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Medics stranded in Manila clamor to return to Kuwait

64 Filipino nurses, lab technicians appeal for direct chartered flight to Kuwait

By Ben Garcia who reportedly tested positive while in quarantine, because we’ve been here waiting for long and we so we do not want to take the risk,” said Mary do not know when we can come back,” said Nulada, Driving licenses KUWAIT: The Philippine Embassy is coordinating Grace Grajo, who hails from Surigao Del Sur in the who hails from Iloilo. with Kuwaiti authorities to allow 64 Filipino medical Philippines and is part of the group of 64 medical “The problem is we came to Manila from various workers contracted with the health ministry to workers appealing to return to Kuwait. provinces and are paying hotel charges daily. We halted for expat return to Kuwait. The medical workers, mostly nurs- Kuwait already brought back 23 nurses on Aug 1 have been waiting for help as promised by the es and lab technicians, have been stranded outside via a chartered flight directly from Manila. Grajo Philippine Embassy, but it’s taking time. We have nurses, students the country since Kuwait closed its airport in was meant to be included in that first batch of been spending money since the time we were called March, and later banned people returning directly returnees, but the final list of approved names was - we were asked to undergo swab tests and paid for from 34 countries, including the Philippines. curtailed and she was left out. “I was not included in it from our own pockets. Yet we are stuck here wait- KUWAIT: The interior ministry’s assistant The 64 medical workers in Manila are hoping for the final list, although in the list of 40 names provid- ing for the directive from Kuwait,” Nulada added. undersecretary for traffic and operations affairs a chartered flight straight from the Philippines to ed by the MoH, mine was included. So we are wait- Asked about the assistance by the Philippine Maj Gen Jamal Al-Sayegh instructed all traffic Kuwait, similar to a flight that brought 116 Indian ing for the next batch. The problem is we are paying Embassy in Kuwait, Vice Consul Charleson departments and traffic sections at citizen serv- medical workers from India late last week. They are for our hotel stay in Manila - we are spending mon- Hermusura said the embassy has already sent a note ice centers to stop issuing driving licenses to willing to adhere to the 14-day quarantine upon ey here and are not sure when we can go back to verbale to the Kuwaiti government requesting that expat students registered at government and arrival in Kuwait and take the PCR test as required. Kuwait,” Grajo told Kuwait Times. Filipino medical workers be immediately allowed to private universities and the Public Authority for The Philippines has recorded a total 307,000 coro- Another MoH nurse, Betty Nulada, worries that return to Kuwait. Applied Education and Training as well as to navirus cases as of yesterday, out of a population of she will run out of money before she can return to “We are hoping for a favorable decision, which nurses working in public and private hospitals. 109 million people. Kuwait. Some nurses stuck abroad had their salaries may only come from Kuwait’s ministry of health. The The instructions were issued after the activa- “We really want to go back to work at the min- stopped in April, others in June. “My vacation was embassy strongly believes, especially at a critical tion of ministerial decision 270/2020 amending istry of health because it’s been six long months in February. We would like to return to work soon, time like this pandemic, the return of Filipino med- previous decision 81/1979 pertaining the traffic without work since our vacation in February. We do but this is only possible if the Kuwaiti government ical workers and nurses to Kuwait will bring back law’s executive charter, according to a report in not want to take the risk of going to a third country allows us to fly back via a chartered flight direct to the high level of technical expertise and patient care Al-Jarida Arabic daily. “This ministerial decision for quarantine, since it’s very risky. We do not know Kuwait. We are ready to rejoin the ministry, but we for which they have earned a stellar reputation and was issued on March 18, 2020 at the beginning whether we will test negative or positive at the end need help. We appeal to the Philippine Embassy profound admiration worldwide,” Hermusura told Continued on Page 2 of the 14-day quarantine period. There are people and the ministry of health in Kuwait to help us, Kuwait Times via text message.

ed infections, according to an AFP tally collected Global virus death from official sources by journalists stationed around the world, and compiled by a dedicated team of data specialists. toll tops 1m; India The United States has the highest death toll with more than 200,000 fatalities, followed by Brazil, cases surpass 6m India, Mexico and Britain. Behind the figures lie mil- lions of lives shattered by an illness that still holds many mysteries and which cannot yet be effectively PARIS: More than one million people have died treated or prevented, despite a global race to devel- from coronavirus, according to an AFP toll, marking op drugs and a vaccine. a grim milestone in the spread of the disease that For Italian truck driver Carlo Chiodi, the global has ravaged the world economy, inflamed diplomat- mortality statistics include both his parents, whom ic tensions and upended lives from Indian slums to he lost within days of each other. “I saw my father New York City. In the nine months since the virus walking out of the house, getting into the ambu- was first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan, lance, and all I could say was ‘goodbye’,” Chiodi, 50, schools, businesses, live entertainment, and interna- told AFP. “I regret not saying ‘I love you’ and I tional travel have been upended by strict stay-at- regret not hugging him.” home measures designed to curb the contagion. With new cases again surging worldwide, gov- Drastic controls that put half of humanity - more ernments have been forced into an uneasy balanc- than four billion people - under some form of lock- ing act: virus controls slow the spread of the dis- down by April at first slowed the spread, but since ease, but they hurt already reeling economies and restrictions were eased, infections have soared businesses. The IMF has warned that the economic NEW DELHI: In this file photo taken on May 10, 2020, relatives wearing protective gear tie up the body of a again. By 1100 GMT yesterday, the disease had upheaval could cause a “crisis like no other”, though victim who died from COVID-19 before burial at a graveyard. — AFP claimed 1,002,036 victims from 33,162,930 record- Continued on Page 2 Report claims Death toll rises as Karabakh Trump avoided fighting enters second day

YEREVAN: Azerbaijani and Barkhudarov vowed to “fight to the taxes for years Armenian forces battled for a second last drop of blood in order to com- day yesterday after dozens were killed pletely destroy the enemy and win”. WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on in an outbreak of heavy fighting that The Armenian separatists announced Sunday faced allegations that he paid little or no fed- has raised fears of an all-out war that 15 more of their fighters had been eral income tax for years before he came to power, as between the longtime enemies. killed and Azerbaijan increased its his cloudy financial past stoked controversy ahead of Armenia and Azerbaijan have been civilian toll from rebel shelling near the first election debate. The New York Times alleged locked in a territorial dispute over the Terter by one to six, bringing the total the billionaire president paid just $750 federal ethnic Armenian region of Nagorny reported fatalities on both sides to 40. income taxes in 2016 - the year he won the White Karabakh for decades, with deadly With each side blaming the other House - and 2017, and no federal income taxes at all fighting flaring up earlier this year and for the latest fighting, world leaders in 10 of the previous 15 years because he reported in 2016. have urged calm as fears rise of a full- losing more money than he made. The region declared its independ- scale conflict that could draw in Trump, who immediately dismissed the accusa- ence from Azerbaijan after a war in the regional powers Russia and Turkey. tions as “totally fake news”, is readying to come early 1990s that claimed 30,000 lives Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov face to face with his Democratic opponent Joe but is not recognized by any country - told reporters yesterday that Russia Biden at a pivotal live debate today. The including Armenia - and is still consid- was monitoring the situation closely Republican leader has broken with presidential tra- ered part of Azerbaijan by the interna- and that the current priority was to dition by refusing to release his tax returns, fighting tional community. Defense officials in “stop the hostilities, not to deal with a long battle in the courts and triggering specula- both countries said intense clashes who is right and who is wrong”. tion about what they might contain. “First of all, I continued after erupting on Sunday The Karabakh defense ministry paid a lot and I paid a lot of state income taxes along the frontlines of the region. said yesterday that 32 of its fighters too... It’ll all be revealed,” Trump said as he Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev had been killed in the latest clashes. shrugged off the Times story that cited tax data yesterday ordered partial military Eight civilian fatalities have been STEPANAKERT: A boy plays with a ball in a building’s basement used as a bomb extending more than 20 years. —AFP (See Page 7) mobilization and General Mais Continued on Page 2 shelter in Nagorny Karabakh’s main city on Sunday. — AFP 2 Established 1961 Tuesday, September 29, 2020 Local Kuwait’s Deputy Amir receives new ambassadors’ credentials Sheikh Nawaf meets Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak

His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with KUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah the Netherlands’ Ambassador to Kuwait Laurens Westhoff. meets with Sudan’s Ambassador to Kuwait Abdulmunem Al-Ameen. — Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos

His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al- Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives the credentials of Sudan’s Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives the credentials of the Netherlands’ Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives the credentials of Austria’s Ambassador to Kuwait Abdulmunem Al-Ameen. Ambassador to Kuwait Laurens Westhoff. Ambassador to Kuwait Marian Alexander Wrba.

His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Austria’s Ambassador to Kuwait Marian Alexander Wrba. His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.

KUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Austria’s Ambassador Marian Alexander Wrba. Several officials from the Amiri and Crown Prince received the credentials of several foreign ambassadors at Bayan Palace yesterday. The newly appointed Diwans attended the ceremony. Separately, His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince received His envoys are Sudan’s Ambassador Abdulmunem Al-Ameen, the Netherlands’ Ambassador Laurens Westhoff, Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace. — KUNA

aratist forces of shelling civilian targets in the stage clinical trials, with hopes some will be rolled out next year. The SARS-CoV-2 virus that town of Terter. Baku claimed to have killed 550 Global virus death Death toll rises as causes the illness known as COVID-19 made its separatist troops, a report denied by Armenia. first known appearance in the central Chinese Karabakh fighting... The escalation has stirred an outpouring of toll tops 1m; India... city of Wuhan, ground zero of the outbreak. How patriotic fervor in both countries. “We have been it got there is still unclear but scientists think it waiting for this day for so long. The fighting must Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 originated in bats and could have been transmit- not stop until we force Armenia to return our ted to people via another mammal. lands,” Vidadi Alekperov, a 39-year-old waiter in reported, including an Azerbaijani family of six the Fund’s outlook appears brighter now than Wuhan was shut down in January as other Baku, told AFP. “I’ll happily go to the battlefield.” countries looked on in disbelief at China’s dra- and a woman and child on the Armenian side. it did in June. In Yerevan, 67-year-old Vardan Harutyunyan said conian controls, even as they went about their Azerbaijan has not announced military casualties Europe, hit hard by the first wave, is now fac- Armenia had been anticipating the attack. “The business as usual. By March 11, the virus had but Armenian defense ministry spokeswoman ing another surge, with Paris, London and Madrid (Karabakh) question can only be resolved militar- emerged in over 100 countries and the WHO Shushan Stepanyan claimed that “dozens of all forced to introduce controls to slow infections ily. We are not afraid of a war,” he said. threatening to overload hospitals. A million declared a pandemic, expressing concern about corpses of Azerbaijani soldiers” lay on territory Fighting between Muslim Azerbaijan and Madrid residents are under partial lockdown, the “alarming levels of inaction”. won back overnight. She said heavy fighting con- majority-Christian Armenia threatened to embroil with the city and the surrounding region at the The least privileged around the globe have tinued yesterday morning along the frontline and been the hardest hit by the breakneck spread of regional players Russia, which is in a military epicenter of Spain’s second wave. In Germany, claimed Armenian forces had won back positions the virus, which has also infected some among the alliance with Yerevan, and Turkey, which backs Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman urged cit- taken Sunday by Azerbaijan. powerful, rich and famous. British Prime Minister Baku. Armenia accused Turkey of meddling in the izens to keep to strict hygiene measures. “The But Baku claimed further advances. Azerbaijani development of infection numbers is of great Boris Johnson spent a week in hospital. Madonna conflict and sending mercenaries to the battle- forces “are striking enemy positions... and have concern to us,” Steffen Seibert said. “We can see and Tom Hanks also tested positive. field. France, Germany, Italy, the United States, taken several strategic positions around the vil- from some of our European friends where that The Tokyo Olympics, Rio’s Carnival and the the European Union and Russia have urged a lage of Talysh”, the defense ministry said. “The could lead.” Muslim pilgrimage to Makkah are among the ceasefire. Armenia and Karabakh declared martial enemy is retreating,” it added. Armenian military Masks and social distancing in shops, cafes major events postponed or disrupted by the pan- law and military mobilization Sunday, while officials said Azerbaijani forces were continuing and public transport are now part of everyday life demic. Some major sports tournaments have Azerbaijan imposed military rule and a curfew in resumed but with empty stadiums - such as to attack rebel positions using heavy artillery, in many cities around the world. Mid-September large cities. — AFP saw a record rise in cases in most regions and the Premier League football in England - or highly while Azerbaijan’s defense ministry accused sep- World Health Organization has warned virus restricted spectator counts. The French Open is deaths could even double to two million without limiting access to 1,000 tennis fans a day. ally resume normal life activities, the decision was more global collective action. As the restrictions tighten, protests and anger Driving licenses activated and driving licenses will no longer be Infections in India, home to 1.3 billion people, are rising as businesses worry about their sur- issued to expat students and nurses. surged past six million yesterday, but authorities vival and individuals grow frustrated about their Sayegh added the decision exempts children, pressed ahead with a reopening of the battered jobs and families in the face of another round of halted for expat... spouses, widows and divorcees of Kuwaiti citizens South Asian economy. The virus initially hit major curbs. Authorities have clashed with anti-lock- as well as illegal residents (bedoons) with valid cen- metropolises including financial hub Mumbai and down protesters around the world, while blame Continued from Page 1 tral apparatus and health insurance IDs. “The deci- capital New Delhi, but has since spread to for the disease and its consequences has led to sion will not apply to students and nurses whose regional and rural areas where healthcare sys- increased tensions between the United States and of COVID-19 pandemic, but was not put into licenses were issued prior to resolution number tems are even more fragile and patchy. Santosh, a China in particular. Along with the turmoil, practice due to the health situation in Kuwait, and 270/2020,” Sayegh underlined. He pointed that student in Delhi, said the virus was now “part of though, lies some hope, with Wuhan now appear- accordingly all government bodies were shut according to interior ministry systems, the total our lives”. “You cannot shut down every business, ing to have controlled the disease. “Life has down,” Sayegh said. number of driving licenses issued to citizens is because the economy cannot collapse... COVID- returned to the kind of flavor we had before,” He noted that since those bodies started receiv- 648,383, while 822,794 were issued to expats. 19 is not going to pay the rent.” resident An An said. “Everyone living in Wuhan ing the public based on Cabinet decisions to gradu- Vehicles with valid insurance number 2,293,785. Currently, nine vaccine candidates are in last- feels at ease.” — AFP Established 1961 3 Local Tuesday, September 29, 2020 Kuwait’s Prime Minister meets visiting Italian Defense Minister Kuwait, Italy discuss military ties

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received visiting Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini at Seif Palace yesterday. Kuwait’s Foreign Minister and Acting Defense Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al- Sabah, Kuwait Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Mohammad Al-Khodhr and his Deputy Lieutenant General Khaled Al-Sabah attended the meeting. Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad also held talks with the visiting Italian Defense Minister on mili- tary and defense cooperation. The two senior officials, meeting at Seif Palace as well, discussed regional and international issues of mutual interest, as well as exchanged views over issues of mutual interest, an official statement said. Lt Gen Mohammad Khodhr, Lt Gen Khaled Al-Sabah attended the meeting, in addi- KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah Foreign Minister and Acting Defense Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al- tion to the Italian Ambassador to Kuwait and Italian meets with Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini. — KUNA photos Mohammad Al-Sabah meets with Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini. Military Attache. — KUNA San Marino eyes more Kuwait records cooperation with Kuwait 437 new COVID-19

ROME: San Marino government between both nations, stressing on cases, four deaths expressed on Monday its eagerness the importance of diplomatic cooper- in boosting diplomatic cooperation ation between his country and with Kuwait in international arenas, Kuwait, as San Marino cherishes a to enhance values of dialogue in network of prominent active interna- encountering international chal- tional relations, and both nations lenges. San Marino’s Foreign would positively coordinate their Minister Luca Beccari made the efforts in serving joint challenges in remarks while receiving the international arenas. Both countries Ambassador of Kuwait to Italy, and would work in attaining international ROME: San Marino’s Foreign Minister Luca Beccari meets with Ambassador of non-resident ambassador to the peace by achieving stability and Kuwait to Italy and non-resident ambassador to the Republic of San Marino Republic of San Marino Sheikh prosperity all over the world, he Sheikh Azzam Mubarak Al-Sabah. — KUNA Azzam Mubarak Al-Sabah to discuss affirmed. Beccari expressed his coun- bilateral relations and means to bol- try’s aspirations to develop ties with the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- ster them, especially in the diplomat- Kuwait in various fields, especially in Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- Sabah. The Kuwaiti diplomat warmly ic field, Kuwait’s embassy to Italy cultural and investments cooperation. Sabah, and expressed his sincere welcomed bolstering bilateral ties to said in a statement. Beccari endorsed He conveyed the greetings of the wishes for a speedy recovery and best serve the interest of both coun- the progress in the bilateral ties Republic’s Presidents to His Highness wellbeing to His Highness the Amir tries and people. — KUNA Salwa building KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Ministry of Health announced yesterday that it registered 437 positive novel coron- evacuated avirus cases and four deaths in the last 24 hours. Registered infections’ tally increased to 103,981, due to fire whereas deaths reached 605 cases. The ministry announced earlier the recovery of 582 patients to increase recoveries to 95,511. The new infections KUWAIT: Firemen battled a blaze according to health zones are as follows: 117 in reported in a Salwa house yesterday. Hawally, 92 in Ahmadi, 68 in Farwaniya, 85 in the The fire started in two makeshift rooms Capital, and 75 in Jahra, Ministry of Health spokesman set up on the house’s roof, Kuwait Fire Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said. There are 125 patients in Service Directorate said, noting that intensive care units while the number of people human injuries were prevented thanks receiving treatment in hospitals was 7,865. Dr Sanad to firefighters’ swift action and evacua- added. He also revealed that health care workers con- tion of the entire building. Bidaa and ducted 2,865 swab tests in the past 24 hours to Mishref fire stations’ men participated increase total tests since the outbreak of the pandem- in extinguishing the blaze. An investi- ic in Kuwait to 738,783. He called anew on the public gation was opened to determine the to take all safety precautions like social distancing in cause of the fire. order to prevent the virus from spreading. — KUNA

News in brief

No vehicle inspection until further notice

KUWAIT: The Ministry of the Interior announced that vehicles with expired regis- trations since March 12, 2020 are still exempted from technical examination for registration’s renewal, noting that this stipu- lation will continue until the beginning of the fifth phase of normalization of life. Owners of vehicles with registrations that expired from March 12th need to obtain a new insur- ance policy and go to a traffic department vehicle registration office to renew the reg- istration without having to have their vehi- cles inspected.

Quran offender arrested

KUWAIT: Police arrested an Asian man who appeared in a video clip that circulated on social media while desecrating the Holy Quran. The suspect was taken to the proper authorities for further legal action, the Interior Ministry’s Relations and Security Media report said in a press statement.

