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395 candidates register to run in Assembly election
By B IzzakKUWAIT: As many as 395 candidates have signed up to run in next month's parliamentary election, with a majority of members in the outgoing house bidding for re-election after registration of candidates closed yesterday. The number of hopefuls - 59 fewer than the 2016 elections - is expected to shrink, since many are likely to pull out of the race for the 50-seat National Assembly. Withdrawal of candidates continues until seven days...
Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah (2ndR) scores a goal despite Atalanta's Italian goalkeeper Marco Sportiello (L) during the UEFA Champions league football match Atalanta Bergamo vs Liverpool, on November 3, 2020 at the Atalanta stadium in Bergamo. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
Liverpool and Bayern run riot
BERGAMO: Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah (2nd right) scores a goal despite Atalanta's Italian goalkeeper Marco Sportiello (left) during the UEFA Champions league football match Atalanta Bergamo vs Liverpool on November 3, 2020. - AFP PARIS: Diogo Jota scored a stunning hat-trick in Liverpool's 5-0 demolition of Atalanta in the Champions League on Tuesday, as holders Bayern Munich scored six and Real Madrid struck late to beat Inter...
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Will firmly stand against whoever undermines Kuwait's security: Amir
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah poses for a group photo with senior Interior Ministry officials during a visit to the ministry's Nawaf Al-Ahmad building yesterday. - Amiri Diwan photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday reaffirmed "we will firmly stand" against anyone attempting to undermine national security and social fabric, nor allow any "negligence" by...
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KDIPA attracted KD 115.8 million in new direct investments in one year
KUWAIT: Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA) issued their fifth annual report, which included the authority's achievements, activities and projects performed during the report period of the fiscal year 2019/2020. In a press release yesterday, KIDPA said the report is within the tasks assigned to it in accordance with Law No 116 of 2013.The Council of Ministers, upon receiving KDIPA's fifth annual report, commended the notable...
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Kuwait reports 763 new COVID cases as govt mulls restrictions
MOH spokesperson Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health announced yesterday registering 763 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections in the past 24 hours, raising the total to 128,843. Deaths reached 794 with the addition of five fatalities. Official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said that there were 114 patients receiving treatment in intensive care units, while those still receiving treatment amounted to...
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Cancer patients urged to follow on treatment despite COVID fears
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The coronavirus pandemic has had a severe impact on cancer patients, since they are considered a high-risk category if they get infected by the virus. Many patients don't go to hospital for regular checkups or treatment due to the fear of getting infected.Cancer Aware Nation Campaign (CAN) organized a virtual workshop on 'Cancer During the Time of Coronavirus' on Tuesday, as part of its breast cancer awareness campaign....
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Defense Ministry asks bedoons to hand over passports
KUWAIT: The defense ministry asked its bedoon uniformed personnel to hand over article 17 passports in their possession - be they valid or expired - by the end of November to the noncommissioned and soldiers affairs directorate at the administration and manpower department to avoid legal action. The ministry stressed they should not go to the nationality and passports department of the Ministry of Interior, Al-Rai Arabic daily reported...
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Customs, Port Authority sign memorandum
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti General Administration of Customs (KGAC) announced yesterday signing a memorandum of cooperation with the Kuwait Ports Authority (KPA), aiming to improve the joint business environment. In a press statement, KGAC said that the Director General, advisor Jamal Al-Jallawi, met with the KPA Director General Sheikh Youssef Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, to document the memorandum between the two sides.It aims to set up a mechanism for...
A Kuwaiti man watches the US elections on television, in Kuwait City on November 4, 2020.
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A Kuwaiti man watches the US elections on television, in Kuwait City on November 4, 2020.
Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas returns the ball to France's Ugo Humbert during their men's singles second round tennis match on day 2 at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 - Paris Masters (Paris Bercy) - indoor tennis tournament at The AccorHotels Arena in Paris on November 3, 2020. (Photo by Anne-Christine POUJOULAT / AFP)
Tsitsipas knocked out of Paris Masters by Frenchman Umbert
PARIS: Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas returns the ball to France's Ugo Humbert during their men's singles second round tennis match on day 2 at the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 - Paris Masters (Paris Bercy) - indoor tennis tournament on November 3, 2020. - AFP PARIS: Second seed Stefanos Tsitsipas was dumped out of the Paris Masters on Tuesday after losing to in-form Frenchman Ugo Humbert in a marathon second-round tie. Humbert, who is on a...
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IPL final four: Mumbai again, or can Kohli cause an upset?
DUBAI: The Indian Premier League playoffs begin today in the UAE with last year's champions Mumbai as favourites and Virat Kohli's Royal Challengers Bangalore among the teams looking to cause an upset. Surprise package the Delhi Capitals, who like Bangalore are aiming for a first title, will take on the Mumbai Indians in the first qualifier today with a place in the November 10 final at stake.The losers of that match will get another crack at...
This photo taken on October 21, 2020 shows Taiwanese blacksmith Wu Tseng-dong (R), owner of a knife factory, giving a demonstration to tourists how to make a knife from cases of Chinese artillery shells which were fired decades ago from Xiamen on the mainland at Taiwan's Kinmen island - which lies off the coast of the Chinese mainland. - In a contemporary twist on beating swords into ploughshares, Taiwanese blacksmith Wu Tseng-dong has forged a career converting Chinese artillery shells once fired in anger into kitchen knives. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP) / TO GO WITH Taiwan-China-US-politics-military-Kinmen,SCENE by Amber WANG
'China is angry': Taiwan anxiety rises
KINMEN, Taiwan: This photo taken on Oct 21, 2020 shows Taiwanese blacksmith Wu Tseng-dong, owner of a knife factory, giving a demonstration to tourists how to make a knife from cases of Chinese artillery shells which were fired decades ago from Xiamen on the mainland at Kinmen island. - AFP KINMEN: The tank traps on the beaches of Kinmen Island are a stark reminder that Taiwan lives under the constant threat of a Chinese invasion-and fears of a...
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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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US strikes plea deal with 9/11 mastermind