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This picture taken on October 5, 2020 shows the logo of social media TikTok on a tablet screen in Toulouse, southwestern France. (Photo by Lionel BONAVENTURE / AFP)
Pakistan bans TikTok over 'immoral content'
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Friday banned the wildly popular video sharing app TikTok, as authorities press their clampdown on "immoral" content. Chinese-owned TikTok which has become a global sensation with its short video clips has a huge user base among young Pakistanis, with some attracting millions of followers. But it has come up against backlash in the ultra-conservative Islamic country, where in recent months several dating apps including...
A man and a woman wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus disease stand at a bus stop in central Moscow on October 10, 2020. (Photo by Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP)
Russia reports record virus cases but shuns new curbs
MOSCOW: A man and a woman wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus disease stand at a bus stop in central Moscow yesterday.-AFP MOSCOW: Russia registered its highest-ever number of new coronavirus infections on Friday after officials warned that tight restrictions could be put back in place if people continued to flout restrictions. Restaurants and bars in Moscow were bustling and many residents were ignoring orders to wear masks in...
FILE PHOTO: Steam rises from the cooling towers of the lignite power plant complex of German energy supplier and utility RWE in Neurath, north-west of Cologne, Germany, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay/File Photo
Facebook letting advertisers to sow climate denialism
WASHINGTON: Facebook is allowing climate misinformation ads to proliferate despite claiming it is committed to rooting out the problem, a new report by a think tank said yesterday. InfluenceMap used the platform's own data to identify 51 ads denying the link between human activity and climate change that were viewed a total of eight million times over the first half of 2020.This was despite the fact that Facebook bans false ads, and stated as...
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Channeling 'anger into art', artists in Beirut process blast
Art exhibition to support Lebanese Red Cross in Beirut. On the day of the Beirut explosion two months ago, 54-year-old Nabil Debs was busy planning the opening of his boutique hotel which had been in the works for the past decade. Instead, the day after escaping death in the massive blast that killed nearly 200 people, Debs was clearing rubble from the collapsed facade, roof and balconies of the heritage building that was his family home for...
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Taylor Swift endorses Joe Biden for president
In this file photo US singer Taylor Swift arrives for the world premiere of "Cats" at the Alice Tully Hall in New York City.-AFP Pop superstar Taylor Swift on Wednesday threw her support behind Joe Biden for president, telling her 200 million-plus social media orbit that the veteran Democrat will start a "healing process" in America. The singer-songwriter has lashed out before at President Donald Trump, including in August when she blasted his...
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Quick power transfer portrays adherence to democracy: PM
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah speaks during yesterday's session. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, during yesterday's parliament session dedicated for declaring allegiance to the newly proclaimed Crown Prince, voiced pride of the rapid and trouble-free shift of power in Kuwait, saying the easy process reflected Kuwaitis'...
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Kuwait renews exemplary smooth transfer: Speaker
KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem speaks during yesterday's session. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem affirmed yesterday that the State of Kuwait renewed its exemplary powers' transfer. "The State of Kuwait has once again demonstrated its pioneering, extraordinary and historic example of calm and smooth transfer of the powers for ruling the country," the parliament's speaker said...
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Sheikh Mishal vows to defend national interest within constitution
KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah addresses the parliament during yesterday's session. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said yesterday he would promote contribution of the public towards "spreading the spirit of love, tolerance and end of division." His Highness the Crown Prince, addressing the parliament after taking...
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Sheikh Mishal to further cement democracy, justice
KUWAIT: His Highness Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah waves as he arrives at the parliament to take oath yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: His Highness Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who took oath before parliament as Kuwait's Crown Prince yesterday, will be bearing huge responsibilities related to the continuous development of the state as well as further cementing principles of democracy and justice. Sheikh...
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Hundreds of Indian expats bound for Kuwait remain stranded in UAE
DUBAI: Passengers lined up at Dubai International Airport. By Sajeev K PeterKUWAIT: Hundreds of expats, mostly Indians, bound for Kuwait, remain stranded in various hotels in the United Arab Emirates as they are unable to obtain onward bookings to Kuwait due to COVID-related travel restrictions. Kuwait had banned flights from 34 countries. Exasperated and frustrated, many people have started to go back to India as their one-month tourist visas...
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Kuwait COVID-19 cases rise by 698, deaths by three
KUWAIT: Kuwait's confirmed coronavirus cases increased by 698 to 109,441, while three patients died in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 642, the health ministry said yesterday. The figures include people who have come into contact with infected individuals, and others whose source of infection is currently being investigated, read a ministry statement.In terms of health zones, 180 cases were reported in Al-Ahmadi, 161 cases in...
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Kuwait oil gains 68 cents to $40.88 pb: KPC
KUWAIT: Kuwait's oil price rose 68 cents during Wednesday's trading sessions to reach $40.88 per barrel (pb) compared with $40.20 pb the day before, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said yesterday. Benchmark Brent futures also dropped 66 cents to $41.99 pb and the West Texas Intermediate shed 72 cents to $39.95 pb.The OPEC daily basket price increased at $40.45 per barrel Wednesday, compared to $40.33 pb the previous day, OPEC Secretariat...
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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
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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
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KUWAIT: Oil wells were set ablaze by Iraqi troops. – KUNA
Kuwait marks 34th invasion anniversary, remembers support
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(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
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Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story