Helpers’ officers seek re-opening

KUWAIT: President of the union of domestic help offices in Kuwait Khaled Al-Dakhnan urged the government to re-open visas to recruit domestic helpers from abroad, which he believes is achievable provided that nec- essary health precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are taken. Dakhnan claimed in statements to Al-Rai Arabic daily that huge demand has led to the creation of a ‘black market’ where runaway domestic helpers offer services for “as high as KD 400 a month.” He called on the government to fol- low in the footsteps of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia who recently resumed recruitment of domestic helpers from the Philippines, noting that Qatar is expected to make a similar announcement next week. 4 Established 1961 Local Tuesday, September 29, 2020

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GCC welcomes Yemen prisoner release deal RIYADH: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary- KUWAIT: A worker wearing a facemask stands behind the counter at a restaurant in Mubarakiya Market. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat General Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf welcomed a deal reached earlier today by the Yemeni government and Houthi group to immediately release during all forms of social occasions including funerals attend and mark the exam papers. What if we get a first group of 1,081 conflict- Despite warnings, and stressed that all social or family gatherings are still infected from touching the exam papers,” asked related detainees and prison- banned. “Resuming such gatherings is part of the activ- another teacher. ers. Dr Hajraf said in a press gatherings still ities included in the fifth phase of resumption of normal Meanwhile, an educational report showed the con- statement Sunday that it is life activities, so they are still banned and relevant stant and exceptional progress in IT has created necessary to immediately put Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf authorities should accordingly deal with them,” the greater challenges for educational institutions and the deal in place and set free happen at funerals sources underlined. They noted that the health ministry teaching staff members, who seem to be far behind prisoners and detainees without any delay, leading up only provides guidance and health precautions, while learners in terms of using modern technology and KUWAIT: Despite health warnings and calls to follow imposing them is the responsibility of various ministries smartphones. “Teaching staff members are in real dan- to freeing all prisoners and reunify them with their health precautions during burials and funerals, many families. The GCC chief appreciated the efforts of the and government bodies. “The number of people ger now and education officials need to work on bridg- still neglect such warnings, a local daily pointed out recently hospitalized with COVID-19 is increasing ing the gap between their digital skills and those of Supervisory Committee on the Implementation of the yesterday. Daily images of funerals at Sulaibikhat Prisoners’ Exchange Agreement, represented by the because of such gatherings, during which people do learners,” the sources said. The 2020/2021 school year cemetery have been proving endless disregard to pre- not follow preventive measures,” the sources argued. starts October 4, and while students will attend online Special Envoy for Yemen and the International cautionary measures, as large crowds of people attend Committee of the Red Cross. classes at home, teachers will reportedly be asked to funerals without respecting social distancing and most- Back to school report to public schools to deliver online classes. Meanwhile, Yemeni Foreign Minister Mohammad ly without wearing facemasks, Al-Rai Arabic newspa- Al-Hadhrami extolled the prisoner release agreement In other news, a number of female teachers have per wrote in a report published yesterday. “The most reportedly voiced their objection to going to schools reached by Yemeni parties in Geneva earlier Sunday. dangerous practice is the traditional method of greet- He said in a press statement that the issue of prison- as the start of the school year approaches, in view of In my view ing by touching noses while paying condolences, which the increasing number of COVID-19 infections and ers is a purely humanitarian one, stressing the govern- might be the easiest and fastest way of catching and ment’s utter compliance with the deal. The UN office alleged lack of compliance with precautionary meas- spreading COVID-19 infections amongst attendees ures. “Situations are not safe in schools. We experi- of the Special Envoy for Yemen said earlier in the day and possibly their families as well,” the report reads. Nicotine - a toxic drug that delegates representing the Government of Yemen ence daily stress and worry that our schools are not In this regard, the manager of the funerals depart- being regularly sanitized, and we are afraid of taking and Houthi group had agreed to immediately release ment at Kuwait Municipality Faisal Al-Awadhi stressed a first group of 1,081 conflict-related detainees and the infection to elderly folks back at our homes,” the that funeral halls are still closed at various cemeteries teachers told Al-Rai. prisoners, in accordance with the lists of agreed-upon and are only open for waiting purposes after removing names. The parties renewed their commitment, as per The teachers also stressed that they are using their By Abdellatif Sharaa all seats from them. Awadhi added that cemeteries are personal laptops and Internet connections. “Why go their agreement in Stockholm in 2018, to release all open for visits and burials with unlimited numbers. prisoners, detainees, missing persons, arbitrarily to school then?” they wondered, noting that school “Some people only receive condolences during the wi-fi signals are very weak, which is not the case at detained and forcibly disappeared persons, and those burial,” he underlined. under house arrest. — KUNA their homes. “We hope teachers can be given the [email protected] Meanwhile, health sources warned of gatherings freedom to choose whether to go to school or work from home,” they said. One of the teachers added that university profes- od gave man all characteristics and advan- sors already work online from home. “Why not do the tages and made him supreme over all cre- same with school teachers,” she said, calling for an ation. He gave him a brain to think, ana- immediate decision giving teachers the option to G lyze, decide and act. Yet I am amazed to see how work either from home or from schools, especially weak and naive this man can be, no matter the since some school administrations are secretive about level of education and learning he achieved, to a the true number of infections detected. “With the start point that makes his use of the bounty of brains of the second session exams, teachers will have to limited. Many of my friends may question my assertion, and they may be right, but I am alluding to those who willingly do harm to their bodies. I have seen a good number of doctors smoking in their clinics, and giving strong advice to their patients to quit smoking as part of their treat- ment, and I personally know some doctors who had ailments that were caused by the cigarette. We all are aware of the huge business tobacco companies are running, and their brilliant market- ing campaigns on which they spend millions. That is no problem for them because theirs is a multi- billion-dollar business. Those companies think about their future of course, and do not want to lose even a dollar - rather they want to increase their profits, so we started hearing about alterna- KUWAIT: Head of the cardiology department at the tive nicotine delivery devices to replace the “bad” Chest Hospital, senior cardiologist and internist old tobacco stick, as I like to call it. Abdullah Al-Enezi said a breakthrough operation to About such devices, the American Journal of replace the aortic valve for an 80-year-old male Public Health said: “It is well established that patient proved successful. The medical team was nicotine meets all criteria of a highly addictive under the supervision of Dr Enezi and Dr Khaled Al- drug. However, as recognized by the US surgeon Merri who heads the catheterization unit. general, the nicotine delivery system itself is an important determinant of the toxic and addictive effects engendered by nicotine use. Therefore, altering the form of nicotine dosing may allow for selective therapeutic action in efforts to develop safer and less addictive nicotine replacement Worker dies at therapies.” This may be expert opinion, but I find it diffi- construction site cult to understand how this can be achieved while we are talking about a highly addictive drug! The KUWAIT: A construction worker died at a construc- article continues: “It is the case that initial tobac- tion site in Mutlaa residential area. Preliminary investi- co use often escalates to compulsive use, accom- gations indicate that the man had lost balance and fell panied by tolerance and physical dependence. from an elevated working site, said security sources. This is not usually observed with nicotine Further investigations are ongoing in the case. replacement therapies. These observations are consistent with laboratory data indicating that (1) Generators stolen nicotine polacrilex and transdermal systems An unidentified thief stole the power generators of a deliver nicotine more slowly and at a lower dose telecommunication tower in Jahra, said security level than tobacco-based forms, and (2) human sources, noting that detectives later found the stolen data suggesting that the abuse liability of these generators in a truck parked in a dark corner amongst systems is substantially lower than that of the ranches and farms. Further investigations are still in tobacco based nicotine delivery system.” progress to identify and arrest the robber. Though I am still not convinced about any lev- el and concentration of any foreign substance Youngsters fight getting into our bodies, I hope that what is being Detectives managed to put an end to a fight between said about the devices is first right, and second a two groups of young people (three against four) in way to lead to making smokers quit both smoking Abdullah Al-Mubarak, said security sources, noting that and vaping altogether. I also hope that tobacco four suspects were arrested while three managed to flee giants start thinking about getting into other the scene when policemen arrived and took the injured businesses instead of spending millions on to Farwaniya Hospital for treatment. However, police- research and development on nicotine delivery men were summoned later to the hospital where the into our bodies. other three suspects went to resume the fight with their A final note: Many plants are toxic and harmful rivals, the sources added, noting that detectives man- if ingested as they are, but they are also a source aged to arrest all seven this time and subjected them to of highly effective medicines for a wide range of medical treatment pending further legal actions. illnesses. Think about it. Thank you! — Translated by Kuwait Times from Al-Rai International TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 Wildfire erupts in California’s Napa Egypt’s Nasser still a polarising figure, 50 years on Page 6 Valley wine country Page 7

THESSALONIKI: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias touch elbows during their meeting in the northern city of Thessaloniki, yesterday. Pompeo and Dendias will sign a bilateral science and technology agreement, as well as host energy sector business leaders for a discussion to highlight energy diversification and infrastructure projects in Greece. Pompeo begins Greece talks to calm east Mediterranean tensions Two NATO members are at loggerheads over energy exploration in disputed waters

ATHENS: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Ankara stepped up hydrocarbon research in the The secretary of state signed defence agree- Pressure on Huawei began talks yesterday in Greece to de-escalate sea. The row has roped in other European powers, ment last October allowing US forces a broader The visit to Thessaloniki is also intended as a tension in the eastern Mediterranean and boost raising concern about a wider escalation. use of Greek military facilities. A key element of the sign to the Balkans on American willingness to tentative steps at dialogue between Athens and But last week Athens October deal was the invest in the region, the State Department said. Ankara. and Ankara said they northern Greek port of Pompeo will sign a bilateral science and technol- Pompeo began his two-day visit by meeting were ready to start talks. Alexandroupolis, a Balkans ogy agreement, and host an energy sector gath- Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias in Thessaloniki. “Let’s meet, let’s talk and and Black Sea gateway of ering of business leaders. Neither side has released a statement. “Thrilled to let’s seek a mutually Thrilled to strategic value to the US Pompeo’s tour later in the week also includes be back in Greece, a vital US partner with whom acceptable solution. Let’s navy and NATO. stops in Italy, the Vatican and Croatia. In Rome, we share a common strategic vision,” the secretary give diplomacy a be back in The US has been grant- the secretary of state will discuss efforts by the of state tweeted yesterday. chance,” Mitsotakis said ed priority status to the Trump administration to deter its European “The strength of our bilateral relationship is at on Friday to Turkish Greece port after paying roughly allies from using equipment by Chinese manu- an all-time high, and I’m looking forward to a pro- President Recep Tayyip $2.3 million (2 million facturer Huawei in developing their 5G net- ductive visit.” Ahead of the trip, a senior US offi- Erdogan, in an address to euros) to remove a sunken works. cial said Washington was keen to tamp down the the virtual UN General dredging barge that had The US accuses Huawei of being a tool for tension, reduce the likelihood of “accidents or Assembly. blocked part of the har- Chinese espionage. Pompeo is also scheduled to incidents” and for Greece and Turkey to complete Pompeo will fly to the Greek island of Crete today bour since 2010. At the time, Greek officials said attend a meeting at the Vatican on religious an agreement. and tour the NATO naval base of Souda Bay. Mitsotakis the Pentagon was expected to invest over $14 mil- freedom, his human rights priority. There, too, he The two NATO members are at loggerheads — who is hosting Pompeo at his family home on Crete lion on the Greek airbase of Larissa and around six will warn of China’s actions against minorities, over energy exploration in disputed waters after — wants closer military ties with the US. million euros at Marathi, part of the Souda base. including Muslims. —AFP

find it easier to work with Joe Biden. aren’t just the Oval Office.” Trump cited anger with Germany for not stick- ‘Cold War with China’ “I’m the last person who’s so naive to say ‘If Beyer said decades of post-war cooperation ing to NATO targets on defence spending and for Biden wins, everything will be super, it’s the between the allies had built a foundation of “sup- treating the US “badly” on trade in justifying the demands US-Europe beginning of a golden age’,” he said. “The contro- posedly old-fashioned values” like “freedom and move. “I don’t think a Biden administration would versial issues won’t go away overnight but with democracy, peace and prosperity”. completely reverse the plans, but I also doubt it Biden the transatlantic friendship would become “It’s worth remembering Americans taught us would pursue them with the same vehemence,” united front: Germany more reasonable, calculable and reliable again.” those values and we’re still thankful for them,” he Beyer said. BERLIN: Europe and the United States need to said. In either case, however, Germany must stick to face up to a “new Cold War with China” together, ‘Won’t be better’ That stood in contrast to a Chinese system its pledges to increase defence spending while regardless of who wins the White House in On China and Iran, Americans and Europeans marked by “dictatorship, a lack of press freedom working with European partners to play a bigger November, Germany’s point man on transatlantic had “similar, sometimes identical interests,” Beyer and human rights, digital surveillance, (abuse of) role on security. ties told AFP. said. “That’s why I’m frustrated that we can’t find the Uighurs, Hong Kong, the environment...” “We don’t want to make NATO obsolete,” With just five weeks to go until the US elec- a common denominator right now” on issues Beyer is one of the few top members of the Beyer said. “But for our own sake we have got to tion, the German government’s coordinator for including support for the World Health Christian Democrats (CDU), Merkel’s party, at a push defence cooperation within Europe.” relations with the United States and Canada, Organisation amid the coronavirus pandemic, foreign ministry run by the Social Democrats, He said a younger generation of Germans was Peter Beyer, insisted there were more shared ways to rein in Iran’s nuclear ambitions and tack- junior partners in her ruling coalition. less interested in American pop culture or study interests than differences. ling climate change. He said the CDU would have to think of those abroad programmes than he had been growing up “Europe has got to stand shoulder-to-shoulder But he insisted that despite the high stakes of crucial factors when picking a new leader in in Cold War-era West Germany, noting that with the US to face the huge challenge of China,” the race, Trump’s re-election would not bring the December ahead of a general election next year Australia, Canada and parts of Asia were now he said. “The new Cold War between the United implosion of the West, citing enduring close at the end of Merkel’s 16-year tenure. “Whoever more likely to capture hearts and minds. States and China has already begun and will cooperation with members of Congress and many wins will have to confront these issues.” And he admitted that Germany had occasion- shape this century.” US states. ally neglected US ties over the past decade and After four years of frequent friction between “It won’t all be grim if Trump two comes. But Hearts and minds bore part of the blame for any estrangement. Donald Trump and Angela Merkel on issues it also won’t be better,” he said. “Who is sitting He said security was just one area in which “Polls show Germany and Germans are very pop- including Iran, trade, NATO and the climate, in the White House is essential. But it can’t Germany would have to up its game, particularly ular among many Americans,” Beyer said, with an Beyer said it was no secret that Germany would dominate the transatlantic friendship. given Trump’s plans to slash the number of US eye to rekindling the relationship. “It’s a place to Washington and especially the United States troops stationed in Germany by 9,500 to 25,000. start.” —AFP 6 Established 1961 Tuesday, September 29, 2020 International India coronavirus cases pass six million, surge closer to US India has a much lower death rate than other worst-hit nations NEW DELHI: India reported its six millionth coron- tation of a lockdown and preventive measures like avirus case yesterday as it surged closer to the United mask wearing.” States as the most-infected nation, and authorities pressed ahead with reigniting the economy. No lockdown 2.0 The vast nation is home to 1.3 billion people, The government is unlikely to reimpose major some of humanity’s most densely populated cities restrictions after a lockdown in March battered the and a feeble health care system, and for several economy and wrecked the livelihoods of millions of weeks it has reported around 90,000 new cases people, particularly the poor. Some schools have daily — the highest in the world. now reopened, and trains, metros, domestic flights, Health ministry data showed a rise of 82,000 markets and restaurants have been allowed to oper- cases yesterday, taking the total to 6.1 million and ate with some restrictions. The Taj Mahal also closing the gap on the United States, which has recorded 7.1 million infections. India could leapfrog the US in the coming weeks. India has a much lower death rate than other worst-hit nations with almost 100,000 fatalities so far — fewer than half the gris- No major ly toll of 205,000 recorded in the US, which has roughly a quarter of the population. Brazil has restrictions meanwhile recorded 140,000 deaths. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called on people to keep wearing face coverings when they ventured outside of their homes. “These rules are MUMBAI: Health workers wear personal protective equipment (PPE) at a Covid-19 Coronavirus testing cen- weapons in the war against corona. They are potent tre, in Mumbai yesterday. India reported its six millionth coronavirus case as it surged closer to the United tools to save the life of every citizen,” Modi said States as the most-infected nation, and authorities pressed ahead with reigniting the economy. — AFP during his monthly radio address on Sunday. The opened again for tourists this month. virus initially hit major metropolises including finan- Anand Krishnan, a community medicine profes- cial hub Mumbai and capital New Delhi, but has sor at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences cautious, their worries about the pandemic had relatives, said his family’s fears “have reduced sub- since spread to regional and rural areas where (AIIMS) in Delhi, said authorities should focus on lessened since the start of the year. stantially”. “We have made peace with it. We take healthcare systems are even more fragile and patchy. treating people who contract the virus. “I’m out of the house all day because of my work. the necessary precautions and invest in increasing “In several of the pockets where the transmission “The only thing that we can do is take care of I don’t step out of the house for anything else,” said our immunity rather than being anxious or scared of is active, the infection has gone into the communi- people who are ill — identify them faster and treat 23-year-old medical store worker Umang Chutani. it.” Creative writing student Santosh added that the ty,” former national health secretary Sujatha Rao them better. And follow the social-distancing “The future is uncertain but one can only be cau- virus was now “part of our lives”. told AFP. “It is difficult to control transmission in norms,” he told AFP. “Beyond that, I don’t think tious and follow all safety protocols.” “You cannot shutdown every business, because such situations and a dramatic turnaround can per- there is anything specific that can be done.” Some Himanshu Kainthola, 61, who recovered from the the economy cannot collapse... Covid-19 is not haps be possible only through a rigorous implemen- locals in Delhi told AFP that while they remained virus last month after testing positive with two other going to pay the rent,” he said. — AFP

