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Kuwait Cleared to Compete in Olympics After IOC Lifts Ban Amir, Crown Prince Hail Move • KOC Chief Calls on Sportspeople to Work Sincerely THULQADA 4, 1440 AH SUNDAY JULY 7, 2019 Max 49º 28 Pages Min 30º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 17875 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait bids farewell to former health E-scooters: Transport ‘tsunami’ Erdogan fires central bank Kawhi joins Clippers, George 210minister Dr Abdulrahman Al-Awadhi that’s flooding cities worldwide 11 chief as policy rifts deepen 26 follows in NBA blockbuster Kuwait cleared to compete in Olympics after IOC lifts ban Amir, Crown Prince hail move • KOC chief calls on sportspeople to work sincerely PARIS: Kuwait has been cleared to compete in the 2020 Olympics after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on India hikes Friday it was lifting the suspension it imposed on the Kuwait Olympic Committee (KOC) duty on gold four years ago. In a statement, the IOC said the KOC had successfully implemented “a roadmap agreed between all parties”. The imports announcement comes less than a week after Sheikh Fahd Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al- MUMBAI: India raised the import Sabah was elected President of the KOC. This duties on gold and other precious was the third and final step in the roadmap metals on Friday in a surprise move which also required revision and adoption of that industry officials say could new statutes for sports clubs and federations, dampen retail demand and boost followed by elections. smuggling in the world’s second- HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- biggest bullion consumer. Lower Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah praised Friday HH HH the Amir thanked HH the Crown Prince Kuwait was suspended in Oct 2015 follow- demand from India could weigh on the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber and said the lifting of the ban brought joy for ing “undue government interference after a global prices that are trading near BANGALORE: A salesman arranges a Al-Sabah for his “relentless” efforts to reaf- all Kuwaiti people. HH the Amir commended sports law that was not compatible with the their highest level in six years. Jewely gold necklace at a jewelry store on firm Kuwait’s status at the international level. the relentless efforts of the legislative and basic principles that govern the Olympic trade associations have asked India’s Friday. —AFP HH the Crown Prince, in a cable to HH the executive authorities, the ministry of state for Movement was passed in the country”. The government to reduce gold import Amir to congratulate him after IOC perma- youth and the Public Authority for Sport new law had threatened the autonomy of the which contributed to the permanent lifting of KOC and all other national federations while duties, which have caused a surge in as policymakers try to bring down the nently lifted the ban on Kuwait sport, the ban. HH the Amir, in a cable to HH the also meaning the country would no longer smuggling. fiscal deficit and recapitalize banks. described the end of the ban as “very good Crown Prince, hoped the lifting of the ban comply with the Court of Arbitration for The government instead hiked the “This is a shocking move. news for every Kuwaiti”. The Crown Prince would pave the way for sport achievements at Sport or the World Anti-Doping Agency. duty to 12.5 percent from 10 percent Continued on Page 24 prayed to Allah the Almighty to bestow his blessings upon Kuwait. regional and international levels. Continued on Page 24 News in brief Singapore, before resuming its course, UK ship ‘safe Refinitiv Eikon mapping showed. It stopped as part of a routine procedure to Jordan bans online game PUBG adjust its arrival time at its next port, an and well’ after official at UK Maritime Trade Operations AMMAN: Jordan yesterday banned the hugely (UKMTO) told Reuters. UKMTO, which popular but brutal online game PlayerUnknown’s stop in Gulf coordinates shipping in the Gulf, had Battlegrounds, citing its “negative effects” on the been in contact with the tanker, the offi- kingdom’s citizens. PUBG pits marooned charac- DUBAI: The UK-flagged supertanker cial said. ters against each another in a virtual fight to the Pacific Voyager that halted in the Gulf Yesterday, an Iranian cleric said Britain should be “scared” about Tehran’s possi- death, and has become one of the world’s most yesterday is “safe and well,” a British offi- ble retaliation for the seizure of the Grace popular mobile games. A source in Jordan’s cial told Reuters, after Iran dismissed 1, the Fars semi-official news agency Telecommunications Regulatory Authority reports its Revolutionary Guards had seized the vessel. A Revolutionary Guards reported. “I am openly saying that Britain warned the game “had negative effects on its commander on Friday had threatened to should be scared of Iran’s retaliatory users, which led to its being officially blocked”. seize a British ship in