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TOPSHOT - A Palestinian carpenter carves religious statues and figurines from olive wood at a shop near the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on December 21, 2020. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)
Quiet Bethlehem Christmas means 'less business, more religion'
A Palestinian carpenter carves religious statues and figurines from olive wood at a shop near the Church of the Nativity, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. - AFP photos Deprived of its usual tourist influx by the pandemic, Bethlehem will celebrate a quiet Christmas this year that is less about commerce and more about religion, says its parish priest. In a normal year hundreds of thousands of visitors flood the Palestinian city in the...
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Opposition MPs take control of most committees
KUWAIT: MPs attend a special parliamentary session at the National Assembly yesterday. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By B IzzakKUWAIT: Lawmakers who are members of an alliance of opposition MPs yesterday took control of most of National Assembly panels, including the key committees of legal and legislative and the interior and defense. But pro-government MPs wrested control of the important financial and economic affairs committee and health...
New Kuwaiti Defence Minister Sheikh Hamad Jaber al-Ali al-Sabah attends a parliament session at Kuwait's national assembly in Kuwait City on December 22, 2020. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
Amir congratulates MPs on committee membership
KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah takes oath at the beginning of the parliament session yesterday. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable of congratulation yesterday to MPs after elections for committee membership, wishing them success in serving their fellow citizens and country. His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh...
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Kuwait Amir receives new ambassadors' credentials
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Ambassador of France to Kuwait Anne-Claire Legendre. - Amiri Diwan photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, in a ceremony held at Bayan Palace yesterday, received credentials of a number of newly assigned foreign ambassadors to the State of Kuwait. His Highness the Amir received papers of the new envoys of France Anne-Claire Legendre,...
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Zain partners with Maharat Min Google in collaboration with INJAZ
KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced its partnership with Maharat Min Google, an initiative launched by Google in collaboration with INJAZ. 50 Zain employees have taken part in the program to train young people on a variety of the most essential digital skills demanded by jobs in the Arab world today.Zain's support to this initiative, launched by Google - one of the world's biggest technology companies - comes...
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Christmas celebrations in Kuwait somber, go virtual
By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Christmas will be celebrated in Kuwait this year in a much somber and subdued mood, as gatherings are banned and hotels and halls are closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Some companies have sent invitations to celebrate their Christmas parties virtually, a first-ever Christmas gathering without the physical presence of invited guests. Other companies in Kuwait will not hold Christmas gatherings or parties this year."We...
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Passengers caught off guard by new flight suspension
By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: With the suspension of commercial flights to and from Kuwait, passengers who were supposed to fly back to Kuwait were caught off guard. Many rushed to the airport to get the last available seats before the 11 pm deadline on Monday.Kuwait Times IT Manager Islam Al-Sharaa, who went to Dubai last week for a short break, was scheduled to fly back to Kuwait today, but it looks like he will have to stay for some more days in...
An illustration picture taken on November 19, 2020, shows a vial with Covid-19 Vaccine sticker, a syringe and an earth globe. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)
COVID vaccines arrive today, shots begin at the weekend
KUWAIT: Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah yesterday said the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines will arrive at dawn today, and the vaccination process will begin at the weekend. According to a press statement by the health ministry, vaccinations will be held in four stages according to priority - first for healthcare workers, those above 65 years of age, frontliners and then the rest of the society. Sheikh Basel said 73,700 people have...
TOPSHOT - A picture taken on December 21, 2020, in al-Salmi district, a desert area 120 kms west of Kuwait City, shows the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. - The great conjunction refers to the alignment of Jupiter and Saturn. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
Jupiter, Saturn cheek-to-cheek in celestial jig
KUWAIT: A picture taken on Monday in the Salmi desert shows the great conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat PARIS: The solar system's two biggest planets, Jupiter and Saturn, came within planetary kissing range in Monday's evening sky, an intimacy that will not occur again until 2080. This "great conjunction", as it is known to astronomers, occurred fortuitously on the winter solstice for those in the Northern Hemisphere...
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Kushner joins Israel-Morocco direct flight
RABAT: Governor of Rabat Mohamed Yacoubi welcomes US presidential advisor Jared Kushner and Israeli National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabbat upon their arrival on the first Israel-Morocco direct commercial flight yesterday. - AFP RABAT: The first Israel-Morocco direct commercial flight landed in the North African kingdom yesterday to mark the latest US-brokered diplomatic normalization deal between the Jewish state and an Arab country. US...
TOPSHOT - CORRECTION - US President-elect Joe Biden receives a Covid-19 vaccination from Tabe Mase, Nurse Practitioner and Head of Employee Health Services, at the Christiana Care campus in Newark, Delaware on December 21, 2020. (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN / AFP) / ìThe erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by ALEX EDELMAN has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [Tabe Mase] instead of [Tabe Masa]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.î
Biden receives COVID vaccine live on TV
NEWARK, Delaware: US President-elect Joe Biden receives a COVID-19 vaccination from Tabe Mase, Nurse Practitioner and Head of Employee Health Services, at the Christiana Care campus on Monday. - AFP NEWARK: US President-elect Joe Biden received a COVID-19 vaccine live on television Monday in a campaign to boost Americans' confidence in the jabs - and in marked contrast to President Donald Trump's mixed messaging. The 78-year-old incoming...
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22,142 citations in one week
KUWAIT: Traffic campaigns that were carried out last week (between Dec 12 and 18) resulted in issuing 22,142 citations for phone use, reckless driving and safety violations. The campaigns resulted in arresting 69 people who committed grave violations and 41 juveniles for driving without a license, while 23 vehicles and motorcycles were impounded.Fatal crashA Kuwaiti, 31, was transferred to hospital but succumbed to his injuries after he was...
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