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Ooredoo Kuwait recognized by Kuwait Red Crescent Society
KUWAIT: KRCS Chairman Dr Hilal Al-Sayer (left) and Deputy Chairman Anwar Al-Hasawi (right) honor Ooredoo's Mijbil Alayoub (second left) and Fatima Dashti. KUWAIT: Ooredoo Telecom, the first to introduce innovative digital services in Kuwait, was honored yesterday, Wednesday, 30 December 2020, by the Kuwait Red Crescent Society for its distinguished voluntary role in which a group of Ooredoo Kuwait employees volunteered to support the society...
Eibar's Serbian goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic (L) saves a shot on goal by Barcelona's Danish forward Martin Braithwaite during the Spanish League football match between Barcelona and Eibar at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on December 29, 2020. (Photo by Pau BARRENA / AFP)
Barca end gloomy year on drab note
BARCELONA: Eibar's Serbian goalkeeper Marko Dmitrovic (left) saves a shot on goal by Barcelona's Danish forward Martin Braithwaite during the Spanish League football match between Barcelona and Eibar on December 29, 2020. - AFP MADRID: Barcelona ended a difficult year with another disappointing result as they were held 1-1 at home by struggling Eibar on Tuesday. The result left Barcelona in sixth place in La Liga, seven points behind Atletico...
Nura al-Awadhi participates in the women weight lifting championship in Kuwait City on December 28, 2020.
Kuwait Weight Lifting Federation organizes refresher championship
Weight lifters are pictured during the refresher championship for the ladies. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait Weight Lifting Federation (KWLF) organized its second refresher championship for the ladies - in preparation for West Asia Championship to be organized by Kuwait next February with the participation of nine countries. Abrar Al-Fahad won the first place in the 76 kg category; Seham Al-Saif took second;...
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Wheel Chair Basketball game
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: The first phase of the return of local sports activities for the handicapped was concluded with the final Wheel Chair Basketball game in the presence of the Paralympics Committee Chairman Mahdi Al-Azmi, Honorary Chairwoman of Kuwait Handicapped Sport Club Al-Sheikha Sheikha Al-Sabah and Chairman of the (KHSC) Shafi Al-Hajiri. Chairman of the Paralympic Committee Mahdi Al-Azmi said he will support all clubs and remove...
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Three-day shooting Championship
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: The Late Sheikh Abdallah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah Championship will be launched today, and will continue for three days with the participation of club and National Guard shooters who will compete in the 10m Air Pistol and Rifle as well as the Olympic archery for both men and women. The organizing committee prepared all that the shooters need at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex.Kuwait Shooting Sport Club...
Pro-choice activists celebrate after the Senate approved a bill to legalize abortion outside the Congress in Buenos Aires on December 30, 2020. (Photo by EMILIANO LASALVIA / AFP)
Argentine Senate passes abortion bill
BUENOS AIRES: Pro-choice activists celebrate outside the Congress after the Senate approved a bill to legalize abortion yesterday. - AFP BUENOS AIRES: Argentina yesterday became one of only a handful of South American nations to legalize abortion, a landmark decision in a country where the Catholic Church has long held sway. Senate president Cristina Kirchner confirmed the vote, after more than twelve hours of debate, with thousands of...
WILMINGTON, DE - DECEMBER 29: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden acknowledges the press while departing the Queen Theater after addressing the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on December 29, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president in a scaled-down ceremony due to the pandemic in Washington D.C. on January 20, 2021. Mark Makela/Getty Images/AFP
Biden says Trump vaccine plan falling 'far behind'
WILMINGTON, DE: US President-elect Joe Biden acknowledges the press while departing the Queen Theater after addressing the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on Tuesday in Wilmington, Delaware. - AFP WILMINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday vowed a relentless effort to fight Covid-19 the moment he takes office, as he warned that Donald Trump's vaccination drive was falling dangerously short. Speaking after a briefing by experts,...
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China jails 10 HK democracy activists for up to three years
HONG KONG: Hong Kong's acting chief superintendent of the Commercial Crime Bureau, Cheng Lai Ki speaks to the media in Hong Kong yesterday after the release of the two youngest members of the so-called "Hong Kong 12" held over the border in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen since last August when the 12 were caught trying to flee the territory for Taiwan. - AFP HONG KONG: A Chinese court yesterday jailed 10 Hong Kong democracy activists for...
French president Emmanuel Macron takes part in a video conference meeting with European Council President, European Commission president, German Chancellor and Chinese presidents to approve an investment pact between China and the European Union on December 30, 2020 at the Fort de Bregancon, in Bormes-les-Mimosas, south-east of France. (Photo by Sebastien NOGIER / POOL / AFP)
EU, China reach major investment deal
French president Emmanuel Macron takes part in a video conference meeting with European Council President, European Commission president, German Chancellor and Chinese presidents to approve an investment pact between China and the European Union yesterday at the Fort de Bregancon, in Bormes-les-Mimosas, south-east of France. - AFP BRUSSELS: The European Union and China yesterday approved "in principle" a major investment pact that Brussels hopes...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 13, 2020, Muslim cleric Rizieq Shihab (C), leader of the Indonesian hardline organisation FPI (Front Pembela Islam or Islamic Defenders Front), gestures to supporters as he arrives to inaugurate a mosque in Bogor. - Indonesia has banned an influential hardline Islamic group as police held its leader in custody over allegations he violated virus protocols by holding mass gatherings, the country's chief security minister said on December 30, 2020. (Photo by ADITYA SAPUTRA / AFP)
Indonesia bans hardline Islamic Defender's Front
BOGOR, Indonesia: In this file photo taken on November 13, 2020, Muslim cleric Rizieq Shihab (center), leader of the Indonesian hardline organization FPI (Front Pembela Islam or Islamic Defenders Front), gestures to supporters as he arrives to inaugurate a mosque in Bogor. - AFP JAKARTA: Indonesia has banned an influential hardline Islamic group as police held its leader in custody over allegations he violated virus protocols by holding mass...
Shoppers crowd at a market in Herat on December 27, 2020. (Photo by Hoshang HASHIMI / AFP)
Afghan troops abandon 200 checkpoints to Taleban
Shoppers crowd at a market in Herat. - AFP KANDAHAR: Afghan security personnel have abandoned nearly 200 checkpoints in restive Kandahar province in recent weeks, officials said yesterday, in some cases leaving behind their weapons to be seized by the Taleban. Kandahar provincial governor Hayatullah Hayat and a local lawmaker separately confirmed the situation, saying commanders would be disciplined for their actions.The defense ministry in...
(FILES) A file photo taken on May 13, 2011 shows French fashion icon Pierre Cardin (centre R) waving after his fashion show on board the former-Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev at the Tianjin Binhai Aircraft Carrier Theme Park outside Tianjin in northeastern China. - French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, hailed for his visionary creations but also for bringing stylish clothes to the masses, died on December 29, 2020 aged 98, his family told AFP. Cardin who was born in Italy in 1922 but emigrated to France as a small child, died in a hospital in Neuilly in the west of Paris, his family said. (Photo by PETER PARKS / AFP)
Pierre Cardin, fashion's savvy futurist
A file photo taken on May 13, 2011 shows French fashion icon Pierre Cardin (centre right) waving after his fashion show on board the former-Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev at the Tianjin Binhai Aircraft Carrier Theme Park outside Tianjin in northeastern China.-AFP photos Pierre Cardin, who died Tuesday aged 98, was a man of many paradoxes-a designer who sought flamboyant yet simple styles, an aesthete with a head for business, and a futurist now...
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