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Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad laid to rest
KUWAIT: Mourners carry the bier of Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah during his funeral at Sulaibikhat Cemetery yesterday. – Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: The late Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah was laid to rest in the Sulaibikhat Cemetery yesterday. Members of Al-Sabah family and a large crowd of citizens attended the funeral procedures. His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent...
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Indian embassy to celebrate 60th anniversary of India-Kuwait ties
KUWAIT: Indian Ambassador Sibi George addresses various Indian social groups during a virtual conference at the Indian embassy. By Sajeev K PeterKUWAIT: Indian Embassy in Kuwait will celebrate in a big way the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Kuwait and India during 2021-22. "This is an important milestone in the history of our engagement as India and Kuwait are entering into an important phase of our...
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Kuwait's COVID-19 cases jump by 230 to 148,209, one death
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Health (MoH) registered yesterday 230 additional COVID-19 cases over a 24-hour span, increasing the total number of infections to 148,209, while one new death was recorded raising the death toll to 922. Earlier, the ministry confirmed 216 fresh recovery cases, adding to a total of 144,142 cured people thus far.Plus, active cases amounted to 3,145 with 55 of them in intensive care units, MoH's Spokesman Dr Abdullah...
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MPs file proposal to return to four-vote election system
The National Assembly By B IzzakKUWAIT: Five opposition lawmakers yesterday submitted a draft law calling to amend the current single-vote election system to return to the previous system that allows voters to elect up to four candidates. In 2012, the government changed the prevailing electoral system through an Amiri decree and introduced the existing system that allows Kuwaiti voters to elect only one candidate. That amendment led to the...
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Iraq Prime Minister pushes for closer ties with Kuwait
BAGHDAD: Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi meets Kuwait's ambassador to Iraq Salem Al-Zamanan. - KUNA BAGHDAD: Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi said on Sunday that Baghdad is eager to establish closer relations with Kuwait across various fields, which would lead to an overall stronger relationship.Further developing a joint ministerial committee for bilateral talks, which was set up by the Arab Gulf neighbors, would be a...
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Kuwait halts flights, closes borders over virus variant
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Cabinet announced the closure of all ports and the suspended all commercial flights from 11 pm yesterday until Friday, Jan 1, 2021, after a new fast-spreading strain of coronavirus appeared in Britain. Kuwait on Sunday had banned passenger flights from Britain over the new strain of the virus.Citizens and residents who arrived to Kuwait from the European Union and United Kingdom between Dec 11, 2020 and Dec 21, 2020 are...
Syrian-Armenian potter Misak Antranik Petros uses an ancient pottery wheel to churn different types of pots at his workshop located inside an ancient mud-brick house near the city of Qamishli in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province, on December 19, 2020. - Petros was only a teenager when he had to take over for his sick father and become the main potter of the family. He has since become a master of the craft, and is keen to pass his skills on. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)
Syrian potter preserves centuries-old craft
Syrian-Armenian potter Misak Antranik Petros arranges pottery vases at his workshop.Syrian-Armenian potter Misak Antranik Petros uses an ancient pottery wheel to churn different types of pots at his workshop. Inside a dusty and dark workshop on the banks of the Jaghjagh river in northeast Syria, Misak Antranik Petros uses an ancient pottery wheel to throw different shapes from clay. The 85-year-old Syrian potter of Armenian origin said his...
John Sullivan, 81, dressed as Santa Claus records a virtual message for a client at his home in Streamwood, Illinois, on December 16, 2020. - As the pandemic rages, children's visits with Santa Claus are going virtual -- to protect both them and the men in high-risk groups who dress up as old St. Nick. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP)
Like so much else, visits with Santa go virtual due to COVID
Andre Russel dressed as Santa Claus speaks to his client during virtual appointment in the basement of his home in Chicago, Illinois. - AFP photosJohn Sullivan, 81, dressed as Santa Claus records a virtual message for a client at his home in Streamwood, Illinois. As the pandemic rages, children's visits with Santa Claus are going virtual-to protect both them and the men in high-risk groups who dress up as old St. Nick. "I'm not fooling around...
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Britain facing bleak midwinter
DOVER: A sign alerts customers that the "French Borders are Closed" at the entrance to the Port of Dover in Kent, southeast England yesterday. - AFP LONDON: With Britons already locked down for Christmas due to an "out of control" coronavirus strain, the sense of isolation deepened when countries imposed travel bans, providing a glimpse into the looming chaos of a disorderly Brexit. France's decision on Sunday to prevent freight travelling...
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Tense atmosphere for British passengers at German airports
British travellers still flying into Germany on Sunday were prevented from leaving the airport, with health officials and nurses-some dressed in hazmat suits-administering immediate COVID-19 tests. BERLIN: German national Sabrina Dinkler-Stemme said she was treated like a "criminal" as she stepped off a flight from Britain and found herself blocked at Hanover airport. "I was completely encircled by the police. I was outside in the rain. We could...
In this photo taken on December 2, 2020, Donna Valdez, 15, -- whose name AFP has changed to protect her identity -- carries her child at a health centre in Manila. - The Catholic-majority country has one of the lowest ages of consent in the world, allowing adults to legally have sex with children as young as 12 if they agree. Congress now looks set to approve a bill to raise the age to 16. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP) / To go with AFP story Philippines-crime-teenagers-sex, FOCUS by Allison JACKSON
Victory for children: Philippines set to raise age of consent to 16
In this photo taken on December 2, 2020, Donna Valdez, 15, -- whose name AFP has changed to protect her identity -- carries her child at a health centre in Manila. - AFP MANILA: Manila teenager Rose Alvarez was 13 when she started having sex with a man who was more than twice her age. That would be statutory rape in most countries, but not in the Philippines. The Catholic-majority country has one of the lowest ages of consent in the world,...
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US looking 'very carefully' at new virus variant
This file photo taken on November 18, 2020 shows a bottle reading "Vaccine Covid-19" next to the Moderna biotech company logo. - AFP WASHINGTON: US authorities are looking "very carefully" into the virus variant spreading in the United Kingdom, top health officials said Sunday, while indicating that a ban on UK travel was not currently in the cards. The news came as a US expert panel recommended those aged 75 and older should be the next...
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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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NOTTINGHAM: Protesters are detained on Aug 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' demonstration. - AFP
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MOGADISHU: Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP
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