THULQAADA 1, 1441 AH MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2020 20 Pages Max 43º Min 30º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18162 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Top US prosecutor who Dubai ports giant ‘prepares for Women bear the brunt of Arsenal stunned by Brighton, 7 probed Trump allies fired 9 worst’ as virus impact looms 10 virus fallout in workplace 20 Wolves closing on top four MoH launches random virus testing in residential areas Lockdowns end in Hawally, Khaitan • MPs welcome probe into airport project By B Izzak unexpected spread of the disease among welcomed a decision by Minister of citizens led the government on Thursday Public Works Rana Al-Fares to form a Two suicides in Kuwait KUWAIT: The health ministry said yes- to delay moving into the second of a fact-finding committee to investigate the terday it will start random field testing five-phase plan to gradually return to reasons for the delay in the new airport over the weekend for the coronavirus by sending teams to normal life. project and find out those responsible By Hanan Al-Saadoun throwing himself down his building’s homes selected randomly in different The government said it will assess the for the delay. The lawmaker said that airshaft. He was reportedly facing residential areas. The ministry said in a situation and take an appropriate deci- officials in the ministry have provided KUWAIT: A Filipino man was found financial difficulties. Firemen had to statement the house visits will be from 5 sion based on the new developments. false facts about the progress of con- hanged inside his apartment in Nugra break down a wall to retrieve his pm to 11 pm daily and will cover all resi- The number of cases relatively dropped struction in the airport project in a bid to after the haris of the building called corpse. Additionally, a Nepali resi- dential areas where expats and citizens in the past two days but still remained protect a former public works minister police after the man had not emerged dent threatened to kill himself by reside. It asked people to demand the high among Kuwaitis. But the govern- who resigned following a grilling. from his flat for more than three days. jumping from the second floor of his identification of the teams and cooperate ment decided to ease curfew hours from MP Khalil Al-Saleh described the The haris said the deceased had been building in Mahboula. The man was with them. 7 pm to 5 am daily and also decided to move as a step in the right direction, but depressed lately. No other details calmed down and rescued. He will The campaign comes after a steep lift the total lockdowns of Hawally and said specialized people must be includ- were immediately available. be referred to the authorities. rise in the number of cases reported in Khaitan following a drop in numbers. ed. He called for announcing the out- Over the weekend, another Asian Attempting to commit suicide is a the country, especially among Kuwaitis, Both decisions became effective early come of the probe quickly and holding man killed himself in Mangaf by crime in Kuwait. mainly in Jahra and Ahmadi governorates yesterday. those responsible to account. alongside Farwaniya governorate. The MP Omar Al-Tabtabaei yesterday Continued on Page 16 ed positive for COVID-19. The event - which the Trump holds White House promised would be flooded with up to 100,000 people, but actually did not fill the 19,000- seat arena where Trump spoke - has emerged as a fiery rally but flashpoint in the pandemic era. But Trump was more interested in reviving his crowd smaller political fortunes after several bruising weeks that saw continued economic woes tied to the pandemic, TULSA: US President Donald Trump returned nationwide protests over racial injustice, the top- Saturday to one of his favorite spots - a campaign pling of Confederate and other statues and critics rally stage - defying the pandemic and attacking including former aides savaging his performance. Democratic rivals at an event with crowds far small- “The silent majority is stronger than ever before,” er than promised. Gathering his political faithful for Trump said in a rowdy, freewheeling speech in a much-hyped rally in Oklahoma, his first in three which he blasted his 2020 election rival, Democrat months, the Republican president sought to reinvig- Joe Biden, as a “helpless puppet of the radical left”. orate his flagging campaign in the face of a crushing “Five months from now we’re going to defeat health and economic crisis as well as protests ‘sleepy’ Joe Biden,” he said. against racial injustice that have swept the nation in Many rally-goers wore red “Make America Great recent weeks. Again” hats or T-shirts, but very few wore masks Trump all but claimed victory over the pandemic and there was little social distancing, even though that has killed some 120,000 Americans - “I have coronavirus cases have recently been skyrocketing done a phenomenal job with it!” he insisted - even in Oklahoma. as six members of his own Tulsa advance team test- Continued on Page 16 TULSA: US President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the BOK Center on Saturday. —AFP narrow pathway across the planet. ‘Ring of fire’ Yesterday’s eclipse arrived on the northern hemisphere’s longest day of Sisi warns of the year – the summer solstice – when solar eclipse Earth’s north pole is tilted most directly towards the Sun. The “ring of direct Libya thrills gazers fire” was first visible in northeastern Republic of Congo from 5:56 local intervention NAIROBI: Sky watchers along a nar- time (04:56 GMT) just a few minutes row band from west Africa to the after sunrise. This is the point of max- CAIRO: Egypt’s president warned Saturday Arabian Peninsula, India and the Far imum duration, with the blackout last- that advances by Turkey-backed Libyan forces East witnessed yesterday a dramatic ing 1 minute and 22 seconds. on the Libyan city of Sirte could prompt an “ring of fire” solar eclipse. So-called Arcing eastward across Africa and Egyptian military intervention in the neighbor- annular eclipses occur when the Asia, it reached “maximum eclipse” – ing country in support of Cairo’s ally Khalifa Moon – passing between Earth and with a perfect solar halo around the Haftar. Meanwhile, Ankara has urged forces led the Sun – is not quite close enough to Moon – over Uttarakhand, India near by the eastern-based Haftar to withdraw from our planet to completely obscure sun- the Sino-Indian border at 12:10 local the strategic city for a ceasefire agreement to light, leaving a thin ring of the solar time (0640 GMT). More spectacular, be reached. disc visible. They happen every year but less long-lived: TAIWAN: A total solar eclipse is seen from Yunlin county yesterday. —AFP The UN-recognized Government of National or two, and can only been seen from a Continued on Page 16 Accord (GNA) in Tripoli has made major mili- tary gains against Haftar’s forces recently thanks to increased support from its backer sparked nationwide protests – and a Turkey. The key city of Sirte, which lies some US Asians soul sense of reckoning in the Asian 450 km east of the capital, is under the control American community, which has his- of Haftar’s forces, who last year launched a torically fraught, even violent, ties searching over with African Americans. In particular, recently aborted attempt to seize control of the revelation that one of the officers western Libya. charged over Floyd’s death, Tou Thao, In a televised address, Egyptian President Floyd death is Hmong has caused many Asian Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi said Sirte is a “red line” for Americans to grapple with their com- Egypt, citing the need to protect its porous bor- WASHINGTON: As anti-racism protests broke out across the United munity’s complicity. der as grounds for “direct intervention” in “Yellow peril” is a racial slur articu- Libya. “If the Libyan people asked us to inter- States, Viet Hoai Tran knew exactly what he wanted to write on his poster lating the centuries-old Western fear vene, it is a signal to the world that Egypt and of an East Asian takeover that has been Libya share ... common interests, security and – “Yellow Peril Supports Black Power”. “If we are talking about fighting for repurposed by Asian Americans in a stability,” Sisi said on Saturday. show of solidarity with the black com- The GNA denounced Sisi’s warning, saying justice, for liberation, for change... all of us have to be part of this,” said the munity. “There’s a lot of anti-black- any intervention would be a threat to Libya’s ness in the AAPI community,’ said Tran, security. “We strongly reject what was said by 27-year-old, who was born in Vietnam, but grew up in the US. referring to the Asian Americans and Al-Sisi and consider it a continuation of the war HOLLYWOOD: A protester holds a sign as she demonstrates at Donald Trump’s The death of George Floyd, a black the US diaspora of Pacific Islanders. Continued on Page 16 Hollywood Walk of Fame star on Saturday. — AFP man, in Minneapolis police custody Continued on Page 16 2 Local Monday, June 22, 2020 In My View Kuwait civil society issues ‘declaration on Altruism countering hate speech during pandemic’ ‘Human rights needed to navigate COVID-19 crisis in dignity’ By Abdellatif Sharaa KUWAIT: Twenty four civil authori- declaration reflects the sense of re- ties in Kuwait, led by the Kuwaiti Soci- sponsibility borne by the civil society [email protected] ety for Human Rights, announced in Kuwait to face the risk of the yesterday launching the ‘Civil Society spread of hate speech and incitement Declaration on Countering Hate to hatred during the COVID-19 pan- t is amazing how people of the same community Speech and Incitement to Hatred dur- demic, indicating that social media Irespond to crises and urgent matters.