12.7 million shares changed hands. by the average daily traded value, stood at USD 139 Chips like Al-Rajhi Bank and Saudi National Bank terials of the solar photovol- day’s gains with 78 fi ls slide to KD Ahli United Bank BSC eased 1 fi ls to million, a decrease of 35% compared to the earlier which made great returns in the fi rst 6 months of taic system, for each project of 3.570. KIPCO took in 1 fi l and National 218 fi ls whereas Warba Bank and Ahli PAHW separately (whether in Investment Co paused at 178 fi ls. Boursa United Bank Kuwait paused at 246 fi ls month. 2021 were down in July as some investors booked Kuwait Securities jumped 28 fi ls to KD Among Kuwait sectors, Consumer Goods was profi ts due to high valuations. buildings or planning areas). and 301 fi ls respectively. Al Ahli Bank 1.618. dialed up 2 fi ls. the top gainer, rising 6.2% followed by Financial The performance of global equity markets was The tasks also include ap- Zain eased 1 fi l to 587 fi ls after push- Services at 5.2%, while Technology and Basic Ma- fl at, with the MSCI World Index closing 1.7% high- proval of the subcontractor Kuwait Investment Co and The Secu- ing 1.83 million shares whereas Ooredoo rities House took in 1 fi l each whereas terials declined by 8% and 1.7% respectively for the er in July, U.S. market (S&P 500) with a gain of for solar energy works of each ticked 1 fi ls up to 643 fi ls. stc was un- month. Among blue chips, Boubyan Bank was the 2.3% and MSCI Emerging Index losing 7% due to PAHW project separately, by International Financial Advisors inched 1 changed at 860 fi ls after scaling 18 fi ls fi l into red. Arzan Financial Group added representatives of the Ministry during July and logistics major Agility top gainer,rising by 9.3%. a fall in Chinese tech stocks as the Chinese Govern- 3 fi ls whereas Kuwait Financial Centre The stock has gained 48% for the year after an- ment took action against monopolies like Tencent, of Electricity, Water and Re- gave up 5 fi ls to end at 985 fi ls with a volume of over 2 million. NAPESCO (Markaz) gave up 2 fi ls. Noor Financial other strong fi nancial performance in the second Didi etc. U.K’s FTSE 100 fell 0.1% for the month newable Energy, according to Investment Co added 1 fi l and Tamdeen quarter in which net profi ts rose 20% Year-on- after consumer spending rose slower than expected the list of companies approved dropped 10 fi ls to 865 fi ls. National Industries Group fell 3 fi ls to Investment Co dialed up 2 fi ls. KAMCO Year. Agility Public Warehousing rose7.4% in due to increase in COVID-19 cases. by the ministry, and submitting slipped 5 fi ls to 116 fi ls. the fi nal plans (design and im- 231 fi ls after moving 5.2 million shares July, continuingits stellar performance from previ- Oil prices closed at USD 76.3 per barrel at the and Gulf Cable paced 4 fi ls. Boubyan Kuwait Cement Co inched 1 fi l higher ous months. The stock has 60% gains for the year. end of July as oil markets consolidated after several plementation), studies, reports, Petrochemical Co slid 17 fi ls to 826 fi ls to 242 fi ls whereas Kuwait Portland Ce- Regionally, S&P GCC composite index consecutive months of gains. OPEC+ in its latest specifi cations and materials for whereas Al Qurain Petrochemical Co was ment gave up 3 fi ls. Kuwait Foundry Co gained1.2% for the month. meeting held on July 18, decided to increase pro- the solar PV system for each up 5 fi ls at 379 fi ls. Jazeera skidded 8 fi ls climbed 10 fi ls to 399 fi ls while ACICO Most of the GCC markets with the exception of duction by 400,000 barrels a day, beginning from project of PAHW separately, to 741 fi ls while ALAFCO and Mezzan Industries and Metal and Recycling Co Abu Dhabi made small gains during the month. August. for approval by representatives Holding eased 1 fi l each. Integrated Hold- dialed down 1 fi l each. Combined Group KSA, Qatar,and Bahrain increased 0.3%, 0.2% and This will add about 2% to the world’s supply by of the Ministry of Electricity, ing was unchanged at 373 fi ls whereas Contracting Co and Burgan Company For Water and Renewable Energy. Aznour tripped 2 fi ls. Well Drilling dialed down 2 fi ls each. 0.6% respectively while Dubai and Oman lost 1.6% the end of the year. The decision was taken on ac- HEISC slipped 4 fi ls to 482 fi ls and and 0.8% respectively. count of rising global oil demand as the economic In addition, the task force The market opened fi rm and edged higher in early trade. The main index NICBM was down 6 fi ls at 190 fi ls. Abu Dhabi was the largest gainer rising 7.1% recovery continues in most parts of the world and to is assigned with following up, Kuwait Hotels Co erased 3 fi ls whereas during the month led by a rally in blue chip fi rms end the disagreement between the UAE and Saudi studying and approving all scaled the day’s highest level of 6552 points and drifted lower in choppy trade Sultan Centre took in 1 fi l. Arabi Group Among the GCC blue chip companies, the best Arabia on how fast to increase supply. other renewable energy sys- as sentiment waned. It bottomed at 6529 Holding rose 3 fi ls to 156 fi ls and PAP- tems in the PAHW’s projects, points in the fi nal minutes before clawing CO gave up 2.8 fi ls. United Projects Co setting up a mechanism for re- back into green turf at close. and Advanced Technology Co tripped 1 ceiving and inspecting projects Top gainer of the day, First Takaful Co fi l each. that have been completed, and soared 15.35 pct to 51.1 fi ls and Bareeq Kuwait and Gulf Links Transport Co keeping pace with any devel- sprinted 14.33 percent to stand close be- trimmed 0.1 fi ls whereas Educational opment in the requirements hind. KSHC skidded 9.33 pct, the steep- Holding Co jumped 21 fi ls to 699 fi ls. and laws of renewable energy est decliner of the day and Bareeq topped Independent Petroleum Group paced 4 systems affi liated to the Minis- the volume with 40.9 million shares. fi s and Automated Systems Co stood pat at 103 fi ls. KCPC slid 14 fi ls to 546 fi ls try of Electricity, to be applied Despite day’s tame fi nish, losers outnumbered the winners. 66 stocks ad- while OSOS Holding Group dialed down in PAHW’s future projects. vanced whereas 52 closed lower. Of the 2.9 fi ls. The decision also author- 139 counters active on Tuesday, 2 closed The market has been largely down- ized the task force to prepare fl at. 10.400 deals worth KD 46.9 million beat so far during the week shedding 32 the appropriate system to carry were transacted during the session. points in last three sessions. It has rallied out its work, and that its meet- In the banking sector, Kuwait Finance 195 points during whole of July is up ing shall be considered valid House clipped 2 fi ls after pushing 4.6 mil- 977 points year-to-date. in the presence of the majority of its members and as per the regulations of the employment affairs department. Expats returning in low numbers KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: De- spite the completion of prepa- rations by the Directorate-Gen- eral of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to implement the Cabinet decision to allow the vaccinated non-Kuwaitis to return to the country from Sunday, a source at Kuwait International Air- port confi rmed there will be no noticeable change in movement of returning passengers, reports Al-Qabas daily. The source said nothing new is visible on the ground when speaking of the new decision to allow the vaccinated residents to return to the country since the number of people expected to enter is the same as it KUNA photo was in the month of July. The The representative of Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Khadhemi is received at movement of travelers looks the airport by senior Kuwaiti offi cials. routine. However, the source also Iraq PM’s rep in Kuwait added that the agencies operating at the airport, including the The representative of Iraq’s Prime Min- by Minister of State for National As- civil aviation, the offi ces of the ister Mustafa Al-Khadhemi, Minister of sembly Affairs Mubarak Al-Harees ministries of Interior, Health, Planning Khaled Battal Al-Najem, and and Secretary General of the Su- the customs authorities and his offi cial delegation arrived on Tues- preme Council for Planning and De- ground services companies, day in Kuwait on an offi cial visit. velopment (SCPD) Dr Khaled Mahdi. are fully prepared to receive The Iraqi delegation was received (KUNA) arrivals according to a logisti- cal plan that has been prepared to manage the movement of ‘Kuwait 17th richest nation globally’ passengers from the moment they get off the planes until KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: According to a billion, according to the 2019 statistics. they leave the airport in ac- report published by the American “24/7 Also, the average life expectancy in Ku- cordance with health require- Wall Street” website, Kuwait is ranked wait is 75.5 years. ments. 17th on the list of the richest countries in Reviewed To determine the richest the world, reports Al-Rai daily. countries in the world, the Wall Street Although there is no signifi - It ranked third in the Arab world af- website reviewed per capita gross na- cant change in the fl ight sched- ter Qatar and the UAE, which came in tional income data for 193 countries and ules and the number of fl ights, second and seventh places in the world compared them with the data available the airport preparation high- respectively, while Saudi Arabia ranked from the World Bank. lights implementation of a lo- 25th in the world. According to the report on the website, gistical plan involving several As for the richest countries in the Kuwait is one of the richest countries in the parties to facilitate the move- world, Macau came fi rst, followed by world with a per capita gross national in- ment of passengers; check the Qatar, then Singapore in third, Bermuda come of nearly $59,000. A large part of the devices, equipment and op- fourth, and Luxembourg fi fth. country’s economic activity depends on the erating systems; fi eld teams As per the list, the per capita share of oil and natural gas sector. Oil revenue — working around the clock and Kuwait’s gross national income amount- the value of crude oil production minus the an increase in the number of ed to $58,930 in 2020, and the gross cost of producing it — represents more than counters. domestic product amounted to $218.6 42 percent of the country’s GDP. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2021 LOCAL 3 diwaniya A DIGEST OF PUBLIC OPINION ‘Change replacement policy ... experience counts more than age’ “IN CHINA, the US, Europe and Kuwait and in all countries of the world young people. ❑ ❑ ❑ and even companies worldwide, there are those who are successful in their “As a matter of fact, the above method is still valid in most countries “With most countries increasing the rate of vaccination against corona, government or in their private work -- it makes no difference,” column- where experience counts more than age – experience should be an advan- the link between the number of infections and deaths weakened, prompt- ist and former minister of information Sami Abdullatif Al-Nisf wrote for tage and not the other way around. ing them to focus on learning how to live with the virus in order to avoid Annahar daily. “In this connection, we would like to point out that no study has proved closures that are harmful to economies,” columnist Yousif Al-Braik wrote “These successful people have the ability to innovate and to be creative that every young person is more effi cient and honest than an elderly per- for Annahar daily. in addition to encouraging these employees by giving son. This should work for us as a crucial factor so that we get out of one “We are now witnessing the increasing calls made by offi cials in many them incentives , particularly employees who are ca- problem and land into a bigger problem.” countries to prepare for coexistence with coronavirus. pable, smart, effi cient and honest. Unlike these peo- Also: “The world has experienced diseases that caused more damage than the ple, however, there are the failures who are mostly effects of coronavirus, so we have to learn to live with this virus. Moreo- involved in stupidity and banditry. “At the outset of ‘corona pandemic’, the ministries in Kuwait started the platform ‘Meta’ as a source of communication with government agencies,” ver, seasonal infl uenza is more deadly than coronavirus for people below “Consequently, we fi nd the real and major dif- 50 years old. ference between two neighboring countries where columnist Khaled Al-Arafat wrote for Al-Anba daily. “Some of those who communicate with the state authorities suffer due to “In most cases, the symptoms are mild or absent. Also, we fi nd that our similar people who belong to the same ethnicity live ancestors lived with much worse epidemics in many parts of the world. in these two countries, but one of them has made a problem and end up looking for clarifi cation from the offi cials working at this platform, particularly since there are several authorities who give Tuberculosis is still more deadly than coronavirus. signifi cant success and progress at all international “Coronavirus will be like other diseases, so we must learn how to live levels, particularly in terms of transparency, health, lengthy appointments and the earliest is after a fortnight. “Such being the case, the concerned authorities must work to ease the with it. With the spread of safe and effective vaccines, the virus may de- education, development, sport, art, etc. Sami Al-Nisf velop permanently and it might never disappear.” “While the second country which is a neighbor the procedures for the good of the people and not oblige the latter to register ❑ ❑ ❑ fi rst indicators shows the opposite. In other words, the indicators show their names in the platform, particularly some of these people need only extreme backwardness and this can be attributed to the fact that the fi rst ‘To Whom It May Concern’ certifi cate or some other documents which “The World Breastfeeding Week, which falls on the fi rst week of Au- country recruits very successful teams, while the second recruits failures. need to be produced immediately especially those that don’t need verifi ca- gust, is celebrated annually by the whole world to affi rm the right of the “Given the above, we suggest that the responsible authorities must has- tion. child to breastfeeding and to raise awareness on its importance physically, ten to form a database of names of successful people of that country – peo- “Consequently, it is necessary to exempt this type of transactions from emotionally, psychologically, socially and institutionally, hence, the wide ple working either in the public and private sectors. the registration with the platform in question by putting in place an em- scale implementation of the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative,” columnist “This database should also include the names of those who have de- ployee at each authority to perform such transactions instead of asking Dr Hind Al-Choumar wrote for Al-Anba daily. stroyed the work of effi cient people due to their dishonesty and this data them to wait for many weeks just to get a single document that may be “Despite the importance of breastfeeding and the awareness messages should be used to achieve success by seeking the assistance of those who required for a simple transaction, which was supposed to be reproduced about it, the indicators announced from time to time are considered chal- are listed in the list of the successful people and exclude the names on the electronically without any complications. lenges for mothers and the entire health system. list of failures instead of going for the other way around because this is “However, we hope the above will fi nd its way to the offi cials con- “Although we have a special law to protect the rights of the child, includ- what has been happening in our country for many decades. cerned. In the meantime, we hereby urge them to seek a new mechanism ing the right to breastfeeding and the issuance of special decisions regard- “However, in spite of this fact, we fi nd people asking why we are back- that shall help facilitate the performance of the applicants’ transactions and ing the importance breastfeeding and banning the marketing and promo- ward. ease the procedures. tion of breast milk substitutes, such promotional and marketing campaigns “In conclusion, I suggest, we must actually change the replacement “We suggest the ministries must allocate a specifi c bureau to perform continue. policy – replacement of ‘seniors’ with ‘juniors’ and believe that this is the simple transactions swiftly –transactions that don’t require more verifi ca- “Competition between breast milk and its alternatives is still fi erce. Some solution for all our problems. We must opt for the replacement policy not tion or to be signed by more than one offi cial. Likewise, we suggest elderly hospitals are still not child-friendly, which led to the decline of awareness based on age but look to appoint successful people, be they old or young people may be exempted from registering on this platform and be allowed messages to promote breastfeeding.” instead of appointing the so-called failures just because they happen to be to have access to the relevant place directly.” — Compiled by Zaki Taleb Interior minister rejects requests Other Voices Culture, defamation of faith by top offi cials to renew job term By Ahmad alsarraf tity of appearance and tongue, preserving people’s sanctities, and conscious ne of the manifestations of back- goodwill by enlightening others and Owardness of our countries, which informing them of his knowledge and Sheikh Thamer meets citizens, solves problems are too diffi cult to enumerate, is the thousands of other details. indifference of our governments, con- He is, therefore, to me, like a phoe- sequently our peoples to culture. It nix, for in my whole life I have never is reported that “Goebbels”, Hitler’s met anyone who possesses all these KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: Minister of propaganda minister said ‘When I hear thousand qualities, and perhaps there Interior Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali is said the word culture, are those who possess them but my mis- I reach for my fortune has not pushed them in my way. to have rejected requests submitted by gun’. Then the respected writer addresses directors-general from various sectors One of the the fact that the hardliners fear every- recent cultural thing related to culture, and insist on to renew their term of offi ce, reports Al- pitfalls in our fi lling people’s heads with nonsense, Anba daily. country is the and keeping them away from the best government’s literary, artistic and musical works, an- The daily added, the requests were turned down silent decision to from officers who have reached the legal age for cient and modern, while they are often hand over inter- the ones who advocate the preservation retirement. national cultural of values, morals, customs and tradi- According to a security source, the Interior Minister’s edifi ces, such as tions more than others and at the same move comes within the framework of his keenness to the Opera House alsarraf time, they may be the ones who spoil inject new blood into the ministry and said this is also and its annexes, people’s tastes the most. within the framework of a new policy to be implement- scientifi c museums and international The task of their idiots lies in exam- ed in all military sectors. theaters, which have cost hundreds of ining what is published and broadcast The source stated according to the new trend officers millions for their establishment, for to ensure that nothing immoral appears half-educated and non-specialists to from their rotten point of view, but at the in the rank of brigadier who have reached the age of 56 manage them. are to retire, pointing out that undersecretaries who are same time they do not hesitate to waste The interest of Al-Qabas in issuing billions on corrupting young and old, sixty and above and in the event they submit requests a periodic supplement concerned with and continue to monitor them, trample KUNA photo for extension will also be rejected, which means senior culture is remarkable, in light of all this their minds and crush their freedom of Interior Minister Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali welcomes a female citizen during the meet- officers who have reached the age of retirement will cultural emptiness we are experiencing, expression in the name of “defamation ing. have to make place for younger people. it is something that deserves to be com- of religion” . What are the limits here? The source stated according to new procedures many mended. And who assesses defamation? general managers will be sent into retirement and that In an article written by the supervisor Who proves to the accused that the 11 rescued from burning house of the cultural publication of Al-Qabas, judge (and even the lawyer) is famil- they have already been informed of the decision that has Professor Jamal Hussein Ali, entitled been taken in this regard. iar with the principles of theology and “When the parrot spoke,” the writer jurisprudence, and other sciences of Received tried to put a defi nition of the intellectu- theology in addition to his knowledge 1 dead, 2 hurt in head-on collision Meanwhile, Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali received yester- al, and how he defi nes him as his image of the Torah and the Gospels, and his that he carried since childhood. KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: A head-on colli- tion. day at the Ministry of Interior headquarters a number of knowledge of the history of religions The intellectual is polite with good and prophets, etc? sion between two vehicles on Wafra Road A security source stated the traffi c police citizens to discuss the complaints that were submitted to matter and self-respect, so he is not resulted in the death of a Kuwaiti and injury also impounded one vehicle for making an- The strange thing is that in many him by all service sectors of the ministry, reports the person who reads much or the in- cases the contemptuous is fi ned and to two other compatriots who were rushed noying exhaust sounds. Al-Anba daily. telligent person who received a good sentenced to imprisonment. The ques- to the Jahra Hospital for treatment, reports The man behind the wheel, believed to be The Minister also received the Board of Directors of education and traveled a long time and tion is: Why pay the fi ne to the govern- Al-Anba daily. a Kuwaiti, was also in an abnormal condi- the Women’s Cultural and Social Society and during the knew languages. ment and not to someone who has been The cause of the accident is not known tion. He has been arrested and handed over meeting a number of common issues were discussed All of this does not make a person touched by contempt? but according to security sources, who to the General Department for Drugs Con- which will help increase coordination and cooperation educated. Culture and intelligence are And what is the relationship of reli- rushed to the spot with paramedics after the trol (GDDC). between the security establishment and civil society internal elements, and they cannot be gions, in all their texts, to fi nancial fi nes Operations Room of the Ministry of Inte- Meanwhile, acting on information fi re- institutions. The minister stressed the support and back- possessed if they are not rooted in the and prison sentences? rior received a report on the accident, dis- men rushed to Sulaibiya Monday evening human personality, and they do not Do they have a secret interpretation covered the man behind the wheel of one of and rescued 11 people who were trapped ining of the Ministry of Interior for all activities of the come from knowledge only, but also Women’s Cultural Social Society to help the society of religious texts? Do they have a di- the vehicles had succumbed to the injuries. side a burning house, reports Al-Anba dai- from the ability to understand the other. vine mandate to do this on behalf of On the other hand, a 32-year-old Ku- ly. Directorate-General of Fire Department play its role in community service. These abilities are manifested in God, which we do not know? waiti was injured when his four-wheel said when the Operations Room received The members of the association thanked the Minister discussion with respect and politeness, ❑ ❑ ❑ drive overturned on King Fahd Road, spe- the report fi re engines from Sulaibikhat for the warm reception and praised the role of the good leadership, helping others without cifi cally between Jabriya and Mubarak Al- and Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh rushed to the site, Ministry in overcoming obstacles faced by the civil ostentation, protecting nature, chas- e-mail: [email protected] Kabeer. The victim has been admitted to the rescued the people who were trapped inside society institutions. Mubarak Hospital. and controlled the fi re. It is noteworthy to mention the Minister of Interior In other news, traffi c police last Sunday Most of the casualties were treated on receives citizens at the Ministry of Interior headquarters issued 1,362 traffi c citations for motorists site for asphyxiation while a baby girl was in Subhan every Monday from nine in the morning until for obstructing traffi c and heavy duty trucks taken to hospital for treatment. Her condi- twelve in the afternoon. for not complying with road safety instruc- tion is believed to be stable. Police arrest Arab drug traffi cker Everyone bemoans low KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: The Farwaniya Meanwhile, the Directorate General of ranking of KU: Buzubar police have arrested an unidentified Arab Public Relations and Security Media man for trafficking in drugs, reports Al-Rai Department of the Interior Ministry has KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: Acting Secretary-General of Ku- daily. indicated that the Citizens Service Center in wait’s Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) Dr. Muham- The daily added, the arrest happened Yarmouk will be closed from tomorrow, mad Buzubar affi rmed that “everyone laments the low when the Farwaniya Security Directorate’s Tuesday, until further notice, for mainte- ranking of the Kuwait University among international uni- patrol was on routine duty and suspected a nance work, and the visitors are requested versities,” noting at the same time that this happened due to motorist. After the motorist was ordered to to visit the nearest service center to com- “the conditions imposed by Corona pandemic affected the pull over, the patrol officer walked to the plete their transactions. system and quality of education in general.” suspect and saw some sachets on the pas- Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA) is cur- Speaking at the symposium on Integrity of Education or- senger seat – the type of sachets used by rently looking into the possibility of renew- ganized by the Kuwait Transparency Society in cooperation drug pushers. ing contracts for the use of land, offices and with Nazaha as part of the activities of the third edition of The man was arrested and during a spaces by companies operating in Shuwaikh the Integrity Summer Club, Buzubar stressed that “educa- search of the car securitymen found in the and Shuaiba ports, reports Al-Anba daily tion has an important role in the process of preparing gen- car a variety of drugs and psychotropic pills quoting sources. erations, and the impact of corruption on education brings in addition to 35,000 dinars, which the sus- Sources said KPA has submitted a dire consequences. Everyone agrees on the importance of pect admitted, was from the sale of the request to renew some of these contracts to contraband. the State Audit Bureau (SAB), indicating integrating the concepts of integrity into education.” The contraband and the suspect has been this is considered another source of revenue He indicated the “global changes call for adopting new handed over to the General Department for for the State. patterns and coordinating plans in order to achieve high- Drugs Control (GDDC). Sources added the contracts requested quality educational level.” The Ministry of Interior has announced for renewal include the waterfront of the The head of the Kuwait Transparency Society, Majed the citizens’ service centers will resume its dry dock at Shuwaikh port, a factory, means Al-Mutairi, said “good education means good future,” and work during the evening shifts in all gover- of transportation, storage for a local cement said he hopes the recommendations of the seminars will be norates of Kuwait from 3:00 pm to 7:00 company, and use of the berth and convey- implemented to save what can be saved from the deteriorat- pm, reports Al-Rai daily. or belt by another company. ing situation of education in Kuwait. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2021 LOCAL 4 MP submits proposal for co-ops to carry out garbage collection Minister queried over malfunctioning of airport radar

