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A teacher puts a face mask on a student as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus at an elementary school in Banda Aceh on December 2, 2020. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)
WHO recommends masks indoors if ventilation poor
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: A teacher puts a facemask on a student as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus at an elementary school yesterday. – AFP GENEVA: The World Health Organization yesterday recommended wearing facemasks when indoors with other people, if the ventilation has been deemed inadequate, in an update to its COVID-19 guidance on masks. The new recommendations apply in areas of known or suspected cluster or...
Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah is tackled by Ajax's Argentinian defender Nicolas Tagliafico during the UEFA Champions League 1st round Group D football match between Liverpool and Ajax at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on December 1, 2020. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / POOL / AFP)
Liverpool advance; Atletico frustrated
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah is tackled by Ajax's Argentinean defender Nicolas Tagliafico during the UEFA Champions League 1st round Group D football match between Liverpool and Ajax at Anfield on December 1, 2020. - AFP PARIS: Curtis Jones sent a depleted Liverpool through to the Champions League last 16 on Tuesday, while Zinedine Zidane dismissed suggestions he might walk away from Real Madrid after another defeat...
Sydney's goalkeeper Thomas Heward-Belle (C-L) punches the ball ahead of SIPG's forward Li Shenglong (C-R) during the AFC Champions League group H football match between China's Shanghai SIPG and Australia's Sydney FC on December 1, 2020 at the al-Janoub Stadium in the Qatari city of Al Wakrah. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)
Yokohama dump out big guns Jeonbuk to advance
AL WAKRAH, Qatar: Sydney's goalkeeper Thomas Heward-Belle (center left) punches the ball ahead of SIPG's forward Li Shenglong (center right) during the AFC Champions League group H football match between China's Shanghai SIPG and Australia's Sydney FC on December 1, 2020. - AFP DOHA: Yokohama F Marinos cruised into the knockout phase of the Asian Champions League for the first time in their history on Tuesday, hammering two-time champions...
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GAZOO Racing wins 2019-2020 FIA WEC
KUWAIT: GAZOO Racing (GR) claimed the 2019-2020 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) title with a stunning one-two victory in the 8 Hours of Bahrain recently. Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José Maria Lopez took first place in the No 7 TS050 Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) during the eighth and final race of the season, which also marked the last WEC championship appearance for Toyota's three-time Le Mans-winning vehicle.The No 7 TS050 HEV...
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Candidate Mulla presents his working program ahead of elections
Dr Bader Al-Mulla KUWAIT: Former MP and candidate Dr Bader Al-Mulla spoke about a working program he will present to voters to help him evaluate the priorities of an MP, monitor their performance and hold them to account. Mulla said the program is titled "Seriousness of Supervision and Quality Legislation", pointing out that this slogan is not just a campaign promise that came out of the blue; rather it is an affirmation of an approach he...
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Interior Ministry sets up voting panels for COVID patients
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The interior ministry yesterday announced setting up five voting committees for men and five for women to deal with COVID-19 patients and those in quarantine who will be voting on election day on Dec 5, 2020. According to ministry decree no. 1058/2020, these committees are prepared to receive voters in accordance with health requirements. The decision aims to ensure safety and prevent the spread of diseases.The...
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Heroin, shabu found in air cargo shipment
KUWAIT: Airport customs men discovered a shipment containing 2.4 kilograms of heroin and 500 grams of shabu (methamphetamine), the General Administration of Customs announced yesterday. The drugs were found hidden in an electronic device's shipment that arrived to Kuwait yesterday. An investigation was opened. KUWAIT: A fireman battles a blaze in Farwaniya. Farwaniya firesFour fire teams battled a blaze reported in a Farwaniya house yesterday....
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Public works ministry terminates 80 expats
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Public Works has decided to terminate the service of 80 expatriate employees, as the country is seeking to curtail hiring of migrant workers, a local Arabic daily reported yesterday. The ministry's undersecretary Esmail Al Felakawi has issued the decision to end the service of the 80 as of March, Al-Anbaa reported.The ministry aims at implementing a Kuwaitization plan, empowering national employees, the official...
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Amir, Crown Prince meet Kuwait anti-corruption authority chief
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets head of Kuwait's Public Anti-Corruption Authority Abdulaziz Al-Ibrahim. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. His Highness the Amir also received National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, His Highness...
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Kuwait signs deal to store 3.14 million crude barrels in Japan
KUWAIT/TOKYO: Japan and Kuwait will create a joint petroleum reserve for energy-hungry Southeast Asia, which lacks sufficient buffers against oil supply instability. Japan's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy and the state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) signed an agreement Tuesday on the project, the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) said in a statement.For Japan, the roughly 500,000-kiloliter stockpile on its...
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Kei restaurant commended for promoting Japanese culture
KUWAIT: Masato Takaoka, Ambassador of Japan to Kuwait, presents the certificate to Keiko Mutoh, the Managing Director and owner of Kei Japanese Restaurant. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: Masato Takaoka, Ambassador of Japan to Kuwait, awarded a certificate of commendation to Keiko Mutoh, the Managing Director and owner of Kei Japanese Restaurant, the very first Japanese restaurant in Kuwait. The award was given in recognition of Mutoh's many...
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'Twenty twenty'
By Layan Abdullah Al-Qenaeiyear of 'twenty twenty' is like no other. It had started like any other year, until COVID-19 showed up around February. The miserable COVID-19 spread around the world, moving from one country to another, and from a person to another like a walking zombie, as if it was fantasy. Alhamdulillah; Kuwait, our beloved country, took excellent care with the pandemic, health services, etc.The year of 2020 is a year of personal...
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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
Fears of Middle East war grow
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CSC’s faceprint attendance rule sparks debate
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MOGADISHU: Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP
Somalia beach attack kills 32
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Many smokers quit as ‘chests cannot stand two fires’
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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