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WASHINGTON: Army National Guard members walk past a painting of the Declaration of Independence being ratified while guarding Capitol Hill yesterday. - AFP n

Dems move to impeach Trump

WASHINGTON: Army National Guard members walk past a painting of the Declaration of Independence being ratified while guarding Capitol Hill yesterday. - AFPWASHINGTON: US Democrats began the process yesterday of impeaching President Donald Trump for a historic second time, accusing him of "incitement of insurrection" over his supporters' deadly storming of the US Capitol. The move - which threatens to torpedo the single-term president's future...

DOHA: A Qatar Airways airplane takes off from Hamad International Airport on the first commercial flight to Saudi Arabia in three and a half years yesterday. - AFP n

Qatar-Saudi flights resume after thaw

DOHA: A Qatar Airways airplane takes off from Hamad International Airport on the first commercial flight to Saudi Arabia in three and a half years yesterday. - AFPRIYADH: Qatar-Saudi flights resumed yesterday as the neighbors normalize ties under a landmark agreement that ended a bitter three-year rift and allows families to reunite. Saudi Arabia and its allies the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt in June 2017 slapped a blockade on Qatar...

nSANAA: Fighters loyal to Yemen's Houthi rebels raise their fists and chant slogans as they visit the grave of slain Houthi political leader Saleh Al-Sammad at Al-Sabeen Square yesterday. - AFP nnnnSANAA: Fighters loyal to Yemen's Houthi rebels raise their fists and chant slogans as they visit the grave of slain Houthi political leader Saleh Al-Sammad at Al-Sabeen Square yesterday. - AFP n

US brands Houthis as 'terrorists'

SANAA: Fighters loyal to Yemen's Houthi rebels raise their fists and chant slogans as they visit the grave of slain Houthi political leader Saleh Al-Sammad at Al-Sabeen Square yesterday. - AFPSANAA: Yemen's Houthis were defiant yesterday after Washington said it will designate the Iran-backed rebels as terrorists, a last-ditch move under President Donald Trump that aid groups and US lawmakers warned would deepen the country's humanitarian...

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Oman sultan issues new law of succession

MUSCAT: Oman's sultan has issued a new law on the appointment of a crown prince for the first time in the country's history, aimed at creating a more "specific and stable" transfer of power, according to a royal decree. Sultan Haitham bin Tariq issued two royal decrees yesterday, one for parliament and one for a new succession mechanism, state television reported."The most significant (element)... is establishing a specific and stable mechanism...

NEOM, Saudi Arabia: A handout picture shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman launching 'The Line' green city on Sunday. - AFP n

Oil exporter Saudi launches car-free city

NEOM, Saudi Arabia: A handout picture shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman launching 'The Line' green city on Sunday. - AFPRIYADH: Saudi Arabia, the world's top crude exporter, announced Sunday the launch of an eco-city "with zero cars, zero streets and zero carbon emissions" at its futuristic NEOM mega development. The $500 billion NEOM project, set to be built from scratch along the kingdom's picturesque Red Sea coast, is billed as a...

KUWAIT: Participants in Kuwait's 2021 competition on robotics and industrial applications for students. - KUNA n

MILSET-Asia announces robotics competition winners

KUWAIT: Participants in Kuwait's 2021 competition on robotics and industrial applications for students. - KUNAKUWAIT: The regional office of the International Organization for Science and Technology (MILSET) announced yesterday winners of Kuwait's 2021 competition on robotics and industrial applications for students. The office said Abdulwahab Al-Kandari won the first place, Mohammad Al-Enezi won the second place, and Yousef Al-Tamimi won the...

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IWG hosts Indonesian Cultural Day

KUWAIT: The International Women's Group (IWG) in cooperation with the Indonesian Embassy in Kuwait organized the Indonesian Cultural Day on Sunday, which was live-streamed to members and guests. The President of the IWG, Ambreen Mustafa, wife of the Pakistan Ambassador, opened the event with a warm welcome and New Year wishes to all participants; noting that the IWG was honored to host the Indonesian Cultural Day in the presence of the Ambassador...

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NCCAL mourns late pioneer of Kuwait literature Ansari

Khaled Al-AnsariKUWAIT: Secretary-General of the National Council for Culture, Arts and Literature (NCCAL) Kamel Al-Abduljalil mourned yesterday member of the Kuwaiti Writers Association, writer, researcher and historian Khaled Al-Ansari, one of the distinguished pioneers of Kuwait's literature and history. Abduljalil said in a statement that Ansari has had clear fingerprints in Kuwait literature as he is one of the few researchers in...

KUWAIT: Traditional fishing dhows lined up at the Shamlan Harbor in Sharq yesterday. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikhn

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KUWAIT: Traditional fishing dhows lined up at the Shamlan Harbor in Sharq yesterday. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

LONDON: Robert Williams, 84, receives an injection of COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination hub at Robertson House in Stevenage, north of London, yesterday. Seven mass coronavirus vaccination sites opened across England yesterday as the government races to dose millions of people while a new strain of the disease runs rampant across the country. - AFPn

WHO to probe virus origins in China

LONDON: Robert Williams, 84, receives an injection of COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination hub at Robertson House in Stevenage, north of London, yesterday. Seven mass coronavirus vaccination sites opened across England yesterday as the government races to dose millions of people while a new strain of the disease runs rampant across the country. - AFPBEIJING: A World Health Organization team will finally reach China this week to start probing...

WUHAN: Elderly people dance in a public area along the Yangtze River in Wuhan yesterday as the city marks the first anniversary of when China confirmed its first death from the COVID-19 coronavirus. - AFPn

A year on from first COVID-19 death, Wuhan basks in recovery

WUHAN: Elderly people dance in a public area along the Yangtze River in Wuhan yesterday as the city marks the first anniversary of when China confirmed its first death from the COVID-19 coronavirus. - AFPWUHAN, China: A year ago, China announced the first death from a new virus in Wuhan -- 12 months later, COVID-19 has claimed 1.9 million lives in an unrelenting march across the world. But in the central Chinese city of 11 million where the...

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Biden taps career diplomat Burns as CIA chief

William BurnsWASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden yesterday announced William Burns as his pick to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, tapping a retired veteran diplomat who helped lead secret talks with Iran. Burns spent over three decades in the US foreign service, including a stint as ambassador to Russia from 2005-2008, and high-ranking jobs in the State Department. "Bill Burns is an exemplary diplomat with decades of experience on the...

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