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Carry-on luggage allowed
KUWAIT: Passengers at Kuwait International Airport can now take carry-on trolley bags on board of aircrafts, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) announced.Candidate disqualifiedKUWAIT: Thirty four candidates for the 2020 National Assembly elections have been disqualified for failure to meet nomination conditions or complete registration procedures, the Interior Ministry announced.Joint exercisesKUWAIT: Kuwait Navy and Coast Guard...
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KUWAIT: Vehicles drive through heavy rain which hit Kuwait early yesterday morning. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
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Kuwait's Prime Minister receives several outgoing foreign envoys
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets Ambassador of Vietnam Trinh Minh Manh. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received yesterday at Bayan Palace several outgoing foreign ambassadors. His Highness the Premier met separately with the Ambassador of Vietnam Trinh Minh Manh, Ambassador of Brazil Norton Rapesta and Ambassador of Libya...
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Ongoing talks address COVID-19 effects on Kuwaiti students in US
KUWAIT: Kuwait and the US have agreed to work together to ensure that the coronavirus pandemic does not negatively affect Kuwaitis studying in US colleges and universities, a Kuwaiti official said on Tuesday. Both countries discussed academic, educational and scientific cooperation amid the Fourth Kuwait-US Strategic Dialogue, currently being held between November 9-24, Kuwait's Assistant Foreign Minister for the Americas Hamad Al-Mashaan...
This picture taken on October 9, 2020 shows traditional ink stamp-maker Takahiro Makino, 44, writing characters on a hanko at a studio in Tokyo. - Hanko or traditional ink stamps are used to sign everything from delivery receipts to marriage certificates in Japan, and a push to digitise the nation and phase them out faces an uphill struggle. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY JAPAN-CULTURE-CRAFTS-ECONOMY-INTERNET-GOVERNMENT,FOCUS BY HARUMI OZAWA
Let it go! Japan PM declares war on ink stamp 'hanko'
Traditional ink stamp-maker Takahiro Makino, 44, writing characters on a hanko at a studio in Tokyo. Japan's new prime minister is declaring war, but there's no danger of an international conflict: the target of his ire is the humble ink stamp known as hanko. It might seem paradoxical in a country often assumed to be a futuristic tech-savvy paradise, but Japan's business world and bureaucracy remain heavily dependent on paper documents,...
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Egypt hopes 'Paranormal' show can resurrect movie glory
An undated handout picture obtained from Netflix shows the cast and crew of the Arabic TV series “Paranormal” produced by Netflix.—AFP photos With killer mummies, a house of horrors, slick special effects and a melancholic soundtrack, streaming giant Netflix is banking on new blockbuster Egyptian series "Paranormal" achieving worldwide success. Billed as a mystery and thriller production based on the best-selling young adult fiction...
Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah (C) battles with Manchester City's Portuguese defender Ruben Dias (L) and Manchester City's Spanish midfielder Rodri (R) during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on November 8, 2020. (Photo by Clive Brunskill / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. /
Africa roundup: Salah pleads for unity; Egypt face key qualifiers
MANCHESTER: Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah (center) battles with Manchester City's Portuguese defender Ruben Dias (left) and Manchester City's Spanish midfielder Rodri during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Liverpool at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester.- AFP JOHANNESBURG: Liverpool star Mohamed Salah has pleaded for national team unity as Egypt prepare to tackle Togo at home and away in...
EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - NOVEMBER 09: Damien Harris #37 of the New England Patriots carries the ball as Marcus Maye #20 of the New York Jets defends during the second half at MetLife Stadium on November 09, 2020 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Elsa/Getty Images/AFP
Coronavirus positives 'more than double' in NFL testing
EAST RUTHERFORD: Damien Harris #37 of the New England Patriots carries the ball as Marcus Maye #20 of the New York Jets defends during the second half at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. - AFP NEW YORK: The number of positive COVID-19 cases in the NFL more than doubled in the past week, according to numbers released Tuesday by the league and the NFL Players Association. Testing for Nov. 1-7 resulted in 56 new cases: 15 positive...
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FA chairman Clarke quits after 'colored footballers' remark
LONDON: A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows FA Chairman Greg Clarke giving evidence remotely to the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee in London. - AFP LONDON: Greg Clarke has resigned as English Football Association chairman hours after referring to "colored footballers" during questions from members of parliament on Tuesday. The 63-year-old was widely criticized after...
People attend a protest rally against the country's agreement to end fighting with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region outside the government headquarters in Yerevan on November 11, 2020. - More than 2,000 demonstrators protested in the Armenian capital as anger mounted over Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's decision to cede swathes of disputed territory to Azerbaijan under a controversial peace deal. (Photo by Karen MINASYAN / AFP)
Anger mounts in Armenia over deal
YEREVAN: People attend a protest rally against the country's agreement to end fighting with Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region outside the government headquarters yesterday. - AFP YEREVAN: More than 2,000 demonstrators yesterday protested in the Armenian capital as anger mounted over Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's decision to cede swathes of disputed territory to Azerbaijan under a controversial peace deal. Pashinyan...
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US left toasts Trump loss but warns against Biden 'status quo'
US President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks at The Queen in Wilmington. - AFP Photo NEW YORK: Donald Trump's election defeat to Joe Biden came as a relief to the Democratic party's left flank-but for most progressives, the centrist's White House win ends one battle and launches another. "We aren't in a free fall to hell anymore," congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, perhaps the American left's most visible face, said in a recent interview...
Robert Mardini, Director-General of the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) gestures as he speaks at a press conference on his fourth and last day of visit in the country, in Kabul on November 11, 2020. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)
Peace seems impossible on Afghanistan's frontlines
KABUL: Robert Mardini, Director-General of the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) gestures as he speaks at a press conference on his fourth and last day of visit in the country, in Kabul yesterday. - AFP MAIWAND, Afghanistan: The dry and dusty village of Aziz Abad sits on the frontline of Afghanistan's war and is currently under government control-but only just. Every night, 20-year-old paramilitary policeman Zainullah and his...
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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