have contracted the virus. Greek authorities on member states. “While there has been a climate of First virus death in Sunday announced 218 new coronavirus cases and support from Europe after the Moria blaze, the final three deaths — including that of the migrant. Since answers are not what some people might expect,” Greek migrant camp the start of the pandemic, 379 people have died of Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi told Real FM Pandemic deals the virus in Greece, with an average age of 78. radio on Sunday. Sixty-eight people are currently in intensive care. “There is a reserve in member states with few ‘crushing blow’ to ATHENS: Greek officials on Sunday announced Asylum Minister Notis Mitarachi said Sunday that exceptions. Our country is constantly asking for the first coronavirus death in a migrant camp near all unaccompanied children had now been removed relocations.” The Greek government has struggled Athens, as refugee groups stepped up criticism of from the island camps. to manage overcrowding in camps on the five Kashmir tourism the containment policy of the Greek government Aegean islands most affected by the arrivals — and Europe. ‘Conditions are dire’ even more so since the Moria camp on Lesbos But refugee groups are still angry at plans to burned down on September 8 and 9. Half of the SRINAGAR: When Kashmir went into a coro- The victim was a 61-year-old father-of-two from keep the island facilities open for other asylum 24,000 migrants packed into Greek camps remain navirus lockdown in March, tourism in the Afghanistan who had been living in the Malakassa seekers and at the new EU migrant policy, unveiled on Lesbos. Indian-administered territory had already been camp near Athens, the asylum ministry said. He died on Wednesday. The EU’s “New Pact on Migration Government officials there scrambled to set up a hobbled by eight months of tight security while being treated in a hospital in Athens. and Asylum” calls for a tougher stance on returning provisional site for those left without shelter by the restrictions that New Delhi imposed after Malakassa, along with the Schisto and Elaionas migrants who do not have the right to stay in the blaze, but charity groups were already incensed at revoking the region’s semi-autonomous status. camps near Athens, were placed in quarantine in EU, and for the ratcheting up border controls. conditions there. Campaigners point to the long Now hoteliers, taxi drivers and others relying early September as concerns mounted over the “The (European) Commission promised ‘No waits the migrants endure for their one meal a day; on tourism in the region say the pandemic has spread of the coronavirus among thousands of asy- more Moria’, while building a new containment the lack of mattresses and the impossibility of compounded the financial shock to the industry lum-seekers living there in squalid conditions. camp in Lesbos, where conditions are dire,” tweet- respecting coronavirus infection control measures and they fear it could take years to recover. Greece’s migrant camps have been under lock- ed the one migrant rights group, Legal Centre like social distancing. “We have continuously The state of tourism in Kashmir is “a typical down since March, with restrictions on who can Lesbos. The only flaw from Greece’s perspective is exposed the human cost of this outrageous contain- case of out of the frying pan into the fire,” said leave and enter, conditions harshly criticise by some the Commission giving up on quota-based redistri- ment policy to leaders in European capitals, to com- Faiz Bakhshi, a prominent businessman and for- rights groups. On the Aegean island of Lesbos bution of asylum seekers among EU countries — a missioners in Brussels and to citizens through the mer secretary general of the Kashmir Chamber meanwhile, more than 240 asylum-seekers who plan first mooted during the migration crisis of 2015 media,” Christos Christou, the president of Doctors of Commerce and Industry (KCC&I). transferred to a temporary camp after the destruc- but which foundered on opposition from several Without Borders (MSF) tweeted. — AFP “I don’t see any resumption of tourism in tion of the Moria camp in fires earlier this month, Kashmir until there is zero incidence of COVID- 19 cases (here),” said Bakhshi, who owns the Shangrila, a hotel in Srinagar, the region’s main city. Kashmir has reported about 70,000 cases of Egypt’s Nasser S Korea calls for COVID-19 and at least 1,084 deaths, according to government figures. Estimates by the KCC&I still a polarising joint probe into show that more than 600,000 jobs have been lost since India’s decision to scrap the region’s special status in August last year. In that time, Kashmir’s figure, 50 years on killing of official economy across all sectors has lost 400 billion Indian rupees (about $5.4 billion), KCC&I vice CAIRO: Fifty years since Gamal Abdel Nasser’s SEOUL: South Korea yesterday expanded the president Majeed Mir told the Thomson Reuters death, controversy over the legacy of the charis- search for a missing fisheries official killed by North Foundation in a phone interview. matic Egyptian president who championed Arab While there are no reliable estimates of how Korean troops at sea last week, a day after North unity lives on in Egypt as deep divisions beset the Korea accused the South of raising tension by many people have been made unemployed since Middle East. March, Bakhshi said the pandemic has only KHARTOUM: This file photo released on September 1, intruding into its territorial waters. Best known for his colloquial charisma and pan- 1967, shows King Faisal of Saudi Arabia (L), Egypt’s presi- South Korea’s military has accused North exacerbated the situation. In a policy brief pub- Arab populism, he enraptured listeners with his dent Gamal Abdel Nasser (C), and Sudan’s Prime Minister Korean soldiers of killing the man, dousing his body lished last month, the United Nations said the radio broadcasts and inspired enormous pride Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub, meeting during the summit in fuel and setting it on fire near the sea border, pandemic could cost the global tourism industry inside the North African country and well beyond of the Arab League in Khartoum, Sudan. — AFP approximately $1 trillion and threaten more than its borders. apparently in an effort to prevent the risk of a novel 100 million jobs. Nasser was feted as a bulwark against Israel, coronanvirus outbreak. Kashmir has been disputed by India and He initiated costly mega-projects like the build- Officials in Seoul are calling on North Korea to colonialism and poverty during much of his 16 years ing of the Aswan High Dam and nationalised the Pakistan since the end of British colonial rule in in power, first as prime minister and then president. agree to a joint investigation into the incident, which 1947. Both countries claim it in full but rule it in Suez Canal, a move that prompted the 1956 attack prompted an apology from North Korean leader Early successes included the thwarting, albeit by Israel, Britain and France, who were forced to part. India followed its move last year with a thanks to US influence, of an invasion by Britain, Kim Jong Un, who said the killing should not have security lockdown in Kashmir, imposing strict withdraw under US pressure. France and Israel in 1956 after Nasser nationalised “He boosted people’s sense of dignity, and that is happened. restrictions on the movement and assembly of the Suez Canal. South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in said on people and shutting down phone and internet what Arab peoples miss as they recall Nasser,” said Critics, however, saw him as a symbol of populist Mustapha Kamel, political science professor at Monday that military hotlines with North Korea communications for several months. authoritarianism, economic folly and geopolitical should be restored to prevent unexpected incidents. The government said the restrictions were Cairo University. imprudence which significantly compromised his Political parties were abolished under Nasser, North Korea severed the inter-Korean hotlines this necessary to quell unrest in the region. standing by the time he died on September 28, year as relations soured. Communications in Kashmir have gradually been while authorities launched a severe crackdown on 1970. To mark 50 years since his death, his oldest Moon called Kim’s apology “unprecedented, reinstated in recent months, but mobile internet is opponents, including the Muslim Brotherhood. daughter, Hoda, published a book giving new insight very rare and special” and a sign that North Korea yet to be restored fully, with only slow-speed 2G And Nasser ushered in decades of military rule, into the life of the divisive leader. characterised by extended emergency powers and did not want relations to worsen. He added that access allowed in 18 of the region’s 20 districts. “Nasser: Secret Archives” includes excerpts of Ejaz Ayoub, an independent Srinagar-based the army’s significant, often opaque, influence within communication must resume to prevent future his journal while he fought the Arab-Israeli war in the economy. “While he sought to abolish classism, problems. economic analyst, said Kashmir’s tourism busi- 1948 and exchanges with US president John F. ness needs two basic factors in order to thrive: his regime initiated the concept of the police state, As of yesterday, the North had not responded to Kennedy, as well as Soviet ruler Nikita Khrushchev. and instilled a culture of fear of authority,” said Said peace and sustainable demand. “The August 5 the call for a joint investigation. On Sunday, its state “All I did was recount the events as they hap- Sadeq, political science professor at Nile University. decision jeopardised both. And, since March this media issued a statement complaining that South pened, and explained the principles he followed by Kamel added: “He did not believe in democracy year, the pandemic has dealt a crushing blow to Korea’s naval operations had entered its territorial showing documents he wrote while an officer in the and used to declare that openly.” tourism,” Ayoub said. Zahoor Ahmad Trumboo waters in the area, off the west coast of the penin- army and during his presidency,” she told AFP. “It is “He is a historic leader, who represented key fea- said the occupancy of his Hotel Shah Abbas, sula, threatening to raise tensions. up to people how they perceive his rule.” tures of the 1950’s to 60’s — from battling colonial- overlooking the famed Dal Lake in Srinagar, has “We have never crossed the Northern Limit Line ism and seeking social equality to undermining fallen by more than 90% since August last year. ‘Boosted dignity’ political and economic liberalism,” he added. to the North’s side, but there has been differences in Before then, all 80 rooms would be booked A senior army officer, Nasser led a group of offi- In his public speeches, Nasser assumed a pop- how the two Koreas mark the waters,” South Korea every summer and the hotel would do good cers who toppled British-backed King Farouk in a ulist tone and used simple Arabic to openly lam- Coast Guard Lieutenant Lee Hong-chear said, business in the winters, too, he noted, as visitors 1952 military coup that later came to be known as poon colonial powers and Israel. But his assertive- referring to a disputed maritime demarcation that came to enjoy the lake as well as the Himalayan the “July 23 revolution”. ness on the international stage sometimes amounted dates to the end of the 1950-1953 Korean War. region’s scenic mountains and glaciers. He served as prime minister from 1954 to 1956, to imprudence, according to critics. At least six aircraft and 45 vessels were partici- Now, the tourist industry “has no raw materi- when he became president, until his death. In 1962, Nasser dispatched troops to back rev- pating in the search, including 36 ships from the al,” Trumboo said as he leaned back on a sofa at During his rule, Nasser dismantled the privileges olutionaries in Yemen against Saudi-backed royal- coast guard and navy, and nine boats from the fish- his hotel. “Tourists are the raw material for us. of a landowning aristocracy that had thrived under ists, draining Egypt’s resources in a years-long eries ministry and private owners, Lee said. But, there have been no tourists in Kashmir for a the old monarchy, and pushed socialist policies quagmire. North Korea said on Sunday it was conducting year now.” Kashmir’s tourism season officially including free education and substantial subsidies. But the decimating blow to Nasser was defeat in its own search for the man’s body, and said it was started on July 15, noted the region’s director for Although very popular, his efforts to establish the 1967 Six-Day War, during which Egypt, Jordan tourism Nissar Ahmad Wani. — AFP considering ways to hand it over to the South if social equality proved increasingly difficult to fund. and Syria lost key territories. — AFP found. — Reuters Established 1961 7 International Tuesday, September 29, 2020 Bombshell report claims Trump avoided federal income taxes for years Trump dismissed accusations as ‘totally fake news’

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on and party colleague Chuck Schumer calling for Sunday faced allegations that he paid little or no everyone “who paid more in federal income tax” to federal income tax for years before he came to raise their hand. power, as his cloudy financial past stoked contro- Massachusetts representative Richard Neal, the versy ahead of the first election debate. chair of the House Ways and Means Committee who The New York Times alleged the billionaire pres- has tried unsuccessfully to obtain Trump’s tax ident paid just $750 federal income taxes in 2016 records, said the Times report makes it even more — the year he won the White House — and 2017, essential for his committee to get the documents. and no federal income taxes at all in 10 of the previ- “It appears that the President has gamed the tax ous 15 years because he reported losing more mon- code to his advantage and used legal fights to delay ey than he made. or avoid paying what he owes,” Neal said in a state- Trump, who immediately dismissed the accusa- ment on his Facebook page. tions as “totally fake news,” is readying to come “Now, Donald Trump is the boss of the agency he face to face with his Democratic opponent Joe considers an adversary. It is essential that the IRS’s Biden at a pivotal live debate today. presidential audit program remain free of interfer- The Republican leader has broken with presi- ence.” Biden’s campaign team posted a tweet that dential tradition by refusing to release his tax simply stated how much federal income tax had been returns, fighting a long battle in the courts and trig- paid by teachers ($7,239), firefighters ($5,283) and gering speculation about what they might contain. nurses ($10,216) — all groups that have been hit hard “First of all, I paid a lot and I paid a lot of state by the pandemic or the West Coast wildfires, two income taxes too... It’ll all be revealed,” Trump said major topics ahead of the debate. as he shrugged off the Times story that cited tax At Tuesday’s election debate, millions of data extending more than 20 years. Americans will watch as the two antagonists — who CHARLOTTE: In this file combination of pictures created on September 25, 2020 shows Democratic presiden- The Times said that Trump reduced his tax bill depict each other as existential threats to the coun- tial candidate Joe Biden speaks at the Black Economic Summit at Camp North End in Charlotte, North via a $72.9 million tax refund that is the subject of try — step into the ring live on television after Carolina and US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville, an Internal Revenue Service audit. He also report- months of shadow-boxing. Florida. — AFP edly took tax deductions on residences, aircraft and $70,000 in hairstyling for television appearances. Blunders and gaffes Meanwhile, his golf courses report losing large Trump taunted Biden on Sunday with a fresh caused this discrepancy???” attacks and lies” from the president, likening Trump amounts of money, and hundreds of millions of dol- salvo on his mental acuity. “I will be strongly When asked by reporters about the demand, to Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels. lars in loans he personally guaranteed will soon be demanding a Drug Test of Sleepy Joe Biden prior Biden laughed before declining to comment. The former vice president has until recently due for repayment, according to The New York to, or after, the Debate on Tuesday night,” he Both men are prone to blunders and gaffes when stayed close to his Delaware home due the pandem- Times. Democrats jumped on the allegations, with tweeted, saying he would take one also. “His speaking — but the 74-year-old Trump has repeat- ic — while Trump has flouted his own government’s House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying it showed Debate performances have been record setting edly depicted the 77-year-old Biden as senile. social distancing guidelines, holding jam-packed “Trump’s disdain for America’s working families,” UNEVEN, to put it mildly. Only drugs could have On Saturday, Biden said he expects “personal rallies with few masks in sight. — AFP

students filed lawsuits asking courts to force issues involving housing contracts, financial aid, With classroom time schools to issue refunds. With two-thirds of work-study and support staff while calling on them American colleges moving at least some of their fall to use some of the school’s $10.8 billion endow- reduced, US students classes online, students have become more vocal in ment to help students through the pandemic. Other NY authorities worry their objections, saying they are not getting the college students have taken to online petitions to education they purchased. voice their frustration. Change.org says 1,500 over neighborhood demand tuition cuts Many colleges and universities, including petitions calling for college tuition reductions dur- Columbia College, have refused to reduce tuition, ing the pandemic have been created on its site. The petitions have received closed to one million sig- CHICAGO: Full-time students at Chicago’s saying salary and maintenance costs have held coronavirus hotbeds natures since March, the platform said. Columbia College spend $14,000 a year for profes- steady, regardless of whether the institution is offer- ing in-person or online classes or a hybrid model. One of the petitions was started by Ava Yelton, sional, hands-on training in dance, film and music a senior at the University of New Mexico, which is NEW YORK: Coronavirus infection rates have that the school normally offers in studios and class- “For all three instructional methods, the college will increased at “an alarming rate” in several New be delivering all expected learning outcomes for offering both in-person and online courses this rooms scattered across the city’s South Loop and school year. York neighborhoods, particularly among the Near South Side. courses and credit towards graduation,” Columbia Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, city College, which is not affiliated with New York’s Her petition, garnering 5,400 signatures, calls When the coronavirus pandemic led the school for a tuition and fees cut to match a “significantly” health authorities warned Sunday, threatening to to move some coursework online this summer with- Columbia University, said in a statement. It said it sanction certain schools if they fail to comply was providing a “well-rounded and rigorous fall decreased amount of instruction, hands-on learn- out reducing tuition, many students, including Isaiah ing and opportunities to engage in extracurricular with anti-virus regulations. Moore, cried foul. A television and cultural studies semester.” To be sure, some institutions have lowered activities. Although the Big Apple has touted that it major, Moore now leads a group of students hold- tuition and fees, including Georgetown, Princeton She said the Albuquerque school, which charges kept its infection rate under one percent for ing campus demonstrations, circulating a petition and Northwestern University where fall tuition was more than $8,000 a year for an in-state student, more than a month, six neighborhoods in and meeting with school officials in the hopes of a slashed by 10 percent. raised tuition 2.6 percent this year. “It’s an unethi- Brooklyn and two in Queens have seen their tuition cut and more transparency in the college’s Even so, Northwestern’s cut has failed to satis- cal choice to not only maintain tuition, but to rates spike, surpassing five to six percent in finances. Midwood and Gravesend. fy 175 students who have signed a letter threaten- increase (it) during such uncertain times,” said the “We want our tuition to reflect the way our edu- 20-year-old public health and psychology major. The increase coincides with the Jewish High ing a tuition strike beginning Oct. 1. In the letter, cation is being experienced now,” said the 21-year- David Vu, a 20-year-old student at the Holidays, the most holy days in the Jewish calendar, to be sent to the school’s president, the students old from New Jersey. “This is the time we need University of San Francisco, has led a movement that culminate Monday with Yom Kippur. “These demand officials reverse a 3.5 percent tuition hike more unprecedented solutions to unprecedented on campus calling for a 4 percent cut to the annual areas account for over 23 percent of new cases implemented in June before the 10 percent cut problems.” Moore is one of a growing number of $50,000 tuition and elimination of fees for inac- citywide... despite representing just under seven was made, as well as further reduce tuition by at US college students pushing for their schools to cut cessible services after the school moved online for percent of the city’s overall population,” New York least 30 percent. “Withholding tuition en masse is tuition and fees because of reduced in-person the fall semester. city health services said in a press release. quite a large move, but we believe it is warranted classroom time and less access to on-campus The management major said some of his fellow They added that the data showed an increase given the level of crisis,” said one of the organiz- resources. students have created social media accounts to in hospitalized patients in two Brooklyn hospi- ers of the protest, Alex Harrison, a 19-year-old The sky-rocketing cost of post-secondary edu- call for a tuition payment boycott while others tals, and at least one hospital in Queens. The sophomore who is studying journalism and politi- cation is a perennial issue in the United States. It cal science. have taken the semester off or have transferred to increase has raised fears of a second wave in intensified this spring when US colleges and univer- less expensive schools. “It’s like the school and New York, which reported a record 23,800 The protesting students at the private university sities, in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, can- of 21,000 students in Evanston, Illinois, north of students are trying to call each other’s bluff right Covid-19 fatalities when the epidemic peaked in celed classes and shut down campuses. Dozens of now,” he said. — Reuters the spring. On Friday, health authorities organ- Chicago, are also demanding officials address ized a press conference in one of the most affected Brooklyn neighborhoods, Borough Park. “This may be the most precarious position with Covid-19 we have experienced in months,” Wildfire erupts in said health commissioner Dave Chokshi, urging people to wear face masks and respect social California’s Napa distancing measures. But he and his colleagues were booed by at Valley wine country least two people in the crowd, including an Orthodox Jewish radio host known for his anti- mask stance, Heshy Tischler, video from NBC ST HELENA: A wind-driven wildfire erupted on showed. “There are people who refuse to Sunday in the heart of northern California’s Napa believe the truth, this is a deadly virus and we Valley wine country and spread across more than have easy ways to avoid it,” Mitchell Katz, the 1,000 acres (404 hectares), forcing the evacua- chief of New York’s municipal healthcare sys- tion of several communities and a hospital, tem, told the news station. authorities said. The blaze, dubbed the Glass Fire, broke out Back to school? east of Calistoga, about 75 miles (120 km) north Health authorities announced a series of edu- of San Francisco, and raced toward the adjacent cational activities for neighborhood residents in towns of Deer Park and St. Helena, with flames the coming days. With the reopening of public advancing to within a mile of the Adventist Health schools scheduled for October 1, authorities also St. Helena hospital. warned they would conduct inspections in non- All 55 patients who were at the hospital at the public schools — including many yeshivas, or time were safely evacuated by ambulance and religion-focused Jewish schools — and would helicopter over the course of five hours, begin- close facilities and impose fines if necessary. ning around 7 a.m. in the morning, hospital But the restart of in-person learning has been spokeswoman Linda Williams told Reuters. a touchy subject and has already been post- “We had ambulances lined up from all over the poned twice, as more parents of New York’s Bay area,” she said, adding that while the facility some 1.1 million public school students opt was surrounded by smoke, the skies over the instead for remote classes. The Council of hospital itself remained clear enough for helicop- SAN BERNARDINO: A photograph of fallen Big Bear Interagency Hotshot Charles Morton, a firefighter who School Supervisors & Administrators (CSA) has ters to land and take off with patients who need- was killed battling the El Dorado wildfire, is displayed at a memorial service for Morton on September 25, called for management of the school system — ed to be evacuated by air. 2020 in San Bernardino, California. — AFP traditionally the mayor’s responsibility in the US She said it was the second wildfire-related — to be transferred to the New York state edu- evacuation of the 151-bed hospital in about a cational services during the pandemic. month, coming on the heels of a massive cluster St. Helena saw a number of structures that had a precaution against heightened wildfire risks New York mayor Bill de Blasio recently of lightning-sparked blazes that swept several been burned. posed by hot, windy, dry conditions. promised to hire some 4,500 additional teachers counties north of the San Francisco Bay region. The Napa Valley, world renowned as one of The public safety power shutoffs were expect- to facilitate both in-person and online learning. Evacuation orders also were posted on California’s premiere wine-producing regions, ed to affect some 65,000 homes and businesses But according to the CSA, a union that claims Sunday for several Napa County neighborhoods, has been plagued by a series of wildfires out- in the region, said PG&E, the state’s largest elec- to represent about 6,400 officials for the city’s according to the California Department of breaks in and around the Bay area over the past tric utility. CalFire said a fire weather watch was 1,800 public schools, he and Schools Chancellor Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire). several years. due to go into effect on Monday across much of Richard Carranza failed to hire enough teachers. By 1:30 p.m., flames stoked by strong, gusty The latest came as the Pacific Gas and Electric Southern California due to a forecast return of It is unclear whether schools will reopen on winds had scorched some 1,200 acres of rolling Company announced it was temporarily shutting hot, gusty Santa Ana winds and low humidity October 1 as planned. — AFP hillsides, CalFire said. There were no immediate off power to transmission lines in portions of 16 from San Diego to Los Angeles and Ventura reports of injuries, but a Reuters photographer in counties across northern and central California as counties. — Reuters Established 1961