By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh societies by granting them subsidy and exempting the needed equip- Arab Times Staff ment from customs fees. He suggested that the collected waste should be dumped in specifi ed loca- KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: MP Bader Al-Humaidi has tions and recycle certain waste as per decision number 139/ 2008 in coordina- submitted a proposal for cooperative societies to carry tion with the Municipality and Environment Public Authority (EPA). out garbage collection and cleaning works under the On the other hand, MP Ahmed Mutei Al-Azmi forwarded queries to Min- ister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali about the reasons why the radar supervision of the Union of Consumer Cooperative So- at Kuwait International Airport malfunctioned twice. He wants to know the cieties, instead of Kuwait Municipality. consequences of the breakdowns and cost of repair. According to the proposal, the government will support cooperative He also asked Minister of Oil and Higher Education Dr Muhammad Al- Fares about the recruitment of graduates who passed the exams HH the Amir with HH Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammed. at Kuwait National Petroleum Corporation (KNPC). He wants to know why these graduates have not been appointed till date, number of vacancies for engineers at KNPC if any, if KNPC is implementing the replacement policy or not, and role of the minister in ensuring the educational outcomes meet the actual man- power needs of the labor market. In a related development, MP Mehalhal Al-Mudaf criticized the decision to renew the contracts of expatriate engineers at KNPC even if Kuwait Engineers Society did not accredit their certifi cates. He warned whoever is behind such a decision that “there will be a battle to protect the rights of KUNA photo Kuwaiti engineers.” HH the Crown Prince while receiving the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmed Nasser, the Governor MP Saleh Zeib Al-Mutairi of Hawalli, the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers, and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Majdi forwarded queries to the defense minister about the strategy and Al-Dhafi ri. plans adopted by the Coronavirus Committee; including the names Audiences of HH the Crown Prince and specializations of the committee members, as well as the number and names of the experts KUNA photos His Highness the Crown Prince and Minister of State for Cabinet Dhafi ri, on the occasion of their HH the Amir (center) with FM Sheikh Dr Ahmed Nasser and the new Hawalli Governor Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al- Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmed Nasser new posts. tasked to manage crises and dis- Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, who The reception was attended by asters in the government. Al-Asfar. Palace Tuesday His Highness introduced to His Highness Gov- retired Lt. Gen Mohammad Jamal He also asked Minister of Fi- Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al- ernor of Hawalli Ali Al-Asfar, Al-Theyab and Undersecretary for nance and Minister of State for HH the Amir receives State offi cials Ahmad Al-Sabah. Secretary General of the Cabinet Foreign Affairs at His Highness Economic and Investment Affairs His Highness also received Wael Eisa Al-Asousi, and Kuwait Crown Prince’s offi ce Mazen Al- Khalifa Hamada about the number His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf bah, who presented to His Highness the Kuwait’s Foreign Affairs Minister Deputy Foreign Minister Majdi Al- Issa. (KUNA) of lawsuits fi led by employees at Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Amir Hawally Governor Ali Salem Al- the Public Authority of Housing at Bayan Palace Tuesday His Highness Asfar, Secretary General of the Cabinet Welfare (PAHW) against the au- Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ah- Wael Eisa Al-Asousi and Deputy For- thority from 1990 to 2020. mad Al-Sabah. eign Minister Majdi Ahmad Al-Dhafi ri, He requested for copies of His Highness the Amir also received on their appointment. court decisions regarding these Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister Amiri Diwan chief Sheikh Mubarak cases and documents showing the of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Faisal Saud Al-Sabah attended the decisions issued by the Admin- Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sa- meeting. (KUNA) istrative Section at the Court of Cassation. He wants to know why some ‘Adhere to offi cial working hours’ court decisions have yet to be implemented and measures taken by Hamada who also serves as PAHW Board Chairman. Municipality is in ‘full employee’ He demanded for copies of cases fi led by former consultant of the board chairman Dr Mu- capacity; exemption cases cited KUNA photo hammad Al-Mutairi against the HH the PM while receiving the representative of the Iraqi Prime Minister and his delegation. authority and cases that the board KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: Director-Gen- lations of offi cial work and its amend- chairman fi led against Al-Mutai- eral of Kuwait Municipality Eng. Ahmad ments. The proof of attendance and PM receives letter from Iraqi counterpart to Amir ri, including the fi nal court deci- Al-Manfouhi issued a circular for the re- departure from work will be monitored sions regarding these cases. turn of employees to work in full capacity by the direct manager, and is subject to Meanwhile, MP Abdulkareem starting from Sunday, August 1, reports disciplinary accountability if he does not His Highness the Prime Minister During the meeting, attended The meeting was attended Al-Kandari urged the Directorate Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad by Minister of National Assembly by the chief of the Prime Minis- Al-Qabas daily. take appropriate measures immediately General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) In the circular, he called on all employ- after the occurrence of any violations in Al-Sabah received on Tuesday at Affairs Mubarak Al-Harees, His ter’s Offi ce Abdulaziz Dakheel to cancel the decision to limit the Bayan Palace the representative Highness the Prime Minister re- Al-Dakheel and the Secretary number of arriving passengers ees of Kuwait Municipality, its various this regard. Also, a copy of the attendance of Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa ceived a letter from Al-Khadhemi General of the Supreme Coun- daily. He pointed out this decision sectors and administrative units to adhere record must be sent to the Personnel De- Al-Khadhemi, Minister of Planning addressed to His Highness the cil for Planning and Develop- led to a remarkable increase in the to the offi cial working hours, which start partment for follow-up in preparation for Khaled Battal Al-Najem and his Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- ment (SCPD) Dr Khaled Mahdi. prices of fl ight tickets and cancel- from 7:30 am and end at 2:30 pm. the resumption of the fi ngerprint attend- offi cial delegation. Jaber Al-Sabah. (KUNA) lation of reservations. Eng. Al-Manfouhi highlighted that the ance system. In addition, MP Abdulkareem cases of exemption from work are limited Eng. Al-Manfouhi requested for all Al-Kandari talked about the com- to employees with disabilities, pregnant citizens and residents to continue book- 8 cities in Kuwait among hottest in the world memoration of the Iraqi inva- employees, and those with chronic heart ing appointments through electronic sion of Kuwait. He said Kuwait diseases, kidney failure and cancer dis- platforms for visiting the municipality KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: According The 15 hottest cities, ranked by dali (Kuwait) - 48.6 degrees, 8. Kuwait triumphed over the crisis after eases, which must be verifi ed by a medi- building, and completing transactions via to the Eldorado Weather website, the “Sputnik Arabi”, as of 3:00 am (GMT International Airport (Kuwait) - 48.6 31 years and reconciled with the cal certifi cate approved by the Medical electronic correspondence according to countries which supported the Council. the nature of the organizational units. temperature in 13 Arab cities reached time) on Monday morning are:- degrees, 9. Wafra (Kuwait) - 48.5 de- invasion. almost 50 degrees Celsius on Mon- 1. Jahra (Kuwait) - 49.9 degrees, 2. grees, 10. Basra International Airport He then stressed the need to He indicated that the requests for ex- He stressed the need to adhere to the day, including eight cities in Kuwait. King Fahd Airport in Dammam (Saudi (Iraq) - 48.5 degrees, 11. Khanaqin push for national reconciliation emption must be sent with the report at- health, preventive and precautionary These are among the 15 highest cities Arabia) - 49.8 degrees, 3. Sulaibiya (Iraq) - 48.5 degrees, 12. Abadan (Iran) for the exiled competent youths tached to the Personnel Department. guidelines and requirements for public in the world, with Iraq coming in sec- (Kuwait) - 49.8 degrees, 4. Colinas de - 48.4 degrees, 13. Al-Nuwaiseeb (Ku- and former MPs to return home, Eng. Al-Manfouhi affi rmed the need safety through physical distancing and the ond place with four cities, followed Tocantins (Brazil) - 49.7 degrees, 5. wait) - 48.4 degrees, 14. Badra (Iraq) taking into consideration that the for adherence to the provisions of Civil wearing of masks throughout the work by Saudi Arabia, Iran and Brazil each Basra (Iraq) - 49 degrees, 6. Mutriba - 48.2 degrees, 15. Experimental farm only ‘crime’ they committed is to Service Council Resolution No. 41/2006 period by clients and employees of the with one city, reports Al-Nahar daily. oil fi eld (Kuwait) - 48.9 degrees, 7. Ab- area (Kuwait) - 48.2 degrees call for combating corruption. regarding the rules, provisions and regu- municipality. MoE accepts 692 students in foreign scholarship program KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: The Ministry of Higher Edu- cation has announced the acceptance of 692 students in its foreign scholarship program for academic year 2021/2022, reports Al-Jarida daily. In a press statement, Assistant Undersecretary for Scholarships, Equivalencies and Cultural Relations and offi cial spokesperson of the ministry Fatima Al-Sinan disclosed that the number of foreign scholarship slots increased this year in compliance with directive of Minister of Oil and Higher Education Dr Muhammad Al-Faris to give the largest possible number of students an opportunity to obtain foreign scholarship. Al-Sinan revealed the total number of students accepted in the 2021/2022 foreign scholarship program reached 4,003 -- 37.5 percent higher than last year’s 2,911. She advised the accepted students to strictly follow their appointment dates to ensure the speedy completion of procedures related to their scholarship, wishing them success in their academic life.

MPW fl oats bid Fish auction to resume at markets from Aug 8 KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: The Council of Ministers has decided to resume fi sh auction at the fi sh markets from Sunday, August 8, reports Al-Rai daily. However, only the people who have been vaccinated can take part in the auction in adherence to all health and preventive requirements set forth by the Ministry of Health. The suspension of the auction at the fi sh market has caused a big loss for the market, a decrease in the avail- ability of fi sh, and an increase in the price. Resuming auction is a positive step and will contribute to getting more local fi sh and fall in prices. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Public Works is inviting sealed bids to provide what it called ‘hospitality services’ to the senior management in accordance with certain conditions and specifi cations, reports Al-Anba daily. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2021 LOCAL 5

50% of country’s wealth owned by individuals whose net worth is more than $5 million Kuwait ﬁ nancial wealth grows to $266 bln despite pandemic challenges

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: Kuwait’s fi- “The COVID-19 pandemic indeed witness strong by 2025 is expected to be similar. been dispensed to more members of the with the use of technology and rela- nancial wealth grew by a Compound resulted in an array of complex chal- growth of 2.9% The Changing Landscape of the Kuwait population, which has also laid tionship management to become the Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 3.3% lenges, yet what’s also beyond any CAGR to reach Wealthy in Kuwait the foundations for a shift in client de- key support in the digital conversion annually from 2015 to reach a high of doubt is the resiliency of Kuwait’s $307 billion BCG’s report also shows Kuwait’s mands and expectations in due course funnel $266 billion in 2020 – 82% of which wealth segment, which has been in- by 2025, a $41 changing landscape of the wealthy in as wealth demographics change or, at ■ Contextual and Consumable is investable wealth – as the Kuwaiti strumental behind the growth recently billion increase the coming years, with the rise of the the very least, remain stable. With this Learning: Streamlined, gamified, market showed resilience in the face of recorded. Vision 2035 has helped to from 2020. next-generation affluent and high- in mind, local wealth managers will be 100% digital content, placed strategi- the protracted COVID-19 pandemic, ensure sustained growth, support- Meanwhile, the net-worth clients. These individuals, obligated to tailor their offerings to locally to nudge conversion according to a new report by Boston ing economic activity and inspiring region’s finan- between 20 and 50 years of age, have cal needs or younger wealth segments ■ Smarter User And Experience Consulting Group (BCG). residents to become involved in the in- cial wealth is longer investment horizons, a greater with heightened proactivity over the Design: Simple to use platforms, en- The report, titled ‘Global Wealth creasingly global economy. Therefore, forecast to reach appetite for risk, and often a desire to coming five-year period,” concluded riched with tools and simulators that 2021: When Clients Take the Lead’, growth in wealth has been achievable, $2.7 trillion in use their wealth to create positive so- Haddad. clients can play with reveals that despite the pandemic’s positioning Kuwait to attain further 2025 from $2.2 Haddad cietal impact as well as earn solid re- To win the new segment of the next- ■ Simplified Pricing: Hybrid model enduring financial impact, global pros- wealth segment development moving trillion in 2020. turns. Many wealth managers are not generation segment, wealth managers combining asset-based pricing with perity and wealth grew significantly forward,” said Harold Haddad, Man- A spotlight on onshore asset alloca- yet ready to serve these new clients. must bring a bold and new digital busi- flat subscription fees throughout the crisis and are likely to aging Director and Partner at BCG. tion shows that currency and deposits “New entrants to Kuwait’s wealth ness model to life. The five pillars of ■ Democratized Access To “Haute” continue to expand significantly over Kuwait, which represented 12% of (49%) accounted for the largest pro- segment stems from impressive eco- the new digital model include: Investments: Customizable discretion- the next five years, in line with the the Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) portion of assets in 2020. Looking nomic achievements over the past five ■ Supercharged Relationship Man- ary mandates, and scale-down of (U) emerging economic recovery. financial wealth in 2020, is expected to ahead, the allocation of onshore assets years. At the national level, wealth has agement: All of the legwork is done HNWI products Kuwait Fund plays ‘vital role’ in strengthening Kuwait, Iraq ties

