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WASHINGTON, DC: US President Joe Biden (right) and First Lady Jill Biden arrive at the White House in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. - AFPn

'Going home': Biden's surreal walk to the White House

WASHINGTON, DC: US President Joe Biden (right) and First Lady Jill Biden arrive at the White House in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. - AFPWASHINGTON: Joe Biden held his wife Jill's hand as they strode up their new home's driveway Wednesday-which was the only normal thing about the day he became the president of the United States. Washington was under unprecedented security lockdown, cheering crowds absent because of America's out-of-control COVID...

BEIJING: The front page of a Chinese newspapers showing the picture of the inauguration of US President Joe Biden, the 46th US President, at a newsstand in Beijing yesterday. – AFPn

China calls for 'better angels' to prevail in reset with Biden's US

BEIJING: The front page of a Chinese newspapers showing the picture of the inauguration of US President Joe Biden, the 46th US President, at a newsstand in Beijing yesterday. – AFPBEIJING: China yesterday congratulated US President Joe Biden on his inauguration and called for a reset in relations between Beijing and Washington after a corrosive period of diplomacy under Donald Trump. Beijing also welcomed news that the US would rejoin the...

ULAANBAATAR: A protester carrying a 2-month-old baby while another holds a sign urging officials of the national emergency commission to resign, during a rally at Sukhbaatar square in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. - AFPn

Mongolian PM quits after protests over COVID-19 mother's treatment

ULAANBAATAR: A protester carrying a 2-month-old baby while another holds a sign urging officials of the national emergency commission to resign, during a rally at Sukhbaatar square in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. - AFPULAANBAATAR, Mongolia: Mongolia's prime minister resigned yesterday following protests and public outrage over the treatment of a coronavirus patient and her newborn baby. Landlocked Mongolia reported just a handful of...

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MP demands civil rights for bedoons

The National AssemblyBy B IzzakKUWAIT: Opposition MP Thamer Al-Suwait yesterday submitted a draft law stipulating wide-ranging civil and humanitarian rights including a permanent residency for tens of thousands of stateless people or bedoons who have been living for decades in the country. The lawmaker called for ending what he called a "state of legislative paralysis" regarding the humanitarian cause of bedoons, whose plight has been repeatedly...

WASHINGTON: Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US President by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts yesterday at the US Capitol. - AFP

Joe Biden sworn in as 46th US President, urges unity

WASHINGTON: Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US President by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts yesterday at the US Capitol. - AFPWASHINGTON: Joe Biden yesterday became the 46th president of the United States with a call to unity, vowing to bridge deep divides and defeat domestic extremism two weeks after a mob attack tried to undo his election victory. On a frigid but sunny day at the very Capitol building that was assaulted on Jan 6,...

WASHINGTON: Outgoing US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One at the White House yesterday. - AFP n

Trump leaves with snub to Biden and vow to be back

WASHINGTON: Outgoing US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One at the White House yesterday. - AFPWASHINGTON: Donald Trump left the White House for the last time yesterday with a vow to stay in the spotlight and an extraordinary snub of Joe Biden, skipping his inauguration as the 46th president of the United States. Drawing a curtain on the most tumultuous administration of modern times, Trump is being ousted by a polar opposite...

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Bannon among 73 pardoned on Trump's last day

Steve BannonWASHINGTON: Outgoing US President Donald Trump yesterday pardoned 73 people, including his former aide Steve Bannon and the rapper Lil Wayne, just hours before he was due to leave office. The list of those pardoned - as well as 70 people whose sentences were commuted - was likely to draw allegations of cronyism. Trump also at the last minute ended a ban on his administration's officials serving as lobbyists - an order he had issued...

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Israel rights group breaks taboo with 'apartheid' tag

Hagai El-AdJERUSALEM: An Israeli non-governmental organization has accused the Jewish state of "apartheid" in its treatment of Palestinians - a taboo-breaking move that has seen its representatives banned from speaking in schools. B'Tselem said it carefully weighed its decision to use the hugely emotive phrase but concluded it was an accurate description of Israel's attitude both to residents of the occupied Palestinian territories and to its...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosn

Amir meets Crown Prince, senior officials at Bayan Palace

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace yesterday. His Highness the Amir also received National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, His Highness...

KUWAIT: Guyana's Charge d'Affaires Shafraaz Shadood honors Kuwaiti businessman Asad Al-Sanad. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn

Embassy of Guyana honors Kuwaiti businessman Sanad

KUWAIT: Guyana's Charge d'Affaires Shafraaz Shadood honors Kuwaiti businessman Asad Al-Sanad. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy Ben GarciaKUWAIT: The Embassy of Guyana and the Central Islamic Organization (CIOG) honored yesterday Kuwaiti businessman Asad Al-Sanad of Al-Sanad Holding Company for their contribution and continued support to the community and people of Guyana. Sanad was honored and presented a plaque of appreciation at the embassy in...

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Ambassador opens Indian School of Excellence Kuwait

KUWAIT: The Indian Community School Kuwait has marked a milestone in the 62nd year of its educational tenure, when the latest addition to ICSK group of schools was inaugurated with a striking panache in the evening of January 14, 2021. The grand opening of the Indian School of Excellence Kuwait has witnessed a galaxy of dignitaries who exuberantly joined the ICSK family in celebrating the evening. The venture was a coordinated dream effort of the...

KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi meets with head of Palestinian Higher Council for Youth and Sports Jibreel Rjoub. - KUNAn

Kuwait, Palestine discuss boosting sports cooperation

KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi meets with head of Palestinian Higher Council for Youth and Sports Jibreel Rjoub. - KUNAKUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi and head of Palestinian Higher Council for Youth and Sports Jibreel Rjoub discussed on Tuesday means of boosting mutual cooperation in sports and youth domains. Speaking...

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NOTTINGHAM: Protesters are detained on Aug 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' demonstration. - AFP

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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

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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

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