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Kuwait records 467 new COVID cases, one death

KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced yesterday recording 467 new infection cases with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) during the past 24 hours, raising the caseload to 158,244. The ministry's official spokesperson Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said that there was a single death registered during the same period, putting the death toll at 948.The ministry had earlier reported that 354 patients had recovered during the same period, raising...

HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Amir accepts govt resignation; Assembly sessions canceled

HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahBy B IzzakKUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday accepted the resignation of the prime minister and the Cabinet which was submitted last week, an Amiri decree said. HH the Amir also asked HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah and ministers to continue in a caretaker role until a new government is formed.The Amir is expected to soon start customary...

DOHA: Mask-clad travellers walk with their carry-on luggage to board the first Qatar Airways flight bound for Cairo after the resumption of flights between Qatar and Egypt at Hamad International Airport yesterday. - AFP n

Egypt, UAE resume direct Qatar flights

DOHA: Mask-clad travellers walk with their carry-on luggage to board the first Qatar Airways flight bound for Cairo after the resumption of flights between Qatar and Egypt at Hamad International Airport yesterday. - AFPDOHA: The first direct flights since 2017 between Qatar and its former rivals Egypt and the UAE took to the skies yesterday, following the end of a regional crisis. Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) joined Saudi Arabia and...

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Tunisia makes arrests, deploys troops after riots

TUNIS: Protesters block a street during clashes with security forces in the Ettadhamen suburb on the northwestern outskirts of the capital on Sunday. - AFPTUNIS: More than 600 people have been arrested and troops have been deployed after a third consecutive night of riots in several Tunisian cities, officials said yesterday. The unrest came after Tunisia imposed a nationwide lockdown to stem a rise in coronavirus infections on Thursday - the...

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In Iraq, bird flu decimates chicken coops

SAMARRA, Iraq: An outbreak of bird flu has killed tens of thousands of hens in a rural province north of Iraq's capital, decimating livelihoods overnight as authorities scramble to contain its spread. Near the town of Samarra, about 100 km north of Baghdad, Haytham Al-Hamash's coops have become graveyards.Masked workers step around a few live hens to pick out the dead birds lying on their sides, tossing them into the back of a truck with a loud...

DUBAI: A mask-clad Israeli tourist photographs a falconer holding a falcon during a visit to the historic Al-Fahidi neighborhood on Jan 11, 2021. - AFP n

Tourists flock to Dubai amid lockdowns

DUBAI: A mask-clad Israeli tourist photographs a falconer holding a falcon during a visit to the historic Al-Fahidi neighborhood on Jan 11, 2021. - AFPDUBAI: As much of the world tightens lockdowns to stem coronavirus, Dubai has flung its doors open, branding itself as a sunny, quarantine-free escape - despite a sharp rise in cases. While mask-wearing and social distancing are strictly enforced, life in the tourism-reliant emirate looks much...

SEOUL: Lee Jae-yong (center), vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, arrives at a court for a trial in his bribery scandal involving former South Korean president Park Geun-hye in Seoul yesterday.-AFP n

Samsung chief jailed for 2.5 years over corruption scandal

SEOUL: Lee Jae-yong (center), vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, arrives at a court for a trial in his bribery scandal involving former South Korean president Park Geun-hye in Seoul yesterday. - AFPSEOUL: The de facto chief of South Korea's Samsung business empire was convicted yesterday over a huge corruption scandal and jailed for two-and-a-half years, in a ruling that deprives the tech giant of its top decision-maker. Lee Jae-yong,...

PARIS: File photo shows President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Christine Lagarde holds her smartphone as she attends the One Planet Summit, part of World Nature Day, at the Reception Room of the Elysee Palace, in Paris.-AFP n

ECB to hold course as virus clouds economic outlook

PARIS: File photo shows President of the European Central Bank (ECB) holds her smartphone as she attends the One Planet Summit, part of World Nature Day, at the Reception Room of the Elysee Palace, in Paris.-AFPFRANKFURT: A resurgence in the coronavirus pandemic and a bumpy start to vaccination drives are likely to weigh on the minds of European Central Bank governors when they meet on Thursday, but they are expected to stop short of taking...

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China GDP grows at slowest pace in more than four decades in 2020

A woman crosses a street in the central business district (CBD) of Beijing yesterday.—AFPBEIJING: China's GDP grew at the slowest pace in more than four decades in 2020, official data showed yesterday, but it was still expected to be the only major economy to grow at all after a strong rebound from the coronavirus crisis. COVID-19, which has ravaged the world economy, first emerged in central China in late 2019. But the world's second-largest...

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Jennifer Lopez: I have never done Botox

Jennifer LopezJennifer Lopez shut down a troll who accused her of getting Botox. The JLo Beauty founder has made it clear she has never injected her skin several times and hilariously told an Instagram user to try being "more positive and kind to others" if they want to say "youthful". The troll commented on a video of the 51-year-old singer-and-actress showing the results of her JLo Glow Multitasking Serum mask.They wrote: "You definitely have...

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Expat youth delves into historical fantasy to write debut novel

Sushyanth SridharBy Sajeev K PeterLocked down and isolated for nearly six months, expat youth Sushyanth Sridhar delves into the depths of historical fantasy to write his maiden novel 'Jon Oliver'. The 19-year-old engineering student at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, India, has created an intriguing world of mystery and myth in this book that seeks to stress the importance of mental health. "I was isolated from my family and...

SEVILLE: In this handout picture released by RFEF (Spanish Royal Football Federation) Athletic Bilbao players celebrate after winning the Spanish Super Cup final football match between FC Barcelona and Athletic Club Bilbao at La Cartuja stadium in Seville on Sunday. - AFPn

Messi sees red as Bilbao stun Barca to win Spanish Super Cup

SEVILLE: In this handout picture released by RFEF (Spanish Royal Football Federation) Athletic Bilbao players celebrate after winning the Spanish Super Cup final football match between FC Barcelona and Athletic Club Bilbao at La Cartuja stadium in Seville on Sunday. - AFPMADRID: Lionel Messi was sent off for the first time playing for Barcelona as Athletic Bilbao stunned the Catalans to win the Spanish Super Cup on Sunday, a dramatic final...

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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