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Kuwait lists 301 new COVID-19 cases, three deaths

KUWAIT: Kuwait listed 301 new coronavirus infections yesterday, which raised the total 144,900, while three deaths recorded over the past 24 hours upped the death toll to 900, the health ministry said. The ministry had earlier reported that 297 patients recovered over the same period, raising total recoveries to 140,638. The number of COVID-19 patients hospitalized stood yesterday at 3,362, with 83 of them in intensive care units, according to...

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UN, Kuwait maintain close partnership in combating human trafficking: Officials

KUWAIT: Members of a UN delegation visit the shelter with Kuwaiti government agencies' representatives. KUWAIT: UN officials praised on Monday the "close partnership" with Kuwait to enhance the capacities of local partners and relevant ministries to protect the victims of human trafficking. This came in a press statement issued by Representative of the UN Secretary-General and Resident Coordinator in the State of Kuwait Tariq Al-Sheikh during a...

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Health minister congratulates team on 'historic achievement'

KUWAIT: Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah received members of a medical team who carried out the first liver transplant operation in Kuwait, which was performed on a Kuwaiti citizen in her sixties. The minister congratulated the team on this 'historic achievement,' which he said "proves the competence of Kuwaiti doctors and the strength of the health system." Ministry Undersecretary Dr Mustafa Redha attended the reception.

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UNDP commends Kuwait's efforts against corruption

KUWAIT: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) highlighted the Kuwaiti government's efforts to tackle corruption, praising resulting strategies aimed at enhancing transparency and promoting integrity. UNDP Resident Representative in Kuwait Hideko Hadzialic said this work is represented by Kuwait's Anti-Corruption Authority, Nazaha, in partnership with the General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development and the...

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Kuwait's youth authority, SACGC sign cooperation protocol

KUWAIT: Public Youth Authority's Director General Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi (left) and SACGC Director General Dr Omar Al-Bannai at the signing ceremony. - KUNA KUWAIT: The Public Youth Authority signed a cooperation protocol with Sabah Al-Ahmad Center for Giftedness and Creativity (SACGC) yesterday, aimed at developing scientific, technical and technological skills of youth. Authority Director General Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi said the protocol,...

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Woman dead, two injured in Salwa house blaze

KUWAIT: A fire engine is seen outside the Salwa house where the fire was reported. KUWAIT: A 58-year-old Kuwaiti woman died and two people suffered from smoke inhalation in a Salwa house fire reported Monday night, Kuwait Fire Force said. Firemen from Bidaa and Mishref fire stations responded and put out the fire, while paramedics treated the two persons on site.Meanwhile, firemen freed a Kuwaiti man who was trapped in his vehicle after it...

Pedestrians cross Westminster Bridge in London on December 8, 2020, as talks on a trade deal between the EU and the UK enter a critical stage. - With just a month until Britain's post-Brexit future begins and trade talks with the European Union still deadlocked, the UK government on Tuesday urged firms to prepare as it scrambles to finish essential infrastructure. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP)

UK, EU strike Northern Ireland pact

LONDON: Pedestrians cross Westminster Bridge in London yesterday as talks on a trade deal between the EU and the UK enter a critical stage. - AFP LONDON: Britain and the European Union yesterday announced a pact to regulate complex arrangements for Northern Ireland after Brexit, as both sides readied for a face-to-face showdown to try to salvage a wider trade deal. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to meet EU commission chief Ursula von der...

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PM Sheikh Sabah reappointed by Amir to form new Cabinet

Mutair says he will not contest speaker’s post • MPs welcome ‘sacrifice’ KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah is received by HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace yesterday after the Amir signed a decree appointing him as prime minister. - KUNA By B IzzakKUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday issued a decree reappointing HH the Prime Minister...

TOPSHOT - CORRECTION - Nurse May Parsons (R) administers the Pfizer/BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine to Margaret Keenan (L), 90, at University Hospital in Coventry, central England, on December 8, 2020 making Keenan the first person to receive the vaccine in the country's biggest ever immunisation programme. - Britain on December 8 hailed a turning point in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, as it begins the biggest vaccination programme in the country's history with a new Covid-19 jab. (Photo by Jacob King / POOL / AFP) / The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by Jacob King has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: Pictures were taken on [December 8, 2020] instead of [December 9, 2020]. 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.

UK starts virus jabs as Europe cases top 20m

COVENTRY: Nurse May Parsons administers the Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine to Margaret Keenan, 90, at University Hospital yesterday, making her the first person to receive the vaccine in the country's biggest ever immunization program. - AFP LONDON: Britain became the first Western country to start a mass coronavirus vaccine campaign yesterday with a 90-year-old receiving the initial jab, as the number of cases in Europe hit 20 million....

TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump looks on during a ceremony presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to wrestler Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on December 7, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Time running out on Trump bid to overturn results

US President Donald Trump WASHINGTON: Humiliation in the courts, witnesses who provide more farce than facts and a chief lawyer battling coronavirus - Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the Nov 3 presidential election are not going well. And time is running out. The Electoral College is to meet on Dec 14 to certify Democrat Joe Biden's victory and yesterday was the deadline for state-level challenges to be resolved.Among the...

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Everest 'grows' as China, Nepal agree new height

A Nepal Survey Department team member places a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver after drilling it on a rock during Mount Everest's height measurements. - AFP KATHMANDU: The highest point on Earth got a bit higher yesterday as China and Nepal finally agreed on a precise elevation for Mount Everest after years of debate. The agreed height of 8,848.86 meters (29,031 feet) - unveiled at a news conference in Kathmandu - was 86 cm...

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Tainted legacy of Nobel Peace laureates

GEDAREF, Sudan: In this photo taken on Dec 1, 2020, an Ethiopian man watches the rising Moon on top of a hill at Um Raquba refugee camp. - AFP OSLO: A "champion of peace" doesn't normally threaten to show no mercy before carrying out an attack that sparks a humanitarian crisis. Yet Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is not the first Nobel Peace Prize laureate to go to war. Officially, the guns in Tigray have been silenced: On November 28, Abiy,...

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LIVERPOOL: Police officers face protesters outside the Liver Building in Liverpool on August 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' anti-immigrant rally. — AFP

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