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By Saeed Mahmoud Saleh Arab Times Staff KUWAIT CITY, July 12: MP Muhannad Al- Sayer has forwarded queries to His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid about the latter’s statement that Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) published on June 3, 2020 regarding Proposals the plan of the govern- ment to address the de- mographic imbalance due on 60s issue in three stages in KUWAIT CITY, July 12: A so- order to reach the ideal lution to the problem of expatri- proportion -- 70 per- ates who are 60 years and above cent Kuwaitis and 30 is expected to be announced percent expatriates. soon, reports Al-Rai daily. The expatriates who are He wants to know the mea- above 60 and do not hold grad- sures that the government has uation certificates are facing taken since HH the Prime the prospect of being deported Minister issued the press from the country because the statement one year ago; legal, government refuses to renew administrative and technical their work permits, but a gov- bases of the press statement; ernment source indicated the studies carried out by the gov- Council of Ministers is await- ernment in this regard; if the A police vehicle patrols a tent camp near the Muslim holy city of Makkah, ahead of the upcoming annual Hajj pilgrimage, July 12. The pilgrimage to Makkah required ing a proposal to be submitted three stages are based on sta- once in a lifetime of every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to make it, used to draw more than 2 million people. But for a second straight year it has by the Minister of Commerce been curtailed due to the coronavirus with only vaccinated people in Saudi Arabia able to participate. (AP) tistics; and period of imple- and Industry Abdullah Al- menting these three stages. Salman, who is also chairman Meanwhile, MP Hesham Al- of the board of directors of the Saleh asked Minister of Finance Lawyers to appeal Public Authority for Manpower and Minister of State for Eco- Opinion (PAM). nomic and Investment Affairs While the source confirmed Khalifa Hamada about the num- “it is illogical to force the ex- ber of cases that citizens have patriates to leave after spending filed against the decisions of Jordan jails 2 in plot all these years of long service the Public Institution for Social in the country,” other sources Security (PIFSS) since January Travel, enjoy ... then AMMAN, Jordan, July 12, (AP): stressed said “the goal now is 2019 till date, how many verdicts A Jordanian state security court on not to burden the state with the were in favor of the citizens, and Monday sentenced two former offi- cost of their continued stay in how many of these verdicts have cials to serve 15 years in prison over Newswatch Kuwait in terms of medical ser- been implemented. an alleged plot against the Western- vices because the health sector MP Marzouq Al-Khalifa dis- seize and chain them closed that Hamada gave unsat- allied monarchy involving the half- is already suffering from pres- brother of King Abdullah II. sure from citizens and residents, isfactory responses to his queries KUWAIT CITY: In commemoration about the deal settled by Wafra Bassem Awadallah, who has U.S. of the Day of Arafat and Eid Al-Ad- not to mention the increasing By Ahmed Al-Jarallah them? citizenship and once served as a top ha, offi cial holidays will commence burden caused by the Covid-19 Company, which is owned by PIFSS, for the purchase of Al- Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times There are tens of thousands of law- aide to King Abdullah II, and Sharif on Sunday, July 18 and end on July pandemic. suits in the courts concerning rents. The Hassan bin Zaid, a member of the 22, Thursday, said the Kuwaiti Cabi- The sources explained that Raya Tower Two. He said the “TO our brothers and sisters who want to banks demand the repayment of loans, royal family, were found guilty of net. “from here, the solution lies minister concealed some impor- tant information and this indi- travel ... Travel and enjoy” — these are and hundreds of thousands of workers are sedition and incitement charges. According to the offi cial twit- not in imposing incapacitating cates the deal is suspicious as it the words of the Deputy Prime Minister, demanding their salaries. They are alleged to have conspired ter account of the Cabinet, all state fees on this segment of expa- with Prince Hamzah, the king’s half- is aimed at granting privileges Minister of Defense, and Chairman of the From where will the employers get the bodies and ministries will cease op- triates as much as in provid- COVID-19 Emergency Committee who is brother, and to have sought foreign erations during the offi cial holidays. to traders at the expense of the money to pay such fi nancial liabilities? ing health insurance to relieve retirees. He intends to submit directly concerned with all the precaution- assistance. (KUNA) Have you thought about this complex is- Awadallah’s U.S.-based lawyer ❑ ❑ ❑ the state of this burden if they another set of queries to the min- ary measures ordered by that committee. sue? slammed the verdict, saying there need medical care,” noting ister whom he might grill if he is We must ask — If people can travel and You may say “We do not have the had been a “complete lack of due KUWAIT CITY: The government de- that “one of the scenarios put not satisfied with the answers to enjoy themselves, will they be allowed money to pay the affected” while you process” and that his client had nied on Monday news regarding the forward is linking health in- the second set of queries. to return? Will the minister abandon the continue with your procedures. This did resignation of the Health Minister surance to this segment for the suffered “inhumane treatment, in- Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Humoud Al- crippling measures he imposed on travel- not happen in any country around the cluding beatings and psychological period of stay, provided that Contracts ers and returnees? In other words, does Sabah. it is real and comprehensive world such as in France, Britain, Germa- torture.” Lawyers for both defen- Government spokesman Tareq Al- MP Mubarak Al-Arow also the committee agree on one opinion, or ny, the United States, and even in Bahrain dants said they would appeal the Mezrem, in a tweet, said that rumors health insurance.” asked Hamada about the Kuwaitis does each member have his nights to sing and the United Arab Emirates. verdict. circulating on social media regarding Meanwhile, PAM said 35 and foreigners who have received about? The governments there borrowed to They two men were swept up in a the resignation of the Health Minister employees working in the au- commissions for purchase and The Minister of Health prevented peo- compensate the affected ones, because wave of arrests in April and Hamzah were not true. (KUNA) thority have been referred to supply contracts in the last five ple who were not vaccinated from trave- they simply worked according to a well- was placed under house arrest. The ❑ ❑ ❑ the Legal Affairs Department years and the amount of commis- ling, and prevented the return of those studied vision. On the other hand, we con- rare public rift at the highest levels for passing illegal transactions sion given to each of them. KUWAIT CITY: There is an ongoing MP Abdulkareem Al-Kandari stranded abroad. He imposed the use of sidered people as if they were all sinners, of the monarchy sent jitters across for people who are above 60 the region and exposed deep-rooted coordination to resume fl ights to Mo- holding high school diploma urged Minister of Oil and High- “Kuwait Mosafer” application, which and so you applied to them two verses of rocco from the beginning of August. frustrates people with its complexi- economic and social challenges in the and below. er Education Dr Muhammad the Holy Quran — “Seize and chain him, country, which has long been seen as This is based on the recent approval Al-Fares to rectify errors in the ties. Because of it, many Kuwaitis were then cast him into the burning hellfi re”. of the Council of Ministers to resume The sources revealed the au- a bastion of stability. tomated information system of admission of students to univer- stranded at airports all around the world, Despite that, you ask them to be at ease, Hamzah denied the allegations in direct fl ights with 12 countries in- sities and scholarships, investi- and there seems to be no sign of hope to as if you are giving us good tidings after cluding Spain, reports Al-Qabas daily PAM revealed work permits video statements released in April after were issued for this category of gate the issue, and make sure the solve their case. the apocalypse, while you fail to heed and quoting sources from Kuwait Interna- he was placed under house arrest, say- tional Airport,. people in a fraudulent manner. procedures are based on fair and It is true that the words of the head of hear the screams of the people who have ing he was being silenced for speaking transparent criteria. the COVID-19 emergency committee They explained that one of the According to sources, 4 ex- been burdened by these procedures. out against corruption and poor gov- national airlines is in the process of MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji called were pleasing to the ears of people, and patriates obtained work permits Your Excellency Deputy Prime Minis- ernance. The royal family later said it opening ticket sales for direct fl ights for 3 years, while 27 obtained on Deputy Prime Minister, Min- reassured them that they could travel. ister of Justice and Minister of ter, Minister of Defense, and Chairman of had resolved the dispute with Hamzah, to Morocco starting from August in work permits for two years and Perhaps, many people would have al- the COVID-19 Emergency Committee, whose exact status is unknown but was two phases. The fl ight itinerary of the State for Nazaha Enhancement never formally charged. 126 who were issued work per- Abdullah Al-Rumi to take the ready packed their bags. However, we agree among you on one decision, and fi rst phase from August 1 to August mits for one year. Abdullah is expected in Washing- Malaga Casa- necessary steps to address the wonder if this is enough, or if the govern- look at those who were affected by the 15 will be Kuwait - - The ‘automated system’ au- ment should take the initiative immedi- ill-considered measures. ton on July 19, when he will be the blanca - Kuwait. The itinerary of the rising number of murder cases. first Arab leader to meet with Presi- other phase from August 19 to Au- tomatically refused to renewed He stressed the need to execute ately to issue decisions. Isn’t it realistic to Before you ask people to travel and en- work permits of expatriates put an end to the negative repercussions joy, answer this question — How would dent Joe Biden at the White House. gust 31 will be Kuwait - Casablanca those proven guilty of murder in Jordan is a close U.S. ally in the - Malaga - Kuwait, with two fl ights who have reached 60 years and public to serve as a deterrent and caused by the measures that have been these people travel if they are not allowed per week. above since Jan 1, 2021, ongoing for about 17 months? Middle East and is seen as a key part- to protect the society. to leave without a vaccination certifi cate ❑ ❑ ❑ According to statements, a On the other hand, MP Ali Al- Your Excellency, Deputy Prime Min- ner in eventually reviving the Israeli- certifi ed by the United Nations’ Security Palestinian peace process. copy of which has been ob- Qattan submitted a bill to estab- ister, Minister of Defense and Chairman Council and the United Nations General KUWAIT CITY: The Council of tained by the daily, some of Ministers asked the Minister of Com- lish another shareholding compa- of the Corona Emergency Committee ... Assembly, and stamped with the seal of the transactions were for ex- ny for touristic and entertainment After the long closure of the markets, the Director General of the World Health merce and Industry Dr Abdullah Al- Salman to issue a detailed report on patriates who are between the enterprises in a bid to break you went back to setting requirements Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghe- the distribution of industrial plots in ages of 80 and 90, and alleg- monopoly and enhance competi- for those who are allowed to visit them. breyesus ... that is if the people of Kuwait Mina Abdullah, which was to be dis- edly hold ‘intermediate’ cer- tiveness, which are necessary to You declared that they close their doors have the ability to travel after all these cussed on the agenda of the Board of tificates. develop the local tourism sector. at 8:00 pm. They can hardly cover their procedures? Directors of the Public Authority for According to the bill, six to expenses, as most of the time the markets Industry recently, reports Al-Qabas 24 percent of the shares of the are almost empty because of that unreal- Email: [email protected] daily. proposed company will be allo- istic decision. Follow me on: In this regard, sources affi liated to cated for public institutions, 26 We wonder if there are any actual PAI revealed suspicions of the exist- Day by Day percent for companies registered measures to compensate those affected. ence of two companies owned by the at the Capital Markets Authority minister’s advisor, identifi ed as A.H., (CMA), and 50 percent for public Or will it be in the form of a “stimulus as part of the list of applicants for the OH, Minister of Defense Ha- plan” that harms people more than benefi t [email protected] subscription for citizens. plots. mad Jaber Al-Ali, people are In addition, National Assembly They explained that the suspicions satisfied with your statements Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim sent Bassem Awadallah, one of two of the existence of two companies because they are optimistic. cables to his counterparts in Sao former officials accused of help- belonging to the minister’s advisor in But I say it is unfortunate that we are living in a state of per- Tome and Principe Delfim Neves ing Jordanian Prince Hamzah try the applicants’ lists raises questions and in Kiribati Tangariti Reete to to overthrow his half-brother King about the minister’s prior knowledge secution because of the mea- MPW for 25% Kuwaitization Abdullah II, appears on a mobile of the confl ict of interest, especially sures adopted by the Minister greet them on the National Day of phone screen, July 12. (AP) since he is the Chairman of the Board of Health none of which the their respective countries. of Directors of PAI. government denies. Also, Al-Ghanim recently met ❑ ❑ ❑ Everything he says is indis- his Turkish counterpart Mus- on its contracts and tenders putable but incorrect, for ex- tafa Şentop and the accompa- KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait Chamber ample, when a citizen wants nying delegation; during which KUWAIT CITY, July 12: The Ministry of Pub- lic Authority for Roads and Transportation of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) to travel, he/she is prevented they discussed ways to further lic Works intends to launch a program on its (PART) in a way that aims to implement the and the UN’s offi ce in Kuwait if not vaccinated fully aware strengthen ties between Kuwait electronic portal during the coming period for Kuwaitization process. signed a memorandum of under- that the country the citizen will and Turkey in all fields, espe- the Kuwaitization of its employees by 25 per- The committee’s report dealt with the Ku- standing on cooperation to allow be traveling is not demanding cially the legislature. They also cent in the ministry’s contracts and tenders, re- waitization regulation and the inventory of the private sector to engage in its the vaccine certificate. talked about Islamic and regional ports Al-Anba daily quoting informed sources. existing and new projects, in addition to the social role and achieve sustainable A citizen who wants to re- issues of mutual concern. They revealed that this move is aimed to inclusion of the Kuwaitization clause in new development. turn to his homeland must Turkish Ambassador to Kuwait activate the role and recommendations of the contracts so that it is not less than 25 percent The chamber’s Board Chairman also be vaccinated with only Ayşe Hilal Sayan Koytak, Dep- Kuwaitization Contracts Committee, which in each tender or agreement. Mohammad Al-Saqer and Repre- the vaccines approved by Ku- sentative of the UN Secretary-Gen- wait. uty Speaker of the Assembly MP was formed by the Minister of Public Works It also dealt with the formation of a per- eral and Resident Coordinator in Ku- Sheikh Hamad, Minister of Ahmed Al-Shuhoumi, Secretary of and Minister of State for Communications manent team for appointment and follow-up, wait Dr Tareq El-Sheikh signed the Health and the government, the accompanying committee MP and Information Technology Affairs Dr. Rana and linked this with the management of the memorandum. you have closed every door in Farz Al-Daihani, Secretary Gen- Al-Fares, in August 2020. information center to work on the mechanism Sharif Hassan bin Zaid, one of two The memorandum focuses on pro- the face of the people. Don’t eral of the Assembly Adel Al-Lu- The sources explained that the committee of announcing the way to submit these rec- former officials accused of helping moting sustainable development in suffocate them, just let them gani; and MPs Ahmed Al-Hamad, submitted its report, and it contained a set of ommendations that conform with the road Jordanian Prince Hamzah try to the private sector through launching breathe. Thank you. Homoud Al-Azmi, Khalid Al-An- recommendations related to Kuwaitization of map that achieves the aspirations of Kuwaiti overthrow his half-brother King projects in accordance with Kuwait ... Yet, tomorrow is another zi, Saad Al-Khanfour, Hesham Al- contracts and advisory agreements concluded national cadres and promotes greater benefit Abdullah II, appears on a mobile vision 2035, said the two sides in a day Saleh and Salman Al-Azmi were by the Ministry of Public Works and the Pub- from them in those entities. phone screen, July 12. (AP) joint statement. (KUNA) Zahed Matar present at the meeting. ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2021 2 In Memoriam SIHAM ABU GHAZALEH — 1941 - 2021

Siham Abu Ghazaleh spent her entire adult life campaigning for an embattled culture with a cause. She is seen here at one of the bi-annual Palestinian Cultural Exhibitions, of which she was the organizer. Siham sows hope into the heart of conscience In embroidery an embrace of Palestine

