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BEIJING: Russia's Kamila Valieva competes in the women's single skating short program of the figure skating event during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games yesterday. - AFP

Tearful Valieva skates again at Olympics amid doping scandal

BEIJING: Russian teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva put herself in pole position to win a second Beijing Olympic title as she controversially returned to action yesterday despite failing a drugs test. Having been cheered onto the ice wearing an off-shoulder purple dress, the 15-year-old burst into tears at the end of a composed performance which propelled her to the top of the standings of the short program in the women's singles competition....

POKROV, Vladimir Oblast: Journalists watch live broadcast of the court hearing from the press room of the penal colony N2, on the first day of the new trial of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, in the town of Pokrov yesterday. - AFP

Navalny faces extra decade in jail as prison trial begins

POKROV, Russia: President Vladimir Putin's main political opponent, Alexei Navalny, went on trial from inside prison yesterday, in a new fraud case that could see his jail time extended by more than a decade. A video link showed Navalny dressed in prison uniform at the makeshift court inside his penal colony, smiling and embracing his wife, Yuliya Navalnaya, while guards stood either side of them.Rights groups have criticised authorities for...

BANDUNG, Indonesia: Indonesian teacher Herry Wirawan (C) is escorted prior to his trial at a court in Bandung, West Java yesterday, where he was later sentenced to life in prison for the rape of 13 students, all minors. – AFP

Indonesia teacher gets life in prison for rape of 13 students

BANDUNG, Indonesia: An Indonesian court yesterday sentenced a teacher to life in prison for the rape of 13 students, in a case that has drawn national attention to sexual abuse in some of the country's religious boarding schools. Herry Wirawan, 36, was found guilty of raping 13 female students -- all minors -- and impregnating at least eight of them by Bandung district court in West Java. The revelations sparked national outrage, with a senior...

HONG KONG: Police (R) wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) stand as people wait outside the Pok Oi hospital in Hong Kong yesterday, as the city faces its worst coronavirus wave to date. – AFP

HK leader rules out China-style lockdown as coronavirus spreads

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's leader yesterday said she would not impose a mainland China-style hard lockdown as the city faces its worst coronavirus wave to date, even as she vowed no switch to living with COVID-19. The comments came as hospitals began to buckle under the strain of rising infections with at least two medical facilities placing patients in beds outside their entrances. No place in the world has managed to return to zero COVID cases...

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Kuwait lifts most curbs, eases restrictions on unvaccinated

By Ahmad JabrKUWAIT: Kuwait took one step closer to returning to normal life yesterday by lifting almost all coronavirus restrictions. During its weekly meeting, the Cabinet cancelled pre-departure and on-arrival PCR test requirements as well as quarantine for passengers entering Kuwait who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The Cabinet also decided to allow people unvaccinated against COVID-19 to travel to Kuwait and enter malls and cinemas,...

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Residents aged 60+ question reason behind 'double insurance'

By Ben Garcia KUWAIT: An expat couple who are both senior citizens have asked why they must pay KD 500 each for private health insurance in addition to mandatory government health insurance of KD 50 each. All residents aged 60 years and above without a degree must pay a maximum amount of KD 823 if they want to work, live or continue to stay in Kuwait.Kuwait Times spoke to a couple who renewed their iqamas as they still wish to stay in the...

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Kuwaiti team restores hope to children affected with cancer

KUWAIT: As the entire world stands in solidarity for International Childhood Cancer Day today, a Kuwaiti team of doctors specializing in retinoblastoma diagnosis and treatment stands out as part of efforts in alleviating pains of affected children and restoring hope in their hearts. Retinoblastoma, in itself a rare type of cancer, is the most common type of cancer affecting children's retina, as one out of 17,000 children could be affected by...

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COVID-19 panel meets to discuss latest developments

KUWAIT: The COVID-19 ministerial committee briefed yesterday Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah on the latest development concerning the coronavirus pandemic. In a meeting held in Seif Palace, Sheikh Hamad -- also chair of the committee - was informed on the recent improvements in lowering infection rates nationwide as well as an increasing the number of those receiving booster vaccine jabs. The...

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Police Academy celebrates new officers' graduation

KUWAIT: The Saad Al-Abdullah Police Academy celebrated the graduation of a new batch of male and female police officers yesterday. Senior Interior Ministry officials led by Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah attended the ceremony. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

ABU DHABI: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan during an official ceremony yesterday. - AFP

Erdogan visits UAE to boost strained ties

ABU DHABI: Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday visited the United Arab Emirates for the first time in nearly a decade, to revive relations that were long strained by regional disputes. He was greeted in the capital Abu Dhabi by Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the UAE's de facto ruler, who had travelled to Ankara in November on the first high-level visit to Turkey since 2012.That trip "marked the beginning of a new...

JENIN: Mourners carry the body of Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Salah, who was killed after Zionist forces entered the village of Silat al-Harithiya, during his funeral yesterday. - AFP

Zionist forces kill Palestinian teenager

SILAT AL-HARITHIYA: Zionist forces shot dead a Palestinian teenager in the West Bank during what the army yesterday described as an operation to demolish the home of a Palestinian. The Palestinian health ministry identified the youth as Mohammed Abu Salah, 17, who was killed after Zionist forces late Sunday entered the village of Silat al-Harithiya near the flashpoint town of Jenin in the occupied West Bank.Salah's mother, Rafika Abu Saleh, told...

LONDON: Britain's Home Secretary Priti Patel (L) and Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak pose for pictures during a reception to celebrate the British Asian Trust at The British Museum in London. - AFP

Finance chief tipped as UK's first Hindu PM

LONDON: British finance minister Rishi Sunak is on a meteoric trajectory that could, if Boris Johnson is forced out, propel him next door to 10 Downing Street to become Britain's first Hindu prime minister. It would mark a historic landmark, for a descendant of immigrants from Britain's old empire in India and East Africa, to take command of the world's fifth largest economy.A details-oriented policy wonk, the 41-year-old has promoted a carefully...

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HATHRAS, India: Policemen carry a person who died in a melee during a sermon in Uttar Pradesh state on July 2, 2024. - AFP

Stampede at India religious event kills 116

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BEIRUT: Lebanese Uber driver Hussein Khalil shows his GPS jammed geolocation as Gaza's southern city of Rafah, as he sits in his vehicle in Beirut's Hamra Street on June 11, 2024.- AFP

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GAZA: Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Yunis flee after the Zionist army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024. - AFP

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NAVI MUMBAI, India: Billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani (front third left) along with his family attends a mass wedding ceremony at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai on July 2, 2024. -- AFP

Ambanis celebrate son’s nuptials with mass wedding