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People evacuate after the overflow of Bambito river due to heavy rains caused by Hurricane Eta, now degraded to a tropical storm, in Bambito, Chiriqui Province, on November 6, 2020. - Panama was the latest country to feel Eta's wrath, as landslides buried two homes in Chiriqui province on the Costa Rican border, killing five people, the National Protection System said. Among the victims were three children. (Photo by MAURICIO VALENZUELA / AFP)
Eta leaves 150 dead or missing in Guatemala
BAMBITO: People evacuate after the overflow of Bambito river due to heavy rains caused by Hurricane Eta, now degraded to a tropical storm, in Bambito, Chiriqui Province, on Friday. - AFP GUATEMALA CITY: About 150 people have died or remain unaccounted for in Guatemala due to mudslides caused by powerful storm Eta, which devastated an indigenous village in the country's north, President Alejandro Giammattei said Friday. The toll is in addition to...
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Erdogan fires CB chief as lira slides
ISTANBUL: The ailing lira plunged to record lows this year. -AFP ISTANBUL/ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan fired central bank governor Murat Uysal on Saturday and replaced him with ex-finance minister Naci Agbal, acting after a 30 percent plunge in the lira currency's value to record lows this year. The decision to replace Murat Uysal gives Turkey its fourth central bank governor in five years and could stoke longstanding criticism about...
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Deal or no deal, Brexit to hit UK trade hard
LONDON: Lorries queue up at the port of Dover on the south coast of England. Government failures to prepare for Brexit mean the UK faces "significant disruption" when it is fully free of the European Union on January 1, an official watchdog said Friday. – AFP LONDON: Britain's business community has long hoped for a post-Brexit free trade deal-but government failures mean there will still be "significant" disruption when it is fully free of...
Passengers arrive at the Hongqiao railway station in Shanghai on November 6, 2020. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
China exports strong in October, import growth slows
SHANGHAI: Passengers arrive at the Hongqiao railway station in Shanghai on Friday.-AFP BEIJING: China's exports posted strong growth again last month, extending an upward trend on the back of a consumption rebound among its major trading partners, official data showed yesterday. Inbound shipments, however, cooled after a surge in September-with analysts expecting that a drop in import prices weighed on headline numbers. Although the coronavirus...
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Kuwait reports 795 new COVID cases, five deaths
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health announced yesterday registering 795 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the past 24 hours, raising the total to 129,638. Deaths reached 799 with the addition of five fatalities. Official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said that there were 115 patients receiving treatment at the intensive care units, while those still receiving treatment amounted to 8,275. Health authorities...
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Kuwait's Prime Minister hosts new ambassadors
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets India's Ambassador to Kuwait Sibi George. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received, at Seif Palace yesterday, a number of newly-assigned foreign ambassadors to the country, on the occasion of assuming their posts. He hosted the envoys of India Sibi George, Spain Miguel Jose Moro Aguilar, Iraq...
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'Housemaids to go' thrive during pandemic in Kuwait
By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Online businesses are booming during the pandemic - even those providing household help. Kuwait Times met some domestic helpers working for a company that delivers housemaids to the doorsteps of Kuwaiti houses. "We are a legal company and are gradually introducing a new way of delivering housemaid services 'to go'," said the owner, who chose to remain anonymous."This pandemic is a blessing in a way, because household workers...
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Kuwait customs seize 'largest ever' quantity of shabu drug
KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh supervises the drugs' seizure operation. - Interior Ministry photos KUWAIT: The General Administration for Drug Control (GADC) seized 270 kg of 'shabu' (methamphetamine) in an operation carried out on Wednesday night under the supervision of Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh. The...
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Pier fishing serves as hopeful pastime during pandemic
By Ben GarciaThe weather is getting cooler, and many people head to the seaside to relax and unwind. Mo Raqan and Muhammad Ahmed, both from Alexandria, Egypt, said fishing and walking along the beach have become their favorite pastimes, especially during the pandemic. "I am alone now in Kuwait as my family is in Egypt," Ahmed said while fishing along with his friend near the Kuwait Towers.His wife and children went to Egypt in February, but the...
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The pandemic's effect on children with special needs
By Huda Bashir DawoodThe coronavirus has led to the introduction of several strict measures aimed at preventing the spread of the virus. These measures have ended up either in suspension or disruption of several essential services. Some of such measures unfortunately have directly heightened a few serious risks for children with special needs. These children belong to a community that has always virtually lived in an isolation of sorts. Now the...
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Five fire stations battle Fahaheel carpentry blaze
KUWAIT: Firemen battled a blaze reported in a carpentry in Fahaheel's industrial area yesterday morning. Firefighters from five different fire stations rushed to the scene in response to an emergency call made at 9:11 am.They worked together to contain the flames, and then extinguished the blaze quickly before it could spread since the carpentry contained wood and other flammable material.They were able to put out the fire successfully and...
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Rainfall predicted during weekend
KUWAIT: Kuwait is expected to experience rainy weather during the weekend as clouds were predicted to start accumulating as of last night, according to the Kuwait Meteorological Center said. Today's weather is expected to be moderately hot and partially cloudy and humid, the center's forecaster Abdulaziz Al-QarawI said, adding that rainfall is expected tomorrow amid identical weather conditions throughout the country. The maximum temperature...
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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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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