Photo and story by Claudia Farkas Al Rashoud Special to the Arab Times

nspirational is probably one of the best words to describe Siham Mahmoud Abu Ghazaleh was working as Director of the Public of correspondence and administrative work. She was on a mission and IAbu Ghazaleh. Strong, determined, hard-working, warm, and wise Relations Department of Kuwait Oil Company, so it was in Kuwait her work was an obsession.” are some others. With her death at the age of 80 on June 26th, 2021 that Siham began a new chapter in her life filled with new challenges. Besides being so driven and passionate about her work, Siham the community lost a humanitarian leader, an exceptional mentor, and “As the wife of the head of public relations, my mother had many was also a great people person. She had the special ability of being a steadfast campaigner for the Palestinian cause. For nearly fifty years responsibilities and led a very active life. And after having two chil- able to easily connect with others; when speaking to someone in a she tirelessly promoted Palestinian embroidery, an age-old art form dren she was busier than ever but she managed to continue her edu- crowded room full of people she would make that person feel they that symbolizes the Palestinian national identity, and organised the cation. Her English matriculation certificate issued under the British had her undivided attention. She motivated people and got the best wonderful bi-annual cultural exhibitions that showcase the rich heri- Mandate in Palestine was not recognised in Kuwait so she had to resit from them. tage of Palestine and shed light on a culture under siege. the exams. She passed with flying colors and then entered Kuwait “Since my mother passed away so many of the people who contact- Siham’s upcoming book, titled “Sew to Speak,” was being printed University in 1966, the same year it was established, earning a de- ed me mentioned her smile, her warmth, and her humility. By nature just a few days before she passed away. According to her publisher at gree in sociology with a minor in psychology in the university’s first she was a very empathetic person,” says Faten. Interlink, the book “tells the moving story of one Palestinian woman graduating class,” says Faten. Longtime volunteer Abeer Nasser expressed her feelings about Si- and her 50-year quest to safeguard Palestinian culture through the From 1972 to 1980, Siham served as Assistant Director of the Cul- ham with the following words, “To me she represented the true sense preservation and promotion of its national costume. It is also an ef- tural Department at Kuwait University. Also in the early ’70s Siham of volunteerism and working collectively towards improving the wel- fort to document the vital contributions of the General Union of Pal- began working with the newly-established Kuwait chapter of the Pal- fare of many deprived Palestinian families. She was a beacon of hope estinian Women, a group of dedicated volunteers who have worked estinian Women’s Union. This is the work that was to dominate the and optimism. Our community will miss her terribly.” tirelessly to preserve Palestinian identity and culture through love, rest of her life. Once at an exhibition, when asked how she managed to continue conviction, pride and hope.” “As a career woman, my mother was able to add structure to the her mission year after year without becoming discouraged, Siham Siham was instrumental in the organisation and success of the group and help the other women, many of whom were housewives replied, “When I look at all this needlework I think of the women union, and her documentation of these efforts is another facet of her and had no professional or volunteer experience. She aided them in who did it and how they have to struggle … Many women need to ongoing legacy. learning formal procedures such as how to set bylaws and implement make and sell as many embroidered items as possible in order to pay According to Siham’s daughter, Faten, and son, Waleed, events in rules and regulations. In the beginning she was often frustrated by for health care and schooling for their children. There are so many their mother’s childhood in Palestine were a catalyst for her becom- volunteers arriving late to meetings, files being kept in a haphazard that are trying to do something to improve the quality of life for their ing an activist later in life. She grew up in the beautiful seaside town manner, and other things indicating a lack of seriousness on the part families, people who have the roof falling down over their heads in of Jaffa. Her father was financially comfortable as a senior official in of some of the ladies. She even briefly gave up but was convinced refugee camps, and their embroidery is their only source of income. the Finance Ministry under the British Mandate. Jaffa is famous for to give it another try and from then on things went more smoothly,” Your heart goes out to them, and that’s why we have to continue, its sweet, juicy oranges and Siham’s father used his life savings to Faten remarks. because there is no alternative.” buy orange groves. The formation of Israel in 1948 led to the loss of Siham joined several committees and led a literacy campaign and a The embroidery exhibitions also sell Palestinian food, ceramics, all his beloved groves and an ensuing decline in his health from utter vocational training program, teaching women how to embroider and paintings, and books on Palestine. At each exhibition a number of sadness. sew. Among the Union’s goals was promoting the continuing practice newsworthy issues are highlighted, thus providing a means to dis- By this time the Abu Ghazaleh family had moved to Nablus. “My of traditional Palestinian embroidery and ensuring that needy Pales- seminate accurate information about the political and humanitarian mother used to sit on the window sill of their home where she could tinian women in Kuwait be able to earn an income through the sale crisis in Palestine. see a nearby school filled with Palestinian refugees living in dire con- of their work. Through Siham’s efforts to bring the sights, sounds, and tastes of ditions,” says Faten. “Her oldest sister, who was twelve years older All activities ground to an abrupt halt with Saddam Hussein’s 1990 traditional Palestinian culture to the public, she also educated young than her, used to go and help the refugees and my mother soon started invasion and occupation of Kuwait and the union’s Kuwait branch Palestinians who have never been able to see their own country. “I joining her. One day, when my mother broke down in tears because of was closed. Some of the members began regrouping in Amman, Jor- have had the pleasure of working with new generations of Palestinians the suffering she had witnessed, her sister told her to stop wasting her dan. Unions were not allowed in Jordan, so the organisation became who hear about their culture through our programs and exhibitions. energy crying and try to think of practical solutions to help the refu- the Palestinian Cultural Center (PCC), with Siham as its Co-Founder, They love to learn about their identity and as a result they begin to gees. My mother was only eight years old but this experience made a Deputy Head, and Head of the Culture Committee. understand who they really are,” Siham once said. deep impression on her.” Among the ladies who used to flock to Siham’s house for meet- Throughout the course of her life, Siham never stopped working. Nablus is the Abu Ghazaleh family’s ancestral home. “The house ings were many needy women, with large numbers of them living in Besides her work in Kuwait and Amman she gave lectures and or- was hundreds of years old, made of local stone with walls more than refugee camps. The only means most of these women had of support- ganised exhibitions in many other locations around the world. She a meter thick. My grandparents lived there with their ten children, as ing themselves and their families was to sell traditional embroidered felt a tremendous sense of responsibility to her volunteers and to the did my grandfather’s brothers,” says Faten. “On the ground floor was dresses and other needlework items that they made. In order to help women who were employed to embroider by the Center. According a pharmacy belonging to the Abu Ghazaleh family, who worked in them, the Center began commissioning specific pieces for the women to Faten, during her final days in the Kuwait Cancer Control Center, pharmacies and medicine for generations.” to embroider. A multi-faceted, productive partnership that has carried Siham gave instructions from her hospital bed that those 500 women By the time the children were getting to be of university age, the on to this day was reborn. needed to continue to be able to live from the Center’s revenues. She family had fallen on hard times, with the Abu Ghazaleh’s patriarch “At that time my mother was shuttling back and forth between Am- also answered messages on her phone with the help of a friend who losing not only his orange groves but also his job, which had been man and Kuwait. She realised that the women needed a bigger market held the phone and pressed the microphone button while she recorded secure under the British Mandate. Nevertheless he managed to ensure for their embroidery and began selling some pieces in Kuwait with the brief voice messages. that all his offspring completed college, with three becoming univer- help of Samia Zuwaiter, a Kuwaiti-Palestinian friend, and some other In one such message to a volunteer and friend Siham characteristi- sity professors and one a medical doctor. Kuwaiti supporters,” says Faten. cally remarked, “The first week of chemo is hard but with the family Another severe blow to the family was the death of Siham’s mother Initially, the embroidery exhibitions were held twice a year in Si- around me, it’s like there’s a beautiful breeze. They cover me with when Siham was just twelve years old. The children all took up differ- ham’s home. Then came exhibitions at Boushari and Dar Al Funoon their love and their beautiful hearts, so actually I don’t suffer.” ent responsibilities in the household, with Siham preparing the family art galleries, followed by one at the Graduates Society in the year Siham’s book, “Sew to Speak,” was being printed on the day she meals and becoming a fabulous cook as a result. 2000. This event opened the door for other NGOs in Kuwait, such went into hospital. “She had the satisfaction of knowing that it was “My mother had to grow up very quickly,” Faten remarks. as the Kuwait Red Crescent and the Kuwait Women’s Cultural and being printed but sadly, she wasn’t able to hold a copy,” Waleed says. In 1958, when Siham was eighteen years old, her life changed dra- Social Society, to collaborate with the Center. Waleed edited and designed his mother’s book and is himself the matically when Mahmoud Abu Ghazaleh arrived in Nablus and came Through Siham’s capable and dedicated leadership, the exhibitions author of a book called “Love Wins: Palestinian Perseverance Be- to the family home asking for her hand in marriage. Waleed takes up became vibrant, popular events with people of all different nation- hind Walls.” He is Managing Partner at Khayal Consultants and is the narrative of events. alities in the local community greatly looking forward to them. More in charge of creative design. Faten is also a Managing Partner of the “My mother was very beautiful and had many marriage proposals than 500 needy Palestinian women in Jordan are employed to em- same company and is in charge of Marketing Consulting. She is also but she was always dead set against them. When she was called to broider by the Center, which demands a very high standard of work. very much involved in all aspects of the Palestinian Cultural Center serve refreshments to her suitors she was known to spill the coffee or Income generated by the PCC has also paid for over 115 university and the exhibitions, describing her role as “jack-of-all-trades.” put salt in it.” scholarships for top Palestinian students, offering hope to those born An announcement issued by Siham’s publisher after her death said According to Waleed, the day his father came to visit, his mother into a hopeless situation. that to honor her legacy, an olive tree will be planted in her name in had no idea he was coming and opened the door casually dressed Siham and her tireless team of volunteers have made sure the tra- Palestine for every copy of her book that’s ordered. Summing up the wearing shorts. He and the female relative accompanying him had ar- ditional embroidery is also an art form that is constantly evolving to book, the Interlink Publisher wrote, “In short, ‘Sew to Speak’ leaves ranged a secret code between them so he could let her know his opin- meet the needs of a modern society. As a result, Palestinian embroi- for future generations an important historical record that chronicles ion of his potential bride, and with one look at the fair-haired beauty dery can be found adorning everything from mobile phone and iPad how Palestinians from all walks of life fought for their humanity, he said the words indicating he definitely approved. covers to decorative household items, trendy clothing, and fashion education, identity, and dignity on a daily basis—peacefully, but pas- Although the introduction was an arranged one between members accessories. sionately.” of the same extended family, this time Siham was agreeable to the “I think one of the reasons my mother was able to accomplish so Siham Abu Ghazaleh lived her life well and to the fullest, with match. According to Faten and Waleed, their grandfather was very much and be so successful is that she hardly slept,” Faten muses. “She not a moment wasted. For her loved ones, the community, and the progressive in his thinking and would never have forced his daughter suffered from insomnia and would get up at around 3:00 a.m., then members of the Palestinian Cultural Center, her death has left a tre- into a marriage against her will. His only demand from her groom was pray the fajr prayer and read the Quran, and then start working. In mendous void. Her warm and inspirational presence will always be that he allow her to go to university. those early morning hours she would design new items and take care remembered and greatly missed.

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Humansoft Holding slides 169 fi ls, Jazeera Airways gains Kuwait bourse retreats in choppy trade, volume up By John Mathews Arab Times Staff ■ UUS$/KDS$/KD 0.30055/650.30055/65 KUWAIT CITY, July 12: Kuwait stocks ▼ Euro/KD 0.3565 slipped into a shallow trough on Monday erasing most of last session’s gains. The ■ Yen/KD 0.0027 All Shares Index dropped 9.35 points in choppy trade to 264.85 pts weighed by ▼ British £/KD 0.4174 some heavyweights even as the banks re- mained mostly muted. ■ Indian Rs/KD 0.0040 The Premier Market slipped 16.11 points to 6911 pts taking the month’s ■ Philippines Peso/KD 0.0060 losses to 25 points whereas Main Market scaled 6.18 points. The BK Main 50 index gave up 5 pts to close at 5546.13 points. ▲ FTSE +5.53 pts at 18:50 July 12 The volume turnover meanwhile rose for the third straight session. Over 264 million ▲ Nikkei +628.60 pts at closing July 12 shares changed hands – up 12 pct from the day before. The sectors closed mostly in green. ▼ Gold $1,802.95 per oz (London) Technology outshone the rest with 2.78 percent gain whereas Industries shed 1.16 ▼ NYMEX crude $73.56 per barrel pct, the biggest loser of the day. Volume wise, Financial Services topped with ▼ Brent crude $74.69 per barrel 166.8 million and sector was also ahead in value with KD 19 million. LIBOR rate 0.12863% In the individual shares, Gulf Bank rose 3 fi ls on back of 4.9 million shares to 245 fi ls whereas Warba Bank gave up 3 fi ls sion. to close at 246 fi ls. Mabanee Co slipped In the banking sector, Burgan Bank and 4 fi ls to 712 fi ls and KIPCO dialed down Kuwait International Bank both paused at 2 fi ls after pushing 2.3 million shares. 223 fi ls each whereas Boubyan Bank di- Humansoft Holding skidded 169 fi ls to aled down 2 fi ls. Ahli United Bank BSC KD 3.521 extending last session’s slide clipped 2 fi ls after pushing 15.4 million whereas Boursa Kuwait Securities sprint- From right: Hussain Dexin, US Ambassador Romanowski, Abdulaziz Al-Anjeri and Yousef Alghusain. shares whereas Al Ahli Bank closed fl at ed 30 fi ls to KD 1.451. at 212 fi ls. Ahli United Bank Kuwait gave Zain fell 2 fi ls to 582 fi ls after mov- up 2 fi ls. Event runs till July 18 ing 1.8 million shares while Ooredoo gave up 3 fi ls. stc tripped 1 fi l and logistics ma- Kuwait Investment Co was unchanged jor Agility slipped 4 fi ls to 937 fi ls with at 228 fi ls whereas International Finan- a volume of 2.8 million. Mezzan Holding cial Advisors and Arzan Financial Group ‘Expedite work on took in 1 fi ls whereas National ank of Ku- added 1 fi l each. Kuwait Financial Centre ‘Art exhibition’ by wait and Kuwait Finance House stood pat (Markaz) dropped 5 fi ls to 163 fi ls after at 857 fi ls and 754 fi ls respectively. Na- pushing over 4 million shares while Gulf tional Investment Co eased 1 fi l to 171 fi ls. Investment House and KFIC dialed down US women opens National Industries Group inched 1 fi l 2 fi ls each. lower to 220 fi ls after trading 2.7 million Osoul Investment ticked 1 fi l higher city for bachelors’ to 81 fi ls whereas KAMCO shed 6 fi ls. KUWAIT CITY, July 12: In cooperation with the U.S. Em- shares while Gulf Cable shed 15 fi ls. Bou- bassy in Kuwait, and in the presence of U.S. Ambassador byan Petrochemical Co paced 5 fi ls where- Al Deera Holding added 2 fi ls and Unicap Alina L. Romanowski, Reconnaissance Research organ- as Al Qurain Petrochemical Co paused at closed 3.1 fi ls in green. Al Ahleia Insur- ized an art exhibition of American women artists at the Den ‘No living in family areas’ 389 fi ls. Jazeera Airways climbed 28 fi ls ance dipped 10 fi ls to 500 fi ls whereas Gallery’s new location in The Avenues — Prestige. The to 699 fi ls and ALAFCO was unchanged Kuwait Reinsurance Co galloped 25 fi ls exhibition will run through July 18, 2021. at 218 fi ls. Integrated Holding and Azn- to 281 fi ls. A limited audience attended the opening in compliance KUWAIT CITY, July 12: The More than 8,000 expatriates living in our too stalled at 364 fi ls and 223 fi ls re- Kuwait Cement Co fell 3 fi ls to 242 fi l homes were evicted for violating all regu- and Kuwait Portland Cement erased 2 fi ls with the Kuwait Health Ministry’s procedures. The exhibi- Capital Governor Sheikh Ta- spectively whereas Automated Systems lations and laws, especially those related Co added 3 fi ls. with thin trading. Shuaiba Industrial and tion was the fi rst of its kind and inaugurated by Ambas- lal Al-Khaled Al-Ahmad Al- to health requirements and the lack of HEISC dialed down 1 fi l each whereas sador Romanowski. The market opened fi rm and slipped Sabah urged the concerned conformity of their addresses with the resi- into red in early trade. The main index Metal and Recycling Co added 2 fi ls. The exhibition, now open to the public, includes paint- dential addresses recorded in the civil ID, ACICO Industries tripped 1 fi l and Ku- ings and multimedia works loaned by the Ambassador as authorities to quickly work on fl ipped direction and clawed back most in addition to their accumulation in places of the losses in choppy trading before wait Foundry Co added 1 fi l. Independent part of wider efforts to promote art and cultural exchange. the construction of labor cit- that lack security and safety conditions. Petroleum Group ticked 1 fi l higher to 611 “The multimedia works included in the exhibition are heading south again. It continued to erode ies, something that has been In a related context, the Capital Gover- amid selling in some of the counters and fi ls whereas Kuwait Hotels erased 3.4 fi ls. curated through the State Department’s ‘Art in Embassies’ expected for years, consider- nor praised the steps taken by the Direc- Egypt Kuwait Holding gained 10 fi ls. program, which allows each ambassador to select a series plumbed the day’s lowest level of 6366 tor General of Kuwait Municipality Eng. pts in the fi nal minutes before closing with Kuwait and Gulf Links Transport Co of works by American artists to be displayed at the Am- ing that this is an important Ahmad Al-Manfouhi, who instructed all demand of the entire nation, small losses. eased 1.9 fi ls to 52 fi ls whereas Auto- bassador’s offi cial residence,” Ambassador Romanowski teams in all governorates to deal with Top gainer of the day, PAPCO darted mated Systems Co and KCPC added 3 said. “But before the pieces I choose are displayed at the reports Aljarida daily. building violations. 9.83 percent to 65.9 fi ls and Kuwait Real fi ls each to close at 111 fi ls and 548 fi ls residence, I wanted to give the public a chance to view In a press statement on the sidelines He also praised the efforts of the Capi- Estate Co scaled 9.77 pct to stand close respectively. Educational Holding slid 26 these beautiful art works by American women artists at the of his fi eld visit last month to Bneid tal Governorate Municipality’s emergency behind. Massaleh skidded 6.73 percent, fi ls to 718 fi s while Advanced Technology Den Gallery. This is the fi rst time we have exhibited the Al-Qar, Sharq, Qibla and Mirqab areas team headed by Zaid Al-Enezi and its the steepest decliner of the day and Aayan Co gave up 6 fi ls. Burgan Company For works for the public before installing them in the offi cial along with head of emergency team in members for their remarkable dedication. Leasing topped the volume with 57 mil- Well Drilling took in 2 fi ls whereas Com- residence. I am very excited to have included a painting by Sheikh Talal ended his statement by ex- lion shares. bined Group Contracting Co shed 8 fi ls. Capital Municipality, team members, pressing his hope that the demands would an American-Kuwait artist Zaara Marwan.” and a number of offi cials of the gov- Refl ecting the day’s pullback, the los- Inovest BSC clipped 2 fi ls. The Ambassador added: “The US Embassy is ready to be translated into tangible reality, and that ers slightly outnumbered the winners. 57 The market has been mixed so far dur- ernorate’s general offi ce, Sheikh Talal cooperation between the Capital Governo- support artists in Kuwait and continue to encourage coop- said the landlords have a national and stocks advanced whereas 60 closed lower. ing the week and has added 3 points in eration with their U.S. counterparts. Most recently, U.S. rate and the Kuwait Municipality would Of the 138 counters active on Monday, 21 last two sessions. It has retreated 16 moral responsibility not to rent out lead to more achievements to serve the and Kuwaiti artists produced a beautiful glass sculpture of their properties to bachelors. closed fl at. 11,556 deals worth KD 50 points from the start of the month and is the famous Kuwaiti desert plant (Al-Arfaj), to commemo- State of Kuwait. million were transacted during the ses- up 800 points year-to-date. He said, “This rooted phenomenon has ❑ ❑ ❑ rate the 30th anniversary of the liberation. It’s currently on become a concern for all of the public display at the Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Center. We are also because of its negative repercussions on The Ministry of Electricity and Water supporting a mentorship program between recognized Ku- society. It has become an epidemic that confi rmed the application of strict control PADA overseas scholarships waiti artists and young emerging local artists who we hope threatens the Kuwaiti national identity and over all operations related to the produc- will study in the United States and return to launch their affects various aspects of life on all health, tion of fresh water until it reaches consum- professional arts careers.” security and social levels, especially after ers by regularly taking samples of water to July 15 is deadline for application Hussain Dixen, General Manager of Den Gallery, said: the remarkable increase in employment in conduct the necessary tests round the clock “We have to thank Reconnaissance Research for support- private areas”. in accordance with international regula- KUWAIT CITY, July 12: The Public Au- lowing disabilities — hearing disability ing Den Gallery, and our thanks extend to its Founder & Regarding the campaign of the Capital tions, reports Al-Jarida daily. thority for Disabled Affairs (PADA) has (moderate or severe), visual impairment CEO, Abdulaziz Al-Anjeri, who opened many channels of Governorate to remove building viola- The ministry revealed that about 600,000 announced that the registration period for (moderate or severe), movement disability communication for us inside and outside Kuwait and the tions, Sheikh Talal explained that this na- chemical and bacteriological tests of fresh overseas scholarships for the academic year (moderate or severe), physical disability U.S. Ambassador today is at the top of our list of inter- tional campaign converges with the previ- water were conducted in the past year — 2021/2022 will end on July 15, reports Al- (moderate or severe) and learning disability national supporters. And we do not forget her support for ous demands and supports joint efforts to 588,158 chemical tests and 3,519 bacterio- Qabas daily. or diffi culty. us through the exhibition that took place last year, and her develop the regions of the Capital Gover- logical tests on 38,619 water samples. In a press statement, PADA’s Deputy 3. The applicant must have a high school keenness to root the principles of cultural exchange, which norate and its vision for advancement and According to a statistical report obtained Director General for Financial and Admin- diploma in the unifi ed system or its equiva- is what we, as Kuwaiti artists, also aspired to.” modernization. by the daily, the ministry affi rmed its com- istrative Sector and Acting Deputy Director lent in both the scientifi c and arts sections, He added: “What the U.S. ambassador is doing to support The number of violations reached 165 mitment to regularly obtain samples from General of the Education and Rehabilitation provided that the validity of the certifi cate the spread of American art is what we hope will be done out of 206 investment properties in Sharq, the fresh water reserve for testing to ensure Services Sector Anwar Al-Ansari said the does not exceed three academic years from through state institutions as well. Those of us concerned Mirqab, Qibla, and Bneid Al-Qar. The num- it is suitable for human consumption. Sam- applications are submitted to the Education the date of graduation for the students ap- ples are taken from different parts of the with Kuwaiti art don’t have many opportunities to intro- ber of demolitions in Bneid Al-Qar area and Rehabilitation Sector at the PADA’s plying to compete for seats in the PADA’s alone amounted to 88 cases, in Sharq 65 reserve, which are specially equipped for main building in Hawally area. scholarship plan. duce the world to Kuwait, and we are pleased to continue cases, Qibla 16 cases, and in Mirqab 8 cases. sample collection, the ministry added. cooperation with the U.S. Embassy and other diplomatic The conditions for applying for the 4. Holders of a foreign secondary certifi - missions to build more artistic bridges of communication scholarship are - cate from inside or outside Kuwait or from between Kuwait and brotherly and friendly countries.” 1. The applicant should be of Kuwaiti one of the Arab countries must submit the nationality equivalency of the certifi cate from the Pri- The American artists participating in the exhibition are: MoC relocating from Shuwaikh 2. He/she must hold a recent disability vate Education Department of the Ministry Monica C. Paisley (born 1969) brings together women, certifi cate issued by the PADA for the fol- of Education in Kuwait. marriage, family, and race in her work. Sarah Benveno (born 1955) Her watercolors simplify na- offi ce to communication tower ture into an undulating blend of beauty. Amy Kaufman (born 1956) Her paintings and drawings KUWAIT CITY, July 12: According to jectives of the transition process from are widely exhibited. Her works are included in various sources from the communication sector, the current location, especially since the collections. the Ministry of Communications has be- ministry is currently preparing the annual Zahra Marwan (born in 1989) has sought to restore her gun moving to the communications tower performance appraisals, and completing language, community, and sense of family through her in order to hand over its main building in the fi nal account of the ministry.” works. Shuwaikh to the General Administration The sources said they were baffl ed Laura Napoli (born in 1979) takes her inspiration from of Customs, reports Aljarida daily. by how such an important decision was dance and interiors. They explained that, “Only the offi ces taken before setting a time plan that in- Emily Payne (born 1966) is a Fellow of the San Francis- of the minister and the undersecretary cludes the mechanism for relocating the co Foundation and the Vermont Studio Center at Johnson. have been relocated. There is no coordi- huge database and the technical devices Ramona Sakistua (born in 1948) fuses postmodern ar- nation or a clear plan that determines the that fi lled the corridors of the ministry for tistic abstract images into dimensional textiles and works mechanism for the fi nal relocation of all many years, especially since the ministry on paper. sectors and the approximately 4,000 em- relies heavily and primarily on electron- Alicia Scardeta (born in 1989) is inspired by her child- ployees working in the current buildings. ics in all of its correspondence with the hood and her family’s Mexican heritage, her woven fur- “The mechanism of shifting the cur- regulatory authorities, ministries and nishings feature bold colours, playful themes and innova- rent sectors to the alternative sites is still state institutions. tive practices honed over a decade. unknown due to the absence of a well- They stressed that relocating to the Karen Schulz (born 1954) Karen Schulz references line, defi ned plan and a time schedule. communications tower as an alternative shape, color and texture in her advanced fi brous formula- “The assistant undersecretaries were will not succeed, especially since the tions. surprised, like other employees, by the parking spaces designated for employees J.D. Wellborn (b. 1943) Her work incorporates elements decision to relocate. in the basement can accommodate only from different painting methods to design paper plates of “There is the need to provide a suitable about 230 cars, while 650 permits have texture, pattern, and color. She is a veteran artist who has alternative location for accommodating been issued for employees currently with been drawing for more than fi fty years. all employees of the ministry’s various a working rate of 60 percent. This con- The Art in Embassies program (AIE): sectors before making the decision to fi rms that more than 400 employees will It is a U.S. Department of State program, that creates move in its current form, which portends not fi nd a parking spot at the site. cross-cultural dialogue through the visual arts and dynamic unprecedented administrative chaos. The sources also highlighted the prob- artist exchanges. “Most of the leaders expressed their lem of overcrowding and lack of internal AIE has installed over 70 permanent art collections in dissatisfaction with the failure to hold and external parking, especially with the more than 200 of the Department’s diplomatic facilities in an extended meeting with the undersec- return of normal life and employee at- 189 countries. retary to determine the features and ob- tendance rate of 100 percent. ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2021 LOCAL 4 Housing crisis worsens as citizens’ requests for homes continue to rise ‘No voice heard from Parliament’s Housing Committee’

