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Trump: Biden 'won because election rigged'
WASHINGTON: Members of Antifa and Proud Boys clash in the middle of the street following the "Million MAGA March" on Saturday. - AFP WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump appeared accidentally to admit his election defeat in a tweet yesterday morning - before reversing course to claim he won, and once again push unsubstantiated claims of mass fraud in the vote. Trump has refused to concede the Nov 3 US election to challenger Joe Biden, and...
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Court hearing cases of barred candidates
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The lower court yesterday heard the first case of a candidate disqualified from running in next month's elections and set more cases to be reviewed today. A government commission last week disqualified 34 candidates, some of them from the opposition, for several reasons including for being convicted in financial cases.One of those disqualified is former opposition Islamist MP Bader Al-Dahoum, who was reportedly barred over a...
A housemaid waits at an office for domestic workers at a commercial complex in Kuwait City on July 14, 2016.nKuwait has set a minimum wage for its hundreds of thousands of mostly Asian domestic workers, in a first for Gulf states which have come under widespread accusations of abuse.nA decree issued by Interior Minister Sheikh Mohammad Khaled Al-Sabah set the minimum wage at 60 dinars ($200) a month and also granted domestic staff a raft of other rights, Al-Anbaa newspaper reported. / AFP PHOTO / YASSER AL-ZAYYAT
Plans to allow domestic workers to return directly
A housemaid waits at an office for domestic workers at a commercial complex in Kuwait City in this file photo. Photo used for illustrative purposes only. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: President of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Hmoud Al-Sabah met Kuwait Airways Chairman Ali Mohammad Al-Dakhan and Jazeera Airways Chairman Marwan Boodai to prepare a detailed schedule to restart flights from some...
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Post-Brexit talks enter crunch week
LONDON: In this file photo taken on January 9, 2020, a video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (center) reacting after his government won the vote on the third reading of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill, in the House of Commons. – AFP BRUSSELS: The EU and Britain launch the final stretch of trade negotiations today after months of...
Ethiopian migrants who fled intense fighting in their homeland of Tigray, gather at the border reception centre of Hamdiyet, in the eastern Sudanese state of Kasala, on November 14, 2020. - Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, winner of last year's Nobel Peace Prize, ordered military operations in Tigray last week, shocking the international community which fears the start of a long and bloody civil war. (Photo by Ebrahim HAMID / AFP)
Tigray fighters strike Eritrea airport
KASALA, Sudan: Ethiopians who fled intense fighting in their homeland of Tigray gather at the border reception center of Hamdiyet in this eastern Sudanese state on Saturday. - AFP ADDIS ABABA: The leader of the Tigray region of Ethiopia yesterday claimed responsibility for rocket strikes on the airport in neighboring Eritrea's capital, a move that ratcheted up fears of a wider conflict in the Horn of Africa region. Diplomats told AFP Saturday...
ATLANTA, GA - NOVEMBER 14: Signs supporting President-elect Joe Biden are seen on a fence outside the Georgia State Capitol on November 14, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. President-elect Joe Biden has been declared the winner in Georgia, becoming the first Democratic nominee to win the state since 1992. Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images/AFP
Trump mulls a future outside the White House as 2020 options fade
ATLANTA, GA: Signs supporting President-elect Joe Biden are seen on a fence outside the Georgia State Capitol on Saturday in Atlanta, Georgia. President-elect Joe Biden has been declared the winner in Georgia, becoming the first Democratic nominee to win the state since 1992. - AFP WASHINGTON: With his long-shot efforts to hang on for a second term dwindling, US President Donald Trump is discussing with advisers several media ventures and...
PHILADELPHIA, PA - NOVEMBER 10: A display of books about President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is displayed for sale at the University of Pennsylvania book store, where the Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement was named after him, on November 10, 2020 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Seven days after country went to the polls, general election ballots are still being tabulated in the city, though the Keystone state was called for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Saturday, propelling him past the requisite 270 electoral votes to winning the presidency. As of Tuesday evening, with 98% of the ballots reporting, President-elect Biden leads President Trump by 46,223 votes. Mark Makela/Getty Images/AFP
Harris leads record wave of elected women changing face of US politics
PHILADELPHIA, PA: A display of books about President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is displayed for sale at the University of Pennsylvania book store, where the Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement was named after him in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. - AFP WASHINGTON: With Kamala Harris poised to become the first female vice president of the United States, and with a record number of women elected to...
Residents are carried on a forklift truck to dry land through flood waters brought by heavy rain from Typhoon Vamco after it made landfall in Thua Thien Hue province on November 15, 2020. (Photo by Huy THANH / AFP)
Vamco hits Vietnam as Philippines death toll rises to 67
Residents are carried on a forklift truck to dry land through floodwaters brought by heavy rain from Typhoon Vamco after it made landfall in Thua Thien Hue province yesterday. - AFP HANOI: Storm Vamco barreled into Vietnam yesterday, damaging buildings and injuring at least five people, as the death toll in the Philippines climbed to 67. The storm made landfall on Sunday morning with reported winds of up to 90 km per hour, uprooting trees and...
A supporter of US President Donald Trump lying on the floor is kicked as he is attacked by anti-Trump demonstrators in Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC on November 14, 2020. (Photo by Roberto SCHMIDT / AFP)
Judge rejects Trump limits on 'Dreamer' program
WASHINGTON, DC: A supporter of US President Donald Trump lying on the floor is kicked as he is attacked by anti-Trump demonstrators in Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, DC on Saturday. - AFP WASHINGTON: A judge on Saturday rejected the White House's limitations on a program protecting 700,000 so-called "Dreamers," undocumented migrants brought to the United States as children. The federal judge in New York ruled that President Donald...
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Sigh of relief as international organizations await Biden
In this file photo taken on February 07, 2015 , German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US Vice President Joe Biden pose for photographers prior to their trilateral talks during the 51st Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich, southern Germany. - AFP GENEVA: After years of US disengagement and confrontation, international organizations in Geneva appeared to breathe a collective sigh of relief at Joe Biden's presidential election win-but the...
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SpaceX launches 4 astronauts to ISS
This handout photo released by NASA shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard illuminated by spotlights on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A as preparations continue for the Crew-1 mission, on Saturday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. - AFP WASHINGTON: Four astronauts were poised to launch on the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" to the International Space Station yesterday, the first of what the...
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Kuwait reports 499 new COVID cases, three deaths
KUWAIT: Kuwait registered 499 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the past 24 hours, raising the total to 136,840, the Ministry of Health announced yesterday. Deaths reached 838 with the addition of three fatalities, it added. Official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said that there were 109 patients receiving treatment in intensive care units.Those still receiving treatment amounted to 8,417. Health workers...
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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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Stop smoking, Quit smoking for health.
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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
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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