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Medical staff stand ready at the Kuwait vaccination center for COVID-19 at the International Fairgrounds in Kuwait City on December 23, 2020. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
Premier to launch coronavirus vaccination campaign today
KUWAIT: Medical staff stand ready at the COVID-19 vaccination center at the international fairgrounds in Mishref yesterday.- Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat By B IzzakKUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah will today launch Kuwait's coronavirus vaccination campaign at a special facility at the international fairgrounds in Mishref, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh said yesterday. Saleh said the vaccination...
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Dubai rolls out COVID-19 jabs
DUBAI: A health worker administers a dose of the coronavirus vaccine to a senior citizen at a medical center yesterday. - AFP DUBAI: Dubai launched its COVID-19 vaccination program yesterday with a senior citizen and a nurse among the first to be inoculated using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, the government said. The UAE -which is made up of seven emirates including the capital Abu Dhabi and Dubai - approved the emergency registration of the...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 20, 2007 an Iraqi man rides a bicycle passing by a remains of a car, burnt after Blackwater guards escorting US embassy officials opened fire in the Baghdad neighbourhood, on September 16, 2007, killing more than ten people. - Iraqis on December 23, 2020 were outraged, heartbroken but not surprised to hear of a US presidential pardon for four American security guards convicted of killing Iraqi civilians in Baghdad in 2007. The Blackwater team, contracted to provide security for US diplomats in Iraq following the American-led invasion in 2003, claimed they were responding to insurgent fire. The bloody episode left at least 14 Iraqi civilians dead and 17 wounded. (Photo by Ali YOUSSEF / AFP)
Iraqis angry but unsurprised over Trump pardons
BAGHDAD: In this file photo taken on Sept 20, 2007, an Iraqi man rides a bicycle by the remains of a car, burnt after Blackwater guards escorting US embassy officials opened fire on Sept 16, 2007. - AFP BAGHDAD: Iraqis yesterday were outraged, heartbroken but not surprised to hear US President Donald Trump had pardoned for four Blackwater contractors convicted of killing Iraqi civilians in Baghdad in 2007. "I lost hope a long time ago," said...
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Trump rejects COVID bill, calls it 'a disgrace'
Donald Trump WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Tuesday rejected a massive COVID economic relief package passed by Congress, branding it "a disgrace" in an act of political brinkmanship less than a month before he must leave office and when millions of Americans are suffering fallout from the pandemic. Trump dropped the bombshell via a pre-recorded statement made in the White House and sent out on Twitter.It came just a day after his...
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US-Israeli delegation signs deals in Morocco
RABAT: King Mohammed VI, flanked by his son Crown Prince Moulay Hassan, holds a meeting with US Presidential Advisor Jared Kushner and Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat at the Royal Palace on Tuesday. - AFP RABAT: A US-Israeli delegation signed agreements with Morocco in Rabat Tuesday, cementing a Washington-sponsored normalization of relations between the Jewish state and the North African country. The visiting delegation, led...
A woman wearing a face mask walks along a street in Beijing on December 23, 2020. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)
Masks block 99.9% of large COVID droplets
BEIJING: A woman wearing a facemask walks along a street yesterday. - AFP PARIS: Face masks reduce the risk of spreading large COVID-linked droplets when speaking or coughing by up to 99.9 percent, according to a lab experiment with mechanical mannequins and human subjects, researchers said yesterday. A woman standing two meters from a coughing man without a mask will be exposed to 10,000 times more such droplets than if he were wearing one,...
TOPSHOT - Barcelona's Argentine forward Lionel Messi eyes the ball during the Spanish league football match between Real Valladolid FC and FC Barcelona at the Jose Zorilla stadium in Valladolid on December 22, 2020. (Photo by Cesar Manso / AFP)
Messi overtakes Pele's goal record
VALLADOLID: Barcelona's Argentine forward Lionel Messi eyes the ball during the Spanish league football match between Real Valladolid FC and FC Barcelona at the Jose Zorilla stadium on December 22, 2020. - AFP MADRID: Lionel Messi overtook Pele's record of goals for a single club on Tuesday as Barcelona strolled to a 3-0 La Liga win at Real Valladolid, while Atletico Madrid kept hold of their place at the top of the table. Messi struck his 644th...
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Kuwait's Football League roundup
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: HH The Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Cup final match will be played on Jan 12, 2021, Chairman of Kuwait Football Assocaition Sheikh Ahmad Al-Yousuf Al-Sabah said. Al-Yousuf thanked the championship patron for his support. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Yousuf said Information Minister, State Minister for Youth Affairs Abdelrahman Al-Mutairi will represent HH the Crown Prince.The Cup draw placed Kuwait,...
TOPSHOT - Newcastle United's Paraguayan midfielder Miguel Almiron (L) and Brentford's Spanish striker Sergi Canos compete during the English League Cup quarter final football match between Brentford and Newcastle United at the Brentford Community Stadium in Brentford, England, on December 22, 2020. (Photo by HANNAH MCKAY / 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. /
Brentford stun Newcastle to reach League Cup semi-finals
LONDON: Newcastle United's Paraguayan midfielder Miguel Almiron (left) and Brentford's Spanish striker Sergi Canos compete during the English League Cup quarter final football match between Brentford and Newcastle United at the Brentford Community Stadium in Brentford on December 22, 2020. - AFP LONDON: Brentford reached their first League Cup semi-final with a shock 1-0 win against Newcastle, while troubled Arsenal lost to holders Manchester...
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 22: Anthony Davis #3 of the Los Angeles Lakers reacts after a collision with Lou Williams #23 of the LA Clippers during a 116-109 Clippers win in the season opening game at Staples Center on December 22, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Harry How/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
NBA champion Lakers lose opener to Clippers as Nets rout Warriors
LOS ANGELES: Anthony Davis #3 of the Los Angeles Lakers reacts after a collision with Lou Williams #23 of the LA Clippers during a 116-109 Clippers win in the season opening game at Staples Center on December 22, 2020.- AFP LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Lakers sure didn't have long to savor their 17th NBA title. Little more than two months after the Lakers locked up the 2020 crown with a Finals win over the Miami Heat, they were back to the grind...
In this photo taken on September 28, 2020, former police chief of the Panjwai district, Sultan Mohammad Hakimi, poses with a gun during an interview with AFP in Panjwai. - Despite the bloodshed he has witnessed throughout his career, Hakimi has made it a personal mission to give ex-Taliban fighters, commanders and officials the chance to reintegrate into village life. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP) / TO GO WITH Afghanistan-conflict-Taliban-rehabilitation,FOCUS by Elise Blanchard and Rashid Durrani
New beginning: Afghan police team welcoming back Taleban fighters
PANJWAI: In this photo, former police chief of the Panjwai district, Sultan Mohammad Hakimi, poses with a gun during an interview in Panjwai. Despite the bloodshed he has witnessed throughout his career, Hakimi has made it a personal mission to give ex-Taleban fighters, commanders and officials the chance to reintegrate into village life. - AFP PANJWAI, Afghanistan: After more than a decade fighting for the Taleban and being hounded by Afghan...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 3, 2018 attorney Alex van der Zwaan (L), who formerly worked for the Skadden Arps law firm, arrives at a US District Courthouse for his sentencing in Washington, DC. - US President Donald Trump granted pardons on December 22, 2020 to two people linked to a probe into alleged collusion between his campaign and Russia along with a list of others as time ticks away on his remaining weeks in office. A full pardon was granted to Alex van der Zwaan, a Dutch lawyer who was also convicted in connection with Mueller's probe. (Photo by ALEX WONG / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Trump pardons two linked to Russia probe, Blackwater guards, others
WASHINGTON, DC: In this file photo, attorney Alex van der Zwaan (left), who formerly worked for the Skadden Arps law firm, arrives at a US District Courthouse for his sentencing in Washington, DC. US President Donald Trump granted pardons to two people linked to a probe into alleged collusion between his campaign and Russia along with a list of others as time ticks away on his remaining weeks in office. - AFP WASHINGTON: US President Donald...
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(Left) Demonstrators brandish placards and flags of Palestine during a rally in Rabat on Aug 3, 2024, protesting the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Right) Protesters rally in London during the "National March for Gaza", calling to end the genocide, stop arming the Zionist entity and no Middle East war on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP photos
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