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Kuwaiti astrophotographers Mohammad al-Obaidi (R) and Abdullah al-Harbi follow the great conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn in al-Salmi district, a desert area 120 kms west of Kuwait City, on December 21, 2020. - The great conjunction refers to the alignment of Jupiter and Saturn. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
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KUWAIT: Kuwaiti astrophotographers Mohammad Al-Obaidi (right) and Abdullah Al-Harbi from the ASPD team of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) follow the great conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn in Al-Salmi district, a desert area 120 kms west of Kuwait City, on Monday. The observation took place as part of the 45th International Book Fair, held virtually by the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters, jointly...
CINCINNATI, OHIO - DECEMBER 21: Avery Williamson #51 and Minkah Fitzpatrick #39 of the Pittsburgh Steelers tackle Samaje Perine #34 of the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium on December 21, 2020 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Jamie Sabau/Getty Images/AFP
Pittsburgh Bengals stun Steelers
CINCINNATI: Avery Williamson #51 and Minkah Fitzpatrick #39 of the Pittsburgh Steelers tackle Samaje Perine #34 of the Cincinnati Bengals at Paul Brown Stadium on December 21, 2020. - AFP LOS ANGELES: Cincinnati Bengals running back Giovani Bernard scored two touchdowns in a 27-17 victory as the Pittsburgh Steelers slid to a third consecutive defeat in a hardfought divisional battle on Monday. The Steelers, looking for a win to clinch the AFC...
West Ham United's Spanish midfielder Pablo Fornals (R) vies with Chelsea's Italian midfielder Jorginho (L) during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and West Ham United at Stamford Bridge in London on December 21, 2020. (Photo by Clive Rose / 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. /
Abraham hits double as Chelsea sink West Ham
LONDON: West Ham United's Spanish midfielder Pablo Fornals (right) vies with Chelsea's Italian midfielder Jorginho during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and West Ham United on December 21, 2020. - AFP LONDON: Tammy Abraham hit a quickfire late double on Monday as Chelsea beat West Ham 3-0 to reignite their Premier League challenge after a consecutive defeats. The Hammers proved tricky opponents at an empty Stamford...
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Kuwait's Football League roundup
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: The 14th round of Kuwait Football League (ranking phase) kicked off with an exciting match between two teams jockeying for a better place on the ranking table. The match ended with Qadisiya topping the table with a win against Kazma 3-1. Qadisiya's first goal came early in the 11th minute when Abdelaziz Wadi scored.Just 5 minutes later, Ahmad Al-Dhafiri doubled the score, while Bader Al-Mutawaa scored a third goal in...
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - DECEMBER 18: A general view of the preseason game between the Boston Celtics and the Brooklyn Nets at TD Garden on December 18, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts. 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. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images/AFP
NBA will not 'jump the line' for COVID vaccine
BOSTON: A general view of the preseason game between the Boston Celtics and the Brooklyn Nets at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. - AFP LOS ANGELES: NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Monday the league would not "jump the line" for the COVID-19 vaccine as the league prepared to tip off its new season amid a surge in coronavirus cases across the United States. Speaking on a conference call ahead of the start of the 2020-2021 season, Silver...
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Kuwait Bowling tournament
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Chairman of Kuwait Bowling Club Sheikh Talal Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah said there are plans to organize several local refresher tournaments to compensate for the lack of training camps - both locally and internationally. He added that this is due to the current situation resulting from the corona pandemic. He said the plans are within the views of the teams' technical department in order to spread competitiveness among...
This video grab taken from a lifestream by German biotechnology company BioNTech during their press conference to provide an update on their COVID-19 vaccine development program on December 22, 2020 at their headquarters in Mainz, western Germany, shows (L-R) Chief Business and Commercial Officer Sean Marett, BioNTech co-founder and scientist Ozlem Tureci, CEO and BioNTech co-founder Ugur Sahin and CFO Sierk Poetting. (Photo by - / BioNTech / AFP)
Scientists scramble to assess mutated virus
MAINZ, Germany: This video grab taken from a livestream by German biotechnology company BioNTech during their press conference to provide an update on their COVID-19 vaccine development program yesterday at their headquarters shows (from left) Chief Business and Commercial Officer Sean Marett, BioNTech co-founder and scientist Ozlem Tureci, CEO and BioNTech co-founder Ugur Sahin and CFO Sierk Poetting. - AFP PARIS: As dozens of countries blocked...
TOPSHOT - People watch a Long March-8 rocket, the latest China's Long March launch vehicle fleet, lifting off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in southern China's Hainan province on December 22, 2020. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT
China vows to take measures against US' visa restrictions
WENCHANG, China: People watch a Long March-8 rocket, the latest China's Long March launch vehicle fleet, lifting off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan province yesterday. - AFP BEIJING: Beijing said yesterday it would take "legitimate and necessary" measures against the United States in response to Washington's latest visa restrictions on Chinese officials suspected of human rights abuses. The US has toughened entry rules for...
An elderly man takes a rest on a bench at a park in Beijing on December 22, 2020. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)
Millions across China facing power shortages in below-freezing winter
BEIJING: An elderly man rests on a bench at a park yesterday. - AFP BEIJING: Tens of millions across China are facing power shortages in below-freezing winter temperatures, as three provinces impose curbs on electricity use due to surging demand and a squeezed coal supply. Residents, factories and businesses in Hunan, Zhejiang and Jiangxi provinces have been ordered to ration electricity with some areas citing a shortfall in coal supplies,...
TOPSHOT - Health workers keep vigil as passengers exit the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport upon their arrival from London in Mumbai on December 22, 2020. (Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP)
Europe tries to fend off UK's virus strain amid travel chaos
MUMBAI: Health workers keep vigil as passengers exit Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport upon their arrival from London yesterday. - AFP BRUSSELS: Europe was trying to forge a coordinated response yesterday to the threat of a coronavirus variant that has swept the UK and spurred global panic about an unpredictable turn in the pandemic just as vaccines are being rolled out worldwide. The new strain of the virus, which has also been detected...
A woman wearing reindeer-themed hair accessories carries a cat wearing a Santa Claus outfit as they pose amid decorations for Christmas and the New Year outside a shopping mall in Bangkok on December 22, 2020. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)
Thai seafood market COVID infections top 1,000 cases
BANGKOK: A woman wearing reindeer-themed hair accessories carries a cat wearing a Santa Claus outfit as they pose amid decorations for Christmas and the New Year outside a shopping mall yesterday. - AFP BANGKOK: A coronavirus outbreak linked to a seafood market in Thailand passed 1,000 cases yesterday, as authorities weighed whether to introduce a wider lockdown. Thailand has been on tenterhooks since Thursday following the positive virus test...
Municipal workers clean up debris at the site of a bomb attack in Kabul on December 22, 2020. - Four doctors who worked at an Afghan prison with hundreds of Taliban inmates were among five people killed on December 22 when a bomb attached to their car exploded, police said. (Photo by Zakeria HASHIMI / AFP)
Prison doctors among five killed in bombing
KABUL: Municipal workers clean up debris at the site of a bomb attack yesterday. - AFP KABUL: Four doctors who worked at an Afghan prison with hundreds of Taleban inmates were among five people killed yesterday by a bomb attached to their car, police said. The blast happened in a southern district of the city as the doctors travelled to the Pul-e-Charkhi prison where they worked, Kabul police spokesman Ferdaws Faramarz said. Four doctors and a...
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