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Tom Tillotson drops voters ballots into the ballot box at the Hale House at the historic Balsams Resort during midnight voting as part of the first ballots cast in the United States Presidential Election in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire on November 3, 2020. - Voters in Dixville Notch, a village of 12 residents in the US state of New Hampshire, kicked off Election Day at the stroke of midnight on Tuesday by voting unanimously for Democratic nominee Joe Biden. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
New Hampshire hamlet casts first Election Day votes
DIXVILLE NOTCH, New Hampshire: Tom Tillotson drops voters’ ballots into the ballot box in Hale House at the historic Balsams Resort during midnight voting yesterday. – AFP DIXVILLE NOTCH, New Hampshire: Voters in Dixville Notch, a village of 12 residents in the US state of New Hampshire, kicked off Election Day at the stroke of midnight yesterday by voting unanimously for Democratic nominee Joe Biden. The vote and count only took a few...
A woman walks past a poster of US Democratic vice-presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, at her ancestral village of Thulasendrapuram in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on November 3, 2020. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
Prayers for Harris in Indian village, for Trump in Delhi
CHENNAI: A woman walks past a poster of US Democratic vice-presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, at her ancestral village of Thulasendrapuram in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu yesterday.—AFP CHENNAI/NEW DELHI: Supporters of US vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris held prayers near her ancestral village in India ahead of yesterday’s US election, while a Hindu fringe group sought divine blessings for her rival Donald Trump. The...
A woman adjusts her mask (COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic) as she walks along a street in Lebanon's capital Beirut on November 2, 2020. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP)
Fearing ‘disaster’, Lebanon mulls new virus lockdown
BEIRUT: A woman adjusts her mask as she walks along a street in the Lebanese capital on Monday. - AFP BEIRUT: Lebanon, mired in economic turmoil deepened by the Beirut port blast three months ago, is weighing a second nationwide lockdown to stem a surge in coronavirus cases. “Today we’re at a very dangerous crossroads,” said caretaker health minister Hamad Hassan, warning that hospitals are running out of intensive care beds.  “We’re...
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India, US, Australia and Japan kick off joint naval drills
A representational image NEW DELHI: India, the United States, Japan and Australia began their largest joint naval exercises in over a decade yesterday, Indian government sources said, seen as part of efforts to balance the vast military and economic power in the region.The annual “Malabar” wargames that India holds with the United States and Japan have been expanded to include Australia this year to cover all members of the Quad, an informal...
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Ghanem registers; Sheetan appoints six new officials
KUWAIT: Outgoing National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem files his candidacy at the election department yesterday. - KUNA By B IzzakKUWAIT: Thirty-two candidates including three women registered yesterday to contest the Dec 5 National Assembly elections, raising the total number of candidates with just two days left for registration to 333, including 28 women. Marzouq Al-Ghanem, who has been the speaker of the house since 2013, yesterday...
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Cabinet authorizes Kuwait Transparency Society to supervise parliament elections
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (center) chairs the Cabinet's weekly meeting yesterday. - KUNA KUWAIT: The Cabinet has authorized the Kuwait Transparency Society to oversee the upcoming December 5 parliamentary elections as part of an amendment of the National Assembly elections' law. The move comes "in line with the new circumstances in the Kuwaiti society … (and) aspirations for more...
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Kuwait reports 759 new COVID cases, four deaths
KUWAIT: Kuwait registered 759 new coronavirus (COVID-19) infections yesterday, raising the total to 127,293, the Ministry of Health announced. Deaths reached 786 with the addition of four fatalities. Official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said that there were 114 patients receiving treatment at intensive care units.Those still receiving treatment amounted to 8,121. Health authorities conducted 5,611 swab tests in...
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Subsidized food hot item in Kuwait's makeshift markets
KUWAIT: People shop at makeshift markets in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh yesterday. - Photos by Ben Garcia By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Kuwaiti authorities are cracking down on the illegal export of subsidized foodstuff to countries in the region. The subsidized foodstuff, known locally as 'tamween' goods, include rice, milk powder, oil and other necessities. These are prized commodities on the black market in Kuwait as well.Subsidized rice, milk, sugar, lentils...
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Pakistani Ambassador praises KRCS' efforts
KUWAIT: Ambassador of Pakistan to Kuwait Syed Sajjad Haider praised yesterday the Kuwait Red Crescent Society's (KRCS) efforts in providing aid to poverty and disaster stricken countries all over the world. After the meeting with Chairman of KRCS Dr Hilal Al-Sayer, Ambassador Haider stated that Pakistan was grateful to Kuwait's humanitarian position in assisting their country due to floods that hit Pakistan lately.During the meeting, the...
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Illegal domestic help services thrive during pandemic
KUWAT: Informed sources revealed that some fake domestic help offices in Kuwait are taking advantage of the current situation by employing helpers returned to them without transferring their residencies to Kuwaiti citizens who employ them in their houses, amidst rising suspicions of human trafficking by these offices."What is happening is akin to slavery by bogus offices that bend the law and provide services that cost up to KD 400 per month,...
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Ooredoo, CAF Café promote breast cancer awareness
Mijbil Alayoub KUWAIT: As part of its continues corporate social responsibility initiatives, Ooredoo Telecom, the first to introduce innovative digital services in Kuwait, partnered with CAF Café, a socially driven company that captivates the art of social interaction through its community, have honored the breast cancer awareness month by distributing complimentary coffee all day long for customers who visited CAF Café Crystal Tower branch on...
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16.5 kg shabu hidden in fish shipment
KUWAIT: Air customs officers confiscated 16.5 kilograms of shabu (methamphetamine) that were hidden in a fish shipment coming from Iran, the Kuwait General Administration of Customs said yesterday.One suspect was arrested in coordination with the interior ministry on charges of attempting to smuggle the drugs, the customs department explained.
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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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