retaliation for the measures over the illegal seizure of the PUBG is widely popular in Jordan and institu- capture by Royal Marines of Iranian Iranian oil tanker,” said Mohammad Ali tions in the kingdom have issued warnings to supertanker Grace 1 in Gibraltar. Mousavi Jazayeri, a member of the employees not to play it. Psychologists in the The Pacific Voyager stopped in the Assembly of Experts clerical body. country have repeatedly warned the game Gulf en route to Saudi Arabia from Continued on Page 24 GIBRALTAR: Supertanker Grace 1 is seen off the coast of Gibraltar yesterday. —AFP encourages violence and contributes to bullying among youth. — AFP UNESCO adds Bahrain Niqab banned in Tunisia govt offices Sudan protesters burial mounds, Babylon TUNIS: Tunisia’s premier on Friday banned the niqab Muslim face covering for women in gov- hail landmark ernment offices, citing security concerns after to World Heritage List attacks in the North African country. Prime deal with generals Minister Youssef Chahed signed a government DUBAI: The UNESCO World Heritage Committee voted yesterday to add Bahrain’s Dilmun Burial Mounds to its circular “banning access to public administra- KHARTOUM: Crowds of jubilant Sudanese took World Heritage List, praising the tombs for their “global- tions and institutions to anyone with their face to the streets of Khartoum on Friday to celebrate covered... for security reasons,” his office said. ly unique characteristics”. The burial grounds include “21 BABYLON, Iraq: In this photo taken on June 29, 2019, the archaeological sites in the western part of the island” a landmark deal between protest leaders and the “They have the right to prohibit (the niqab) given Ishtar Gate is seen at this ancient archaeological site country’s ruling generals aimed at turning the the events we are currently witnessing,” said built between 2050 and 1750 BC, according to the glob- south of Baghdad. — AFP al body. “Six of these sites are burial mound fields con- page on months of political unrest. The power- Ilhem, a young Tunisian woman. “But in the end, sharing deal, reached in the early hours after two it remains an individual freedom,” she added. sisting of a few dozen to several thousand tumuli,” it said in a statement. In all there were some 11,774 burial meets in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku for its 43rd ses- days of hard-won talks brokered by Ethiopian Lina questioned “why the woman must make and African Union mediators, came after previous sacrifices every time there are security measures mounds, UNESCO said, while another 15 sites include 17 sion. UNESCO said the burial mounds were evidence royal mounds built as two-storeyed towers. of the early Dilmun civilization, “during which Bahrain negotiations collapsed in May over who should to be taken”. The Tunisian League for the lead the new body - a civilian or soldier. Defense of Human Rights urged that the measure The tombs were among a handful of nominations became a trade hub, whose prosperity made yesterday as the World Heritage Committee Continued on Page 24 “The two sides agreed on establishing a sover- be only temporary. — AFP eign council with a rotating military and civilian (presidency) for a period of three years or little more,” African Union (AU) mediator Mohamed El Hacen Lebatt told reporters. Sudan has been Crews assessing gripped by political deadlock since the generals Trump vows to reduce US drug prices ousted longtime president Omar Al-Bashir in a damage as second palace coup in April following months of mass WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on protests nationwide. Friday said his administration is working on an General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the ruling executive order to reduce US drug prices to quake hits Calif military council’s number two, stressed the deal match the lowest in the world. “We’re working “does not exclude anyone”. The group that ini- on a favored nations law where we pay whatever RIDGECREST, California: Emergency rescue crews tially launched demonstrations against Bashir in the lowest nation’s price is,” Trump told fanned out yesterday to assess damage from the sec- December hailed the agreement. “Today, our rev- reporters from the White House South Lawn. ond powerful earthquake to hit Southern California in olution has become victorious and our victory The president accused pharmaceutical compa- as many days - a 7.1 magnitude tremor that revived shines,” the Sudanese Professionals Association nies of having “taken advantage of the system fears of the so-called Big One the region has feared for RIDGECREST, California: Firefighters battle an electrical fire said in a statement. for a long time”, with US drug prices often decades. No fatalities or serious injuries have been Tension between the two sides had soared exceeding those in neighboring Canada and in a mobile home park yesterday following a magnitude 7.1 reported from this second quake, the largest in earthquake on Friday.
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