By Abdel Nasser Al-Aslami which make the dream of building a house Al-Seyassah Staff obscure, since the Minister of State for Municipal Affairs and Minister of State for KUWAIT CITY, July 12: Between Housing and Urban Development Shaya the hammer of rents and the anvil Al-Shaya had previously expected the deliv- KUNA photo of rising land prices, the Kuwaiti ery of the South project in August with the HH the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince receives Turkish National Assembly Speaker. removal of the remaining obstacles, but this citizen who is looking for housing does not seem achievable. is stranded ‘in no man’s land’ un- In this context, Abu Muhammad, one of HH receives Turkish parliament Speaker til his housing crisis eases, either the citizens who is still waiting to receive a by obtaining government housing plot, says: “In the 1960s and 1970s, a citizen used to wait approximately four to six years Kuwait, Turkey share strong historic in new areas, or trying to obtain a Digging continues for the construction of after submitting his application in order to housing loan to build a ‘lifetime’ housing units. obtain a ready-made government house or a ties: HH Deputy Amir, Crown Prince house which has become almost ing applications is 91,794, of which 8,397 land of 400 square meters and the loan in the impossible in light of banks stop- were received in 2020. amount of 70,000 but today, the average KUWAIT CITY, July 12, (KUNA): His Highness the Dep- ping lending and fi nancing activi- waiting period has increased to more than 15 uty Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Meshaal Al-Ahmad Al- The housing project is preparing a number years, which is considered one of the most Jaber Al-Sabah hailed the strong Kuwaiti-Turkish ties on ties. of projects, most notably in the South City prominent points of the current housing Monday. Despite the great efforts exerted by the project, which has 61,564 units, including problem.” The remarks were made during the visit of Turkish parlia- concerned authorities to distribute plots in 40,000 units in the south of Saad Al-Abdullah He added the efforts made by the govern- ment Speaker Mustafa Sentop and his accompanying del- housing areas such as in Mutla’a which con- city, while the South Sabah Al-Ahmad project egation. ment are often wasted in light of the lack of His Highness expressed his joy over Sentop’s visit, noting sists of 28,288 housing units, and the East includes 20,380 units, and the East Sabah coordination between government agencies, Al-Ahmad project includes 1,184 units. that the two countries share historic diplomatic relations that Taima project, which included 509 units, and in addition to the fact that “we have not heard started 57 years ago. others, the solution to the housing problem in Despite all these statistics and numbers, a voice from the Housing Committee in the Kuwait Embassy opened in 1971 in the capital Ankara, the country seems intractable, as the statistics there are obstacles to handing over sites, as National Assembly since his election late last said His Highness the Crown Prince, adding that Kuwaitis issued by the Public Authority for Housing well as handing over building permits to those year, as if there is no housing problem in the will never forget Turkey’s support to their country during Welfare show the total number of outstand- wishing to build their houses in new cities, country.” Al-Ghanim the Iraqi invasion and its participation in the liberation. He thanked Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan for his notable support to Kuwait throughout the years. His Highness Sheikh Meshaal also hailed the two coun- tries cooperation on different levels including politics, econ- omy, security and commerce. He also mentioned the love Kuwaiti tourists have for Turkey, which they consider as their second home. The rise in trade and exports between the two countries is part of the strong economic ties, he said. He expressed his joy over Kuwait’s growing investments in Turkey, adding that Turkish companies also played a role in building Ku- wait’s infrastructure. Meanwhile, His Highness the Deputy Amir spoke of the role of Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), launched in Turkey in 1979, in fi nancing projects to aid the country in meeting the health, educational and eco- nomic and social needs of Syrian refugees. On his part, Sentop expressed his joy over the visit, which was by an invitation from National Assembly Speaker Mar- zouq Al-Ghanim. He conveyed the greetings of President Erdogan and the Turkish people to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Sentop added that Turkey and Kuwait must exert further efforts to develop their relations and cooperation in all fi elds. He noted that he had received Speaker Al-Ghanim in January 2020 and had held fruitful meetings in Ankara and Istanbul. The Turkish parliament had formed the Turkish-Kuwaiti friendship group as a priority, said Sentop, hoping that Ku- wait’s assembly would also make haste in forming the group for further cooperation between the two parliaments. Moreover, the Speaker affi rmed that he is working with Al-Ghanim to create bigger support for the Palestinian cause. He added that he hopes his country would host the meeting of the Palestinian committee of the parliaments of member-countries in the Organization of Islamic Coopera- tion (OIC) in October. Sentop also spoke of the visit of Kuwait’s Minister of Foreign Affairs last April, where they discussed the meet- ing of the partnership council for cooperation between the two countries. The visit included setting a road map for the council and discussed cooperation in defensive military in- dustries. Turkey is set to organize the 15th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF) 2021 in August and Kuwait will take part in the event, he said. Sentop asked for Kuwait’s support for Turkey’s initiative to open Yunus Emre Institute, a topic that Erdogan and His Highness the late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah had discussed in 2017. The institute is a cultural center that will boost the two sides’ relations in the fi eld, he noted. Tunisia receives 400 oxygen supply devices from Kuwaiti charity societies, says offi cial By Nasser Al-Otaibi TUNIS, July 12, (KUNA): Tunisian health authorities received 400 oxygen supply devices donated by Kuwaiti charities in support of Tunisia, amid the diffi cult COV- ID-19 health conditions their facing. The Kuwait Direct Aid Society donated 180 oxygen machines and 220 other from various Kuwait charitable societies and committees. The Kuwaiti charitable societies distributed aid to vari- ous municipalities in the Tunisian provinces, which are suffering from severe pressure due to increase number of COVID-19 patients. The Kuwait’s Ambassador to Tunisia Ali Al-Dhafi ri affi rmed in a similar statement to KUNA on the sidelines of Kuwait’s solidarity to help Tunisia in this ordeal. Al-Dhafi ri said that another Kuwaiti aid package would be provided as of next week to Tunisia, which is witnessing high number of COVID-19 cases. Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) contacted the Tunisian Red Crescent to fi nd out their health needs in order to provide humanitarian, medical and health aid such as masks, sterilizers and oxygen, he added. In addition, he expressed his heartfelt thanks to all the Kuwaiti charities in aiding to relieve Tunisia’s suffering. For his part, the mayor of Manouba Province Salim bin Omar expressed to KUNA, his country’s gratitude for oxygen supply that will be highly be effective in healing and saving COVID-19 patients. He praised the brotherly relations and the Kuwaiti embassy in providing oxygen as a support from Kuwaiti people to relieve Tunisia’s troubles.

KUNA photo Representatives of Kuwaiti charities deliver oxygen supply devices to the Tunisian authorities. ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2021 LOCAL 5 diwaniya A DIGEST OF PUBLIC OPINION ‘From them we ought to learn O, people ... America is different!’ “THE secretary-general of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development frastructure in the world and no single dollar can exit the country without the represents one of the important feeders that shall work to guarantee foreign Dr. Khaled Mahdi (specialist in Chemical Engineering) in one of his interviews knowledge of the concerned authorities, so just think about the hundreds of technical trained manpower required by public or the private sector to organize was quoted as saying ‘Kuwait is different’. This statement was met with a lot thousands, or millions and billions of dollars that exit and enter the country. the Kuwaiti labor market and upgrade the level of manpower. of comments mostly reflecting the citizens’ dissatisfaction. But one may hereby “In light of the above, we wonder which country can be described as ‘differ- “This shall guarantee the arrival of trained and qualified manpower into the wonder, ‘Is Kuwait actually different’ or ‘Is America different’,” columnist ent’… Is it Kuwait or America? country and this will positively reflect on the Kuwaiti economic activity, given Turki Al-Azmi mused for Al-Rai daily. “In America, the education is of utmost importance, while the planning the fact the relevant organization was established by a decision issued by the “Of course Kuwait is different … our democracy, our represents the foundation stone for achieving development and the economic Cabinet on Aug 22, 2004. projects are different, our transparency is different, our boom. In America, they pay attention to experienced people and those who are “The decision stipulates this organization has representatives from the Min- education is different, our health care is different, our holding distinction in the area of science from distinguished universities, let istry of Social Affairs and Labor, the Civil Service Commission (CSC), Minis- streets are different, our infrastructure is different, our alone the training and acquiring skills stand at the top of anything else. try of Planning, Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), the Kuwait Univer- culture is different, our freedom of expression is differ- “This is in addition to them being concerned about studies, the researches sity (KU) and Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET). ent and our system governing the efficient candidates is and the morals in addition to the governance and both the internal and the ex- “But after 18 years nothing has happened on the ground, because Kuwait unfortu- different …, then one may wonder what about the situa- ternal auditing as well as the human resources in general. nately needs a strong government that can manage the country and recommend sug- tion in America which is different from all aspects? “Given the above, when will a day come to say ‘Kuwait is Different’? God help us!” gestions and apply them in reality in the interest of both the homeland and the citizen.” “In 2011, the movie Contagious Disease was shown. ❑ ❑ ❑ The movie talked about a contagious disease of un- Also: known symptoms, but later it looked like corona virus “The expatriate manpower is necessary for the Gulf Cooperation Council “According to statistics announced by the Kuwait Society of Engineers, the (GCC) member states, particularly in the area of occupational and professional that initially spread from China … and this means that Turki Al-Azmi number of unemployed graduates in the country is more than 2,800”, columnist the Americans, had predicted the outbreak of the corona work and government sector and the private sector in general need this man- Dr. Waleed Al-Taneeb wrote for Al-Rai daily. disease about 10 years ago, because the real events of the movie in question power,” columnist Abdullah Al-Abduljader wrote for Al-Anba daily. “Most recent studies advise graduate students not to study engineering, due look like the rampant spread of the corona virus and those who closely followed “But in view of the absence of planning, systems and decisions required to to the presence of excess numbers in most engineering disciplines. up the events will definitely observe there is relationship between the interna- guarantee the sound contractual obligations and efficient and experienced man- “Yes, there are engineering disciplines that the country needs, but most en- tional pharmaceutical firms and the World Health Organization (WHO) and the power to be employed by the GCC, we found the manpower has exceeded the gineering majors suffer from a surplus in the country. The Kuwait Society of pandemic which has spread all over the world. national workforce but many of them unfortunately are menial workers while Engineers reminds us beyond any doubt that holders of nine engineering majors “In 2019, the Irish film ‘The Irishman’ was shown and it is based on the others work in positions which can be occupied by citizens. struggle to find a job. story of the book ‘I heard You Paint My Home’ -- painting of homes means “In view of this, the GCC states have decided to review the population struc- “On the occasion of the admission results for the recently announced scholar- ‘premeditated murder’ and the events in the film revolve around the role played ture and put in place the procedures to bring in only efficient and experienced ships, has the country’s need for specializations been studied? Do the special- by the syndicates, particularly since we know there was a rivalry between the foreign manpower that will be of benefit to the states. izations and the numbers of students admitted to engineering colleges reflect famous chairman of the syndicates in America and his opponents post the elec- “However, some GCC member states have taken some decisions following the country’s need and the labor market’s need? Or is the country in dire need of tion of US president John F. Kennedy in 1960. the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and have started implementing these engineers, but is faced with the negligence of the Civil Service Commission?! “However, the Irish movie, clarifies the relationship between the deep state decisions. Take for example, the Saudi Ministry of the Human Resources and “If we add the number of engineers expected to graduate from Kuwait Uni- and the incumbent government and how the economic interests were behind the Social Development, on Sunday, Rajab 23, 1442 AH, corresponding to versity, and the internal scholarships in private universities for the next year, the movement and the media role in this connection, hence, we found how the March 7, 2021 issued “The Professional Test Program” in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Public Institution for Professional Techni- it makes the results of acceptance for external scholarships - which were an- triangle ‘media-economy-politics’ emerged. In other words, if you are wealthy, nounced recently - rise to tampering with the future of the people of Kuwait, a control the economy and the media you will be in a position to gear the political cal Training which aims to enable the employee to acquire the basic skills. decision in your favor. “This program strives to upgrade the quality of work by the professional flagrant waste of public funds, and destruction of the future of the country due “In America, the role of the syndicate is different, the plans and the industry strat- manpower in the Saudi labor market and boost productivity and stop the inflow to the increase in the number of unemployed. egies are different, and the concept of responsible freedom there is different. It is of unqualified foreign manpower into the Kingdom’s labor market. “The results of acceptance of foreign scholarships are an easy matter for anti- America, which detected the source of the contagious virus, and it planned and at- “In this connection, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development on corruption authorities to launch investigations in order to find out whether there tracted bright minds to make the necessary decision and eventually draw up the plans Thursday July 1, 2021 started looking into the activities of foreign employees who is a waste of public funds, and most importantly, tampering with the future of for the future to protect its interests everywhere on our planet. are employed in various specialized professions if they have the necessary skills. Kuwaiti families. Or is the Civil Service Commission the reason, and the coun- “It is needless to say America currently occupies the first position in the field “In Kuwait, the country has seen an excellent initiative similar to that of the try indeed needs such a huge number of engineers?!” of education and healthcare. America currently possesses the best financial in- Saudi Arabia in the founding the Professional Qualification Organization that — Compiled by Zaki Taleb Co-ops get panel okay to open private pharmacies

Shareholders party in profits

KUWAIT CITY, July 12: The Leg- Other Voices islative Committee approved a proposal to give cooperative societies the right to Lebanese erosion and decay open private phar- By Ahmad alsarraf sume Lebanese products, which be- macies, similar to came very difficult to export in the private hospitals KUNA photo ‘If I die, bury me next to a vine tree Gulf. The Lebanese citizen, “the dis- and Kuwaiti phar- Part of the graduation ceremony. My bones will be watered by my honest of course,” has also played a veins after my death vital role in increasing the plight of macists, and include 283 graduate from military academy Do not bury me in the wilderness, his deplorable brother by profiting the profi ts from the I’m afraid if I die …’ from smuggling fuel to Syria, where pharmacy sales for The Saad Al-Abdullah Academy the National Guard and 3 from the Guard Lieutenant-General Engi- -- Abu Mihjan Al-Thaqafi the price is higher. for Security Sciences, amid health, sisterly Hashemite Kingdom of Jor- neer Hashem Abdul Razzaq Al- * * * As for medicines, they are sold on the cooperative soci- preventive and precautionary dan. Rifai, the Ambassador of the sis- ebanon, the country of the vine, the black market and their prices are ety’s shareholders in measures, organized the gradua- The ceremony was held under terly Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Ldignity, light and craftsmanship controlled but they are almost non- the area, reports Al- tion ceremony of the 25th batch of the auspices of the Minister of In- Saqr Abu Shatal, the Director Gen- began has begun existent in pharmacies, after the own- first sergeants from the non-com- terior Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali in the eral of Saad Al-Abdullah Academy to wither away Anba daily. missioned officers’ institute, reports presence of the Undersecretary of for Security Sciences Major Gen- ers went on strike and closed them Al-Anba daily. the Ministry of Interior Lieutenant- eral Nasser Bouresli and senior of- little by little, and after refusing to sell medicines at the According to the com- despair began to The 283 graduates included 233 General Essam Salem Al-Nahham, ficials of the education and training price determined by the government. mittee’s report, the propos- from the Ministry of Interior, 47 from Undersecretary of the National affairs sector. reach its people, Medicines today are the best gift that a al submitted by MP Saleh and sadness in- traveler can take to Lebanon for friends Al-Mutairi and the propos- vaded faces that and acquaintances, even tablets for al submitted by MPs Mu- ‘System traps illegal transactions’ had never known headaches and colds. hannad Al-Sayer, Abdul- anything but On the surface, things look almost lah Al-Mudhaf, Muhalhal smiles and joy. normal, when you look at them from a I arrived in Al-Mudhaf, Dr. Hamad ‘Forging docus for 60s iqama punishable’ distance it is crystal clear the situation Rouh Al-Deen and Hamad Lebanon a few has reached a boiling point and this is days ago, and saw alsarraf Al-Mutair recognize the KUWAIT CITY, July 12: The Coun- evidenced by waving of hands, anger, cil of Ministers has referred the is- the devastation of the country. Two the manner of speaking and during the right of cooperative societ- PAM strict on ‘sun’ directive days later, I left for Cyprus and came ies to open private pharma- sue of renewing the residencies of most trivial issues guns can be pulled non-Kuwaitis who have reached the back to fi nd greater ruin and more pain out any moment. cies without the require- waiting for me. In the midst of all this the road blocks ment of a license be issued age of 60 and above and who are not Companies, workers issued fines There is no power supply and if it are everywhere, traffi c is diverted with- in the name of a Kuwaiti university graduates to the Minis- is there, it lasts for an hour and the out reason other than to make people pharmacist. ter of Commerce and Industry, Dr KUWAIT CITY, July 12: Director ity, solution is total dependence on die- angry and insult the government. This The committee clarifi ed Abdullah Al-Salman, to take the ap- of the Public Relations and Media She called on the employers to sel generator, if it is available and if is done by people who are the cause of that it reviewed the two bills propriate mechanism in his capacity Department and official spokes- abide by the directive to guaran- there is money to buy it. The situation and found that they conform as Chairman of the Board of Direc- person of the Public Authority tee the safety all this harm and the collapse of morals for Manpower (PAM) Aseel Al- of workers and is almost unaffordable. Add to this the and principles. to the provisions of the con- tors of the Public Authority for Man- state’s inability to supply gasoline to power. Mazyed said the inspection team to avoid le- No one knows the fate of his/her stitution, and their objective tasked to monitor work in open gal problems, gas stations which has resulted in long money deposited in Lebanese banks. A is noble. The Al-Anba daily has learned queues of cars and motorcycles. Mo- spaces at the National Center for stressing that professional novelist can write dozens The proposal submitted from well-informed PAM sources Occupational Health and Safety the authority’s torists and motorcyclists have to wait of wonderful stories about the fate that by the disqualifi ed MP Bader that the authority has submitted three inspected 502 sites from June goal in imple- for long hours in the heat and suffocat- befell hundreds of thousands of de- Al-Dahoum, and adopted by proposals to the Minister of Com- 1-24, reports Al-Anba daily. menting the de- ing humidity, and as usual, the Leba- positors who lost everything overnight; MP Dr. Saleh Al-Mutairi, merce and Industry to amend the Al-Mazyed told the daily that the cision is to pro- nese have worked hard to create black, some their entire property and savings, stated the following, “It is not decision not to renew for those who team has so far issued warnings to tect the health white and purple markets – whatever whether it was in the lira, which fell permissible to open a private have reached 60 years of age. 324 companies found to have vio- of workers. you can call them -- to sell gallons of from 1,500 to the dollar to 20,000. The pharmacy without obtaining The sources pointed out that the lated the directive on banning work She con- fuel to those who pay more. The US under the direct heat of the sun firmed that the banks are unable to pay because they a license from the Ministry first proposal calls for paying a fee of Al-Mazyed dollar is almost equal to 20 thousand of Health. Pharmacies are during summer for the first time. authority speci- do not have enough in their treasuries 2000 dinars to renew the residence She disclosed the number of erring fied hotline numbers in all governo- Lebanese pounds. or in their accounts with the Central licensed to open for the fol- Falafel sandwich is sold for 8,500 lowing categories - Kuwaiti in addition to mandatory health in- workers in these companies totaled rates for the inspection team to re- Bank. surance, while the second proposal 564. ceive reports on violations. These pounds, grilled chicken for 55,000, a Talking about Lebanon, the high pharmacists, private hospitals packet of local cigarettes costs 8,000 stipulated that the fees for renewing During the re-inspection, the numbers are as follows: Capital and cost of water, food, and medicine, and with no less than 50 beds, and team discovered that 200 compa- Jahra Governorates - 66646466, pounds and imported 19,000 pounds. cooperative societies. the residence would be 1000 dinars Lebanon’s sects, parties, leaders, assas- for one year in addition to health in- nies met the conditions; while only Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate - A gallon of water costs 10,000 pounds, sinations, fraud, creativity, mercy and In all cases, the pharmacist one failed to address the viola- 99990930, Farwaniya Governorate a tank of gasoline 72,000, which cost must not be a government surance for this age group. tion. The team received 31 reports - 66205229, Ahmadi Governorate humanity is long and endless. Every The sources added that the third 22,000 pounds for a long time. day there are a thousand funerals, in sector employee. The phar- though the specified hotlines and - 66080612 and Hawally Governo- As for the famous dish of hummus, macist or cooperative society proposal includes suspending the communication sites of the author- rate - 99709994. exchange for a thousand joys, and as if decision until further notice with the its price exceeded twenty thousand the world will never end. may not be licensed to open pounds, and the same goes with the rest ❑ ❑ ❑ more than one pharmacy. imposition of health insurance for PAM’s advanced automated sys- last March was referred for investi- of the materials and services. The pharmacy may not have this category. tems are capable of detecting any gation. The ordeal prompted many to con- email: [email protected] a branch in any other place; The sources stressed that the final fraud or attempt to pass illegal The sources added the Informa- however, the Minister of decision is awaiting approval by the transactions, noting that an em- tion Systems Department, before Health may grant the coop- Minister of Commerce and Industry, ployee was referred to the Legal submitting the memo, made sure that erative society, whose activ- as he is the sole decision-maker. Affairs Department for investiga- the automated system was working Customs seizes big quantity ‘paan’ ity extends to more than one As for granting a person who has residential area, the license to tion after he was found guilty of properly, but there was an agreement KUWAIT CITY, July 12, (KUNA): The administration in a press statement. reached the age of 60 a temporary tampering with the system and with the ‘Labor Affairs Sector’ that open one pharmacy or branch residence permit for a period of three General Administration of Customs an- The third container had two mil- in each region. transferring or renewing the resi- employees must continue to approve Hospital pharmacies and months, the sources confirmed that dence permit of people who are 60 transfer transactions to ensure that nounced, Monday, that it seized 2.220 lion bags, bringing the total of amount this is due to the Ministry of Interior, million bags of narcotic substances in seized to 2,220,000 narcotics, it added. cooperative societies, which years old and above. the requirements are met and applied would be licensed when this which is concerned with granting Senior sources said the Director correctly for this service. three containers at Shuwaikh Port. The General Administration of Cus- this residence and not the PAM. of the Information Systems Center She added according to the inves- The customs offi cials suspected the toms has warned anyone who is tempt- law comes into force, must reconcile their conditions Meanwhile, the Al-Qabas daily at the PAM Eng. Rabab Al-Osaimi, tigations and the audit of the trans- three 40-foot containers left behind for ed to smuggle narcotics and prohibited within a year from the date said PAM has taken strict measures based on her memorandum submit- actions, it was found that the em- more than 90 days in Shuwaikh port, the goods in all their forms and types into of this law’s issuance. They to prevent tampering of transfer or ted to the Deputy Director-General ployee’s mistake was unintentional fi rst container consisting of 111,000 bags the country, stressing that he will ex- are obligated to employ at renewal documents of expatriates for Administrative Affairs and Hu- and despite that, he was referred to of the (Paan) narcotic substance, while the pose himself to legal accountability and least one Kuwaiti pharma- who are over 60 years old. man Resources, the employee who the legal affairs to take the necessary second container included 109 bags, said take customs procedures against him. cist in each pharmacy”. According to the sources, approved the renewal transactions measures. ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2021 LOCAL 6

