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Crystal Palace's English midfielder Andros Townsend (L) collides with Leicester City's English midfielder Harvey Barnes (top) during the English Premier League football match between Crystal Palace and Leicester City at Selhurst Park in south London on December 28, 2020. (Photo by Adam Davy / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. /

Leicester edge up to second

LONDON: Crystal Palace's English midfielder Andros Townsend (left) collides with Leicester City's English midfielder Harvey Barnes (top) during the English Premier League football match between Crystal Palace and Leicester City at Selhurst Park yesterday. - AFP LONDON: A much-changed Leicester moved up to second in the Premier League thanks to Harvey Barnes' late equalizer in a 1-1 draw at Crystal Palace yesterday. Wilfried Zaha's stunning near...

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Amir receives Saudi King's invitation for GCC summit

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets GCC Secretary General Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday an invitation by Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud to attend the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) 41st Summit, due in Riyadh on January 5. GCC Secretary General Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf delivered the invitation...

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Numerous yearend sales, but targets barely achieved

By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Yearend sales are everywhere these days to attract customers, but many companies will miss their sales target, even as others are doing well. "Even if you try to attract people by holding sales, if they have no money, how can they buy goods," asked a retail manager, who spoke to Kuwait Times on the condition of anonymity. "Normally we reach 125 to 135 percent of our sales target by the end of the year, but now we are short...

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Informatics Award honors late Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad

KUWAIT: His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah Informatics Award announced yesterday that the late Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah won the Informatics Medal in its 20th edition, in recognition of his humanitarian leadership and in honor of his memory with the historical and pivotal role he played.The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees of the Award Sheikha Aida Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah said in a press statement that this...

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WFP, Kuwait assess threat of rising global hunger

KUWAIT: The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been honored with the Nobel Peace Prize for 2020. In the following report, WFP Executive Director David Beasley joins Kuwait's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah in assessing the threat of rising global hunger.Will We Face a Hunger Pandemic?Most hunger today is a self-inflicted wound. Six out of 10 of the world's hungry live in countries at war with themselves -...

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Kuwait adopted long-distance teaching in 2020

KUWAIT: Kuwait along with many countries adopted digital teaching in the shadow of the novel coronavirus' outbreak, and took other extraordinary measures to cope with the pandemic in 2020. The following is a report highlighting the Kuwaiti education authorities' tasks in 2020:Feb 26: The Ministry of Education suspended studying at public and private schools and universities in Kuwait as a measure to counter the spread of COVID-19.March 19: The...

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Kuwaiti defense, interior forces' tasks in 2020

KUWAIT: In this November 23, 2020 file photo, the coffin of a Kuwaiti martyr who was imprisoned by Iraqi soldiers during the 1990/91 Iraqi Invasion is taken to his final resting place. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwaiti defense and interior personnel were very much active throughout the passing year; primarily involved in logistics of combating the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and clamping down on smugglers. The following are highlights of record activities...

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Kuwait's major foreign policy events in 2020

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti and Iraqi officials sign an agreement by which Kuwait receives human remains presumed to belong to Kuwaiti prisoners who were missing during the 1990/91Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait continued in 2020 to maintain its strong foreign policy based on defending the rights and interest of the Arab and Islamic nations. The country also continued the role as a humanitarian center and supported peace worldwide. The...

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MPs press govt for fair bedoon solution after suicide attempt

The National Assembly By B IzzakKUWAIT: Lawmakers yesterday warned they will grill HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah if the government does not provide a durable and fair solution to the issue of thousands of stateless people after another young bedoon tried to commit suicide by setting himself on fire. The interior ministry said in a statement that it rescued a young bedoon after a fire broke out at a house in Sulaibiya,...

Iraqi men stand beneath a billboard depicting late top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani (L) and leading Iraqi paramilitary figure Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, on a street in the southern city of Basra, on December 28, 2020, on the eve of the one-year anniversary of their killing in a US drone strike in the Iraqi capital in January. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP)

Iran warns Israel not to cross Gulf 'red lines'

BASRA: Iraqi men stand beneath a billboard depicting late top Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani (left) and leading Iraqi paramilitary figure Abu Mahdi Al-Muhandis on a street in this southern city yesterday on the eve of the one-year anniversary of their killing in a US drone strike in the Iraqi capital in January. – AFP TEHRAN: Iran warned Israel yesterday not to cross its "red lines" in the Gulf in the final days of Donald Trump's...

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Vaccine drives grow as virus spreads faster

PUURS, Belgium: Jos Hermans, 96, who was the first to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, gives a thumbs-up to journalists at the Woonzorgcentrum Sint-Pieters rest home yesterday. - AFP BRUSSELS: Belgium yesterday joined a growing list of countries to launch COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, while a new coronavirus variant believed to be more infectious spread further and other nations ramped up restrictions. Just as vaccination drives gather pace, global...

US President Donald Trump rides in the back of an SUV as his motorcade departs the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, December 27, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Trump, under pressure, signs stimulus bill

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida: US President Donald Trump rides in the back of an SUV as his motorcade departs Trump International Golf Club on Sunday. - AFP WEST PALM BEACH, Florida: After delaying for nearly a week and under pressure from all sides, US President Donald Trump finally signed a massive $900 billion stimulus bill Sunday, in a long-sought boost for millions of Americans and businesses battered by the coronavirus pandemic. The package...

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GAZA: A woman mourns over the bodies of children killed in Zionist bombardment on the Hassan Salama and Al-Nasser schools housing displaced Palestinians on Aug 4, 2024 at the at Al-Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital in Gaza City. - AFP

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