SHAWWAL 19, 1442 AH MONDAY, MAY 31, 2021 16 Pages Max 48º Min 29º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18447 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Boris Johnson weds fiancee Hunger stalks India’s poor HK mountaineer on a high after Mexican fans celebrate 5 in ‘secret’ weekend ceremony 7 in pandemic double blow 11 fastest Everest climb by woman 13 return of ‘lucha libre’ Panel reduces fine for not wearing facemask to KD 50 MPs call to scrap Kuwait Mosafer app • Jaber Causeway vaccination center opens By B Izzak questions and even downloading the app to their mobiles. KUWAIT: The National Assembly health commit- He said linking the return of citizens to their tee yesterday agreed to reduce fines for not wear- country with an app that has many technical prob- ing a facemask and abiding by health conditions lems is unacceptable, and accordingly this require- amid the coronavirus pandemic from KD 100 to KD ment must be cancelled and simply replaced with a 50. The reduction came while the committee was PCR test certificate. Saleh said the app must be studying a government-sponsored law proposing scrapped and those responsible for it should be penalties for those who do not comply with health held to account, adding that he has submitted a measures during pandemics. The law must be proposal calling to scrap the app. approved by the Assembly to become effective. MP Osama Al-Shaheen asked Defense Minister A number of lawmakers yesterday strongly criti- Sheikh Hamad Al-Sabah, who is also chairman of cized measures applied by the civil aviation obliging the civil aviation authority, about who designed the travelers to register with the Kuwait Mosafer appli- app and if an aviation company, which is the con- cation and the requirement that travelers must have tractor and main beneficiary of the app, has any link been vaccinated. to its design. MP Mohammad Al-Huwaila called on MPs Saad Al-Khanfour, head of the Assembly the government to reverse the decision banning health committee, and Hisham Al-Saleh called for unvaccinated citizens from leaving the country, say- scrapping the application because of the large num- ing the decision is against the constitution. ber of technical problems associated with the app Meanwhile, the health ministry announced yes- that people must register with to be able to travel terday the inauguration of a COVID-19 vaccination out of Kuwait or return to the country. Khanfour center for motorists on the southern island of Jaber said travelers have encountered a number of prob- Causeway. Official health ministry spokesperson Dr KUWAIT: Motorists visit a COVID-19 vaccination center that opened on Jaber Causeway yesterday. — KUNA lems, especially when abroad, including being Abdullah Al-Sanad said the center is equipped with unable to update the app, failure to respond to Continued on Page 2 ment that the days of supporting the News in brief Rally calls for (Zionist) state without repercussions are over,” one of the demonstrators, Outdoor work ban from June 1 39-year-old Washington lawyer end to US aid Sharif Silmi, said as he stood in the KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Manpower crowd where many protesters held announced yesterday it will enforce a ban on to Zionists red, white, green and black working in outdoor areas during afternoon hours Palestinian flags. “We will stand (11 am to 4 pm) from June 1 until the end of August. WASHINGTON: More than 1,000 against any politician that continues PAM Director General Ahmad Al-Mousa said rallied Saturday in Washington in sup- to fund weapons to (the Zionist enti- inspection teams will follow up the implementation port of Palestinians and calling for an ty). We will oppose them, we will vote of the decision during the next three months. The end to US aid to the Zionist entity. against them, we will fund their oppo- authority will organize surprise inspection tours at The demonstration on the steps of the nents, until we vote them out of different locations to monitor any violations and Lincoln Memorial came as a ceasefire office,” said Silmi. take legal action against violators. — KUNA that ended 11 days of intense fighting Lama Alahmad, a resident of neigh- between the Zionist entity and the boring Virginia who is of Palestinian Toxic liquor kills 25 Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza origin, said US public opinion is turn- Strip has so far held. ing in favor of the Palestinian cause. WASHINGTON: Supporters of Palestine hold a rally at the Lincoln Memorial “We are hoping to send a clear “There is a huge change” going on in LUCKNOW: At least 25 people have died after yesterday. — AFP drinking toxic alcohol in northern India, police said message to the United States govern- Continued