Exhibition marks Iraqi invasion anniversary

By Salem Al-Methen KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3, (KUNA): The establishment of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Devel- opment (KFAED) reflects the wisdom of the political leadership in the country, The Guest Show poster where the Fund played a vital role over the past five TGS hosts Ambassador of France decades. KFAED played an important THE Guest Show (TGS) is hon- sador Legendre will speak about role in serving Kuwait’s political oured to present HE Anne-Claire her journey , about choosing di- goals by supporting the Arab coun- Legendre, Ambassador of France plomacy as a career, about gen- tries in implementing their projects on Thursday. An expert in Middle der equality, and the increasing to reach sustainable development. Eastern and North African affairs, number of French women be- After the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait Ambassador Legendre is a career coming diplomats. She will speak diplomat. Throughout her career, of President Macron, a ‘feminist on August 2 1990, the ties between the she has broken glass ceilings while President’ who has made gender two countries were not the best until serving the cause of France and equality a key principle of gover- the fall of Iraq’s dictatorship in 2003, strengthening its place in the global nance. She will also speak about after that Kuwait supported the gov- context. Ambassador Legendre the changing nature of diplomacy ernment of Iraq by providing soft loans began her career in Yemen at the especially after the Paris Accords, and donations through the KFAED. height of the Houthi crisis, and the relationship between the Mid- Lately, the cooperation between before being appointed to Kuwait, dle East and Kuwait and the uni- KFAED and Iraq was at best. The was the Consul General of France fying role played by Kuwait in the Fund funded the Iraqi government in New York — the first French Middle East and the very impor- with about USD 300 million distrib- woman to do so. tant bilateral relations between uted on different fields. On the Guest Show, Ambas- Kuwait and France. In 2005 and 2007, Kuwait allocated about USD 50 million and USD 60 million respectively to help rebuild the educational and health facilities in dif- Artificial intelligence tech ferent Iraqi regions. Furthermore, the Kuwaiti government provided Iraq with USD 80 million in 2012 to finance a residential Kuwait Credit Bank launches area in Um Qasar, in the implementation of the recommendations of the United Nations. smart mortgage loan service In 2015, Kuwait has hosted the International Conference for Recon- KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3, (KUNA): struction of Iraq by an initiative of the Kuwait Credit Bank announced late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- Tuesday, the launch of a smart Jaber Al-Sabah, where USD 500 mil- home loan service worth 70,000 lion were allocated and the KFEAD Kuwaiti dinars (about 231,000 donated USD 100 million to help the US dollars) using artificial intel- displaced and the communities in need. ligence technology. In 2016, KFAED provided Iraq with The bank’s official spokes- USD 100 million to help rebuild the man, Habari Al-Khashti, said in a She explained that the smart areas damaged by terrorist operations. press statement that the service is mortgage loan service is an Kuwait in 2018 signed a USD 80 unique to the bank between gov- achievement added to the bank’s million-loan agreement with Iraq to ernment and private institutions, series of achievements over the help finance a schooling project as part and the Kuwaiti citizen who is al- past 10 years, which was launched of the second International Conference located a voucher from the Public and started with the electronic for Reconstruction of Iraq. Some of the paintings seen during the ‘We Will Not Forget’ exhibition. Corporation for Housing Welfare marriage loan, followed by the The project aims at supporting the and wishes to build it will benefit electronic mortgage loan and the social and economic development in from it by applying for the loan automation of the bank’s services Iraq by improving the educational lev- through the bank’s electronic por- through the bank’s electronic por- el for schools students. tal. tal or the phone application until Moreover, the project includes the Al-Khashti stated that the bank it became 98% of the bank’s ser- establishment of 73 new schools in 15 has made achievements in the field vices electronically. different governorates. of electronic and digital transfor- She pointed out that smart loan KFAED was established in 1961 to mation, noting that the total num- services shorten the documentary assist Arab and other developing coun- ber of electronic loans it has pro- cycle, speed up the pace of com- tries in developing their economies vided is about 25 thousand loans pletion, reduce human errors and by extending Loans on concessionary worth 110 million dinars (about contribute to preserving public term to finance development projects 363 million dollars). money. in the developing countries. The Fund also provides technical assistance to finance feasibility studies of projects, as well as the training of Theater Festival Dec 1 to 10 nationals of the borrowing countries. Also: KUWAIT CITY: More than 40 male and NCCAL kick-starts receiving female artists participated on Monday to present 90 artistic paintings characterized by various visual methods to narrate the events of the brutal Iraqi requests, theatrical scripts invasion of Kuwait at the dawn of Au- KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3, (KUNA): age the creativity of artists and talented gust 2, 1990. The National Council for Culture, people. The paintings that decorated the walls of the exhibition titled “We Will Arts and Letters announced Tuesday, The annual honoring of talented Ku- Not Forget”, which was organized by the start of receiving applications and waitis encourages them to exert more the Kuwaiti Society for Fine Arts on KUNA photos theatrical scripts for those wishing to efforts to develop the cultural fi eld, the occasion of the 31st anniversary of Part of the ‘We Will Not Forget’ exhibition participate in the 21st Kuwait Theater a number of winners told KUNA in the brutal invasion and continues until Festival, which will be held from De- separate statements, on the sidelines of the 12th of this August, highlight cre- President of the Plastic Arts Society its early hours and the heinous crimes and develop individuals’ sense and cember 1 to 10. the state’s awards 2020 ceremony held ative formulations and contemporary and President of the Union of Arab committed by the invaders against awareness towards their homeland. The Assistant Secretary-General for at Abdulhussain Abdulridha Theater. symbolic connotations commensurate Plastic Artists AbdulRasoul Salman, Kuwait and its people, especially the He stated that the displayed works the Culture Sector, the council’s of- Winner of a musical award Yousef with the culture of society as well as said that the participants in the exhibi- bombing of buildings and the burning were characterized by creativity and fi cial spokesman, Dr. Issa Al-Ansari, Al-Muhanna noted that the award en- the interaction of Kuwaiti art. tion revived through their paintings the of oil wells, as well as the great role of skill, praising the efforts of all the art- said in a press statement that the secre- courages him to do better work in the In a press statement on the sidelines anniversary of the invasion in an effort the resistance in confronting them. ists who took the initiative to partici- tariat will start receiving requests from future. of the exhibition held under the auspic- to convey their message and express He pointed to the great ability of the pate in this “exceptional” exhibition, civil groups and theater production On his part, winner of plastic arts es of the Minister of Information and their views on this issue. artists to put an imprint and a self-vision which documents an important mo- companies and institutions wishing to award artist Abdulredha Baqer ex- Culture and Minister of State for Youth Salman added that the paintings nar- towards various humanitarian issues, as ment in the country’s history in the participate in the festival until the end pressed his joy over winning the prize, Affairs Abdul Rahman Al-Mutairi, rate the events of the invasion since well as the ability to change concepts face of the brutal aggression. of next September. adding that he had taken part in differ- Al-Ansari added that requests and ent exhibitions in Kuwait and abroad. theatrical scripts participating in the Moreover, Muthafar Rashid won festival will be received at the theater a social studies award, while authors administration headquarters, stressing Abdullah Al-Busais and Abdulwahab New batch of martyrs’ remains to arrive in Kuwait the need to adhere to the health pre- Al-Hamady won literature awards. cautionary requirements issued by the The awards were presented to the KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3, (Agencies): Acting Director containing the names and pictures of Kuwaiti martyrs schools under the Ministry of Education, government health authorities in the country. winners by Minister of Information General of the Office for Honoring Martyrs Salah Al- in the Avenues and 360 malls recently, he disclosed agencies, institutions and embassies of the State of He explained that the selection of the and Culture And Minister of State Ofan revealed that a new batch of martyrs’ remains that 266 out of 605 martyrs’ remains that arrived in Kuwait abroad. teams participating in the festival will for Youth Affairs Abdulrahman Al- will arrive in Kuwait in the coming days, reports Al- Kuwait have been identified. He added the number The Kuwait Martyrs Office is an exceptional re- be made after reviewing and reading Mutairi. Jarida daily. of martyrs reached 1,301 -- 1,056 Kuwaitis and 245 gional and international bureau supporting, for life, the texts by a specialized committee Since the honorary award was Al-Ofan said the official announcement will be expatriates. the welfare of over 14,000 individuals. formed by the theater administration. launched in 1999, 66 Kuwaiti fi gures made upon completion of the search, investigation He stressed the importance of commemorating the The office was originally established in June 1991 Last month, winners of Kuwait’s have won it, while 201 others have and examination procedures to confirm the identities martyrs by strengthening the patriotic spirit among for the families of people martyred during the Iraqi in- honorary and encouragement awards won the state’s encouragement award of the remains. Kuwaiti students and expatriates through the instal- vasion, which began on August 2, 1990 with Kuwaitis hailed the country’s effort to encour- since 1988. During the installation of the martyrs’ memorial lation of murals bearing the pictures of martyrs in all and 15 other nationalities benefiting from its services. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2021

‘India and Kuwait have deep history of brotherly friendship’ Radio Kuwait Urdu hosts Indian Ambassador Sibi George

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: A special H.E. Sibi George, hails from Co- are working on key positions in their ally, go through all feedback from the transmission “Aaj Kay Mehman” was chin, Kerala and completed his educa- respective fields. India paramedic staff community and always welcome their organized by Radio Kuwait Urdu Ser- tion from Kerala and New Delhi where arrived in Kuwait last year in the early suggestions for the betterment of their vice. RK Urdu Service has an honor to he pursued his study in diplomatic re- stages of COVID-19 to combat the pan- relations with embassy. host H.E. Sibi George, Ambassador of lationships. Having specialization in demic. We are working in different sec- In his message, for the listeners, he India to Kuwait on this occasion. H.E. MENA region, he joined Civil Service tors to boost our staff to play a pivotal said that we are going through a dif- Sibi George enlightens about his life, in 1992 and served in different coun- role in the progress of Kuwait. ficult stage and hopefully everything his journey and challenges, he faced so tries on diplomatic posts including Embassy is holding Weekly Open will be back on track soon. We’ve to far as Ambassador in the State of Ku- KSA, Iran, Qatar, Pakistan, Egypt and Houses to interact with community work together to make India and Ku- wait. Radio Kuwait Urdu Service has Switzerland. members and solve their problems. wait, both county Progressive. Main- pleasure to host H.E. Sibi George, first He resumed his office in Kuwait last Embassy is organizing different kind tain all the precautions and follow the ever Indian Ambassador to Kuwait year in the era of pandemic. He praised of programs to cater all Indian commu- guidelines issued by MOH to combat since its beginning. all efforts exerted by Indian diaspora nity in Kuwait. He further mentioned, this pandemic and Stay Safe always. At the beginning, H.E., the Am- to combat this pandemic and staying that most of the services in the Embas- Embassy of India in Kuwait is their bassador thanked the management of active all the time to help their fel- sy has be shifted online or outsourced second home and always at the dis- Radio Kuwait Urdu Service for giv- low countrymen. Indian Diaspora in to help the laborers, which is working posal of its community. ing him this opportunity to present his Kuwait reacted like a one-family and under the umbrella of Embassy. We The broadcast was hosted by Radio country. H.E., mentioned about his helped each other by any mean. India monitor their performances on regu- Kuwait Urdu Service Announcers, childhood, early life and his journey is a diverse country and always pro- lar basis and insist every visitor to fill Nida Mirza & Razia Ashraf whereas to Civil Services. He said that Kuwait motes and supports cultural diversity. feedback forms to serve them better. Aboobacker Payyoli was coordinator is the second home for NRIs and Em- Talking about Indo-Kuwait Rela- Talking about his personal interest- and Barkat Khan was the Sound En- bassy is very happy to serve Indian Indian Ambassador Sibi George being felicitated by the Radio Kuwait Urdu tionships, he mentioned that India and ed, he mentioned that he is big follow- gineer of the show. The program was community in Kuwait. This is very Service team. Kuwait have deep history of brotherly er of Bollywood classical music and headed by Shejoun Al Sabah (Director important year as India and Kuwait friendship. We are interacting in dif- listen to Hindi and Western music too. of Programs, Foreign Services) and is celebrating 60 years of diplomatic wait and its natives as their forefathers cently, high level of delegations from ferent fields like Trade, Investment, Fi- he is fond of Golf and play it regularly. Shejoun Al Marshoud (Supervisor of relationships between two brotherly visited India for trade, education and both sides visited India and Kuwait nance, Business and it feels him proud to He mentioned that Satisfaction is big- Programs, Foreign Services). Program countries. We’ve deep roots with Ku- investment before independence. Re- and resulted in fruitful discussions. mention that many well-Known Indians gest ever award for him & he, person- broadcasted at FM 93.3 and 963 AM.

Students’ achievement honored GUST recognizes Computer Science students for academic excellence

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: Gulf Uni- intended to improve the quality of life of versity for Science and Technology’s children suffering from autism by alle- (GUST) Computer Science Department viating and enhancing their social skills. held a ceremony recognizing student’s It targets autistic children’s inability to achievements in research collaboration express emotions, by training the facial, and competition participation. The cer- verbal and cognitive skills of the child. emony was held on June 9 via Microsoft Dean of the College of Arts and Sci- Teams where the Dean of the College ence, Professor Mohammed Ibrahim, of Arts and Science, Professor Bashar said “We are very proud of our student’s Ibrahim and Head of the Computer Sci- achievements within the field of Com- ence Department, Associate Professor puter Science. They have shown a hun- Mahmoud Elish praised the students ger for academic excellence and believe for their immense efforts throughout the they have the right attitude to succeed in academic year. their future careers. We applaud you for The Computer Science department all your hard work!” recognized 20 outstanding students for This year students from GUSTs Com- their contribution to collaborative re- puter Science Department have partici- search projects and their achievements pated and excelled at several regional in local and regional programming and local competitions, such as the 8th competition. Four students were also KCPC Tournament held in February recognized for becoming the top 25 fi- and the Dell Technologies Graduation PBFPK team poses with Pakistani Ambassador Syed Sajjad Haider. nalists in the MENA region plus Russia Project. They are also given great insight and Turkey for the Dell Technologies from professionals in the fields provided Graduation Project. The team of four by the research webinars hosted by the Haider stresses on importance of education students were Led Dr. Mahmoud Elish, Computer Science department, instill- and developed “Autemo”, a cross-plat- ing GUSTs goal of becoming a hybrid form mobile application (iOS/Android) teaching and research institute. PBFPK team meets with Pakistani ambassador By M. Irfan Shafi q KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: Executive Committee and founding members of Pakistani Banking & Finance Pro- fessionals in Kuwait had a breakfast meeting with His Excellency Syed Sajjad Haider, the Ambassador of Pakistan to Kuwait. Meeting held at Al Hamra Hotel, Al Sharq. EC members of PBFPK welcomed His Excellency at the venue and the meeting commenced with breakfast and casual discussion. After the breakfast, President PBF- PK, Muhammad Tahir paid tribute to H.E. for his untiring efforts towards the betterment of Pakistanis living in Kuwait. Photo of the virtual students honoring ceremony. He also thanked the Ambassa- dor for accepting the invitation and meeting with PBFPK team. Dur- ing the meeting, President PBFPK An all-round edutainment highlighted and expressed gratitude to Ijaz Ahmed for his contributions and achievements in Pakistani community in Kuwait in general and for KMWA organises online Eid PBFPK in particular. He, then requested other EC members to speak and share their get-together cultural event thoughts with H.E. Each one of the participants spoke and shared their KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: Karna- its activities before moving on to valuable thoughts. They also ap- Writers’ Forum Kuwait members during Zoom meeting. taka Muslim Welfare Association the main highlight of the evening - preciated the contribution of Ijaz (KMWA), a subsidiary of Indian a presentation on “How to motivate Ahmed towards PBFPK and other Muslim Association (IMA) orga- children to study and families to social causes. Members’ stories and poems leave their impact nized an online Eid get-together manage home during pandemic” by During the speech, H.E., Am- event in coordination with Ministry the renowned speaker Hashmatul- bassador of Pakistan, Syed Sajjad of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs for the lah Khan, Founder CEO Corporate Haider expressed very insightful Trainer and Master Coach of Reno- Indian residents of Karnataka resid- views and advised on how Paki- vate Mind, engineer by profession Writers’ Forum Kuwait hosts poetic evening ing in Kuwait, on Thursday, July 22. stani Diaspora can be more produc- With the current pandemic restric- with a masters degree in psychology, tive for themselves, for the com- tions on outdoor entertainment, the and is a practitioner of Neuro-Lin- KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: The Writ- Ms. Sabiha Bilgrami an English Ms. Nazneen Ali who questioned online event was designed to provide guistic Programming (NLP). munity and for both the countries. ers’ Forum Kuwait, a platform of poet recited her poem dedicated multiple colors of life viz. love, an alternative source of all-round Khan enthralled the attendees with He reiterated that Pakistani com- multilingual poets residing in Ku- to her neighbor, reflecting the im- despair, apprehension, tranquility edutainment for the entire family productive and beneficial tips for both munity in Kuwait should play a wait met for their monthly meeting portance of a good neighbor that and trust, through her systemati- during the Eid holidays. children and parents alike, before ad- positive role that help elevating the on Friday, July 30. everybody could relate to. The cally woven words. Sunil Sonsi’s Ten days prior to the event, dressing academic related questions soft image of Pakistan. The meeting was restricted to the members were amused due to the liveliness and Sabir Omer’s pres- KMWA organized children’s com- from the concerned parents. Later on, The Ambassador then emphasized virtual platform of Zoom due to on- presence of Mrs. Chhaya Athavle ence added to the flavor of the petition aged between 5-12, across the viewers were given an opportunity that we being Pakistanis should give going pandemic but that could not and Rajiv Athavle who have re- meeting. three categories: Qirat, Nasheed and to win fabulous prizes via a live online importance to education and encour- restrict the members’ creativity by cently relocated India. In his remarks as the chief guest Elocution. The competition received quiz. With the most correct answers age our youth towards attaining any means. Mrs. Chhaya Athavle recited of the day Mohan Singh specifi- an overwhelming response from Mrs. Saima snatched the first place education and be progressive and The meeting started in the pres- very beautiful poems in Hindi de- cally appreciated each and every talented children across the state of and Saad came in at a close second. successful and play our role in the ence of the President of the forum scribing the reality of life, impor- poet’s creation, thus bringing out Kuwait, and the winners were an- The event finally concluded with the socio-economic development of our Mrs. Maimuna Chougle while the tance of unity and brotherhood. the gist of the meeting. He also re- nounced by the 20th July, 2021 as vote of thanks from the president of society. General Secretary Ms. Nazneen Rajiv Athavle recited a famous cited a Hindi poem composed by follows: KMWA - Abdul Naser Khan. His excellency applauded PBFPK Ali compered the proceedings. Ghazal couplet in his melodious his daughter Ms. Parminder Kaur Qirat Competition (Age 5-8): Overall the entire event was very for being a professional association The founder member of the fo- voice that was enjoyed by all. Ms. whom he represents. First: Bushra Mehak; Second: Abdul well received leaving the audience and advised on the areas which can be improved. rum Umesh Sharma was requested Kalpana Shah shared the reality of The president of the evening Rahman desiring for more. to preside over the meeting while life through a Hindi poem in which Umesh Sharma set another bench- Qirat Competition (Age 9-12): Mohan Singh, another dedicated she beautifully compared the ups mark through his Ghazal with cou- First: Maryam Khanam; Second: member was designated to be the and downs of life to a kite. plets on philosophy, a difficult sub- Mariam Ameeruddin chief guest. Ms. Anupama Chaturvedi made ject to pen. Nasheed Competition: First: Mar- As a usual process, the meeting everyone emotional with her poem In his keynote as the President, iam Ameeruddin; Second: Abdul started with its first session of prose in Hindi related to an individual’s he admired all the members men- Rahman where Dr. (Ms.) Radhika Guleri trauma, which was highly appreci- tioning that each meeting of the fo- Elocution Competition: First: Simra Raheen;Second: Hameeda Bhardwaj read a short story with a ated by all members. Ms. Kamla rum has an edge over the previous Farheen deep message of honesty and good Prakash’s melodious and soothing one. These poetic meets not only The online Eid get-together started deeds. Her story and its message voice lent to her poetry on love and provide an experience to cherish with a montage of the performances was well received by the members companionship what is cherished but also a roadmap for their literary by the winners and runners-up of present. by all. journey. this competition, followed by an The meeting then proceeded to Veteran Urdu poet Sayeed Na- Before concluding, Ms. Nazneen announcement, much to the delight its second session that was equal- zar Kadpawi recited a Ghazal that Ali once again all thanked all the of the audience, stating that every ly mesmerizing and entertaining raised the bar to an altogether dif- members for their presence and participant would receive a gift and whilst emotional. Ameeruddin ferent level. His poetic experience wished everyone a good festive certificate, thanks to the sponsors Ameer started the session by recit- was clearly visible in each of the month ahead. Ministry of Awqaf and City Clinic ing a melodic Hindi poem with a couplets that he recited. The mo- The meeting ended with every- Mahboula. The host then gave a valuable message against pride and mentum was well maintained by one hoping to be able to meet each brief introduction of KMWA and A screen shot of the event. arrogance. yet another beautiful Ghazal by other personally soon. ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2021 INTERNATIONAL 7

