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(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 20, 2020 Overall view taken as debutant dancers dance the first dance during the annual Opera Ball in Vienna, Austria. - Vienna, a city temple of culture turned ghost town: the traditional New Year's concert will take place, but without an audience. As for the ball season, the pandemic has been fatal. (Photo by HERBERT NEUBAUER / APA / AFP) / Austria OUT
New Year's saving grace for Vienna's silenced music scene
In this file photo Overall view taken as debutant dancers dance the first dance during the annual Opera Ball in Vienna, Austria.-AFP photos While a virus-laden silence has descended over what is normally a busy period of concerts and balls in the Austrian capital Vienna, the city's world famous New Year Concert is at least providing one saving grace-albeit to an empty hall. The city's concert halls were among the first in Europe to re-open in...
Colombian actress Laura Londono (R) and Cuban actor William Levy perform a scene during the production of a new version of the Colombian soap opera Cafe in the municipality of Chinchina, Caldas Department, Colombia, on December 8, 2020, amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. - Soap operas revive in Colombia, one of the major references of this industry in Latin America, after the paralysis by the pandemic. They are produced with asepsis, covid-19 tests, restriction in the capacity, masks, anti-fluid suits, adjusted budgets by the crisis and a permanent risk. According to the National Media Association (Asomedios), the confinement decreed by the government at the end of March forced RCN and its competitor Caracol to stop 38 productions. (Photo by Joaquin SARMIENTO / AFP)
Love in the time of COVID: TV kisses return, despite pandemic
Colombian actress Laura Londono (right) and Cuban actor William Levy perform a scene during the production of a new version of the Colombian soap opera Café. Dozens of peasants wearing face masks remain immobile under the baking midday sun in a coffee plantation in central Colombia. Suddenly a voice shouts out: "Face masks off, we're going to roll!" Colombia's popular daytime soap operas-known as telenovelas in Latin America-were forced off the...
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How Cuxhaven port is navigating Brexit
Fishing boats at Cuxhaven port. - AFP CUXHAVEN, Germany: The German port of Cuxhaven has felt every twist and turn of the Brexit saga, from the shock of the referendum result to the interminable negotiations. Now, with the end of the transition period that has effectively kept Britain in the EU fast approaching, port manager Hans-Peter Zint has only one wish: "It has to finally happen."But Brexit will remain an unprecedented challenge for the...
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CEO of T4 operator happy to reopen Kuwait Airport
Kwang Soo Lee KUWAIT: The CEO of Incheon Korea Airport Services (T4 operator), Kwang Soo Lee, stated to "Kuwait Times" that he is happy to re-open the airport and operate commercial flights again on Saturday January 2nd, 2021 at 4 am after ceasing flights for 12 days, optimistic about the joy of departure and arrival passengers.He said that everyone is going through a difficult phase in which we must focus in the first place on making trips safe...
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Annual report features effects and challenges of pandemic in Kuwait
Mohammad Abu Al-Rob KUWAIT: PROCAPITA Management Consulting launched its special annual report on the latest HR practices for 2020, which was distinctively developed. The report includes the main features and trends of business and human resources practices in the State of Kuwait, the effects of the COVID-19 epidemic, how various companies operating in the private sector are dealing with emerging challenges, and the future outlook on the human...
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Cabinet content with declining COVID-19 figures
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet's meeting. - KUNA KUWAIT: The Cabinet held its weekly meeting on Monday, chaired by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. After the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh said that Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah briefed the meeting on the latest...
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Kuwait Prime Minister visits Defense, Interior Ministries
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah poses for a group photo during his visit to the Defense Ministry headquarters. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah visited yesterday the headquarters of the Ministry of Defense, namely the Ahmad Khaled Al-Sabah Hall, as well as the Ministry of Interior's headquarters, namely the Nawaf Al-Ahmad building.His...
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MoCI: Largest seizure of fake food products
KUWAIT: The ministry of commerce and industry announced yesterday that its commercial control and consumer protection unit seized 52,000 counterfeit packets of products imitating those of an international food brand.The ministry said in a press statement that on the instructions of Commerce Minister Faisal Al-Medlej, inspectors have intensified their inspection rounds, which has enabled them to control goods that are sold to grocery stores...
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Kuwait COVID cases pass 150K
KUWAIT: Kuwait reported 236 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, taking total cases to 150,093, as the death toll remains at 932, the health ministry said yesterday.The number of people hospitalized with the virus currently stands at 3,105, with 43 patients in intensive care units, according to ministry spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad. The ministry earlier reported that some 248 people had recovered from the virus over the past day,...
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Lawmakers warn govt against imposing taxes, raising fees
The National Assembly By B IzzakKUWAIT: Opposition MP Abdulkarim Al-Kandari yesterday threatened to grill HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah if the government insists on including the imposition of taxes in its program. The lawmaker said if the government presents to the National Assembly the same program which has appeared in newspapers and which calls for imposing taxes and cutting spending on health and education, he will...
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Pakistan sends 196 medics to Kuwait
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday sent 196 medical professionals to Kuwait under an agreement signed between the two countries in July this year. The new batch of medical professionals, which included 41 doctors, 131 nurses and 24 technicians, came under the agreement between Pakistan and Kuwait to combat COVID-19.Ambassador of Kuwait to Pakistan Nassar Al-Mutairi thanked the Pakistani government for providing medical assistance to his country,...
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50 journalists killed in 2020
PARIS: Fifty journalists and media workers were killed in connection with their work in 2020, the majority in countries that are not at war, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said yesterday. The figure shows an increase in the targeting of reporters investigating organized crime, corruption or environmental issues, the watchdog said. It highlighted murders in Mexico, India and Pakistan.Eighty-four percent of those killed this year were...
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Ministries of Awqaf discuss ways to counter extremism, terrorism