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A screen shows French researcher in Microbiology, Genetics and Biochemistry Emmanuelle Charpentier (L) and US professor of Chemistry and of Molecular and Cell Biology, Jennifer Doudna during the announcement of the 2020 Nobel laureates in Chemistry during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, in Stockholm, on October 7, 2020. (Photo by Henrik MONTGOMERY / various sources / AFP) / Sweden OUT
US-French duo win Nobel for gene 'scissors'
STOCKHOLM: A screen shows winners of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, French researcher Emmanuelle Charpentier and US professor Jennifer Doudna, during a press conference at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences yesterday. - AFP STOCKHOLM: Emmanuelle Charpentier of France and Jennifer Doudna of the US yesterday won the Nobel Chemistry Prize for the gene-editing technique known as the CRISPR-Cas9 DNA snipping "scissors", the first time a Nobel...
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Cruise spotlights pristine sites, Saudi ambitions
A handout picture shows the Silver Spirit cruise ship sailing off Saudi Arabia's western coast. - AFP SAUDI ARABIA: Sailing past pristine islands and turquoise lagoons, the first cruise ship offering Saudi tours serves a twin purpose - jump-starting tourism despite coronavirus fears and showcasing austerity-defying megaprojects planned along the Red Sea. In August, the cruise liner Silver Spirit began offering tours along the unspoilt Red Sea...
This photo taken on September 21, 2020 shows a municipal health worker (L) applying drops of a polio vaccine to child at a relocation site for informal settlers in San Jose Del Monte in Bulacan province, north of Manila. - Online misinformation is leaching out from cheap mobile phones and free Facebook plans used by millions of poor in the Philippines, convincing many to reject vaccinations for polio and other deadly diseases. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP) / TO GO WITH Health-virus-misinformation-internet-vaccine-Philippines,FOCUS by Jake Soriano
Antivax misinfo goes viral in the Philippines
SAN JOSE DEL MONTE, Philippines: This photo taken on Sept 21, 2020 shows a municipal health worker applying drops of a polio vaccine to child at a relocation site for informal settlers in Bulacan province, north of Manila. – AFP MANILA: Online misinformation is leaching out from cheap mobile phones and free Facebook plans used by millions in the Philippines, convincing many to reject vaccinations for polio and other deadly diseases. Childhood...
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Political groups announce list of political, social, financial reforms
KUWAIT: Representatives of eight political groups who participated in the conference. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The Kuwait Democratic Forum held a press conference on Tuesday to announce the joint 'Document of Reforms', which will be presented to HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Eight political groups participated in the conference and signed this document. Jamal Al-Sayer, General Coordinator of...
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National election higher committee draft bill submitted
Anas Al-Saleh KUWAIT: A draft law to establish a National Election Higher Committee was submitted to the Council of Ministers on Tuesday. The Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh said that such move was due to the imminence of holding new parliamentary elections, and to achieve more transparency, integrity and reassurance to society that the election results are accurate and...
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Light back in Shuwaikh Industrial
KUWAIT: Streetlights turned back on in Shuwaikh Industrial. By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Shuwaikh Industrial is all lit up again. After repeated complaints by Kuwait Times to the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) and then to the Public Authority for Industry (PAI) regarding total darkness in Shuwaikh industrial area, the lighting department of MEW finally fixed the streetlights.Mohammed Al-Sarraf, Supervisor of the Lighting Department for...
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Zain partners with 14TH edition of MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup competition
BEIRUT: MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) Pan Arab kicks-off the 14th edition of the Arab Startup Competition (ASC), with an online call for applications inviting entrepreneurs from all industries and sectors to apply to the MENA region's longest-running annual competition designed to support and celebrate innovations emanating from the Arab world. Over the course of 13 years, the competition has awarded over 1.28 million dollars in equity-free...
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Kuwait's relief aid arrives in Sudan
KHARTOUM: Kuwait's sixth relief aid plane, organized by the Direct Aid Society, arrived in Khartoum yesterday loaded with around 40 tons of aid for those affected by rains and floods in Sudan. Charge d'Affairs of the Kuwaiti embassy in Khartoum Abdulkarim Al-Majim said that further dispatches are being planned over the upcoming days.Meanwhile, Director of the Kuwait-based Direct Aid Society Abdulmajid Jali said that the aid is intended to be...
TOPSHOT - Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova serves the ball to Germany's Laura Siegemund during their women's singles quarter-final tennis match on Day 11 of The Roland Garros 2020 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on October 7, 2020. (Photo by MARTIN BUREAU / AFP)
Czech Kvitova powers past Siegemund
PARIS: Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova serves the ball to Germany's Laura Siegemund during their women's singles quarter-final tennis match on Day 11 of The Roland Garros 2020 French Open tennis tournament yesterday. - AFP PARIS: Czech seventh seed Petra Kvitova put in a powerful display to breeze past unseeded German Laura Siegemund 6-3 6-3 yesterday to reach her second semi-final at the French Open after a gap of eight years. The 30-year-old, a...
Kosovo's national football team players attend a training session in Pristina on October 5, 2020. - It's just football, some say, but for Kosovo, one match means much more -- not only a step closer to the re-scheduled Euro 2020 but also international notice as an independent country. The breakaway territory that declared indepedence from Serbia in 2008 will make its debut in play-offs on October 8, against neighbouring North Macedonia, hoping to present itself on the sport's top table for the first time. (Photo by Armend NIMANI / AFP)
More than 'just football game' as Kosovo aim for world stage
PRISTINA: Kosovo's national football team players attend a training session in Pristina. It's just football, some say, but for Kosovo, one match means much more-not only a step closer to the re-scheduled Euro 2020 but also international notice as an independent country. - AFP PRISTINA: It's just football, some say, but for Kosovo, one match means so much more than that. Not only can today's game in Skopje take Kosovo a step closer to the...
PALMETTO, FLORIDA - OCTOBER 06: Sue Bird #10 of the Seattle Storm is interviewed after winning the WNBA Championship following a Game 3 win over the Las Vegas Aces at Feld Entertainment Center on October 06, 2020 in Palmetto, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Julio Aguilar/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Storm sweep Aces to capture the fourth WNBA championship
FLORIDA: Sue Bird #10 of the Seattle Storm is interviewed after winning the WNBA Championship following a Game 3 win over the Las Vegas Aces at Feld Entertainment Center on October 06, 2020 in Palmetto, Florida. - AFP LOS ANGELES: The Seattle Storm used a balanced attack to capture their fourth WNBA championship in franchise history on Tuesday with a 92-59 rout of the top seeded Las Vegas Aces. Breanna Stewart scored 26 points to lead four...
TOPSHOT - A police officer steps over debris in the yard of a destroyed house after shelling in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region's main city of Stepanakert on October 7, 2020, during the ongoing fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS / AFP)
South Caucasus could trigger regional war: Iran
STEPANAKERT, Azerbaijan: A police officer steps over debris in the yard of a destroyed house after shelling in the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region's main city yesterday. - AFP BAKU: Iran's president warned yesterday that fighting between Azeri and ethnic Armenian forces in the South Caucasus could trigger a regional war as the death toll rose on the 11th day of hostilities. More than 300 have now died in the renewed fighting in and around the...
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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