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Kuwait records new high of 6,454 daily COVID-19 cases

KUWAIT: The health ministry said yesterday 6,454 more people tested positive for COVID-19 over the past 24 hours - an all-time daily high - taking the country's total caseload to 514,826 cases. Some 5,198 more people recovered from the virus, taking total recoveries to 464,853, the ministry's spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said, adding the recovery to positive case ratio stands at 90.3 percent.One fatality linked to the coronavirus raised the...

KUWAIT: Defense Minister Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah reacts during a session at the National Assembly yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Defense minister survives no-confidence motion

By B IzzakKUWAIT: Defense Minister Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah yesterday survived a no-confidence motion by 23 votes against 18, thanks mainly to 10 MPs who left the opposition ranks to vote in favor of the minister. The minister thanked lawmakers for renewing their trust in him and vowed he will continue to fight corruption. The no-confidence motion was filed last week by opposition 10 MPs following a grilling by MP Hamdan Al-Azemi over...

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Societies seek govt intervention, reform to save education

By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Twenty societies in Kuwait have released a joint statement in which they warn of the deteriorating level of education in the country. They quote an education ministry study carried out recently involving more than 250 schools that yielded "disappointing results", which they warn could lead to a "national crisis" unless the government intervenes promptly to address the problem.Nadya Al-Sharrah, founding member of the...

DIRIYAH, Saudi Arabia: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha on the outskirts of the capital Riyadh on Tuesday. - AFP

Riyadh, Bangkok restore ties after decades

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia and Thailand have announced the resumption of diplomatic ties, after more than three decades of frozen relations linked to the theft of jewels from a Saudi palace. Thai-born janitor Kriangkrai Techamong stole $20 million worth of precious gems in 1989 from the home of a Saudi prince, triggering a spate of murders in Bangkok and a feud between the countries dubbed the “Blue Diamond Affair”.The two countries announced in a...

KUWAIT: Officials attend the signing ceremony of an agreement between Kuwait Red Crescent Society and the International Committee of the Red Cross. - KUNA

KRCS, ICRC sign agreement to support Rohingya refugees

KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) signed yesterday a cooperation agreement with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to support and implement a relief medical program for the Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. In a statement to the press after signing the agreement, Chairman of KRCS's Board of Directors Dr Hilal Al-Sayer stressed the importance of this step which meets the urgent needs of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh...

KUWAIT: Indian Ambassador Sibi George delivers his Republic Day speech.

Indian embassy celebrates 73rd Republic Day of India

By Sajeev K PeterKUWAIT: Embassy of India in Kuwait celebrated the 73rd Republic Day of India yesterday. Keeping in view the prevailing circumstances on account of the pandemic, the celebrations were held in consonance with the COVID-19 health and safety guidelines issued by the government. The official program was held from 9 am at the Embassy of India premises. Ambassador Sibi George paid floral tributes at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi followed...

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Scores arrested in bogus domestic help offices raid

KUWAIT: The interior ministry said yesterday residency detectives busted two bogus domestic help offices and arrested nine people in violation of residency and labor laws. They also responded to a complaint of harboring an absconder and arrested seven violators in the process. Also, information was received about 14 people in violation of residency and labor laws (12 women and two men) involved in making spurious liquor. Two wanted persons who...

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Domestic helper jumps to death from Ardiya house blaze

KUWAIT: A domestic helper died while three children and their mother suffered smoke inhalation during a fire in an Ardiya house at dawn yesterday, Kuwait Fire Force said. A call was received about the fire that had trapped a Kuwaiti woman, her three children and the domestic helper. Ardiya and Jleeb firemen responded and found the fire was on the ground floor. The helper jumped from the second floor, suffering critical injuries and died on...

HASAKEH, Syria: Displaced Syrian are pictured inside the Mosaab bin Aamir Mosque, in the Ghwayran neighbourhood in the northern city of Hasakeh yesterday. - AFP

Syria Kurds retake Ghwayran prison

HASAKEH, Syria: Kurdish forces yesterday retook full control of a prison in northeast Syria where Islamic State group jihadists had been holed up since attacking it six days earlier. The brazen IS jailbreak attempt and ensuing clashes left more than 180 dead in the jihadists' most high-profile military operation since the loss of their "caliphate" nearly three years ago.Ghwayran prison in the city of Hasakeh was thought to hold around 3,500 IS...

ATHENS: A woman walks on an ice-covered street in central Athens yesterday following heavy snowfall. - AFP

Greece, Turkey reel from political fallout of snowstorm

ISTANBUL: Turkey's main airport stirred back to life yesterday and Greece's under-fire prime minister issued a formal apology as the east Mediterranean neighbours faced the political fallout of a paralysing 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 "we...

HENDAYE, France: A migrant escapes running after crossing the border between Irun (Spain) and Hendaye (France) in the French Basque city of Hendaye. – AFP

At Spain border, migrants' holy grail is France

IRUN, Spain: "Guys, we've got to get out of here!" urges Junior, a 20-year-old migrant from Ivory Coast, breaking the tense silence inside the train crossing the Spanish border into France. Crossing from Irun in Spain to the French border town of Hendaye is the last obstacle for young migrants desperate to reach France, their desired destination whatever the cost. Many come from former French colonies in West Africa where French is widely spoken...

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Poland's pigeon fanciers eye moving up the pecking order

Opening one of his many cages, Michal Trojczak watches proudly as more than 70 dusty-blue pigeons take flight, soaring high above snow-covered fields in eastern Poland. "My birds are athletes," says the 42-year-old pigeon fancier, who inherited his passion for breeding the birds from his father and grandfather. Poland boasts Europe's biggest community of homing pigeon breeders-and a string of international competition trophies-but trails other...

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