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$46.5b to keep renters Probe fi ngers Cuomo ‘Gov harassed WH calls states to many women’ NEW YORK, Aug 3, (AP): An investigation into Democratic New prevent evictions York Gov. Andrew Cuomo found that he sexually harassed multiple WASHINGTON, Aug 3, (AP): emergency” rental assistance. current and former state govern- The White House is pressing Late last week, Biden an- ment employees, state Attorney state and local governments to nounced he was allowing the ban General Letitia James announced swiftly adopt policies to protect to expire. The White House said Tuesday. renters after he would have supported an exten- The nearly an eviction sion of the moratorium but pointed fi ve-month moratorium to the Supreme Court, which sig- investigation, expired over naled in a 5-4 vote in late June conducted the weekend, that it wouldn’t back further ex- by two out- potentially tensions. Justice Brett Kavanaugh side lawyers pushing wrote that Congress would have to who spoke to millions of act to extend the moratorium. The 179 people, Americans White House noted that state-level found that the out of their efforts to stop evictions would Cuomo ad- Cuomo homes. spare a third of the country from General view of an empty road in the Capital’s financial district known as The City, in London, Monday, Aug. 2, ministration In a state- evictions over the next month. 2021. (AP) was a “hostile work environment” ment on Biden While the administration is still and that it was “rife with fear and Monday, the White House empha- investigating legal options to fore- intimidation.” sized that the federal government stall evictions, offi cials said their Need time to digest massive bill: GOP People interviewed included has provided $46.5 billion to keep options were limited. White House complainants, current and for- renters in their homes. But it ac- press secretary Jen Psaki said that mer members of the executive cused states and cities of being the CDC, which issued the evic- chamber, State troopers, ad- “too slow to act,” preventing that tion ban, was “unable to fi nd legal $1T package gets first action ditional state employees and aid from making its way to tenants authority for a new, targeted evic- others who interacted regularly whose livelihoods have been up- tion moratorium.” WASHINGTON, Aug 3, (AP): Senate robust, bipartisan amendment process. tive” after years of struggle getting a pub- with the governor. ended by the pandemic. Rentals Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sought He warned Democrats against setting lic works bill off the ground. Harassed The focus on states comes as to speed up consideration of a nearly $1 “any artifi cial timetable.” “Infrastruc- “People have talked about infra- President Joe Biden faces sting- Mass evictions could poten- trillion bipartisan infrastructure package, ture is exactly the kind of subject that structure in this city forever,” Portman “These interviews and pieces ing criticism, including from some tially worsen the recent spread of promising that Democrats would work Congress should be able to address said. of evidence revealed a deeply in his own party, that he was was the COVID-19 delta variant as with Republicans to put together amend- across the aisle,” McConnell said. As the amendment process gets un- disturbing yet clear picture: slow to address the end of the mor- roughly 1.4 million households ments for consideration this week. GOP The Senate overwhelmingly ap- derway, senators are weighing how Gov. Cuomo sexually harassed atorium. House Speaker Nancy told the Census Bureau they could senators cautioned that they need time to proved the fi rst two amendments to the much to try to change the package and current and former state em- Pelosi called the prospect of wide- “very likely” be evicted from their digest the massive bill. bill late Monday. Each was noncontro- how hard to try, knowing it will be dif- ployees in violation of federal spread evictions “unfathomable.” rentals in the next two months. Formally called the Infrastructure versial and received far more than the fi cult to reach the 60-vote threshold to and state laws,” James said at a Another 2.2 million say they’re press conference on Tuesday. Pressure Investment and Jobs Act, the proposal 60 votes necessary to be added to the approve any substantial changes. “somewhat likely” to be evicted. clocked in at some 2,700 pages after a legislation. Other amendment votes, Time is not limitless. Schumer has James said her investigation The Congressional Black Cau- Sperling said the administration hurry-up-and-wait rare weekend session. particular on the issue of how to pay repeatedly warned that he was prepared has concluded. There were no cus intensifi ed pressure on the will keep looking for additional The fi nal product, unveiled late Sunday, for the new spending, are expected to to keep lawmakers in Washington for referrals to criminal prosecutors, White House to issue an immedi- legal avenues to keep people in was intended to follow the broad outline be more spirited affairs. as long as it took to complete votes on though that wouldn’t preclude ate extension. And one Democrat, their homes. Yet he stressed the a bipartisan group of senators had nego- both the bipartisan infrastructure plan local authorities from using the Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri, who complexity of the problem by also tiated for weeks with the White House. Labored and a budget blueprint that would al- evidence and fi ndings of the re- has been camped out in protest, noting that the Trump adminis- Schumer has said a fi nal vote could be Senators and staff labored behind low the Senate to begin work later this port to mount their own cases. had a brief conversation at the tration developed guidelines for held “in a matter of days.” the scenes for days to write the mas- year on a massive, $3.5 trillion social, On at least one occasion, the U.S. Capitol with Vice President providing aid to renters and land- “Let’s start voting on amendments,” sive bill. It was supposed to be ready health and environmental bill. investigation found, Cuomo and Kamala Harris on Monday. lords that were unworkable. Those Schumer said as the Senate opened work Friday, but by Sunday, more glitches Republicans counter that they just his senior staff worked to retali- Some people were at risk of los- guidelines which required exten- on Monday. “The longer it takes to fi nish were caught and changes made. had a chance to begin fully reviewing ate against a former employee ing their homes as soon as Mon- sive documentation were changed the bill, the longer we will be here.” Late Sunday, most of the 10 sena- the bill late Sunday. who accused him of wrongdo- day. But the White House insists once Biden was in offi ce. A key part of President Joe Biden’s tors involved in the bipartisan effort “We shouldn’t sacrifi ce adequate ing. Cuomo was also found to there is only so much it can do on “This is not an easy task,” Sper- agenda, the bipartisan bill is the fi rst rose on the Senate fl oor to mark the time on this bill merely because the have harassed women outside its own and that state and local ling said. “We as a country have phase of the president’s infrastructure unveiling of the text. Democratic leader would like to spend of government, the investigation leaders need to step up and get the never had a national infrastructure plan. It calls for $550 billion in new “We know that this has been a long next week jamming a 100% partisan found. aid out. or national policy for preventing spending over fi ve years above project- and sometimes diffi cult process, but piece of legislation through the United The report also detailed, for “The president is clear: If some avoidable evictions.” ed federal levels - one of the most sub- we are proud this evening to announce States Senate,” said Sen. John Thune the fi rst time, allegations that states and localities can get this out Pelosi, for her part, said that she stantial expenditures on the nation’s this legislation,” said Sen. Kyrsten of South Dakota. Cuomo sexually harassed a effi ciently and effectively there’s welcomed the administration’s roads, bridges, waterworks, broadband Sinema, D-Ariz., a lead negotiator. Among the major new investments, female state trooper on his se- no reason every state and locality urging of states and cities to im- and the electric grid in years. The bill showed “we can put aside our the bipartisan package is expected curity detail. It said that the can’t,” Gene Sperling, who over- pose their own moratoriums. And The Senate’s Republican leader, own political differences for the good to provide $110 billion for roads and governor ran his hand or fi n- sees the administration’s corona- she said Treasury Secretary Janet Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, has of the country,” she said. bridges, $39 billion for public transit gers across her stomach and her virus relief plans, told reporters. Yellen would hold a virtual brief- sided with those voting to allow de- Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, a Republi- and $66 billion for rail. There’s also to back, kissed her on the cheek, “There is simply no excuse, no ing Tuesday with lawmakers as bate to proceed, but he has not sig- can negotiator, framed the legislation as be $55 billion for water and wastewa- asked for her help in fi nding a place to hide for any state or local- they push to more quickly ensure naled how he will ultimately vote. He something that would help the U.S. better ter infrastructure as well as billions for girlfriend and asked why she ity that is failing to accelerate their the states distribute the federal aid. described the bill Monday as a “good compete with China and would make the airports, ports, broadband internet and didn’t wear a dress. and important jumping off point” for a “economy more effi cient, more produc- electric vehicle charging stations. PepsiCo to sell Tropicana, other juices, in $3.3bn deal

PepsiCo will sell Tropicana options with less sugar, said people enjoyed breakfast at aging partner of Beverage and other juices to a private Howard Telford, head of soft home during the pandemic Marketing Corp. The group The symbol for Pepsico equity fi rm in a $3.3 billion drinks at Euromonitor Interna- and sought the immunity ben- does not see that trend chang- appears on a screen at deal. tional, a market research fi rm. efi ts of vitamin C, Telford said. ing. the Nasdaq MarketSite in The New York drink and “This deal refl ects the desire But that was a blip in a long- Pepsi rival Coca-Cola Co. New York, in this Tuesday snack company will keep a of the industry to focus and in- er-term decline. Overall juice has also been shedding slow- Oct. 1, 2019, fi le photo. 39% non-controlling stake in a novate around a smaller core sales fell 3% between 2015 selling brands, including Od- (AP) newly formed joint venture in of categories and brands, in- and 2020, the data fi rm said. walla and Zico juices, over the the deal with PAI Partners. cluding water, energy drinks, Juice consumption in the last year so it can focus on The sale refl ects the in- coffee and the staple carbon- U.S. peaked in 2003 at 4.2 bil- stronger performers. But Coke dustry’s uncertainty about ated soft drinks,” Telford said. lion gallons, but by 2017, that is holding on to its Minute demand for fruit juice as U.S. juice sales volumes had fallen to 3 billion gallons, Maid and Simply juice brands consumers look for healthier actually rose last year as more wrote Brian Sudano, the man- for now. (AP)

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Total operating revenue sees increase of 120% Boursa Kuwait net profi ts rise 39% for fi rst half of 2021 KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: In a meeting of its Board members on 3 August 2021, Boursa Kuwait announced net profi ts attributable to equity holders of the parent company of KD 7.8 million for the six month period ended 30 June 2021, a notable increase of 39% compared to the same period in 2020, when the company recorded net profi ts of around KD 5.6 million. IMF OKs big increase in funds The company generated 39.03 fi ls earnings per share, an increase of 39% compared to its total of 28.05 fi ls over the same period in 2020, while the Group’s total assets came in at approximately KD 106.5 million, which is a 155% increase versus its 2020 total for the same period of KD 41.7 million. Shareholder equity attributable to equity holders of the parent company increased from KD 32.7 million at 30 June 2020 to to alleviate pandemic impact KD 52.6 million at 30 June 2021, an increase of 61%, while total operating revenue came in at KD 14.9 million, an increase of 120% over General allocation of SDRs effective from Aug 23 the same period in 2020 which stood at approximately KD 6.8 million. Boursa Kuwait Chairman Hamad WASHINGTON, Aug 3, (AP): Meshari Al-Humaidhi commented: “We are pleased to have recorded net The governing body of the In- profi ts of around KD 7.8 million for ternational Monetary Fund has US Treasury Dept borrowing the fi rst half of 2021, which is an al- approved a $650 billion expan- most 39% increase over its 2020 total over the same period. The results we sion in the agency’s resources plans assume debt-limit deal see today mirror the strength of the to support economically vul- Al-Humaidhi operational model and the solid strat- nerable countries battling the WASHINGTON, Aug 3, (AP): The ing the limit are expected to only last egy in place, as well as the company’s Treasury Department has unveiled until this fall. underlying strong fi nancial health, coronavirus pandemic and plans to borrow $673 billion in the “I respectfully urge Congress to which have allowed us to deliver an the economic downturn it has current quarter while employing emer- protect the full faith and credit of the exceptional performance.” gency measures to keep the govern- United States by acting as soon as pos- He continued: “As the world con- caused. ment from an unprecedented default sible,” Yellen said in her letter Mon- The 190-nation lending institution tinues to recover from the effects of In this fi le photo, International Mone- on the national debt. day to congressional leaders. the COVID-19 pandemic, we are said Monday that its board of governors Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on She explained that she would stop hopeful that the results made in the approved the expansion of its reserves tary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva speaks at the end of the Fi- Monday announced a new round of investing funds into the Civil Service fi rst six months are an indication of known as Special Drawing Rights, the nancing of African Economies Summit, measures to keep the government un- Retirement and Disability Fund that things to come for Boursa Kuwait, the largest increase in the institution’s his- in Paris. (AP) der the newly established debt limit, are not immediately needed to pay Kuwaiti capital market and the nation- tory. including halting investments in some benefits. She said that she would take al economy. In closing, I would like tion. But after President Joe Biden took “This is a historic decision ... and a shot pension funds for government work- similar actions with a Postal Service Al-Osaimi to thank my fellow Board members, in the arm for the global economy at a time office in January, Treasury Secretary Janet ers. fund and the Government Securities the Executive Team and the esteemed of unprecedented crisis,” IMF Managing Yellen threw her support behind the pro- The department said that its plans Investment Fund. Boursa Kuwait employees for their monumental efforts dur- Director Kristalina Georgieva said. “It will posal. for borrowing in the July-September All of these actions have been taken ing the year.” particularly help our most vulnerable Many Republican members of Congress period assume Congress will pass ei- by previous Treasury secretaries in The increase in net profi ts is partly due to the consolida- countries struggling to cope with the objected to the SDR increase, saying that ther a suspension of the current debt debt-service standoffs with Congress. tion of the Kuwait Clearing Company since the third quarter impact of the COVID-19 crisis.” the expanded IMF resources would benefit limit or an increase in the limit. The law requires all funds not invested of 2020, which also recorded improvements to its bottom line. The general allocation of SDRs will U.S. adversaries such as China, Russia and The debt limit had been suspended or removed from the pension funds be Other factors contributing to the increase include a rise in the become effective on Aug. 23. The IMF Iran. However, the increase in resources for two years. That allowed the gov- restored with interest once the debt total traded value by 53.41%, including a 295% increase in said that the new reserves will be cred- was strongly supported by international ernment to borrow as much as needed limit has been raised or suspended. Main Market traded value, and a rise in trading volume by ited to IMF member countries in propor- relief agencies. to pay bills and service its outstanding Congress has always dealt with the 100.31% compared to the fi rst half of 2020. The recorded The IMF last week sharply upgraded its traded value for the fi rst half of 2021 came in at approximately tion to their existing quotas with the debt. But under legislation passed two debt limit before the government ex- KD 6.5 billion, while the traded shares during that period were agency. About $275 billion of the new economic outlook this year for the world’s years ago, the limit has gone back into hausted all of its maneuvering room. approximately 41.7 billion. Active accounts also increased by allocation will go to the world’s poorer wealthy countries, especially the United effect at the level where the debt stood However, a 2011 standoff between Re- 38.94%, further contributing to Boursa Kuwait’s bottom line. countries. States, as COVID-19 vaccinations help on Sunday - $28.4 trillion. publicans in Congress and the Obama Mohammed Saud Al-Osaimi, Boursa Kuwait’s Chief Ex- The agency is also looking into ways sustain solid rebounds from the pandemic Yellen has said a failure to increase administration triggered the first-ever ecutive Offi cer commented on the company’s fi nancials for richer countries could voluntarily channel recession. But the 190-country lending the debt limit would be catastrophic. reduction in a portion of the govern- the fi rst half of 2021, saying: “Boursa Kuwait saw a 120% SDRs to poorer countries, the agency said. agency has downgraded its forecast for She has said the emergency measures ment’s credit rating by the Standard & increase in total operating revenue in the fi rst six months of The big boost in IMF resources had poorer countries, most of which are strug- to keep the government from breach- Poor’s rating agency. 2021, and the Group’s assets saw a 155% increase to about been rejected by the Trump administra- gling to vaccinate. KD 106.5 million. These results indicate that the company enjoys a great deal of investor confi dence as well as demonstrating the ongoing value and effi ciency of the company.” Boursa Kuwait’s security, which has been traded since September 2020 on the “Premier Market” increased by 15.45% in the fi rst half of 2021, demonstrating the company’s potential for growth and expansion, a testament to the unwavering confi dence it enjoys from investors. Al-Osaimi added: “As we continue making improvements to our suite of products and services, and entice more companies to list, we remain steadfast in enhancing the Kuwaiti capital market and making it more attractive to investors. The capital market apparatus launched margin trading, netting and Tradable Rights Issue as part of its ongoing commitment to improving market effi ciency and facilitating access to it, as well as enhancing transparency and governance, increasing liquidity and instilling investor confi dence as part of our overarching efforts to raise our market’s profi le locally, regionally and around the world.”

Boursa Kuwait building in Kuwait City

Co confi rms US probe Allianz warns of risk MUNICH, Aug 3, (AP): The Allianz fi nancial services company is warning that lawsuits brought by U.S. investors against the company could end up having a material impact on its future fi nancial results. The major German company made the disclosure Sunday, noting that it received a request from the U.S. Department of Justice for documents and information related to the company’s Structured Alpha Funds business, which is at the center of the investor lawsuits. The Securities and Exchange Com- mission launched its own probe into the matter last year. In a statement, Munich-based Allianz SE said the Depart- ment of Justice’s request, plus “information available to Al- lianz as of today,” prompted the company’s management to conclude that there is “a relevant risk that the matters relating to the Structured Alpha Funds could materially impact future fi nancial results of Allianz Group.” The company noted that it can’t predict how much of a fi nancial impact it could be facing at this point, given the uncertain outcome of the Securities and Exchange Com- mission and Department of Justice investigations, and the litigation it faces. In an interim report last year, the company disclosed that it was facing federal lawsuits brought by investors in the U.S. over losses in the Structured Alpha Funds during the stock market’s sharp downturn in the spring of 2020 as the pandemic battered the global economy and fi nancial markets. At the time, Allianz said the complaints were “legally and factually fl awed.” ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2021 BUSINESS 9 EPS CLOCKS 12.21 FILS; TOTAL ASSETS REACH KD 21.5BN KFH reports KD 102.2 mln net profit for H1 of 2021, an increase of 79.5% Financing receivables balance reaches KD 11.1bn, up 3.2%

KUWAIT CITY, Aug 3: Chairman of Ku- He pointed out that KFH won prestigious awards wait Finance House (KFH) Hamad Abdul- from international magazines and institutions such as the “World’s Best Islamic Bank 2021” Award and “Best mohsen Al-Marzouq said that KFH has, Treasury and Cash Management Bank in Kuwait” Award by the grace of Allah, reported net profit 2021 from Global Finance Magazine. Along with other of KD 102.2 Million for the first half of illustrious awards won by KFH based on specific profes- 2021 for KFH shareholders; an increase of sional standards, the bank won “Best Islamic Bank in Middle East” and “Best Islamic Bank in Kuwait” 2021 79.5% compared to the same period last Awards from the prestigious “The Banker Magazine”, year. and “Best Islamic Bank in the Middle East” Award and Earnings per share for the first half of 2021 reached “Best Bank in Kuwait” Awards from EMEA Finance 12.21 fils; an increase of 79.3% compared to the same Magazine. period last year. Digitization and innovation Net financing income for the first half of the year Al-Roshood explained that KFH achieved qualitative reached KD 291.8 Million; a decrease of 1.3% compared leaps in innovation and digital transformation strategy to the same period last year. which met customer`s aspirations and provided added Total operating expenses for the first half of the year value to their experience and industry. He noted that the digitization of banking operations stabilized to reach 152.1 Million at the same level for the Hamad Al-Marzouq, KFH Chairman Abdulwahab Al-Roshood, Acting Group CEO comparative period. contributes to raising the efficiency of performance, en- Net operating income reached KD 248.0 Million; a de- financings (NPFs) decreased with higher coverage ra- through “Green Sukuk” that aims to raise funding for dif- hancing financial inclusion, increasing productivity and crease of 7.3% compared to the same period last year, tios, adding that the asset quality and capital efficiency ferent sustainability projects. reducing costs, and thus enhancing profitability. affected by the decrease in investment income compared improved. These improvements confirm the strength of Development plans Al-Marzouq highlighted the move forward in invest- to the same period last year. KFH’s capital base, its great experience in risk manage- Al-Marzouq said that KFH plays its role as a main pil- ing in emerging technologies and FinTech companies, to Financing receivables as of the end of the first half of ment and its high ability to deal with exceptional circum- lar in supporting the national economy and the develop- maintain the lead on competitors and achieve customer`s 2021 reached KD 11.1 Billion, i.e. an increase of KD stances and market fluctuations. ment plans in Kuwait and the region by participating in aspirations, especially the youth, in such a rapidly chang- 338.8 million or 3.2% compared to end of year 2020. Historical Issuance project financing and providing a wide range of banking ing and evolving environment. Investment in Sukuk as of the end of the first half of Al-Marzouq noted the successful issuance of $ 750 and financing solutions, including trade finance, con- Youth support and strategic initiatives 2021 reached KD 2.7 Billion; an increase of 0.2% com- million AT1 Mudaraba Sukuk by KFH, saying that the tracts, SMEs, and business banking, in addition to large Al-Roshood stressed the role of KFH in supporting pared to end of year 2020. historic Sukuk- the largest issuance in Kuwait in terms of companies and development projects. He noted the coor- Kuwaiti youth as they are a driving force for the local Total assets as of the end of the first half of 2021 size- received subscription orders exceeding $ 2 billion, dination and harmony in the performance of the Group’s economy and a main pillar for moving ahead in the de- reached KD 21.5 Billion i.e., increase of KD 44.5 million close to 3 times the targeted issue size. subsidiaries in Turkey, Bahrain, Germany, Malaysia and velopment journey by relying on highly qualified creative or 0.2% compared to end of year 2020. He explained that Mudaraba Sukuk aims to support Saudi Arabia. youth. Depositors’ accounts reached KD 15.8 Billion i.e., in- KFH`s Tier 1 capital, diversify its financing resources, Al-Marzouq said that KFH has a diversified financing He pointed out KFH`s support of various initiatives crease of KD 459 million or 3.0% compared to end of increase its financial and investment capabilities, support portfolio that covers various vital sectors, including en- that serve society, including the “Kafa’a” initiative to year 2020. the infrastructure projects and the local productive eco- ergy, water, electricity, infrastructure and construction. develop specialized national capabilities in banking and Shareholders’ equity as of the end of the first half of nomic sectors as well as help customers with their expan- He stressed KFH`s capability to continue financing gov- financial sector, as well as the banking awrenaess “Di- 2021 reached KD 1.9 Billion i.e., decrease of KD 65 mil- sion plans regionally and globally. ernment development projects as part of Kuwait Vision raya” initiative. These two initiatives were launched by lion or 3.3% compared to end of year 2020. Sustainable development 2035. the Central Bank of Kuwait(CBK) in cooperation with In addition, the capital adequacy ratio reached Al-Marzouq said that as part of its sustainable devel- Excellence and leadership the Kuwait Banking Association (KBA) and Institute of 18.58% which is above the minimum limit required opment strategy, KFH has successfully contributing to Meanwhile, Acting Group CEO at (KFH), Abdulwa- Banking Studies (IBS). by regulators. This ratio confirms the solid financial different strategic societal initiatives which reflected hab Essa Al-Roshood said that H1 financial results were Al-Roshood concluded: “As we affirm the continuation position of KFH. positively on society and the national economy, such as positive and in line with the set plans and the bank’s strat- of the ideal approach to the bank’s vision and strategy in Positive financial indicators the KD 20 Mn initiative to pay the debts of defaulting egy, indicating the growth in profits is attributed to the promoting digital innovation in distinguished products, Al-Marzouq explained that the H1 positive results, debtors, in addition to its excellence in various aspects of decline in the level of provisions as a result of the de- services and campaigns, and leading the global develop- including the growth of profitability and financing re- social responsibility. crease in the cost of risks and non-performing financings ment of the Islamic finance industry, we cherish the trust ceivables reflect the financial strength and creditwor- He added that KFH has launched a project to devel- (NPFs), in addition to the improvement of the operating and support of the Board of Directors, shareholders and thiness of KFH. The figures also confirm the efficien- op the sustainability strategy to integrate with business environment as a whole. customers, and we value the role of the regulatorty au- cy of KFH`s operational performance and its business strategy of KFH, paying attention to the efficiency of risk Al-Roshood added that KFH’s achievements have thorities. model as well as the tangible improvements achieved management, developing human resources, enhancing been recognized worldwide with KFH ranking first “Whilst commending the efforts of the employees by the bank in digital transformation and various stra- the transparency and credit rating through the 7th sus- locally in the S&P list of top 20 MEA banks, and and all partners and stakeholders, we affirm our en- tegic initiatives. tainability report according to the latest global principles in the “MEED” list of the 100 largest listed compa- deavor to continue enhancing customer experience He said that KFH`s liquidity ratios remained higher and criteria. nies in the Middle East and Africa in terms of market and maintaining leadership in the Islamic financial than the regulatory requirements, whilst non-performing Al-Marzouq stressed the role of KFH in sustainability value. services industry.” ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2021 BUSINESS 10

