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NEW DELHI: Workers set up a roadblock at the main entrance of the Red Fort yesterday, a day after farmers went on the rampage in the capital. - AFP nnn
Heavy security in Delhi after farmer riots
NEW DELHI: Workers set up a roadblock at the main entrance of the Red Fort yesterday, a day after farmers went on the rampage in the capital. - AFPNEW DELHI: Indian police imposed heavy security and closed several main roads around New Delhi yesterday, a day after farmers went on the rampage in the capital, leaving one person dead and several hundred injured. The violence marked a dramatic escalation in a standoff between the government and...
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Boeing reports $11.9bn annual loss after hit on 777X jet delay
In this file photograph, engineers look at Boeing's 737 MAX aircraft "Spirit of Renton" as it is parked on the tarmac at the Boeing factory in Renton, Washington State. - AFPNEW YORK: Boeing concluded a bruising 2020 yesterday with another unpleasant surprise: a $6.5 billion hit from delays to its new 777X plane that exacerbated its annual loss. The aerospace giant, which saw its revenues ravaged by the commercial airline downturn and a 20-month...
An undated handout picture released by Volta Trucks on Tuesday shows the company's prototype electric truck at an unspecified location. Swedish-British start-up Volta Trucks is betting on the upcoming ban on polluting vehicles in several countries to launch its own all-electric trucks for city center deliveries by the end of 2021, despite Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic. - AFPn
French companies adapt to added costs and delays
An undated handout picture released by Volta Trucks on Tuesday shows the company's prototype electric truck at an unspecified location. Swedish-British start-up Volta Trucks is betting on the upcoming ban on polluting vehicles in several countries to launch its own all-electric trucks for city center deliveries by the end of 2021, despite Brexit and the coronavirus pandemic. - AFPTIGERY, France: French companies must confront new procedures that...
In this file photo a view of the World Bank Group (WBG) building (left) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) building (right) in Washington DC is seen.-AFPn
Global financial markets may be overconfident: IMF
In this file photo a view of the World Bank Group (WBG) building (left) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) building (right) in Washington DC is seen.-AFPWASHINGTON: Investors may have become overly complacent about financial conditions, which poses the risk of a sharp downturn in markets, the IMF said yesterday. While policymakers must keep interest rates low to ensure the economy recovers from the Covid-19 crisis, they also must remain...
DOHA: Officials with the graduates in a group photo.
Qatar graduates 10 Kuwaiti pilots
DOHA: Officials with the graduates in a group photo.DOHA: Al-Zaeem Mohamed Bin Abdullah Al Attiyah Air College held yesterday the graduation ceremony for ten Kuwaiti officers from the Kuwaiti Army and Kuwait National Guard (KNG), of the eighth batch student officers' air force pilots, and supporting majors including 85 graduates. The Kuwaiti military attache at the Kuwaiti Embassy in Qatar Colonel Nasser Al-Hujaili said on the sidelines of the...
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Kuwait lists 580 COVID-19 cases, no deaths
KUWAIT: Kuwait listed 580 new COVID-19 cases and no virus-related deaths yesterday. The figures took the caseload to 162,862, while deaths remained at 957, the health ministry said. The number of people hospitalized with the virus stood yesterday at 6,166 with 44 of them in intensive care units, according to ministry spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad, who revealed that 11,419 swab tests were conducted over the same period out of a total of around...
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40,000 frontline health workers eligible for financial rewards
KUWAIT: Kuwait's health ministry has prepared lists of frontline workers facing the novel coronavirus who are entitled to financial rewards allocated by the government. The lists were sent to the Civil Service Commission for approval, Al-Anbaa Arabic daily reported yesterday.The lists will then be sent to the Cabinet's coronavirus emergency committee. Sources said the lists were sent to the CSC after reviewing them earlier in the week, adding...
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200,000 Oxford vaccine doses soon
KUWAIT: A local daily reported yesterday that the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine will soon be approved and first shipments may arrive in Kuwait next week with 200,000 doses initially, which will reach 800,000 by February and the start of March. Al-Qabas newspaper quoted sources who said that the import is linked to approval time as the vaccine must be registered first before preparing to receive it.Advantages of the AstraZeneca vaccine include easy...
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Four arrested for leaking info
KUWAIT: Police arrested four Arab bailiffs who leaked information, documents and files of cases that are still in deliberation in courts in exchange of money, the Interior Ministry announced. The arrest comes weeks following a similar case in which police detained two bailiffs, a court secretary and a lawyer's representative on similar charges."While conducting investigations, criminal detectives detected four persons taking snapshots of...
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KD30 max for PCR at private clinics
KUWAIT: Several Arabic dailies reported yesterday that the health ministry issued a decision to set the PCR test's price at KD 30 in private clinics and hospitals based on a decision by the medical licenses committee (1/2021) during a meeting held on Jan 23, during which the PCR fee was approved. 
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Two attempted to smuggle 200 kg hashish
KUWAIT: Police arrested two people who attempted to smuggle 200 kilograms of hashish into Kuwait via sea, the Interior Ministry announced yesterday. The arrest came after detectives monitored the two suspects while investigating information they received about an attempt to smuggle the drugs by throwing them in a marked location in the Gulf waters. The suspects confessed their crime and led police to the location of the drugs. They were sent to...
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Kuwait on behalf of Arab states calls for permanent seat in Security Council
Mansour Al-OtaibiNEW YORK: Kuwait, on behalf of the Arab countries, called Tuesday for having a permanent Arab representation with full powers in the Security Council in the event of any future expansion of it, stressing that fair representation also requires proportional Arab representation in the category of non-permanent seats in the "expanded Security Council."Kuwait's Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi made the remarks on behalf of the Arab Group...
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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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NOTTINGHAM: Protesters are detained on Aug 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' demonstration. - AFP
Britain hit by worst rioting in 13 years
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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