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 Business TikTok to keep ticking in US for now China says ‘US abusing power’ to squeeze TikTok SAN FRANCISCO/BEIJING: A judge late Sunday to resolve the disputes and come to a resolution.” by Beijing, where some consider the US move an stopped the US from banning downloads of TikTok, said University of Richmond law school professor unjustified appropriation of Chinese technology. freeing the video snippet-sharing mobile app to Carl Tobias. Once lawyers get a chance to review Meanwhile, Beijing yesterday accused the Trump keep winning new users here-for now. the reasoning behind the judge’s decision, the US administration of abusing “national power” by trying District Judge Carl Nichols issued a temporary could appeal the decision putting a hold on the to ban TikTok, as a federal court gave the video injunction at the request of TikTok, which the White download ban. app’s US operations a stay of execution. House has called a national security threat, alleging Legal analysts interviewed by AFP thought it President Donald Trump claims the popular app that its Chinese parent firm is tied to Beijing. An unlikely the US would appeal, since lawyers typically poses a national security threat and harvests data order from US President Donald Trump sought to for Beijing via its Chinese parent company ban new downloads of the app at the end of Sunday, ByteDance-allegations the firm vehemently denies. but allowed until November 12 for a second phase Describing the order as “bullying behavior”, aimed at stopping TikTok from operating in the US Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin entirely. The judge denied TikTok’s request to also Mobile app to said it was evidence of “abusing national power to suspend the November 12 ban, but noted that his unreasonably suppress other countries’ enterprises”. decision was “for now.” keep winning Instead, the US should “provide a fair, just, open, and non-discriminatory business environment for What about TikTok lovers? new users companies around the world investing and operating TikTok lovers in the US woke up to life as usual, in the country”, Wang added. China says Trump is at least in regard to their enjoyment of the platform. strong-arming the company into giving up full own- That was going to be the case anyway, since the ban ership of a lucrative app-with 100 million US sub- that had been poised to take effect Sunday only scribers-to an American rival. operating in China’s vast market. applied to new downloads and updates. However, don’t want to make an enemy of a judge early in a But late on Sunday a US federal court issued a ByteDance has begun discussing a complex getting access to updates means longtime TikTok case by attacking their judgment. Meanwhile, TikTok’s temporary block on the order after TikTok’s lawyers transfer of ownership to Silicon Valley giant Oracle. users will be able to get security patches to keep overarching suit challenging the legality of Trump’s successfully argued it was a “punitive” ban motivat- A tentative deal unveiled last weekend would make them better protected while using the app. executive orders continues through the court. ed by politics rather than genuine security fears. Oracle the technology partner for TikTok and a It also means US users will be able to get any Details of the injunction remain sealed for now by stakeholder in a new entity to be known as TikTok new features TikTok releases. Where from here? TikTok’s tomorrow? the court in Washington. Global. TikTok said Sunday it would “maintain our The judge’s order tells TikTok and the US to work Outside of the courtroom, TikTok can continue The US squeeze on TikTok is one of a litany of ongoing dialogue with the government” on the plan, out a schedule to proceed, and that typically trying to work out a sale or alliance to appease US issues souring relations between the rival powers, which has received preliminary approval from means the court wants opposing parties to find concerns. A tentative deal would make Silicon Valley spanning tech, defence, human rights and contested Trump. But it was still unclear whether the deal middle ground. giant Oracle the technology partner for TikTok and seas. US tech giants have also raised concerns over would be approved by Beijing, where some consider “My sense is that it is a pragmatic splitting of the a stakeholder in a new entity to be known as TikTok the precedent a ban could set for a free internet-and the US move an unjustified appropriation of Chinese baby for the short term, to give a little time for them Global. Such a deal is expected to be dimly viewed the prospect of reprisals against American firms technology. — AFP Caught in pandemic’s net, fish sellers struggle to stay afloat in India Qatar Airways gets CHENNAI: In 35 years of selling the along India’s 7,500-kilometre (4,660- village catch, Jennet Cleetus said busi- mile) coastline who are battling to $2.0bn state aid ness has never been so bad for her and regain livelihoods hit by wary buyers, other women who make ends meet by online sales and persistent curbs on after huge loss hawking seafood along the palm-fringed movement and access to markets. An coast of Kerala in southern India. estimated 25 million people make a liv- India - one of the countries worst- ing from fishing and related activities in DOHA: Qatar Airways said Sunday it hit by COVID-19 - has eased most India, government data states. Women received $2.0 billion in state aid to lockdown restrictions and sought to make up nearly half of the workforce, weather the coronavirus crisis, as it post- reopen its battered economy, but some taking a lead in the procuring, process- ed huge annual losses after enduring one curbs on informal vendors remain and ing and marketing of fish, said S of its “most difficult years”. The firm said many customers are too scared to go Velvizhi, who heads the Fish for All that the combination of the coronavirus out shopping. “First, our men couldn’t research and training centre at pandemic, a boycott by Gulf neighbors and the liquidation of 49 percent-owned go fishing. When they did go and Poompuhar in Tamil Nadu state. An estimated 25 million people make a living from fishing and related activities in brought fish in, we couldn’t go and buy Traditionally, women known as head- India, government data states. Air Italy-which announced its bankrupt- it. Now if we buy it, we can’t sell it out- loaders sell fish door-to-door, carrying cy in February-had resulted in a near side our villages,” said Cleetus, 60, sardines, shrimps and other local fish in doubling of losses. from her home in Valiya Veli in bamboo baskets or aluminum vessels. Indian government announced broad kiosks with freezers and display cabi- This brought the carrier’s net loss for Thiruvananthapuram district. Others sit on pavements or operate out plans to modernise the nation’s fishing nets to sell hygienically.” the year to end-March to 7.0 billion Additional pandemic requirements of fish markets. “Many of them are sin- industry. “One of the thrust areas of the Lakshmi Kowada, president of the riyals ($1.92 billion). “Qatar Airways is are adding to their woes, she added. gle women and most of them use their new plan is to empower women in fish- Traditional Fish Workers’ Union in familiar with facing exceptional chal- “The government wants us to get an income for the everyday running of their eries,” Shankar Laxman, joint commis- Andhra Pradesh state, said he was not lenges; however, 2019-20 has been one antigen test, produce the certificate and households,” said Velvizhi. “The pan- sioner in India’s Ministry of Fisheries, impressed by the government blueprint. of the most difficult years in the airline’s get permission from the police before demic has increased the debt burden on told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. “Today’s ground reality is that women are history,” the carrier said in a statement. we can enter the markets. The test is these women and pushed their families “We are aware that the pandemic has not able to enter apartment blocks or The airline confirmed that Qatar had expensive but we have to do it now or to the brink of poverty.” hit women fishworkers badly. The new housing colonies to sell fish,” said joined a list of governments that have we may die of hunger.” scheme will benefit them. We are not Kowada, who has been in the business for stepped in to support their national car- Cleetus is among the tens of thou- Rising debts encouraging roadside vendors anymore 20 years, demanding immediate financial riers through the coronavirus shutdown, sands of women fish vendors living In the middle of the lockdown, the and will support them to set-up modern assistance for the fish sellers. — Reuters which has pummeled global travel and the aviation industry. The carrier will issue 730 million shares to the government after receiving Sudan foreign aid EU-UK trade talks resume “an advance of 7.3 billion riyals” ($2.0 billion) after annual losses exceeded 50 deal to give cash percent of share capital, it said in its under Brexit bill cloud annual report. “If not for the exceptional BRUSSELS: Negotiators for the EU and Britain are hoping for a circumstances of fiscal year 2020, our to poor families breakthrough in trade talks this week, despite feuding over a con- results would have been better than the troversial UK bill that threatens to scupper a post-Brexit deal. year before,” said the airline’s chief exec- utive, Akbar al-Baker. KHARTOUM: The EU, several member states Scores of officials were to assemble in Brussels from yesterday The report also said that over the 12 and the World Bank have signed a deal for in efforts to forge a compromise on negotiating positions that have months, revenue increased 6.5 percent to almost $190 million in direct financial aid to not budged on key areas since the talks on future relations began 51.1 billion riyals, seat capacity increased poor families in Sudan, official news agency six months ago. Both London and Brussels say a deal on a free SUNA said. trade agreement must be struck by mid-October to allow time for by 3.2 percent, and freight handled rose The Sudan Family Support Programme it to be ratified before coming into force from January 1 next year. by 2.8 percent. The pandemic com- (SFSP) aims to give some 32 million people, or KHARTOUM: Mohammed Abdulhamid, Director Failure to do so would see trade conducted on World Trade pounded an already difficult environment around 80 percent of the population, 500 General of the Sudan News Agency (SUNA), Organization rules, with higher tariffs and quotas and almost cer- for Qatar Airways. The United Arab Sudanese pounds (nine dollars at the official speaks during an interview with AFP at his office tain economic chaos for Britain and Europe. Emirates, which was a key market for the rate, or just over two dollars on the black mar- in Khartoum. — AFP Chief negotiators Michel Barnier and the UK’s David Frost met Gulf carrier, along with Saudi Arabia, ket) per person per month for a year, accord- last week to prepare the round of talks, in meetings that London Bahrain and Egypt, have enforced a boy- cott of Qatar since June 2017. ing to the World Bank. Direct aid payments to Experts say the move aims to ease the characterized as “constructive”. European diplomats remained half a million people across several of Sudan’s cautious that a breakthrough was possible, seeing this round of They accuse Doha of links to extrem- impact on the population as the government ist groups and being too close to Iran, states will start in October, SUNA said, and the progressively cuts fuel subsidies in response to meetings as laying the necessary groundwork for a final push later Riyadh’s regional arch-rival-charges program will be gradually expanded over two a huge budget deficit and an economic crisis in October. “Next week, a path to a deal should be identified,” an Qatar denies-and have closed their air- years, for a total cost of $1.9 billion. EU-World aggravated by the novel coronavirus pandem- EU source said. “If we have zero movement, the process will be in space, borders and markets to Doha. Bank financing announced Sunday accounts ic. Sudan declared a state of economic emer- big trouble.” Qatar Airways is the second largest air- for $110 million, while contributions from gency earlier this month to avert a downturn France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain due to the dramatic fall of its local currency ‘Rough patch’ line in the Middle East after Dubai-based and Sweden amount to a total of $78.2 million, against the US dollar and soaring inflation. Also on Monday senior EU and UK officials will meet in Emirates, operating a modern fleet of according to an EU statement. In July, Sudan recorded a year-on-year Brussels to try to find an understanding on the highly contentious 250 aircraft-although some remain The deal was signed in Khartoum in the inflation rate of almost 150 percent, according issue of the withdrawal bill. EU Commission vice-president Maros grounded during the pandemic. presence of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok. to the central bank. Economic hardship, which Sefcovic will meet his British counterpart Michel Gove as joint Qatar in July won a ruling at the Acting finance minister Heba Mohamed Ali triggered protests in December 2018 that led chair of an EU-UK coordination committee overseeing the imple- International Court of Justice in its Ahmed called the SFSP “an important part of to the ouster of long-time autocrat Omar al- mentation of the divorce agreement. Irish Foreign Minister Simon fight against airspace restrictions by the transitional government’s reform agenda.” Bashir, remains a pressing challenge in Sudan. Coveney, whose country has more to lose than most if talks break Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and “It will alleviate some of the economic chal- Hamdok has said his government needs down, said Brussels will not rubberstamp a trade agreement if Egypt. It said it will seek $5.0 billion in lenges currently facing Sudanese throughout $8 billion to rescue the ailing economy, London keeps threatening to breach its divorce. EU capitals were compensation from the other Arab the country, including in rural areas, especially while in June, international donors pledged incensed by Johnson’s decision to push an Internal Markets Bill in states for closing their airspace to the women and the most vulnerable,” she said, just $1.8 billion in aid to Sudan’s transitional his own parliament that his own government admits would break flag carrier. — AFP according to the EU statement. authorities. — AFP international law by overwriting the withdrawal treaty. — AFP 9 Business Tuesday, September 29, 2020 Air France leads tax pushback in climate vs recovery fight France mulls tax hike after ‘Green Wave’ election

PARIS/BRUSSELS: Air France-KLM is legacy must be squared with the econom- who had called for “taxation or similar battling new green taxes on top of the ic emergency. policies” to curb emissions by raising air coronavirus crisis - in a test of growing fares. From Jan 1, the Netherlands is intro- policy tensions between righting Europe’s Green wave ducing passenger duties worth 220 million crippled airlines and delivering on climate French municipal elections saw the euros at pre-crisis traffic. A Greenpeace goals. The Franco-Dutch group, sustained ecologist EELV party take Lyon, legal challenge is also demanding steeper by 10.4 billion euros ($12.2 billion) in Bordeaux and Strasbourg in a June 28 emissions cuts in return for KLM’s 3.4 bil- state-backed loans, faces higher duties in “Green Wave”. The next day, President lion-euro aid package. both home markets as well as EU plans to Emmanuel Macron promised to advance hike airlines’ carbon costs. 146 proposals from a “citizens’ climate Offsets upset The struggle unfolding around Air convention”. Those include an airline duty Airline emissions account for 2.5 per- France-KLM is part of a larger reckoning increase to 30 euros per short-haul econ- cent of the global total but are set to triple for carbon-intensive industries as by 2050. Under a UN-brokered pro- efforts to tackle global warming gram, CORSIA, the industry aims to spawn more taxes and regulation. counter emissions growth from interna- While campaigners say those are long tional flights with carbon offsets, whose overdue, crisis-hit airlines warn their CEO pushes effects are contested. timing and severity will cost thousands Airbus has given itself until 2035 to strengthens the case for acting to cut traditional airlines’ profits or jobs, they more jobs and hurt development of minimum-fare put a “zero-emission” plane into serv- their emissions,” said Andrew Murphy of punish budget carriers and their cus- lower-carbon technologies. ice, but many are skeptical about that Brussels-based Transport & Environment. tomers. “This is another mad idea from a New taxes “do not support emis- alternative deadline. Synthetic fuels are also too Assuming a slow recovery, the group says high-fare airline that can only survive sions reductions”, said Air France- scarce and expensive to offer a near- CORSIA’s market mechanism would price with over 10 billion euros of illegal state KLM Chief Executive Ben Smith in term solution. For intra-European emissions as low as 17 cents per long- subsidies,” Ryanair said. The low-cost response to proposed increases to flights, airlines would face a higher bill haul flight, leaving little incentive to curb giant is challenging rivals’ EU-approved French passenger duties. “In fact it’s for European carbon credits under greenhouse gases. ICAO, the UN aviation bailouts in court. counterproductive and would deprive us omy passenger and 400 euros for long- plans outlined this month to reduce free agency that developed the program, said “Ordinary consumers all over Europe of finances that could otherwise be invest- haul business, from their current 1.50-18 permits for the sector. it was “grossly misrepresented” by the have benefited from and will continue to ed in environmental projects,” he told an euro range. At 2019 traffic, officials say the EU officials have also signalled likely research. demand low fares, choice and competi- online industry forum this month. sector would pay 4.2 billion euros. moves to end a tax exemption for jet fuel tion,” it said. However these tensions play Tensions can only rise as emissions Key members of the government, which enshrined in international treaties, a Not fare out, airlines face a rising tide of carbon goals are toughened to slow dangerous underwrote 7 billion euros for Air France, process that could take several years. Other emissions-cutting proposals costs on top of their current woes. climate change. The European Union’s are backing away from the pledge as offi- Germany, which has pushed ahead with may divide the industry. Air France- Maintaining fuel tax exemptions would executive now wants to cut greenhouse cials draft legislation in response to the an airline tax increase to fund cheaper rail KLM’s Smith called on French ministers present a “flagrant inconsistency” with EU gas output by 55 percent in the next convention. “It would be grotesque to take travel, plans binding minimum quotas for to consider a minimum fare instead of climate goals, said Christian Egenhofer of decade rather than the previous 40 per- back with one hand what we’d given the carbon-neutral alternative jet fuel. Far taxes, citing the 40-euro minimum Brussels-based think tank CEPS. cent, from a 1990 baseline. While the pan- sector with the other,” Finance Minister from giving struggling airlines a break, recently introduced in Austria. “Let’s dis- Taxing fuel would be an important step demic has dampened climate protests led Bruno Le Maire told daily Les Echos. campaign groups are urging governments cuss that,” he said in a newspaper inter- even if rates started low, Egenhofer said. by Extinction Rebellion and Swedish Le Maire and his Dutch counterpart to use bailouts to force faster progress. view. While minimum fares can curb over- “You know what happens with taxes - activist Greta Thunberg, their political were among nine EU finance ministers “Airlines’ reliance on governments all traffic and emissions without hurting they always go up.” — Reuters

Every cup of Nespresso coffee CBK bonds and will be carbon neutral by 2022 related Tawarruq