Florida may drop Ben & Jerry’s parent over Israel boycott

Florida won’t put any state money into the “As a matter of law and principle, the Jerusalem. was one of our fi rst overseas markets. We spond to a request for comment Tues- parent company of Ben & Jerry’s unless state of Florida will not tolerate discrimina- The company’s founders, Bennett Co- were then, and remain today, supporters day in Florida’s action. But its CEO, Alan it reverses a decision to stop selling ice tion against the state of Israel or the Israe- hen and Jerry Greenfi eld, said in a recent of the State of Israel,” the founders said. Jope, said last week that Unilever is “fully cream in contested parts of Israel, Gov. li people,” the Republican governor said New York Times opinion piece that they “But it’s possible to support Israel and op- committed” to doing business in Israel Ron DeSantis said Tuesday. in a news release. “I will not stand idly by no longer control the company but ap- pose some of its policies, just as we’ve despite the decision to stop some sales The Republican governor said the as woke corporate ideologues seek to prove of the action in Israel as refl ecting opposed policies of the U.S. government.” there by Ben & Jerry’s. State Board of Administration added Lon- boycott and divest from our ally, Israel.” their progressive values. The company Unilever’s 400 brands include a wide Florida offi cials say the company told don-based Unilever to its list of “scruti- The decision, similar to those in other has a long history of advocating for social variety of familiar consumer goods such them in a call Wednesday that there are nized companies” that boycott Israel. This states, comes after Vermont-based Ben justice. as Dove personal care products, Lipton no plans to change Ben & Jerry’s stance means that if Ben & Jerry’s position on & Jerry’s announced last month that it will “We are also proud Jews. It’s part of tea, Hellmann’s mayonnaise, Sunlight on Israel. It wasn’t immediately clear what Israel is not reversed in 90 days, Florida stop selling its products in Israeli territory who we are and how we’ve identifi ed our- soap and, of course, Ben & Jerry’s ice kinds investments or contracts Florida will not invest in or contract with Unilever sought by the Palestinians such as the selves for our whole lives. As our compa- cream. currently has with Unilever or its subsidi- or its subsidiaries. occupied West Bank and contested east ny began to expand internationally, Israel The company did not immediately re- aries. (AP) US stocks wobble as investors parse earnings Asian markets spooked by spread of delta variant in China Zoom to pay $85 mn NEW YORK, Aug 3, (AP): Stocks wobbled between small gains and losses in for privacy ‘miscues’ morning trading Tuesday NEW YORK, Aug 3, (AP): Zoom videoconferencing meetings being as traders weigh another will pay $85 million to settle a law- held by others. big set of company earn- suit alleging that weak privacy con- The company in a prepared trols opened too many peepholes statement Monday said that it act- ings reports. Investors also into the personal information of used quickly to tighten security after are remaining cautious ers and that it was too easy for out- reports of Zoombombing began to amid the spread of the siders to disrupt video meetings dur- surface. more contagious delta vari- ing the early stages of the pandemic. “We are proud of the advance- The proposed agreement must ments we have made to our plat- ant of COVID-19. still be approved by U.S. District form, and look forward to continu- The S&P 500 index was down Judge Lucy Koh. A hearing on the ing to innovate with privacy and less than 0.1% as of 11:13 a.m. settlement is scheduled for Oct. 21 security at the forefront,” Zoom Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial in San Jose, California. said Monday. The company didn’t Millions of people in the U.S. who acknowledged any wrongdoing in Average rose 59 points, or 0.2%, to the settlement. 34,895. and the Nasdaq composite have used Zoom since March 31, 2020 could be eligible for a slice of Security concerns did not pre- index was down 0.4%. the settlement that was reached over vent Zoom from permeating the Gains from health care and industrial the weekend. The payment amounts daily lives of millions during the stocks were kept in check by a dip in are expected to average $34 or $35 pandemic. communications and technology stocks. for those who subscribed to Zoom’s The Zoom’s annual revenue Investors are in the midst of earnings quadrupled last year to nearly $2.7 season, with more than 100 companies paid version, and $11 or $12 for the overwhelming majority who used billion and it ended April with in the S&P 500 index reporting their 497,000 customers that employed results this week. So far earnings have the free version, based on estimates in court documents. at least 10 workers and subscribed been strong, with roughly nine out of to the premium version of its ser- every 10 companies beating analysts’ Zoom was bedeviled by security issues early last year after stay-at- vice, up from 81,900 customers expectations. before the pandemic hit the U.S. Clorox slumped 11.5% after report- home orders transformed the company’s videoconferencing service Its stock price has tripled and trading results that fell short of forecast Trader Justin Flinn works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021. Stocks were on ed close to $380 Monday. and releasing a disappointing outlook. from a niche product into a cul- Wall Street as traders weigh another big set of company earnings reports, which have been coming in largely tural phenomenon. Almost over- The lawyers that pursued the Solid fi nancial results helped lift ahead of analysts’ forecasts. (AP) case are seeking $21.25 million, several other companies. Ralph Lau- night it became the go-to venue for business meetings, schools, social or 25% of the $85 million settle- ren jumped 9.1% after handily beating ment fund. analysts’ fi scal fi rst-quarter profi t fore- off its Tropicana and other fruit juices to 5.7%. “Concerns (are) rising once again gatherings and, in a deadly global casts as sales rebounded. Columbia into a separate company in a $3.3 bil- European stocks opened higher that the global recovery could be pandemic, funerals. Sportswear rose 3.3% after reporting a lion deal. Tuesday while Asian markets declined thrown off track by the virus,” Jeffrey The lawsuit alleged that the surprise second-quarter profi t.. Bond yields were relatively stable. as jitters about the spread of the coro- Halley of Oanda said in a report. Silicon Valley company violated Activision Blizzard fell 5.4% after The yield on 10-year Treasury re- navirus’s delta variant in China and the “What is spooking markets is Chi- the trust of millions of people the head of Blizzard Entertainment mained at 1.17% from the the day United States dented enthusiasm about na,” Halley said. “It’s not a huge reach by sharing the personal informa- said he would resign, effective im- before. Less than a month ago, the 10- strong corporate profi ts. to extrapolate even more supply chain tion of users with platforms like mediately. Blizzard, maker of popular year note was trading around a yield of London and Frankfurt advanced while disruptions, especially if it proves as Facebook, Google and Microsoft- video games such as Overwatch and 1.35%. Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong fell. elusive to control for Chinese authori- owned LinkedIn. The case, which World of Warcraft, has been accused Investors will be watching closely Investors were encouraged by un- ties as it has to offi cials globally.” consolidated 14 different lawsuits in a lawsuit of having a toxic work en- when the Labor Department releases expectedly strong U.S. earnings but In early trading, the FTSE 100 in fi led since March 2020, also tar- This file photo shows a sign for vironment which has caused walkouts its July jobs report Friday. Economists are more uneasy as China, the United London gained 0.3% to 7,103.62 and geted the disruptive practice of Zoom Video Communications by employees. surveyed by FactSet forecast that the States and other governments try to the DAX in Frankfurt added under “Zoombombing” - a term coined ahead of their Nasdaq IPO in PepsiCo rose 0.3% after the bever- employers created 837,500 jobs last stop the spread of the more contagious 0.1% to 15,579.92. The CAC 40 in to describe hackers who broke into New York. (AP) age and snacks giant said it would spin month and the unemployment rate fell delta variant. Paris advanced 0.8% to 6,727.16. Ferrari earnings jump in the second quarter MILAN, Aug 3, (AP): Luxury sports car maker Ferrari has surged back to second-quarter growth, posting a 206-million-euro ($245 million) profi t on Monday after seeing its earnings drop precipitously in the same period a year ago due to the pandemic shutdown. Based in the northern Italian city of Maranello, Ferrari said net profi t for the three months ending June 30 compared with 9 million euros last year, when the company was forced to shut production for seven weeks. It was also an improvement over the 184-million-euro profi t posted in the same period of 2019, before the pandemic. Interim CEO John Elkann said June marked a record in orders at the luxury carmaker, noting that general trends show the age of new Ferrari buyers is going down while the number of women placing orders doubled. “This speaks to the unique and enduring power of Ferrari,’’ Elkann told an analyst conference call. Shipments nearly doubled in the quarter to 2,685, along with net revenues, which surged to 1.03 billion euros from 571 billion euros a year earlier. That was also an improvement of 5% over the same period in pre-pandemic 2019. Ferrari posted fi rst-half profi ts of 412 million euros, up from 175 million euros in the same period last year. On the strength of the earnings, Ferrari raised its forecast to 450 million euros in cash by the end of the year, up from 350 million euros. Ferrari has announced a new CEO, Benedetto Vi- gna, an Italian executive, at Europe’s largest semi- conductor chipmaker, who will start his tenure Sept. 1. The company announced a capital markets day to outline strategy under the new CEO for June 16, 2022. Elkann said that electrifi cation of powertrains will be Ferrari’s focus for the next decade, noting that electrifi cation addresses tightening standards on emissions in the industry, “but does not solve the carbon footprint.’’ The challenge for the decade from 2030-2040, he said, will be focused on carbon neutrality, which “will mean changes in the energy supply and could lead to alternatives,” such as synthetic e-fuels or hy- drogen.

In this ﬁle photo, a Ferrari logo is displayed on a en- gine in the department Ferrari factory in Maranello, Italy. Luxury sports-car maker Ferrari has surged back to second-quarter growth, posting a 206-million-euro ($245 million) proﬁt. (AP) ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2021 SCIENCE 11

Science

Warming rivers killing ﬁ sh Earth’s longer days kick started oxygen growth

NEW YORK, Aug 3, (AP): Scientists have a new idea for how Earth got its oxygen: It’s because the planet slowed down and days got longer. A study published Monday proposes and puts to the test the theory that longer, continuous daylight kick-started weird bacteria into producing lots of oxygen, making most of life as we know it possible. They dredged up gooey purple bacteria from a deep sinkhole in Lake Huron and tinkered with how much light it got in lab experiments. The more continuous light the smelly microbes got, the more oxygen they produced. One of the great mysteries in science is just how Earth went from a planet with minimal oxygen to the breathable air we have now. Scientists long fi gured microbes called cyanobacteria, were involved, but couldn’t tell what started the great oxygenation event. Researchers in a study in Monday’s Nature Geoscience theorize that Earth’s slowing rotation, which gradually lengthened days from six hours to the current 24 hours, was key for the cyanobacteria in making the planet more breathable. About 2.4 billion years ago there was so little oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere that it could barely be measured, so no animal or plant life like we know could live. Instead, lots of microbes breathed Arbic in carbon dioxide, and in the case of cyanobacteria, produced oxygen in the earliest form of pho- tosynthesis. In this photo provided by the NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary a scuba diver observes the purple, white and green microbes covering rocks in Lake At fi rst it wasn’t much, but in only about 400 million years Huron’s Middle Island Sinkhole. Feel like days are just getting longer? They are and it’s a good thing because we wouldn’t have much to breathe if they weren’t, Earth’s atmosphere went to one-tenth the amount of oxygen according to a new explanation for how Earth’s oxygen rich atmosphere may have developed because of Earth’s rotation slowing. Scientists provided evidence for we have now — a huge jump, said the study’s lead author, this new hypothesis by lab testing gooey smelly purple bacteria from a deep sinkhole in Lake Huron. (AP) Judith Klatt, a biogeochemist at the Max Planck Institute in Germany. That oxygen burst allowed plants and animals to evolve, with other plants now joining in the oxygen-making party, she said. Coronavirus But why did the bacteria go on the oxygen making binge? That’s where University of Michigan oceanographer Brian Arbic comes in. He studies tidal forces on Earth and how they’ve slowed Earth’s rotation. Arbic was listening to a col- league’s lecture about cyanobacteria and he noticed that the UK targets young with vaccine incentives oxygen event coincided with the timing of Earth’s days getting longer. The planet’s rotation slows because of the complicated physics of tidal friction and interaction with the moon. Germany to offer shots for all kids over 12 Bacteria The Michigan and German researchers put their theory to BERLIN, Aug 3, (AP): Germany will the test with bacteria similar to what would have been around start offering coronavirus vaccinations 2.4 billion years ago. They used purple and white mats of cy- for all children and teenagers aged anobacteria living in an eerie world of the sinkhole nearly 79 12 and older, top health offi cials said US employers ‘ratchet up’ the feet (24 meters) deep in Lake Huron. Monday. “We actually imagine that the world looked kind of like the German Health Minister Jens Spahn Middle Island sinkhole for most of its history,” Klatt said. said after a meeting with the 16 Ger- pressure on the unvaccinated Divers brought up the gelatinous carpets of bacteria, which man state health ministers that “we smell like rotten eggs. Klatt and colleagues exposed them to keep our promise: everybody who NEW YORK, Aug 3, (AP): Employ- Tyson Foods, for instance, said varying amounts of light, up to 26 straight hours. They found wants can get vaccinated in the sum- ers are losing patience with unvac- about half of its US workforce - that more continuous light caused the microbes to produce mer - we have enough vaccines for all cinated workers. 56,000 employees - has received more oxygen. age groups.” For months, most employers re- shots after the meat and poultry The study authors and outside scientists said this is just Joonas Leis, 12 years old boy, pos- “Therefore, children and teenagers lied on information campaigns, bo- processor hosted more than 100 es for a photo after getting a shot a nuses and other incentives to en- vaccination events since Febru- one possible but plausible explanation for Earth’s oxygen ... can decide to get vaccinated after a courage their workforces to get the ary. But the company said it has increase. coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination medical consultation and thus protect center inside a sports hall in Esto- COVID-19 shot. Now, a growing no plans to impose a mandate to What makes the idea so impressive is that it doesn’t require themselves and others,” he added. number are imposing rules to make reach the other half. any big biological changes in bacteria or the world’s oceans, nia’s second largest city, Tartu, 164 The government’s push to get Ger- km. south-east from Tallinn, Estonia, it more onerous for employees to Walmart and Amazon, the coun- said Tim Lyons, a professor of biogeochemistry at the Univer- many’s youth vaccinated comes two refuse, from outright mandates to try’s two largest private employers, sity of California, Riverside, who wasn’t part of the research July 29, 2021. Estonia’s second larg- months after the European Medicines est city Tartu is making rapid progress requiring the unvaccinated to un- have also declined to require its team. in vaccinating children aged 12-17 Agency recommended that the coro- dergo regular testing. hourly workers to get vaccinated, ❑ ❑ ❑ ahead of the school year in Septem- navirus vaccine made by Pfi zer-BioN- Among employers getting tough- continuing to rely on strategies ber. Around half of the town’s teenag- Tech be expanded to children 12 to 15. er are the federal government, the such as bonuses and onsite access Baby salmon are dying by the thousands in one California Last week, the EU drug regulator also state governments of California to shots. But in a potentially power- river, and an entire run of endangered salmon could be wiped ers have already received their first vaccine, and local health officials are cleared the vaccine made by Moderna and New York, tech giants Google ful signal, Walmart said employees out in another. Fishermen who make their living off adult confident they will hit 70% in the com- for the same age group. and Facebook, the Walt Disney at its headquarters will be required salmon, once they enter the Pacifi c Ocean, are sounding the ing 30 days. (AP) So far, however, the country’s Co. and the NFL. Some hospitals, to get vaccinated by Oct. 4. alarm as blistering heat waves and extended drought in the US standing committee on vaccination, universities, restaurants, bars and The biggest precedent so far has West raise water temperatures and imperil fi sh from Idaho to the Stiko, has been reluctant to give the other entertainment venues have come from the federal government, California. also started requiring vaccines. the nation’s largest employer. Pres- go-ahead for all youngsters and only But the new measures are un- ident Joe Biden announced last Hundreds of thousands of young salmon are dying in North- explicitly recommended the vaccina- ern California’s Klamath River as low water levels brought Discovery likely to affect many of the millions week that all federal employees tion for the age group between 12 and of unvaccinated Americans. and contractors must get vacci- about by drought allow a parasite to thrive, devastating a Na- 16 if they suffer from certain chronic tive American tribe whose diet and traditions are tied to the Many of the companies that are nated or put up with weekly testing illnesses. The committee says that not requiring shots have mostly office and lose privileges such as official fi sh. And wildlife offi cials said the Sacramento River is facing Smoke triggers ‘alerts’: Numerous enough study results are yet available workers who are already largely travel. a “near-complete loss” of young Chinook salmon due to ab- areas of the US West and Midwest were on possible long-term effects of the vaccinated and are reluctant to The federal government has said normally warm water. under air quality alerts on Sunday as vaccine on the younger ones, but has work alongside those who aren’t. it will cover the costs of the weekly A crash in one year’s class of young salmon can have last- wildfi re smoke lingered over much of the also said it may update its recommen- In contrast, major companies tests. As for other employers, ining effects on the total population and shorten or stop the fi sh- country. dation as more data becomes available. that rely on low-income blue-collar surance may pay for such testing ing season, a growing concern as climate change continues to Alerts were in place across much of the workers - food manufacturers, at some workplaces but not others. make the West hotter and drier. That could be devastating to northern US Rockies, including portions Vulnerability warehouses, supermarkets and Biden’s decision could embolden the commercial salmon fi shing industry, which in California of Colorado, Wyoming, Washington state But as schools across the country are other store chains - are shying other employers by signaling they alone is worth $1.4 billion. and Idaho. starting to open again after the summer away from mandates for fear of would be on solid legal ground to im- The plummeting catch already has led to skyrocketing re- Further to the east, smoke from fi res driving away employees and wors- pose similar rules, said Brian Kropp, burning into Canada triggered pollution vacations, and given the vulnerability tail prices for salmon, hurting customers who say they can no of young unvaccinated people to the ening the labor shortages such chief of research at consulting firm longer afford the $35 per pound of fi sh, said Mike Hudson, alerts in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. businesses are facing. Gartner’s human resources practice. Iowa governor is Kim Reynolds. quickly spreading delta variant, pres- who has spent the last 25 years catching and selling salmon at sure has been mounting to get more farmers markets in Berkeley. Wildfi res emit huge volumes of micro- scopic smoke particles that researchers children 12 and older vaccinated. Hudson said he has considered retiring and selling his 40- say can be harmful if breathed in and lead Politicians have been lobbying to get decided to start offering booster shots to get back to doing the things you’ve foot (12-meter) boat because “it’s going to get worse from to both immediate and long-term health the younger ones immunized against for especially vulnerable groups in missed,” he said. here.” impacts. Children, the elderly and people COVID-19 quickly to prevent renewed September. They said all people who Britain is not the only nation to try Winter-run Chinook salmon are born in the Sacramento with underlying health conditions are par- school closures in the fall. got vaccinated with the AstraZeneca or more carrot - and less stick - to per- River, traverse hundreds of miles to the Pacifi c, where they ticularly at risk. (AP) Therefore, the 16 state top health of- Johnson & Johnson shots could get a suade the reluctant to roll up their normally spend three years before returning to their birthplace ❑ ❑ ❑ fi cials on Monday decided that healthy refresher shot with an mRNA vaccine sleeves. U.S. President Joe Biden this to mate and lay their eggs between April and August. Unlike children and teenagers should now such as Pfi zer-BioNTech or Moderna week called on states and local govern- the fall-run Chinook that survives almost entirely due to hatch- Tourists fi ned for touching seal: US from September on. ments to join New York and Minneso- authorities launched an investigation and also be able get the jab at vaccination ery breeding programs, the winter run is still largely reared in centers or their pediatricians’ practic- Meanwhile, restaurants, ride-hailing ta in offering $100 rewards, hoping a the wild. fi ned Louisiana tourists in Hawaii after a video on social media showed a woman touch- es. As for all age groups, the vaccina- apps and food delivery services are fi nancial incentive will spur the hesi- Wildlife ing an endangered Hawaiian monk seal. tions remain voluntary. backing Britain’s COVID-19 vaccina- tant to be vaccinated as the highly con- The couple were “deeply sorry,” a man So far, 20% of those between 12 tion drive, offering discounts and even tagious delta variant sweeps through Federal fi sheries offi cials predicted in May that more than identifi ed as Stephen told the Honolulu and 17 have received at least one shot free slices of pizza to persuade young parts of the country. 80% of baby salmon could die because of warmer water in Star-Advertiser for a story. “We love Ha- in Germany and nearly 10% are fully people to roll up their sleeves and get Britain is keen to increase vaccina- the Sacramento River. Now, state wildlife offi cials say that waii and the culture. We didn’t mean to vaccinated. the shot. tion rates amid a surge in new infec- number could be higher amid a rapidly depleting pool of cool offend anyone.” The country’s family minister said The program, announced Sunday by tions as the government seeks to fully water in Lake Shasta. California’s largest reservoir is fi lled A video posted on TikTok and other so- the decision “is an important step so the Department of Health and Social re-open society. to only about 35% capacity, federal water managers said re- cial media showed a woman touching the that children and teenagers can be pro- Care, is designed to boost the vacci- Meanwhile, politicians are anx- cently. seal at a Kauai beach in June. The video tected from a coronavirus infection in nation rate among adults under 30 as ious to bolster the economy as the “The pain we’re going to feel is a few years from now, when showed her running away after the resting the best possible way.” Britain races to inoculate as many peo- national furlough program, which there will be no naturally spawned salmon out in the ocean,” seal raised its head and snapped at her. “Many parents have been insecure ple as possible before colder weather guaranteed the wages of millions of said John McManus, executive director of the Golden State The Associated Press wasn’t immedi- about whether they should vaccinate arrives. people who were unable to work due Salmon Association, which represents the fi shing industry. ately able to reach the couple. their children because so far there was While more than 90% of adults in to government restrictions, comes to When Lake Shasta was formed in the 1940s, it blocked There are an estimated 1,100 Hawaiian monk seals in the Northwestern Hawai- no clear recommendation,” Christine Britain have received at least one dose an end. access to the cool mountain streams where fi sh traditionally Lambrecht added. “The decision for a of vaccine, the rate for people between Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is urging spawned. To ensure their survival, the US government is re- ian Islands and 300 in the main Hawaiian Islands. broad vaccination offer for those aged the ages of 18 and 30 is about 60%, ac- Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ease quired to maintain river temperatures below 56 degrees Fahr- between 12 to 17 can now help them.” cording to government statistics. international travel restrictions, argu- enheit (13 Celsius) in spawning habitat because salmon eggs It’s a felony to touch or harass a Ha- waiian monk seal under state and federal There are large disparities in the ac- As he thanked businesses for helping that Britain’s “draconian” rules are generally can’t withstand anything warmer. laws, with penalties of up to fi ve years in cess to vaccination for youths across ing out, Health Secretary Sajid Javid unnecessary given the success of the The warm water is starting to affect older fi sh, too. Sci- prison and a $50,000 fi ne. Europe. While countries like Estonia, urged people to “take advantage of the vaccination program. entists have seen some adult fi sh dying before they can lay The newspaper reported that authori- Denmark and France are actively en- discounts.” Uber, Bolt, Deliveroo and The Sunday Times reported that their eggs. ties from the National Oceanic and At- couraging families to vaccinate their Pizza Pilgrims are among the brands to Sunak wrote to Johnson to encourage “An extreme set of cascading climate events is pushing us mospheric Administration contacted the children before the new school year offer incentives. him to let people enjoy their summer into this crisis situation,” said Jordan Traverso, a spokes- couple over the weekend and assessed an begins, others such as Sweden and “The lifesaving vaccines not only holidays, while expressing concern woman for the California Department of Wildlife and Fish. undisclosed fi ne. (AP) the United Kingdom have yet to begin protect you, your loved ones and your about the impact the restrictions are The West has been grappling with a historic drought and ❑ ❑ ❑ mass vaccinations for those under 18. community, but they are helping to having on tourism and the hospitality recent heat waves worsened by climate change, stressing Also Monday, state health ministers bring us back together by allowing you industry. waterways and reservoirs that sustain millions of people and ‘Breeding’ program gets boost: wildlife. Five gray wolf pups born at Mexico As a result, the state has been trucking millions of salmon City’s Chapultepec Zoo are giving a boost to efforts to broaden the endangered spe- raised at hatcheries to the ocean each year, bypassing the per- cies’ genetic diversity amid continuing ilous downstream journey. State and federal hatcheries take efforts to reintroduce the animals to the He watches as the fi ve wolf pups stum- to move the subspecies up from its pre- other extraordinary measures to preserve the decimated salm- wild decades after they were reduced to ble out of their den to eat. The three males vious “probably extinct in the wild” clas- on stocks, such as maintaining a genetic bank to prevent in- captive populations. and two females were born in early April. sifi cation. Mexico’s president is Andrés breeding at hatcheries and releasing them at critical life stages, The pups’ father, Rhi, alerts them every They are part of a four-decade, bina- Manuel López Obrador. when they can recognize and return to the water where they midday to the delivery of breakfast, in the tional program between the United States For more than two decades, the effort to were born. form of chicken and quail meat brought and Mexico to breed the gray wolves in return Mexican gray wolves to the wild in Fishermen and environmental groups blame water agencies by zookeeper Jorge Gutiérrez, 58. captivity and release them back into the the US Southwest has been fraught with for diverting too much water too soon to farms, which could Gutiérrez has cared for Rhi since he was wild. confl ict. Ranchers have complained about lead to severe salmon die-off and drive the species closer to born, and is now proud to see he has formed Even the “endangered” classifi cation is the challenges of having to scare away the extinction. a pack with the pups’ mother, Seje. progress for the Mexican wolf; two years wolves to keep their cattle from being eat- “It’s marvelous. What I am experienc- ago, given the success of the breeding en. Many have said their livelihoods and ing is something unique,” says Gutiérrez. program, Mexican authorities were able Reynolds Obrador rural way of life are at stake. 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Bennett, Gaga reunite Monte on her solo album in ten years

