basketball baseball THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT Page 14 Page 16 Established in 1977 / www.arabtimesonline.com MONDAY, JULY 19, 2021 / ZUL-HIJJAH 9, 1442 AH emergency number 112 NO. 17743 16 PAGES 150 FILS Amiri Diwan conveys Amir’s greeting to people of Kuwait KUWAIT CITY, July 18, (KUNA): The Amiri Diwan on Sunday relayed Eid Al- Adha greetings from His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to Kuwait’s citi- US hits Iran on swap, N-talks zens and residents, wishing that they may continue to live in peace, security and safety. Tehran claims it awaits new administration Also on the occasion, the Amiri Diwan, in turn, ad- dressed eid greetings to Their WASHINGTON, July 18, (AP): The Biden administration has lashed out at The State Department slammed as “outrageous” comments made by Iran’s deputy foreign min- Highnesses the Amir, the Iran for accusing it of delaying a proposed prisoner swap to force a quick ister who alleged the U.S. and Britain were holding the swap “hostage” to the negotiations over Crown Prince and the Prime salvaging the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action or JCPOA. Minister. resumption of indirect nuclear talks. In a pair of tweets from his verified account, Seyyed Abbas Araghchi said the nuclear talks in Vienna could not resume until Iran’s hardline president-elect is inaugurated in early Au- gust. “We’re in a transition period as a democratic transfer of power is underway in our capital,” he said. The nuclear talks “must thus obviously await our new administration. This is Opinion what every democracy demands,” Aragchi said. He added that the U.S. and Britain “need to understand this and stop linking a humanitarian exchange - ready to be implemented - with the JCPOA.” “Keeping such an exchange hostage to political aims achieves neither,” said Aragchi who is Iran’s chief negotiator at the Vienna talks. “TEN PRISON- King of the jungle mentality, fox in power leads ERS on all sides may be released TOMORROW if US&UK fulfill their part of deal.” A sixth round of nuclear talks ended last month without agreement ahead of Iran’s presidential election won by Ebrahim Raisi. The U.S. has repeatedly said it is to inevitable collapse of the state of Waq-Waq ready for a seventh round as soon as Iran is ready while also calling for the immedi- ate release of American citizens detained in Iran. By Ahmed Al-Jarallah Editor-in-Chief, the Arab Times Newswatch ONCE upon a time, a lion asked for the opinions of a wolf and a fox on how to change his king- dom into a republic, and he also offered them top KUWAIT CITY: His Highness positions. the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al- Without hesitation, the wolf suggested that the Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, on Sunday, received a letter from presidency should go to the king of the jungle, His Highness the Crown Prince the premiership should be his, and the speaker- Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al- ship should go to the fox. Jaber Al-Sabah, on the occasion The lion got angry and smacked him fatally. He of his return to Kuwait. then turned to the fox and asked, “And what do In the letter, His Highness the you suggest?” Crown Prince congratulated His Trembling with fear, the fox answered, “The Highness the Amir on his safe re- presidency belongs to the king of the jungle, the turn after the successful medical premiership to the noble little cub, and speaker- checkups abroad. In turn, His Highness the Amir ship to the older cub.” thanked His Highness the Crown The lion was pleased with this response, and Prince for his sincere sentiments. asked, “But where did you come up with this wis- (KUNA) dom, you cunning fox?” ❑ ❑ ❑ The fox replied, “From the dialogue that took place between you and that rebellious rogue wolf KUWAIT CITY: On Friday, the mobile vaccination campaign who got clobbered by long arm of justice after provided COVID-19 vaccination being proven that he was involved in treason and to more than 10,000 workers at terrorism.” six sites including the Kuwait This story is an exact replica of what happened Red Crescent Society and fi ve in the kingdoms of Andalusia and the Arab coun- major companies of the private tries of Waq-Waq where the authority was divid- sector, reports Al-Rai daily. ed according to what the absolute ruler deemed Since the launch of its fi rst right. phase in March until reaching its current fi fth phase, the campaign Those kingdoms passed through stages that has been able to provide service could solidify the rule to last forever if only their to more than 160,000 workers