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LONDON: A member of the team at Catbytes, a computer repair charity, repairs a donated computer at Ewart Community Hall in south London.-AFP n
Learning lifeline for London kids struggling to do online lessons
LONDON: A member of the team at Catbytes, a computer repair charity, repairs a donated computer at Ewart Community Hall in south London.-AFPLONDON: In a community center in a deprived London suburb-surrounded by old computers and tangled leads-volunteers take their screwdrivers to the piles of donated equipment. Their aim? To throw a learning lifeline to the many kids unable to access online lessons during the UK's latest coronavirus lockdown....
TBILISI: Nika Melia, one of the leaders of exiled former president Mikheil Saakashvili's United National Movement (UNM), holds a briefing at the UNM headquarters in Tbilisi late on Wednesday. - AFPn
Georgia PM resigns over move to arrest opposition leader
TBILISI: Nika Melia, one of the leaders of exiled former president Mikheil Saakashvili's United National Movement (UNM), holds a briefing at the UNM headquarters in Tbilisi late on Wednesday. - AFPTBILISI: Georgia's prime minister resigned yesterday over plans to arrest a top opposition leader, deepening a political crisis that has gripped the Caucasus nation since elections last year. Giorgi Gakharia, a 45-year-old with the ruling Georgian...
NEW YORK: This NASA photo released Wednesday shows the Empire State Building in New York illuminated in red to celebrate the February 18, 2021 scheduled landing on Mars of NASA's Perseverance rover. - AFPn
7 minutes of terror: Perseverance rover's nail-biting landing phase
NEW YORK: This NASA photo released Wednesday shows the Empire State Building in New York illuminated in red to celebrate the February 18, 2021 scheduled landing on Mars of NASA's Perseverance rover. - AFPWASHINGTON: Seven months after blast-off, NASA's Mars 2020 mission will have to negotiate its shortest and most intense phase yesterday: the "seven minutes of terror" it takes to slam the brakes and land the Perseverance rover on a narrow target...
WASHINGTON, DC: An LED truck displaying messages expressing concern over the continuing mass deportations of Black immigrants drives past the office of US Customs and Border Protection prior to a #BidenAlsoDeports rally in Washington, DC. - AFPn
Democrats to unveil Biden's US immigration reform bill
WASHINGTON, DC: An LED truck displaying messages expressing concern over the continuing mass deportations of Black immigrants drives past the office of US Customs and Border Protection prior to a #BidenAlsoDeports rally in Washington, DC. - AFPWASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden's immigration bill, which aims to create a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants, was unveiled yesterday to begin its legislative process, senior...
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Anti-coup hackers target govt sites as protesters jam Yangon roads
 YANGON: Hackers targeted YANGON: Police block a road as workers remove protesters' graffiti with a message "save Myanmar" during a demonstration against the military coup in Naypyidaw yesterday. -- AFPgovernment websites yesterday to protest against the military coup, as the junta pressed on with its attempts to stymie nationwide opposition with internet blockades and troop deployments. The cyberattacks came a day after tens of thousands of...
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Misinformation fears after FB blacks out news in Australia
MENLO PARK: This file photo shows a Facebook employee walking past a sign displaying the "like" sign at Facebook's corporate headquarters campus in Menlo Park, California. Facebook was branded "arrogant" and "unconscionable" for banning Australian users from sharing news yesterday. - AFPBRISBANE: Facebook's news blackout in Australia has raised fears misinformation could come to dominate the platform in the country, with fake news and conspiracy...
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Strict measures against COVID-19 rule offenders during national days
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Interior reiterated yesterday that it will 'strictly penalize' businesses and individuals found in breach of government-imposed COVID-19 measures during national holidays. Businesses violating the 8:00 pm-5:00 am closing hours and individuals found in a crowd could face imprisonment, fines or both, the ministry's media director Brig Tawheed Al-Kandari warned in a press statement.The sale of fireworks by street vendors...
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Weather to improve in coming days
KUWAIT: Temperature has currently dropped in Kuwait amid an incoming high pressure from the west bringing with it an improved weather. Yasser Al-Bloushi, the head of marine forecast at Kuwait Control and Meteorological Center (KCMC), said that the temperature today would be in the range 19-20 degrees during the day. The weather yesterday was cold with unsteady northwesterly winds (15-45 km/h), while temperature ranged between 18-20 degrees, he...
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Kuwait reports eight new COVID deaths, 979 cases
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Health (MoH) registered yesterday 979 additional COVID-19 cases over a 24-hour span, increasing the total number of infections to 181,484, while eight fatalities were recorded, raising the death toll to 1,027. Plus, 986 fresh recovery cases were added to a total of 169,406 cured people, MoH's Spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said during the 108th regular press conference.Active cases amounted to 11,051 with 153 of them...
KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah in a group photo during his visit to the Mubarak Al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College. - Defense Ministry photosn
Defense Minister visits military college, authority
KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah in a group photo during his visit to the Mubarak Al-Abdullah Joint Command and Staff College. - Defense Ministry photosKUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah yesterday visited a number of military units. Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Khaled Al-Saleh Al-Sabah, Deputy Chief of the General Staff...
Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and Fuad Al-Shaikh
National & Liberation Days celebrations cancelled
Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and Fouad Al-ShaikhCelebrations marking Kuwait's national and liberation day holidays have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic but across the country people and businesses honor the nation by draping flags and showing love for Kuwait.
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Preserving Kuwait's heritage: Dhow making
By Ben GarciaTo preserve the national heritage and legacy of dhows in Kuwait, a group of Kuwaiti artisans makes miniature dhows for government bodies and as gifts for individuals and companies. The objective is to preserve and impart the legacy of dhows for generations to come. These artisans are striving to share and impart their skills as they approach the twilight of their lives."Many of us are elderly. We have volunteered to be part of this...
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MUMBAI: A vendor counts a wad of Indian rupees. - AFP
Indian rupee hits record low amid geopolitical jitters
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Flag of Kuwait, visa application form and passport on table
Why small-scale project visas can be problematic
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KUWAIT: Kuwaitis walk inside the Avenues Mall, the country’s largest shopping centre. The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) issued the latest detailed statistics on population and employment at the end of June 2024. The data shows that total population in Kuwait reached 4.919 million people. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait population hits 4.919 million
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DHAKA: Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace on Aug 5, 2024. - AFP
People power rocks Bangladesh
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Al-Sawaber Complex
Kuwait’s historic buildings should be preserved