NEW YORK, Aug 3, (AP): It took Marisa Monte 10 years to release a solo album, but the four-time Grammy winner never abandoned music. Far from being away, the Brazilian singer-songwriter remained extra busy over the last decade with projects including Tribalistas — her group with Ar- naldo Antunes and Carlinhos Brown — as well as producing for other artists and touring, until the pandemic hit. Last week she released “Portas,” a 16-songs effort that follows 2011’s “O Que Você Quer Saber De Verdade” and includes the single “Calma,” which she co-wrote with Chico Brown. It opens with the song that gives the album its name and closes with the uplifting “Pra Mel- horar” featuring Seu Jorge and his teenage daughter, Flor de Maria. “Portas” — which means doors in Portuguese — seems like an appropriate title for the times. “In the beginning of 2020, Monte I was ready to start to record this new album and then everything happened, the doors closed, we were locked at home,” Monte told The Associated Press in a recent interview from Rio de Janeiro. The 53-year-old star, who has sold 15 million al- bums worldwide with a musical versatility that rang- es from pop to pop rock, samba, jazz and folk, also spoke about the way she works and about “Segue o Seco,” a song about the Brazilian droughts she sang at an outdoor concert in 2016, when it famously rained the moment she fi nished. Answers have been edited for brevity and clarity. AP: Many doors closed during the pandemic, but it seems like others opened. Is that why you named the South Korea’s Youngpyo Ko pitches against the United States during a baseball game at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Yokohama, Japan. (AP) album “Portas”? Monte: Yeah. (It comes from) the song “Portas” (that) I did before the pandemic, but it’s about a very Television atemporal issue: How to deal with choices, decisions, changes and new situations. There are doors that you can open to the outside, but there are also inside doors. And all the symbolic fi gures that surround the door were there in the song telling people: “Well, ‘I was there,’ ... still hold power people try to chose one door, but you can chose more than one. You can go in and out if you don’t like it. And it’s better to let them open to let them breath.” It’s a song that I did maybe four years ago, but it’s Crowdless Olympics: What gets lost? very current. AP: Any other “old” new songs in the album? TOKYO, Aug 3, (AP): Any sporting Last summer, once big league arena. That, in effect, if we can’t be Monte: There are songs even older than 10 years. event is, at its heart, a show. It has the baseball resumed without fans in the there, we know there are people like (Laughs.) “Praia Vermelha” was ready before my last actors on center stage, performing for seats, the sport deployed recorded, us who are. album. So the creation — they have their own time, the rest of us. It has the spectators, piped-in crowd noise for the benefi t “There’s a reason sitcoms have their own life. After all this time I had 14 songs and sitting in their seats watching raptly. of both athletes and fans watching at laugh tracks. Seeing and hearing since I had to wait (because of the pandemic,) I did And — in modern times, at least — home. Most ballparks even created other people enjoy a thing leads us to four more, (two of which will be released later, in- it has the “home” audience, which in cardboard fi gures (customizable for enjoy that thing,” says Jennifer Ta- cluding one with Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge larico, a professor of psychology at Drexler, an Academy Award-winner for the song “Al the past half century of growing video a price, of course) to mimic spectator Otro Lado del Río” from “The Motorcycle Diaries.”) viewership has far outpaced the num- action, a novel if laughable pivot. Lafayette College who studies how They came out super beautiful. bers of those actually in attendance. It was, though, part of a cultural people remember personally experi- AP: You’ve kept very busy throughout the years At their halfway point, the Tokyo landscape that has been under con- enced events. as a musician, but how was it going back to record- Olympics are still grappling with the struction for a long time. Laugh tracks, in use since TV’s ing solo? Actress Kate Beckinsale poses at fact that in that equation, the mid- Sixty years ago, Daniel J. Boorstin, early days, were designed to prompt the premiere of the fi lm ‘The Suicide dle group — those spectators on the a historian who became the Librarian audiences about when to fi nd some- Monte: Well, I’m not really ever solo because I Squad’ at the Regency Village Thea- have a very collective work and I’m very horizontal scene who cheer, gin up enthusiasm of Congress, came up with a term: the thing funny. But the underlying mes- tre, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Los An- and add texture to the proceedings — “pseudo-event.” Among its traits: It sage is deeper: If we know others are as a leader. I really like to listen to everybody and to geles. (AP) collaborate. I love to work with partners and musi- couldn’t come. And in the COVID is not spontaneous, but planned. It is watching and being entertained, it cians and technicians. I listen to everybody, so that’s era, a key question presents itself: If created primarily for the purpose of paves the way for our entertainment. the way to feel less solo (laughs.) I knew that it was an Olympics falls in the forest and being reproduced. And its success is That bears out today in the popular- the moment to come back to myself after a lot of Variety nobody there hears it, did it really measured in how widely it is report- ity of YouTube videos showing gam- collaborations and a lot of works with other artists, make a sound? ed, and in how many people watch it. ers as they game, and in shows like which is of course always a learning (experience) The Japan organizing committee’s Pair that with these astonishing Britain’s “Gogglebox,” in which TV to me and always a challenge and a pleasure, but I BENNINGTON, Vt: A giant ladderback president, Seiko Hashimoto, thinks fi gures: The International Olympic audiences watch ... TV audiences wanted to take back my solo voice. chair that stands 19 feet (5.8 meters) tall it will. She said a couple weeks Committee generates almost 75% of watching TV. AP: Tell us a little about “Calma,” the fi rst single may be big but it wasn’t tough enough for ago that she wasn’t worried that a its income from the sale of broadcast There’s the pathos factor, too. of the album. some vandals. locked-down, crowdless Olympics rights. About 40% of the IOC’s total The prevailing American Olympic Monte: It’s a song that I did maybe three years ago. Damage to the massive “Big Chair” — what she calls the “Tokyo mod- income is from one source — NBC, TV narratives — emotion-saturated It’s a song about relationships, about someone that made from 3,000 pounds (1,361 kilograms) el” — would fundamentally change the US broadcast rights-holder. And backstories about individuals, backed is telling to the other to have faith in the future, that of cedar and white pine was captured by the experience. “The essence of the estimates suggest canceling the To- by loved ones, working hard and things are going to get better, and not to give up in a surveillance video outside a credit union Games,” Hashimoto said, “will re- kyo Olympics might have cost the triumphing — are typically inter- where the chair sits. The video shows two twined with crowd shots that include very assertive, very positive way. It’s a very hope- males and two females climbing and jump- main the same.” IOC $3 billion to $4 billion. ful love song, and because we are living in such dark They won’t, of course. They al- those very supporters watching the ing on the chair. Accomplishments times in Brazil, in such a tragical historical moment The original chair was built in the late ready aren’t. And in fairness, how achievements happen. here not only because of the pandemic... this song is 1940s and became a popular roadside could they, when part of that very es- Those numbers shout one thing. “That doesn’t carry through when good for people to listen to. attraction. Over the decades it has been sence — the roar of a real, live crowd For all of its focus on the athletes and you can’t pan through to Mom in the AP: You famously sang “Segue o Seco” at an out- rebuilt several times. — has been excised out of (you know their accomplishments, this event was crowd,” Talarico says. “Mom isn’t doors concert in Belo Horizonte and it started pouring The security video captured the moment the phrase by now) an abundance of made to be watched — and, what’s there. She’s still in the same place that right when you fi nished. Are you singing it now to the joints gave way, apparently injuring caution? more, made to be watched by people she was before. I think that makes the help bring some rain to your country? one of the vandals who was seen being During the 18 months of the coro- who aren’t here in Tokyo. crowd aspect of the Olympics even Monte: (Laughs.) I recorded this song in 1993. helped away. navirus pandemic, the relationship “The audience in the venue is no more infl uential than a major league Carlinhos Brown was the composer and he told me: The Bennington Banner reports the between the watched and the watchers longer the economics. The media is baseball game.” weight of the people who climbed on the “We have to sing that because it’s an issue that is in audience-based public events has the economics,” says Robert Thomp- There are mitigating factors to not solved yet.” Of course, in Brazil we always have chair caused the sockets that held the cross pieces to split wide open. Now the chair’s shifted tectonically. Productions that son, director of the Bleier Center for Tokyo’s empty seats during these historical droughts. It was ’93 and it’s maybe getting wooden joints are in splinters and the rope normally happen in front of crowds Television and Popular Culture at Games. Social media fi lls in the gaps worse because of this climatic change and everything. seat is no longer in place. — crowds that, it’s worth noting, both Syracuse University. to some extent; instead of watching a So I have to keep singing to make people conscious “We have people on a daily basis come watch performances and sometimes That was an emerging axiom in the community of watchers, we can now about that. And to maybe help rain to come down. and take pictures with the chair. They drive become an integral part of them — late 20th century, and a more ubiqui- form our own. Also: here specifi cally to see it,” said Linda have changed in various ways. tous one today. But there’s another But it’s not quite the same, is it? M. Bow, the chief business offi cer for Some entertainment venues turned question to ask, too: Does the lack of There’s a reason that young boys LOS ANGELES: Two music superstars will share the the Tri State Area Federal Credit Union’s to presenting performances to people on-site crowds impact the quality of playing driveway basketball stop af- stage this summer when Tony Bennett and Lady Bennington branch. Bow said. “It’s going in parked cars, much like drive-in at-home viewing? ter a shot and shout, “He shoots, he Gaga team up for two nights at New York’s Radio to be hard to replace. It wasn’t meant for movies; one comedian, Erica Rho- On one hand, the vantage points scores!” before cupping their hands City Music Hall. climbing.” (AP) ❑ ❑ ❑ des, fi lmed a TV special outside the from your recliner are better than any- to their mouth to approximate a “One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett Rose Bowl in California and relied thing you could see in person. The best crowd’s roar. There’s nothing like it. and Lady Gaga” opened on Aug, 3, which is Ben- BERLIN: A German federal court ruled on honking horns for the bulk of her ticket at an Olympic venue couldn’t And when TV cameras pan various nett’s 95th birthday. A second performance is set for that the golden shade of the foil wrap on audience response. It added a kinetic, begin to approximate what an NBC Olympic venues and fi nd emptiness, Aug. 5. Lindt & Spruengli’s Gold Bunny, a popular if cacophonous, energy. camera sees. “We’re not only in the or even seats painted in seemingly Lady Gaga and Bennett collaborated on the song chocolate Easter bunny, enjoys protected random drab colors to look as if there “The Lady Is a Tramp” for Bennett’s 2011 “Duets On TV, the iconic game show “The best seats; we’re in seats that don’t status. Price Is Right,” whose fundamental even exist,” Thompson says. are people in them, it’s clear that II” album and their collaborative album “Cheek to The Federal Court of Justice delivered something — that certain something Cheek” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Album its verdict in a battle between Switzer- DNA relies on audience members to And yet ... land’s Lindt and a German company, “come on down!” and become con- There is a very real purpose to that only a crowd can provide — is charts and earned them a Grammy for “Best Tradi- glaringly absent. tional Pop Vocal.” Heilemann, which in 2018 also marketed a testants, shut down for six months crowds, beyond how they impact chocolate bunny in a gold foil wrap. Lindt and then returned with mostly empty athletes and performers who are ac- In the era of screens and of vicari- Earlier this year, Bennett’s family revealed that the ous watching and global live broad- 19-time Grammy-winner was diagnosed with demen- argued that it had a trademark on the color seats and contestants who aren’t sur- tually there. Research has shown that tia in 2016. Promoters say the August concerts will be acquired by use, that its rival had infringed prised to be chosen. at-home audiences watching compe- casts, three simple words, “I was that trademark and that Heilemann should But when it comes to fan interac- tition — and other forms of entertain- there,” still hold power — even if Bennett’s last New York performances of his career. be prevented from selling its product. Meanwhile, the duo Dan + Shay have a new album tion, sports, arguably, have been af- ment — react to the feeling that they you’re one of the ones who aren’t. A state court in Munich ruled against fected the most of all. have proxies who are really in the See Pages 15 and 16 coming out this summer and they’ve added a huge Lindt last year. But the federal court found party to celebrate it. the Swiss company had proven that the A concert at The Great Lawn in Centennial Park gold shade of its bunny had acquired trade- in Nashville, Tennessee, will coincide with the re- mark status by reputation, citing a survey lease of their fourth album, “Good Things.” presented by the manufacturer showing that bunny in Germany, with a market share over seized from their vehicle, the Maine Drug The album’s fi rst single — “10,000 Hours” featur- 70% of respondents associated the hue with 40% in 2017, according to the court. Enforcement Agency said. ing Justin Bieber was released in late 2019 and spent the Lindt product. Federal judges sent the case back to Acting on a tip, police stopped the car 21 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs The court said it didn’t matter that the Munich to determine whether Heilemann on Interstate 295 in Gardiner and a drug- chart. company didn’t use the gold color for all actually infringed on Lindt’s trademark. sniffi ng dog found 4 pounds (2 kilograms) The duo plan to tour again this fall for a 30-date or most of its products, or that the Lindt Germany’s chancellor is Angela Merkel. of cocaine worth $200,000 on the street, trek, beginning Sept. 9 in Greenville, South Caro- bunny has other distinguishing features, (AP) the MDEA said. Also seized was $1,900 such as a red collar. ❑ ❑ ❑ in cash. lina, and ending Dec. 7 in Boston. The tour includes Lindt has sold its Gold Bunny in Ger- About 2 pounds of the cocaine was stops at Madison Square Garden and the Staples many since 1952, and the product has had its NEW YORK: A New York man and a disguised as a marble cake with coffee Center in Los Angeles. current gold shade since 1994. It is by some Maine woman are facing charges over grounds used to cover up the scent, offi cials distance the best-selling chocolate Easter cocaine disguised as a cake that was Merkel Bow said. (AP) ARAB TIMES, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2021 SPORTS 14 O’s slug 4 HRs in rout of Yanks MLB Results/Standings WASHINGTON, Aug 3, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Monday. Cleveland 5 Toronto (10 inn) 2 Baltimore 7 NY Yankees 1 Flexen solid as Mariners trounce Rays Seattle 8 Tampa Bay 2 Texas 4 LA Angels 1 Miami 6 NY Mets 3 NEW YORK, Aug. 3, (AP): Philadelphia 7 Washington 5 Milwaukee 6 Pittsburgh 2 In a game delayed for sev- SF Giants 11 Arizona (10 inn) 8 eral minutes while a bevy American League of groundskeepers tried to East Division corral a scaredy cat in the W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 64 43 .598 _ outfi eld, the Baltimore Ori- Boston 63 44 .589 1 oles hit four solo homers New York 56 49 .533 7 Toronto 54 49 .524 8 off New York newcomer Baltimore 38 67 .362 25 Andrew Heaney and beat Central Division the Yankees 7-1. W L Pct GB The Orioles held a six-run Chicago 62 44 .585 _ Cleveland 52 51 .505 8-1/2 lead in the eighth when the tabby Detroit 51 57 .472 12 emerged from the third base side Kansas City 45 59 .433 16 as Yankees star Aaron Judge bat- Minnesota 44 62 .415 18 ted against Paul Fry. West Division The cat got on the warning track W L Pct GB and dashed back and forth. The feline Houston 64 42 .604 _ climbed up on the low padding along Oakland 60 47 .561 4-1/2 Seattle 57 50 .533 7-1/2 the wall and tried to scale the bullpen Los Angeles 52 54 .491 12 Texas 39 67 .368 25 National League BASEBALL East Division W L Pct GB fence, but kept falling back down. Only New York 55 50 .524 _ Philadelphia 53 53 .500 2-1/2 after 3 1/2 minutes did the cat leave the Atlanta 52 54 .491 3-1/2 fi eld, darting into an open gate near the Washington 49 57 .462 6-1/2 seating area along the third base line. Miami 45 61 .425 10-1/2 Cedric Mullins and Austin Hays hit Central Division back-to-back homers in the third off W L Pct GB Heaney (6-8). Milwaukee 64 43 .598 _ Ryan Mountcastle and Ramón Urías Cincinnati 56 50 .528 7-1/2 also went deep to spoil the debut of St Louis 53 52 .505 10 Chicago 51 56 .477 13 Heaney, who gave up four runs on Pittsburgh 40 66 .377 23-1/2 six hits in six innings with the homers West Division coming in a span of six batters in the third and fourth. W L Pct GB Jorge López (3-12) took a no-hitter San Francisco67 39 .632 _ into the sixth and allowed one run and Los Angeles 64 43 .598 3-1/2 San Diego 61 47 .565 7 one hit in six innings. Baltimore Orioles’ Cedric Mullins watches his solo home run during the third inning of the team’s baseball game against the New York Yankees, on Aug. Colorado 46 60 .434 21 Joey Gallo started in left fi eld and 2, in New York. (AP) Arizona 33 74 .308 34-1/2 ended López’s no-hit bid with a clean double to open the sixth. Wacha (2-3) took the loss. He allowed Giants 11, Diamondbacks 8, 10 the back-end of a double steal in the six runs and eight hits in four innings. Innings fi fth inning, the second time this sea- Mariners 8, Rays 2 Eriksen returns to Milan Brewers 6, Pirates 2 In Phoenix, Buster Posey doubled in son the Rangers stole home. Holt later In St. Petersburg, Fla., Jake Fraley the go-ahead run in the 10th inning and added a sacrifi ce fl y. had a two-run single during a fi ve-run In Milwaukee, Eduardo Escobar hit Dunning (5-7) struck out three, a three-run homer and an RBI triple San Francisco beat Arizona. third, Chris Flexen went 6 2/3 solid in- The Giants extended their NL West walked two and allowed one run on nings, and Seattle beat AL East-lead- to back up Eric Lauer’s fi ve shutout three hits. Spencer Patton worked the Barca optimistic with Depay innings in Milwaukee’s victory over lead to 3 1/2 games over the idle Los ing Tampa Bay. Angeles Dodgers. ninth for his fi rst big league save in Fraley, who was activated before Pittsburgh. three chances as the last-place Rangers Escobar’s two-out triple off Kyle Posey’s double scored Brandon as wait for Messi continues the game after being on the COVID-19 Crawford, who was the runner at second won their third game in a row. injured list since July 18, also made a Keller in the sixth extended the Brew- Angels right-hander Chris Rodri- MADRID, Aug. 3, (AP): Barcelona is Uruguay veteran transferred to eventu- ers’ lead to 2-0. He followed that up to start the 10th. Posey then scored on seeing some positive signs from new al Spanish champion Atlético Madrid. diving catch in left fi eld on Brandon Steven Duggar’s single against Miguel guez (2-1) struck out seven and walked Lowe’s liner in the third. He went 2 for by sending a 421-foot drive to right two while allowing four runs (three signing Memphis Depay as it contin- Messi asked to leave Barcelona a against Nick Mears in the seventh. Aguilar (0-1) and Donovan Solano’s ues to wait for Lionel Messi. year ago but was expected to sign a 4 with a walk and stole a base. squeeze bunt brought in Austin Slater, earned) and four hits in his fi rst big Flexen (10-5) gave up two runs and He also walked twice to reach base on league start. Messi still hasn’t signed his contract new fi ve-year contract. He and the club who had been intentionally walked. seven hits, helping the Mariners move each of his four plate appearances. extension but Depay has already shown have reached an agreement but the new Jarlin Garcia (3-2) pitched two Marlins 6, Mets 3 within three games of Oakland, which Brad Boxberger earned his fourth he could be a big boost to the attack go- deal was yet to be signed as the Argen- scoreless innings for the victory. currently holds the second AL wild save in six opportunities. In Miami, Lewis Brinson connected ing into the new season. The Netherlands tina great remained on vacation. Messi Alex Dickerson hit a grand slam card. The right-hander struck out six Bryse Wilson (2-4) worked fi ve in- for a fi rst-inning grand slam to back international has clicked well with An- was photographed in the Spanish is- to highlight San Francisco’s fi ve-run and walked two. nings and allowed just one run in his Jesús Luzardo in his Miami debut, and toine Griezmann in preseason and will land of Ibiza spending time on a boat fi fth. Mike Yastrzemski and Wilmer Seattle’s Ty France had three hits Pirates debut, but the Brewers feasted the last-place Marlins beat NL East- likely be a key offensive weapon for with Suárez and other friends. Flores also homered for San Francisco with three RBIs, and came within a tri- on Pittsburgh’s bullpen after his depar- leading New York. coach Ronald Koeman. Barcelona had opened its preseason (67-39), which has the majors’ best re- ple of hitting for the cycle. ture. Miguel Rojas had two hits and Depay scored with a 4-0 win over Nastic. It will face cord and leads all teams with 161 hom- scored twice for the Marlins, who end- Randy Arozarena homered as Tam- Lauer (4-4) allowed just three hits, against Stutt- Salzburg on Wednesday before play- pa Bay saw its divisional lead over struck out three and walked nobody. ers. The Diamondbacks got two-run ed a four-game losing streak. gart and had also homers from pinch hitter Josh Reddick Luzardo (3-4) allowed three runs ing Juventus at the Joan Gamper tour- Boston drop to one game. Michael He also hit a batter. found the net in nament at home. It debuts in the Span- and Asdrubal Cabrera. on four hits in fi ve innings. The left- Barcelona’s 3-1 Phillies 7, Nationals 5 hander struck out fi ve, walked three win over Girona and hit a batter. in another presea- In Washington, J.T. Realmuto hit a Pete Alonso hit his 24th homer, a SOCCER go-ahead, two-run single to highlight a son match. solo blast in the third, for the Mets. The 27-year- fi ve-run rally in the ninth inning that Tylor Megill (1-1) gave up fi ve runs carried Philadelphia over Washington. old Depay had ish league on Aug. 15 against Real on six hits in fi ve innings with four been wanted by Trailing 3-2, the Phillies started the strikeouts. Sociedad at the Camp Nou Stadium. winning rally when Ronald Torreyes Koeman for a ❑ ❑ ❑ and Travis Jankowski opened the ninth Indians 5, Blue Jays 2, 10 Innings long time and Depay with singles off Gabe Klobosits (0-1). In Toronto, Jose Ramirez homered fi nally arrived Inter Milan midfi elder Christian Jean Segura doubled off Wander Suero to cap a three-run 10th inning and on a transfer from Lyon after playing Eriksen is back in Italy for the fi rst to tie the game and Realmuto singled Cleveland ended Toronto’s four-game with the Netherlands in the European time since his near-tragic collapse at to put the Phillies ahead. winning streak. Championship. Koeman had known the European Championship. Carter Kieboom hit a two-run homer Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his 34th Depay well from the time he coached Italian media reports Eriksen land- in the bottom of the ninth before Ian home run for the Blue Jays, who lost the Dutch national team in the past. ed in Milan on Tuesday and has al- Kennedy recorded his 17th save and for the fi rst time in four games since Barcelona, whose only title last sea- ready met with Inter CEO Giuseppe fi rst with the Phillies. returning north of the border. son came in the Copa del Rey, also Marotta. Andrew Stevenson hit a pinch-hit Brad Hand (5-6) endured a rocky boosted its attack with veteran Sergio In one of the scariest scenes in soc- homer in the sixth for the Nationals. 10th, opening the inning with a wild Aguero from Manchester City. Also cer history, Eriksen fell face-fi rst onto pitch that allowed automatic runner youngster Ansu Fati - who missed the fi eld during Denmark’s opening Rangers 4, Angels 1 Myles Straw to advance to third. Amed most of last season because of an in- match against Finland on June 12. His In Arlington, Texas, Dane Dunning Rosario lined Hand’s next pitch through jury - will be back, fi ghting for a start- teammates formed a protective wall won consecutive starts for the fi rst time the drawn-in infi eld for an RBI single. ing spot along with Ousmane Dembélé around him as medical workers resus- this season for Texas, and the Rangers Four pitches later, Ramirez homered off and Martin Braithwaite. Braithwaite citated him with a defi brillator. took the lead for good with a double the left fi eld foul screen, his 23rd. Bryan reportedly could be on his way out The 29-year-old Eriksen spent a Seattle Mariners pitcher Chris Flexen delivers to the Tampa Bay Rays dur- steal in a win over Los Angeles. Shaw (4-5) worked one inning for the after failing to establish himself as a week in the hospital, where he had a ing the fi rst inning of a baseball game on Aug. 2, in St. Petersburg, Fla. Brock Holt scored the tiebreaking win and Emmanuel Clase fi nished for regular starter last season, when Barce- type of pacemaker fi tted, before going (AP) run with a headfi rst slide into home on his 14th save in 18 opportunities. lona was without Luis Suárez after the home to Denmark to recover. Springsteen falls short in qualifi er

Jessica Springsteen had no luck going solo in was formally eliminated about an hour after riding. United States’ Jessica Tokyo. Perhaps she’ll do better with a band. She’ll ride again Friday night as part of Amer- Springsteen, riding Don The daughter of famed rocker Bruce Spring- ica’s four-rider entry in the jumping team event. Juan van de Donkho- steen and his E Street Band wife, Patti Scialfa, “All in all, I’m thrilled with the round and I’m eve, competes during failed to qualify for the Olympic individual jump- excited for the rest of the week,” she said. the equestrian jumping ing fi nals at Tokyo’s Equestrian Park on Tues- Springsteen learned to ride on her family’s individual qualifying at day night. horse farm in Colts Neck, New Jersey, and she Equestrian Park in Tokyo The 29-year-old’s Olympic debut was off to was an alternate for the London Games in 2012 at the 2020 Summer a strong start on the 14-jump course before her but didn’t participate. Olympics, on Aug. 3, in horse got uneasy around the 11th obstacle, and She’s been riding 12-year-old Don Juan van Tokyo, Japan. (AP) the pair earned four penalty points for knocking de Donkehove - he answers just fi ne to Don - down a rail. That put her on the bubble of the for about two years. The duo arrived in Tokyo 73-horse fi eld for one of 30 spots in the fi nal. She ranked 14th in the world. (AP)

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Mexico to play Japan for bronze medal Brazil and Spain set for men’s Olympic soccer gold-medal game SAITAMA, Japan, Aug. 3, (AP): De- Aguirre, and Johan Vasquez’s attempt Brazil won its fi rst Olympic title at on a Japan Airlines fl ight to Sydney last Olympic Medalists fending champion Brazil will face then hit the post. Reinier converted the the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games in a Friday. Spain for the Olympic gold medal in winning kick for Brazil. penalty shootout with Germany. Ney- Australian Olympic Committee men’s soccer on Saturday. Mexico will play Japan for the mar converted the clinching penalty at chief executive Matt Carroll says rugby Spain beat host Japan 1-0 Tuesday the iconic Maracana Stadium. and soccer offi cials “have told me that ATHLETICS Knight, Elinor Barker) with Marco Asensio scoring a curling Spain’s only Olympic title also came such behavior is certainly not accept- BRONZE: United States (Chloe shot in the 115th minute in Saitama. SOCCER at home - at the 1992 Barcelona Games. able within their sports.” Men’s 400m Hurdles Dygert, Megan Jastrab, Jennifer Brazil was taken to penalties by Mex- The country’s last fi nal was at the 2000 Australian teams in men’s soccer and GOLD: Karsten Warholm, Norway Valente, Emma White, Lily SILVER: Rai Benjamin, United Williams) ico, winning the shootout 4-1 after a Sydney Games, losing to Cameroon. men’s and women’s rugby all failed to States scoreless draw in Kashima. bronze medal in Saitama on Friday. Meanwhile, the Australian Olympic win medals. The women’s soccer team BRONZE: Alison dos Santos, Brazil DIVING Brazil goalkeeper Santos stopped The gold-medal match is set for Satur- team says some of its athletes were re- is still in Japan and will play the United Men’s Pole Vault Men’s 3m Springboard Mexico’s fi rst penalty from Eduardo day in Yokohama. sponsible for “unacceptable behavior” States for bronze. GOLD: Armand Duplantis, Sweden GOLD: Siyi Xie, China SILVER: Christopher Nilsen, United SILVER: Zongyuan Wang, China States BRONZE: Jack Laugher, Britain BRONZE: Thiago Braz, Brazil Women’s 200m GYMNASTICS GOLD: Elaine Thompson-Herah, Men’s Horizontal Bar Jamaica GOLD: Daiki Hashimoto, Japan SILVER: Christine Mboma, Namibia SILVER: Tin Srbic, Croatia BRONZE: Gabrielle Thomas, BRONZE: Nikita Nagornyy, ROC United States Men’s Parallel Bars Women’s 800m GOLD: Jingyuan Zou, China GOLD: Athing Mu, United States SILVER: Lukas Dauser, Germany SILVER: Keely Hodgkinson, Britain BRONZE: Ferhat Arican, Turkey BRONZE: Raevyn Rogers, United Women’s Balance Beam States GOLD: Chenchen Guan, China Women’s Hammer Throw SILVER: Xijing Tang, China GOLD: Anita Wlodarczyk, Poland BRONZE: Simone Biles, United SILVER: Zheng Wang, China States BRONZE: Malwina Kopron, Poland Women’s Long Jump SAILING GOLD: Malaika Mihambo, Germany Men’s Skiff - 49er SILVER: Brittney Reese, United GOLD: Britain (Dylan Fletcher, States Stuart Bithell) BRONZE: Ese Brume, Nigeria SILVER: New Zealand (Peter Burling, Blair Tuke) BOXING BRONZE: Germany (Erik Heil, Men’s Welter (63-69kg) Thomas Ploessel) GOLD: Roniel Iglesias, Cuba Men’s One Person Dinghy SILVER: Pat McCormack, Britain (Heavyweight) - Finn BRONZE: Andrei Zamkovoi, ROC GOLD: Giles Scott, Britain BRONZE: Aidan Walsh, Ireland SILVER: Zsombor Berecz, Hungary Women’s Feather (54-57kg) BRONZE: Joan Cardona Mendez, GOLD: Sena Irie, Japan Spain SILVER: Nesthy Petecio, Women’s Skiff - 49er FX Philippines BRONZE: Karriss Artingstall, GOLD: Brazil (Martine Grael, Britain Kahena Kunze) BRONZE: Irma Testa, Italy SILVER: Germany (Tina Lutz, Susann Beucke) CANOE SPRINT BRONZE: Netherlands (Annemiek Men’s Canoe Double 1000m Bekkering, Annette Duetz) GOLD: Cuba (Serguey Torres Mixed Multihull - Nacra 17 Madrigal, Fernando Dayan Jorge Foiling Enriquez) GOLD: Italy (Ruggero Tita, Caterina SILVER: China (Hao Liu, Pengfei Banti) Zheng) SILVER: Britain (John Gimson, BRONZE: Germany (Sebastian Anna Burnet) Brendel, Tim Hecker) BRONZE: Germany (Paul Kohlhoff, Men’s Kayak Single 1000m Alica Stuhlemmer) GOLD: Balint Kopasz, Hungary SILVER: Adam Varga, Hungary WEIGHTLIFTING BRONZE: Fernando Pimenta, Men’s 109kg Portugal GOLD: Akbar Djuraev, Uzbekistan Women’s Kayak Single 200m SILVER: Simon Martirosyan, Spain’s Mikel Merino (8) and Japan’s Wataru Endo vie for the ball in a men’s semifi nal soccer match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 3, in Saitama, GOLD: Lisa Carrington, New Armenia Japan. (AP) Zealand BRONZE: Arturs Plesnieks, Latvia SILVER: Teresa Portela, Spain BRONZE: Emma Aastrand WRESTLING Jorgensen, Denmark Men’s Greco-Roman 77kg Women’s Kayak Double 500m GOLD: Tamas Lorincz, Hungary GOLD: New Zealand (Lisa SILVER: Akzhol Makhmudov, Carrington, Caitlin Regal) Kyrgyzstan SILVER: Poland (Karolina Naja, BRONZE: Shohei Yabiku, Japan BRONZE: Rafig Huseynov, US reach Olympic Anna Pulawska) BRONZE: Hungary (Danuta Kozak, Azerbaijan Dora Bodonyi) Men’s Greco-Roman 97kg GOLD: Musa Evloev, ROC CYCLING TRACK SILVER: Artur Aleksanyan, Men’s Team Sprint Armenia GOLD: Netherlands (Jeffrey BRONZE: Tadeusz Michalik, Hoogland, Harrie Lavreysen, Roy Poland van den Berg, Matthijs Buchli) BRONZE: Mohammadhadi Saravi, semis, oust Spain SILVER: Britain (Jack Carlin, Jason Iran Kenny, Ryan Owens) Women’s Freestyle 68kg BRONZE: France (Florian Grengbo, GOLD: Tamyra Mariama Mensah Rayan Helal, Sebastien Vigier) Stock, United States Slovenia, France and Australia advance Women’s Team Pursuit SILVER: Blessing Oborududu, April Ross, of the United States, GOLD: Germany (Franziska Nigeria returns a shot during a women’s Brausse, Lisa Brennauer, Lisa BRONZE: Alla Cherkasova, beach volleyball match against SAITAMA, Japan, Aug 3, 27 points. any serious dent in Slovenia’s lead. Klein, Mieke Kroeger) Ukraine Germany at the 2020 Summer SILVER: Britain (Katie Archibald, BRONZE: Meerim Zhumanazarova, (AP): Back and forth they Doncic wasn’t sharp early in the 10 The Slovenians will face either un- Neah Evans, Laura Kenny, Josie Kyrgyzstan Olympics, on Aug. 3, in Tokyo, Ja- a.m. local start but picked it up in the beaten France or Italy on Thursday in pan. (AP) went, the reigning Olympic second half with his scoring and play- the semifi nals. champions from the U.S. on making to keep Germany from making They are 17-0 in competition with Doncic, now looking to add Olympic Latvia, Australia knock out Canada one side, the reigning Bas- gold to the European championship ketball World Cup cham- they won in 2017. pions from Spain on the France 84, Italy 75 US still strong on Olympic beach other. Rudy Gobert scored 22 points, Evan The difference: The Americans Fournier had 21 and France advanced TOKYO, Aug 3, (AP): Three-time had Kevin Durant. to the men’s basketball semifi nals in gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings He’s never gone to the Olympics the Olympics for the fi rst time since missed out on her bid to qualify for a Dominican Republic and not won gold - and clearly, doesn’t 2000 by beating Italy 84-75 on Tues- sixth trip to the Summer Games. For- plan on that changing. Durant scored day. tysomething four-time Olympians Phil eliminate Israel 7-6 29 points to keep his quest for a third Thomas Heurtel made the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2:18 remaining after Dalhausser and Jake Gibb both retired YOKOHAMA, Japan, Aug. 3, (AP): Olympic title alive, and the Ameri- after getting knocked out in Tokyo. cans are headed to the medal round Italy had erased a 14-point defi cit and Jose Bautista had a game-ending sin- Gobert had a couple of late buckets to Defending Olympic champion Laura gle for his fi rst Olympic hit and bat after ousting Spain 95-81 on Tuesday Ludwig is heading back to Germany fi nish it out, including a spinning slam fl ip, which followed Johan Mieses’ ty- in a quarterfi nal matchup at the Tokyo for the fi nal basket. after losing to the U.S. in the quarter- ing home run off Zack Weiss leading Games. fi nals on Tuesday. Simone Fontecchio scored 23 points off the ninth inning, and the Domini- and Danilo Gallinari had 21 points and April Ross just keeps on playing. can Republic eliminated Israel with a United States’ Kevin Durant (7) The 2012 silver and 2016 bronze 10 rebounds for their Italians, who 7-6 win Tuesday night. BASKETBALL drives to the basket over Spain’s were in their fi rst Olympics since win- medalist joined with Alix Klineman to The Dominicans (2-2), who opened Ricky Rubio (9) during a men’s beat Ludwig and Maggie Kozuch 21- ning the silver medal in 2004. the game with a strange bunt double basketball quarterfi nal round game France was knocked out in the quar- 19, 21-19 on Tuesday, leaving Ross as by Emilio Bonifacio, will play the Jayson Tatum scored 13 and Jrue at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on terfi nals of the last two Olympics and the last woman with an Olympic medal United States (2-1) on Wednesday, Holiday added 12 for the U.S., which Aug. 3, in Saitama, Japan. (AP) hadn’t been further since reaching the still standing at the Shiokaze Park and the winner of that game will play will play either Australia or Argen- gold-medal game in 2000. beach volleyball venue. for a gold medal game berth against tina in the semifi nals on Thursday. The But the French won bronze medals Dominican Republic’s Jose Bau- the loser of the Japan-South Korea Americans also gave themselves the in the 2014 and 2019 Basketball World semifinal. chance of extending a streak like none BEACH VOLLEYBALL tista hits the game winning RBI Cups and maybe this is fi nally the time single during the ninth inning of a Israel (1-4), which had knocked out other in Olympic basketball history - in for this group to break through on the baseball game against Israel at the Mexico, took a 6-5 lead when Danny all 18 of their previous Olympic men’s Olympic stage. 2020 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 3, Valencia hit two-run homer off Jumbo basketball appearances, they’ve gone A victory in the semifi nals against in Yokohama, Japan. (AP) Diaz in the eighth inning. home with a medal. Ricky Rubio was Australia 97, Argentina 59 Switzerland would clinch at worst a brilliant for Spain, scoring 38 points Australia has two more chances to silver; a loss would put them in the this week when fi rst Dalhausser, then and Sergio Rodriguez added 16. fi nally secure its fi rst major men’s in- third-place match. In the other semi- Gibb said after they were eliminated BASEBALL Slovenia 94, Germany 70 ternational medal. fi nal match, Tina Graudina and Ana- that they are going to retire. And a matchup with the U.S. awaits. Luka Doncic and Slovenia need one stasija Kravcenoka of Latvia will face But there’s no reason for Ross to Patty Mills scored 18 points, Australia Mariafe Artacho and Taliqua Clancy Weiss (1-1), who made his only win for a medal in their Olympic bas- used a 25-0 run in the second half to turn think about the future - at least not ketball debut. of Australia after both beat Canadian beyond Thursday’s semifi nal against big league appearance for Cincinnati a close game into a runaway, and the teams in the quarterfi nals. in 2018, had already pitched 2 2/3 in- Wins are all Doncic ever gets when Boomers beat Argentina 97-59 on Tues- The Australians knocked out the No. Switzerland’s Joana Heidrich and nings when Mieses sent a drive that he wears his country’s uniform. day night in the fourth and fi nal men’s 1 seed in the tournament, Sarah Pavan Anouk Verge-Depre, who beat Brazil’s nearly cleared the left-fi eld seats, end- Doncic had 20 points, 11 assists and quarterfi nal at the Tokyo Olympics. and Melissa Humana-Paredes, 21-15, Rebecca and Ana Patricia 21-19, 18- ing an 0 for 7 tournament. eight rebounds, and Slovenia beat Ger- Germany’s Isaac Bonga (0), (right), Australia gave up 22 points in the 19-21, 15-12. 21, 15-12 on Tuesday. It was the fourth home run allowed many 94-70 on Tuesday in the opening drives to the basket past Slovenia’s fi rst 10 minutes; it allowed 26 points A 41-year-old Californian who al- And this time she has the 31-year- by the 29-year-old right-hander. game of the men’s quarterfi nals. Luka Doncic (77) during men’s in the next 25 minutes, remaining un- ready has said she is eyeing the 2024 old Klineman to keep her young. She Melky Cabrera singled, and Bautista Zoran Dragic got Slovenia off to a basketball quarterfi nal game at the beaten at these Olympics and possibly Paris Games, Ross inherited senior sta- is Ross’ third partner in as many Olym- came up with two outs and pinch-run- fast start by making his fi rst six shots 2020 Summer Olympics, on Aug. 3, closing the international career of Ar- tus on the U.S. beach volleyball team pics, and the fi rst that is younger. ner Yefri Pérez on third. and fi nished 11 for 13 en route to his in Saitama, Japan. (AP) gentina’s Luis Scola. 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Akbar Djuraev of Uzbekistan competes in the men’s 109 kg weightlifting event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com WLODARCZYK CLINCHES 3RD STRAIGHT TITLE, RARE GOLD FOR AMERICAN WRESTLER Biles returns to Olympics, wins bronze; Thompson-Herah ‘sweeps’ sprint again Irie beats Petecio in featherweight ﬁ nal

