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BEIRUT: A patient receives treatment at the Rafic Hariri University Hospital on Friday. - AFP n
Lebanon 'can't handle next COVID wave'
BEIRUT: A patient receives treatment at the Rafic Hariri University Hospital on Friday. - AFPBEIRUT: Lebanon's deepening economic crisis has piled pressure on hospitals, leaving them ill-equipped to face any new wave of the coronavirus, a top hospital director has warned. Already struggling with shortages of medicine and an exodus of staff abroad, the country's health facilities are now also having to contend with almost round-the-clock power...
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India's lunchbox men battle food delivery startups
MUMBAI: "Dabbawala" Sunil Shinde speaks on his phone after collecting an order from a restaurant on June 22, 2021. - AFPMUMBAI: After the pandemic shut offices and put Mumbai's renowned lunchbox deliverymen out of work, the 130-year-old "dabbawala" network has tied up with a trendy restaurant chain to take on India's billion-dollar startups. For two decades, neither terror attacks nor monsoon deluges could stop Kailash Shinde from delivering hot...
MAHARASHTRA: This handout photo taken on Friday by the Indian Navy shows areas inundated with flood water after heavy monsoon rains in Raigad district of Maharashtra. - AFPn
Kuwait's Amir, Crown Prince, Premier condole with India on deadly floods
MAHARASHTRA: This handout photo taken on Friday by the Indian Navy shows areas inundated with flood water after heavy monsoon rains in Raigad district of Maharashtra. - AFPKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah has addressed a cable of condolences to Indian President Ram Nath Kovind expressing deep condolences and sincere solace on death of people in the floods that ravaged the Indian State of Maharashtra. His...
This photo provided by the Kuwait Olympic Committee shows Kuwaiti athletes participating in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. - AFPnn
Lara Dashti becomes Kuwait's first woman Olympic flagbearer
This photo provided by the Kuwait Olympic Committee shows Kuwaiti athletes participating in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. - AFPTOKYO: Swimmer Lara Dashti became Kuwait's first female athlete to have ever lifted her country's flag at an Olympic opening ceremony as she took part in the event alongside fellow men's shooter Talal Al-Rashidi at the Tokyo 2020 Games on Friday. The illustrious sporting event has allowed two competitors to carry their...
KUWAIT: An Environment Public Authority team is pictured during an inspection tour. - KUNAn
Beaches, islands 'ideal destinations' after COVID-19 restrictions
KUWAIT: An Environment Public Authority team is pictured during an inspection tour. - KUNAKUWAIT: Chalets, beaches and islands in Kuwait have become an ideal tourist destination and gateway for people to be entertained locally due to COVID-19 lockdowns and fears of its variants. Kuwait witnessed a significant increase in rental chalet prices since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic due to government precautionary measures to combat the virus and...
Dr Mishal Al-Rubaien
Youth authority concludes female engineers training
Dr Mishal Al-RubaieKUWAIT: Kuwait's Public Authority for Youth (PAY) concluded yesterday the fourth edition of the training program for female engineers, which aims to empower women and qualify them to work in the private sector. In a press release upon the occasion, the Director General of PAY Dr Mishal Al-Rubaie said that part of the female graduates would be employed in LIMAK.Some of the graduates obtained the Technology and Business...
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KRCS sends medical shipment to Nepal
KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) announced sending medical devices and supplies to Nepal Republic to combat the coronavirus. KRCS Secretary General Maha Al-Barjas said in a statement to the press that Nepal's Red Cross Society will receive the aid, which will be urgently transferred to hospitals.Nepalese ambassador to Kuwait Durga Bhandari expressed her deep thanks to Kuwait and KRCS in sending the shipment of medical devices, praising...
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Kuwaiti charity donates meat to refugees in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: Kuwait's International Islamic Charitable Organization (IICO) disturbed sacrificial meat to thousands of Muslim refugees in Malaysia during Eid Al-Adha, within its 'your sacrifices are joy for them' project launched in cooperation with the Malaysian Medical Relief Society (MERCY).The Secretary-General of MERCY Professor Hosni Ahmed said that the project was fully funded by IICO, praising their charitable efforts, Kuwait's leadership...
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Lead urologist says ureteroscopy 'safe'
Dr Mohammad Al-GhanimKUWAIT: Head of the urology unit at Jaber Armed Forces Hospital Dr Mohammad Al-Ghanim said ureteroscopy is considered a safe procedure based on scientific studies. The ureteroscope is a small device fitted with a lens and a tool to fragment kidney stones then get the fragments out, he said in a press statement. He said the procedure can be done under general or regional anesthesia, adding that the procedure is generally a...
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Co-op society evacuated due to warehouse fire
KUWAIT: Firemen put out a blaze at a Rawda Co-op Society warehouse Friday night. Shuhada and Hawally Fire Stations headed to the scene in response to an emergency call. The supermarket was evacuated as a precautionary measure, Kuwait Fire Force said, noting that no injuries were reported.
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Five hurt in Wafra crash
KUWAIT: Five people were injured in a two-vehicle collision reported yesterday in Wafra. One of the victims was rushed to hospital in a critical condition while the rest were also hospitalized, Kuwait Fire Force said. Wafra Fire Station men dealt with the accident which took place on Road 500 in Wafra's agricultural area, it explained. An investigation was opened into the accident.
KUWAIT: The sun sets between transmission towers in Kuwait. Kuwait recorded a maximum temperature of 49 C degrees yesterday, as power consumption continues to grow in the country throughout the summer. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
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KUWAIT: The sun sets between transmission towers in Kuwait. Kuwait recorded a maximum temperature of 49 C degrees yesterday, as power consumption continues to grow in the country throughout the summer. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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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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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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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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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Kuwait mourns Al-Sabah Family patriarch, KNG Chief Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah