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Azerbaijani soldiers ride in the back of a truck through the town of Lachin on December 1, 2020. - Azerbaijani soldiers on December 1 hoisted their country's flag in the final district given up by Armenia under a peace deal that ended weeks of fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. A column of Azerbaijani military trucks entered the Lachin district overnight, taking over the last of three regions around Karabakh handed over by Armenia under the Russian-brokered agreement. (Photo by Karen MINASYAN / AFP)
Karabakh rivals adjust to life along new borders
LACHIN: Azerbaijani soldiers ride in the back of a truck through the town of Lachin on Monday. -AFP BERDASHEN, Azerbaijan: Pomegranate harvest is in full swing on a field Zhorik Grigoryan nearly lost in the recent fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Azerbaijani forces were just 50 meters (150 feet) away from the farmer's land in the eastern Martuni district when a Moscow-brokered peace deal halted...
Residents prepare sand bags to protect their homes ahead of cyclone Burevi landfall in Sri Lanka's north-eastern coast, in Trincomalee on December 2, 2020. - Sri Lanka shut schools in several areas and rescue workers were deployed in southern India on D2 ahead of the second cyclone to buffet the region in a week. (Photo by STR / AFP)
Second cyclone in a week threatens Sri Lanka, India
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka: Residents prepare sand bags to protect their homes ahead of cyclone Burevi landfall in Sri Lanka's north-eastern coast, in Trincomalee yesterday. - AFP COLOMBO: Sri Lanka and southern India battened down the hatches for the second time in a week yesterday ahead of the scheduled arrival of another cyclone from the Bay of Bengal. Burevi will pack gusts of up to 100 kilometers (60 miles) an hour when it makes landfall late...
A supporter of Zhou Xiaoxuan, a feminist figure who rose to prominence during Chinaís #MeToo movement two years ago, has a #MeToo penned on her forehead in front of the Haidian District Peopleís Court in Beijing on December 2, 2020, in a sexual harassment case against one of China's best-known television host. (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP)
China's #MeToo movement gets its moment in court
BEIJING: A supporter of Zhou Xiaoxuan, a feminist figure who rose to prominence during China's #MeToo movement two years ago, has a #MeToo penned on her forehead in front of the Haidian District People's Court in Beijing yesterday in a sexual harassment case against one of China's best-known television host. - AFP BEIJING: A sexual harassment case against a powerful Chinese media figure began in Beijing yesterday, with his accuser calling it a...
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - NOVEMBER 30: Dallas Goedert #88 of the Philadelphia Eaglesis tackled by the Seattle Seahawks during the fourth quarter at Lincoln Financial Field on November 30, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Elsa/Getty Images/AFP
Seahawks down Eagles 23-17
PHILADELPHIA: Dallas Goedert #88 of the Philadelphia Eagles is tackled by the Seattle Seahawks during the fourth quarter at Lincoln Financial Field on November 30, 2020.- AFP NEW YORK: Seattle's Russell Wilson threw for 230 yards and a touchdown to spark the Seahawks over the Philadelphia Eagles 23-17 on Monday and keep them alone atop their NFL division. The Seahawks improved to 8-3, one game ahead of the Los Angeles Rams atop the NFC West,...
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Kuwait Open Table Tennis tournament
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Head of women's committee at Kuwait Table Tennis Federation Khalida Al-Ali said preparations for the Open Table Tennis refresher tournament are proceeding as planned, and will be held from December 9th until 11th at Salwa Club Hall with the participation of 4 clubs - Arabi, Salwa Al-Sabah, Fatayat Al-Oyoun and Al-Fatat Clubs. Khalida Al-Ali She said the women's committee (Shahad Abdelraheem, Ishtiaq Sanad and Fatima...