TOKYO, Aug 3, (AP): switching out a dismount that required her to twist for one with two simpler Simone Biles isn’t going backfl ips instead, a skill she hadn’t home with a fi stful of gold done in competition in 12 years, half a medals. A mental block - lifetime ago. Even with the degree of diffi culty lowered, she earned a 14.000, one brought on by exhaus- good enough for third behind tion or stress or something Biles (14.000) earned her seventh the American gymnastics career Olympic medal - tied with Shannon Miller for the most by an star still can’t quite grasp - American in gymnastics - by drilling that forced her to pull out a slightly watered-down version of her of four Olympic fi nals saw usual routine in front of a crowd that included IOC President Thomas Bach. to that. Chinese gymnasts Guan Chenchen Yet standing on the podium and Tang Xijing swept the gold and Tuesday, a bronze medal hanging silver in balance beam. around her neck and tears in her Guan took the gold with a score of eyes, the 24-year-old Biles may 14.633, ahead of Tang (14.233). have claimed something far more Daiki Hashimoto of Japan picked up valuable: a piece of herself back. a third medal in men’s gymnastics. The From the “twisties” that have haunt- Olympic all-around champion added ed her for a week. From the endless gold on high bar by posting a score of speculation about her state of mind. 15.066. From the hype machine - one, admit- Tin Srbic of Croatia was second tedly, she fed into at times - that set and Russian gymnast Nikita Nagornyy expectations so high coming to Tokyo took bronze. The medal was the third nothing short of the impossible would for Nagornyy in Tokyo. have been enough. Zou Jingyuan of China captured It all became too much. A week ago, gold on parallel bars. Zou’s winning her internal wires got crossed when she score of 16.233 was the highest on hopped on uneven bars during practice. any event by any gymnast during the Suddenly, she couldn’t spin. She could nine days of competition at the Ariake barely move. She still doesn’t quite Gymnastics Centre. know why. And if she’s being honest, Zou topped qualifying with a score the wires still aren’t reconnected. She’s of 16.166 but went even higher in the not sure when they will be. fi nals, giving him a gold to go with the Biles and coach Cecile Landi ad- bronze he won in the team competition justed her routine to ease her anxiety, last week. Lukas Dauser of Germany grabbed France’s Rudy Gobert (27) drives to the basket over Italy’s Achille Polonara (left), and Nicolo Melli during a men’s basketball quarterfi nal round game at silver after posting a 15.700, just ahead the 2020 Summer Olympics in Saitama, Japan. France won 84-75. (AP) – See Page 15 of Ferhat Arican of Turkey, who took bronze. Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland won The 35-year-old Wlodarczyk added American Sam Mikulak, competing the gold medal in women’s hammer the Tokyo title to her victories at Rio in his third Olympics, fi nished sixth in throw at a third consecutive Olympics. de Janeiro and London with a mark of the eight-man fi nal. The 28-year-old 78.48 meters. Al-Yoha misses semis Mikulak is retiring following a career Wang Zheng of China took the sil- in which he won six U.S. titles. Medals Table ver medal at 77.03 and Malwina Ko- TOKYO, Aug 3, (KUNA): Ku- Al-Yoha ran his season’s best Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica pron ensured Poland had two people wait’s Yaqoub Al-Yoha was un- 13.69 seconds in Heat 2 at the completed her second straight Olympic on the podium by winning the bronze able to advance to the semifinals Olympic Stadium. sprint sweep, fi nishing the 200 meters medal at 75.49. in the men’s 110-meter hurdles at The top four runners in each heat TOKYO, Aug 3: Olympic Games med- Karsten Warholm of Norway oblit- in 21.53 seconds, the second-fastest als table on Tuesday. the Tokyo Olympics after finish- and the next four fastest qualified to time in history. China 32 21 16 69 erated his own world record in the ing seventh in his heat on Tuesday. the semifinals on Wednesday. Thompson-Herah topped surprise United States 24 28 21 73 Olympic 400-meter hurdles, fi nishing Japan 19 6 11 36 in 45.94 to crack the old mark by .76. second-place fi nisher Christine Mbo- Australia 14 4 15 33 ma of Namibia by .48, while American ROC 13 21 18 52 One of the most anticipated races on Britain had won the gold medal the and overtake Martirosyan for the gold Gabby Thomas took bronze. Great Britain 13 17 13 43 the program more than lived up to the previous three Summer Olympics. medal spot with a total of 430kg. This was a star-studded fi nal, de- Germany 8 8 14 30 hype. Second-place fi nisher Rai Ben- The world champion Americans led Martirosyan had two attempts for France 6 10 8 24 Netherlands 6 7 7 20 jamin of the United States fi nished in the whole way in beating Canada for the gold but didn’t lock his arms out South Korea 6 4 9 19 46.17, a mark that also beat the record the bronze medal. on the fi rst lift. OLYMPICS New Zealand 6 4 5 15 Warholm set last month. The Netherlands romped past Brit- Arturs Plesnieks of Latvia took the Italy 5 9 15 29 This time, it was good for only sec- Armand Duplantis of Sweden re- Hungary 4 4 3 11 ain in Olympic-record time to win the bronze with a total of 410kg. acts during the fi nal of the men’s fi ned as much by who didn’t fi nish on Cuba 4 3 4 11 ond. Warholm fl ashed that trademark men’s team sprint at the Izu Velodrome. Tamyra Mensah-Stock of the United pole vault at the 2020 Summer the podium as who did. Czech Republic 4 3 1 8 look of amazement when he crossed The team of Jeffrey Hoogland, Roy States defeated Blessing Oborududu of Canada 3 4 7 14 the line fi rst. Alison dos Santos of Bra- Olympics in Tokyo. (AP) Thompson’s Jamaican teammate, Switzerland 3 4 5 12 van den Berg and Harrie Lavreysen Nigeria 4-1 in the women’s 68-kilo- Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, fi nished Brazil 3 3 8 14 zil fi nished third and six of the eight stopped the clock in 41.369 seconds gram freestyle wrestling fi nal to claim fourth and Shaune Miller-Uibo, who Croatia 3 3 2 8 runners broke either a world, continen- to easily beat the British, who had the second Olympic gold medal ever Chinese Taipei 2 4 4 10 tal or national record. for an American female wrestler. focused on the 200 instead of defend- Sweden 2 3 0 5 claimed the last three gold medals in ing her title in the 400, came in last. Poland 2 2 2 6 Armand Duplantis of Sweden won the three-lap Mensah-Stock defeated 2016 the Olympic gold medal in the pole Miller-Uibo is still in the mix for the Denmark 2 1 3 6 race. Olympic gold medalist Sara Dosho 400, after fi nishing fi rst in a prelimi- Jamaica 2 1 2 5 vault. The 21-year-old Duplantis 10-0 in the fi rst round and beat Feng Norway 2 1 1 4 clinched victory at the Tokyo Games The British nary heat earlier Tuesday. Slovenia 2 1 1 4 team of Ryan Zhao of China 10-0 by technical su- Thompson-Herah joins another Ja- Ecuador 2 1 0 3 with a height of 6.02 meters and then periority in the quarterfi nals. She de- Greece 2 0 1 3 raised the bar to 6.19 meters in a bid to Owens, Jack maican, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Carlin and Ja- feated former world champion Alla and Barbel Wookel of the former East Uzbekistan 2 0 1 3 break his own world record. Kosovo 2 0 0 2 son Kenny led Cherkasova of Ukraine 10-4 in the Germany as the third back-to-back Qatar 2 0 0 2 Duplantis missed all three times semifi nals. by the slimmest champion in the 200. Spain 1 4 4 9 when he tried to improve on the world Mensah-Stock joins Helen Maroulis Thompson-Herah’s time is topped Georgia 1 4 1 6 record mark of 6.18 meters he set in margins after as American women to win gold. Ma- Romania 1 3 0 4 the fi rst lap but only by Florence Griffi th Joyner’s run Venezuela 1 3 0 4 Glasgow last year. roulis won the 53kg class in 2016. of 21.34 at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. Hong Kong 1 2 0 3 Christopher Nilsen of the United was unable to Cherkasova defeated Dosho in a Athing Mu won the 800-meter gold South Africa 1 2 0 3 States took silver with a personal best Thompson-Herah keep up the bronze medal match. The other bronze Slovakia 1 2 0 3 pace. The Dutch medal for the United States in her fi rst Austria 1 1 3 5 of 5.97 meters. Thiago Braz of Brazil went to Meerim Zhumanazarova of Olympics after leading almost from Indonesia 1 1 3 5 won bronze at 5.87 meters. pulled after the second lap and wound Kyrgyzstan. start to fi nish. Serbia 1 1 3 5 Germany became the fi rst wom- up easing up across the fi nish line. Russian wrestler Musa Evloev de- Belgium 1 1 1 3 The British fi nished in a time of Mu was never seriously challenged Ethiopia 1 1 1 3 en’s pursuit team to beat Britain in feated Artur Aleksanyan of Armenia down the home straight as she strode Philippines 1 1 0 2 an Olympic fi nal, breaking theirown 44.589 seconds. 5-1 in the Greco-Roman 97-kilogram away to win in 1 minute, 55.21 sec- Tunisia 1 1 0 2 world record with a time of 4:04.259 France easily beat Australia in the fi nal. Simone Biles of the United States Turkey 1 0 5 6 matchup for the bronze medal. onds. Ireland 1 0 2 3 in track cycling at the Izu Velodrome. Tadeusz Michalik of Poland and reacts after performing on the bal- Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson won The team of Franziska Brausse, Akbar Djuraev of Uzbekistan ance beam during the artistic gym- Israel 1 0 2 3 Mohammadhadi Saravi if Iran took the silver medal in 1:55.88 and Raevyn Belarus 1 0 1 2 Lisa Brennauer, Lisa Klein and Mieke won gold in the men’s 109-kilogram bronze nastics women’s apparatus fi nal at Estonia 1 0 1 2 Rogers came from nowhere to clinch Fiji 1 0 1 2 Kroege led the British by nearly 2 weightlifting class after world-record Tamas Lorincz of Hungary defeated the 2020 Summer Olympics Tokyo, holder Simon Martirosyan failed two Japan. (AP) the bronze on the fi nish line and give Iran 1 0 1 2 seconds by the midway point of the Akzhol Makhmudov of Kyrgyzstan the Americans a double celebration at Latvia 1 0 1 2 4,000-meter race and never looked lifts for the gold medal. 2-1 in the Greco-Roman 77-kilogram Bermuda 1 0 0 1 the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo. Morocco 1 0 0 1 back. The British wound up fi nishing Djuraev failed a clean and jerk at 234 men’s wrestling fi nal. The result confi rms the 19-year-old Puerto Rico 1 0 0 1 in 4:10.607. kilograms but returned to lift 237kg Lorincz was a silver medalist in the Mu as the new star of the women’s 800. Thailand 1 0 0 1 66kg event at the 2012 London Olym- Malaika Mihambo of Germany took Armenia 0 2 1 3 Colombia 0 2 1 3 pics. Makhmudov was competing in the top spot in the women’s long jump Dominican Rep. 0 2 1 3 his fi rst Olympics. with a 7-meter leap on her fi nal attempt Ukraine 0 1 6 7 Shohei Yabiku of Japan and Rafi g and edged U.S. veteran Brittney Reese Mongolia 0 1 2 3 Portugal 0 1 2 3 Huseynov of Azerbaijan won bronze. for the Olympic gold medal. India 0 1 1 2 Sena Irie of Japan claimed the fi rst- Mihambo won the world champion- Kenya 0 1 1 2 ever women’s featherweight boxing ship title in 2019 and fi nished just off Kyrgyzstan 0 1 1 2 Nigeria 0 1 1 2 gold medal with a unanimous decision the podium in fourth place at the 2016 San Marino 0 1 1 2 over the Philippines’ Nesthy Petecio. Olympics. Uganda 0 1 1 2 Irie became the fi rst female boxer The 34-year-old Reese now has Bulgaria 0 1 0 1 Jordan 0 1 0 1 to win a medal for Japan when she back-to-back Olympic silver medals at North Macedonia 0 1 0 1 secured the fi rst gold of the Tokyo the Tokyo Games and from Rio de Ja- Namibia 0 1 0 1 boxing tournament by sweeping the neiro after winning the title at London Turkmenistan 0 1 0 1 third round on all fi ve judges’ cards in 2012. Azerbaijan 0 0 3 3 Kazakhstan 0 0 3 3 at the Kokugikan Arena. Irie’s crisper The four-time world champion had Mexico 0 0 3 3 punches won over the judges in a bout the chance to win with the fi nal jump of Egypt 0 0 2 2 with plenty of clinching. the competition but couldn’t improve Argentina 0 0 1 1 Côte d’Ivoire 0 0 1 1 Petecio settled for the Philippines’ on her best mark of 6.97 meters. Finland 0 0 1 1 fi rst boxing medal of any kind since Akbar Djuraev of Uzbekistan holds Ese Brume of Nigeria, who led af- Ghana 0 0 1 1 1996, but Manny Pacquiao’s home up his gold medal in men’s 109kg ter the fi rst round and was in top spot Kuwait 0 0 1 1 nation is in contention for at least two Malaysia 0 0 1 1 Philippines’s Nesthy Petecio, (right), exchanges punches with Japan’s weightlifting, during the event med- again after the fourth, also fi nished Note: Table reads as gold, silver, more medals in Tokyo. als ceremony at the 2020 Summer on 6.97-meters and took bronze on a bronze and total Sena Irie during their women’s featherweight 60-kg fi nal boxing match at Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. (AP) countback. the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. (AP) Medalists – See Page 15

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