KUWAIT: Nespresso today commits Increasing the use of recycled plastic that every cup of Nespresso coffee, within Nespresso machines, as well as KUWAIT: The Central Bank of Kuwait both for at-home and for professional of recycled and low carbon virgin alu- (CBK) announced the most recent issues of customers, will be carbon neutral by minium within coffee capsules. CBK bonds and related Tawarruq at a total 2022. This new ambition builds on 2. Planting trees in coffee farms value of KD 240 million for six months with a more than 10 years of work during and the surrounding landscapes rate of return at 1.375 percent. which Nespresso has reduced its car- (insetting): Trees are the best way to bon emissions and compensated the capture carbon from the atmosphere remainder through agroforestry. while investing in nature and building “Climate change is a reality, and a regenerative agricultural system. our future depends on going further Planting trees provides the shade and faster on our sustainability com- needed to improve the quality and mitments. That is why we are acceler- quantity of a coffee harvest. The roots ating our commitments to offer our also help protect against soil erosion TikTok will survive consumers a way to drink a carbon and landslides and promote soil neutral cup of coffee by 2022. A cof- regeneration. With its partner Pur fee, made from the finest and rarest Projet, Nespresso will triple the Donald Trump, beans, sustainably sourced. I truly capacity of planting trees (with inset- believe that both our business and the ting) in coffee producing countries Nespresso Sustainability Advisory that time, and I’m excited to see the say US users coffee industry can be a force for such as Colombia, Guatemala, Board (NSAB) members. good that Nespresso can deliver in good in the world by tackling this Ethiopia and Costa Rica. the next 10 years.” WASHINGTON: “I never thought I would pressing issue,” said Guillaume Le 3. Accelerate to make an immediate George Clooney, Nespresso have a voice, but this app has given me one and Cunff, CEO of Nespresso. positive impact (offsetting initiatives): Brand Ambassador Tristan Lecomte, Co-founder, people have been listening,” said Rebecca Having already achieved carbon Nespresso will also invest in projects “Climate change is happening now, Pur Projet Fisher-Tringale, explaining her love for social neutrality in its business operations to support forest conservation and which means that we must all take “The pressure is on for all busi- network TikTok, adding, “I never thought it (scopes 1 & 2) since 2017, the compa- restoration as well as implement clean responsibility and action, quickly,” nesses to reduce their carbon foot- would be possible.” The aspiring political scien- ny’s new commitment will tackle emis- energy solutions within farming com- said George Clooney, actor, print and Nespresso is clearly show- tist said she has no doubt TikTok will survive- sions that occur in its supply chain munities. Nespresso Global Brand Ambassador ing a strong will to tackle its own car- despite the Sword of Damocles that President and product life cycle (scope 3). This carbon neutral commitment is and member of the Nespresso bon emissions via this ambitious and Donald Trump has been dangling above the Nespresso will achieve carbon neu- part of a broader sustainability ambi- Sustainability Advisory Board. “It’s qualitative carbon neutral program. social network. trality through the following initia- tion that will be further communicated clear that Nespresso understands this While we all search for the technical Under her screen name @theprogressivepol- tives: the reduction of carbon emis- later this year: to preserve exception- urgency and is putting our planet and innovations that will reduce carbon, it icy, Fisher-Tringale comments on current events sion; the planting of trees in and al coffees, build a resilient and regen- people front and centre of the choices is urgent that businesses invest as several times a day in short videos lambasting around coffee farms where Nespresso erative coffee agriculture system, it makes. These ambitions and vision well in the sequestration of their Trump for his handling of the coronavirus pan- sources its coffee (insetting); and drive sustainable livelihoods for farm- build on a commitment to sustainabili- emissions to balance their books as demic or his immigration policies. In early through support and investment in ers and build a circular business. ty that I have been privileged to have quickly as possible,” said Tristan August, the president signed an executive order high quality offsetting projects. The 2022 carbon neutrality been involved in over the last seven Lecomte, Founder, Pur Projet, mem- to force China’s ByteDance group to sell or spin 1. Carbon emission reduction: A roadmap has been endorsed by the years. I’ve seen how far we’ve come in ber of the Nespresso Sustainability off the platform to an American company in the crucial element of Nespresso’s vision Advisory Board. “We’ve been proud name of an alleged threat to “national security” is to decarbonize its value chain. to support Nespresso in doing this, by TikTok. These immediate initiatives include: planting millions of trees across the Nespresso has been carbon neutral Trump has claimed, without giving evidence, • Sustainable energy usage within globe within coffee regions in that Beijing can use the hugely popular app to Nespresso’s operations: Driving across its business operations since 2017 Colombia, Guatemala and Ethiopia to spy on Americans. But Fisher-Tringale shrugs towards 100 percent renewable ener- take carbon dioxide out of the air this off; she is not overly worried about TikTok’s gy in all Nespresso boutiques and and now commits to achieving full car- since 2014. We will continue working survival, despite its importance in her life. increasing the use of biogas within together and triple the capacity of bon neutrality across its supply chain “I joined the app kind of as a joke in 2019 to the manufacturing process. the carbon in setting program and watch videos and be entertained,” she said. • Expanded circularity of and product life cycle regenerating the ecosystems we all “Then I started to make videos about my dog, Nespresso products and packaging: depend upon.” then I made one about Trump, and it blew up,” she told AFP from her house-share in Boone, the ‘middle income trap’, the sources said, after inter- North Carolina. With more than 80,000 follow- China’s leaders to nal debate over whether it should abandon such tar- ers, the 21-year-old college student said she gets to enable more flexibility. hopes to bring “different perspectives” to young The target also keeps local governments focused people of all backgrounds, many of them not yet ratify lower growth on development goals at a time of a deepening rift of voting age. “So many people have texted me between China and the United States over a broad saying we wouldn’t be involved in politics if it target for 2021-25 range of issues, they said. “There will be an economic wasn’t for you,” she added. target. Where is the direction of development if there In one of her most viral episodes, Fisher- BEIJING: China’s leaders are poised to endorse a is no such anchor?” said one source who is involved Tringale posted an ironic quiz for those who lower economic growth target for Beijing’s next five- in the debate. Government think tanks and econo- push back against anti-racist “Black Lives year plan compared with 2016-2020, as authorities mists have made recommendations for average annual Matter” protesters by insisting that “All Lives navigate growing challenges fuelled by a deepening gross domestic product (GDP) growth targets includ- Matter.” “Who was brought to America in rift with the United States, policy sources said. ing “around 5 percent”, 5-5.5 percent to 5-6 percent, chains at the bottom of ships?” she asked, President Xi Jinping and other leaders are expected before offering these options: “A. Black Lives; B. the sources said. China is targeting average annual BEIJING: A visitor looks at an Audi e-trion car at the to discuss and approve China’s economic and social growth of over 6.5 percent for the 13th five-year plan All Lives.” In June, she joined thousands of oth- Beijing Auto Show in Beijing on Sunday. — AFP development blueprint for 2021-2025 at a key that ends this year. er TikTok users in registering online to attend a Communist Party conclave in October, the sources China’s State Council Information Office did not Trump rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma-while planning all along not to go. The rows of empty seats told Reuters. immediately respond to a request for comment. Some productive investment. Reform advocates hope seen in the televised event represented a humil- State news agency Xinhua said yesterday the government advisers have argued that China should President Xi’s proposed “dual circulation” strategy, iating setback for the Republican candidate’s meeting will be held from Oct. 26-29. Policymakers do away with official growth targets - a legacy of expected to be the centerpiece at the conclave, is an campaign, but a source of pride for young believe that setting a five-year growth target is vital decades of central economic planning - to reduce opportunity to quicken reforms to spur domestic TikTok’ers. — AFP for steering the world’s second-largest economy past reliance on debt-fueled stimulus and encourage more demand and unleash fresh growth engines. — Reuters 10 Established 1961 Business Tuesday, September 29 , 2020 stc launches reliable internet connectivity backup solution Solution helps avoid delays in business operations due to disruptions KUWAIT: Kuwait Telecommunications Company - solution enables us to stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative meet the current demand services and platforms to customers, enabling the for such products in the digital transformation in Kuwait, announced the market and assist launch of its dedicated backup access solution, in a Companies in preventing step to further enhance the series of exceptional any unwanted disruptions offers and services introduced by the Company to in service due to unstable its enterprise customers. networks.” Explaining how the system works, Al-Hamad said, “When primary Customers can Meshari Al-Hamad internet connections control the experience a drop in con- nectivity, they temporarily halt access to online serv- quota they need ices, data exchange processes, and branch manage- ment tools, causing Companies delays in offering their high-quality services, as well as lose valuable time and effort. 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This initiative builds on the enables the Company to assist local businesses in professional services, the 5G DA will provide SMEs operation of all required business activities. important role of the fifth-generation technology in digitizing and enhancing their operations throughout with fast GTM connectivity. stc’s 5G DA is also the Commenting on the new solution, General shaping and accelerating the enablement of digital this difficult period and prepare for new market con- better choice for larger enterprises due to its capa- Manager of Sales & Account Management at stc, transformation across various industries. ditions shaped by the current pandemic. bility to serve as a primary link and fiber backup. Meshari Al-Hamad, said, “We launched this technol- stc business aims to provide innovative state-of- The Company’s 5G DA service is one of the best The Company has offered these services to several ogy as an added enterprise solution to serve as a the-art solutions and exceptional user experience ICT solutions for SMEs, given the sector’s demand customers in various sectors to enhance their opera- support system to primary internet connections. This not only for customers, but enterprises as well, spe- for faster deployment timeframes with minimal tions with success.

the quarterly and annual Chinese chip giant Sept 30 last day to draws also reviewed by Ernst & Young. Customers can deposit SMIC shares sink enter Gulf Bank’s to win Al-Danah cash prizes throughout the year on US export curbs KD 1.5m prize draw in the draws listed in the following table: To increase their HONG KONG: Shares in China’s biggest chipmaker KUWAIT: Gulf Bank has announced the last chance chances of winning, tumbled yesterday on reports that the United States for customers to deposit into their Al-Danah accounts, account holders must either had imposed export controls on the company, the lat- and therefore be eligible to win the KD 1.5 million Mohammad Al-Qattan keep their account with a est salvo in the countries’ battle for technological annual grand prize, is September 30, 2020. Last year, minimum deposit amount of dominance. In a new blow for China’s advanced tech Gulf Bank increased the Al-Danah account’s annual KD 200, or increase their Al-Danah savings - the more ambitions, the US Commerce Department reportedly grand prize from KD 1 million to KD 1.5 million, becom- deposits into an account, the more chances accumulat- ordered companies to seek permission before selling SHANGHAI: An investor stands in front of an electronic ing one of the largest prizes associated with a bank ed over time. Gulf Bank’s Al-Danah account holders equipment to Semiconductor Manufacturing board showing stock information at a brokerage house in account worldwide. This year’s annual draw ceremony also have the opportunity to enter and win cash prizes International Corp (SMIC). Shanghai. — AFP to announce the grand prize winner is scheduled to all year long through weekly, quarterly and annual Equipment sold to the Chinese company posed an take place on January 14, 2021. draws. “unacceptable risk” of being diverted to “military end the yield and quality of SMIC’s capacity will degrade, Mohammad Al-Qattan, General Manager of use”, according to a letter sent to major US computer as early as in a few months for more advanced nodes.” Consumer Banking at Gulf Bank, encouraged Gulf Bank Opening an Al-Danah Account chip firms that was seen by The Wall Street Journal customers residing in Kuwait to take advantage of this To enter the upcoming draws, Gulf Bank customers and the Financial Times. Tit-for-tat tech tensions opportunity, saying: “Last year, we announced that the can open an Al-Danah account today with only KD News of the letter, which was first reported SMIC said yesterday it had yet to receive any noti- Al-Danah account’s grand prize is now bigger than 200. To open an Al-Danah account, existing Gulf Bank Saturday, sent SMIC’s shares plunging in both fication of the new restrictions from the Commerce ever, and we are now counting down the last chance for customers can apply through Gulf Bank’s online and Shanghai and Hong Kong on Monday, closing down Department. “The company has no relationship with our clients to deposit into their accounts and be eligible mobile banking services, or book an appointment at seven and 3.9 percent respectively. the Chinese military and does not manufacture for any for the annual draw. I would also like to remind all our their nearest branch by using the new “Visit Gulf Bank” Asked about the new controls at a daily press con- military end-users or end-uses,” it said in a statement. clients that opening an Al-Danah account is simpler app for a faster and more convenient branch visit. New ference Monday, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman The export restrictions for SMIC come after a similar than ever when using the Gulf Bank mobile app, which customers can also open an Al-Danah account by visit- Wang Wenbin said Beijing opposed Washington US campaign to hobble Chinese telecom giant Huawei, makes it easy to open and deposit into an Al-Danah ing their nearest Gulf Bank branch or by scheduling an “abusing export controls and other restrictive meas- which Washington fears could allow Beijing to tap into account online.” appointment through the app. ures to unreasonably suppress Chinese companies”. global telecoms networks. The Al-Danah account is one of the best savings Deposit More for More Chances to Win! With Gulf Advanced tech has become one of the many battle- The Commerce Department in May announced accounts in Kuwait, with its periodic draws that award Bank, depositing into an Al-Danah account is easier fronts that have opened up in the past few years as plans to cut off Huawei’s access to global semiconduc- valuable prizes and its many advantages for account and more secure than ever, as clients can deposit into relations between Beijing and Washington plummet to tor supplies, which the company said would threaten holders. Gulf Bank’s Al-Danah account offers weekly their accounts through the following channels: their lowest levels since diplomatic relations were its survival. The move against SMIC is less severe than opportunities to win KD 1,000 to five lucky winners, in Online/Mobile Banking App which includes the ePay restarted in 1979. placing Huawei on its so-called entity list-a de facto addition to three quarterly draws with KD 250,000 service, ATMs and ITMs, the Customer Contact Center SMIC is China’s biggest contract manufacturer of blacklisting-but it will probably further anger Beijing. prizes each, and a grand prize of KD 1,500,000. at 1805805 which is available 24/7, in addition to the chipsets and a key pillar of Beijing’s plans to achieve Donald Trump has become increasingly hawkish free standing order service from other Gulf Bank semiconductor self-reliance. Analysts say China’s towards China as he battles for re-election in Numerous benefits accounts. dependence on foreign-including US-made-chips hin- November. His administration has also announced The Al-Danah account is the only account that ders that national goal. Backed by several state-owned plans to ban Chinese social media apps TikTok and rewards customers for their loyalty by providing loyalty Additional Features entities, SMIC has made strides at improving China’s WeChat on national security grounds. chances. Loyalty chances are the total chances gained • All Al-Danah account holders will receive a special chip capabilities but it remains heavily reliant on Those advocating a more hawkish stance towards at the end of the previous year, which are then trans- Al-Danah ATM card for deposits, ideal for deposit- imported equipment and software. Beijing have long warned of a symbiotic relationship ferred to the current year to reward the customer for ing money anytime. Under the new rules announced by the Commerce between Chinese companies and the country’s military their loyalty to the Bank. In that way, all chances for • Gulf Bank’s Customer Contact Center is available Department, US companies that want to sell equip- and security apparatus. existing Al-Danah customers from 2019 (from January 1 on WhatsApp around the clock for any inquiries at ment to SMIC will have to apply for a license. “The They have also complained of unfair trade practices to December 31, 2019) have been transferred to the 65805805. restriction, once implemented, will severely damage such as intellectual property theft and state-sponsored 2020 draws, provided that customers qualify for the • Al-Danah account holders are eligible for free SMS SMIC’s existing and future manufacturing capabilities, cyber espionage. But many analysts argue that Trump’s draw and that their balances do not drop below KD alerts for all transactions. and customer trust,” Bernstein analysts led by Mark Li actions could backfire on the US tech sector and other 200 at any time during the year 2020. It is also worth • Customers can now calculate their chances using wrote in a note. American businesses by encouraging China and other noting that all account draws are attended by a repre- the Al-Danah Calculator, available at Gulf Bank’s “Without steady supply and service from the US, countries to respond in kind. — AFP sentative from the Ministry of Trade and Industry, with Online and Mobile Banking App.

million euros in the three months to the end of June. Siemens energy unit As part of the spinoff, Siemens will give 55 percent Sterling jupms of shares in Siemens Energy to its current shareholders at a ratio of one Siemens Energy share for every two spinoff falls short shares in the main company. The company’s pension as traders see hope fund will get 9.9 percent, with the parent company of expectations holding on to 35.1 percent. of avoiding Brexit After anticipating the share price to suffer a little at FRANKFURT: German industrial giant Siemens yes- first, “in two to three weeks we will see the share price terday spun off its energy division, with a below-expec- stabilize and towards December we will see the first fair LONDON: The British pound rose to a 19-day high tations valuation of 16 billion euros, in one of the largest valuation,” Siemens chief financial officer Ralf Thomas versus the euro and gained 0.7 percent against the US stock market debuts in Europe this year. Shares in FRANKFURT: A bell to ring out the initial public offer of told AFP. The shares had a “bumpy start” to trading, but dollar yesterday on hopes that Britain could secure a Siemens Energy traded at 22.01 euros ($23.27) at open, Siemens Energy stands in front of the company’s logo the industry had “a promising future”, Comdirect ana- Brexit trade deal with the European Union by October before sliding back to 21.68 euros at 0834 GMT. yesterday at the stock exchange in Frankfurt am Main, lyst Andreas Lipkow said. or at least avoid a cliff-edge exit from the bloc. The valuation lagged expectations, with analysts western Germany. — AFP Siemens intends to reduce its shareholding signifi- A final agreement must be reached by the end of having predicted the new company’s market cap to cantly within 12 to 18 months after the completion of the December but both sides have set a preliminary dead- line for next month as it would take some time to sign reach between 17 billion and 24 billion euros. In March, Fleet of ships spinoff, it said. Siemens Energy will own two-thirds of off any deal. Siemens said the energy unit had equity of about 17.3 Siemens chief executive Joe Kaeser in 2017 said he Spanish-based renewables arm Siemens Gamesa, as the The Bank of England and the European Union’s billion euros. “As an independent company, we now wanted the company to become a “fleet of ships” rather company also pivots to more sustainable energy securities watchdog said yesterday they have agreed have the entrepreneurial flexibility we need to help than an awkward tanker, as it seeks to chart a course sources. on the information-sharing arrangements needed for shape the global transformation of the energy markets through a more challenging time for industrial compa- However, Siemens Group, which aims to be carbon the bloc’s banks to continue using clearing houses in in a sustainable and economically successful manner,” nies. Other sprawling German conglomerates such as neutral by 2030, recently come under fire for signing a London from January. “There’s hope that no matter said Siemens Energy’s chief executive Christian Bruch. Thyssenkrupp, Bayer and Continental have similarly contract in December to provide rail signalling services what they will avoid the extremes and even if there is Despite the coronavirus pandemic upending busi- spun off units to face a fast-changing trade climate, dig- for the Carmichael coal mine project in Australia. no deal, they will make sure that we don’t get any dis- ness plans worldwide, Siemens pressed ahead with the italization, and cheaper metal imports from China. Luisa Neubauer, Germany’s answer to Greta ruptions in the market,” said Athanasios Vamvakidis, spinoff first announced in May 2019. Siemens Energy, The energy unit, which employs 91,000 people, has Thunberg and the leader of the country’s Fridays for global head of G10 FX strategy at BAML. with its oil and gas, turbines, power transmission and struggled in recent years and last year announced Future environmental protest, had turned down an offer “Just a couple of weeks ago, everything was related services businesses, joins medical devices arm 2,700 job cuts worldwide. It generated revenue of 28.8 to sit on the board of Siemens Energy after calling the falling apart. There was the internal market bill and Healthineers and lightbulb unit Osram on the stock mar- billion euros in fiscal year 2019. The conglomerate has, Australia decision “disastrous”. In a peculiar quirk, the the chances for a deal had collapsed,” said ket, which debuted in 2018 and 2013 respectively, as however, proved broadly resilient to the coronavirus spinoff will temporarily raise Germany’s blue-chip stock Vamvakidis.—Reuters Siemens slims down to become more agile. pandemic, beating expectations with net profit of 539 index to 31 names from its normal 30. —AFP Classifieds Tuesday, September 29, 2020

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Aries (March 21-April 19) Cancer (June 21-July 22) Libra (September 23-October 22) Capricorn (December 22-January 19) This is a good day to reflect on the past weeks This is a good day for financial matters, Cancer. You will probably encounter a bit of opposition You've been so busy these past few weeks that and get some perspective, Aries. You've probably been work- With your credit cards maxed out, you may be thinking that along with today's planetary energies, Libra. Even those you may have inadvertently neglected the spe- ing too hard and neglecting other priorities in your life. Give your bank account isn't as healthy as it could be. But today who are usually right behind you will seem uncooperative. cial person in your life, Capricorn. It's been fun to be out yourself this day to relax and talk with friends and relatives. you're likely to receive some news that indicates otherwise. Try not to let this faze you too much. Resolve to follow your and about together, but that has left little time for close- own instincts and work alone if need be. Once you've had a ness and snuggling. Try to rectify that today. In fact, a Spend the day chatting, laughing, and unwinding. Don't You may get a windfall or discover that your portfolio is gen- chance to advance your ideas further along on your own, midafternoon nap might be called for. Why not invite your obsess about tasks that wait for you at the office. They aren't erating healthy returns. It's a good day for paperwork. you can present them again. honey to join you? going anywhere.

