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Minister of Health Dr. Ahmad Al-Awadhi visits the accompanying exhibition

Developing skills of medical workers provides better services for patients: minister

Kuwait: Minister of Health Dr Ahmad Al-Awadhi affirmed the ministry's efforts to develop the skills of employees through hosting applied medical conferences.Sharing experience with international experts can boost medical services provided for patients, said Al-Awadhi in his speech at the opening of the Annual Conference for Dermatology, Laser and Aesthetic Medicine on Saturday.Dermatology conferences are very important to people as it is related...

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Strong quake hits Indonesia's Java island, injures one

Jakarta: A strong earthquake hit Indonesia's main island of Java on Saturday, injuring at least one person and shaking the same town devastated by a tremor last month that left more than 330 people dead.The 5.7-magnitude quake struck on land at a depth of 112 kilometres (70 miles), with the epicentre located 18 kilometres southeast of the West Java city of Banjar, according to the United States Geological Survey.Indonesia's meteorological agency,...

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Oil price cap 'will destroy' Russia's economy: Ukraine

LONDON: Major oil producers are expected to stick to their current output strategy or even slash production further when they meet on Sunday in the face of falling prices, a Russian oil price cap and an embargo on Russian crude shipments. At their last ministerial session in October the 13-nation Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries headed by Riyadh and its 10 allies led by Moscow, collectively known as OPEC+, agreed to reduce output...

Zain’s HQ lit up in orange to support the campaign.

Zain joins ‘16 Orange Days’ campaign to end violence against women and girls

Kuwait: Zain, Kuwait’s leading digital service provider, supported the ‘16 Orange Days’ campaign for the third consecutive year. The initiative aims at raising social awareness of ending violence and discrimination against women and girls in Kuwait by lighting up the company’s HQ buildings in orange along with the nation’s public and private sector organizations to demonstrate Kuwait’s role and efforts in advocating this...

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Switzerland beat Serbia 3-2 to reach World Cup last 16

Doha: Switzerland beat Serbia 3-2 in an incident-packed match on Friday to set up a last-16 meeting with Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal.The Swiss finished second in Group G behind Brazil, whose much-changed side lost 1-0 against Cameroon but the South Americans still go through to play South Korea.

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South Korea reach World Cup last 16 as Uruguay crash out

Doha: South Korea scored a dramatic late goal to beat Portugal 2-1 on Friday and qualify for the World Cup last 16 at Uruguay's expense.Hwang Hee-chan's goal in stoppage time was enough to put the Koreans through to the knockout phase on goals scored, even though Uruguay beat Ghana 2-0 in the other match in Group H.

European Medicines Agency

EU bans cough syrup chemical over severe allergies

The Hague: Cough medicines containing the chemical pholcodine should be banned due to the risk of potentially deadly allergic reactions in people under general anaesthetic, the European Union's drug regulator said Friday.The European Medicines Agency (EMA) recommended that treatments containing pholcodine, which is used in adults and children to treat dry coughs, should be withdrawn from sale."Use of pholcodine in the 12 months before general...

Russian President Vladimir Putin

Putin tells Scholz that Ukraine infrastructure strikes 'inevitable': Kremlin

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin told German counterpart Olaf Scholz on Friday that Moscow's attacks on Ukraine's infrastructure were "inevitable" and accused the West of pursuing "destructive" policies, the Kremlin said."Such measures have become a forced and inevitable response to Kyiv's provocative attacks on Russia's civilian infrastructure," the Kremlin said in a statement following the telephone talks, the first between Putin and...

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Germany crash out of World Cup despite 4-2 defeat of Costa Rica

Al Khor: Germany crashed out of the World Cup at the group stage for the second time in succession despite a 4-2 win against Costa Rica on Thursday.The four-time World Cup winners came into the match needing a win but were also relying on the result of Japan's game with Spain to progress.But the Germans were eliminated due to goal difference as Japan followed up their defeat of Germany with another shock result by beating Spain 2-1.Germany took...

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Morocco, Croatia reach World Cup last 16 as Belgium crash out

DOHA: Morocco powered into the last 16 of the World Cup for the first time in 36 years on Thursday with a 2-1 victory over eliminated Canada. Goals from Hakim Ziyech and Youssef En-Nesyri ensured the North Africans finished top of Group F ahead of 2018 World Cup runners-up Croatia. Morocco, who last reached the knockout stages of the World Cup in 1986, will face the runners-up from Group E in the last 16, with the identity of their opponents...

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Lebanon MPs again fail to fill vacant presidency

Beirut: Lawmakers in crisis-hit Lebanon failed to elect a new on Thursday for an eighth time, despite the deepening impact of the political deadlock on the country's economic woes.Lebanon has been without a head of state for a month after president Michel Aoun left office at the end of October with no successor.Parliament is split between supporters of the powerful Iran-backed Hezbollah movement and its opponents, neither of whom have a clear...

In this file photo Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during the unveiling of the new Tesla Model Y in Hawthorne, California. – AFP

Musk vows interface implants in human brains within six months

San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk said on Wednesday one of his companies would in six months be able to implant a device into a human brain that would allow communication with a computer.The interface, produced by Musk's start-up Neuralink, would allow the user to communicate directly with computers through their thoughts, he said."We've submitted I think most of our paperwork to the FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) and we think...

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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

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