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DAKAR: Health workers wearing personal protective gear are seen at the intensive care unit at the Idrissa Pouye de Grand Yoff Hospital, yesterday. - AFPnn
'Catastrophic': Virus batters hospitals in Senegal's capital
DAKAR: Health workers wearing personal protective gear are seen at the intensive care unit at the Idrissa Pouye de Grand Yoff Hospital, yesterday. - AFPDAKAR: Emergency room doctor Babacar Diop, 30, keeps getting interrupted by the ringing of his mobile phone. Relatives of patients in the saturated emergency ward in Fann hospital, in Senegal's seaside capital Dakar, are calling to ask after their loved ones. "The situation is very catastrophic,"...
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Pandemic leaves children orphaned
By Ben GarciaA growing number of babies and children are being left orphaned or with only one parent as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. In Kuwait, the death of a foreign resident can be especially complicated for the young children left behind, if the other parent is also not in the country.Kuwait Times recently learned of two such cases. In one, a young pregnant woman died of the coronavirus while her husband is in the Philippines. The...
TOKYO: China's Chen Yuxi and China's Zhang Jiaqi compete in the women's synchronized 10m platform diving final event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Wednesday. - AFP n
Olympic organizers defend virus measures as Japan cases surge
TOKYO: China's Chen Yuxi and China's Zhang Jiaqi compete in the women's synchronized 10m platform diving final event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Wednesday. - AFPTOKYO: Japan hit a record number of new virus cases yesterday as Tokyo Olympics organizers defended their COVID-19 counter-measures and dismissed any link to the nationwide surge. Olympic organizers reported 24 new infections among Games...
TOKYO: India's P V Sindhu hits a shot to Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt in their women's singles badminton round of 16 match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza yesterday. - AFP n
India badminton star Sindhu finds peace of mind amid expectations
TOKYO: India's P V Sindhu hits a shot to Denmark's Mia Blichfeldt in their women's singles badminton round of 16 match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Musashino Forest Sports Plaza yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: India's badminton superstar P V Sindhu is carrying the hopes of her country's 1.3 billion people, but meditation is helping her stay calm in the eye of the storm. The 26-year-old world champion, who won silver at the 2016 Rio Games,...
TOKYO: USA's Caeleb Dressel celebrates winning to take gold in the final of the men's 100m freestyle swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre yesterday. - AFP n
Dressel crowned sprint king as Chinese women smash record
TOKYO: USA's Caeleb Dressel celebrates winning to take gold in the final of the men's 100m freestyle swimming event during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: US superstar Caeleb Dressel flew faster than Kyle Chalmers to add the Olympic 100m freestyle crown to his two world titles yesterday, as China's women sparked a huge upset with a new world record to win the 4x200m relay. American Dressel missed...
TOKYO: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates defeating Japan's Kei Nishikori during their Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games men's singles quarterfinal tennis match at the Ariake Tennis Park yesterday. - AFP n
Djokovic says he's 'getting better' after cruising into Olympic semis
TOKYO: Serbia's Novak Djokovic celebrates defeating Japan's Kei Nishikori during their Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games men's singles quarterfinal tennis match at the Ariake Tennis Park yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Novak Djokovic said he is "getting better and better" after easing into the Tokyo Olympics men's tennis semi-finals yesterday with a straight-sets thrashing of Japanese hope Kei Nishikori. The world number one, chasing a calendar Golden Grand Slam,...
LIVERPOOL: In this file photo taken on April 15, 2019, people gather in front of the Hillsborough memorial outside Liverpool Football Club's main stand at Anfield to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Hillsborough football stadium disaster. - AFP n
UK Hillsborough stadium tragedy claims 97th victim
LIVERPOOL: In this file photo taken on April 15, 2019, people gather in front of the Hillsborough memorial outside Liverpool Football Club's main stand at Anfield to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Hillsborough football stadium disaster. - AFPLONDON: The number of Liverpool fans unlawfully killed in the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster has risen to 97, after a coroner's ruling on the death of a man injured in the crush. Andrew Devine...
MACUNGIE, US: US President Joe Biden arrives to speak about American manufacturing and the American workforce after touring the Mack Trucks Lehigh Valley Operations Manufacturing Facility in Macungie, Pennsylvania. - AFPn
Biden hails US infrastructure cash bonanza
MACUNGIE, US: US President Joe Biden arrives to speak about American manufacturing and the American workforce after touring the Mack Trucks Lehigh Valley Operations Manufacturing Facility in Macungie, Pennsylvania. - AFPWASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden announced Wednesday a deal with senators on a massive infrastructure package that would pump historic levels of federal funding into fixing US roads, bridges and waterways and expand clean...
Tencent's entertainment empire faced a new setback on Saturday after the State Administration for Market Regulation ruled that the company must give up its exclusive rights deals with music labels after violating antitrust laws.n
With market-trembling rules, China cracks down on big firms
Tencent's entertainment empire faced a new setback on Saturday after the State Administration for Market Regulation ruled that the company must give up its exclusive rights deals with music labels after violating antitrust laws. - AFPBEIJING: With market-trembling new rules and investigations, Beijing's crackdown on its most prominent companies has seeped into nearly every aspect of modern life, wiping billions of dollars from Chinese and Hong...
WASHINGTON: In this file photo, US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. - AFPn
US economy showing progress but 'not fully recovered': Fed
WASHINGTON: In this file photo, US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. - AFPWASHINGTON: The US economic recovery is showing signs of progress, but the Federal Reserve said Wednesday it is not yet ready to end the easy money policies it implemented as the pandemic began last year. Widespread vaccinations have helped boost business...
KUWAIT - DECEMBER 12: Welcome to Kuwait sign outside of the Kuwait International Airport. December 12, 2014 in Kuwait City, Middle East
As airport set to reopen for residents, challenges remain for unvaccinated
By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Kuwait International Airport will reopen from August 1, and many residents stranded in various countries around the world are expected to return. But there are many challenges ahead for some of those stuck in Dubai. Kuwait has implemented a no-vaccine-no entry policy for those who are returning, requiring all residents to be fully vaccinated with jabs recognized by Kuwait - namely Pfizer-BioNTech, Oxford-AstraZeneca, Johnson...
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Al-Razi Hospital Tower vital in treating COVID-19
Al-Razi Hospital TowerKUWAIT: Al-Razi Hospital Tower became one of the Kuwaiti health system's main facilities to help fight COVID-19 cases, especially emergency cases. The Tower includes an integrated medical team for intensive and internal care, as well as cardiologists, lung, dialysis and physiotherapy doctors. In remarks to KUNA yesterday, the health ministry COVID-19 team leader Dr Hashem Al-Hashemi said that the plan of using Al-Razi Tower...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Sheikh Salem Al-Ali passes away
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BELFAST: Protestors attend a "unity over division" protest called to oppose an anti immigration demonstration in Northern Ireland on Aug 9, 2024. - AFP
N Ireland violence shocks Muslims amid sectarianism
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GAZA: People inspect the damage in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood following Zionist bombardment on August 11, 2024. — AFP
US orders nuclear submarine to Mideast
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DHAKA: A Hindu shopkeeper (left) helps a woman put on a traditional conch shell bangle at a shop selling traditional prayer items in Shakhari Bazar, a Hindu majority area, in Dhaka on August 9, 2024. — AFP
Misinformation from India, vandalism frighten Hindus in Bangladesh
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Kuwait mourns Al-Sabah Family patriarch, KNG Chief Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah