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KUWAIT: (From left) Salah Dabsha, Sheikha Al-Hajraf and Mona Al-Ansari attend the press conference. - KUNAn

Kuwait first worldwide in school order plus safety index: MoE

KUWAIT: (From left) Salah Dabsha, Sheikha Al-Hajraf and Mona Al-Ansari attend the press conference. - KUNAKUWAIT: The Assistant Undersecretary for the Educational Research and Curriculum at Kuwait's Ministry of Education (MoE) and Director of National Center for Education Development (NCED) Salah Dabsha said that Kuwait ranked first in the world in the indicator of order plus safety in schools, according to a study conducted by Trends in...

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Kuwaiti Charity distributes aid to 2,000 Syrian refugees

AMMAN: Kuwait's Al-Najat Charity yesterday distributed relief aid to about 2,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan as part of its winter campaign. Head of Resources, Public Relations and Media Sector at the charity Omar Al-Thuwaini said that this is the second aid campaign of the current year, as it included the distribution of food baskets, blankets and other in-kind assistance.The distribution took place in many areas of Jordan, including the capital...

KUWAIT: Firemen battle a blaze in a tire yard located in Erhayya area yesterday. - KFF photos

Firemen put out massive tire yard blaze

KUWAIT: Firemen battle a blaze in a tire yard located in Erhayya area yesterday. - KFF photosKUWAIT: Firefighters managed to control a blaze in a tire yard located in Erhayya area, Jahra governorate, Kuwait Fire Force (KFF) said yesterday. The fire, damaging an area of 5,000 square-meters, was put under control, preventing it from further spreading, affirmed a statement by the KFF. The force revealed no casualties were reported due to the...

TOKYO: A man wearing a face mask walks past Olympic Rings in Tokyo on January 8, 2021. - AFPn

Olympics organizers say cancellation report 'fake news'

TOKYO: A man wearing a face mask walks past Olympic Rings in Tokyo on January 8, 2021. - AFPTOKYO: Tokyo Olympics organizers played down a poll showing plunging support for the Games yesterday and said a report claiming cancellation could be discussed next month was "fake news". The comments, less than 200 days before the postponed Games start in July, come with greater Tokyo under a state of emergency over a spike in coronavirus cases and with...

WASHINGTON: In this file photo professional golfer Tiger Woods listens while US President Donald Trump speaks during a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House May 6, 2019, in Washington, DC. - AFPn

Golf distances itself from Trump despite his love of the game

WASHINGTON: In this file photo professional golfer Tiger Woods listens while US President Donald Trump speaks during a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House May 6, 2019, in Washington, DC. - AFPWASHINGTON: As much as President Donald Trump loves golf, leaders of the sport are racing away from the embattled US leader for what they say is the good of the game. The PGA of America stripped the 2022 PGA...

SAN ANSELMO, California:The suspended Twitter account of US President Donald Trump appears on an iPhone screen in San Anselmo, California. - AFPn

Conservative social network Parler sues Amazon over web shutdown

SAN ANSELMO, California:The suspended Twitter account of US President Donald Trump appears on an iPhone screen in San Anselmo, California. - AFPNEW YORK: The social platform Parler sued Amazon on Monday after the tech giant's web division forced the conservative-favored network offline for failing to rein in incitements to violence. Nevada-based Parler asked a federal court for a restraining order to block Amazon Web Services from cutting off...

COLOMBO: Workers unload vehicles imported illegally into Sri Lanka at a warehouse as a ban on non-essential imports remains in place, in Colombo yesterday. - AFP

Sri Lanka pleads for debt rollover as economy falters

COLOMBO: Workers unload vehicles imported illegally into Sri Lanka at a warehouse as a ban on non-essential imports remains in place, in Colombo yesterday. - AFPCOLOMBO: Recession-hit Sri Lanka appealed yesterday for international investors to roll over bonds maturing this year, a further indication of the island nation's dire financial situation. The South Asian nation's tourism- and trade-dependent economy is reeling from the twin impacts of...

WASHINGTON: Social media companies, alarmed at the use of their platforms by Trump and his supporters to promote and organize the attack, acted next, with Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat banning the president and Amazon's web division forcing conservative social network Parler offline.nn

Corporate America looks to penalize Trump, Republicans

WASHINGTON: Social media companies, alarmed at the use of their platforms by Trump and his supporters to promote and organize the attack, acted next, with Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat banning the president and Amazon's web division forcing conservative social network Parler offline.NEW YORK: In his final days in office, the biggest names in American business are dumping President Donald Trump over accusations that he incited the...

WILMINGTON, United States: President-elect Joe Biden speaks to the press after receiving his second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination at ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital on Monday.—AFPn

Worries as US Homeland Security chief quits

WILMINGTON, United States: President-elect Joe Biden speaks to the press after receiving his second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination at ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital on Monday.—AFPWASHINGTON: US Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced his resignation unexpectedly Monday as worries rose over more violence during President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration next week. Wolf's departure as head of the body in charge...

TURIN: Military medical workers collect swab samples yesterday at a drive-in testing center for COVID-19 set up by the Italian Army on the parking lot of the Juventus stadium in Turin, during the pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. - AFPn

EU gets vaccine boost as WHO dampens hope of herd immunity

TURIN: Military medical workers collect swab samples yesterday at a drive-in testing center for COVID-19 set up by the Italian Army on the parking lot of the Juventus stadium in Turin, during the pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. - AFPTHE HAGUE: The European Union started the approval process for its third vaccine yesterday after WHO scientists warned that herd immunity from coronavirus was unlikely this year even with mass inoculation...

KUALA LUMPUR: A medical personnel wearing a protective suit waits at the COVID-19 coronavirus drive-thru test centre outside the Ajwa Private Clinic in Shah Alam on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur yesterday as Malaysia's king declared a nationwide state of emergency to fight a coronavirus surge. - AFPn

Malaysia declares emergency, suspends parliament over virus

KUALA LUMPUR: A medical personnel wearing a protective suit waits at the COVID-19 coronavirus drive-thru test centre outside the Ajwa Private Clinic in Shah Alam on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur yesterday as Malaysia's king declared a nationwide state of emergency to fight a coronavirus surge. - AFPKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's king declared a nationwide state of emergency yesterday to fight a coronavirus surge and parliament was suspended, with...

WASHINGTON: In this file photo Democratic Representative Pramila Jayapal votes during the House Judiciary Committeefs vote. --AFP n

Two US lawmakers test positive for COVID after riot

WASHINGTON: In this file photo Democratic Representative Pramila Jayapal votes during the House Judiciary Committee's vote. - AFPWASHINGTON: Two members of the US Congress have tested positive for the coronavirus, with one yesterday accusing Republicans of refusing to wear masks and mocking those who did during a riot at the legislature last week. In a tweet, Democratic Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal said she had taken a test after being...

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