SHAWWAL 28, 1442 AH WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2021 16 Pages Max 46º Min 32º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18455 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Court upholds life sentence Pandemic pushes poor US Australia’s largest dinosaur Nets clobber Bucks, don’t 5 for ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Mladic 9 students into working odd jobs 12 identified as new species 15 skip a beat without Harden AstraZeneca vaccine all cleared and ready Kuwait authorizes emergency use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine KUWAIT: The health ministry said a campaign to administer the sec- ond dose of the Oxford- Zain to distribute quarterly AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is scheduled to begin today, after the results of the analysis of the third or semi-annual dividends shipment of the vaccine confirmed the quality and safety of the ship- KUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading telecom innova- ment and conformity with all tech- tor in seven markets across the Middle East and nical specifications. Africa, yesterday held an extraordinary general The ministry said in a statement assembly that witnessed the required assembly’s that it had accepted the shipment approval of the board of directors’ recommenda- after checking it and making sure it tion to distribute interim dividends quarterly or on was stored in accordance with the a semi-annual basis. The meeting also approved proper temperature and approved the addition of several articles and amendments in storage conditions. It added a text KUWAIT: A health worker prepares a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at a vacci- Zain’s memorandum and articles of association. message will be sent to the target nation center in this June 1, 2021 file photo. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat Bader Al-Kharafi, Vice-Chairman and CEO of group including the date and place Zain Group, commented: “Zain has a loyal and sol- of vaccination. id base of shareholders, which has provided sup- Also yesterday, the ministry of Abdullah Al-Bader said in a ensure the safety of people. port faithfully throughout the course of the health authorized the emergency statement yesterday. Earlier this week, Kuwait con- Group’s historic achievements in the regional tele- use of the Johnson & Johnson vac- He told KUNA that the ministry’s tracted with US pharmaceutical com space. We are pleased to obtain the approval cine against COVID-19. The technical committee also reviewed companies Moderna and Johnson & of the Extraordinary General Assembly to distrib- authorization was issued after a the results of vaccine clinical trials, Johnson to supply it with their coro- thorough review of relevant scien- particularly those related to the navirus vaccines. In an interview with ute interim dividends quarterly or semi-annually, tific data and reports and after effectiveness and safety aspects of the Kuwait TV, Minister of Health as this demonstrates Zain’s ability to fulfill its conducting a comprehensive eval- the vaccine. Dr Al-Bader emphasized Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah expected commitments and provide greater confidence uation of the vaccine’s safety, effi- that the ministry will closely monitor the delivery of Moderna and Johnson about its business growth plans and strategy to Zain Group Vice-Chairman and CEO Bader Al-Kharafi cacy and quality, assistant under- the vaccine’s safety after using it and & Johnson vaccines in the last quar- investors.” (See Page 8) secretary for drugs and control Dr will take all necessary measures to ter of this year. — KUNA The minister visits Kuwait at the Indian FM invitation of Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Crisis deepens as and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al- arrives today Mohammad Al-Sabah. The visiting govt again boycotts foreign minister is expected to hold on crucial visit talks with top officials here and dis- Assembly session cuss topics in the areas of health, oil KUWAIT: India’s and energy, hydrocarbons, trade and External Affairs commerce, labor and manpower, By B Izzak Minister S Jaishankar, among others. Jaishankar will carry a who arrives in Kuwait personal letter from Indian Prime KUWAIT: The government yesterday boycotted a today on a three-day Minister Narendra Modi to HH the regular National Assembly session for the third official visit, will hold Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al- straight time because opposition MPs sat in seats high-level meetings Jaber Al-Sabah, according to a press reserved for Cabinet ministers prompting the with top-ranking S Jaishankar release issued by the Ministry of speaker to cancel the session. officials here, External Affairs in New Delhi. Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem said he was KUWAIT: Opposition MPs occupy ministers’ seats at the National Assembly yesterday, enhancing the deep-rooted bilateral informed by the government that it is boycotting the which led the government to boycott the session. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat relations between the friendly countries. Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 4 News in brief Muslim family Hundreds arrested Macron slapped during tour killed in Canada in ‘staggering’ TAIN-L’HERMITAGE, France: A bystander slapped French President Emmanuel Macron ‘terrorist’ attack global crime sting across the face during a trip to southeast France yesterday on the second stop of a nation-wide LONDON, Canada: A man driving a pick-up truck THE HAGUE: Police arrested more than 800 peo- tour. Images on social media and broadcast on slammed into and killed four members of a Muslim ple worldwide in a huge global sting involving the BFM news channel showed Macron family in Canada’s Ontario province, in what police encrypted phones that were secretly planted by the approach a barrier to greet a man who, instead and officials said Monday was a premeditated FBI, law enforcement agencies said yesterday. Cops of shaking hands, slapped the 43-year-old attack motivated by “hatred”. A 20-year-old sus- in 16 countries were able to read the messages of across the face. Macron’s bodyguards quickly pect wearing a vest “like body armor” fled the scene underworld figures as they plotted drug deals, arms intervened and two people were arrested after- on Sunday evening, and was arrested at a mall sev- transfers and gangland hits on the compromised wards, local officials said. — AFP en kilometers from the intersection in London, ANOM devices. Ontario where the attack happened, said Detective LONDON, Canada: People pay their respects at the scene Mafia groups, Asian crime syndicates, motorcy- Superintendent Paul Waight. where a man driving a pickup truck struck and killed cle gangs and other criminal networks were all Fake online pharmacies shut four members of a Muslim family on Monday. — AFP “There is evidence that this was a planned, pre- monitored using the spiked phones as part of oper- PARIS: Authorities in 92 countries shut down meditated act, motivated by hate. It is believed that ation “Trojan Shield”. The sting, jointly conceived by 113,000 websites and online marketplaces sell- these victims were targeted because they were House of Commons. Australia and the US Federal Bureau of ing counterfeit or illicit medicines and medical Muslim,” he told a news conference. Canada’s Trudeau had earlier tweeted that he was “horri- Investigation, prevented around 100 murders, foiled products last month, including vast quantities of Minister of Public Safety Bill Blair described it as a fied” by the attack. “To the loved ones of those who several large-scale narcotics shipments and led to fake COVID-19 tests and facemasks, Interpol “horrific act of Islamophobia”. “They believe the were terrorized by yesterday’s act of hatred, we are seizures of weapons and cash, they added. said yesterday. Unauthorized COVID testing kits family was targeted because of their faith, and that here for you,” he said, singling out the nine-year-old “The results are staggering,” FBI Assistant accounted for over half of all the medical the attacker was motivated by his hatred of in hospital. “To the Muslim community in London Director Calvin Shivers told reporters at the head- devices seized from May 18 to 25, while Italian Muslims,” he said. and to Muslims across the country, know that we quarters of the EU’s police agency Europol in The authorities found more than 500,000 fake sur- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yester- stand with you. Islamophobia has no place in any of Netherlands. Shivers said the FBI had provided gical masks and 35 machines for their produc- day labeled the killing as a “terrorist attack”. “This our communities. This hate is insidious and despica- criminal syndicates in over 100 countries with the tion and packaging. Police arrested 227 people killing was no accident. This was a terrorist attack, ble - and it must stop,” he added. The names of the devices over the past 18 months “that allowed us to worldwide and recovered pharmaceutical prod- motivated by hatred, in the heart of one of our com- victims were not released, but they include monitor their communications”. ucts worth $23 million. — AFP munities,” Trudeau said during a speech at the Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 4 2 Established 1961 Wednesday, June 9, 2021 Local KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah have separately received His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace yesterday. — KUNA photos Indian Ambassador Kuwaiti watchdog says no visits Algonquin letup in fight against corruption College - Kuwait KUWAIT: Kuwait’s anti-corruption body (Nazaha) vowed yesterday to throw its weight behind national KUWAIT: Algonquin College - Kuwait, a branch efforts to exterminate the scourge, campus of Canada’s Algonquin College, welcomed saying such unscrupulous practices the Indian Ambassador to Kuwait Sibi George and constitute a major challenge.