Taurus (April 20-May 20) Leo (July 23-August 22) Scorpio (October 23-November 21) Aquarius (January 20- February 18)

Don't plunge headfirst into work mode, Perhaps you spent quite a bit of money lately and Your thoughts today are likely to turn to It's possible that a big change is in store for you in the near future, Aquarius. It may be that you've Taurus. The cleaning and tidying up can surely wait for you're holding your breath waiting for the bills to roll in. Some setting goals for the future, particularly concerning come to realize that your current home and neighbor- another day. Today's energies indicate that talking with quick reckoning of receipts today likely yields some wonderful your career. While you've made a lot of progress in news. Wonder of wonders, it appears you've stayed within your recent months, you'd like to see even more forward hood are no longer a good fit. If you've been toying friends and family should be your main priority. Consider with the idea of moving, today you may get some spending the afternoon doing activities with your kids. budget, Leo! Try not to overreact to the news that you have movement. This would be a great day to start thinking of concrete ways to make that happen, Scorpio. Why news that motivates you to make your fantasy a reality. Hire a babysitter for the evening. It would do you good to more money than you thought. Give your wallet and check- This is a good day to peruse the real estate listings. You go out with your partner - just the two of you – if possible. book some time off. not have a family brainstorming session? It's likely to yield some great advice. might be pleasantly surprised by what you find.

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You've been so busy these past few weeks that You think of yourself as a practical person, Virgo, This is a good day for financial matters, Sagittarius. With your credit cards maxed out, Perhaps you spent quite a bit of money lately you may have inadvertently neglected the but today your thoughts may turn to the mystical and spiritu- and you're holding your breath waiting for the bills to roll special person in your life, Gemini. It's been fun to be out al. Your intuition is strong now, letting you tune in to the feel- you may be thinking that your bank account isn't as healthy as it could be. But today you're likely to receive in. Some quick reckoning of receipts today likely yields and about together, but that has left little time for close- ings of your loved ones. This allows you to be empathetic and some wonderful news. Wonder of wonders, it appears ness and snuggling. Try to rectify that today. In fact, a some news that indicates otherwise. You may get a windfall understanding, which your partner especially appreciates. you've stayed within your budget, Pisces! Try not to overre- midafternoon nap might be called for. Why not invite your or discover that your portfolio is generating healthy Your intuition may inspire you to approach a problem in a act to the news that you have more money than you honey to join you? returns. It's a good day for paperwork. new way. Let your mind wander and see what develops. thought. Give your wallet and checkbook some time off. 12 Established 1961 Lifestyle Feature Tuesday, September 29, 2020

This file photo shows the Ilisu Dam separating the newly government built Hasankeyf town (foreground) and the remains of the ancient town of the same name and its archaeological sites which were flooded as part of the Ilisu Dam project located along the Tigris River in the Batman Province in southeastern Turkey. — AFP photos

ust two roofs poke through the vast expanse of an artificial lake that has Jswallowed a Turkish town whose caves and pre-Ottoman ruins once drew in global tourists. The dust settling from the hammering of construction sites around the Tigris River lake outlines the makings of a brand new city, with an unfinished bazaar and roads that are all works in progress. But trader Abdurrahman Gundogdu worries whether the new version of Hasankeyf in Turkey’s mostly Kurdish southeast will ever recapture the magic it had before the Ilisu Dam erased the original town that stood here for 12,000 years. “I’m A woman prepares a bed on a roof at sunset making one percent of what I used to Cetin Yildirimer (center), a 29-year-old former tour guide in the Cetin Yildirimer (center right), a 29-year-old former tour guide in the in the village of Zewik, 54 km southeast of earn before in the old town,” the 48-year- ancient town of Hasankeyf, sits with his new wife Zilan during their ancient town of Hasankeyf, stands with his new wife Zilan during Hasankeyf, near Dargecit, in southeastern old complained, outside his empty shop wedding ceremony in bride’s village outside the city of Batman, their wedding ceremony. Turkey. filled with jewelry but no people. “There southeastern Turkey.

And some of the town’s 3,000 resi- docks around the lake broke soon after dents lament the 500 or so graves that completion, and mentioned problems had to be exhumed and urgently moved with the town’s water and electricity. to higher ground last September. Some Authorities hope the tourism season will families were left devastated after failing get off to a better start next year, when to finish all the paperwork in time and the pandemic might possibly ease. seeing their dead submerged. The “Officials tell us, ‘this will be the east’s much-photographed pillars of the town’s Bodrum, Marmaris’,” trader Bulent old bridge have also vanished, as have Basaran, 50, said, referring to popular most of the myriad caves that humans tourism resorts on Turkey’s west coast. carved out of the river’s limestone cliffs “At present, I cannot see the light through the millennia. “It’s a very tragic because there are serious problems.” event,” said Ridvan Ayhan, an activist in Ayhan, the anti-dam activist, said grimly a group which opposes the dam project. it was “foolishness” to expect tourists to “It isn’t something people can stomach. return. “If there is no history left, it makes People dance on a boat during the wedding All of a sudden, all your ancestors, your no sense to come here,” he told AFP. ceremony of Cetin Yildirimer, a 29-year-old whole past, the history are under water.” “The only people who come, mainly former tour guide, and his new wife Zilan, as Cetin Yildirimer (second left), a 29-year-old former tour guide, and his new wife Zilan (center) come out of curiosity, to see how it dis- they tour a lake which has submerged the take a boat tour during their wedding ceremony on a lake which has submerged the ancient ‘No reason to come’ appeared. They come once, with that ancient town of Hasankeyf. town of Hasankeyf. Turkish officials want to turn the artifi- purpose.” cial lake into a tourist attraction featuring tour guide, celebrated on a boat with are local tourists but they have no mon- boat rides, jet skiing and paragliding. Something different his new wife before the couple move ey to spend.” The area is rich with natural wonders Yet trader Basaran was less pes- into one of the homes built for the origi- such as a “weeping” cave that exudes simistic about Hasankeyf’s long-term nal town’s residents. He questioned ‘Magnificent project’ moisture, waterfalls and valleys. Some of prospects, expecting things to turn whether visitors would “find what they The dam, completed and filling with the town’s original monuments, including around within five years. For many local are looking for” now that the old town is water since last year, is meant to bring the 1,600-tonne Artuklu Hamam bath- tourists, the new lake offers a chance to submerged, but insisted tourists would electricity to an underdeveloped region house and remnants of a 14th-century do something different. Asiye Sahin, who “absolutely come if there was no pan- that officials hope to revive with jobs and Ayyubid mosque, were moved before was visiting with her husband and four demic”. “The old order has completely long-needed investment. “This is such a the water rushed in. There is also a new children from the town of Midyat, south gone,” he said, “and so now we’re look- magnificent project,” President Recep museum. Yet the region struggled even of Hasankeyf, sounded elated before ing ahead.” — AFP Tayyip Erdogan enthused, when he was before the coronavirus grounded world setting off on a boat tour. “We’re really still prime minister in 2009, promising to travel and crimped Turkey’s ability to fol- excited. I’ve seen the sea before, but build “a very modern” town in place of low through on big projects. And some never got on a boat,” she said. There are the old one. Yet his dream has already of the new construction work is off to a also offshoots of optimism among some A boy sits on a school bench after his village created tensions with neighboring Iraq creaky start. locals. and school were flooded by the ilisu Dam. by limiting its access to water. Residents said three new floating Cetin Yildirimer, a 29-year-old former

In this file photo one of last residents of historical caves Boys open parasols at a cafe in the Tigris River as the In this file photo Mehmet Ali (left) and Halil (right) play on In this file photo a shepherd walks his flock away from overlooking the Hasankeyf valley sits at his house in 12,000-year-old ancient city is seen next to the newly the huge concrete construction which covers the histori- the newly constructed Hasankeyf town, part of the ilosu Hasankeyf, in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast. built stone wall in Hasankeyf. cal Koc mosque (not visible) to protect it from the coming Dam project located along the Tigris River in the Batman waters, in the center of Hasankeyf, on the banks of the Province in southeastern Turkey. Tigris in southeastern Turkey. Established 1961 13 Lifestyle Features Tuesday, September 29, 2020

hen Swedish fashion brand said Lee, who only last year expanded next week. In a normal year, each livestream events from its ornate rooms, big brands have pushed to hold physi- Acne Studios last hosted a her kitchen through a crowdfunding event would have cost at least 30,000 site manager Valerie Taieb said. But cal events where possible in part to Wcatwalk show in Paris in campaign. to 40,000 euros. “We used to do four even small parties are getting complicat- support suppliers and other business- January, it ordered dozens of vegan- From yesterday, 85 brands will shows a day, our whole budget comes ed as coronavirus cases in France rise es. Designers also want to keep up friendly rice bowls from cafe owner and showcase womenswear looks during from these events,” Vienne told and restrictions on gatherings tighten. connections with professional buyers caterer Pearlyn Lee for models and Paris Fashion Week. Only 19 - among Reuters. “The fashion sector and the events and media. “There’s an energy and an crew to pick on backstage. Those them Chanel and LVMH owned industry have really been forgotten in this excitement, there’s music, the first types of orders have all but dried up Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton - are Film sets and photo shoots crisis,” Taieb said. Her team of around model to appear on the catwalk, since the pandemic forced most luxury pressing ahead with socially-distanced Still, he said he was optimistic rev- 20 have only returned to work part-time, applause at the end,” said Alexandre labels to cancel parties and presenta- front rows. Others are holding small enues would pick up again in the longer and are still relying on the state’s partial Mattiussi, creator of French brand AMI. tions. Even as some of the world’s presentations by appointment, or run, as brands try to reach shoppers vir- unemployment aid. “That doesn’t exist in a digital format.” biggest brands return to Paris yester- streaming videos. Fledgling designers tually. His company is producing a fash- At the shoot for La Metamorphose at AMI is planning to hold a show on Oct day, few are planning physical shows, cannot afford to hire big venues for tiny ion film, rather than a traditional show Hotel Le Marois, 25-year-old model 3, with fewer than 150 guests rather a blow for make-up artists, lighting spe- audiences or risk a last-minute cancel- with an audience, inside the 19th century Tiffany Fournier said some of her work than the usual 600 to 700. “It will be cialists, caterers and hundreds of other lation, said Stephane Vienne, from pro- Hotel Le Marois for Polish label La had dried up too, although she still like a very nice wedding,” Mattiussi businesses in fashion’s eco-system. duction and press firm Mephistopheles. Metamorphose. The palatial venue has does magazine and advertising cam- said. — AFP “Basically catering is gone for us. And None of Mephistopheles’ 14 most regu- also been reinventing itself, upgrading paigns. “I haven’t done a catwalk show I’m not sure when it’s coming back,” lar customers are staging full events its systems to lure companies wanting to since February,” Fournier said. Some

ace masks may have been the standout accessory at Milan fash- ion week, but designers who Fdefied the coronavirus pandemic to put on shows dispelled gloom with love letters to Italy and sunnier times. The week ended Sunday with Valentino, which had moved its catwalk from Paris this season as a show of support for an Italy devastated by the virus earlier this year. Here is a round-up of the top three Spring-Summer 2021 trends:

Italy my love Whether or not people will be permit- Former students of the Marangoni Fashion Institute, designer Nora Bourelly (right) poses with ted to travel to Italy next summer, they friends with her creations in a street outside Valentino’s Spring/Summer 2021 women’s and men’s can be transported there through their show, during the Milan Fashion Week on Sunday in Milan, during the COVID-19 pandemic caused wardrobes. Dolce&Gabbana paid hom- by the novel coronavirus. — AFP photos age to the designers’ beloved Sicily, with a patchwork collection evoking the gested walks on the beach before enjoy- in caftans and nightgowns, while Max island’s warmth and colours, while Etro ing chic aperitifs. Pucci instead headed Mara indulged slouchers with hooded was inspired by the picturesque Amalfi for the island of Capri, distilling the fash- sweatshirts. And Valentino provided the coast. “I started the collection during the ion house’s signature prints and ‘60s sil- cherry on the home-comfort cake with a lockdown,” designer Veronica Etro said houettes-including its famous Canzone surprise collaboration with Levi’s that before her show. “Like everyone else, I del Mare pattern-in pastel sheer silks and produced a coed model of the 517 boot was at home doing housework. And my organzas. Max Mara’s creative director cut jean. — AFP mother and I restored an old record play- Ian Griffiths thought not of seaside pleas- er and started listening to old Neapolitan ures but summer in Italy’s art cities and songs, and we were bewitched by the the Renaissance, with hexagonal motifs serenity, timelessness and elegance. mimicking the mosaic floors of the coun- “Then I started thinking about a trip I try’s cathedrals. made in 2019 to Ischia, Capri, Naples and Positano, and-maybe because we Retrospection, reinterpretation were feeling so patriotic then-I thought, The nationwide lockdown also okay, let’s do the collection on Italy,” she appears to have prompted Italy’s luxury said. brands to dust off their archives and rein- Silky caftans in sorbet colours, pat- terpret key pieces from the past. Versace terned bikini tops and straw hats sug- led the way, with Donatella Versace building on Gianni Versace’s “tresor de la mer” collection for Spring 1992, with its starfish, coral and seashell motifs. At Fendi, the collection was inspired by the finely embroidered household linen owned by designer Silvia Venturini Fendi’s family. Over at Marni, coats made from up-cycled pieces from previ- ous collections were then hand-painted with words that designer Francesco Risso collected from exchanges he had with friends and his team during lock- down. Dolce&Gabbana used remnants of fabric from previous seasons to lower the environmental impact of their show.

Lockdown lazing It was an oft-heard debate of lock- down: does not leaving the house mean you can stay in your pyjamas all day? Italy’s designers gave an out to those reluctant to suit up: Armani proposed silk Models present collections for Valentino’s Spring/Summer 2021 women’s and men’s collection sweatpants, while Fendi paired outfits Models wearing protective masks are pictured during the rehearsal prior Fendi’s Spring/Summer during the Milan Fashion Week on Sunday in Milan. with slippers. Etro encouraged lounging 2021 women’s and men collection during the Milan Fashion Week. — AFP photos

eorgian film “Beginning” dominat- apan’s government yesterday urged September, popular Japanese actress ed awards at Spain’s San people to seek help if they were Sei Ashina died in an apparent suicide, struggling to cope, following the and actor Haruma Miura is also thought GSebastian film festival, taking the Georgian director Dea Kulumbegashvili J death at the weekend of a popular to have taken his own life in July. Reality top Golden shell prize for best movie receives the “Concha de Plata” (Silver Shell) to while Dea Kulumbegashvili won best actress. The death of “Miss Sherlock” TV show star Hana Kimura, 22, from the the best director award for the film “Dasatskisi star Yuko Takeuchi, 40, shocked the Netflix show “Terrace House”, also director for her debut film. The Franco- / Begining” during the 68th San Sebastian Film Georgian production centres on a com- nation and follows other recent cases of apparently died in May following online Festival closing ceremony in the northern Japanese celebrities taking their lives, abuse, making international headlines. In munity of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Spanish Basque city of San Sebastian. — AFP remote rural Georgia, and tracks the with figures showing a recent rise in sui- August, Japan saw nearly 1,900 sui- growing psychological torment of its cides. Takeuchi was a household name cides, up 15.3 percent from a year earli- tition, fewer than usual. With Covid-19 in Japan and had given birth to her sec- er. In the first half of the year, there was leader’s wife-played by Ia Sukhitashvili cases rising again in Spain, a strict who picked up the best actress award- ond child in January. Chief Cabinet a drop in the number of suicides and in safety protocol was put in place requir- Secretary Katsunobu Kato did not men- 2019 the figure fell to a record low, which in the wake of an extremist attack on ing the use of face masks and limiting their place of worship. The movie, which tion a particular case, but noted some non-governmental groups attributed to screenings to 40 percent to 60 percent people were struggling to cope during increasing efforts on the issue.—AFP had been set to premiere at the Cannes of seating capacity. The festival was films festival earlier this year, which was the coronavirus crisis. “There has been originally intended to honor Spanish an uptick in the number of suicide cases called off due to the pandemic, also language films but has established won the best screenplay prize at an since July. We have to acknowledge the itself as one of the most important film fact that so many people are ending their awards ceremony late on Saturday. “I festivals in the world. It hosted the want to thank the jury for this fantastic, precious lives,” said Kato, who was world premiere of Alfred Hitchcock’s health minister until earlier this month. incredible day. It means a lot to me, it’s spy thriller “North by Northwest” in 1959 a great honour,” said Kulumbegashvili, He urged the public to use suicide- In this file photo Japanese actress and Woody Allen’s “Melinda and prevention hotlines and other services. 34, at the ceremony. Melinda” in 2004. — AFP Yuko Takeuchi poses for photogra- The 68th edition of the festival held in Takeuchi played the lead in the 2018 phers during the photocall for the film the northern Spanish seaside resort, the Hulu-HBO Asia series “Miss Sherlock”, “Creepy” in the Berlinale Special cate- biggest such event in the Spanish- and also had a minor part in the 1998 gory of the 66th Berlinale Film Festival speaking world, saw 13 films in compe- Japanese horror classic “Ring”. Earlier in in Berlin. — AFP 14 Established 1961 Sports Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Photo of the day Out at last! Chinese football teams exit 70-day virus ‘bubble’ SHANGHAI: Chinese Super League teams yesterday began fil- tering out of sealed-off hotels where they have been confined for the past 10 weeks as part of strict measures to thwart the coronavirus. Players, coaches and backroom staff have not seen their families since mid-July, and were only allowed to leave the hotels to play matches and train. During the virus-hit season, eight of the 16 teams were at a single hotel in Suzhou, near Shanghai. The other eight were at a hotel in the northeastern city of Dalian. Players will now return to their families at last, before the second stage of the CSL campaign begins on October 16, again in Suzhou and Dalian. There were no report- ed infections during the first phase, after which Fabio Cannavaro’s reigning champions Guangzhou Evergrande were top in Dalian and Shanghai SIPG led in Suzhou. “When you’re here before the season starts (and you know that) you have 10 weeks in a hotel here in Dalian, your first thought is: it’s going to be very hard, it’s hard for everyone,” Giovanni van Bronckhorst, the former Barcelona star now in charge of Guangzhou R&F, said. “But now after 10 weeks the time went really fast, even though we are all in the hotel no mat- ter who-players, coaches, CFA (Chinese Football Association) staff, media.” Moises Lima, of Shandong Luneng, on Sunday posted a picture on Twitter of his fellow Brazilians in Dalian, including Evergrande’s international midfielder Paulinho. “We talk about serious things, we share jokes, we know more about each other’s stories, we learn from each other, we laugh a lot, we created new friendships,” the 32-year-old Moises wrote. “They gave me the strength to make the time go faster and take away some of the anxiety about being so far from our families. “We face each other on the pitch, each one defending their club in the best way, and regardless of the Lenn Coldenhoff of The Netherlands competes during the FIM MXGP Motocross World Championship in Italy. —Photo taken from www.redbullcontentpool.com result we continue respecting each other. “Without a doubt, five, 10, 20 years from now we will remember some stories from this period.” —AFP Brewers, Astros in playoffs with losing records as Dodgers overpower Angels Nats rout Mets as Soto wins batting title