Work on project 40 percent complete Central Bank to establish e-banking services system in foreign currencies KUWAIT CITY, July 12: The Cen- added, due to the reduction in work- tral Bank of Kuwait is currently force following the outbreak of the working to establish electronic Covid-19 pandemic the signing of the banking services system in foreign contract was affected, and accordingly. CAN launches skin cancer awareness campaign currencies to promote government The sources stated the project operations in foreign currencies, re- aims to add some new features and KUWAIT CITY, July 12: Chairman of about skin cancer, reports Al-Seyassah especially during the summer, due to He said there are many types of skin ports Al-Anba daily. requirements to the current e-gov- the Board of Directors of the National daily. In a press statement, on the side- the damage caused by sunlight which cancers, such as basal cell carcinoma, The sources said the development ernment banking services system to Cancer Awareness Campaign (CAN) lines of launching the campaign, Al- causes skin to dry, heat stress, wrinkles, squamous cell carcinoma and mela- project that the Central Bank is working enable government operations to be Dr Khaled Al-Saleh said a campaign Saleh called for the necessity of adopt- skin pigmentation and eye problems, in noma, which is the most dangerous of on is 40 percent complete. The sources conducted in foreign currencies. has been launched to raise awareness ing methods to prevent skin cancer, addition to the risk of skin cancer. these cancers. Nazaha seeks to enhance integrity in sectors of Education and Health ‘Activate law on right to access information’

KUWAIT CITY, July 12, (KUNA): Acting Secretary- ening the position of competencies in leadership positions General of the Public Anti-Corruption Authority (Naza- and supporting transparency, accountability and disclo- ha) Dr. Muhammad Buzbar stressed the need to enhance sure of information. integrity in the education and health sectors by strength- During a symposium on ‘Integrity in the Education and Health Sec- tor’ organized by the College of Allied Medical Sciences at Ku- wait University in cooperation with Nazaha on Monday, Buzbar stressed the need for clear rules and regulations and transparent procedures regarding the alloca- tion, distribution and use of edu- cational resources. He pointed to the need to set stan- dards and functional and ethical The national satellite project codes of conduct for the teaching profession, in addition to the gover- nance of financial procedures, work procedures, regulations and internal policies for employees, and improv- ing the skills of resource manage- ment, control and auditing. He called for the necessity of acti- vating the law on the right to access information, clarity of data and re- ports, transparency of procurement and award contracts, and the adoption of practical strategies for developing and building leaders and supervisors that include the highest standards of evaluation of integrity, transparency, accountability, justice and non-con- flict of interests. MPW officials and personnel from the DGFD at Terminal 2 building. He pointed out that there are rec- ommendations by Transparency International for health institutions MPW receives fi re offi cials at Terminal 2 represented in creating a policy to confront corruption in the health sec- The Ministry of Public Works ect of the Kuwait International inciding with the high summer tor and finding ways and mechanisms Sunday received officials of the Airport within the framework of temperatures, to protect lives that can be applied in a manner cho- Directorate-General of Fire De- cooperation between the two and property and in the best in- sen by health authorities and practic- partment at the Terminal 2 proj- sides to prevent fire hazards co- terest of everyone. ing integrity in policies and activities related to health practices. Policy He stated that the recommenda- tions also include expanding the circle of contacts between health authorities with a view to access- ing the data of other institutions to know their purchasing policy to cre- ate a sense of responsibility and not to exceed the permissible limits for employees. For her part, the Dean of the Col- lege of Allied Medical Sciences, Dr. Suad Al-Fadhli, said during the symposium that the aim of holding the symposium is to enhance integ- rity and fight corruption in all sec- KUNA photos tors of the state, affirm commitment Training students on innovation and maximize the culture of com- bating scientific and practical cor- ruption in the academic and health sector, which represents a shared Kuwait University reveals work responsibility among all members of society. Al-Fadhli pointed out that the for a ‘sustainable space sector’ students of Kuwait University have KUWAIT CITY, July 12, several local and government de- the responsibility to consolidate this (KUNA): Kuwait University de- partments namely the ministry of strategy to have a principle in their clared on Monday that the national defense and Kuwait Institute for scientific and practical life, as well satellite project constitutes start of Scientific Research. as for members of the teaching staff, a sustainable space sector in the The project kicked started in Oc- pointing out that one of the mani- country. tober 1999 with aim of setting up festations of breach of the academic The long-term venture is aimed infrastructure of the space labora- honor code is academic cheating of at training students on innovation tory at the university -- in coordina- all kinds. in the space, the university said in tion with Colorado University. She indicated that the health pro- a statement. The involved team had held fessions are considered one of the It is scheduled to launch “Ku- talks with Kuwait Permanent morally high professions that de- wait Sat-1 satellite” into the orbit Representative in Vienna Ali pend on their values, humanity and in the middle of next year from the Al-Wazzan and the UN represen- conscientiousness in dealing with United States of American, the KU tative for space affairs, on pros- patients and their families and with statement said. pects of registering the first Ku- their colleagues from the medical Dr. Hala Al-Jassar, a physics waiti satellite. staff. teacher at the KU and the director Another meeting with the gen- of the national satellite project, said eral communication authorities the university has an integrated addressed registration of its fre- The Guest Show set to program in the physics department quency. with BA degrees in engineering Al-Jassar has added that the feature Dana Winner physics for long sensing by em- project is being executed with sup- ploying the satellites. port from KISR with participation KUWAIT CITY, July 12: The Guest The educational project involves of a European research center. Show will feature Dana Winner, Knowledge and Information Man- agement Consultant. Dana has had an interesting life. Born in the US, she was brought up in a culture of in- novation. Her father was involved in many groundbreaking projects with the US government in the IT sector, ensuring that Dana’s passion for the IT field started early. Interestingly, Dana sang spiritual music in her early years. Dana is an expert in cyberse- curity and knowledge and informa- tion management. She built her first computer in 1963 and since 1972, she has designed and implemented IT systems in London and for the US Federal Government, United Nations and for Kuwait, Dubai, Iraq, and the private sector. Apart from this Dana is a strong advocate for education and human rights. She and her husband Khaled spearhead Access Jahra, an initiative supported by the US State Department for teaching English to children from the deprived commu- nity. In this show, Dana speaks of the role of women in the early his- tory of computers, her early years as a singer, her journey in IT, the role of Kuwaiti women in the IT sector and the role of IT innovation in Kuwait Vision 2035. The Guest Show poster ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2021 INTERNATIONAL 7

Obituary

Dominated Louisiana politics Edwin Edwards dies; knew power, prison NEW ORLEANS, La., July 12, (AP): Edwin Washington Edwards, the high-living four- term governor whose three-decade dominance of Louisiana politics was all but overshadowed by scandal and an eight-year federal prison stretch, died Monday. He was 93. Edwards died of respiratory problems with family and friends by his bedside, family spokes- man Leo Honeycutt said. He had suffered bouts of ill health in recent years and entered hospice care this month at his home in Gonzales, near the Louisiana capital. “I have lived a good life, had better breaks than most, had some bad breaks, too, but that’s all part of it. I tried to help as many people as I could and I hope I did that, and I hope, if I did, that they will help others, too. I love Loui- siana and I always will,” Ed- wards said in some of his last words, according to Honey- cutt’s statement. Earlier in the week, the for- mer governor also said, “I’ve made no bones that I have con- sidered myself on borrowed Edwards time for 20 years and we each know that all this fun has to President Joe Biden waves as he walks from Marine One across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, late Sunday, July 11, 2021, after returning from a week- end at some point.” For him, that time was shortly end in Delaware. (AP) after daybreak this morning, the statement said. Edwards, the “Cajun King,” was known for delivering a steady supply of memorable one- liners as well as for his deft political instincts. America Infamously, the lifelong Democrat said once said that the only way he could lose a race against a particularly lackluster Republican was if he were ‘Creepy’ and ‘weird’: Critics “caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy.” A native of Louisiana’s Acadiana region who swore his 1972 oath of offi ce in French and Eng- lish, Edwards enjoyed renewed popularity after Biden speaking volumes by whispering emerging from prison in 2011 at age 83. His quick wit and fl amboyant character intact, he married Trina Grimes, then 32, his third wife. WASHINGTON, July 12, (AP): President vatives use the dramatic soft talk to fuel the before bending down to get closer to the mi- their voices for dramatic effect or tell jokes They met when she began visiting him in prison Joe Biden was at a public transit station in narrative that the Democratic president is crophone and adding, “on the environment.” to keep their audiences following along in- after they struck up a pen-pal relationship. Wisconsin, talking about repairing roads unfi t for the job, and comedians deploy it to On the subject of employers’ hiring dif- stead of falling asleep. and bridges, when he shifted gears and generate laughs. fi culties, Biden leaned into the mic again, Beasley said the tone of political dis- “I would have walked into prison a happy man began defending his plan to send money “It’s an intimate form of communica- arms resting on the lectern and said softly course these days seems set to loud so that had I known how it was going to end,” he said to parents for each minor child, payments tion,” said Vanessa Beasley, associate pro- that the solution is to “pay them more.” “it sort of sets everybody back a little bit at his lavish 90th birthday bash in August 2017. some critics call a “giveaway.” fessor of communication studies at Vander- Beasley said the use of whispering by when you see someone going in a different They had a son, Eli, in 2013 - Edwards’ fi fth Biden folded his arms, rested on the lec- bilt University. Biden, who was a U.S. senator and vice direction and reducing their volume.” child - and starred in a short-lived reality TV tern, leaned into the mic and lowered his Biden whispered some of his answers to re- president for a total of more than 40 years, is Lakoff said what Biden does isn’t really show, “The Governor’s Wife.” The lifelong voice. porters’ questions during an impromptu White a throwback to a long-ago time of chummier whispering because his vocal chords vibrate Democrat also attempted a political comeback, “Hey, guys, I think it’s time to give or- House news conference last month after he and relations between lawmakers and members and make sound. losing a runoff to a Republican in a south Louisi- dinary people a tax break,” he said, almost a group of Senate Republicans announced they of the Washington press corps. “A true whisper is something you ana congressional race in 2014. whispering as he addressed his critics. “The had reached a deal to spend $973 billion on re- “I think it’s a symbolic gesture to a kind wouldn’t be able to hear very well,” she Conviction wealthy are doing fi ne.” building the nation’s infrastructure. of intimacy and familiarity,” she said. said, comparing what Biden does to a “stage It was the latest instance of Biden speak- As he stood in the East Room, Biden was Beasley and others noted the contrast be- whisper” in which an actor in a play steps The federal case that led to his May 2000 convic- ing volumes by whispering. questioned about his timeline for provid- tween Biden and former President Donald out of character to share a secret with the au- tion involved state riverboat casino licenses award- The White House and communications ex- ing additional fi nancial help to families. He Trump, who often spoke loudly and angrily. dience or preview some action that’s about ed during and after his fourth and fi nal term in the perts say Biden’s whispering is just this veteran leaned in, eyes wide, and whispered: “I got “One of the things that Trump never did to happen. 1990s. Edwards maintained the case was built on politician’s old-school way of trying to make a them $1.9 trillion in relief so far. They’re was whisper,” said Robin Lakoff, professor The White House defended Biden, say- misinterpreted, secretly taped conversations and the connection while emphasizing a point. going to be getting checks in the mail that emerita of linguistics at the University of ing conservatives who criticize the way he lies of former cronies who made deals to avoid jail. Biden’s critics on the right as well as are consequential.” California, Berkeley. speaks, including his stuttering, do so be- Silver-haired, handsome and gifted with a dry some late-night TV talk show hosts say the During a lengthy response to a separate Public speakers - lawmakers, celebrities, cause they don’t have a better agenda to of- sense of humor and easy charm, Edwards domi- whispers are “creepy” and “weird.” Conser- question, he whispered, “I wrote the bill,” corporate executives - often raise or lower fer voters. nated Louisiana politics in the late 20th century much as Huey P. Long had dominated its earlier years. They shared a populist appeal to the state’s downtrodden, and political fortunes that fl owed in part from taxes on oil. But Edwards, a consum- mate dealmaker, had a cooler demeanor. Edwards was born Aug. 7, 1927, to a share- cropper and a midwife in Avoyelles Parish, part of the region settled by 18th century French ex- iles from Nova Scotia who came to be known as Cajuns. According to his authorized biography, his father’s ancestors were Welsh; his mother’s continental French; but Edwards always consid- ered himself a Cajun. Raised a Roman Catholic, Edwards preached in the Church of the Nazarene as a teen and he never drank or smoked. Despite his unabashed fondness for high-stakes gambling, dirty jokes and his reputation as a womanizer, he earned a following among Catholics and fundamentalists. He had four children during a 40-year mar- riage to his high school sweetheart, the former Elaine Schwartzenburg, before they divorced in 1989. Five years later, at 66, he married 29-year- old Candy Picou in a ceremony at the governor’s mansion. They divorced after he went to prison. “He was so optimistic all the time. Nothing bothered him except bothering other people,” Trina Edwards said. Statement According to the statement, she said his dying words were to his 7-year-old son: “Eli told him every night, ‘I love you.’ And he told Eli, ‘I love you, too.’ Those were his last words.” A lawyer, Edwards began his political career on the City Council in the town of Crowley in 1954 before moving on to the state Legislature, then Congress. He won the governor’s offi ce in 1972 with help from organized labor and Black voters realizing their civil rights-era strength. He appointed more African Americans to pol- icy-making positions than any previous governor and spearheaded the adoption of a new constitu- tion. He also overhauled state revenues, tying oil taxes to price, rather than volume, and fi lling Louisiana’s coffers during an oil boom. Constitutionally barred from a third consecu- tive term, he left offi ce in 1980 only to return four years later, after easily defeating incumbent Da- vid C. Treen, the state’s fi rst Republican gover- nor since Reconstruction and a frequent target of Edwards’ barbs. “It takes him an hour and a half to watch ’60 Minutes’” was typical. The campaign was briefl y suspended by trag- edy: Edwards’ youngest brother, attorney Nolan Edwards, was murdered by a disgruntled client. A grieving Edwards resumed the race and went on to win, then paid off his debts from the $14 million campaign by chartering a $10,000-a-head trip to France for his friends and supporters. “I’ve wanted all my life to be a king, and now I can be,” he quipped during their stop in Versailles. But more trouble loomed. Oil prices plummeted. Edwards pushed through $700 million in highly unpopular taxes. Meanwhile, his reputation for impropriety caught up with him. He had seemed impervious to earlier scandals, even when he acknowledged that he and his wife Elaine received $20,000 from South Korean government agent Tongsun Park. But in 1985, he was indicted on federal rack- eteering charges involving hospital and nursing home regulations. His fortunes had faded by the time he was acquitted the next year: Bowing out of a 1987 runoff when he faced certain defeat against Democratic Rep. Buddy Roemer, Ed- wards appeared politically fi nished. Nordstrom buys minority share in 4 UK fashion brands

Nordstrom says it’s acquiring bankruptcy in late 2020. The retailer will also become the clusive distributer of Topshop a minority interest in four fash- fi nancial terms weren’t dis- only store presence for these and Topman in the U.S. since ion brands owned by a British closed. brands worldwide. And cus- 2012 when the department Shoppers walk near an company called Asos as the As part of the agreement, tomers will also be able to pick store retailer became the fi rst entrance to a Nordstrom department store chain aims announced Monday, Asos will up Asos.com orders at Nor- to bring the brand to the U.S. store at a shopping mall to attract more customers in retain operational and creative dstrom and Nordstrom Rack market. in Pittsburgh on Wednes- their 20s. control of the Topshop brands. day, Feb. 24, 2021. (AP) stores starting this fall. Pete Nordstrom, president The brands- Topshop, Top- But Nordstrom will now have The investment paves the and chief brand offi cer at Nor- man, Miss Selfridge and HIIT- the exclusive retail rights for way for the potential of a wider dstrom, said in a statement were purchased by Asos in Topshop and Topman in all of strategic alliance between that this acquisition offers “the February after their previous North America, including Can- Asos and Nordstrom, accord- opportunity to work with them owner and British fashion em- ada, and own a minority stake ing to a company release. to reimagine the wholesale/re- pire Arcadia Group fi led for globally. The Seattle-based Nordstrom has been the ex- tail partnership.” (AP)

