author

desk search
close
Latest News
arrow2 Kuwait Times
No Image
Nurses in COVID fight face mental health pressures
GENEVA: Many nurses caring for COVID-19 patients are suffering burnout or psychological distress, and many have faced abuse or discrimination outside of work, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) said. Supplies of personal protective equipment for nurses and other health workers in some care homes remain insufficient, it said, marking World Mental Health Day yesterday."We are extremely concerned about the mental health impact on nurses,"...
No Image
'Ghost island' Phuket hunkers down in tourist-free Thailand
Visitors take pictures on a set of stairs on Patong beach in Phuket, which has seen a lack of tourists due to ongoing restrictions relating to the COVID-19 novel coronavirus. - AFP photos Phuket's go-go dancers sit playing on their phones in empty bars lining deserted streets as the Thai tourist island reels from the ravages of the pandemic with little sign of any recovery soon. Swimming pools are empty, chairs are stacked high in deserted...
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 01: A person walks in the Financial District in Manhattan on October 01, 2020 in New York City. Despite a chaotic political landscape, stocks have been mostly stable with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing up Wednesday and in positive territory on Thursday as investors are reassured by positive economic data and talks for a new pandemic relief package. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP
White House proposes $1.8tn stimulus
NEW YORK: A person walks in the Financial District in Manhattan in New York City. - AFP WASHINGTON: With the presidential election fast approaching, the White House on Friday proposed a beefed-up $1.8 trillion economic rescue plan to try to coax congressional Democrats into an agreement. President Donald Trump, who this week has veered wildly in his position on stimulus to help the world's largest economy recover from the damage done by the...
No Image
Fearing Biden tax hikes, wealthy Americans change estate plans
PHOENIX: US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden waves as he arrives to speak at a carpenters union in Phoenix, Arizona. - Reuters NEW YORK: Wealthy Americans are scrambling to change their estate plans before year-end, worried that Democrat Joe Biden will win the US presidential election and raise taxes, say financial advisers to the moneyed set. The biggest concern is that the White House and Congress could get swept up in a "Blue Wave"...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 30, 2020 a man walks past an advertisement for beers called 'Sunak's Specials', in reference to Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, outside of a pub in Manchester. - Pubs and restaurants in the UK are set to lose more than half a million jobs by the end of the year due to lower attendance, and shorter opening hours to counter the coronavirus pandemic, a survey conducted by trade association UKHospitality warned on October 6, 2020. (Photo by OLI SCARFF / AFP)
Virus-hit British firms get extra financial support
In this file photo taken on August 30, 2020, a man walks past an advertisement for beers called 'Sunak's Specials', in reference to Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak, outside of a pub in Manchester. – AFP LONDON: The British government on Friday said it would pay up to two-thirds of staff monthly wages to firms forced to close over the winter months, as infection rates skyrocket. Finance minister Rishi Sunak extended a scheme...
No Image
Iranian maestro Shajarian laid to rest beside epic poet
Iranians raise portraits of legendary singer Mohammad-Reza Shajarian during his funeral in the city of Tus near the city of Mashhad in northeastern Khorasan Razavi province yesterday. – AFP Legendary Iranian signer Mohammad-Reza Shajarian was buried on Saturday alongside the tomb of the ancient poet Abul Qasem Ferdowsi in the northeast of the country, state news agency IRNA reported. A national treasure in his homeland, the "Ostad" - master in...
No Image
Mobile games thrive, even as pandemic keeps players home
A child watches 'Mighty Little Bheem' cartoon series on a mobile phone at home in New Delhi. Mobile games are thriving as players turn to them for fun and friendship during the pandemic, with increasing numbers of women joining the trend. "Being stuck at home has not stopped people from playing games on their phones," said SensorTower mobile insights strategist Craig Chapple. "To the contrary, mobile gaming is more popular than ever."Smartphone...
