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LANDOVER: Quarterback Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers passes during the game against the Washington Football Team at FedExField on Saturday in Landover, Maryland. - AFPn

Buccaneers, Bills end NFL playoff droughts, Rams down Seahawks

LANDOVER: Quarterback Tom Brady #12 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers passes during the game against the Washington Football Team at FedExField on Saturday in Landover, Maryland. - AFPLOS ANGELES: Six-time Super Bowl champ Tom Brady padded his postseason resume as both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Buffalo Bills snapped long playoff win droughts with a pair of NFL wild-card victories on Saturday. Brady completed 22 of 40 passes for 381 yards and...

SYDNEY: A policeman (center) stands guard among sections of the crowd as the game was halted after allegedly some remarks were made by the spectators on the fourth day of the third cricket Test match between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in Sydney yesterday. - AFPn

India battle to save Sydney Test marred by crowd abuse allegations

SYDNEY: A policeman (center) stands guard among sections of the crowd as the game was halted after allegedly some remarks were made by the spectators on the fourth day of the third cricket Test match between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in Sydney yesterday. - AFPSYDNEY: India were battling to avoid defeat against Australia after losing two wickets before the close of play yesterday in a third Test marred by allegations...

WADI AL-MURR, Oman: Former inhabitants gather near abandoned houses in this Omani village on Dec 31, 2020. - AFP n

Omanis revive memory of village swallowed by desert

WADI AL-MURR, Oman: Former inhabitants gather near abandoned houses in this Omani village on Dec 31, 2020. - AFPEncroaching sands have left little evidence that the Omani village of Wadi Al-Murr ever existed, but former inhabitants and curious visitors are coming to rediscover the hamlet engulfed by the desert. Salem Al-Arimi, originally from the area, looked out nostalgically over the expanse. According to local elders, "all the houses in the...

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Failure of an American democratic system?

By Abdulaziz Al-Anjeri is certainly not the America the world knows; it was an unimaginable day. There are two ways to interpret what has happened in DC. One is to see it as the failure of a democratic system. But it's more accurate to see it as the extreme manifestation of a system that allows people to have a voice. The incoming administration needs to mend the divisions in American society. But it is important to also remember that in...

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Kuwait Amir receives newly-appointed members of the Constitutional Court

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Minister of Justice Dr Nawaf Al-Yassin, President of the Constitutional Court Justice Mohammad Jassem bin Naji and the newly-appointed members of the Constitutional Court. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received, at Seif Palace yesterday, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber...

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Zain reopens Farwaniya branch with fresh look

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced the reopening of its main branch in Farwaniya with a new and fresh look. The reopened branch leaps in its design beyond the traditional branch concept by offering the latest tech products and smart devices from the world's biggest brands, as well as providing a wide range of digital services to serve Zain customers, who make up the biggest family of subscribers in Kuwait.Zain...

KUWAIT: Ambassador of France to Kuwait Anne-Claire Legendre speaks to the local media yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn

Kuwait played 'key mediator' role in GCC reconciliation: French envoy

KUWAIT: Ambassador of France to Kuwait Anne-Claire Legendre speaks to the local media yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Ambassador of France to Kuwait Anne-Claire Legendre lauded Kuwait for the critical role it played as a key regional mediator in bringing about reconciliation amongst GCC states. Speaking to the local media at her residence in Jabriya yesterday, Legendre said Paris welcomes this result very warmly. "We...

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Kuwait reports 414 new COVID cases, one death

KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced yesterday logging 414 new coronavirus cases registered in the previous 24 hours, raising the caseload to 154,314. Ministry spokesperson Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad reported a single new death, putting the death toll at 943. The ministry had earlier announced that 279 patients have recovered within the same period, raising total recoveries to 149,007.The number of patients in intensive care units reached...

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Kuwait identifies 13 more martyrs

KUWAIT: Kuwait identified 13 more of its martyrs through DNA tests conducted by the ministry of interior's forensics department, the head of the POWs and missing persons committee at the ministry of foreign affairs Rabea Al-Adsani said yesterday.The martyrs are Bader Hussein Murad Al-Kandari, Suleiman Kadhim Qatie Ali Taher, Tariq Mohammad Ahmad Abdullah Al-Yaqout, Abdulrahman Abdulaziz Abdullah Al-Showaimani, Abdulmahdi Abdulhameed Mohammad...

KUWAIT: Acting Secretary General at CAPT Osama Al-Duaij.n

CAPT plays key role in public procurement

KUWAIT: Acting Secretary General at CAPT Osama Al-Duaij.KUWAIT: The Central Agency for Public Tenders (CAPT) implements government public procurement programs for the supply of goods and products, delivery of services and execution of construction work on behalf of relevant government entities. Osama Al-Duaij, Acting Secretary General at CAPT, spoke to Kuwait Times about the agency's work."CAPT's role in servicing relevant government entities...

Ambassador-Designate of Vietnam Ngo Toan Thangn

45 years of relationship between Vietnam and Kuwait: Let's move forward together

Ambassador-Designate of Vietnam Ngo Toan ThangBy Ambassador-Designate of Vietnam to Kuwait Ngo Toan ThangNot long after the unification of the North and South of Vietnam, on January 10, 1976, Vietnam and Kuwait established diplomatic relations, creating an important milestone in the history of Vietnam's foreign relations in the world. As the first country in the Gulf to establish diplomatic relations with Vietnam, Kuwait has made a great...

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MoE scraps first semester exams at public schools

By B IzzakKUWAIT: The education ministry announced yesterday that there will be no paper or online exams for the first semester of the current scholastic year (2020-2021) at public and private Arabic schools. Acting undersecretary Faisal Al-Maqseed said in a statement after a meeting with ministry officials that studies will continue online at all levels and in all schools.Maqseed indicated there are several proposals regarding the method of...

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