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WASHINGTON, July 12, vided as advertised. lations, but it also includes plenty of At a White House signing ceremony, aspirational language that simply en- (AP): President Joe Biden Biden said of some in big business: courages agencies to take action meant signed an executive order “Rather than competing for consumers to bolster worker and consumer protec- on Friday targeting what they are consuming their competitors; tions. rather than competing for workers they Business and trade groups quickly he labeled anticompetitive are fi nding ways to gain the upper hand expressed opposition, arguing that the practices in tech, health on labor.” order would stifl e economic growth just care and other parts of “Let me be clear: Capitalism without as the U.S. economy is recovering from competition isn’t capitalism. It’s ex- the coronavirus pandemic. the economy, declaring it ploitation,” he said. “Some of the actions announced to- would fortify an American The White House said Biden’s order day are solutions in search of a prob- ideal “that true capitalism follows in the tradition of past presi- lem,” said Jay Timmons, president and dents who took action to slow corporate CEO of the National Association of depends on fair and open power. Theodore Roosevelt’s adminis- Manufacturers. “They threaten to undo competition.” tration broke up powerful trusts that had our progress by undermining free mar- The sweeping order includes 72 a grip on huge swaths of the economy, kets and are premised on the false no- actions and recommendations that including Standard Oil and J.P. Mor- tion that our workers are not positioned gan’s railroads. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s for success.” President Joe Biden hands out a pen after signing and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, Com- Biden said would lower prices for an executive order aimed at promoting competition in merce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Attorney General families, increase wages for work- administration stepped up antitrust en- The order seeks to address noncom- pete clauses - an issue affecting some the economy, in the State Dining Room of the White Merrick Garland, National Economic Council director forcement in the 1930s. House, Friday, July 9, 2021, in Washington. Standing Brian Deese, (obscured), and Jessica Rosenworcel, ers and promote innovation and But experts noted that Biden’s 36 million to 60 million Americans, faster economic growth. However, from left, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Lina Acting Chairwoman of the Federal Communications sprawling presidential initiative is hard- according to the White House - by en- Khan, Chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Health Commission. (AP) new regulations that agencies may ly a mandate on competition. couraging the Federal Trade Commis- write to translate his policy into “This is really more of a blueprint sion to ban or limit such agreements, rules could trigger major legal bat- or agenda than a traditional executive ban unnecessary occupational licens- Tesla CEO under fi re again tles. order,” said Daniel Crane, a law profes- ing restrictions and strengthen antitrust The order includes calls for banning sor at the University of Michigan who guidance to prevent employers from or limiting noncompete agreements to focuses on antitrust. “This is a very collaborating to suppress wages or re- help boost wages, allowing rule chang- broad and ambitious policy agenda for duce benefi ts by sharing wage and ben- es that would pave the way for hearing the Biden administration that offers efi t information with one another. Musk defends SolarCity acquisition aids to be sold over the counter at drug- lots of insights on the administration’s Noncompete agreements often stop stores and banning excessive early ter- direction and priorities, but there could workers in a variety of industries from WILMINGTON, Delaware, July 12, On Monday in the Delaware Court At the time of the all-stock purchase, mination fees by internet companies. It be many a slip between the cup and the going to other employers for higher (AP): Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the of Chancery, the Tesla CEO will testify Musk was SolarCity’s largest stakehold- also calls on the Transportation Depart- lip.” pay. Biden noted that in some states witness stand Monday to defend his about the $2.5 billion deal in a sharehold- er and its chairman. Seven shareholder ment to consider issuing rules requiring Biden’s order includes a fl urry of even fast food franchises include such company’s 2016 acquisition of a trou- er lawsuit that alleges that Tesla’s acqui- lawsuits, consolidated into one, alleged airlines to refund fees when baggage is consumer-pointed initiatives that could clauses for low-wage workers. bled company called SolarCity against sition was rife with confl icts of interest, that Tesla directors breached their fi du- delayed or in-fl ight services are not pro- potentially lead to new federal regu- “Come on, are there trade secrets a shareholder lawsuit that claims Musk overlooked SolarCity’s fundamental ciary duties in bowing to Musk’s wishes about what’s inside the patty?” Biden was to blame for a deal that was rife weaknesses and unsurprisingly failed to and agreeing to buy the struggling com- said. with confl icts of interest and failed to produce the profi ts Musk had promised. pany. In what the plaintiffs call a clear The order also takes aim at tech gi- produce the profi ts he had promised. Questioned under oath, Musk plans confl ict of interest, SolarCity had been Average US price of gas up ants Facebook, Google, Apple and Am- In a sometimes testy exchange with to defend the purchase as a justifi able founded by Musk and two of his cousins, azon by calling for greater scrutiny of a plaintiffs’ attorney, Musk denied any acquisition. Lyndon and Peter Rive. mergers, “especially by dominant inter- confl ict of interest, saying he had noth- Last August, a judge approved a $60 5 cents per gallon to $3.21 net platforms, with particular attention ing to gain from the all-stock acquisi- million settlement that resolved claims to the acquisition of nascent competi- tion because he owned shares of both made against all the directors on Tesla’s CAMARILLO, California, July cents higher than it was a year ago. tors, serial mergers, the accumulation companies. board except Musk without any admis- 12, (AP): The average U.S. price Nationwide, the highest average of data, competition by ‘free’ products, “Some of your questions,” he told sion of fault. That left Musk, who re- of regular-grade gasoline rose a price for regular-grade gas is in and the effect on user privacy.” the opposing attorney,” are really tricky fused to settle, as the sole remaining de- nickel over the past two weeks, to the San Francisco Bay Area, at In his executive order, Biden also and deceptive.” fendant. The trial that begins Monday $3.21 per gallon. $4.39 per gallon. The lowest aver- calls on the Federal Maritime Commis- In the runup to Tesla Inc.’s 2016 had been scheduled for March of last Industry analyst Trilby age is in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, sion to take action against shippers that acquisition of a company called So- year but was postponed because of the Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey at $2.65 per gallon. it says are “charging American export- larCity, Elon Musk hailed the deal as viral pandemic. said Sunday that gas prices will The average price of diesel in ers exorbitant charges” and the Surface a “no brainer” - a purchase that would Daniel Ives, an analyst at Wedbush likely hold steady now that crude the survey taken Friday was $3.30 Transportation Board to require rail- combine the leading maker of electric In this fi le photo, Tesla CEO Elon Securities, called the acquisition a oil costs have stopped rising. a gallon, up 3 cents from two road track owners to “strengthen their vehicles with a manufacturer of solar Musk speaks before unveiling the “clear black eye” for Musk and Tesla, The price at the pump is 97 weeks earlier. obligations to treat other freight compa- panels that can recharge EVs. Model Y at the company’s design in large part because SolarCity has nies fairly.” It didn’t exactly work out that way. studio in Hawthorne, California. (AP) failed to turn a profi t. Volvo to resume production at ‘Virginia plant’ despite strike DUBLIN, Virginia, July 12, (AP): Volvo Trucks North America says it will restart production at a plant in south- western Virginia on Monday despite an ongoing strike and the lack of a labor deal between the company and a union representing nearly 3,000 workers. The company said in a news release that it will implement terms and conditions of a tentative agreement endorsed by leaders of the United Auto Workers union on July 1. Work- ers at the tractor-trailer assembly plant in Dublin had reject- ed that tentative pact. Returning employees “will immediately receive the wage increases and benefi ts outlined in the July 1 agreement, ex- cept for the ratifi cation bonuses that would be paid on con- tract ratifi cation,” the company said. Brian Rothenberg, a UAW spokesperson, said in an email to The Associated Press on Sunday evening that the “strike is ongoing.” “The UAW is evaluating the company’s position and evaluating our legal options,” he wrote. “A new vote is scheduled Wednesday for the bargaining unit members on the company’s last, best and fi nal offer.” Volvo says the 1.6 million-square-foot (nearly 150,000-square-meter) Dublin plant is the largest manufac- turer of Volvo tractor-trailer trucks in the world. It is one of the largest private sector employers in the region, with approximately 3,300 employees, some 2,900 of whom are represented by the UAW. The previous contract, reached in 2016, was to have ex- pired in mid-March. Negotiations began in February. Union- ized workers went on strike from April 17 to 30 and returned to work as negotiations resumed. UAW members rejected a proposed contract in May. The company announced another tentative agreement later that month, but it was rejected June 6. “The ongoing strike - which we continue to believe is unnecessary - is hurting our customers, and has already set back our project to expand and upgrade the facility,” NRV Vice President and General Manager Franky Marchand said in a statement last week. “No one is gaining from the cur- rent situation, and we will consider all options related to the bargaining process.”

In a fi le photo, workers install parts on a truck on the Volvo truck assembly line at the Volvo plant in Dublin, Virginia. (AP) ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2021 BUSINESS 9

Mexican president ‘wants’ to compete with private gas cos

Mexico’s president said Thursday in some areas over the last year. ey, to acquire tanker trucks and “They are leaving me looking like Texas. That’s what gas companies billion in gas every year from gov- he wants to create a government The country’s annual infl ation distribution hubs. And many doubt a demagogue, like a liar, (because) point to as one factor in the price ernment pipelines, by drilling thou- company to distribute cooking gas rate is running at a worrisome al- the government - whose Pemex oil I made a promise that prices were increases. sands of illegal taps each year. following a surge in LP gas prices. most 6%, and cooking gas prices company suffered a pipeline gas not going to increase,” López Ob- The federal antimonopoly com- López Obrador wants to regulate Critics called it yet another na- have fueled that problem. The leak that ignited a huge, subaquat- rador said Thursday. mission says it is looking into the price of gas, and launch a state tionalistic, big-government step by president says private gas distribu- ic fi reball in the Gulf of Mexico in Mexico doesn’t produce enough whether a small number of fi rms gas company called “Wellbeing President Andrés Manuel López tion companies have infl ated their June - is up to the task. gas from domestic oil fi elds, and exercise control over pricing in Gas” to compete with private dis- Obrador in the energy sector. But profi t margins - sometimes to as But one of the president’s key refuses to approve fracking to ob- some markets, which rely heavily tributors. the problem is hitting Mexicans in much as 50% - and he wants to promises has been that basic fuel tain more. The country imports on small-tank delivery routes. López Obrador has also launched the pocketbook. Cooking gas is start a state-run delivery company prices won’t increase above the about 70% of the LP gas it uses. The Mexican Gas Distributors a nationalistic campaign to end used by 70% of Mexican house- charging lower prices. rate of infl ation, and the largely pri- But prices on the international Association says that private fi rms gasoline imports and stop or reduce holds and home deliveries have in- Opposition legislators say Mexi- vatized market for cooking gas cyl- market fl uctuated wildly this winter also have to compete against crim- exports of crude oil, by boosting do- creased in price by as much as 50% co doesn’t need, or have the mon- inders has made that unobtainable. and spring after winter storms hit inals who steal as much as $1.5 mestic refi ning capacity. (AP) Stocks mixed ahead of earnings season

‘Real revolution’ for economy Spain govt aims EU funds to ‘revamp’ its EV industry MADRID, July 12, (AP): The Span- Next Generation funds. ish government will invest 4.3 billion “Our state needs to be an entrepre- euros ($5.1 billion) from its share of neurial state in a tight alliance with European pandemic recovery funds the main stakeholders,” he added, to revamp its automobile industry and announcing that the government will steer it toward manufacturing electric appoint an industry leader to lead the vehicles and their components, the joint private and public efforts. prime minister announced on Monday. The Spanish Cabinet is set to ap- Pedro Sánchez said that the invest- prove the automobile plan in its ment will be “a real revolution” for weekly meeting on Tuesday. Com- the Spanish economy, bringing in an panies will be able to apply for fund- estimated 19 billion euros ($22.5 bil- ing immediately after, with the fi rst lion) in additional private investment. disbursements expected to arrive in His left-wing coalition government September. wants to inject the money in all seg- The plan aims to increase the in- ments of the car manufacturing chain, dustry’s share of Spain’s gross do- from lithium extraction to electric mestic product from the current 10% battery cell assembly lines, the leader to 15% by 2030 and add new jobs to of Spain’s ruling socialist party said. the pool of 2 million workers. It will “The spontaneous functioning of affect companies beyond automakers the market is not going to achieve by or their suppliers, Sánchez said, in- itself the kickstarting of a new model cluding mining, telecommunications that involves so many industries,” he and power utilities. said. The prime minister also said that Sanchez was speaking at an event the country is investing 1 billion eu- to introduce the fi rst of seven plans ros in stimulating electric vehicle to transform Spain’s industries with sales and that a public investment of Trader Peter Tuchman, left, and Benjamin Tuchman, father and son, work on the fl oor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, July 12, 2021. Stocks the 140 billion euros ($166 billion) another billion euros will go to install wobbled between small gains and losses on Wall Street Monday as investors look ahead to a wave of earnings reports from big U.S. companies coming that the country is expected to receive new public electric plug-in points, of out this week. (AP) over next six years from the EU’s which the country has only a few. ‘The market would like to see some certainty’

NEW YORK, July 12, (AP): Stocks That would be the biggest year-over-year less than 0.1% to 15,682.92. The CAC in Paris growth since 2009, when corporate profits sank 0.3% to 6,508.93. were wobbling between small gains started recovering from the Great Recession. On Monday in Asia, the Shanghai Composite and losses Monday ahead of a wave Ultimately investors are going to need these Index rose 0.7% to 3,547.84 after China’s cen- of earnings reports from big U.S. companies to deliver this season. Stocks have tral bank reduced the level of reserves commer- companies coming out this week. risen sharply in the past year on the backs of cial banks must hold, freeing up money for The S&P 500 index was up 0.1% as of expectations that corporate profits would lending. That followed signs China’s economic 11:40 a.m. Eastern. The Dow Jones Industrial rebound once the pandemic ends. Without rebound might be weakening. Average was up 67 points, or 0.2%, to 34,936 strong profits, it will be increasingly difficult The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo surged 2.2% to for investors to justify these high stock prices 28,569.02 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong and the Nasdaq composite was mostly un- and record market valuations. gained 0.6% to 27,515.24. changed. On Friday, the S&P 500 rose 1.1% “This needs to be more of a confirmation The Kospi in Seoul advanced 0.9% to to a fresh record, rebounding from the previ- process this earnings season,” said Scott Wren. 3,246.47 and Sydney’s S&P-ASX 200 rose ous day’s loss. Investors are closely watching what compa- 0.8% to 7,333.50. Stocks in the benchmark S&P 500 were nies say about the future in the latest round of India’s Sensex lost 0.2% to 52,282.88. New roughly split between gainers and losers with earnings, now that the economy is shaking off Zealand and Southeast Asian markets also bank stocks rising solidly and technology the worst impact from the pandemic and com- advanced. stocks falling. Trading was muted, with a few panies have a clearer view ahead. Over the weekend, the president of the stocks making big moves on little news. “The market has an expectation for the econ- European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde, told L Brands jumped 4.1% after the company’s omy and interest rates and it’s a matter of investors to prepare for new guidance on mon- board approved splitting the Victoria’s Secret whether company’s are going to acknowledge etary policy after the bank’s July 22 meeting. and Bath & Body Works units into two separate this or are they going to be cautious,” Wren But she gave no indication whether the bank companies. Virgin Galactic fell 12.2% followed said. “The market would like to see some cer- would start winding down stimulus. up a successful spaceflight with plans to sell up tainty.” The Federal Reserve jolted investors earlier to $500 million in stock. As investors keep an eye on corporate earn- by moving up the possible start of interest rate Earnings season kicks off this week. The big ings, there are also lingering worries about the hikes to late 2023 instead of the following year. Wall Street banks report their results starting highly contagious delta coronavirus variant that It said its board members have started to dis- Tuesday starting with JPMorgan Chase and is spreading quickly across much of the world. cuss when and how to wind down bond pur- Goldman Sachs. Also reporting this week will Places in the U.S. being hit particularly hard by chases that inject money into capital markets. be Bank of America, Citigroup and Wells the delta variant include the South, where vac- This week, U.S. banks are due to report earn- Fargo. A handful of other big companies report cine hesitancy and resistance is more common. ings as major companies begin announcing this week, including Delta Air Lines, PepsiCo There are some worries that these areas may quarterly results. Analysts expect another and UnitedHealth Group. have to reimpose restrictions. strong quarter for Wall Street, due to the Expectations are high this quarter for pub- European markets opened lower Monday. improving economy and fewer Americans licly traded companies. The pandemic is wan- Investors have swung between optimism defaulting on loans. ing, and all of the United States effectively about an economic recovery and unease about Benchmark U.S. crude lost 87 cents to $73.69 reopened again in the last quarter as vaccine the spread of the highly contagious delta variant per barrel in electronic trading on the New York availability became widespread. Investors will of coronavirus. They appear to be less worried Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose $1.62 be looking to see not only what sort of profits lately as governments step up vaccination cam- on Friday to $74.56. Brent crude, used to price these companies brought in the last three paigns. international oils, shed 86 cents to $74.69. It months, but also what their outlook is now that “Wall Street shrugged off ‘delta variant’ con- advanced $1.43 the previous session to $75.55. things are normalizing. cerns,” Mizuho Bank said in a report. The dollar declined to 110.09 yen from Corporate earnings are expected to be up In early trading, the FTSE 100 in London fell Friday’s 110.17 yen. The euro retreated to 64% from a year earlier, according to FactSet. 0.6% to 7,075.75 and the DAX in Frankfurt lost $1.1873 from $1.1875.

Company eyes regulated cryptocurrency exchange Bullish announces intent to go public on NYSE GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, July 12, Far Peak is a SPAC team focused on bringing a simulated market environment, testing out (Agencies): Bullish, a technology company leading fi nancial and fi ntech companies public. Bullish exchange’s proprietary innovations, focused on developing fi nancial services for Far Peak CEO and Chairman Thomas W. Farley including the Bullish Hybrid Order Book and the digital assets sector, announced it intends previously served as the President of the New Liquidity Pools which are designed to provide to go public on the New York Stock Exchange York Stock Exchange, bringing 15 years of deep and deterministic liquidity, along with a through a merger with Far Peak Acquisition world-class exchange leadership. Upon comple- user-friendly trading experience underpinned Corporation, a special purpose acquisition com- tion of the transaction, Far Peak CEO Thomas by industry-grade security and auditability. pany (“SPAC”). Bullish is preparing to release W. Farley will become the CEO of Bullish and “Bullish represents a promising future for a revolutionary, regulated cryptocurrency ex- Block.one CEO Brendan Blumer will be ap- fi nancial services,” said Thomas W. Farley, change that offers deep, predictable liquidity pointed Chairman of Bullish. Chairman and CEO of Far Peak. “With the in- with technology that enables retail and insti- Focused on innovative fi nancial services, creased interest from institutional players and tutional investors to generate yield from their Bullish seeks to rewire the traditional exchange sophisticated traders, it is critical to iterate on digital assets. in order to benefi t asset holders, enable traders, the existing exchange infrastructures we see to- The business combination of Bullish and and increase market integrity. As mainstream day. Bullish is well positioned to strategically Far Peak has a pro forma equity value at sign- institutions increasingly embrace digital curren- deliver value to its prospective shareholders as ing of approximately US$9.0 billion at US$10 cies, Bullish aims to make this asset class more it capitalizes on market trends and places tech- per share, to be adjusted at transaction closing accessible and rewarding to investors while de- nological innovation at the core of its identity. based on crypto asset prices around that time. veloping the next-generation infrastructure re- We’re only in the fi rst or second inning of the The proceeds include net cash in trust of ap- quired to better suit their needs. cryptocurrency market and I’m thrilled to be proximately US$600 million (assuming no re- “We believe Bullish’s real-time portfolio joining the Bullish team as we revolutionize the demptions) and US$300 million of committed balancing tools, deep predictable liquidity, and future of digital assets through cutting edge fi - private investment in public equity (“PIPE”) industry-leading security and compliance repre- nancial technologies.” anchored by EFM Asset Management, with par- sent a new breed of exchange design and can During the past year, Bullish received an ini- ticipation from funds and accounts managed by redefi ne how investors trade and manage digital tial capital injection by Block.one of US$100 BlackRock, Cryptology Asset Group, Galaxy assets,” said Brendan Blumer, CEO of Block. million and digital assets comprising of 164,000 Digital and several other renowned institutional one. “We are excited to be partnering with Far BTC and 20 million EOS, and completed a pre- investors. Peak to bring Bullish into the public markets to viously announced US$300 million strategic in- The transaction is expected to close by the offer our customers the opportunity to own a vestment round. Bullish is backed by a roster of end of 2021 and is subject to approval by Far part of our business.” prolifi c investors and leading names in the ven- Peak stockholders and other customary clos- In the coming weeks, Bullish exchange will ture capital space including Peter Thiel’s Thiel ing conditions, including regulatory approvals. run a private pilot program leading up to its Capital and Founders Fund, Alan Howard, Lou- The Boards of Directors of both Bullish and Far public launch anticipated later in 2021. In the is Bacon, Richard Li, Christian Angermayer’s Peak have unanimously approved the proposed pilot program, participants will be able to test Apeiron Investment Group, Galaxy Digital, and transaction. and experience the platform fi rst-hand within global investment bank Nomura. ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2021 BUSINESS 10

