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Kuwait army blood donation drive concludes
KUWAIT: Kuwait Army concluded yesterday a blood donation campaign organized in cooperation with the Kuwait Blood Bank. The campaign, entitled 'My Blood for Kuwait', was arranged by the army's guidance and public relations department and has been ongoing since January 23, 2022. Kuwait Army General staff members were keen to participate in the campaign, which reflects their belief in the importance of blood donation, and out of the army's national...
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Fire engineers undergo training program
KUWAIT: The prevention sector of Kuwait Fire Force presented a field training program to 23 engineers from the experts' department to inspect fire equipment and test them with the knowledge of engineering services. Kuwait Fire Force Deputy Director General for Prevention Maj Gen Khalid Abdallah Fahad visited the field training program which was held at high rise buildings. Trainee engineers were introduced to the mechanism of fire hydrants' work....
KUWAIT: The speakers (from left) Almaha Almari - Board member of Women's Cultural and Social Society, Sundus Hussein - Founding member of Abolish 153, Mae Al-Hajjaj - President of Soroptomist Kuwait and Leanah Al-Awadhi - Founding Member of Mudhawis. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
British Council Kuwait hosts lecture promoting efforts to abolish article 153
By Ben Garcia KUWAIT: The British Council Kuwait hosted a lecture on Wednesday titled 'Raising our Voices', calling on the Kuwaiti government to abolish article 153 of the Kuwait penal code that allegedly justifies honor killings of mothers, daughters, sisters and wives. The attendees agreed that Article 153 of the penal code denies an inherent right to women, which is considered one of the most important human rights, namely, the right to...
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah hold a joint press availability in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the US Department of State on Wednesday. - KUNA
Kuwait FM appreciates US commitment to security
WASHINGTON: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah said on Wednesday partnership with the United States has strengthened since the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. "My visit (to the US) comes after your visit to Kuwait at the end of last June and only a few days prior to the anniversary of Kuwait's liberation from the Iraqi invasion," Sheikh Ahmad told US Secretary of State Antony...
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Rare Mideast snow brings joy, misery
JERUSALEM: Snow carpeted Jerusalem and the eastern Mediterranean yesterday as a rare storm turned the holy city into a winter wonderland but brought misery to the region's Syrian refugees. The cold snap, which has already caused major disruption in Athens and Istanbul, saw heavy snowfall in areas better known for their summer heat.In the alleyways of Jerusalem's walled Old City, children pelted each other with slushy snowballs after the first...
LONDON: Pedestrians on their way to work cross the London Bridge backdropped by the Tower Bridge yesterday. - AFP
Return to 'Plan A': England lifts Omicron curbs
LONDON: Commuters trooped back to the office in England yesterday, with public transport visibly busier, after the government scrapped restrictions imposed to combat the Omicron coronavirus variant. The return to "Plan A" measures - ditching legal requirements for face coverings and shelving vaccine passports - comes as the number of positive COVID-19 cases has fallen sharply from record levels.Infection rates are still high - more than 100,000...
ISTANBUL: A picture taken in the Eminonu district of Istanbul after a snowstorm shows pigeons waiting to be fed. - AFP
Greece, Turkey reel from political fallout of snowstorm
ISTANBUL: Turkey's main airport stirred back to life on Wednesday and Greece's under-fire prime minister issued a formal apology as the east Mediterranean neighbors faced the political fallout of a paralyzing blizzard. Public anger has been boiling over in both countries over officials' seeming helplessness in the face of one of the heaviest snowstorms in years. Stranded passengers at Istanbul's international airport - Europe's busiest - chanted...
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Houthi drones pose challenge for UAE
DUBAI: Domestically assembled drones that can fly hundreds of kilometers are proving a security headache for the United Arab Emirates after consecutive attacks by Yemen’s rebel warriors. The low-tech weapons, which use over-the-counter parts, were deployed in two attacks on the wealthy Gulf state, a member of the Saudi-led coalition, the Iran-backed rebels said.Three Asian oil workers died in a drone-and-missile assault on Abu Dhabi on Jan 17...
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Fighting Taleban and mistrust, Pakistan marks polio-free year
MARDAN: Bathed in crisp morning light, Sidra Hussain grips a cooler stacked with glistening vials of polio vaccine in northwest Pakistan. Watching over Hussain and her partner, a policeman unslings his rifle and eyes the horizon. In concert they begin their task-going door-to-door on the outskirts of Mardan city, dripping bitter doses of rose-colored medicine into infants' mouths on the eve of a major milestone for the nation's anti-polio...
HASAKEH: Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) deploy outside Ghwayran prison in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakeh. - AFP
Hunger, cold stalks Syrians displaced by IS prison attack
HASAKEH: In a mosque-turned-shelter, Syrian mothers desperately tried to console hungry children crying in the cold, days after they escaped clashes near a prison attacked by jihadists. They included Maya, a mother of nine, who was among the hundreds of displaced women and children huddled together on Wednesday inside the mosque in the northeastern city of Hasakeh. "We want to go back home," the 38-year-old said, while trying to pacify one of her...
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Kuwait reports 6,515 new COVID cases, one death
Kuwait reported a record 6,515 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday in addition to one death and 5,063 recoveries. Meanwhile, the number of patients in ICUs increased from 73 on Wednesday to 86 on Thursday. The number of patients hospitalized also increased from 408 to 410, while total active cases rose from 47,484 to 48,935. The percentage of daily new cases to new tests dropped from 20.4% to 18%, while the percentage of recovery remained almost...
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Dining with the undead in Saudi
A restaurant in Saudi Arabia is offering patrons in the conservative kingdom a unique experience—dishes with a side of skull and blood in the company of zombies and vampires. The restaurant, “Shadows”, caters to horror film buffs with strong stomachs, allowing them to savor their dishes while staff in gory costumes put on interactive shows. It’s located in the Boulevard entertainment district of the capital Riyadh and has opened as the...
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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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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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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
Zionist jamming disrupts Lebanon ground, air traffic