SAN DIEGO: Harrison Bader powered the playoff-bound St majors. The Dodgers have qualified for the playoffs in seven the American League, still won eight of their 10 meetings Indians 8, Pirates 6 Louis Cardinals to a 5-2 win Sunday over visiting Milwaukee, consecutive seasons, while the Angels finished 26-34 and out with the Orioles this season. Lourdes Gurriel Jr. was 4-for-4 Carlos Santana and Franmil Reyes each homered and drove but the Brewers were still the big winners as they grabbed the of the postseason for the sixth year in a row. Billy Eppler, the with a two-run homer and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. added a in four runs as Cleveland erased a four-run deficit against vis- last spot in the National League postseason. Bader hit a triple, Angels’ general manager for five of those seasons, was fired solo shot for Toronto. Orioles starter Keegan Akin allowed iting Pittsburgh and earned the fourth seed in the AL playoffs, blasted a solo homer and scored twice as the fifth-seeded by the club on Sunday. four runs on five hits in three innings. Travis Lakins Sr. (3-2) hosting the New York Yankees. Reyes hit a three-run homer, Cardinals will head on the road to face the fourth-seeded San relieved Akin and permitted a walk and struck out two in and Santana, who entered the game in a 4-for-41 funk, hit a Diego Padres in a National League wild-card series. Nationals 15, Mets 5 two scoreless innings. Cesar Valdez pitched a perfect ninth two-run homer and two-run double. The Indians scored three With the Philadelphia Phillies and San Francisco Giants Trea Turner hit a grand slam and finished with seven RBIs, to earn his third save. runs in the sixth and three more in the seventh for their largest also losing Sunday, the Brewers grabbed the No 8 seed in the and 21-year-old Juan Soto became the youngest National comeback win of the season. Jose Osuna hit a solo homer and NL. Milwaukee and the American League’s Houston Astros League batting champion as host Washington routed New Reds 5, Twins 3 an RBI single, Ke’Bryan Hayes hit a solo homer and Adam are the first teams ever to make the playoffs with a losing York. The Nationals won the final three games of the four- Eugenio Suarez had two hits and drove in two runs, Frazier added a two-run double for Pittsburgh. record. The Brewers will face the top-seeded Los Angeles game series to officially move past the Mets in the National including one during a three-run 10th inning, as Cincinnati Dodgers. Cardinals starting pitcher Austin Gomber allowed League East and avoid becoming just the third reigning defeated Minnesota in Minneapolis in the final regular-sea- Rays 5, Phillies 0 one run on one hit, two walks and a hit batter in four innings. World Series champion to finish last. Washington finished son game for a pair of playoff teams. Joey Votto walked Rookie Josh Fleming spun six scoreless innings as Tampa Reliever Giovanny Gallegos (2-2) pitched two scoreless fourth by virtue of winning the season series 6-4. Soto fin- three times and drove in what proved to be the winning run Bay Rays put an end to Philadelphia’s playoff hopes, finishing innings to earn the victory and Alex Reyes closed out the ished the regular season with a .351 batting average, ahead of with a bases-loaded free pass for Cincinnati. The Reds, who their three-game sweep in St Petersburg, Fla. In a career-long game to earn his first save. runner-up Freddie Freeman (.341) and No. 3 Marcell Ozuna were locked into the No. 7 seed in the National League start, Fleming (5-0) recorded five strikeouts and allowed four (.338), both of the Braves. when the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Milwaukee hits and a walk. Relievers Oliver Drake, Aaron Loup and Ryan Rangers 8, Astros 4 Brewers 5-2 earlier on Sunday, will face the second-seeded Sherriff each tossed a scoreless frame in the six-hit shutout for Rougned Odor hit a pair of home runs and host Texas par- Marlins 5, Yankees 0 Atlanta Braves in the National League wild-card round Tampa Bay, which finished the regular season by winning nine layed a five-run fourth inning into a victory over Houston, giv- New York’s DJ LeMahieu wrapped up the American beginning Wednesday. Raisel Iglesias (4-3) picked up the of its last 11 games. Kevan Smith, Mike Brosseau and Nate ing the Rangers the four-game series win in Arlington, Texas. League batting title, but the Yankees were dealt a shutout loss win despite allowing an unearned run in his 1 1/3 innings. Lowe all added two hits. The Rays open the postseason Texas trailed 3-1 before Odor smacked a three-run home run to by visiting Miami in the regular-season finale for both teams. Caleb Thielbar (2-1) took the loss after pitching 1 1/3 innings against Toronto on Tuesday. Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola right field off Astros right-hander Chase De Jong (0-1) with LeMahieu finished with a .364 batting average to win the AL and giving up one unearned run. Sergio Romo failed to (5-5) took the loss after giving up six hits and three runs in 3 one out in the fourth. Odor clubbed his 10th homer an inning batting title, and became the first player to win batting titles in retire any of the four batters he faced. 2/3 innings. Bryce Harper had two hits. Philadelphia ended the later off right-hander Nivaldo Rodriguez, who entered in relief both leagues after winning the 2016 crown with Colorado in regular season by losing seven of its final eight games. of De Jong with the bases loaded and two outs in the fourth. 2016. Jazz Chisholm hit a two-run double and homered for the Cubs 10, White Sox 8 Odor finished 2-for-3 with four RBIs, two runs and a walk. The Marlins, who secured their first winning record since 2009 but Kris Bryant and David Bote homered as part of a six-run A’s 6, Mariners 2 Astros, who finished 9-23 on the road, will open their American also lost outfielder Starling Marte (ear contusion) and starting second inning and Billy Hamilton added a home run and a Jake Lamb homered leading off the bottom of the seventh League wild-card series at Minnesota today as the sixth seed. pitcher Jose Urena (hand) in the opening three innings. steal of home, helping the visiting Cubs send their cross- inning, sparking a three-run rally as Oakland defeated visiting Houston posted its first losing season since 2014 and joined the town rivals to an eighth loss in the last 10 games. The Cubs Seattle. Lamb’s homer to left-center field came on a 2-1 count Milwaukee Brewers in becoming the first teams in baseball his- Red Sox 9, Braves 1 led 10-1 entering the eighth inning, but the White Sox against Seattle right-hander Yoshihisa Hirano (0-1) and broke tory to make the postseason with records below .500. Boston concluded a disappointing season with a power scored five runs in the eighth and two in the ninth to bring a 2-2 tie. Sean Murphy followed by drawing a walk, and an out surge, belting four home runs to defeat host Atlanta, which the tying run to the plate with one out remaining. Andrew later, Tony Kemp doubled to right. Chad Pinder walked to load Padres 5, Giants 4 had already won the NL East and secured the No 2 seed for Chafin entered and struck out Nomar Mazara to end the the bases before Mark Canha doubled to center to bring home San Diego ended host San Francisco’s playoff hopes as the playoffs. The Red Sox got solo home runs from Jackie game and earn his first save in three chances. The Cubs, who two runs. Canha drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in Wil Myers doubled, homered and drove in two runs, and the Bradley Jr, Xander Bogaerts and Jonathan Arauz, the first of clinched the National League Central on Saturday, finished the eighth for his fourth RBI of the day. A’s right-hander Padres held off the Giants’ comeback bid on the final day of his career. JD Martinez hit a two-run opposite-field homer to as the No. 3 seed in the eight-team NL playoff field and will Yusmeiro Petit (2-1) got the victory with a scoreless inning of the regular season. While the Padres were already locked into start a five-run uprising in the seventh that put the game out host the Miami Marlins in a best-of-three wild-card round relief for the American League West champs. the National League’s No 4 playoff position, the Giants need- of reach. Nick Pivetta (2-0) worked five innings and allowed series beginning Wednesday. The White Sox will be the No. ed a win and a Milwaukee Brewers loss at St. Louis to claim a one run on four hits, two walks and five strikeouts. Atlanta’s 7 seed in the AL playoffs, visiting the Oakland Athletics in Royals 3, Tigers 1 wild-card spot. The Cardinals did their part for the Giants, Marcell Ozuna fell short in his bid to become the first the wild-card round beginning Tuesday. Brady Singer allowed one run over seven innings to lead beating the Brewers 5-2, but San Francisco couldn’t complete National League player to win the Triple Crown since Joe host Kansas City past Detroit in the regular-season finale for a rally from a 5-1 deficit. The Padres will take a three-game “Ducky” Medwick in 1937. Ozuna hit a solo homer, his 18th, Diamondbacks 11, Rockies 3 both teams. Singer scattered three hits and struck out five winning streak into their best-of-three home series against and finished with 56 RBIs-both NL league-leading totals. His Kole Calhoun homered and finished with two hits, without walking a batter to finish off a solid rookie season at the fifth-seeded Cardinals, beginning on Wednesday. average of .338 fell short of the .351 posted by Washington’s Madison Bumgarner tossed five scoreless innings, and 4-5. The Royals won three of the four games in the series Juan Soto. Arizona beat Colorado in Phoenix. Tim Locastro, Ketel Marte, between the two worst teams in the American League Dodgers 5, Angels 0 Eduardo Escobar, Nick Ahmed, Wyatt Mathisen and Carson Central. Adalberto Mondesi had three hits and drove in two Six pitchers combined to throw a three-hit shutout to lead Orioles 7, Blue Jays 5 Kelly all finished with two hits for the Diamondbacks. Raimel runs. The Tigers were limited to just three hits and scored in the playoff-bound Dodgers to the victory over the Angels at Cedric Mullins had two triples and two RBIs to help Tapia and Tony Wolters had two hits each for Colorado. the first on a two-out, RBI double by Brandon Dixon. Rookie Dodger Stadium. AJ Pollock homered twice to propel the Baltimore salvage the finale of a regular season-ending Bumgarner (1-4) didn’t allow a run for the second straight left-hander Tarik Skubal (1-4) took the loss despite allowing Dodgers, and also singled, drove in three runs and scored three-game series with a win over Toronto in Buffalo. The game to earn his first win of the season. The lefty allowed just just two runs on two hits with six strikeouts and one walk in twice as the Dodgers finished 43-17, the best record in the Blue Jays, who will enter the playoffs as the No. 8 seed in two hits and struck out four to end his first year with Arizona. five innings. —Reuters

anyone. He will keep working hard. “We had chances but no Philadelphia Union luck. We need to continue working hard so we can be more Tewatia blitz powers Royals lethal.” And with 20 minutes on the clock, former Real Madrid star Higuain almost capped a dream start when his acrobatic to record IPL chase of 224 spoil Higuain debut overhead kick from Nicolas Figal’s cross clipped the post. It was an encouraging start for Higuain, a player the front office DUBAI: India’s Rahul Tewatia smashed five sixes in one over PHILADELPHIA: Gonzalo Higuain’s Major League Soccer are hoping produces the goods for Beckham’s Inter Miami both as Rajasthan Royals completed the Indian Premier League’s debut ended in embarrassment on Sunday night as the former on and off the pitch as their inaugural season remains mired in highest-ever run chase against Kings XI Punjab on Sunday. Juventus striker hopelessly missed a penalty to compound yet coronavirus uncertainty and difficulty. The hope, however, was Tewatia, a leg-spin bowler and left-hand batsman, hit the ball another defeat for struggling Inter Miami. The former Juventus deflated on 24 minutes when the Union stormed ahead thanks over the fence seven times as he made 53 off 31 balls as Steve and Argentina striker, who was only cleared to play on to some less than impressive Inter defending, something which Smith’s Royals, set 224 to win, reached 226 with four wickets Saturday following the completion of his move from Turin ear- is consistently proving to be Alonso’s downfall this season. and three balls to spare in Sharjah. lier this month, showed in flashes why David Beckham’s Sloppy play saw the home side quickly regain possession from Smith hit a quickfire 50 and Sanju Samson top-scored American franchise decided to make him one of the league’s a throw-in and Anthony Fontana showed great composure with 85 before Tewatia took the Royals to within one run of highest paid players. But with his side 2-0 down, Higuain skied before firing clinically past Luis Robles for his fourth goal of the Kings XI’s 223 for two. “I was not hitting the ball well initially, a 75th minute spot-kick before clashing with Philadelphia campaign. Higuain, though, was working hard in the absence of I saw in the dug-out, everybody was curious as they know Union players who goaded the Inter Miami striker following any further opportunities and some excellent hold up play that I can hit the ball long,” said Tewatia, who was promoted his horror miss from the spot. Higuain, of Argentina, last played almost saw Lewis Morgan draw the visitors level. to number four but struggled at first, scoring eight from 19 for Juventus in their surprise Champions League defeat to Alonso threw on rookie striker Robbie Robinson at the balls before he cut loose. Lyon back in August and even though he worked hard despite interval to partner Higuain in the hope of giving Miami’s attack “It was a matter of one six. After that, I got going. I hit five not being 100 percent match-fit, nothing could stop extra impetus although the better chances were presenting in an over and it was amazing.” Tewatia, who has played seven Philadelphia running away with a comprehensive 3-0 win. themselves at the other end, Robles superbly keeping his side in first-class matches, hit West Indies quick Sheldon Cottrell for These are desperate times for Inter Miami’s manager Diego the game. Inter Miami full-back Ben Sweat almost levelled on five sixes - four in a row - in the 18th over to turn the tables at Alonso who badly needs some world-class firepower to boost 57 minutes and was denied brilliantly by Union keeper Andre the Sharjah cricket ground, which has short boundaries. a faltering team who arrived at a sodden Subaru Park with just Blake soon after yet Alonso needed more from other Tewatia finally fell to paceman Mohammed Shami on the last ball of the 19th over but Jofra Archer, unbeaten on 13, and Tom three wins from 13 matches, scoring just 12 times in the process. Designated Players Blaise Matuidi, the former Juventus and CHESTER: Gonzalo Higuain #9 of Inter Miami CF controls “He showed he was in good condition but will need more French World Cup winning midfielder, and Mexican interna- Curran, who hit the winning boundary, saw the Royals home. the ball against the Philadelphia Union in the second The previous best chase of 215 was also by the Royals, against games and then he will feel more comfortable,” Alonso said. “He tional Rodolfo Pizarro if they were to return to south Florida half at Subaru Park on September 27, 2020. —AFP was very keen to play but the penalty miss could happen to with some reward for their endeavour. —AFP the Deccan Chargers in 2008. —AFP Established 1961 T 15 Tuesday, September 29, 2020 S p o r t s Bears go to 3-0 as Falcons fold again; Rodgers powers Packers Bills blow big lead but beat Rams

CHICAGO: Nick Foles came off the bench and tossed three extended the lead to seven. Pittsburgh rushed for 169 yards touchdown passes in the fourth quarter to rally the Chicago and ran 76 plays compared to just 47 for the Texans (0-3). Bears, who sent the host Atlanta Falcons to another stunning, Houston had little success running the football, totaling 29 second-half collapse on Sunday. Foles replaced an ineffective yards on 15 attempts. Mitchell Trubisky and completed the rally with a go-ahead, 28-yard touchdown pass to Anthony Miller with 1:53 left. Patriots 36, Raiders 20 Bears safety Tashaun Gipson intercepted Matt Ryan on the Rex Burkhead scored a career-high three touchdowns Falcons’ next drive to seal the victory. and Sony Michel rushed for 117 yards on nine carries to lead Chicago (3-0) remained unbeaten after three weeks for New England over Las Vegas in Foxborough, Mass. the first time since 2013. Off to its worst start since 2007, Burkhead ran for two scores and also caught a TD pass for Atlanta (0-3) led 26-10 entering the fourth quarter one week the Patriots (2-1), who rushed for a season-best 250 yards. after blowing a 19-point halftime lead against the Dallas Cam Newton passed for 162 yards, with one touchdown and Cowboys. Foles finished 16-of-29 passing for 188 yards with one interception, Nick Folk added three field goals and the the three scores and one interception. Allen Robinson had 10 Patriots defeated the Raiders for the sixth straight time. receptions for 123 yards for Chicago, which lost running back Derek Carr was 24 of 32 passing for 261 yards and two Tarik Cohen to a knee injury. Matt Ryan completed 19 of 38 touchdowns for Las Vegas (2-1). Hunter Renfrow and Foster passes for 238 yards with one touchdown and the late inter- Moreau caught touchdowns, and Josh Jacobs totaled 83 ception, and Calvin Ridley had five receptions for 110 yards yards (71 rushing, 12 receiving) for the Raiders. for Atlanta. Titans 31, Vikings 30 Seahawks 38, Cowboys 31 Stephen Gostkowski drilled a career-best six field goals- Russell Wilson threw five touchdown passes for the sec- including a game-winning 55-yarder with 1:48 left-and ond consecutive week, including a go-ahead 29-yarder to Derrick Henry ran for 119 yards and his first two touchdowns DK Metcalf with 1:47 remaining, as Seattle edged visiting of the season as Tennessee remained unbeaten by defeating Dallas. Ryan Neal intercepted a Dak Prescott pass in the end winless Minnesota in Minneapolis. Gostkowski kicked field zone with six seconds remaining to clinch the victory for goals of 39, 31, 30, 51, 54 and 55 yards without a miss, and he Seattle (3-0). The Cowboys fell to 1-2. Wilson completed 27 has hit game-winners in each of the first three weeks for the PHILADELPHIA: Cornerback Cre’von LeBlanc #34 of the Philadelphia Eagles tackles wide receiver of 40 passes for 315 yards, setting a pair of early season 3-0 Titans. Ryan Tannehill completed 23 of 37 passes for 321 AJ Green #18 of the Cincinnati Bengals after a pass reception at Lincoln Financial Field on passing marks in the process. He became the first quarter- yards and an interception for Tennessee. Kirk Cousins September 27, 2020. — AFP back in NFL history to throw at least four touchdown passes passed for 251 yards, three touchdowns and two intercep- in each of his team’s first three games, and his 14 touchdown tions, Dalvin Cook rushed for a career-high 181 yards and a passes are the most by any player through Week 3 in NFL touchdown and rookie Justin Jefferson had seven receptions Bengals 23, Eagles 23 Tampa Bay won at Denver. Chris Godwin had five recep- history. Three of his touchdowns went to Tyler Lockett, who for 175 yards and a score to keep Minnesota (0-3) close. Neither Philadelphia nor visiting Cincinnati scored in a tions for 64 yards and a score, Scotty Miller had three had nine receptions for 100 yards. Metcalf caught four pass- 10-minute overtime as they played to a tie. Eagles kicker catches for a game-high 83 yards and Ronald Jones II es for 110 yards, and Chris Carson rushed for a game-high 64 Browns 34, Washington 20 Jake Elliott lined up for a potential game-winning 59-yard rushed for 53 yards for the Buccaneers (2-1). Tampa Bay rushing yards on 14 carries. Nick Chubb rushed for 108 yards and two touchdowns to field with 19 seconds remaining, but guard Matt Pryor was tight end Rob Gronkowski was targeted seven times and fin- spur Cleveland to a double-digit win over visiting whistled for a false start. The Eagles opted to punt instead of ished with six catches for 48 yards. Broncos quarterback Bills 35, Rams 32 Washington. Baker Mayfield completed 16 of 23 passes for attempting a 64-yard field goal. Quarterback Carson Wentz Jeff Driskel was 17-for-30 for 176 yards with one touch- Josh Allen threw four touchdown passes, including a scor- 156 yards and two touchdowns, and the Browns cashed in completed 29 of 47 passes for 225 yards, one touchdown down and an interception before being replaced by Brett ing strike to Tyler Kroft with 15 seconds remaining, as Buffalo four Dwayne Haskins Jr. turnovers for 24 points to move to 2- and two interceptions for Philadelphia (0-2-1). Wentz scored Rypien in the fourth quarter. Rypien went 8-for-9 for 53 (3-0) remained undefeated by thwarting Los Angeles’ come- 1 for the first time since 2011. Cleveland will play next week on a 7-yard run with 21 seconds left to send the game into yards and an interception. Tim Patrick had four receptions back attempt in Orchard Park, NY. The Rams (2-1) overcame with a record above .500 for the first time since Dec 14, 2014. OT. The Bengals (0-2-1) were led by rookie quarterback Joe for 43 yards and a touchdown for Denver (0-3). a 25-point, third-quarter deficit and took a late 32-28 lead Haskins completed 21 of 37 passes for 224 yards for Burrow, who finished 31 of 44 for 312 yards and two touch- before Allen drove the Bills 75 yards in the final four minutes Washington (1-2), but his third pick-snagged by Browns line- downs. Tee Higgins caught both TDs, and Tyler Boyd had 10 Panthers 21, Chargers 16 for the game-winner. After the Bills’ offense was kept in backer BJ Goodson-set up Cleveland’s clinching touchdown. receptions for 125 yards. Joey Slye kicked five field goals, helping first-year check for much of the second half, Allen still was able to rally Carolina coach Matt Rhule to his first NFL victory in the win his team to cap a day when he was 24 of 33 for 311 yards with 49ers 36, Giants 9 Colts 36, Jets 7 over host Los Angeles (1-2). The result snapped the one interception. Los Angeles appeared set to match the San Francisco completed a New York/New York sweep, Philip Rivers threw his 400th career touchdown pass Panthers’ 10-game losing streak that extended to last sea- third-largest comeback in NFL history and the longest in riding a stingy defense and 343 passing yards from backup and also went over the 60,000-yard mark as Indianapolis son. It also allowed Carolina (1-2) to avoid what would have franchise history when they scored 29 unanswered points, all quarterback Nick Mullens for the victory at East crushed visiting New York. Rivers reached the 400-touch- been the fifth 0-3 start in franchise history. Panthers quarter- in the second half. Their four consecutive TD drives came on Rutherford, NJ. One week after the 49ers (2-1) beat the down mark with a 1-yard scoring pass to Mo Alie-Cox in back Teddy Bridgewater was 22 of 28 for 235 yards and a a 1-yard run from quarterback Jared Goff, two Goff TD pass- New York Jets, Mullens passed for one touchdown while the second quarter and passed the 60,000-yardage mark touchdown. Chargers rookie quarterback Justin Herbert, in es and a 1-yard, go-ahead score on the ground by Darrell backup running back Jeff Wilson Jr. scored on a run and a just before halftime. Rivers ranks sixth in NFL history in his second start in place of an injured Tyrod Taylor, went 35- Henderson Jr. Goff completed 23 of 32 passes for 321 yards catch as San Francisco rolled up a 420-231 advantage in both categories. He completed 17 of 21 passes for 217 for-49 for 330 yards with a touchdown and an interception. and two touchdowns. Henderson rushed for 114 yards. total yards despite missing more than a half-dozen key yards and one touchdown for the Colts (2-1). Xavier players, including quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, tight end Rhodes (two interceptions) and T.J. Carrie each returned Lions 26, Cardinals 23 Steelers 28, Texans 21 George Kittle, defensive end Nick Bosa and cornerback interceptions for scores for Indianapolis. The Jets (0-3) had Matt Prater made a 39-yard field goal as time expired, James Conner rushed for 109 yards and the go-ahead Richard Sherman. Wilson’s two fourth-quarter scores iced just 260 total yards and quarterback Sam Darnold finished and Detroit snapped an 11-game losing streak with the vic- touchdown in the fourth quarter as host Pittsburgh pounded the win, one coming on a 19-yard pass from Mullens and 17 of 29 passing for 168 yards with one touchdown and tory over Arizona in Glendale, Ariz. Arizona (2-1) was bid- out a win over Houston. Conner plowed in for a 12-yard the second on a 2-yard run with 3:35 to play. Mullens fin- three interceptions. ding for its first 3-0 start since 2015. The Lions (1-2) were touchdown with 6:24 remaining to cap a 12-play, 79-yard ished 25 of 36 with no interceptions. Quarterback Daniel winless since Oct. 27 of last year when they earned a home drive that chewed 7:03 off the clock and provided the Jones led the Giants in rushing with five carries for 49 Buccaneers 28, Broncos 10 victory over the New York Giants. The Lions took their Steelers (3-0) a 26-21 lead. Ben Roethlisberger completed a yards, but he struggled in the passing game, going 17 of 32 Tom Brady completed 25 of 38 passes for 297 yards and game-winning drive into the red zone to set up Prater’s two-point conversion pass to JuJu Smith-Schuster that for 179 yards with one interception. three touchdowns, Mike Evans caught two TD passes, and game-winning field goal, the 16th of his career. —Reuters

