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KRCS distributes food in Lebanon on Ramadan
BEIRUT: Kuwait Red Crescent is handing out food packages to 75,000 people in Lebanon, including nationals along with Syrian and Palestinian refugees, during the holy month of Ramadan, an official said yesterday.The distribution of the parcels, which contain "essential food rations," is being carried out cooperatively by KRCS and Lebanese Red Cross volunteers throughout the country, head of the organization's Lebanon mission Musaed Al-Enezi...
In this file photo taken on April 04, 2017 an unconscious Syrian child receives treatment at a hospital in Khan Sheikhun, a rebel-held town in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, following a suspected toxic gas attack. -- AFPn
Syria faces sanctions over 'gas attacks'
In this file photo taken on April 04, 2017 an unconscious Syrian child receives treatment at a hospital in Khan Sheikhun, a rebel-held town in the northwestern Syrian Idlib province, following a suspected toxic gas attack. - AFPTHE HAGUE: World powers urged the global chemical weapons watchdog yesterday to hit Syria with unprecedented sanctions for alleged toxic gas attacks and for failing to declare its arsenal. Syria faces the loss of its...
A handout photograph taken and released by Georgian Presidential Press Service Monday shows the European Council President Charles Michel on a screen as participants attend a meeting with Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili over the signature of a deal to end the current political crisis in Georgia. – AFPn
Georgia ruling party, opposition sign EU-led pact to end crisis
A handout photograph taken and released by Georgian Presidential Press Service Monday shows the European Council President Charles Michel on a screen as participants attend a meeting with Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili over the signature of a deal to end the current political crisis in Georgia. – AFPTBILISI, Georgia: Georgia's ruling party and the opposition signed an EU-mediated agreement to end a months-long political crisis that...
People walk down a street of Port-au-Prince on April 12, 2021. (Photo by Valerie Baeriswyl / AFP)
50 years after Papa Doc, Haiti democracy still work in progress
People walk down a street of Port-au-Prince. Half a century has passed since the April 1971 death of the elder Duvalier but Haiti is still struggling to achieve democracy. - AFPPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: When Haitian strongman Francois Duvalier died, his subjects had no choice on their next president-his 19-year-old son took over. The vote to approve him as successor was officially 2,391,916 to zero. Half a century has passed since the April 1971...
MENLO PARK, California: In this file photo taken on Oct 23, 2019 a giant digital sign is seen at Facebook's corporate headquarters campus. - AFP n
Facebook unveils audio push, adds podcasts
MENLO PARK, California: In this file photo taken on Oct 23, 2019 a giant digital sign is seen at Facebook's corporate headquarters campus. - AFPSAN FRANCISCO: Facebook on Monday said it is adding podcasts and "live audio rooms" in a push to get people talking and take on the fast-growing audio-based app Clubhouse. "We think a lot of magic happens at the intersection of audio formats, as well as at the confluence of text, audio and video,"...
SHANGHAI: A Haval HEV car is seen during the 19th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition yesterday. - AFP n
China stampede into electric cars sparks auto buzz
SHANGHAI: A Haval HEV car is seen during the 19th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition yesterday. - AFPSHANGHAI: Thought Big Tech was taking over your life through smartphones? It may be coming for your car next as Chinese firms lead a stampede into auto manufacturing in their battle for more consumers. Cars are the next major prize in the battle for digital territory, industry insiders say, and the deep pockets and data muscle...
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Dubai leasing firm buys Boeing's troubled MAX jets
RENTON, Washington: In this file photograph taken on Dec 8, 2015, Boeing's first 737 MAX named the "Spirit of Renton" is parked on the tarmac at the Boeing factory. - AFPPARIS: US plane builder Boeing said yesterday that it had sold 15 of its troubled 737 MAX jets to Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, a leasing company, for an undisclosed amount. Worth around $1.8 billion at list prices, it was "the first direct 737 MAX purchase from Boeing" by DAE,...
A Toyota C-HR EV electric car is seen during the 19th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition in Shanghai on April 19, 2021. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
Hybrid leader Toyota turns on electrics
SHANGHAI: A Toyota C-HR EV electric car is seen during the 19th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition on Monday. - AFPSHANGHAI: Toyota, which pioneered hybrid cars, unveiled Monday plans for its first global line-up of battery electric vehicles as other carmakers have pulled ahead in electrification. The Japanese automaker announced at the Shanghai motor show its future bZ line, or Beyond Zero, which should see seven models...
This handout file photograph taken and released by French pharmaceutical subcontracting firm Delpharm shows vials being filled with the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on a production line at the Delpharm plant in Saint-Remy-sur-Avre, northern France. - AFPn
EU will have vaccine doses for 70% of adults by mid-July
This handout file photograph taken and released by French pharmaceutical subcontracting firm Delpharm shows vials being filled with the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on a production line at the Delpharm plant in Saint-Remy-sur-Avre, northern France. - AFPPARIS: The EU will have enough COVID-19 vaccine doses to cover 70 percent of its adult population by mid-July due to higher production within the bloc, a senior official said yesterday....
SURAT, Gujarat: Bodies of patients who lost their lives to the COVID-19 coronavirus disease kept on funeral pyres during a mass cremation at a crematorium. - AFPn
Crematoriums buckle as dead pile up in India
SURAT, Gujarat: Bodies of patients who lost their lives to the COVID-19 coronavirus disease kept on funeral pyres during a mass cremation at a crematorium. - AFPNEW DELHI: A summer storm is buffeting New Delhi as Mohammed Shamim wearily pauses to glance at yet another ambulance arriving with a coronavirus victim to bury, just minutes after the last. The gravedigger's grim workload, like those of others around India, has grown dramatically in the...
AL-RAYYAN: In this file photo taken on February 11, 2021 a sanitation worker sprays disinfectants on the goal post following the FIFA Club World Cup 3rd place football match between Egypt's Al-Ahly vs Brazil's Palmeiras at the Education City Stadium in the Qatari city of Ar-Rayyan. - AFPnn
Qatar defies virus, presses on with major sport events
AL-RAYYAN: In this file photo taken on February 11, 2021 a sanitation worker sprays disinfectants on the goal post following the FIFA Club World Cup 3rd place football match between Egypt's Al-Ahly vs Brazil's Palmeiras at the Education City Stadium in the Qatari city of Ar-Rayyan. - AFPDOHA: Qatar has defied soaring coronavirus numbers to stage high-profile sporting events, serving as a test bed ahead of the Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 World...
MONTREUX: In this handout photograph released by UEFA yesterday, FIFA president Gianni Infantino addresses the UEFA Congress in Montreux. - AFPn
FIFA vows 'consequences' for Super League clubs as backlash intensifies
MONTREUX: In this handout photograph released by UEFA yesterday, FIFA president Gianni Infantino addresses the UEFA Congress in Montreux. - AFPMONTREUX: FIFA president Gianni Infantino yesterday warned that clubs involved in the European Super League could face "consequences", as the backlash built against the deeply divisive plans. Infantino leant his support to European football's governing body as it attempts to quash an initiative that...
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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
Iran says Zionists seeking war
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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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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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Kuwaiti Ambassador to China Jasem Ibrahem Al-Najem with Standing Committee of National Committee of Political Consultative Conference member Cai Guanxin.
China highlights growing investment opportunities in Kuwait