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LEEDS: Leeds United's English defender Luke Ayling (center) vies with Brighton's German midfielder Pascal Gross (left) and Brighton's Ivorian midfielder Yves Bissouma (right) during their English Premier League football match at Elland Road yesterday. - AFP n
West Brom sink Wolves to seal Allardyce's first win
LEEDS: Leeds United's English defender Luke Ayling (center) vies with Brighton's German midfielder Pascal Gross (left) and Brighton's Ivorian midfielder Yves Bissouma (right) during their English Premier League football match at Elland Road yesterday. - AFPLONDON: West Bromwich Albion won for the first time under new boss Sam Allardyce as Matheus Pereira's penalty double clinched a 3-2 Premier League victory at local rivals Wolves yesterday....
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Kuwait lists 435 new COVID cases, no deaths
KUWAIT: Kuwait listed 435 new coronavirus infections and no virus-related deaths yesterday, taking the total to 157,399 and 947 respectively, the health ministry said. Kuwait had announced 530 new cases and one death on Friday. Meanwhile, the health ministry announced 349 recoveries yesterday, compared to 268 on Friday, raising total recoveries to 150,678.The number of patients hospitalized stood yesterday at 5,774, including 48 in intensive care...
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Coastguard arrests 10 attempting to enter Kuwait
KUWAIT: Coastguards arrested 10 people who entered Kuwait illegally through Abdullah Port yesterday. Police headed to the scene after receiving a call about a number of people jumping out of a boat and into territorial waters.People were able to arrest nine men, who admitted that they came from Iran on a boat that dropped them off and turned back. Coastguards were able to arrest the boat's sailor while he was on his way back to Iran. The...
MOSCOW: In this file photo taken on May 21, 2008 Manchester United's Wayne Rooney holds up the trophy after beating Chelsea in the final of the UEFA Champions League football match at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow. - AFPn
Rooney ends playing career to become full-time Derby boss
MOSCOW: In this file photo taken on May 21, 2008 Manchester United's Wayne Rooney holds up the trophy after beating Chelsea in the final of the UEFA Champions League football match at the Luzhniki stadium in Moscow. - AFPLONDON: Former Manchester United and England star Wayne Rooney ended his illustrious playing career on Friday to take up the job of managing Championship side Derby on a full-time basis. Derby confirmed Rooney, 35, has agreed a...
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Kuwait welcomes newly-recruited helpers today, but fewer numbers taking up jobs
By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: The Kuwaiti government has allowed entry of newly-recruited domestic helpers from labor-exporting countries such as the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka and elsewhere starting today. But here's the reality on the ground. India is not discouraging its nationals to work as domestic helpers in Kuwait, but fewer are taking up such jobs, although if they apply to work as housemaids, they can easily get hired.Sri Lanka continues to...
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Kuwait strongly deplores Houthi drone attack
KUWAIT: Kuwait strongly condemns Yemeni Houthi militia's launching of several explosives-laden drones towards Saudi territories on Friday, the Foreign Ministry said. "The persistence of such cowardly terrorist acts signal a clear defiance to the international community and a blatant violation of the international law," the ministry said in a press statement.It argued that such acts threaten the security and stability of the Kingdom of Saudi...
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Hair cysts common among men in Kuwait
Dr Mohammad Al-SlaimiBy Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Bariatric surgeon at Sabah Hospital Dr Mohammad Al-Slaimi said hair cyst cases are widespread in Kuwait and doctors frequently carry out operations for such cases. Hair cyst is usually found at the lower part of the back, he said, adding that its symptoms include pain and is often accompanied with pus and blood secretions.Dr Slaimi said in a press statement that it is possible to remove the hair...
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Interior Minister tours border security department
KUWAIT: Interior Minister Sheikh Thamer Al-Sabah carried out a tour at the border security department recently, during which he gave orders to establish a police station at Kuwait International Airport where cases can be sent to instead of the Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh police station.The minister also gave instructions to provide department personnel with the latest security systems to better serve the public at border checkpoints, the Interior...
HYDERABAD: A medical worker inoculates a security guard with a COVID-19 vaccine at King Koti Hospital yesterday. - AFP
India starts vaccine drive as global deaths top 2 million
HYDERABAD: A medical worker inoculates a security guard with a COVID-19 vaccine at King Koti Hospital yesterday. - AFPNEW DELHI: India kicked off one of the world's largest coronavirus vaccination drives yesterday as the pandemic spread at a record pace and global COVID-19 deaths surged past two million. The World Health Organization has called for accelerating vaccine rollouts worldwide as well as ramping up efforts to study the sequencing of...
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WhatsApp delays data share update after backlash
SAN FRANCISCO: WhatsApp on Friday postponed a data-sharing change as users concerned about privacy fled the Facebook-owned messaging service and flocked to rivals Telegram and Signal. The smartphone app, a huge hit across the world, canceled its Feb 8 deadline for accepting an update to its terms concerning sharing data with Facebook, saying it would use the pause to clear up misinformation around privacy and security."We've heard from so many...
This handout photo shows a launch of missiles during a military drill in an unknown location in central Iran yesterday. - AFP
Iran test-fires missiles on targets at sea
This handout photo shows a launch of missiles during a military drill in an unknown location in central Iran yesterday. - AFPTEHRAN: Iran's Revolutionary Guards test-fired ballistic missiles against targets in the Indian Ocean as they wrapped up a two-day exercise, their official website reported yesterday. The missiles of "various classes" targeted "the enemy's battleships and destroyed them from 1,800 km away," according to the Sepahnews...
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Nepal team claim first winter ascent of Pakistan's K2
ISLAMABAD: A team of Nepali climbers made history yesterday after becoming the first to summit Pakistan's K2 in winter, on the same afternoon a Spanish mountaineer fell and died lower down the perilous peak. Dozens of climbers have been competing over the past few weeks to summit the world's second highest mountain, the last peak above 8,000 m to be topped in wintertime."WE DID IT," tweeted Seven Summit Treks, a trekking company leading one of...
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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
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NOTTINGHAM: Protesters are detained on Aug 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' demonstration. - AFP
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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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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