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Palestinians mourn loss of 'icon' Erekat

JERICHO: Palestinian mourners and honor guard carry the coffin of late Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat during his funeral procession in this West Bank city yesterday. - AFP RAMALLAH: Palestinians yesterday mourned their veteran negotiator Saeb Erekat, who died aged 65 of coronavirus complications, amid cautious hope the stalled peace process with Israel may be revived under Joe Biden's presidency. Erekat, who died Tuesday at Jerusalem's...

Nurses wait for patients to arrive to deliver free flu shots for those without insurance at Comerica Park in downtown Detroit, Michigan, November 10, 2020. (Photo by SETH HERALD / AFP)

The logistical challenges of COVID vaccines

DETROIT: Nurses wait for patients to arrive to deliver free flu shots for those without insurance at Comerica Park in downtown Detroit, Michigan, Tuesday.-AFP WASHINGTON: The United States could be the first country to launch one of the most ambitious vaccine operations in history: distributing and administering up to 600 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine in just a few months. Massive vaccine campaigns are nothing new-they have been carried...

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Thousands flee as another typhoon menaces Philippines

Rescuers help residents disembark from a vehicle during the evacuation in Legazpi City, Albay province yesterday ahead of the landfall of Tropical Storm Vamco -- expected to intensify into a typhoon -- in the region devastated by two typhoons in less than three weeks. - AFP LEGAZPI, Philippines: Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in storm-battered parts of the Philippines yesterday as the third typhoon in as many weeks barreled...

Pro-democracy lawmakers join hands at the start of a press conference in a Legislative Council office in Hong Kong on November 11, 2020. - Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers said on November 11 they would all resign, after China gave the city the power to disqualify politicians deemed a threat to national security and four of their colleagues were ousted. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP)

All Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers to resign

HONG KONG: Pro-democracy lawmakers join hands at the start of a press conference in a Legislative Council office in Hong Kong yesterday. - AFP HONG KONG: Hong Kong's pro-democracy lawmakers said yesterday they would all resign, after China gave the city the power to disqualify politicians deemed a threat to national security and four of their colleagues were ousted. The resignations are the latest blow to the city's beleaguered pro-democracy...

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Boursa Kuwait announces KD 22.6m profits for period ended 30 Sept 2020

KUWAIT: In a meeting of its board members on 10 November 2020, Boursa Kuwait announced profits of KD 22.6 million for the nine month period ended 30 September 2020, an increase of 231 percent compared to the same period in 2019, when the company recorded a profit of KD 6.8 million.The company generated 108.6 fils earnings per share, which is attributable to the equity holders of the parent company and an increase of 214 percent compared to its...

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CEOs weather pandemic with compensation largely intact

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby is seen at a rally in Washington pressing for congressional support for the pandemic-hit economy. NEW YORK: Even as the pandemic roils the American economy, compensation for US chief executives has largely held up as many corporations adjust their criteria for performance pay and bonuses during the crisis. Only about one-fifth Russell 3000 index of publicly traded firms have reduced CEO pay, according to data...

Miners chat at a chromium mine in Bulqize on September 23, 2020. - The chromium extraction industry is going through a difficult time due to a fall in the price of the ore in international markets and as a result of disruptions caused by the Covid-19 outbreak. As the pandemic rocks global commerce, knock-on effects are being felt in poor corners of the world like Albania, where chromium miners have nowhere to sell their goods due to a drop off in purchases from China. The Balkan country's chromium sector is entirely dependent on exports, leaving the men and women who extract it at the mercy of world prices. (Photo by Gent SHKULLAKU / AFP)

Chain reaction: Virus dims future of Albania's chromium miners

Miners chat at a chromium mine in Bulqize. The chromium extraction industry is going through a difficult time due to a fall in the price of the ore in international markets and as a result of disruptions caused by the COVID-19 outbreak. - AFP BULQIZË, Albania: With mountains of chromite piling sky high on the docks of the port behind him in the Albanian city of Durres, logistics manager Henri Kurti explains the hold up. "When China and America...

Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics (IBGM) of the University of Valladolid (UVa) work on searching a vaccine against COVID-19, at a laboratory in Valladolid on November 10, 2020. (Photo by Cesar Manso / AFP)

COVID vaccine results fuel hopes for return to normal

VALLADOLID, Spain: Researchers at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics (IBGM) of the University of Valladolid (UVa) work on a vaccine against COVID-19 at a laboratory yesterday. - AFP WASHINGTON: Hugely promising results from a coronavirus vaccine trial fuelled optimism around the world yesterday, even as tighter restrictions were imposed in Europe and the Middle East to try and stem the worst pandemic in a century. The vaccine news...

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Palestinian negotiator Erekat dies; Amir sends condolences

Saeb Erekat JERUSALEM: Palestinian veteran negotiator Saeb Erekat died yesterday of coronavirus complications at age 65, in a death mourned as a "great loss" for his people and sparking tributes from around the world. Erekat was a long-time architect of plans to end the conflict with Israel through the creation of an independent Palestinian state, a goal he would not live to see achieved.Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas called the passing of...

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'Lockdown' is Collins Dictionary Word of the Year

LONDON: Collins Dictionary said yesterday that "lockdown" is its Word of The Year in 2020 following a dramatic increase in usage during the spread of COVID-19. Lexicographers said they picked the word because it had become synonymous with the experience of populations across the world as governments look to curb the coronavirus pandemic. "It is a unifying experience for billions of people across the world, who have had collectively to play...

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All iqama holders can return; absence permits extended

By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: All expats holding a valid residency permit and passport can enter the country after following health protocols, while those holding absence permits who have valid residency can remain abroad as long as their residency is valid without being obliged to return to Kuwait before the end of December. The absence permits are renewed automatically without the need to refer to residency departments.This was confirmed to...

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Volvo unveils facelift of its S90, V90 series in Kuwait

By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Volvo yesterday unveiled the facelift of its S90 and V90 series at Khalijia Studio in Sharq. The new S90 series (2021 model facelift) is Volvo's premium 4-door, 5-seat flagship, built on the Scalable Product Architecture (SPA), Volvo's advanced modular vehicle platform that underpins all Volvo cars in the 90 and 60 Series launched in recent years."We are proud to unveil our new facelift in Kuwait. Even though we all have...

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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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Late Information Minister Bader Al-Ya'agoub checking the damage.-KUNA

Invasion could not confiscate KUNA’s will, national role

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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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