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Kuwait reports 773 coronavirus cases, 4 deaths
KUWAIT: Kuwait recorded 773 new coronavirus cases and four deaths yesterday, according to the ministry of health. The new figures raised the total number of cases to 134,932 and deaths to 830, the ministry's official spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad told KUNA.He added 110 patients are in ICU, as the total number of patients receiving medical care reached 8,509. He said 7,272 swab tests were done in the past 24 hours, raising the total number of...
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Child faces separation from 'adoptive' mom
Theresa with her 'adopted' child Haidar By Ben GarciaA 10-year-old boy, abandoned by his Bangladeshi father and Filipino mother and raised by another expatriate couple in Kuwait, now faces separation from the only parents he's ever known due to a lack of official documents. Rasoul Haidar's story is a sad, complicated tale of abandonment, illegal residency and uncertainty complicated by the global pandemic.Haidar was born in Kuwait in March 2010,...
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KRCS distributes 300 food baskets to families in Kuwait
Food packages are distributed to needy families in Kuwait. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) announced yesterday the distribution of 300 food baskets containing various basic staples as part of a plan to support 5,000 needy families. The process of distributing food baskets comes within KRCS' role in helping families in need and relieving their hardship during the pandemic, in order to support all government efforts exerted at...
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Streaming killed the cassette star
Music cassettes and CDs are displayed at the Ajmal Al Demeera music store in Salmiya. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Nawara FattahovaModern technology has killed numerous industries, and music recording is one of them. All the stores that I know from my childhood have disappeared, as they don't have any customers anymore. It is hard to find a shop selling cassettes and CDs these days, and many people believe such shops do not even exist...
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75 kg of drugs seized
KUWAIT: The Drugs Control General Department learned about an attempt to smuggle a large quantity of drugs via sea into the country and coordinated with the coastguard. While monitoring the area, a call came about a boat malfunctioning in the sea.A patrol was dispatched for rescue, but once there, officers found it was the target boat. Three Asians were found onboard, and when questioned, they confessed to burying the drugs near Kubbar Island....
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Kuwaiti artists participate in Jordan's 'No to Crime' art expo
Najat Al-Reyahi and her daughter Anfal Bo Hamad pose with their "No to Crime" artwork. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Ben GarciaTwo Kuwaiti artists - a mother and daughter - participated in an international art exhibition organized by the Caesar Union for Literature and Arts and Jordan's Ministry of Culture. Najat Al-Reyahi and her daughter Anfal Bo Hamad were proud to be the only Kuwaiti artists participating in the "No to Crime" art...
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KRCS rebuilds homes damaged by Beirut blast
BEIRUT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) began a project to reconstruct over 150 houses destroyed by Beirut's Aug 4 explosion, funded by the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) and Kuwaiti donors.The project is executed in cooperation with the Lebanese Red Cross to ease the suffering of those affected by the tragedy, head of KRCS' delegation to Lebanon Dr Musaad Al-Anezi told KUNA yesterday.KRCS is also aiding families and...
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Kuwait donates 15 ICUs to Yemen to face COVID
ADEN: The Kuwait Relief Society has donated 15 intensive care units (ICUs) to Yemen to help it confront the coronavirus pandemic. The medical aid will be distributed to eight quarantine centers in six Yemeni governorates, as part of the 'Kuwait Besides You' campaign that has been ongoing for six years, Ali Al-Walid, Yemeni Health Ministry Undersecretary, told KUNA Wednesday during a ceremony held in Yemen on this occasion.The aid includes fully...
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Kuwait: IAEA plays key role in peaceful use of nuclear energy
NEW YORK: Kuwait said the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) played a major role in the peaceful use of nuclear energy to achieve peace and prosperity, as well as enhancing global nuclear safety systems. Counselor Tareq Al-Bannai, addressing a UN General Assembly's session regarding IAEA's report Wednesday evening, said the Vienna-based UN agency was emphasizing the "atom for peace" formula as well as highlighting the close link between...
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Minarets of old mosques are seen in Kuwait City. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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Emirates posts first loss in 30+ years
In this file photo taken on June 26, 2015, an Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft sits on the tarmac at Bandaranaike International Airport in Sri Lanka. - AFP DUBAI: Dubai-based Emirates airline yesterday posted its first loss in more than three decades, saying it had been badly hit by the coronavirus lockdown that brought air transport to "a literal standstill". The Middle East's largest carrier said it suffered a $3.4 billion loss in the six months...
In this Tuesday Oct. 9, 2012 photo, technician prepares 1 Kg gold bars of 995.0 purity to pack for delivery at the Emirates Gold company in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Some traders predict prices could once again rise toward the record high of nearly $1,900 an ounce, as central governments and investors look to gold as a safe bet in the unsteady world economy. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
Market authority threatens to blacklist major gold hubs
LONDON: The world's most influential gold market authority is threatening to stop bullion from countries including the United Arab Emirates entering the mainstream market if they fail to meet regulatory standards, a letter seen by Reuters showed. In the letter dated Nov 6 addressed to countries with large gold markets, the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) laid out standards they must meet on issues such as money laundering and where...
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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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Shereeda Al-Maousherji
CSC’s faceprint attendance rule sparks debate
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DHAKA: Anti-Discrimination Student Movement held a rally at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on August 3, 2024, to demand justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide violence during anti-quota protests. -- AFP
Bangladesh students call for nationwide civil disobedience
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Stop smoking, Quit smoking for health.
Many smokers quit as ‘chests cannot stand two fires’
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Late Information Minister Bader Al-Ya'agoub checking the damage.-KUNA
Invasion could not confiscate KUNA’s will, national role