No Image
N Korea shows off giant new ICBMs
PYONGYANG: A screen grab taken yesterday shows North Korean Hwasong-12 intercontinental ballistic missiles during a military parade marking the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea in Kim Il Sung Square. - AFP SEOUL: North Korea showed off giant new intercontinental ballistic missiles at a military parade yesterday, analysts said as state television broadcast the huge weapons being rolled through Pyongyang. Each weapon...
People gather at the site of a fuel tank explosion in Beirut's Tariq al-Jdide neighbourhood on October 9, 2020. - An explosion and a fuel tank fire in the Lebanese capital killed four people, rescuers said as panic spread in a city already ravaged by a monster blast in August. (Photo by - / AFP)
Four dead and several wounded in Beirut fuel tank fire and blast
BEIRUT: People gather at the site of a fuel tank explosion in Beirut's Tariq Al-Jdide neighborhood on Friday. An explosion and a fuel tank fire in the Lebanese capital killed four people, rescuers said as panic spread in a city already ravaged by a monster blast in August. - AFP BEIRUT: An explosion and a fuel tank fire in the Lebanese capital Friday killed four people, rescuers said as panic spread in a city already ravaged by a monster blast...
In this picture taken on October 9, 2020, Catholic faithful sit outside the Quiapo church in Manila, as health protocols imposed by authorities limit church goers inside the church to filling only 10 percent of their seating capacity. - After months of livestreaming mass to millions of faithful from behind closed doors, churches in the Catholic-majority Philippines are beginning to reopen. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP) / TO GO WITH: Philippines-Religion-Health-Virus, by Ron LOPEZ
Lockdown rules test faith in coronavirus-hit Philippines
MANILA: Catholic faithful sit outside the Quiapo church in Manila as health protocols imposed by authorities limit church goers inside the church to filling only 10 percent of their seating capacity. - AFP MANILA: After months of live-streaming mass to millions of faithful from behind closed doors, churches in the Catholic-majority Philippines are beginning to reopen. But strict coronavirus rules mean worship is still far from normal, and the...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 20, 2019, Iranian women use automated teller machines (ATM) in Tehran. - US President Donald Trump's administration on October 8, 2020, imposed sweeping sanctions on Iran's banking sector, taking a major new step aimed at crippling the arch-rival's economy weeks ahead of US elections. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Trump ramps up sanctions but sees few results
TEHRAN: In this file photo taken on May 20, 2019, Iranian women use automated teller machines (ATM) in the capital. - AFP WASHINGTON: As he seeks a second term, US President Donald Trump is accelerating his favorite foreign-policy tool of economic sanctions but his "maximum pressure" campaigns have produced few of the results he has been seeking. The Trump administration on Thursday imposed sweeping sanctions on Iran's banks, hoping for a...
Smoke billows past riot policemen during clashes with demonstrators marching in support for the residents of the squatted building at Liebig street 34 in Berlin whom have been evicted today, on October 9, 2020. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP)
Riot after police clear Berlin squat
BERLIN: Smoke billows past riot policemen during clashes with demonstrators marching in support for the residents of the squatted building at Liebig street 34 in Berlin whom have been evicted on Friday.-AFP BERLIN: Hundreds of people rioted in central Berlin late Friday to protest evictions from one of the few remaining squats, a symbol of the German capital's free-spirited ideals. Berlin mobilized hundreds of law enforcement officials to remove...
arrow
most read
1
A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.
How Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait upended lives of expatriates
2
ADDIS ABABA: Pedestrians walk on the newly built walkway in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian birr weakened by 28 percent against the dollar this week after the central bank adopted a market-determined foreign exchange rate. – AFP
Ethiopian authorities crack down on price hikes after currency float
3
KUWAIT: Oil wells were set ablaze by Iraqi troops. – KUNA
Kuwait marks 34th invasion anniversary, remembers support
4
(Left) Iranians take part in a funeral procession for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Aug 1, 2024, ahead of his burial in Qatar. (Right) Hezbollah fighters and mourners carry the casket of slain top commander Fuad Shukr during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs on Aug 1, 2024. - AFP photos
Hamas, Hezbollah vow revenge
5
No Image
Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story