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Kuwait sees 209 new COVID-19 cases, two fatalities
KUWAIT: Kuwait said yesterday it logged 209 new coronavirus infections over the previous 24 hours, raising total cases to 142,635, while two fatalities recorded over the same period upped its death toll to 880. The health ministry had earlier announced the recovery of 658 COVID-19 patients during the same period, raising total recoveries to 137,071.The number of people hospitalized with the virus stood yesterday at 4,684, with 84 of them in...
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Interior Minister opens operations center in Subhan
KUWAIT: Interior Minister Anas Al-Saleh tours the new center. - Interior Ministry photos KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh reaffirmed the commitment of Kuwait's political leadership to the upgrading of the security institution and providing it with the state-of-the-art equipment. "Constant modernization of all sectors of the Ministry of Interior is a top priority for...
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Kuwait Radio ready to broadcast elections: Official
KUWAIT: Information Ministry's Assistant Undersecretary for Radio Affairs Sheikh Fahad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah confirmed that Kuwait Radio is ready to cover the 2020 National Assembly elections and to show it through media and technology. In a statement to the press, Sheikh Fahad Al-Mubarak said yesterday that the radio sector is eager to implement the directives of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Dr...
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COVID-era education reveals shortcomings, required improvements
Dr Saud Al-Harbi KUWAIT: Education Minister and Minister of Higher Education Dr Saud Al-Harbi affirmed yesterday that education during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic had revealed the shortcomings and the required improvement of the learning process. Minister Harbi made that statement during a videoconference titled 'the Second International Conference on: Distance Learning: Coping with Covid-19 Crisis.' The event scheduled from November 30...
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KAFO forum 2020 to be held virtually
KUWAIT: A screenshot showing Executive Manager of KAFO Fatemah Al-Mosawi while speaking during the online press conference. By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Various important issues including education, environment and health will be discussed and presented during the fourth annual Kuwait's Achievers for Future Opportunities (KAFO) forum to be held from Dec 12 to 16, 2020. HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah is set to...
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KUWAIT: Smoke rises from the Doha power plant on a cloudy day on November 29, 2020. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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Arab Spring: The first smartphone revolution
KHARTOUM: In this file photo taken on April 25, 2019, Sudanese protesters open their smartphones lights as they gather for a "million-strong" march outside the army headquarters. - AFP NICOSIA: Social media and smartphones briefly gave youthful Arab Spring protesters a technological edge that helped topple ageing dictatorships a decade ago as their revolutionary spirit went viral. Regimes across North Africa and the Middle East were caught...
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Ethiopian premier says has Tigray leaders in his sights
ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed gestures at the House of Peoples Representatives yesterday. – AFP ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said yesterday Tigray region's dissident leaders had fled west of the regional capital after weeks of fighting, but said federal forces were monitoring them closely and would "attack" them soon. Abiy, winner of last year's Nobel Peace Prize, this month ordered military operations...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 20, 2015 US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki delivers a daily briefing at the US State Department in Washington, DC. - US President-elect Joe Biden on Sunday announced an all-female senior White House communications team, what his office called a first in the country's history. Among those named was Jen Psaki, who will serve in the highly visible role of White House press secretary. Psaki, 41, has held a number of senior positions, including White House communications director for the Barack Obama-Biden administration. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP)
Biden transition kicks into gear as Trump admits dwindling options
WASHINGTON, DC: In this file photo , US State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki delivers a daily briefing at the US State Department in Washington, DC. US President-elect Joe Biden on Sunday announced an all-female senior White House communications team. - AFP WILMINGTON, Del: US President-elect Joe Biden was expected to unveil his picks for several top economic positions as early as yesterday when he will also finally receive his first...
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Second wave of Mideast protests
BEIRUT: In this file photo taken on Nov 10, 2019, Lebanese demonstrators wave national flags during anti-government protests. The Arabic slogan on the fist in the background reads "Revolution". - AFP BEIRUT: The Arab Spring uprisings are nearly a decade old and moribund but protests in four new countries last year revealed that the spirit of the revolts that lit up 2011 is still alive. "The emergence of the 2019 wave of the uprisings in Algeria,...
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Thousands flee as Indonesian volcano bursts to life
JAKARTA: Thousands have fled the scene of a rumbling Indonesian volcano that burst to life for the first time in several years, belching a massive column of smoke and ash, the disaster agency said yesterday. - Reuters JAKARTA: Thousands have fled the scene of a rumbling Indonesian volcano that burst to life for the first time in several years, belching a massive column of smoke and ash, the disaster agency said yesterday. The evacuation of more...
The Custos of the Holy Land Friar Francesco Patton arrives to lead a mass at the Church of the Nativity compound to ceremonially launch the beginning of the Christmas season, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank,on November 28, 2020. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)
'Christmas will not be cancelled,' says Bethlehem
The Custos of the Holy Land Friar Francesco Patton arrives to lead a mass at the Church of the Nativity compound to ceremonially launch the beginning of the Christmas season, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.-AFP BETHLEHEM, West Bank: Bethlehem is shaping up for a dismal Christmas: most of the inns are closed, the shepherds are likely to be under lockdown and there are few visitors from the east, or anywhere else. Just 12 months...
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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