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This screen grab made from video released by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV shows Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang stepping outside China's Tiangong space station in orbit around Earth on November. - AFP photosn
Astronaut becomes first Chinese woman to spacewalk
This screen grab made from video released by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV shows Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang stepping outside China's Tiangong space station in orbit around Earth on November. - AFP photosAstronaut Wang Yaping became the first Chinese woman to walk in space, authorities said Monday, as her team completed a six-hour stint outside the Tiangong space station as part of its ongoing construction. Tiangong-meaning "heavenly...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhemi heads a meeting yesterday, hours after his residence was targeted by a drone attack. – AFP n
Iraqi PM urges restraint after home attacked
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhemi heads a meeting yesterday, hours after his residence was targeted by a drone attack. – AFPBAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhemi escaped unhurt from an "assassination attempt" in which an explosives-packed drone hit his Baghdad residence early yesterday, a new escalation in the country's post-election turmoil. Washington condemned the "apparent act of terrorism" while Iraqi President...
Iranian soldiers participate in a military exercise on the shore of the Sea of Oman in the coastal region of Baluchistan. – AFP n
Iran launches military drills near oil lanes
Iranian soldiers participate in a military exercise on the shore of the Sea of Oman in the coastal region of Baluchistan. – AFPTEHRAN: The Iranian army began yesterday drills in the southwest of the country, near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, where it said a stand-off with the US recently took place. "The exercise of the army of the Islamic Republic of Iran on an area of more than one million square kilometers east of the Strait of Hormuz...
The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso is pictured days before the reopening of the U.S.-Mexico border, in Canutillo, Texas on November 5, 2021. - The U.S.-Mexico border will be reopened to non-essential traffic on Monday November 8, after 18 months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. - AFP
US reopening borders after 20 months
The Outlet Shoppes at El Paso is pictured days before the reopening of the U.S.-Mexico border, in Canutillo. - AFPWASHINGTON: The United States reopens its land and air borders today to foreign visitors fully vaccinated against COVID-19, ending 20 months of restrictions on travel from around the globe that separated families, hobbled tourism and strained diplomatic ties. The ban, imposed by former president Donald Trump in early 2020 and upheld...
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Egypt money pooling apps thriving
CAIRO: An employee at "ElGameya" tech startup uses a computer with the official Facebook page of the application open on a web browser at the company offices on Sept 12, 2021. – AFPCAIRO: Cash-strapped Egyptians fearful of banks have long relied on a "gameya" to access money in time of need, but now tech startups are cashing in on the age-old money-pooling association. Navigating an app with strangers is "easier and safer" than the traditional...
KHARTOUM: Young Sudanese sit on a street barricade built overnight by anti-coup demonstrators in the capital following calls for civil disobedience yesterday. – AFP n
Sudan forces fire tear gas at protests
KHARTOUM: Young Sudanese sit on a street barricade built overnight by anti-coup demonstrators in the capital following calls for civil disobedience yesterday. – AFPKHARTOUM: Sudanese security forces yesterday fired tear gas at multiple anti-coup rallies, with protesters in several cities joining a call for two-days of civil disobedience against last month's military takeover. Hundreds of anti-coup protesters rallied Sunday in the capital...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem. - KUNA photosn
Kuwait Amir congratulates Saudi King on 7th anniversary of assuming office
KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem. - KUNA photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, congratulating him on the 7th anniversary of assuming office. His Highness the Amir praised the brotherly relations that the two countries share and commended all...
KUWAIT: These handout photos provided by the Ministry of Health show helicopters of the Kuwaiti ambulance and medical evacuation fleet.nnnnn
Air ambulance service rescues over 4,500 people in Kuwait
KUWAIT: These handout photos provided by the Ministry of Health show helicopters of the Kuwaiti ambulance and medical evacuation fleet.KUWAIT: Having been launched by the Kuwaiti Health Ministry in the first quarter of 2015, the air ambulance and medical evacuation service has rescued more than 4,500 people. Air medical services are mainly intended to use air transportation, airplane or helicopter and to take patients from accident scenes to...
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Many 60+ workers mull leaving Kuwait for good
By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Many foreign workers aged 60 and above (without university degrees) are still contemplating whether to renew their residencies, wait for some more time or not renew at all. "I am still waiting for clarification about the private health insurance charges. The new rule is that KD 500 must be paid to the immigration department, and around KD 500 to KD 700 to private insurance companies. But many of us in this category are still...
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Kuwait has the right to invest in residents' expertise: KCCI Chief
Mohammad Al-SaqerKUWAIT: Kuwait has invested in the expertise of residents and has the right to continue benefiting from their skills, Chairman of Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Mohammad Al-Saqer said, adding that world studies have proved that the age period between 60 and 70 years are the most productive.The senior official was commenting in a statement yesterday on the Public Authority for Manpower's recent decision to allow...
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Kuwait strongly condemns attempted assassination on Iraq PM
KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday strongly condemned the assassination attempt on Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhemi. The ministry said in a statement that this criminal act does not only target the Prime Minister, but it also targets Iraq's unity and achievements made on all levels, voicing confidence that the Iraqi people are able to face any act that undermines their national unity. It emphasized that Kuwait...
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Australian College of Kuwait hosts 2021 CDIO Asian Regional Meeting
KUWAIT: A screenshot from the meeting.KUWAIT: Under the patronage of Omar Ali Al-Kandari, Acting Secretary-General of the General Secretariat of the Private Universities Council in Kuwait, the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK), successfully hosted the 2021 Conceive-Design-Implement- Operate (CDIO) Asian Regional Meeting virtually. Held for the first time in the Gulf Region, the international meeting took place over the course of three days,...
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This undated imageshows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple) cultured in the laboratory. - AFP
Mpox global health emergency, Kuwait monitoring situation
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VARANASI: Medical students shout slogans and hold posters as they protest the rape and murder of a young medic from Kolkata, in Varanasi on August 15, 2024. -- AFP
Protests sweep India over rape and murder of doctor
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Kuwait Society for Relief’s second relief plane. - KUNA photos
Kuwait sends relief planeload to Sudan
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KUWAIT: People watch pearl diving boats as they arrive at the main beach at the end of the 33rd annual pearl diving festival. Pearl-diving trips are held annually under the patronage of the Kuwaiti Amir in order to keep traditions alive.
Pearl diving trip winds up
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NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honor to mark the country's Independence Day, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2024. -AFP
Modi renews push for common civil code for India