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US weighs 1-m distancing rule, a major change

WASHINGTON: The United States' top pandemic advisor said yesterday that authorities were considering cutting social distancing rules to three feet (one meter), a move that would change a key tenet of the global fight against COVID-19. Anthony Fauci, a world-respected figure during the coronavirus crisis, said experts at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) were examining a Massachusetts study that found "no substantial difference" in COVID cases...

KUWAIT: Central Circle Company CEO Dr Ziad Al-Alyan (right) receives the certificate. n

Central Circle granted 'Good Distribution Practices' certificate

KUWAIT: Central Circle Company CEO Dr Ziad Al-Alyan (right) receives the certificate.KUWAIT: Central Circle Company was granted a new accreditation certificate for 'Good Distribution Practices' according to World Health Organization standards (WHO-GDP) following its successful completion of quality assessment and certification audits.The certificate was received on behalf of Central Circle Company by CEO Dr Ziad Al-Alyan; in the presence of...

KUWAIT: KNPC CEO Walid Al-Badr (right) and OAPEC Secretary General Ali bin Sabt sign the deal. - KUNAn

OAPEC, KNPC ink cooperation deal

KUWAIT: KNPC CEO Walid Al-Badr (right) and OAPEC Secretary General Ali bin Sabt sign the deal. - KUNAKUWAIT: The Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) and Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) signed yesterday a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation in research and overhauling the oil sector and digital services. Walid Al-Badr, the KNPC Chief Executive Officer, who inked the memo along with OAPEC Secretary...

(From left) Nazem Al-Ghabra, Mijbil Al-Ayoub, Dana Al-Othman, Sheikha Bibi Al-Sabah, Abdulaziz Al-Babtain and Fadi Qaawar.n

Ooredoo Kuwait celebrates Int'l Women's Day

(From left) Nazem Al-Ghabra, Mijbil Al-Ayoub, Dana Al-Othman, Sheikha Bibi Al-Sabah, Abdulaziz Al-Babtain and Fadi Qaawar.KUWAIT: Driven by their strong belief in the effective role of women, being the pillars of society, Ooredoo Telecom, the first to introduce innovative digital services in Kuwait, in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), UN migration agency in Kuwait, launched a series of psychosocial support...

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Over 102 million healthcare records exposed by cyberattacks in 2020

COLUMBIA, Maryland: Analysis by Tenable's Security Response Team (SRT) has determined that over 102 million healthcare records were exposed in 2020 as a result of data breaches. Almost three million health records have already been exposed in the first two months of 2021. The threat to healthcare should come as no surprise, given the growing demand for telehealth appointments, medical supplies and a race for vaccine development and...

Bakri Al-Debs, a 29-year-old Syrian medic and an amputee below the knee, poses for a picture in the town of Ihsim in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province while holding a picture of himself in a similar pose from ten years prior at Tishrin University in Latakia.-AFPn

10 years of Syria war killed over 388,000

Bakri Al-Debs, a 29-year-old Syrian medic and an amputee below the knee, poses for a picture in the town of Ihsim in Syria's rebel-held northwestern Idlib province while holding a picture of himself in a similar pose from ten years prior at Tishrin University in Latakia.-AFPBEIRUT: The overall death toll for Syria's civil war has reached 388,652 since it began a decade ago this month, a war monitor said yesterday. The Britain-based Syrian...

IDLIB, Syria: Abderrazaq Khatoun, helps his 11 orphaned grandchildren with their school work, inside a tent in an encampment in the village of Harbanoush, in the northern countryside of Syria's northwestern province of Idlib.-AFPn

Syria's 'father of the martyrs' raises orphaned grandchildren

IDLIB, Syria: Abderrazaq Khatoun, helps his 11 orphaned grandchildren with their school work, inside a tent in an encampment in the village of Harbanoush, in the northern countryside of Syria's northwestern province of Idlib.-AFPHARBANOUSH, Syria: Syria's war robbed 83-year-old Abderrazaq Khatoun of 13 of his children and one of his wives, but he was forced to overcome his grief quickly to raise 11 orphaned grandchildren. In an encampment in...

