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MP raises questions about secretive Twitter accounts
The National AssemblyBy B IzzakKUWAIT: Leading opposition lawmaker Shuaib Al-Muwaizri yesterday sent a series of questions to Interior Minister Sheikh Thamer Al-Sabah about a number of unidentified Twitter accounts that have been publishing material about a perceived conspiracy in the country. In his questions, Muwaizri sent the names of 10 Twitter accounts that carried mysterious titles and that have been allegedly posting videos and texts,...
Bader Nasser Al-Kharafin
Gulf Cable approves distribution of cash dividends at 50 fils per share
Bader Nasser Al-KharafiKUWAIT: Chairman of Gulf Cable & Electrical Industries Co Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi said the company was able to face the coronavirus pandemic ably and efficiently to meet the demands of the local market in both the public and private sectors. He said Gulf Cable was able to achieve a host of operational achievements that proves its stability and flexible strategy, pointing to the company's continued expansion and diversified...
KUWAIT: Workers prepare iftar meals at a restaurant in Kuwait yesterday. Despite COVID-19 restrictions that saw iftar feasts banned across Kuwait, iftar meals continue to be distributed to people in need during Ramadan. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
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KUWAIT: Workers prepare iftar meals at a restaurant in Kuwait yesterday. Despite COVID-19 restrictions that saw iftar feasts banned across Kuwait, iftar meals continue to be distributed to people in need during Ramadan. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
MEXICO CITY: Rescue workers gather at the site of a metro train accident after an overpass for a metro partially collapsed in Mexico City Monday. - AFPn
23 dead as metro collapses in Mexico
MEXICO CITY: Rescue workers gather at the site of a metro train accident after an overpass for a metro partially collapsed in Mexico City Monday. - AFPMEXICO CITY: An elevated metro line collapsed in the Mexican capital on Monday, leaving at least 23 people dead and dozens injured as a train came plunging down, authorities said. Carriages were seen hanging from the overpass in a tangle of twisted cables with the ends pointing towards the ground...
US President Joe Biden departs after speaking on the American Jobs Plan, following a tour of Tidewater Community College in Norfolk, Virginia - AFP
Biden to allow up to 62,500 refugees into US after criticism
NORFOLK, Virginia: US President Joe Biden departs after speaking on the American Jobs Plan, following a tour of Tidewater Community College in Norfolk, Virginia Monday - AFPWASHINGTON: President Joe Biden announced yesterday, after coming under fierce criticism, that he was raising the maximum number of refugees allowed into the United States this year to 62,500 -- up from the 15,000 cap imposed by his predecessor Donald Trump. The change...
MUMBAI: An elderly man gets inoculated with a dose of Covishield vaccine against the COVID-19 coronavirus at a drive-in vaccination facility in Mumbai yesterday.-AFPn
India virus infections top 20m, top cricket league suspended
MUMBAI: An elderly man gets inoculated with a dose of Covishield vaccine against the COVID-19 coronavirus at a drive-in vaccination facility in Mumbai yesterday. - AFPNEW DELHI: India's coronavirus caseload topped 20 million yesterday as the relentless surge finally forced the suspension of the nation's lucrative cricket competition involving some of the sport's biggest global stars. The South Asian nation's plight was in stark contrast to...
Sadiq Khann
Sadiq Khan: London's feisty mayor fighting for second term
Sadiq KhanLONDON: London Mayor Sadiq Khan, running for re-election tomorrow, has risen from humble roots to spar with prime ministers and presidents since taking charge of the British capital five years ago. The 50-year-old politician from the main opposition Labour party, a former human rights lawyer brought up on a London public housing complex, is firm favorite to be returned to City Hall for a second stint. It will continue a remarkable...
NEW ORLEANS: Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors drives to the basket during the game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. - AFPn
Curry leads Warriors as Pelicans playoff hopes fade
NEW ORLEANS: Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors drives to the basket during the game against the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. - AFPLOS ANGELES: Steph Curry erupted for 41 points as the Golden State Warriors stayed on course for the postseason with a 123-108 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday. Curry's 33rd 30-point game of the season helped the Warriors move to...
BUCHAREST: In this file photograph taken on November 30, 2019, The Euro Trophy stands on the stage during the UEFA Euro 2020 football competition final draw in Bucharest. - AFPnn
UEFA allows 26-player squads for Euro 2020
BUCHAREST: In this file photograph taken on November 30, 2019, The Euro Trophy stands on the stage during the UEFA Euro 2020 football competition final draw in Bucharest. - AFPLAUSANNE: UEFA said yesterday it would allow expanded 26-man squads at Euro 2020, meeting a demand from coaches who feared they could lose players due to coronavirus. European football's governing body said it had agreed the increase from 23 players "to mitigate the risks...
NEW DELHI: A policeman walks outside the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on April 28, 2021 during the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Chennai Superkings with no spectators in attendance due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. - AFP nn
India's IPL cricket suspended over coronavirus
NEW DELHI: A policeman walks outside the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on April 28, 2021 during the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between the Sunrisers Hyderabad and the Chennai Superkings with no spectators in attendance due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. - AFPNEW DELHI: The Indian Premier League, the world's richest Twenty20 cricket tournament, was suspended on Tuesday and its players sent home as India...
Children look at books in the library of an elementary school that was damaged during the fightings that broke out in Ethiopia's Tigray region, in the village of Bisober. - It has been six months since Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops into the country's northernmost Tigray region for a military campaign he vowed would be swift and targeted. nHowever the violence rumbles on and reports continue to emerge of massacres, rape and widespread hunger. - AFP
Tigray war rips thousands of kids from parents
Children look at books in the library of an elementary school that was damaged during the fightings that broke out in Ethiopia's Tigray region, in the village of Bisober. - AFPADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia's Tigray war has separated thousands of children from their parents, and many now face "dire" and dangerous conditions in displacement camps, the charity Save the Children said yesterday. "Many of these children were separated from their parents while...
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaks during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in a virtual session in the capital Riyadh. - Energy giant Saudi Aramco on May 4 posted a 30 percent jump in first quarter profits, in a sign of recovery from last year's oil market crash fuelled by the coronavirus pandemic. - AFP
Aramco Q1 profits jump 30% on oil market recovery
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaks during the Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in a virtual session in the capital Riyadh. - AFPRIYADH: Energy giant Saudi Aramco yesterday posted a 30 percent jump in first quarter profits, beating forecasts in a sign of recovery from last year's oil market crash fueled by the coronavirus pandemic. Aramco said its net profit rose to $21.7 billion in the first three months of the year,...
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GAZA: Palestinians surround bodies lying on the ground at the Al-Maamadani hospital after they were killed in a Zionist strike on a school used as a refuge by displaced Palestinians in Gaza City on Aug 8, 2024. - AFP
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DHAKA: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus (center) takes the oath of office as the chief adviser of Bangladesh's new interim government, administered by President Mohammed Shahabuddin (left) on August 8, 2024. - AFP
Yunus sworn in as Bangladesh leader
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Abdullah Al-Sanousi
Digital nomads: New-age employees freely roaming around ever-changing job market
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Minister of Information and Bahrain's Minister of Tourism sign an executive program of tourism cooperation agreement for 2024, 2025, and 2026. – KUNA photos
Kuwait and Bahrain ink executive program for tourism cooperation
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KUWAIT: Workers take shelter from the sun under a tree in Kuwait City amidst a heatwave. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
‘Inadequate’ heat protection for Gulf migrant workers