on Page 2 yesterday. Police have arrested 10 men for selling the liquor in sprawling Uttar Pradesh, India’s most popu- extreme weather that devastates tourist economies, lous state. “So far 25 persons have died and a few disease outbreaks and other catastrophes that others are admitted in the hospital and are undergo- Call for action, would sap productivity. ing treatment. Ten persons have been arrested,” Ajab South Korea - which recently announced plans Singh, a police spokesperson, told AFP. Local media inclusion at to cut finance for international coal projects - is reported that the liquor was purchased on Thursday seeking a bigger role in the global initiative to go from a shop run by two brothers. — AFP climate summit green. “South Korea will play a responsible role as a bridging nation between developing and advanced Envoy dies on beach island SEOUL: World leaders yesterday called for more nations,” said President Moon Jae-in as he opened action and inclusion of all countries in the global the 2021 Partnering for Green Growth and the drive towards a cleaner and greener planet at a cli- Global Goals 2030, or P4G, summit. BANGKOK: Ukraine’s ambassador to Thailand SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in mate summit hosted virtually by South Korea. The two-day summit is the second of its kind fol- died early yesterday on the southern beach island speaks at the opening ceremony of the P4G sum- Climate change is a major threat to global growth, lowing the inaugural meeting held in Copenhagen in of Koh Lipe while on vacation with his son, police with perils ranging from declines in crop yields, Continued on Page 2 mit yesterday. — AFP said, with the cause of death still undetermined. Andrii Beshta is a 45-year-old career diplomat who was appointed as Ukraine’s ambassador in market, which had been in steady Thailand in 2016. The National Police said yester- Dubai property decline since 2014, went into flatline day Beshta was found dead around 5:30 am after COVID-19 hit last year and the (2230 GMT) in his room at a hotel resort in Koh emirate slammed shut its borders, said Lipe, an idyllic beach island popular with travel- booms as rich Zhann Zochinke, chief operating offi- ers for its crystal-blue waters. — AFP cer of consultancy Property Monitor. flee lockdowns “Then straight after that lockdown Qatar charges Kenyan guard period we started to see transaction DUBAI: Dubai’s property market is volumes increase, and they really DOHA: A Kenyan security guard detained by Qatar powering out of a six-year malaise as haven’t stopped since,” he told AFP. has been charged with receiving money from a “for- “lockdown dodgers” and wealthy “We’re now seeing record month-on- eign agent” to spread disinformation within the Gulf international investors drive a buying month gains and transaction volumes.” state, officials said yesterday. Malcolm Bidali’s case frenzy that is breaking records and The Gulf emirate became one of was referred to the public prosecution “following a fueling an economic recovery. Luxury the first destinations to reopen to visi- thorough investigation by the authorities,” it said in villas are the hottest segment in the tors last July, pairing the open-door a statement. Malcolm Bidali, under his pen name market, with European buyers in par- policy with strict rules on masking Noah, published a series of articles on the plight of ticular seeking homes on Dubai’s sig- and social distancing, and an ener- foreigners who labor in the gas-rich host of the 2022 nature Palm Jumeirah man-made getic vaccination program which has DUBAI: The living room of a luxury villa for sale is seen on the Palm man- World Cup, including on vast construction projects island, as well as golf course estates. produced some of the highest made island on May 19, 2021.— AFP for the football tournament. — AFP Dubai’s rollercoaster property Continued on Page 2 2 Established 1961 Monday, May 31, 2021 Local Crown Prince heads to Riyadh on official visit today KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al- His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. — Amiri Diwan photos meets Speaker of the National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanem. Hamad Al-Sabah. KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince of the National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanem, received at Seif Palace Ghanem, His Highness yesterday a congratulatory cable to President Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled, Sheikh Hamad Jaber Guillermo Lasso for taking oath as the heads to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia today with his Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Al-Ali, Roumi, in addition to Foreign Minister President of Ecuador.