Shanghai's forward Giovanni Moreno (C) clears the ball during the AFC Champions League group F football match between China's Shanghai Shenhua and Australia's Perth Glory on November 30, 2020 at the Education City Stadium in the Qatari city of Ar-Rayyan. (Photo by - / AFP)
Yoon double puts Ulsan in last 16, Beijing stay perfect
AL-RAYYAN, Qatar: Shanghai’s forward Giovanni Moreno (center) clears the ball during the AFC Champions League group F football match between China’s Shanghai Shenhua and Australia’s Perth Glory on November 30, 2020.- AFP DOHA: Yoon Bit-garam struck once in each half to send Ulsan Hyundai through to the round of 16 in the Asian Champions League with a 2-1 win over FC Tokyo on Monday. The 30-year-old's efforts ensured top position in Group F...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 10, 2020, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach attends a press conference in Lausanne. - Bach will stand unopposed to serve a second term as International Olympic Committee president, he body said on December 1, 2020 (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP)
Bach unopposed in bid for 2nd term as IOC's president
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach LAUSANNE: Thomas Bach will stand unopposed to serve a second term as International Olympic Committee president, the body said yesterday. Bach, a 66-year-old German lawyer, is set to be confirmed for a second and final four-year term at an IOC session in March in Athens. Bach was initially elected for an eight-year term as Olympic chief in September 2013, taking over from Belgian Jacques...
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Election rallies return as low turnout seen
The National Assembly By B IzzakKUWAIT: A number of candidates, including ex-MPs, have broken a total ban on the traditional election campaigns to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, hosting hundreds of voters to rallies and dinner banquets. At least 10 candidates, most of them from the predominantly tribal fourth constituency, held such rallies and published pictures on their Twitter accounts showing large crowds many of whom...
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MoH licenses two new drugs to treat COVID-19 patients
KUWAIT: The health ministry has authorized the drug bamlanivimab for emergency use to treat mild to moderate cases of COVID-19 in adult patients and children over 12 years old who have risk factors that make them more vulnerable.Assistant Undersecretary for Drug and Food Control Affairs Dr Abdullah Al-Bader said in a press statement yesterday that the last emergency use of baricitinib was licensed to be used as an added drug to remdesivir to...
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80,000 domestic helpers to return directly to Kuwait
KUWAIT: Directorate General of Civil Aviation Director General Youssef Al-Fawzan (center) holds a press conference with other DGCA officials yesterday. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said the return of foreign domestic workers to the country on direct flights will begin on Monday, Dec 7, with plans for a 14-day COVID-19 mandatory state quarantine for 80,000 individuals put in place.The plan will save on...
Skyscrapers in Tokyo's Shinjuku area are seen during sunset on December 1, 2020. (Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI / AFP)
Economy back to pre-COVID level in 2021: OECD
TOKYO: Skyscrapers in Tokyo's Shinjuku area are seen during sunset yesterday. - AFP PARIS: The global economy may get back to pre-pandemic levels by the end of next year as vaccines help propel recovery, but growth is likely to be uneven, the OECD said yesterday. Signs that vaccines could now be weeks away from distribution have injected cautious optimism as the year limps to a close with COVID-19 having claimed some 1.4 million lives."For the...
This handout illustration image obtained February 27, 2020 courtesy of the National Institutes of Health shows a transmission electron microscopic image that shows SARS-CoV-2óalso known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the US, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. - President Donald Trump has played down fears of a major coronavirus outbreak in the United States, even as infections ricochet around the world, prompting a ban on pilgrims to Saudi Arabia. China is no longer the only breeding ground for the deadly virus as countries fret over possible contagion coming from other hotbeds of infection, including Iran, South Korea and Italy. There are now more daily cases being recorded outside China than inside the country, where the virus first emerged in December, according to the World Health Organization. (Photo by Handout / National Institutes of Health / AFP)
Mystery still shrouds origin of COVID-19
WASHINGTON: This transmission electron microscopic image shows the virus that causes COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the US, emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. - AFP PARIS: While many scientists are racing to find vaccines to tame the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, other researchers are probing the past, trying to unravel one of the greatest mysteries of the virus: Exactly where it came from. The World Health...
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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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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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