administrations had worked according to what the In this photo taken with low shutter speed, Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Ka’aba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, as they who have direct contact with the state governor Al-Mansur Muhammad ibn Abi wear masks and keep social distancing, a day before the annual Hajj pilgrimage, July 17. The pilgrimage to Makkah required once in public in various activities, facili- Amer did. a lifetime of every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to make it, used to draw more than 2 million people. But for a second ties, vital sectors and major pri- This young man, who was born in 327 AH, in- straight year it has been curtailed due to the coronavirus with only vaccinated people in Saudi Arabia able to participate. (AP) vate sector companies. herited his father’s jurisprudence and the biogra- According to health sources, phy of his ancestors. He was overcome by his de- 99 percent of this segment are sire to rule Andalusia, so he traveled to Cordoba expatriates. The vaccination will continue during the Eid Al-Adha for seeking knowledge, and for striving to be the holidays through the vaccination second man in the state . centers or fi eld units. His ambitious personality brought him the ridi- ❑ ❑ ❑ cule of his comrades during his trip to Cordoba when he expressed his aspiration to rule Andalu- CAIRO: President Abdel Fattah sia and lead the army. El-Sisi stressed on Sunday the Egyptian right to its water secu- Ibn Abi Amer asked his colleagues, who contin- rity and the need to reach a legal ued to mock him, to make a wish. The fi rst asked agreement on the Grand Ethio- to be the governor of the state of Cordoba, the pian Renaissance Dam. second wished to take charge of the markets, and This remark came during a the third wished to govern the district of the state meeting between President El- of Koura. However, the fourth one downplayed Sisi and Chinese Foreign Min- the ambition of the young man, and went on to ister Wang Yi, said Egyptian mock him and insult him with obscene words. presidential spokesperson Am- After a while, Ibn Abi Amer’s ambition materi- bassador Bassam Radhi in a press statement. alized. He became the second man in the state and Minister Yi expressed his a military leader. He did not forget his comrades’ country’s full understanding of wishes, and he granted them except for the fourth the utmost importance of the one who was fi ned a huge sum of money. Nile River to Egypt, and China Ibn Khaldun stated in his Prolegomena that, continues its interest in fi nding a “Muhammad bin Abi Amer assumed power from solution for all parties, the state- the year 976 until 1002 AD. He spent it on a con- ment added. (KUNA) stant and uninterrupted struggle for good man- ❑ ❑ ❑ agement and politics at the internal level until ISTANBUL: Turkish Presi- Andalusia reached the peak of its glory during his dent Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s reign.” spokesman on Sunday condemned This man did not act as if he owned the land a European Union court decision and those on it; rather he sought to build a strong to allow employers to ban staff state that lasted about four centuries after him. wearing Muslim headscarves as There is no doubt that the bright stages in Arab appeasing Islamophobia. “The decision by the European history are very few, while darkness prevails in KUNA photo Kuwaiti Olympic shooting team being greeted by locals from the Japanese city of Nihonmatsu. Court of Justice on headscarf in most of them. The fate of most countries today the workplace is another blow to is almost similar to that of yesteryears in terms the rights of Muslim women with of the inability to get rid of the absolute “I” that headscarf and will play right into prevents seeing the conditions of people and cor- Nihonmatsu thankful for 2011 quake help the hands of those warmongers recting the errors in decisions before catastrophe against Islam in Europe,” Ibra- strikes. him Kalin tweeted. (AP) We have several examples in this regard, such ❑ ❑ ❑ as Iraq, which since 1958 has been drowning with Kuwait’s Olympians greeted in Kuwaiti style DAMASCUS: A breakaway Pal- failures and bloodbaths from time to time. There estinian faction that carried out is Yemen, Libya, and Lebanon, which is currently TOKYO, July 18, (KUNA): Kuwait’s Olympi- COVID-19 concerns, we arranged a support in the Tokyo Games due between July 23 and headline-grabbing attacks against the latest failed Arab country, as sectarian quotas ans staying in the Japanese city of Nihonmatsu event in this way while maintaining social dis- August 8.