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Pandemic exposed management unable to face challenges, says candidate Omar
KUWAIT: Candidate Jamal Al-Omar speaks to Kuwait Times. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Jamal Al-Omar is an independent candidate contesting the Dec 5 National Assembly elections from the third constituency. He has been running in elections since 1999 and was elected several times, but didn't succeed in reaching the parliament during the previous elections in 2016."The last parliament was an experience for citizens after...
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Kuwait reports 735 new COVID cases, five deaths
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health announced yesterday registering 735 new coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the past 24 hours, raising the total to 132,478. Deaths reached 816 with the addition of five fatalities. The ministry also announced that 738 patients have recovered within the same period, raising the total number of recoveries to 123,314.Official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said that there were 120 patients...
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Amir, Crown Prince meet Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah have separately received His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah at Seif Palace yesterday.In other news, His Highness the Amir...
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Kuwait participates in China-GCC virtual ministerial meeting
KUWAIT: Foreign Minister and Acting Information Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah attends the videoconference. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: Foreign Minister and Acting Information Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah headed the Kuwaiti delegation that attended the China-Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) tenth ministerial meeting, held via videoconference yesterday. The meeting dealt with the close partnership that bind...
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Fourteen per 100,000 Kuwaitis have prostate cancer
KUWAIT: Fourteen out of every 100,000 Kuwaiti men have prostate cancer, the Cancer Awareness Nation (CAN) said yesterday. Meanwhile, 52 out of every 100,000 expatriates have been diagnosed with the disease, CAN Chairman Dr Khaled Al-Saleh said in a statement yesterday as part of a campaign against the disease. More than two cases are registered per week, added Dr Saleh. Prostate cancer is largely linked to old age.Men aged above 50 are advised...
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GCC talks 'ongoing'
KUWAIT: Kuwait's efforts to resolve the Gulf dispute are ongoing and did not stop, Al-Qabas reported quoting government sources. Communications aiming at reconciling views are ongoing, which is the main reason for delaying the end of the dispute, the sources added. Kuwait is continuing its moves with support and coordination with the US, the source said adding that no other parties will be involved to resolve the dispute. They said there is a...
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Salmiya murder suspects arrested
KUWAIT: Police arrested a number of suspects accused of killing a person in Salmiya, the Interior Ministry announced yesterday. Hawally detectives had launched a search for the suspects after Mubarak Hospital staff reported the arrival of a person with a deep stab wound. The victim had succumbed to his injuries in the intensive care unit.Detectives were able to identify and arrest the suspects, and found the murder weapon in their possession as...
Anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray holds placards outside a conference centre in central London on November 9, 2020 as talks on an UK-EU trade deal continue. - Britain and the European Union resumed crucial negotiations in London on Monday for a post-Brexit free trade deal, with time running short and both sides saying major obstacles remain. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP)
UK, EU resume crunch Brexit talks
LONDON: Anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray holds placards outside a conference center in central London yesterday as talks on an UK-EU trade deal continued. - AFP LONDON: Britain and the European Union resumed crucial negotiations in London yesterday for a post-Brexit free trade deal, with time running short and both sides saying major obstacles remain. EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier arrived in the British capital late Sunday before another...
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Face for sale: Leaks and lawsuits blight Russia facial recognition
MOSCOW: With more than 105,000 cameras, Moscow boasts one of the world's most comprehensive surveillance systems TBILISI: When Anna Kuznetsova saw an ad offering access to Moscow's face recognition cameras, all she had to do was pay 16,000 rubles ($200) and send a photo of the person she wanted spying on. The 20-year-old - who was acting as a volunteer for a digital rights group investigating leaks in Moscow's pervasive surveillance system -...
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Stocks, oil prices rocket on virus vaccine hope
LONDON: European stock markets and oil prices rocketed yesterday on coronavirus vaccine hopes following successful trials. Already up strongly on Joe Biden's US election win, markets massively accelerated gains after Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said their vaccine was 90 percent effective in preventing COVID-19 infections. London's benchmark FTSE 100 stocks index surged 4.8 percent in midday deals.In the eurozone, Frankfurt jumped 5.2...
A man walks along a street during the ongoing military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, in the disputed province's capital of Stepanakert on November 5, 2020. (Photo by Karen MINASYAN / AFP)
Russia, Turkey keep powder dry
STEPANAKERT: A man walks along a street during the ongoing military conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the disputed province's capital on Nov 5, 2020. - AFP YEREVAN/BAKU: Sensitive to the threat of wider confrontation, Russia and Turkey are for now limiting involvement in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to providing humanitarian assistance and some military aid. Ankara sees its strong backing...
This picture taken on November 8, 2020 in Mexico City shows a collection of Mexican newspaper front pages, headlines featuring the 2020 US general election results. (Photo by Pedro PARDO / AFP)
Biden win forces Mexico to rebuild complicated US ties
MEXICO CITY: This picture taken on Sunday in Mexico City shows a collection of Mexican newspaper front pages, headlines featuring the 2020 US general election results. - AFP MEXICO CITY: After years of close ties with Donald Trump, Mexico must now reshape its complex relations with the United States under Joe Biden, including on the key issues of trade and immigration. The country's awkward position was underscored by President Andres Manuel...
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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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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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