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BEIRUT: People shop at a supermarket in Beirut as they stock up on provisions two days before a full lockdown due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic yesterday.-AFPn

Lebanon tightens COVID-19 curbs as infections skyrocket

BEIRUT: People shop at a supermarket in Beirut as they stock up on provisions two days before a full lockdown due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic yesterday. - AFPBEIRUT: Lebanon tightened novel coronavirus measures by imposing a total lockdown for an 11-day period and introducing new travel restrictions to stem an unprecedented spike in infections. The latest measures came as officials and health professionals warned that hospitals were...

JAKARTA: The team of navy divers who recovered the flight data recorder, get back to the ship from the crash site off the coast of Jakarta yesterday in the search for Sriwijaya flight SJ182 which crashed after takeoff from Jakarta. - AFPnnn

Indonesia recovers first black box from crashed plane

JAKARTA: The team of navy divers who recovered the flight data recorder, get back to the ship from the crash site off the coast of Jakarta yesterday in the search for Sriwijaya flight SJ182 which crashed after takeoff from Jakarta. - AFPJAKARTA: A black box from the crashed Indonesian passenger jet has been recovered, officials said yesterday, a discovery that could offer critical clues to explaining why the plane with 62 people aboard slammed...

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Israeli court bans screening of 'Jenin, Jenin' documentary

An Israeli court has banned screenings of a controversial documentary film about 2002 clashes in the occupied West Bank by prominent director Mohammed Bakri, in ruling seen by AFP yesterday. Bakri enraged the Israeli establishment and Jewish public with his documentary film "Jenin, Jenin" about April 2002 clashes in a Palestinian refugee camp in which 52 Palestinians and 23 Israeli soldiers were killed.The film was banned in Israel after a few...

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Pop stars slam UK govt over failure to secure visa-free EU travel

Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke The British government on Monday blamed the EU for a failure to reach agreement on visa free-travel for musicians post-Brexit, after coming under fire from performers including Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke. The singer called Boris Johnson's government "spineless" while Tim Burgess, frontman with indie band The Charlatans, accused leaders of "treating artists with... contempt".But a government spokesman on Monday...

A general view of a dinosaur skeleton at the National Museum of Niger (MNN).n

Niger museum is eclectic national 'mirror'

A general view of a dinosaur skeleton at the National Museum of Niger (MNN).There can be few museums in the world to rival the National Museum of Niger. It has displays covering art, history, dinosaurs, nuclear energy, craftwork and music as well as live animals, for it is also a zoo. Its clientele is similarly diverse, encompassing visitors who have trekked to the capital Niamey from across the country, school groups, well-heeled foreign...

KUWAIT: UK CEFAS and KEPA scientists collaborating on projects to assess Kuwait's marine environment.

Kuwait authority, UK agency join hands to protect marine environment

KUWAIT: UK's CEFAS and EPA scientists collaborating on projects to assess Kuwait's marine environment.KUWAIT: UK Government's Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and Kuwait's Environment Public Authority (EPA) reached an important milestone in their relationship with the joint publication of a review paper in an international marine science journal. The published work describes the status of biodiversity in the...

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Kuwait announces 527 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths

KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced yesterday logging 527 new coronavirus cases detected in the past 24 hours, raising the caseload to 154,841. Ministry spokesperson Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad reported two deaths that were pronounced within the same period, putting the death toll at 945. He added that 10,087 swab tests were taken during the same period, as the total reached 1,337,514.The ministry had earlier announced that 366 patients...

Information Minister Abdulrahman Al-Mutairin

Info Minister rejects KUNA's recurring mistakes

Information Minister Abdulrahman Al-MutairiKUWAIT: Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi yesterday expressed rejection of recurring errors by Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) in its newscast recently. The minister has affirmed his rejection of irresponsible acts that harm the history of the official news agency.Minister Mutairi, in a press statement, said KUNA's Deputy Director General and the team...

KUWAIT: Kuwait 'sDeputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah meets Tunisian Ambassador to Kuwait Al-Hashemi Ajeeli. - KUNAn

Deputy FM meets Tunisian Ambassador

KUWAIT: Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah meets Tunisian Ambassador to Kuwait Al-Hashemi Ajeeli. - KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah met yesterday with the new Tunisian Ambassador to Kuwait Al-Hashemi Ajeeli. The two sides discussed bilateral relations, as well as regional and international developments, Kuwait's Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Assistant Foreign Minister for Deputy Foreign...

Oil Minister Dr Mohammad Al-Fares

Oil Minister holds talks with OAPEC official

Oil Minister Dr Mohammad Al-FaresKUWAIT: Kuwait's Oil Minister Dr Mohammad Al-Fares has held talks with Secretary General of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) Ali bin Sabt on current developments in the oil and gas sectors at the Arab and international levels.Kuwait's Ministry of Oil said in a joint statement, on Monday, that Dr Al-Fares, also Minister of Electricity and Water, discussed with the OAPEC secretary...

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MPs submit bill to impose fees on money transfers

The National AssemblyBy B IzzakKUWAIT: Five lawmakers yesterday submitted a draft law calling to impose a 2.5 percent fee on money transfers out of Kuwait to help the domestic economy and stop the flight of capital out of the country. MP Osama Al-Shaheen said he submitted the bill along with MPs Abdulaziz Al-Saqabi, Hamad Al-Matar, Khaled Al-Otaibi and Shuaib Al-Muwaizri, because billions of dinars are transferred out of the country every...

BEIRUT: Two people jog through the deserted Hamra thoroughfare on Sunday, empty after the country went into a three-week lockdown earlier this week in a bid to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. – AFP n

Lebanon to impose 24-hour curfew as infections skyrocket

BEIRUT: Two people jog through the deserted Hamra thoroughfare on Sunday, empty after the country went into a three-week lockdown earlier this week in a bid to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. – AFPBEIRUT: Lebanon yesterday tightened novel coronavirus measures by imposing a 24-hour curfew for an 11-day period and introducing new travel restrictions to stem an unprecedented spike in infections. The latest measures came as officials...

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