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Restaurants, coffee shops open for public
Dr Basel Al-SabahKUWAIT: Restaurants and coffee shops opened yesterday for customers after a long period of closure. The Kuwait Cabinet has decided to reopen all eateries provided customers abide by health precautionary measures against COVID-19 and conduct temperature checks. Dining inside restaurants and cafes is allowed from 5:00 am to 8:00 pm, after which only takeaways and delivery orders are accepted.The Ministry of Health had announced...
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Fireman dies after battling blaze
KUWAIT: Fireman Maj Abdulaziz Al-Dawas from Salmiya fire brigade died a few hours after volunteering to deal with a fire in his neighbor's house in Bayan. Investigations are being held to find out whether the fire caused the death or if it was of natural causes. Retired Maj Gen Khalil Al-Amir said it is possible smoke inhalation caused the death. He said Dawas noticed the fire on the roof of his neighbor's house, and although he was off-duty, he...
KUWAIT: MPs mill about at the National Assembly after the government boycotted the parliamentary session yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat n
Govt boycotts grilling session, MP files to grill prime minister
KUWAIT: MPs mill about at the National Assembly after the government boycotted the parliamentary session yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy B IzzakKUWAIT: The government yesterday boycotted a special session demanded by MPs to debate grillings against three ministers. The premier and all Cabinet members did not attend the session. National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem adjourned the session immediately, saying he was informed that the...
Rescuers carry equipment as they search for runners competing in a 100-km cross-country mountain race near Baiyin in China's northwestern Gansu province on Saturday. - AFP n
Extreme weather kills 21 runners during China race
Rescuers carry equipment as they search for runners competing in a 100-km cross-country mountain race near Baiyin in China's northwestern Gansu province on Saturday. - AFPBEIJING: Twenty-one people were killed after hail, freezing rain and high winds hit runners taking part in a cross-country mountain race in China, state media said yesterday. The extreme weather struck a high-altitude section of the 100-km race held in the scenic Yellow River...
Rescuers are seen near a cable car that crashed to the ground in the resort town of Stresa on the shores of Lake Maggiore in the Piedmont region of Italy yesterday. - AFP n
Cable car accident kills 13 in Italy
Rescuers are seen near a cable car that crashed to the ground in the resort town of Stresa on the shores of Lake Maggiore in the Piedmont region of Italy yesterday. - AFPROME: Thirteen people died and two children were seriously injured yesterday when a cable car slammed into the side of a mountain in northern Italy, emergency services said. The toll could rise further from the accident in Stresa, a resort town on the shores of Lake Maggiore in...
GAZA: Maysa Abu al-Awf plays with her brother Ahmad and sister Maram at their grandfather's home in Gaza City on May 20, 2021, after their home was demolished in a Zionist strike. - AFP n
Traumatized Gaza children 'scared of dying'
GAZA: Maysa Abu al-Awf plays with her brother Ahmad and sister Maram at their grandfather's home in Gaza City on May 20, 2021, after their home was demolished in a Zionist strike. - AFPGAZA: When a Zionist air strike targeted a security office near her home in Gaza this month, 10-year-old Zeina Dabous frantically scribbled a note and slipped it under her mother's pillow. "Mummy, my love, I am very very scared. If we all die, put us in the same...
GAZA CITY: Palestinian women pose for a 'selfie' picture in front of a demolished building in the Al-Remal commercial district in Gaza City, recently targeted by Israeli air strikes, yesterday. -AFPnn
UN urges 'political process' in Mideast
GAZA CITY: Palestinian women pose for a 'selfie' picture in front of a demolished building in the Al-Remal commercial district in Gaza City, recently targeted by Israeli air strikes, yesterday. - AFPGAZA CITY: A UN official in war-battered Gaza yesterday called for a "genuine political process" to avert further bloodshed after the military conflict staged by Zionist forces on Gaza Strip and West Bank that ravaged the Palestinian enclave. As...
GOMA, Dr Congo: This general view taken from Tchegera Island outsoide Goma on the lake Kivu in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo shows flame spewing from the Nyiragongo volcano.-AFP n
Goma city 'spared' as river of lava from DRC volcano halts
GOMA, Dr Congo: This general view taken from Tchegera Island outsoide Goma on the lake Kivu in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo shows flame spewing from the Nyiragongo volcano. - AFPGOMA, DR Congo: A river of boiling lava came to a halt on the outskirts of Goma yesterday, sparing the city in eastern DR Congo from disaster after the nighttime eruption of Mount Nyiragongo sent thousands of terrified residents fleeing in panic. Fire and...
Former journalist Tarun Tejpal (right) leaves after being acquitted in the sexual assault case, at the district court of Mapusa in Goa.-AFPn
Former magazine editor acquitted of rape in India
Former journalist Tarun Tejpal (right) leaves after being acquitted in the sexual assault case, at the district court of Mapusa in Goa. - AFPPANAJI: An Indian court Friday acquitted the former editor of a leading news magazine accused of raping a female colleague seven years ago in a high-profile case that made headlines across the country. Tarun Tejpal was acquitted of charges of rape, sexual harassment and wrongful restraint, public prosecutor...
ATHENS: Local residents look at a forest fire near the village of Pefkaneas, west of Athens.—AFPn
Greek firefighters control forest fire near Athens
ATHENS: Local residents look at a forest fire near the village of Pefkaneas, west of Athens. — AFPATHENS: Greek firefighters said yesterday they were slowly bringing under control a major forest fire in a nature conservation area near Athens as the government promised financial aid to those affected. No injuries have been reported so far in Greece's first big forest fire of the summer, but around a dozen houses have been destroyed or damaged...
DHAKA: Journalists and colleagues of the investigative journalist Rozina Islam (not pictured) protest in Dhaka following her arrest on accusation of stealing documents and taking images by the health ministry.-AFPn
Bangladesh journalist granted bail
DHAKA: Journalists and colleagues of the investigative journalist Rozina Islam (not pictured) protest in Dhaka following her arrest on accusation of stealing documents and taking images by the health ministry. - AFPDHAKA: A leading Bangladesh journalist critical of the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic was granted bail yesterday, after her detention sparked days of nationwide protests. Rozina Islam, 42, an investigative reporter for...
PEMBA: A woman carries her belongings off a boat as she arrives at Paquitequete beach in Pemba after fleeing Palma by boat with forty nine other people. - AFPn
Two months after Palma raid, Mozambicans still on the run
PEMBA: A woman carries her belongings off a boat as she arrives at Paquitequete beach in Pemba after fleeing Palma by boat with forty nine other people. - AFPPEMBA, Mozambique: A constant nervous smile on Julia Francisco's face masks the anguish of fleeing extremist militants roaming northern Mozambique, then giving birth on a boat sailing in rough Indian ocean waters. Relieved to be now safe in Pemba, the capital city of northern Cabe Delgado...
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Summer enters its final stages
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VINHEDO, Brazil: An aerial view of the wreckage of an airplane that crashed with 62 people on board on Aug 10, 2024. - AFP
Brazil plane crash kills 62
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People walk past a poster of slain Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital Tehran on August 10, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. - AFP
Guards get new arms as Iran vows to punish Zionists
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Price of image over true value