YANGON: Protesters sit on a makeshift barricade erected to deter security forces during demonstrations against the military coup in Yangon yesterday.-AFPn

Myanmar 'shadow' parliament urges united opposition to coup

YANGON: Protesters sit on a makeshift barricade erected to deter security forces during demonstrations against the military coup in Yangon yesterday.-AFPYANGON: Anti-coup demonstrators pushed on with protests yesterday as Myanmar neared its seventh week under military rule, as a group of MPs in hiding urge them to move with "invincibility" to overcome the nation's "darkest moment". The country has been in turmoil since the military ousted...

LOUISVILLE, KY: A group of protesters are illuminated by emergency lights from Louisville Metro Police Department vehicles after the Breonna Taylor memorial events on Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky. - AFPn

US protesters seek justice for Breonna Taylor

LOUISVILLE, KY: A group of protesters are illuminated by emergency lights from Louisville Metro Police Department vehicles after the Breonna Taylor memorial events on Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky. - AFPLOUISVILLE, United States: Demonstrators demanded justice and police reforms on Saturday as they marched on the one-year anniversary of the death of Breonna Taylor, a young Black woman mistakenly shot and killed by officers during a raid of...

TRIPOLI: Libya's interim prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah drinks coffee as he arrives to deliver a speech at a national conference on the COVID-19 pandemic, at a conference hall in the capital Tripoli, on Saturday.-AFPnn

New Libya PM slams outgoing govt over COVID

TRIPOLI: Libya's interim prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah drinks coffee as he arrives to deliver a speech at a national conference on the COVID-19 pandemic, at a conference hall in the capital Tripoli, on Saturday.-AFPTRIPOLI: Libya's interim prime minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah criticised on Saturday the outgoing government's management of the coronavirus outbreak and the delayed delivery of vaccines, promising to tackle the crisis. "The people...

Floods and ashfall from rumbling volcano Sangay have destroyed around 60,000 hectares (150,000 acres) of land and crops across Ecuador, affecting 350,000 people, the risk management service (SNGRE) said on Saturday.n

Floods and volcanic ashfall hit Ecuador

Floods and ashfall from rumbling volcano Sangay have destroyed around 60,000 hectares (150,000 acres) of land and crops across Ecuador, affecting 350,000 people, the risk management service (SNGRE) said on Saturday.QUITO: Floods and ashfall from rumbling volcano Sangay have destroyed around 60,000 hectares (150,000 acres) of land and crops across Ecuador, affecting 350,000 people, the risk management service (SNGRE) said on Saturday. "We support...

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves as she can be seen on a screen inside the Chancellery during a video conference of the digital dialog series 'The Federal Chancellor in Conversation' at the Chancellery in Berlin. - AFPn

Merkel party braces for drubbing in German state polls

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel waves as she can be seen on a screen inside the Chancellery during a video conference of the digital dialog series 'The Federal Chancellor in Conversation' at the Chancellery in Berlin. - AFPSTUTTGART: Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives were bracing for a rout in two key regional polls yesterday, with voters expected to punish Germany's largest party for a face-mask corruption scandal and a series of...

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KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah holds talks with senior defense ministry officials on Aug 7, 2024. - KUNA

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WEYMOUTH: A police officer restrains a protester during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists in Weymouth, on the southwest coast of England where the Bibby Stockholm migrant accommodation barge is moored, on August 4, 2024. — AFP

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GAZA: In this March 25, 2017 photo, Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar (right) and Ismail Haniyeh attend the funeral of slain Hamas official Mazen Faqha in Gaza City. - AFP

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ALDERSHOT: Protesters hold placards during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists near a hotel housing asylum seekers in Aldershot on August 4, 2024. — AFP

Musk fans flames of anti-Muslim riots, spars with UK govt

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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.

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