WhatsApp faces EU consumer complaint over privacy update

Facebook’s WhatsApp faces a com- other chat apps like Signal and Tele- will be cut off if they do not accept the plaint from European Union consumer gram because of privacy concerns when new terms. Yet consumers don’t know groups who say the chat service has the update was rolled out earlier this what they’re actually accepting.” In this file photo, the icons been unfairly pressuring users to accept year because of concerns the changes BEUC and consumer rights groups of Facebook and WhatsApp a new privacy update in what it calls a would give Facebook access to more in- from eight member countries filed the are pictured on an iPhone, breach of the bloc’s regulations. formation on users. complaint to the EU’s executive Com- in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The European Consumer Organisa- “WhatsApp has been bombarding us- mission and the bloc’s network of con- (AP) tion, or BEUC, filed a complaint Monday ers for months with aggressive and per- sumer authorities. over the way WhatsApp has brought in sistent pop-up messages to force them WhatsApp said the complaint is based changes to its terms of service and pri- to accept its new terms of use and priva- on a misunderstanding of the update’s vacy policy, saying they aren’t transpar- cy policy,” BEUC Director General Mo- purpose and effect and would welcome ent or easily understood by users. nique Goyens said. “They’ve been tell- the opportunity to explain it to the BEUC. Many WhatsApp users switched to ing users that their access to their app (AP) EU puts on hold digital levy plans

In face of US criticism

BRUSSELS, July 12, (AP): The European Union has put on hold work on plans for a digital levy for the moment to concentrate on finalizing the historic tax decision en- dorsed by the Group of 20 nations over the weekend, officials said Monday. In the face of U.S. criticism, the European Com- mission said that its work on the levy that would hit American technology companies would go on United States Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen ice to allow for smooth cooperation on the political arrives to attend a press conference at a G20 Economy and technical hurdles that still need to be addressed and Finance ministers and central bank governors’ on the G-20 tax decision before the end of October. meeting in Venice, Italy, July 11. (AP) “Successfully concluding this will require a fi nal ef- fort, a fi nal push from all parties. And the (EU) Com- mission is committed to focusing on that effort,” EU Who gets the keys to spokesman Dan Ferrie said. “For this reason, we have decided to put on hold our work on a proposal for a your ‘digital estate’? digital levy as a new EU resource during this period.” Finance ministers from the G-20 major economies By Liz Weston endorsed a global minimum corporate tax of at least 15%, a measure aimed at putting a fl oor under tax rates NerdWallet and discouraging companies from using low-rate coun- ou may not own cryptocurrency or nonfungible tries as tax havens. Ytokens. You may not have a big Instagram fol- The global minimum proposal faces political and lowing or run an online business. But if you do technical hurdles before it would take effect. Details are almost anything online, you probably have digital to be ironed out in coming weeks at the Organization assets - electronic records that you own, control for Economic Cooperation and Development in Paris, or license. Failing to make arrangements for those assets while you’re alive could cause unnecessary followed by a fi nal endorsement by G-20 presidents and costs, stress and heartache to those you leave be- prime ministers at an Oct. 30-31 meeting in Rome. hind. Countries would then need to legislate the rate into Online photo and video collections could be their own laws. The idea is for headquarters countries lost forever. Heirs could also be locked out of to tax their companies’ foreign earnings at home if electronic records with monetary value, such as those earnings go untaxed in low-rate countries. That cryptocurrency and frequent fl yer miles. Email would remove the reason for using complex account- and social media accounts could be hacked. Even ing schemes to move profi ts to subsidiaries in low-tax basic tasks, such as paying bills online or cance- nations, and where the companies may do little or no ling online subscriptions, may be diffi cult or im- actual business. possible if you haven’t made arrangements. Outside that context, the EU has also tried to focus “There would be no way for someone to know on companies that make profi ts in countries where they how I pay bills unless they could access my on- have no physical presence. That could be through digi- line account and my emails,” says Abby Sch- tal advertising or online retail. Countries led by France neiderman , co-founder of Everplans , a site for have started imposing unilateral “digital” taxes that hit creating end-of-life plans and the biggest U.S. tech companies such as Google, Ama- storing documents. “And if it zon and Facebook. takes you a while to access The U.S. calls those unfair trade practices, and has these accounts, you’re going threatened retaliation through import taxes. to realize afterwards, ‘Well, The European Commission’s announcement came as we’ve lost thousands of dol- U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen was meeting with lars on services we don’t Eurozone counterparts and high-level EU offi cials. use or don’t need anymore, because we can’t access them.’” Here’s what you should Weston consider and do to make this job easier for the person who winds up doing it. The online life doesn’t leave a paper trail In the past, your executor - the person entrusted with settling your estate after your death - prob- ably could have fi gured out what you owned and owed by rummaging through the papers in your fi ling cabinet and the bills in your mail, notes Sharon Hartung, the author of two books for fi - nancial advisors, “Your Digital Undertaker” and “Digital Executor.” That’s no longer the case. “Because our digital assets tend to be virtual in nature, an executor is not going to fi nd them in a search of our home offi ce,” Hartung says. “We’re going to have to leave some additional instruc- tions on what we’ve created and how the execu- tor is supposed to get access.” Google and Facebook are among the few on- line providers that allow you to appoint someone to manage your accounts if you become incapaci- tated or die. Apple recently announced plans to add a similar feature. The vast majority of online providers don’t have this option, however. Com- plicating matters further, almost all providers prohibit sharing passwords, Hartung says. Typically, executors can’t demand access to your digital assets unless you specifi cally give them authority to do so in your will or living trust. Even then, a provider’s terms of service may limit what the executor can do and hinder them from carrying out your wishes. So giving your executor your login credentials may be the easiest way to make sure they can car- ry out your wishes, estate planning experts say. Make a digital assets inventory The fi rst step in creating a plan for your digital assets is to make a list of them. Searching for a “digi- tal assets inventory” will turn up some worksheets, including a detailed one created by the trade organi- zation Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners , or STEP, that allows you to list your accounts, user- names and, if desired, your passwords. Don’t forget to include access to your devices. If you have two-factor authentication set up on accounts to verify your identity - and typically you should - your executor will need the pass- code to unlock your phone or other device that receives the authentication code. You may also want to leave a letter of instruc- tion telling your executor about your wishes for various assets - what to delete, what to archive and what to transfer to heirs, for example. Another option is to keep your login creden- tials in a password manager such as LastPass or 1Password . These tools typically have a “notes” fi eld that would allow you to include details about how you’d like the account to be handled. You would need to provide your executor with the master password, which could be included in the letter of instruction. Keep your inventory safe - and updated You don’t want to include sensitive information such as passwords in your will, since that document becomes public after you die. Instead, store the in- ventory and letter of instruction with your other es- tate planning documents in a secure location , such as with your attorney or in a home safe, and let your executor know where to fi nd it. (AP) ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2021 HEALTH 11

Pfizer to discuss COVID-19 vaccine booster with US officials Too soon to say if Americans may need vaccine booster: Fauci WASHINGTON, July 12, (AP): getting a vaccine when scientific data Pfizer says it plans to meet with top show how effective it is in staving off US health officials Monday to discuss Children as young as 12 eligible to get shots COVID-19 infections and hospitaliza- the drugmaker’s request for federal tions, and he was dismayed by efforts authorization of a third dose of its to block making vaccinations more ac- COVID-19 vaccine as President Joe cessible, such as Biden’s suggestion of Biden’s chief medical adviser ac- Vaccinated teachers and students don’t need masks: CDC door-to-door outreach. knowledged that “it is entirely con- Gov Asa Hutchinson, R-Ark, agreed ceivable, maybe likely” that booster NEW YORK, July 12, (AP): Vacci- That’s probably going to make The biggest questions will be at has been vaccinated. Philadelphia Sunday that there is a vaccine resis- shots will be needed. nated teachers and students don’t for some challenging school envi- middle schools where some stu- was planning to require masks, but tance in Southern and rural states like The company said it was scheduled need to wear masks inside school ronments, said Elizabeth Stuart, dents are eligible for shots and oth- the school district was reviewing his because “you have that more con- to have the meeting with the Food and buildings, the Centers for Disease a John Hopkins University public ers aren’t. If sorting vaccinated and the policy based on the new CDC servative approach, skepticism about Drug Administration and other offi- Control and Prevention said Friday health professor who has children unvaccinated students proves too guidance. Houston will not require government.” cials Monday, days after Pfizer assert- in relaxing its COVID-19 guidelines. in elementary and middle schools. burdensome, administrators might masks at all because of the Texas Describing his efforts to boost vac- ed that booster shots would be needed The changes come amid a na- “It would be a very weird dy- choose to just keep a masking poli- law. cinations in his state, which is seeing within 12 months. tional vaccination campaign in namic, socially, to have some kids cy in place for everyone. What about requiring COVID-19 rising infections, Hutchinson said “no Pfizer’s Dr Mikael Dolsten told The which children as young as 12 are wearing masks and some not. And “The guidance is really written to vaccination as a condition of school one wants an agent knocking on a Associated Press last week that early eligible to get shots, as well as a tracking that? Teachers shouldn’t allow flexibility at the local level,” attendance? That’s commonly door,” but “we do want those that do data from the company’s booster study general decline in COVID-19 hos- need to be keeping track of which Sauber-Schatz said. done across the country to prevent not have access otherwise to make sure suggests people’s antibody levels pitalizations and deaths. kids should have masks on,” she State mandates are further com- spread of measles and other dis- they know about it.” “We’re at a new point in the pan- said. plicating the issue. Several states, eases. jump five- to 10-fold after a third dose, demic that we’re all really excited Another potential headache: including California and Virginia, The CDC has repeatedly praised The grassroots component of the compared to their second dose months about,” and so it’s time to update Schools should continue to space have policies requiring all students such requirements, but the agency federal vaccination campaign has been earlier — evidence it believes supports the guidance, said Erin Sauber- kids - and their desks - 3 feet apart to wear masks at school regardless on Friday didn’t recommend that in operation since April, when supplies the need for a booster. Schatz, who leads the CDC task in classrooms, the CDC says. But of vaccination. But governors and measure because it is considered of shots began outpacing demand. It On Sunday, Dr Anthony Fauci didn’t force that prepares recommenda- the agency emphasized that spac- lawmakers in some other states, in- a state and local policy decision, was outlined and funded by Congress rule out the possibility but said it was tions designed to keep Americans ing should not be an obstacle to cluding in Arizona, Iowa and Texas, CDC officials said. in the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief too soon for the government to recom- safe from COVID-19. getting kids back in schools. And have barred local school officials Early in the pandemic, health bill passed in March and overwhelm- mend another shot. He said the Centers The nation’s top public health it said distancing is not required from requiring masks. officials worried schools might be- ingly is carried out by local officials for Disease Control and Prevention agency is not advising schools among fully vaccinated students or Widespread mask-wearing is come coronavirus cauldrons that and private sector workers and volun- and the FDA did the right thing last to require shots for teachers and staff. expected to continue this fall in spark community outbreaks. But teers. week by pushing back against Pfizer’s vaccine-eligible kids. And it’s not All of this may prove hard to some of the nation’s largest school studies have shown that schools Rep Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., blasted assertion with their statement that they offering guidance on how teachers implement, and that’s why CDC is districts, but not in others. In De- often see less transmission than opposition to vaccination efforts from did not view booster shots as necessary can know which students are vac- advising schools to make decisions troit’s public schools, everyone the surrounding community when some GOP lawmakers as “absolute “at this time.” cinated or how parents will know that make the most sense, Sauber- will be required to wear a mask certain prevention measures are insanity.” He said House Republican Fauci said clinical studies and labo- which teachers are immunized. Schatz said. unless everyone in the classroom followed. leader Kevin McCarthy of California ratory data have yet to fully bear out and others in the party need to speak the need for a booster to the current out against “these absolute clown poli- two-shot Pfizer and Moderna vaccines There are studies being done now on- based on such factors as age and un- reported by The Washington Post. tor, said that’s leading to “two truths” ticians playing on your vaccine fears or the one-shot Johnson & Johnson going as we speak about looking at derlying medical conditions. “Cer- Currently only about 48% of the US — highly immunized swaths of Amer- for their own selfish gain.” regimen. the feasibility about if and when we tainly it is entirely conceivable, maybe population is fully vaccinated. Some ica are getting back to normal while Fauci appeared on CNN’s “State of “Right now, given the data and the should be boosting people.” likely at some time, we will need a parts of the country have far lower im- hospitalizations are rising in other the Union,” ABC’s “This Week” and information we have, we do not need He said it was quite possible in the boost,’’ Fauci said. munization rates, and in those places places. CBS’ “Face the Nation”; Hutchinson to give people a third shot,” he said. coming months “as data evolves” that Monday’s planned meeting between the delta variant is surging. Last week, Fauci said it was inexplicable that spoke on ABC, and Kinzinger was on “That doesn’t mean we stop there. ... the government may urge a booster Pfizer and US health officials was first Dr Rochelle Walensky, the CDC direc- some Americans are so resistant to CNN. Film TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2021 FFeatureseatures off theblocking,”said serious injurieswere reported. 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‘We Interrupt’ on podcast How ‘biggest stories’ unfolded on TV news

NEW YORK, July 12, (AP): For a broadcast jour- nalist, they are the moments that MSNBC’s t says you can almost feel people watching you. Planes crash into the World Trade Center. A president is assassinated. An election is thrown into turmoil. The fi rst human walks on the moon. Daily life is cast aside and people gather around televi- sions to soak in the news. How TV and radio journalists handle it when his- tory is suddenly thrust upon them is the subject of a new podcast based on Joe Garner’s 1998 book, “We Interrupt This Broadcast.” The 12-episode series, which Williams narrates, becomes avail- able on July 20, and new seasons are already in the works. Hearing some of these mo- ments as they unfolded is chilling, particularly if you were around to hear them the fi rst time. In many cas- es, a journalist’s mundane day suddenly turned into one of the most impactful of their career and all skills are brought to bear. Williams “You can’t measure it when it’s happening, but you do your level best,” Williams said. “You will be re- membered when people look back and see how we covered these stories.” Episodes in the fi rst season explore the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, John F. Kennedy’s assassination, the shooting of President Ronald Reagan, the moon landing, Columbine, Princess Diana’s death, the D- Day invasion and the Hindenburg explosion. This image released by Marvel Studios shows Scarlett Johansson in a scene from ‘Black Widow.’ (AP) While recordings from those days are obvious- ly a big part of the series, Garner said he knew it wouldn’t be enough for a podcast. So the series draws on interviews from the peo- Film ple involved to give a richer perspective. That’s when you hear, for example, NBC News producer Beth O’Connell tell how she called staff members into a conference room after the planes Film a tribute and goodbye to a beloved character hit the World Trade Center to urge them to take a few moments to buy some shirts and toiletries at Rockefeller Center. They were likely to be at work Johansson brings originality to ‘Black Widow’ for a long time. Coverage By Lindsey Bahr kind of opened her up to the world and days to shoot and there we are fl ying eventually led her to make that all-time through the air on a bike.’” In 1968, annoyed astronaut Wally Schirra refused carlett Johansson has had quite a sacrifi ce at the end of ‘Endgame.’” “Black Widow” has the distinction to turn a camera on during the Apollo 7 mission, il- Sbit of time to think about a “Black Part of that involved introducing a of being the fi rst Marvel movie debut- lustrating how television coverage wasn’t exactly a Widow ” movie. After all, she’s played sort-of sister character in Yelena Be- ing day-and-date on a streaming plat- top priority of NASA. A year later, Schirra sat in a the character in seven movies spanning lova, played as an adult by Florence form, after being delayed over a year CBS studio beside Walter Cronkite describing the 10 years. Pugh, who also had the traumatic ex- due to the pandemic. Like a handful of Apollo 11 mission that landed on the moon. Yet unlike many of her fellow perience of being trained in the “Red Disney releases over the past year, it is Cronkite fi gures heavily in the series. It was a Avengers who got grand introduc- Room” as a child. be available in theaters globally and to seminal TV moment in 1963 when he took off his tions in movies and sequels bearing “Florence is so vibrant and inter- rent on Disney+ for $30. glasses to briefl y compose himself after telling the their names on the marquee, she built esting to watch that you think, ‘OK... The fi lm isn’t just a tribute and nation that Kennedy had died the enigmatic Natasha Romanoff as a there’s going to be life here,’” Johans- a goodbye to a beloved character, One of Cronkite’s former desk assistants, Mike sideline scene stealer beginning with son said. though. It also kicks off “Phase Four” Salma Hayek poses for photographers her introduction in 2010’s “Iron Man Despite not really knowing one an- of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Russo, is interviewed in the moon landing episode, upon arrival at the Kering Women In as is Richard Nafzger, a NASA offi cial responsible 2” through her exit in “Avengers: End- other beforehand, they quickly con- after an unplanned two-year gap in Motion Awards during the 74th inter- game.” nected on set, partly due to a natural for making sure Neil Armstrong’s fi rst step on the national fi lm festival, Cannes, southern Marvel theatrical releases following By the time her name was called for chemistry between the two and partly “Avengers: Endgame” (and, techni- moon was captured on camera. France, Sunday, July 11. (AP) a coveted standalone, she knew that, “No one knows who I am,” Nafzger said. “But due to the extreme nature of fi lming a cally, “Spider-Man: Far From Home.”) above all, she wanted Black Widow’s big budget action thriller. if it failed my name would be all over the place.” fi lm to be unexpected. And as the fi rst The stakes for big budget Marvel One moment lost to history: NBC had prepared a lead actor to serve as a producer on a Moment movies are always high, but “Black space-themed entertainment special — with rendi- Marvel fi lm, she actually had a say. Widow” will also be a litmus test not “Our Day One was me throwing her just because of the unconventional re- tions of songs like “Moon Over Miami” — for the The character, introduced in the against a cabinet and we both had our expected delay between the astronauts landing and comics in 1964, is inextricably tied lease strategy, but also as a gauge for hands in each other’s armpits. And it audience interest in the cinematic jug- Armstrong’s moonwalk, but it was scrapped when to a Soviet-era spy aesthetic fi tting of was in that moment that I was like, he and Buzz Aldrin left the landing craft more James Bond. But that seemed like the ‘Oh, my God, I have a sweaty armpit. gernaut going forward. quickly than expected. easy route. And Scarlett Johansson is touching After the 23-fi lm build to “End- A point that journalists repeatedly make is the “I didn’t want it to be an espionage me,’” Pugh said. “Once that ice is bro- game,” which currently holds the title need to stay calm in those big moments. One of fi lm,” Johansson said. “I think we ken, you know, best mates. Weird fi rst of second-highest grossing fi lm of all Aaron Brown’s most distinctive memories is re- avoided that.” day, though, to start with.” time after a re-release of “Avatar” dur- Instead, “Black Widow” helps peel It was a fi ttingly epic endeavor, ing the pandemic, Marvel is going into peating those words to himself while walking to- unchartered territory with new charac- ward CNN’s New York offi ce to anchor CNN’s Schuyler Janus back the layers on a hard-to-grasp shooting over 87 days in London, Nor- character, with a little bit of an ori- way, Budapest, Morocco and Atlanta, ters in fi lms like “Shang-Chi and the Sept. 11 coverage. Legend of the Ten Rings,” set for Sep- “You kind of go into a mode,” veteran journal- gin story, a little bit of a coda and the with showstopping fi ghts, motorcycle introduction of people outside of the stunts, car chases and even a skydiv- tember, and “Eternals” in November. ist Bill Kurtis, who participates with Williams in Variety But Marvel Studios president Kevin the series, said in an interview. “You don’t allow Avengers who mean something to her. ing sequence. For Pugh, who is more Johansson also personally recruited known for slightly less spectacle driv- Feige isn’t stressing much about that. your passions to take over. You adopt an insightful This new phase, he said, is one of “new ROCKFORD, Mich: A competitive eater Australian indie director Cate Short- en fi lms like “Midsommar” and “Little demeanor that you’re going to do your job, which is land, another unexpected and inspired Women,” it was an eye-opening expe- beginnings” moving forward. fi nding facts and getting them on the air.” wolfed down 50 chili dogs in 22 minutes, setting a local record at a bar in western choice, to helm. rience. “Within our movies, there’s this Unfounded rumors frequently fl y in those situa- Michigan where thousands of customers Marvel veteran Eric Pearson had “It was just so impressive to see big shared experience that all the tions, and a vital part of an anchor’s job is not giv- have their names on the wall for eating just the task of writing the script and took so many departments doing so many characters had with this, what we call ing them oxygen. Williams recalled former ABC a fraction. advantage of the fact that the character things. And you were completely in- the blip. Now, in real life, we all, as anchor Frank Reynolds’ anger when forced to re- Molly Schuyler showed up and just seemed to change and become more volved into the process and the creat- human beings on earth, have had the tract the erroneous report that Reagan press secre- started eating at The Corner Bar in Rock- emotionally vulnerable between “Civil ing of it. And I just really appreciated shared experience of this pandemic, of tary James Brady had died in the 1981 assassina- ford while other customers watched with War” and “Infi nity War”/”Endgame,” how much you were expected to be this lockdown. So there is an interest- tion attempt. their own meals, WOOD-TV reported. which is when “Black Widow” is set. there for the whole journey,” Pugh ing parallel that we’re that we were “Hot dog!” Schuyler said. “We’re looking at what happened said. “It only made then waiting and playing on in our stories,” he said. “It’s Journalism After 19 minutes, she had eaten 44 hot there,” Pearson said. “What happened watching the fi lm a year later just been two years since we’ve had a fi lm dogs. when she went back and confronted even more exciting because you’re in theaters and we are ready. I hope the Particularly on television during traumatic days, “Brought her out six more dogs. In 22 reporters often take on roles beyond journalism. minutes, she ate 50,” server Lisa Paavo said. her past that unlocked her heart and like, ‘Oh, my God, that took so many fans are ready.” “It sort of becomes a chapel,” Garner said. “It Another competitive eater, Tim “Eater becomes a national hearth. We all gather there and X” Janus, ate 43-1/2 chili dogs at the bar fi guratively hold hands and the anchor sort of gets in 2006. Anyone who eats 12 in four hours the newspaper reported. a lottery. Department of Land and Natural Resources us through it.” gets their name on the wall. Unlabeled, non-FDA-approved false Hawaii offi cials will hold the lottery as a will distribute 20 to 50 goats per permit. The podcast takes a potentially dangerous risk “It’s going on 6,000 names,” manager lashes are often seized in New Orleans but way to remove at least 700 goats from Pu- Applicants must indicate how many John Vanaman said. offi cials said this shipment was “particu- uhonua o Honaunau National Historic Park, goats they want and can’t choose individual with two episodes imagining how historical events, which is an important cultural and histori- animals. like the 1919 passage of the 19th Amendment giv- Schuyler asked if she could return and larly large,” WVUE-TV reported. (AP) try it again. ❑ ❑ ❑ cal site on the west side of the Big Island, Lottery winners must have a 16-foot ing women the right to vote, would be handled by “Any time you want,” Vanaman replied. the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. (4.87-meter) enclosed horse trailer or broadcasters. Those episodes weren’t available for (AP) HONOLULU: To protect historic lands Those interested in the goats may apply equivalent to pick up the goats so that they review. ❑ ❑ ❑ from invasive goats, Hawaii offi cials will for permits, which will be issued through don’t escape. A permit can be refused if a “We also have plans in future seasons to do the sto- distribute the live animals to the public via a random lottery on July 28. The state trailer isn’t secured. (AP) ries that changed our business — to do the stories that NEW ORLEANS: Three thousand pairs ❑ ❑ ❑ of false eyelashes have been seized by US taught the mostly older white guys running the media Customs and Border Protection agents after NORTON SHORES, Mich: A Michigan in this country that viewers and listeners have a funny offi cials determined they were illegally man made a striking discovery under his way of deciding what is news,” Williams said. imported from China to New Orleans. house when he went to demolish his back Garner said he was struck by the self-evaluation The four boxes of long lashes seized at stairs: about 160 bowling balls. many broadcasters offer of their work. The cliche Louis Armstrong New Orleans Interna- David Olson, 33, said he found one ball is that journalism is the fi rst draft of history. Those tional Airport were destined for a local buried in the sand behind cinder blocks this involved didn’t have the chance to rewrite it. beauty supply store, agency spokesperson month and continued fi nding more over the “I hope that (listeners) get an understanding of Matthew Dyman said in a statement. following days. the humanity at the heart of broadcast journalism,” They hadn’t been approved by the “I was actually a little happy about that federal Food and Drug Administration and because it’s a little easier to roll bowling he said. weren’t labeled with the distributor’s name balls out of the way than to move the sand Also: or the manufacturer’s name, he said. and fi gure out where to put all that,” he told That means there’s no way to tell the Detroit Free Press. LOS ANGELES: Viewers with fond memories of the whether the eyelashes had been exposed to Olson believes there are even more short-lived HBO series “Enlightened” will be eager disease during manufacturing or whether buried under his Norton Shores home. to check out “The White Lotus,” the channel’s new they were stored properly and kept away He contacted the maker of the balls, entry from creator Mike White. The six-episode from insect-infested areas, Dyman told Brunswick Bowling Products, which had a limited series, debuting 9 pm EDT Sunday, is a sa- The Times-Picayune / The New Orleans plant in the area and said they were made tiric look at life within an exclusive Hawaiian resort. Advocate. in the 1950s. He said former employees “There’s no telling what’s on these contacted him and told him the workers For those unfamiliar with White’s work, the cast eyelashes,” he said. used to take scrapped bowling balls to use may be enough to draw you in: it includes Connie False eyelashes can be made of synthet- as an alternative to gravel or sand. Britton and Steve Zahn as, respectively, a type-A ics and are attached using adhesive, and Brunswick shut down the Muskegon executive and a spouse with low-esteem; Jennifer unregulated or dangerous materials could plant in 2006. Olson said many of the balls Coolidge playing a rich-but-unhappy woman, and lead to allergic reactions, eye irritation or Honor Swinton Byrne, (left), and Tilda Swinton pose for photographers at the aren’t in good shape; they don’t have fi nger Molly Shannon as a honeymoon gatecrasher. worse, Dyman said. photo call for the fi lm ‘The Souvenir- Part II’ at the 74th international fi lm festival, holes and aren’t polished, according to No business or individual has been cited, Cannes, southern France, Thursday, July 8. (AP) MLive.com. (AP) ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2021 SPORTS 14

Storm topple Mercury 82-75 Lee wins Scottish Open title, McCowan drops 21 points as Fever rally past Dream Glover ends 10-year drought COLLEGE PARK, Ga., July 12, and eight assists to help Las Vegas (AP): Teaira McCowan had 21 beat Dallas 95-79 in the teams fi nal points and 14 rebounds to help game before the Olympic break. the Indiana Fever beat the Atlanta Dearica Hamby also had 22 Dream 79-68. points and 12 boards for the Aces The Fever (4-16) won their third (15-6), who were missing Liz in a row after 12 straight losses. Cambage. The 6-foot-8 Australian Tiffany Mitchell added 14 is training with her country to get points, Danielle Robinson scored ready for the Tokyo Games. 12, Kelsey Mitchell 11 and Jessica The Aces used a 33-point second Breland 10. quarter to rally from a fi ve-point Indiana pulled away with 14 defi cit and take a 48-42 lead into straight points for a 77-61 lead on halftime. Kelsey Plum was huge Robinson’s basket with 3:53 left. in that second quarter and fi nished Crystal Bradford stopped the run the game with 16 points. Jackie with 1 of 2 free throws and Aari Young had 17 for Las Vegas also, McDonald’s 3-pointer with 2:08 which put the game away in the left was the fi rst third quarter. of the game by Jones’ double-double leads the Dream (6- Sun 71, Liberty 54 13). Atlanta In New York, Jonquel Jones had fi nished 1 of 13 from 3-point range. Odys- sey Sims had BASKETBALL 20 points and Bradford added 17 points, 17 rebounds and fi ve as- 14 for Atlanta, sists as the Connecticut Sun routed which opened McCowan the New York Liberty 71-54. the game on a It was Jones’ 10th double-dou- 12-2 run. ble of the season for the Sun (14- Storm 82, Mercury 75 6), who go into the Olympic break In Everett, Washington, sitting in third place in the stand- Epiphanny Prince scored 15 points, ings. Jasmine Thomas added 12 Katie Lou Samuelson matched her points and Briann January 10. career high with 14, and the Seattle Connecticut played stellar de- Storm beat the Phoenix Mercury fense, holding the Liberty to just 82-75. 30% shooting from the fi eld. Ky- Lucas Glover hits off the 17th tee during the fi nal round of the John Deere Classic golf tournament, on July 11, at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois. (Inset): Jewell Loyd’s 3-pointer with lee Shook made a career-high four Australia’s Min Woo Lee holds the trophy after winning the Scottish Open at The Renaissance Club, North Berwick, Scotland, on July 11. (AP) 1:48 left gave the Storm (16-5) a 3-pointers and scored 16 points to six-point lead and Sue Bird’s run- lead New York (10-11). She made ning bank shot was the dagger, six of her eight shots while the rest Furyk holds off Goosen, Weir to win US Senior Open making it 80-72 at 43.9 seconds. of the team was just 11 for 48 from Kia Nurse scored 28 points and the fi eld. NORTH BERWICK, Scot- He was among two dozen players In Omaha, Neb., Jim Furyk recov- closed with a 4-under 68, made birdie had a career high seven 3-point- The Sun led 22-12 after the fi rst land, July 12, (AP): Min separated by three shots on the rain- ered from a rough start in the fi nal in a playoff to stay live and then won ers for the Mercury (9-10). Skylar quarter and pulled away for good softened TPC Deere Run when the round of the U.S. Senior Open to hold with a par on the second extra hole in Diggins-Smith added 17 points in the third quarter with 16 straight Woo Lee of Australia made former U.S. Open champion went on a off Retief Goosen and Mike Weir and the TPC Colorado Championship at and Brittney Griner scored 16. points. Michaela Onyenwere add- tear. It started with a 15-foot birdie putt win by three strokes. Heron Lakes. a 10-foot birdie putt on the Lynx 86, Sparks 61 ed 12 points and Jazmine Jones 10 on the par-3 12th hole. He hit his ap- Making his debut in the event, Furyk It was his fi rst victory in 19 years, for New York. fi rst extra hole to win a proach into 4 feet and 7 feet on the next closed with a 1-over 71 to become the back when the PGA Tour’s feeder cir- In Los Angeles, Napheesa Col- three-way playoff against two holes, and then fl ushed a 7-iron to eighth player to win both the U.S. Open cuit was called the Buy.com Tour. And lier matched her career-high with Matt Fitzpatrick and 3 feet on the 15th hole to take the lead. and Senior Open, joining the likes of it featured a wild fi nish in the thin air 27 points and the Minnesota Lynx Thomas Detry at the Scot- Glover fi nished his run with a 12- Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Lee of Colorado. won their seventh straight with an foot birdie on the par-5 17th, and a Trevino, Billy Casper and Gary Player. David Skinns (65) and Kevin Yu 86-61 win over the Los Angeles tish Open for his second Furyk fi nished at 7-under 273 at (67) fi nished at 16-under 272, and Rid- 6-foot putt to save par from the bunker Sparks. European Tour title. on the 18th that he fi gured would come Omaha Country Club. ings had to play the fi nal four holes in 1 in handy. He won the U.S. Open in 2003 at under just to join them. The Lynx (12-7) shot 56% from Lee closed with a 7-under 64 the fi eld, solidifying their fourth- and was the fi rst to fi nish at 18-un- It never got to that. No one could Olympia Fields south of Chicago, is a 17- Taylor Pendrith made bogey on the catch him. time winner on the PGA Tour and won 18th to miss the playoff by one shot, place standing in the WNBA as der 268 at The Renaissance Club, while Vince India bogeyed the last two the league heads into the Olympic which featured a 90-minute weath- Glover fi nished at 19-under 265. Kevin Na tried to make a run with to miss the playoff by two shots. break. er delay late in the fi nal round. three birdies in four holes until he was GOLF On the par-3 16th in a playoff, Rid- Layshia Clarendon added 14 Detry (67) and Fitzpatrick (67) each slowed by a bogey on the 15th and ings and Skinns each made birdie to points and Sylvia Fowles had 10. made par on the 18th to join him in the couldn’t make up enough ground. He advance. Skinns bogeyed the 16th on Minnesota had an 18-point lead in playoff. shot a 68. Ryan Moore also closed with his fi rst two PGA Tour Champions events the second extra hole, and Ridings won Lee and Detry also secured spots in the fi rst half and extended to 83- a 68 for a runner-up fi nish. upon turning 50 last year. This was the with a par. the British Open next week at Royal 55 on Bridget Carleton’s 3-pointer The victory at the 50th edition of the third senior major he’s played. He tied for In South Lake tahoe, Nev., Vinny St. George’s, along with Jack Senior of 16th in the Senior PGA and was sixth in Del Negro became the fi rst basketball late in the fourth quarter. England, who tied for 10th. John Deere Classic sends Glover back Erica Wheeler and Brittney to the Masters, the PGA Championship the Senior Players Championship. player to win the American Century Ian Poulter, Ryan Palmer and Irish The victory makes Furyk exempt Championship, rallying for an emo- Sykes had 14 points each, and Open winner Lucas Herbert fi nished a and allows him to start next year on Maui for the Tournament of Champi- into the U.S. Open next year at The tional victory four days after his father Amanda Zahui B added 10 for the Seattle Storm’s Katie Lou Samuel- shot behind, with U.S. Open champion Country Club outside Boston, where died. Sparks (6-13). son drives to the hoop during the Jon Rahm another stroke back in sev- ons, a place he hasn’t been in a decade. second half of a WNBA basketball in 1999 he won a key singles match Del Negro, the 54-year-old former Aces 95, Wings 79 enth. That meant Rahm lost his No. 1 against Sergio Garcia when the Ameri- NBA player and coach making his 20th game against the Phoenix Mercury, world ranking to Dustin Johnson. can rallied to win the Ryder Cup. appearance in the celebrity tournament, In Arlington, Texas, A’ja Wil- on July 11, in Everett, Washington. Rahm’s hopes effectively ended In Sylvania, Ohio, Nasa Hataoka of choked back tears after the victory son had 22 points, 13 rebounds (AP) when his second into the par-5 16th Japan was declared the winner of the thinking about father Vincent. He died was a bounce away from being tight, Marathon LPGA Classic when the fi - Wednesday in hospice at age 85. instead rolling off a mound away from nal round was washed out by relent- Del Negro birdied the 18th in regula- the green. He failed to get up-and- less, heavy rain. Hataoka had a six-shot tion to force a playoff with John Smoltz Kuwait’s female players prepare down and made par. lead over Elizabeth Szokol and Mina and won with another birdie on the fi rst Wade Ormsby of Australia narrow- Harigae. She won for the fourth time extra hole. for world handball cup qualifi ers ly missed out on a spot in the British on the LPGA Tour, and her fi rst LPGA Del Negro had a 20-point round at Open. His consolation prize was win- title in two years. Edgewood Tahoe in the modifi ed Sta- KUWAIT CITY, July 12, of women committee at Kuwait ning 204 bottles of whisky for making The fi nal round began at 7 a.m. with bleford scoring event to match Smoltz (KUNA): Kuwait’s female hand- Handball Association, told a hole-in-one on the 12th, one bottle for hopes of beating the rain. That lasted (18) with a three-day total of 69. ball players conducted their train- KUNA. each yard of the hole. only a few hours before Highland Del Negro had two birdies and two ing in preparation for the world The players will head to Bosnia In Silvis, Ill., Lucas Glover ended 10 Meadows was soaked, and soon be- bogeys for an even-par 72 in conven- handball cup qualifiers to be host- and Herzegovina next month for a years without a victory when he birdied came unplayable. tional scoring. Smoltz had four birdies fi ve of his last seven holes for a 7-un- The LPGA said the forecast was not and eight bogeys in a 76. ed by South Korea on September two-week training camp to help der 64 to win the John Deere Classic Jim Furyk holds up a trophy after favorable for a Monday fi nish, and it Other Tour: Marcel Siem birdied 15-25. the team be ready for the qualifi- by two shots. winning the U.S. Senior Open golf didn’t help that Evian Championship - two of his last three holes for a 4-un- In the upcoming period, a new ers, she added. Glover won for the fourth time in his tournament at Omaha Country the fourth LPGA major of the year - is der 67 and a one-shot victory at Le Va- coach will arrive to train the Spain will host the IHF Women’s career, the most recent in 2011 at Quail Club on July 11, in Omaha, Neb. scheduled to start on Wednesday. udreuil Golf Challenge, earning a spot national team to get the targeted World Championship by the end Hollow. (AP) In Berthoud, Colo., Tag Ridings in the British Open. results, Al-Jazi Al-Monis, head of this year, she noted. ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2021 SPORTS 15 MLB Results/Standings Altuve HR caps 6-run rally in WASHINGTON, July 12, (AP): Results and standings from the MLB games on Sunday. Toronto 3 Tampa Bay 1 Philadelphia 5 Boston 4 Chic. W. Sox 7 Baltimore (10 inn) 5 Oakland 4 Texas 1 Houston 8 NY Yankees 7 Minnesota 12 Detroit (10 inn) 9 LA Angels 7 Seattle 1 9th as Astros shock Yankees Miami 7 Atlanta 4 Pittsburgh 6 NY Mets 5 Cincinnati 3 Milwaukee 1 San Francisco 3 Washington 1 Colorado 3 San Diego 1 LA Dodgers 7 Arizona 4 American League East Division W L Pct GB Boston 55 36 .604 _ Tampa Bay 53 37 .589 1-1/2 New York 46 43 .517 8 Toronto 45 42 .517 8 Baltimore 28 61 .315 26 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 54 35 .607 _ Cleveland 45 42 .517 8 Detroit 40 51 .440 15 Minnesota 39 50 .438 15 Kansas City 36 53 .404 18 West Division W L Pct GB Houston 55 36 .604 _ Oakland 52 40 .565 3-1/2 Seattle 48 43 .527 7 Los Angeles 45 44 .506 9 Texas 35 55 .389 19-1/2 National League East Division W L Pct GB New York 47 40 .540 _ Philadelphia 44 44 .500 3-1/2 Atlanta 44 45 .494 4 Washington 42 47 .472 6 Miami 39 50 .438 9 Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 53 39 .576 _ Cincinnati 48 42 .533 4 Chicago 44 46 .489 8 St Louis 44 46 .489 8 Pittsburgh 34 56 .378 18 West Division W L Pct GB San Francisco 57 32 .640 _ Los Angeles 56 35 .615 2 San Diego 53 40 .570 6 Colorado Rockies’ Joshua Fuentes, left, is tagged out by San Diego Padres catcher Victor Caratini, right, on a play at the plate in the ninth inning of a baseball game, on July 11, in San Colorado 40 51 .440 18 Diego. (AP) Arizona 26 66 .283 32-1/2

