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North Korea tests hypersonic missile
SEOUL: North Korea has successfully tested a hypersonic missile, state media reported yesterday, in the first major weapons test by the nuclear-armed nation this year. This was the second reported test of what Pyongyang claimed were hypersonic gliding missiles, as it pursues the sophisticated technology despite international sanctions and condemnation.Hypersonic missiles move far faster and are more agile than standard ones, making them much...
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China official apologizes after woman miscarries outside lockdown hospital
BEIJING: A top health official in China's locked-down Xi'an apologized yesterday over the miscarriage of an eight-month-pregnant woman, after footage went viral of a hospital refusing her entry without a COVID test. The city of 13 million has been under strict home confinement for two weeks to stamp out an outbreak, in line with Beijing's firm "zero COVID" strategy.The distressing incident was detailed in a social media post by the woman's niece...
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France gives initial nod to vaccine pass after Macron furor
PARIS: France's lower house of parliament yesterday passed in a first reading a bill further tightening COVID measures, after three days of tense debates fueled by President Emmanuel Macron's warning that he wanted to "piss off" the unvaccinated. The bill would require a full course of vaccination against COVID-19 to enjoy basic parts of life including inter-city train travel, attending cultural events or eating out. A recent test or proof of...
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Bolsonaro starts annus horribilis with health scare
RIO DE JANEIRO: It was already shaping up to be a tough year for Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, with his popularity at an all-time low nine months from elections, the economy in recession and COVID-19 surging. Then the far-right leader had his New Year beach vacation come crashing to an end with an emergency flight to the hospital for a partially blocked intestine. Bolsonaro, 66, was discharged Wednesday, after the blockage came free without...
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Health first, freedom second? How COVID is changing democracies
PARIS: From a litany of lockdowns to mandatory mask-wearing and COVID passes to access entertainment and sporting venues, the pandemic has led to sweeping restrictions on civil liberties in some of the world's oldest democracies. Among Western countries, European nations particularly have been quick to crimp basic freedoms in the name of fighting the virus.French President Emmanuel Macron caused a furor this week by saying he wanted to "piss off"...
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8 kids among 12 dead in US house fire
PHILADELPHIA: Jacuita Purifoy lost ten family members when a fire tore through a converted three-story house in Philadelphia Wednesday, killing 12 people in one of the United States' deadliest residential infernos in recent years. "My sisters and my nephews and my nieces are gone. They are never coming back again," the 37-year-old told AFP outside a nearby elementary school where families of victims were consoling each other.The Philadelphia...
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Tear gas fired as Sudanese rally against coup
KHARTOUM: Sudanese security forces fired tear gas yesterday aiming to stop thousands of protesters demanding a transition to civilian rule, the latest in weeks of unrest since a military coup. Singing, beating drums, and holding up posters of some the dozens killed in demonstrations since the Oct 25 coup, protesters in the capital Khartoum shouted slogans against the army in defiance. "We will not stop until we get our country back," shouted one...
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Moscow-led troops arrive in Kazakhstan
ALMATY: Bursts of gunfire echoed through the streets of Kazakhstan's largest city yesterday as Moscow-led troops arrived to help quell mass unrest that left dozens dead and hundreds detained. Fighting appeared to be continuing a day after protesters stormed several government buildings, with an AFP correspondent hearing regular eruptions of gunfire from the direction of a central square.Burnt-out vehicles littered Almaty's streets, several...
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Djokovic wins deportation delay after Australia cancels visa
Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic won a temporary reprieve in his deportation from Australia on Thursday, but is set to spend the night in an immigration detention facility as he fights to remain in the country. The vaccine-sceptic Serb was detained at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport having failed to “provide appropriate evidence” of double vaccination, or a medical exemption needed to enter the country. Djokovic had jetted into...
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Boursa Kuwait inaugurates new Nasser Al-Kharafi, Jasem Al-Bahar trading room
Boursa Kuwait inaugurated on Thursday the Nasser Al-Kharafi and Jasem Al-Bahar trading room. In a statement following the reopening of the room in its new and improved design, Chairman of the Executive Committee at Boursa Kuwait Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi said the trading room was renamed after Nasser Al-Kharafi and Jasem Al-Bahar in recognition of their contributions to the Kuwaiti stock market and Kuwaiti economy in general. Meanwhile, he...
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MPs reject taxes, urge solution to population crisis
By B IzzakKUWAIT: In a peaceful National Assembly session, MPs yesterday called on the government to resolve the housing problem, condemned failure to check corruption and warned of randomly naturalizing people. Unlike Tuesday’s session which was filled with tension, during which MPs traded harsh words and insults, yesterday’s session passed off without any problems.Debating the Amiri Address, read at the opening session of the new term in...
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Govt ready to implement rules as Kuwait sets new record
KUWAIT: As Kuwait registered a new record in daily infections yesterday, a government committee tasked with following up the implementation of regulations related to fighting the spread of COVID-19 in Kuwait met to discuss the mechanism of implementing the Cabinet's recent decision to ban indoor social gatherings starting from Sunday. Meanwhile, Kuwait Municipality launched an intensive campaign to inspect commitment to health regulations at...
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Crackdown on visa violators
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Kuwait expands ‘open door’ policy to virtual domain
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Minister of Municipal Affairs Dr Noura Al-Mashaan and Head of the Municipal Council Abdullah Al-Mahari inspect the Darwazat Abdulrazzaq project. – KUNA photos
Darwaza Abdulrazzaq project set to reopen
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Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman
Saudi energy minister announces discovery of multiple oil, gas fields
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Interior cracks down on residency violators