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Shooting Tournament kicks off tomorrow
Obaid Al-Osaimi By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait and Arab Shooting Federations Secretary General Obaid Munahi Al-Osaimi said preparations are ongoing for HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Annual Shooting Tournament which will start tomorrow at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex.He said the club prepared a comprehensive plan for resuming the sport activity in accordance with the health protocols. The club...
Barcelona's Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho (bottom) falls after challenging Atletico Madrid's Spanish midfielder Koke (L) and Atletico Madrid's English defender Kieran Trippier during the Spanish League football match between Club Atletico de Madrid and FC Barcelona at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on November 21, 2020. (Photo by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP)
Atletico Madrid edge past Barcelona, earn title boost
MADRID: Barcelona's Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho (bottom) falls after challenging Atletico Madrid's Spanish midfielder Koke (left) and Atletico Madrid's English defender Kieran Trippier during the Spanish League football match between Club Atletico de Madrid and FC Barcelona on November 21, 2020. - AFP MADRID: Atletico Madrid delivered a major boost to their hopes of winning La Liga on Saturday by beating Barcelona 1-0 and consigning...
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The exodus continues: Many expats believe it's time to leave Kuwait
KUWAIT: This May 5, 2020 file photo shows Egyptian nationals waiting in line to check in their luggage at Kuwait International Airport as they prepare to leave to their home country. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: A steady exodus of expatriates that began prior to the coronavirus pandemic has picked up steam in recent months. As many as half a million expatriates may have left the country in the last 12 to 18 months, and many...
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Kuwait's COVID cases pass 140,000 mark
KUWAIT: Kuwait's confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 140,056 after the Ministry of Health announced 322 new infections yesterday. Meanwhile, the death toll reached 866 after three fatalities were recorded over the previous 24 hours, the ministry said. As for recoveries, the total number reached 132,178 after 618 recovered over the same period.The number of people hospitalized with the virus currently stands at 7,012, with 86 of them in intensive...
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Govt wary of population imbalance measures
KUWAIT: Government fears with regards to the economic repercussions resulting from the implementation of the population restructuring law have begun to surface, particularly over a rise in wages. Despite the official government support of the population restructuring bill which was approved by the National Assembly recently, official talks revealed warnings from ministers against the hasty treatment of the population imbalance in a way that does...
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Kuwait National Lab certified for isolating polio
Minister of Health Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah KUWAIT: Kuwait National Laboratory has been certified by the World Health Organization for successfully isolating the polio virus as part of WHO's global testing process, the Ministry of Health said yesterday. Kuwait National Laboratory scored full mark in WHO's testing to isolate the polio virus, said MoH in a statement, thus honoring Kuwait's 2035 Vision.The National Laboratory got WHO's...
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Amir receives Kuwait National Guard's new Deputy Chief
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Deputy Chief of the Kuwait National Guard Lt Gen Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, in the attendance of 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 yesterday at Bayan Palace His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad...
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Fire burns Health Ministry office
KUWAIT: Heavy damage left by a fire at an office in the Health Ministry building yesterday. - Kuwait Fire Force photos KUWAIT: Firemen put out a blaze reported yesterday in an office at the Health Ministry's headquarters building, located on the Jamal Abdul-Nasser Road in the Sabah Health Zone, Kuwait Fire Force said. The fire left material damage, while no human injuries were reported, it said, noting that an investigation was opened to reveal...
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Italy, Kuwait discuss developing security ties
ROME: Italian Carabinieri police chief General Giovanni Nistri with Kuwait's Ambassador Sheikh Azzam Al-Sabah. - KUNA ROME: Italian Carabinieri police chief, General Giovanni Nistri, expressed yesterday his aspiration to develop security and training cooperation with Kuwait to cope with emerging challenges. In a statement to the press, the Kuwaiti embassy said General Nistri met with Ambassador Sheikh Azzam Al-Sabah, where they discussed...
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Embassy warns of fraudulent transactions
LONDON: The Kuwaiti embassy in London yesterday issued a statement to Kuwaiti nationals and students, warning them of money transfers to unknown entities. The embassy indicated that it had received various complaints regarding fraudulent transactions involving entities claiming to be representatives of the UK's home office.The statement stressed that any sum of money owed to the British government would be done via legal means and direct contact...
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KUWAIT: Camels graze at Kuwait's desert. - Photo by Sharifa Sami Khalaf
Worshippers attend mass at the Chaldean Church of St. Joseph in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on November 7, 2020. - A few hundred thousand Christians are left in Iraq, where a US-led invasion in 2003 paved the way for bloody sectarian warfare that devastated the country's historic and diverse Christian communities -- Assyrian, Armenian, Chaldean, Protestant and more -- that were directly targeted later, as local hardliners fought each other starting in 2006. (Photo by Sabah ARAR / AFP)
Iraqi Christians still dream of leaving
BAGHDAD: Worshippers attend mass at the Chaldean Church of St Joseph on Nov 7, 2020. - AFP BAGHDAD: The bells of St Joseph's Chaldean Cathedral echo across Baghdad, signaling the start of Mass for the dwindling congregation that has stayed in the scarred Iraqi capital against all odds. "This is a safe space," says Mariam, a 17-year-old Chaldean Catholic among the few dozen attending the service. Elderly women pray solemnly, their hair covered in...
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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