Chastain thwarts Kyle Atlanta bid López pitches Marlins past Braves 7-4 HOUSTON, July 12, (AP): In the ninth, Edwin Diaz (3-3) gave game-ending three-run homer in the Kurt Busch ‘holds off’ brother to up an RBI single to John Nogowski, 10th inning, and Minnesota completed Jose Altuve hit a three-run and Difo followed with his run-scoring a four-game sweep of Detroit. homer to cap a startling six- hit down the third base line. Polanco hit a full-count pitch from earn 1st NASCAR win of season run rally in the bottom of Blue Jays 3, Rays 1 Derek Holland (1-2) to left fi eld for his 12th homer of the season. Polanco had HAMPTON, Ga., July 12, (AP): Kurt his maximum five races in the series the ninth inning, getting his In St. Petersburg, Florida,Danny Busch asked for a final favor from this season. He said he doesn’t plan to three hits and fi ve RBIs, while Alex jersey yanked off in a fren- Jansen homered, Robbie Ray took a Kiriloff and Max Kepler each had two Atlanta Motor Speedway’s old, bat- return to the Xfinity Series next sea- no-hitter into the seventh inning and tered track. son. zied celebration and lifting hits and drove in two runs Toronto ended Tampa Bay’s six-game Catcher Jake Rogers had given the Busch’s wish came true on the Kurt Busch’s contract with Chip the Houston Astros over winning streak. track’s farewell race. Ganassi Racing expires at the end of Tigers a 9-8 lead with a grand slam in the New York Yankees 8-7. The left-hander’s bid ended with one the top of the ninth, but Twins catcher Busch passed brother Kyle with 24 the year, and Ganassi sold the team to out when Yandy Díaz was awarded a laps left and won the NASCAR Cup Trackhouse Racing owner Justin The Astros had been shut out Ben Rortvedt tied it with a solo shot in by the Yankees the previous two double after a fan reached over the left- the bottom half. Akil Baddoo homered Series race to complete a sibling week- Marks this month. fi eld fence and tried to catch his drive. end Atlanta sweep. “I don’t know where I’m going, but games, highlighted by ace Gerrit and drove in three runs for the Tigers. Ray (7-4) allowed one hit and one walk, Giants 3, Nationals 1 It was the final race for the current I just love racing cars and I want to Cole’s three-hitter in a 4-0 win on while striking out 11 in seven innings. track surface. It was installed in 1997 race that Next Gen car,” Busch said, Saturday night. In San Francisco, Kevin Gausman and is the oldest on the NASCAR cir- referring to NASCAR’s planned new The win came on Altuve replica Athletics 4, Rangers 1 New York Yankees starting pitcher worked six-plus innings of one-run ball cuit. Construction on a repaving and car for next season. “That’s why I jersey giveaway at Minute Maid Park In Arlington, Texas, Matt Olson and Curt Casali hit a three-run homer reprofile project is expected to begin want to stick around.” - Houston fans left with a No. 27 shirt, Jameson Taillon delivers during the fi rst inning of a baseball game hit two of Oakland’s four homers and as San Francisco completed a three- immediately. Martin Truex Jr. finished third after while the All-Star second baseman ex- against the Houston Astros, on July game sweep of Washington. “What a genuine, awesome, old- starting at the back of the pack. Alex ited without his. 11, in Houston. (AP) San Francisco heads into the All- school race track,” Bowman was fourth, followed by New York led 7-2 after a three-run BASEBALL Star break with the best record in the Kurt Busch said. Ryan Blaney. homer by Gary Sanchez in the eighth Chicago completed a season sweep of majors at 57-32. “I just asked the Truex had been slated to start fifth inning. Baltimore. Andrew Vaughn homered Dodgers 7, Diamonbacks 4 track today for the but was pushed to to the rear of the After the fi rst two Astros reached Chris Bassitt allowed one run in seven twice for the White Sox, who have In Los Angeles, Max Muncy slugged last time on your base against Domingo Germán in the won fi ve in a row and 10 of 13 overall. innings in a win over Texas. old asphalt can I ninth, Chas McCormick hit a two-run Jed Lowrie and Sean Murphy hit a three-run, walk-off homer in the ninth CAR RACING Chicago leads the AL Central by eight inning, rallying Los Angeles past Ari- have an old guy double off Chad Green (3-5). Abraham games over Cleveland. back-to-back homers in the second in- win, and she Toro followed with an RBI double to ning for the A’s, who won consecutive zona. The White Sox went 7-0 against Bal- The Dodgers tied the game at 4 with answered.” make it 7-5, still with no outs. timore this season. games for the fi rst time since mid-June Kurt Busch, 42, pack after his Toyota failed two pre- and took two of three at Texas. Bassitt three runs in the eighth, then scored Marlins 7, Braves 4 Pinch-hitter Trey Mancini’s two-out, more to complete the comeback a day raced to his first race inspections. two-homer run in the Orioles ninth off (10-2) gave up four hits, struck out three victory of the sea- Denny Hamlin was fifth at the end In Miami, Pablo López set a major and walked one. Lou Trivino stranded after their historic 22-1 win over the Busch league record by striking out the fi rst Chicago closer Liam Hendriks (4-2) D-backs. son, 33rd overall of the second stage but was penalized made it 4-all. two runners in the ninth inning for his and the fourth of for entering the pits too fast and had to nine batters to start a game, pitching 14th save in 16 opportunities. Rockies 3, Padres 1 his career at Atlanta. He locked up a move to the back of the pack for the Miami past Atlanta. Phillies 5, Red Sox 4 The 25-year-old López (5-5) broke Twins 12, Tigers 9, 10 Innings In San Diego, pinch-hitter Chris spot in the playoffs and possibly restart. He finished 13th. In Boston, Ronald Torreyes hit a Owings hit a go-ahead home run in the improved his chances of securing a Atlanta Motor Speedway president the mark of eight straight strikeouts to three-run homer and Philadelphia used In Minnesota, Jorge Polanco hit a begin a game set by Jim Deshaies in seventh inning, Jon Gray had another new ride next season. Brandon Hutchinson said the planned six pitchers to beat Boston. strong start and Colorado beat San Die- “Hell yeah, we beat Kyle!” he said. resurfacing was overdue. Proof of the 1986 and matched by Jacob deGrom The Phillies turned to the bullpen af- in 2014 and German Marquez in 2018. go, which lost another starting pitcher Kyle Busch reclaimed the lead with poor condition of the old asphalt came ter losing scheduled starter Aaron Nola to injury. 47 laps remaining, but couldn’t hold holes which developed on the front López threw 30 of his fi rst 35 pitches to COVID-19 contact tracing. for strikes. The Rockies won in Bud Black’s off his older brother on Lap 236. Kurt straightaway had to be repaired fol- Torreyes had three of Philadelphia’s 2,000th career game as a manager. Busch took advantage of lapped traf- lowing the second stage. Reds 3, Brewers 1 six hits. Cristopher Sánchez (1-0) got Owings’ homer off Craig Stammen fic, especially teammate Ross The race was delayed for 19 min- In Milwaukee, Nick Castellanos hit a the win after taking over in the second (3-2) made a winner of Gray (6-6), who Chastain, to pass his brother. Chastain utes during a red-flag stoppage as a tiebreaking two-run single off All-Star inning, and Ranger Suárez fi nished it, held the Padres to one run and three helped Kurt Busch choose the lane crew filled the gaps in the track with closer Josh Hader with two outs in the striking out two in the ninth to earn his hits in six innings, struck out seven and needed to make the crucial pass. caulk. ninth inning, and Cincinnati beat Mil- second save. walked three. “The 42 did his job as a teammate,” Pole-sitter Chase Elliott finished waukee. Pirates 6, Mets 5 Angels 7, Mariners 1 Kurt Busch said. “Ross is going to get seventh. Elliott fell back after his The Reds took three of four in the a little flak for it, but that’s what it brakes locked, causing him to miss his series to pull within four games of the In New York, Wilmer Difo’s tie- In Seattle, David Fletcher had four takes to be a good teammate at the pit box, on a competition caution on NL Central-leading Brewers. breaking single in the ninth inning hits and four RBIs to extend his hitting right moment. I couldn’t be more Lap 27. Elliott struggled to make up Hader (3-2) came in to pitch the capped Pittsburgh’s rally from an early streak to 24 games, and Los Angeles proud of Ross Chastain.” ground and remained winless in seven ninth after he surrendered a game- fi ve-run defi cit to beat New York. beat Seattle. Said Chastain, who finished 21st: starts at his Atlanta home track. winning homer to Eugenio Suárez on The NL East-leading Mets jumped Fletcher homered in the third in- “Kurt asked for the lane and I gave it Elliott described the finish as “solid, Saturday night. He hit Suárez on Sun- out to a 5-0 lead against Chase De Jong ning, drove in two runs with a single in to him. ... One team, one goal and just not great.” day, and Kyle Farmer followed with a in the fi rst on a two-run homer by Fran- the fi fth and added another RBI in the that’s to win.” Light rain, and the threat of a heavi- pinch-hit single. cisco Lindor and a three-run shot by Miami Marlins’ Miguel Rojas hits an seventh to snap the Angels’ two-game Michael Conforto. RBI-single to score Jesus Sanchez losing streak. The second baseman fi n- Kyle Busch pushed for the lead with er downpour, affected strategy late in White Sox 7, Orioles 5 eight laps remaining, but Kurt pulled the second stage. Some drivers were Rodolfo Castro and Michael Perez during the sixth inning of a baseball ished 4 for 5. away in the final laps to win by 1.237 instructed to delay pit stops and remain In Baltimore, Adam Engel hit a hit back-to-back homers in the fi fth. game against the Atlanta Braves, Shohei Ohtani went 2 for 4 with a seconds. on the track in case rain forced a delay three-run homer in the 10th inning and Castro hit a two-run homer in the sixth. on July 11, in Miami. (AP) double and a walk . Kyle Busch said his brother “was or early end to the race. There was no definitely better than us today. I weather delay. thought I had him, and I did, but racing The NASCAR Cup series moves just didn’t play out for us today.” to the New Hampshire Motor Kyle Busch won the Xfinity Series Speedway. Brad Keselowski won Vines lifts US over Haiti in Gold Cup opener race Saturday, giving him five wins in last year’s race. KANSAS CITY, Kansas, July 12, (AP): Sam Vines No. 83 Haiti was wuthout several regulars due to scored his fi rst international goal on a header in the positive COVID tests. eighth minute, and a U.S. team mostly of backup Defending champion Mexico, with more than a players opened the CONCACAF Gold Cup with a dozen of its top players, is favored to win the Aug. 1 1-0 victory over Haiti. fi nal at Las Vegas. Shaq Moore’s cross bounced off two Haitans to Berhalter started Matt Turner in goal, Moore at Gyasi Zardes, who popped up the ball for Vines to right back, Walker Zimmerman and Miles Robinson head past goalkeeper Brian Sylvestre from 6 yards. in central defense and Vines at left back. Moore was making his sixth international appearance Kellyn Acosta, Jackson Yueill and Sebastian Lletget were in midfield, Paul Arriola and Jona- than Lewis on the flanks and Zardes headed the SOCCER attack. Arriola came out because of a tight right hamstring in the 14th minute and was replaced by Gioacchini. and Vines his fourth. Kansas City midfielder Gianluca Busio debuted With the U.S. wearing new red-and-blue patterned in the 62nd minute, and defender James Sands and road jerseys for the fi rst time, Walker Zimmerman United States defender Sam Vines (3) and Haiti midfielder Eryk Williamson entered in the 76th. hit the crossbar just before Vines’ goal and Nicho- defender Stephane Lambese, left, battle for the That raised American debuts to 68 since a 2017 las Gioacchini struck a post in the 66th. U.S. coach ball during the fi rst half of a CONCACAF Gold loss at Trinidad and Tobago, including 47 under Gregg Berhalter picked just four players for his 23- Cup soccer match, on July 11, in Kansas City, Berhalter. Canada beat Martinique 4-1 in the first man roster from the group he selected for last month’s Kansas. (AP) game of the Group B doubleheader on goals by Nations League fi nal four, allowing Christian Pulisic, Cyle Larin, Jonathan Osorio, Stephen Eustaqio Kurt Busch stands in Victory Lane with the trophy after winning a NASCAR Zack Steffen, Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams and The 20th-ranked U.S. improved to 36 wins, one and Theodor Corbeanu after Emmaiel Riviere put Cup Series auto race, on July 11, in Hampton, Ga. (AP) other regulars to report to European club preseasons. loss and four draws in the Gold Cup group stage. Martinique ahead. ARAB TIMES, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2021 16

Italy’s goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma makes a save against England’s Jadon San- cho during penalty shootout of the Euro 2020 soccer championship fi nal match between England and Italy at Wembley Stadium in London. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com POLICE INVESTIGATE RACIST ABUSE OF THREE ENGLAND PLAYERS Italy win European Championship as England’s wait for major title goes on

Italy’s team celebrates with the trophy on the podium after winning the Euro 2020 soccer championship fi nal between England and Italy at Wembley Sstadium in London. (AP)

Donnarumma saves decisive spot kick by Saka Antetokounmpo scores 41 pts LONDON, July 12, (AP): Italian soccer’s Italy’s midfi elders dominated possession, as widely predicted before the match, and England simply resorted redemption story is complete. England’s to dropping deep and getting nine or even all 10 outfi eld painful half-century wait for a major title players behind the ball. It was reminiscent of the 2018 Dominant Bucks trim Suns lead goes on. World Cup semifi nals, when England also scored early MILWAUKEE, July 12, (AP): Gian- They didn’t get to cheer as much as And it just had to be because of a penalty shootout. against Croatia then spent most of the game chasing their nis Antetokounmpo and the Bucks they wanted early after a strong start Italy won the European Championship for the second opponents’ midfi eld before losing in extra time. made the NBA Finals’ return to Mil- by the Suns, who got 12 points from time by beating England 3-2 on penalties . The match Italy’s equalizer was merited and Leonardo Bonucci waukee a slamming success. Deandre Ayton in the opening period. finished 1-1 after extra time at Wembley Stadium, was the unlikely scorer. He put the ball in from close range The way the Greek Freak is going, But Ayton was hampered by foul which was filled mostly with English fans hoping to after a right-wing corner was fl icked on to Marco Verratti, the party might just be getting started. trouble and the Bucks soon ran by the celebrate the team’s first international trophy since the whose stooping header was tipped onto the post by goal- Antetokounmpo had 41 points, Suns and kept right on going. 1966 World Cup. keeper Jordan Pickford. 13 rebounds and six assists, and the Antetokounmpo had seven straight Instead, just utter dejection again - they know the feel- England managed to hold on for extra time - the way Bucks pounded Phoenix 120-100 on points to fi nish a 9-0 run in the sec- ing so well - after Gianluigi Donnarumma, Italy’s impos- three of the last six European fi nals went - and actually had Sunday night, cutting the Suns’ lead ond that gave Milwaukee a six-point ing goalkeeper, dived to his left and saved the decisive the better of the fi nal stages. to 2-1. lead, and after Phoenix scored four spot kick by 19-year-old Londoner Bukayo Saka, one of Just not the shootout, again. The fi rst NBA Finals game in Mil- straight, the Bucks took off again on the youngest players in England’s squad. After the misses of Rashford - he stuttered up to the ball waukee since 1974 went to the home a 16-3 run. It was England’s third straight failure from the penalty and then hit the post - and Sancho, whose shot was saved team in a romp, with Antetokounmpo Bobby Portis had the last two bas- spot in the shootout, with Marcus Rashford and Jadon San- by Donnarumma again down to his left, Jorginho had the and the bigger Bucks overwhelming kets in the half, fi nishing off a pret- cho - players brought on late in extra time seemingly as chance to win it for Italy. the smallish Suns to the tune of a 20-2 ty fast break with a dunk for one of specialist penalty-takers - also missing. Incredibly, the midfi elder who converted the decisive advantage in second-chance points. them, and it was 60-45 at the break. As Saka and Sancho cried, Don- penalty in a shootout win over Spain in the semifi nals also “We knew what type of game it The lead was 13 with under eight narumma was mobbed by his team- failed to score as Pickford tipped the effort off the post. was going to be,” Antetokounmpo minutes left in the third when Cam mates as they sprinted toward him Instead, it was Donnarumma who made the crucial said. “We knew we had to come here, Johnson took a pass near midcourt from the halfway line after the second play good basketball and compete as with an open path to the basket. P.J. penalty shootout in a European Cham- hard as possible.” Tucker tried to step in but was too pionship fi nal. SOCCER Game 4 is Wednesday night, with Milwaukee Bucks’ P.J. Tucker (17) They then headed to the other end the series guaranteed to go back to puts up a shot against Phoenix of the fi eld and ran as one, diving to Phoenix afterward. Suns’ Devin Booker (1) during the BASKETBALL the ground in front of the Italian fans saves and within minutes he had also been named player Antetokounmpo, who missed the fi rst half of Game 3 of basketball’s who have witnessed a rebirth of their of the tournament, the fi rst goalkeeper to be so honored. last two games of the Eastern Con- NBA Finals in Milwaukee. (AP) national team. Meanwhile, British police opened investigations Mon- ference fi nals because of a hyperex- late, and Johnson threw it down over It was less than four years ago that Sancho day into the racist abuse of three Black players who missed tended left knee and was no sure thing Fans broke out their “Bucks in 6! him while drawing the foul. Italy plunged to the lowest moment penalties in England’s shootout loss to Italy in the Euro- to even be ready to start this series, Bucks in 6!” chant as Milwaukee That triggered a 14-5 run that cut it of their soccer history by failing to qualify for the World pean Championship fi nal. followed up his 42-point, 12-rebound started to pull away in the fi rst half to 74-70 and seemed to have the Suns and then again as the benches emptied Cup for the fi rst time in six decades. Now, they are the The Metropolitan Police condemned the “unaccepta- performance in Game 2 by doing it all back into the game. Just as quickly, with the fi nal minutes. best team in Europe and on a national-record 34-match un- ble” abuse of Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho and Bukayo again - even making his free throws they were out of it again. beaten run under Roberto Mancini, their suave coach who this time. “We knew what we had to do,” Holiday made two 3-pointers in the Saka, and said they will be investigating the “offensive Holiday said. “We’ve been in this has won an international trophy in the fi rst attempt to add and racist” social media posts published soon after Italy Back in front of his own fans and next minute and Milwaukee pushed to the country’s other European title - in 1968 - and their free of the loud counts he’s been hear- position before. We knew what this the lead back to nine, and by the end won Sunday’s shootout 3-2 after the match ended 1-1. game meant to us and meant to the four World Cups. The English Football Association said it was “appalled” ing on the road, Antetokounmpo went of the third it had ballooned to 98-76. For England, it’s the latest heartache in shootouts at ma- 13 of 17 at the line. city.” The Bucks, who lost the fi rst two by the “disgusting behavior,” adding that social media The Bucks are seeking their second jor tournaments, after defeats in 1990, 1996, 1998, 2004, companies should take action to make their platforms free Chris Paul had 19 points and nine games against Brooklyn in the sec- 2006 and 2012. They ended that losing streak by beat- assists, but the Suns got next to noth- NBA title and hadn’t even played for ond round, avoided falling into a 3-0 from this “abhorrent” abuse. one in 47 years. They grabbed control ing Colombia on penalties in the round of 16 at the 2018 “We will do all we can to support the players affected ing from his star backcourt mate. hole from which no NBA team has World Cup, but the pain has quickly returned. Devin Booker shot 3 for 14, scoring of this game by outscoring Phoenix escaped. while urging the toughest punishments possible for anyone 30-9 over the last nine minutes of the “The boys couldn’t have given more,” England captain responsible,” the FA said. “We will continue to do eve- just 10 points. They limited the Suns to nine Harry Kane said. “Penalties are the worst feeling in the Jrue Holiday bounced back from second quarter, then ending the third 3-pointers after Phoenix hit 20 in its world when you lose. It’s been a fantastic tournament - we two poor games in Phoenix with fi ve with a 16-0 fi nish. Game 2 victory. should be proud, hold our heads up high. It’s going to hurt 3-pointers and 21 points to get the Fans began making their way to the Ayton and Jae Crowder each had now, it’s going to hurt for a while.” Bucks going again onto the comeback Deer District outside the arena in the 18 points for the Suns. But Mikal It had all started so well for England, too, with Luke trail, having already overcome one middle of the afternoon, with so many Bridges, who had a career playoff- Shaw scoring the fastest goal in a European Championship 2-0 defi cit in this postseason. Khris fans decked out in green that Fiserv high 27 in Game 2, took only four fi nal by meeting a cross from opposite wing back Kieran Middleton added 18. Forum felt more like Fiserv Forest. shots and had four points. Trippier with a half-volley that went in off the post in the second minute. rything we can to stamp discrimination out of the game, chester was also defaced in the wake of Sunday’s match. It was Shaw’s fi rst goal for England and it prompted a but we implore government to act quickly and bring in the Greater Manchester Police said they were investigating the fi st-pump between David Beckham and Tom Cruise in the appropriate legislation so this abuse has real life conse- “racially aggravated damage,” which occured at 2:50 a.m. VIP box amid an explosion of joy around Wembley, which quences.” “This is disgraceful behaviour and will absolutely not had at least 67,000 fans inside. Maybe more, given doz- All three players targeted are part of a young England be tolerated,” Manchester police chief superintendent Paul ens of ticketless England fans managed to barge their way past stewards and police and into the stadium in unsettling squad that has been widely praised for its diversity and so- Savill said. scenes before kickoff. cial conscience. Rashford, for one, has been at the forefront Although British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said That was the only time Italy’s famously robust defense England’s Declan Rice, (left), vies for the ball with of a campaign against child poverty, which convinced the “those responsible for this appalling abuse should be was really opened up in the entire 120 minutes. Italy’s Bryan Cristante during the Euro 2020 soccer British government to restore free lunches for thousands of ashamed of themselves,” he has faced criticism for em- Indeed, after Shaw’s goal, England barely saw the ball championship fi nal match between England and Italy at poor children amid the coronavirus pandemic. boldening those booing the England team for taking a knee for the rest of the game. Wembley Stadium in London. (AP) A mural of Rashford on the wall of a cafe in south Man- before their matches to protest against racial injustice.

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