“This group, more than anything, they just love to Heat scorch Celtics compete,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said as the News in brief Eastern Conference trophy was presented. Herro contributed two baskets in a 9-0 scoring run that Persepolis, Pakhtakor draw to reach NBA Finals put the Heat up by 10 with 3:31 to play and Adebayo’s pass set Butler up for a layup that made KUALA LUMPUR: Iran’s Persepolis were drawn against clash with Lakers it 116-102 with 2:40 remaining. Fittingly, it was Uzbek team Pakhtakor in the AFC Champions League quar- Adebayo who capped the scoring when he jammed ter-finals yesterday after their shock win over Al Sadd, who MIAMI: The Miami Heat poured it on in the fourth in a reverse two-hander. Jaylen Brown led the are coached by Barcelona legend Xavi. Issa Alekasir’s bril- quarter to beat the Boston Celtics 125-113 on Celtics with 26 points, Jayson Tatum had 24 along liant late header ousted Al Sadd on Sunday, leaving Xavi furious as the Qatari team were denied a second-half penal- Sunday and book a NBA Finals showdown with the with a career-high 11 assists, and Marcus Smart and ty. “In my humble opinion, it’s a big shame that this competi- Los Angeles Lakers. The Heat, NBA champions in Kemba Walker both scored 20 points for Boston. 2006, 2012 and 2013, reached the championship tion, the best in Asia, does not have VAR. It’s a big shame,” But it’s the fifth-seeded Heat headed to the finals, Xavi said. Persepolis’s reward was a quarter-final on series for the sixth time in club history with a four the lowest seeded team to reach the championship FLORIDA: The Miami Heat celebrate with the trophy Wednesday against Pakhtakor, who beat Iran’s Esteghlal in games to two victory over the Celtics in the best- series since the eighth-seeded New York Knicks of-seven Eastern Conference finals in the NBA’s after they win the Eastern Finals Champions against the last 16. The other West Zone quarter-final will be a Saudi lost to the San Antonio Spurs in 1999. The Heat had the Boston Celtics in Game Six of the Eastern derby between Al Nassr and Al Ahli. The West Zone games quarantine bubble in Orlando, Florida. emerged from a close first quarter with a 33-27 When the finals start on Wednesday they’ll be up Conference Finals during the 2020 NBA Playoffs on are being held in a bio-secure hub in Qatar. East Zone fix- lead. Tatum missed his first seven shots but warmed tures are yet to resume since the Champions League was against a Lakers team led by LeBron James-who September 27, 2020. —AFP up with 12 points in the second quarter. His driving interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic in March. —AFP reached the title series four times with Miami and layup with 1:56 left in the first half put Boston up won two titles before departing as a free agent in 56-55 - their first lead since the first quarter. Herro of the ball and raced for a layup that put the 2014. Bam Adebayo scored 32 points and pulled Both teams were clicking offensively and they Celtics up 96-90 - but the Heat wouldn’t go away. Women’s golf events in Saudi down 14 rebounds for the Heat, who trailed by six traded baskets and the lead to the break with Miami “Bam made sure that we won the game tonight,” with 9:18 remaining. Midway through the fourth leading 62-60 at halftime. Two days after the Celtics Butler said. Celtics coach Brad Stevens said the 23- JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia will host professional golf tourna- quarter Adebayo was fouled on a layup and made seized control of game five with a 41-point third year-old Adebayo’s determination and the Heat’s ments for women for the first time ever in November at the the free throw put the Heat up 101-100 and they quarter, it stayed close in the third. The Heat led by as physicality were simply too much at the end. Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in Jeddah. The Saudi wouldn’t trail again. many as eight in a quarter that featured two lead “They’re strong, they’re physical, they’re tough Ladies International will be the first Ladies European Tour It was a vindication for the player who blamed changes. Brown was fouled on a layup and converted and (Adebayo) in particular dominated that fourth (LET) event to take place in the country and will run from himself for the team’s failure to clinch the series at the free throw to pull the Celtics within 86-4-84 with quarter,” Stevens said. “Even the plays he didn’t Nov 12-15, with a purse of $1 million, the third-highest their first opportunity in game five. “I couldn’t let one minute remaining. Smart powered to the rim for a score his presence was so impactful.” Spoelstra said paying event after the British and Scottish Open. It was my teammates down like I did in the game before,” dunk that tied it at 86-86 but Dragic’s reverse layup he hoped his players would take a night to savor originally scheduled for March but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is set to attract more than 100 par- Adebayo said. “I just went out there and tried to put Miami up 88-86 heading into the fourth. their achievement in winning the conference before execute and make plays and I did that tonight.” turning their attention to the challenge of the ticipants, including Wales’ Amy Boulden, who won her Jimmy Butler added 22 points and eight assists and Lakers. “I feel like we’ve still yet to play our maiden LET event at this month’s Swiss Open. It will be ‘Bam made sure’ followed by the Nov 17-19 Saudi Ladies Team rookie Tyler Herro scored 11 of his 19 points in the The Celtics started strong in the final period, absolute best basketball,” Butler said. “But we’re on fourth quarter for the Heat. Duncan Robinson and the way. We realize what we have to do going for- International, in which professionals will team up with ama- despite a scare when Brown landed from a dunk teurs and compete for a purse of $500,000. The events Andre Iguodala scored 15 points apiece and Goran hard on his left leg and came up limping. He stayed ward. We have to be near-perfect to beat the Dragic added 13 for Miami. will be Saudi Arabia’s third and fourth professional tourna- in the game, and it wasn’t long before he stripped Lakers. We are capable of it.” —AFP ments in the past two years, having staged the Saudi International men’s event in 2019 and 2020. — Reuters

Suzanne Lenglen after just three games. to the slippery conditions. ‘Ridiculous’ cold sparks “I don’t see the point of sitting on the court when it’s At least the rain had cleared by the time 2015 cham- Mainz sack coach Beierlorzer eight degrees,” fumed two-time major winner pion Wawrinka and Murray walked out on to Court French Open revolt as Azarenka. On court she complained: “We are sitting Philippe Chatrier with the retractable roof opened for BERLIN: The Bundesliga season, still only 10 days old, like ducks. It’s too cold, it’s eight degrees, I live in the first time in the day. Murray, playing his first clay claimed its second coaching victim yesterday when Mainz Florida. This is getting a little ridiculous. I’m not wait- court match since losing a five-set semi-final to the 05 fired Achim Beierlorzer, one day after Schalke 04 dis- Wawrinka stuns Murray ing,” she said before storming off to seek shelter. She Swiss star in 2017, may have wished it had remained shut missed David Wagner. Mainz’s decision capped a turbu- returned to complete a 6-1, 6-2 win, playing in black as 16th seed Wawrinka swept to a 6-1, 6-3, 6-2 win. lent week during which the players refused to train after PARIS: Roland Garros got underway in the “ridiculous” leggings and a tracksuit top. The 35-year-old fired 42 winners past wildcard forward Adam Szalai was suspended and told to look for a chill and damp of Paris on Sunday with Victoria “Does it increase the risk of players getting injured? Murray, now ranked at 111 in the world after being new club. That was followed by a 4-1 home defeat by pro- Azarenka walking off court, complaining that it was “too Absolutely, I think that it does,” she added ahead of a pushed to the brink of retirement by his lengthy battle moted VfB Stuttgart on Saturday. The club said assistant cold” to play, before Stan Wawrinka brushed aside fel- week in which the cold, wet conditions are forecast to with a hip injury. “I should be analysing that hard and coach Jan-Moritz Lichte would take charge of the side low three-time major winner Andy Murray in the day’s continue. That echoed fears expressed by 12-time cham- trying to understand why the performance was like that,” until further notice. “I am disappointed with the club’s marquee clash. The French Open, which was pushed pion Rafael Nadal who said the conditions combined said 33-year-old Murray after his joint-worst defeat at a decision,” Beierlorzer, 52, said in a statement. back from its traditional May-June slot due to the coron- with a new heavier ball could cause elbow and shoulder Slam. Wawrinka added: “I was really focused with a “Nevertheless, I wish Mainz 05 and the team all the best avirus, began in steady drizzle and temperatures strug- problems for players. On Court Simonne Mathieu, champion like Andy, even if the scoreboard is only one for the future.” Beierlorzer, who had been in charge since gling to reach 10 degrees (50F). It was all too much for Belgian 16th seed Elise Mertens and Russia’s Margarita side like today, you have to keep focus. You never know November 2019, —Reuters Azarenka, 31, who left the almost deserted Court Gasparyan twice left the arena after also halting play due what can happen.” —AFP Established 1961 Sport

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Barcelona thump Villarreal 4-0

Suarez enjoying new lease of life after stunning Atletico debut

BARCELONA: Barcelona’s Argentinean forward Lionel Messi (center) runs with the ball during the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona against Villarreal CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on September 27, 2020. — AFP

MADRID: Lionel Messi scored in his prised by the clumsy way Suarez’s exit pitch, he delivered. Victories and goals Gaspar, and Messi slid in his first goal of en me a spectacular welcome, it shows in first game since trying to leave had been handled. could encourage him to stay, not to men- the season before his cross, aimed for the atmosphere, you get a good impres- Barcelona as Ronald Koeman began his His complaints raised doubts about tion the talented Fati, who on this evi- Sergio Busquets, was poked into sion from the beginning, and you can see tenure as coach by overseeing a 4-0 his state of mind heading into the season dence can be a huge asset for his cap- Villarreal’s net by Pau. that on the pitch.” Diego Costa said with Liga demolition of Villarreal on Sunday. and at the end of a traumatic summer in tain’s hopes of winning back the title. a smile: “It’s great. One of us bites, the Messi converted from the spot 10 min- which Barcelona’s greatest ever player “Ansu is a young player who has to seek ‘One bites, one hits’ other one hits.” utes before half-time and then the admitted he was being forced to stay consistency in his game and in his per- Messi might have been watching a Costa had earlier given Atletico the Argentine’s cross forced Pau Torres into against his will. Koeman insisted on formances,” said Koeman. “He has shown few hours earlier as Suarez scored twice lead but it was the 31-year-old who an own-goal, after an early double from Saturday that Messi had been “leading that he has a great future at Barca and I and set up another in a sensational 20- made way for Suarez, and he raised the 17-year-old Ansu Fati had already by example” in training and his confi- am very happy with him.” minute debut for Atletico. Suarez laid on doubts about his future after the match. put Barca in charge. dence was repaid at Camp Nou, where Fati became Spain’s youngest ever a goal two minutes after coming on as a “I leave my future up to the club. I spoke It meant Barcelona’s past, present the striker, and club-captain, delivered international scorer earlier this month substitute, his sumptuous pass finished with the club, with the coach, I made it and future were all among the goals on an excellent display. “It is always impor- and the teenager, deployed on the left of off by Marcos Llorente, before scoring very clear what was happening, that if I the same afternoon as Luis Suarez, tant to win games, you gain confidence,” Barcelona’s attacking trio, made an himself with a powerful header at the am here, I will fight,” said Costa. “If they whose departure was confirmed on said Koeman. “This result helps us to explosive start to the season for his club. back post. see the possibility of me leaving, I’ll Thursday, marked his Atletico Madrid improve and be clear about what we He fired Jordi Alba’s pull-back into the He then added another in injury-time, accept it. I don’t want to be a burden.” debut by scoring twice in a 6-1 win want.” top corner and then drove a second following up his own shot to make it six Angel Correa and Joao Felix scored over Granada. In a farewell message to Messi’s anger over Suarez shows he is inside the post after Philippe Coutinho for a rampant Atletico at the Wanda Atletico’s second and third to put his best friend and former neighbor last still at odds with Barcelona’s president was allowed to carry the ball forward Metropolitano. “Sometimes it is impor- Granada out of sight. The 20-year-old week, Messi took another swipe at the Josep Maria Bartomeu and his long-term and spread it wide. Fati then won the tant to have a change as a player,” said Felix was the best player on the pitch Barca board by saying he was not sur- future remains uncertain, but on the penalty, his feet too quick for Mario Suarez. “I’ve come to a club that has giv- before Suarez stole the show. — AFP Icardi ends goal Ronaldo rescues a drought, PSG win point for Juventus PARIS: Mauro Icardi broke a long scoring drought MILAN: Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice to sal- by netting both goals in Paris Saint-Germain’s com- vage a point for 10-man Juventus in a 2-2 draw at fortable 2-0 Ligue 1 win at Reims on Sunday night. Roma as Napoli hammered Genoa 6-0 in Serie A Earlier, Monaco hung on desperately to beat on Sunday. Champions Juventus were trailing 2-1 Strasbourg 3-2 after having two players sent off and and a man down after an hour at the Stadio Lille moved into second place a more straightfor- Olimpico after a Jordan Veretout brace for the ROME: Juventus’ Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo ward 2-0 win over Nantes. PSG, who opened the REIMS: Paris Saint-Germain’s Argentinean forward hosts and Adrien Rabiot’s sending off. But a tow- (right) heads the ball to score an equalizer. — AFP league season with two losses, won 2-0 for a third Mauro Icardi (left) and Reims’ Austrian defender Dario ering Ronaldo header grabbed the equalizer in straight league game and are now seventh, four Maresic jump for the ball during the French L1 football the 69th minute to avoid handing new Juventus points behind leaders Rennes. “It’s important for a match between Reims (SR) and Paris Saint-Germain coach Andrea Pirlo a first defeat. the 31st minute after a Rabiot handball. striker to score goals,” said Icardi after making the (PSG) on September 27, 2020. — AFP Edin Dzeko was back on the Roma front line The French midfielder added a second shortly scoresheet for the first time since February. “Today after his move to Juventus fell through, the before the break just after Ronaldo had equalized we lacked the efficiency to kill the match earlier, but to Neymar and coach Thomas Tuchel’s decision to Bosnian having missed last week’s trip to Verona for the first time. Another handball, this time we are happy with the result.” drop Icardi to the bench for the Champions League which ended in a forfeit defeat for the capital side Lorenzo Pellegrini’s, resulted in Juventus being For the first time since the French Cup final on semi-final and final. Even so PSG exercised their for fielding an unregistered player. Instead new awarded a penalty allowing Ronaldo to slot in. July 24, PSG started their all their ‘Fantastic Four’, of option to turn Icardi’s loan from Inter Milan into a Juventus signing Alvaro Morata got his first start The Portuguese got his second with 20 minutes Kylian Mbappe, Neymar, Angel di Maria and Icardi. permanent deal and the Argentine took over the after his move from Atletico Madrid earlier this to when his head met a Danilo cross seven min- The quartet have been kept apart by positive number nine shirt from the departed Edinson week. But the champions were pushed hard by utes after Rabiot was sent off for a second yellow Covid-19 tests, an injury to Mbappe, a suspension Cavani. — AFP the hosts with Veretout opening from the spot in card. — AFP