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Lebanon invites Saudis for talks
BEIRUT: Lebanon yesterday called for talks with Saudi Arabia to ease a spiraling diplomatic row sparked by remarks made by a Lebanese minister on the Yemen war. "Lebanon invites Saudi Arabia to engage in dialogue to solve all outstanding problems and not just the latest spat, so that the same crisis is not repeated every time," Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib, told AFP.On Friday, Saudi Arabia gave Lebanon's ambassador 48 hours to leave the...
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Moroccans rally against COVID health pass
RABAT: Hundreds of people demonstrated Sunday across Morocco to protest against a government-imposed coronavirus health pass, AFP reporters and local media reported. In Rabat, police officers, some in plain clothes, broke up an unauthorized gathering in the center of the capital and detained some participants, an AFP reporter said.Youth from the hundreds of protesters who had staged the sit-in hurled projectiles at security forces. In the...
SHANGHAI: Medical personnel prepare to test visitors for the COVID-19 coronavirus at Disneyland in Shanghai after a single coronavirus case was detected at the park on the weekend. – AFP n
COVID death toll nears 5 million
SHANGHAI: Medical personnel prepare to test visitors for the COVID-19 coronavirus at Disneyland in Shanghai after a single coronavirus case was detected at the park on the weekend. – AFPPARIS: With the world poised to hit more than five million people officially dead from the coronavirus, experts tell AFP the pandemic's future path will depend greatly on vaccinations.How many dead?The true number of fatalities is believed to be far higher than...
MOSCOW: Medics wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) work in the intensive care unit for COVID-19 coronavirus patients in the Moscow Sklifosovsky emergency hospital. - AFP n
Russia warns of strain on doctors as COVID spreads
MOSCOW: Medics wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) work in the intensive care unit for COVID-19 coronavirus patients in the Moscow Sklifosovsky emergency hospital. - AFPMOSCOW: Russian authorities said yesterday that doctors were under "extraordinary" strain due to surging coronavirus cases in Europe's worst-hit country, with Moscow shuttered during a nationwide holiday to curb infections. The capital was quiet on the first morning of...
SYDNEY: Families walk out of the arrivals hall at Sydney's International Airport yesterday, as Australia's international border reopened almost 600 days after a pandemic closure began. - AFP n
Flowers, cheers and tears as Australia's border reopens
SYDNEY: Families walk out of the arrivals hall at Sydney's International Airport yesterday, as Australia's international border reopened almost 600 days after a pandemic closure began. - AFPSYDNEY: Australia's international border reopened yesterday almost 600 days after a pandemic closure began, sparking emotional scenes at Sydney airport as loved ones reunited. Shortly after dawn, bleary-eyed passengers began to trickle into the arrivals...
HAIRATAN: Taleban members stand on the Afghanistan-Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge in Hairatan, about 82 kms north of Mazar-i-Sharif. - AFP n
Uzbek traders learn to do business with the Taleban
HAIRATAN: Taleban members stand on the Afghanistan-Uzbekistan Friendship Bridge in Hairatan, about 82 kms north of Mazar-i-Sharif. - AFPTERMEZ: As lorries arrive in bursts of dust at a logistics hub in Uzbekistan's southern city of Termez, squatting drivers share complaints about how trade has suffered since the Taleban seized power next-door. "Before, our journey there and back took three days, now we are there for a week," said Rafik Khujakov,...
ISLAMABAD: Children play cricket in an empty road blocked by containers (unseen) placed by authorities in Islamabad – and to stop protesters called by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) demanding the release of their leader Hafiz Saad Hussain Rizvi, son of late Khadim Hussain Rizvi, founder of TLP. – AFP n
Pakistani Islamists call off rally after government talks
ISLAMABAD: Children play cricket in an empty road blocked by containers (unseen) placed by authorities in Islamabad – and to stop protesters called by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) demanding the release of their leader Hafiz Saad Hussain Rizvi, son of late Khadim Hussain Rizvi, founder of TLP. – AFPISLAMABAD: A banned Pakistani Islamist party yesterday called off a march to the capital and ended its occupation of a major highway after...
KOLKATA: Commuters walk along a railway platform after stepping out from a suburban local train in Kolkata yesterday as the train services resumed normalcy after plying with restrictions imposed earlier to curb the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus. – AFP n
COVID compared with other deadly viruses
KOLKATA: Commuters walk along a railway platform after stepping out from a suburban local train in Kolkata yesterday as the train services resumed normalcy after plying with restrictions imposed earlier to curb the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus. – AFPPARIS: The global death toll from COVID-19, which is set to pass five million, is already far worse than most other viral epidemics of the 20th and 21st centuries. But there have been notable...
OTOPENI: Medical personnel help transfer a COVID-19 patient onto a German military airplane yesterday in Otopeni, Romania. Six Romanian patients with severe cases of COVID-19 have been transferred to Germany for treatment. - AFP n
Soaring COVID rate prompts fresh fears in Germany
OTOPENI: Medical personnel help transfer a COVID-19 patient onto a German military airplane yesterday in Otopeni, Romania. Six Romanian patients with severe cases of COVID-19 have been transferred to Germany for treatment. - AFPBERLIN: Germany's COVID-19 incidence rate surged to over 150 for the first time since May yesterday, prompting concerns of a rampant fourth wave as the country wrestles with a change of government. The number of new...
BALMORAL: In this file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is greeted by Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales as she arrives at the Balmoral Cricket Pavilion.- AFP n
Queen seen driving, easing health fears
BALMORAL: In this file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is greeted by Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales as she arrives at the Balmoral Cricket Pavilion.- AFPLONDON: Queen Elizabeth II was spotted at the wheel of a car at Windsor Castle yesterday, British media reported, allaying fears for her health after she skipped the UK-hosted COP26 summit on doctors' advice. The 95-year-old was seen alone in a green Jaguar estate she uses to...
KUWAIT: A bird is seen flying over the sun during sunset in Kuwait yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat n
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KUWAIT: A bird is seen flying over the sun during sunset in Kuwait yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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Boursa Kuwait announces net profits of KD 11.7m for period ended 30 Sept 2021
KUWAIT: In a meeting of its board members yesterday, Boursa Kuwait announced that total operating revenue reached KD 22.2 million for the nine-month period ended 30 September 2021, an increase of 67.4 percent compared to the same period in 2020. The total operating revenue was approximately KD 13.2 million. Net operating profit also increased, by almost 88 percent from KD 7.1 million to KD 13.4 million. The robust performance was underpinned by...
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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