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Abiy says Ethiopia working to restore order in Tigray
A member of the Amhara Special Forces holds his gun while another washes his face in Humera, Ethiopia. A "champion of peace" doesn't normally threaten to show no mercy before carrying out an attack that sparks a humanitarian crisis. - AFP ADDIS ABABA: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed yesterday said efforts were under way to restore order in Tigray, where doctors and humanitarian workers say fighting and lawlessness were hindering aid delivery to...
Former Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama casts his ballot as he votes for the presidential and parliamentary election at an open-air polling station, in his hometown Bole, Ghana, on December 7, 2020. - More than 17 million people are eligible to vote in presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana with the race for the top job expected to be a close-run fight between incumbent Nana Akufo-Addo and longtime opponent John Mahama. (Photo by Nipah Dennis / AFP)
Ghana set for close election in 'beacon of democracy'
BOLE: Former Ghana's President John Dramani Mahama casts his ballot as he votes for the presidential and parliamentary election at an open-air polling station, in his hometown Bole, Ghana, yesterday. - AFP ACCRA: Ghanaians voted yesterday in an election seen as a close fight between President Nana Akufo-Addo and his longtime rival John Mahama, in a country long viewed a beacon of stability in a troubled region. The west African nation has...
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LAPA signed a cooperation agreement with 'Geek Express'
Fareah Al-Saqqaf, Chairman of the Board of Directors of LAPA.Manal Hakim, CEO of 'Geek Express'. The Performing Arts Academy "LAPA" announced the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement with "Geek Express", a Lebanon-based Company for the purpose of providing coded art workshops (combination of coding and arts). In these workshops, children will learn to create literary and artistic content through technology.These workshops come under the...
A graffiti artist, in a store where supplies are sold to make graffiti, prepares his bag with spray paint cans in Wuhan on November 22, 2020. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
'We all survived': Wuhan artists keep virus memories alive
A graffiti artist, in a store where supplies are sold to make graffiti, prepares his bag with spray paint cans in Wuhan.-AFP A melancholy guitar melody intertwines with an ethereal beat as wild-haired singer Lu Yan intones his hometown's feelings into a microphone: "Virus in Wuhan. We all survived." In music, graffiti, even comics, Wuhan artists are beginning to pay homage to their city with works referencing its coronavirus suffering, punishing...
Chief of Staff Doctor Joseph Varon smiles and waves to Gloria Garcia's family as she video calls them from the Covid-19 ward at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas on December 4, 2020. - Joseph Varon, a doctor treating coronavirus patients at a Texas hospital, was working his 252nd day in a row when he spotted a distraught elderly man in the Covid-19 intensive care unit (ICU). Varon's comforting embrace of the white-haired man on Thanksgiving Day was captured by a photographer for Getty Images and has gone viral around the world. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP)
Hospital staff 'truly exhausted,' says Texas doctor in viral hug photo
Chief of Staff Doctor Joseph Varon smiles and waves to Gloria Garcia's family as she video calls them from the Covid-19 ward at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas .-AFP Through multiple masks, a face shield and a protective suit he likens to those worn by astronauts, Dr Joseph Varon bends over his Covid-19 patient and waves into the phone she is holding up. At the other end of the video call, several loved ones express their...
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Kuwait's Amir sends cables of congratulations to new MPs
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday cables of congratulations to winners in National Assembly elections, expressing content for the trust they were bestowed with by citizens. His Highness the Amir wished the new MPs would succeed in serving their constituents and their homeland and in contributing to the development of the homeland and its...
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Cabinet resigns after 'tackling responsibility at crucial time'
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace yesterday. Meanwhile, His Highness the Amir received His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah...
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Cabinet discusses Gulf reconciliation talks, elections
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (center) chairs the Cabinet's meeting. - KUNA KUWAIT: The Cabinet discussed different topics in a meeting chaired by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace yesterday. In a statement after the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh hailed the recent...
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Kuwait Fire Force saves 44 people trapped by rain floods
KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Force (KFF) announced yesterday that its teams rescued 44 people who were trapped due to the current heavy rains. The Department of Public Relations and Information at KFF stated in a press release that the operating room received 43 reports yesterday morning, most of which were regarding people trapped in their vehicles from the heavy rainfall and the floods in the basements of buildings.Its teams were alerted and even more...
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Acting Info Minister hails leadership's sponsorship of election
Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah KUWAIT: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah stressed that the political leadership's patronage of the democratic process in the country, which described as historic and civilized that has become a Kuwaiti legacy, which originated more than five decades ago.Sheikh Ahmad Al-Sabah said in a press statement yesterday that the close...
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Kuwait records 205 COVID cases
KUWAIT: Kuwait recorded 205 new coronavirus cases and two deaths yesterday, raising the total number of cases to 144,369 and deaths to 891, respectively. The Ministry of Health announced meanwhile the recovery of 425 patients from COVID-19. The new figures raised the total number of recoveries to 140,035, the ministry said. There were 81 patients in ICUs as of yesterday, as the total number of patients still receiving medical care reached...
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Kuwait's Deputy FM meets ambassadors
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah meets Ambassador of Jordan to Kuwait Sager Abu Shtal. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Al-Jarallah met yesterday the Ambassador of Jordan to Kuwait Sager Abu Shtal. The two sides during the meeting tackled issues of common interest, and the latest developments in the regional and international arenas.Meanwhile, Jarallah received yesterday the credentials of...
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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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MOGADISHU: Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP
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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
Fearful UK mosques on alert over far-right protests