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Kuwait records 437 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Health announced yesterday that it registered 437 positive novel coronavirus cases and four deaths in the last 24 hours. Registered infections' tally increased to 103,981, whereas deaths reached 605 cases. The ministry announced earlier the recovery of 582 patients to increase recoveries to 95,511.The new infections according to health zones are as follows: 117 in Hawally, 92 in Ahmadi, 68 in Farwaniya, 85 in the...
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Driving licenses halted for expat nurses, students
KUWAIT: The interior ministry's assistant undersecretary for traffic and operations affairs Maj Gen Jamal Al-Sayegh instructed all traffic departments and traffic sections at citizen service centers to stop issuing driving licenses to expat students registered at government and private universities and the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training as well as to nurses working in public and private hospitals.The instructions were...
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Kuwait's Deputy Amir receives new Ambassadors' credentials
KUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Sudan's Ambassador to Kuwait Abdulmunem Al-Ameen. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received the credentials of several foreign ambassadors in Bayan Palace yesterday. The newly appointed envoys are Sudan's Ambassador Abdulmunem Al-Ameen, the Netherlands'...
Thousands of Sunnis and Shiites from across the country take part in a mass funeral procession for 27 people killed in a suicide bombing that targeted the Shiite Imam Sadiq Mosque a day earlier, at the Grand Mosque in Kuwait City, Kuwait, Saturday, June 27, 2015. Police in Kuwait said they are interrogating a number of suspects with possible links to the bombing, which was claimed by an affiliate of the Islamic State group. (AP Photo)
Despite warnings, gatherings still happen at funerals
KUWAIT: Despite health warnings and calls to follow health precautions during burials and funerals, many still neglect such warnings, a local daily pointed out yesterday. Daily images of funerals at Sulaibikhat cemetery have been proving endless disregard to precautionary measures, as large crowds of people attend funerals without respecting social distancing and mostly without wearing facemasks, Al-Rai Arabic newspaper wrote in a report...
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Kuwait's Prime Minister meets visiting Italian Defense Minister
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received visiting Italian Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini at Seif Palace yesterday. Kuwait's Foreign Minister and Acting Defense Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, Kuwait Army Chief of Staff...
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GCC welcomes Yemen's prisoner release deal
Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf RIYADH: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf welcomed a deal reached earlier today by the Yemeni government and Houthi group to immediately release a first group of 1,081 conflict-related detainees and prisoners.Dr Hajraf said in a press statement Sunday that it is necessary to immediately put the deal in place and set free prisoners and detainees without any delay, leading up to freeing all...
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San Marino eyes more cooperation with Kuwait
ROME: San Marino's Foreign Minister Luca Beccari meets with Ambassador of Kuwait to Italy and non-resident ambassador to the Republic of San Marino Sheikh Azzam Mubarak Al-Sabah. - KUNA ROME: San Marino government expressed on Monday its eagerness in boosting diplomatic cooperation with Kuwait in international arenas, to enhance values of dialogue in encountering international challenges. San Marino's Foreign Minister Luca Beccari made the...
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Nicotine - a toxic drug
By Abdellatif Sharaagave man all characteristics and advantages and made him supreme over all creation. He gave him a brain to think, analyze, decide and act. Yet I am amazed to see how weak and naive this man can be, no matter the level of education and learning he achieved, to a point that makes his use of the bounty of brains limited.Many of my friends may question my assertion, and they may be right, but I am alluding to those who...
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Salwa building evacuated due to fire
KUWAIT: Firemen battled a blaze reported in a Salwa house yesterday. The fire started in two makeshift rooms set up on the house's roof, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate said, noting that human injuries were prevented thanks to firefighters' swift action and evacuation of the entire building. Bidaa and Mishref fire stations' men participated in extinguishing the blaze. An investigation was opened to determine the cause of the fire.
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Worker dies at construction site
crimes KUWAIT: A construction worker died at a construction site in Mutlaa residential area. Preliminary investigations indicate that the man had lost balance and fell from an elevated working site, said security sources. Further investigations are ongoing in the case.Generators stolenAn unidentified thief stole the power generators of a telecommunication tower in Jahra, said security sources, noting that detectives later found the stolen...
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Medics stranded in Manila clamor to return to Kuwait
By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: The Philippine Embassy is coordinating with Kuwaiti authorities to allow 64 Filipino medical workers contracted with the health ministry to return to Kuwait. The medical workers, mostly nurses and lab technicians, have been stranded outside the country since Kuwait closed its airport in March, and later banned people returning directly from 34 countries, including the Philippines.The 64 medical workers in Manila are hoping...
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / (FILES) In this file photo taken on May 10, 2020 Relatives wearing protective gear tie up the dead body of a victim who died from the COVID-19 coronavirus before the burial at a graveyard in New Delhi. - More than one million people have died from the coronavirus, according to an AFP toll, with no let-up in a pandemic that has ravaged the world economy, inflamed diplomatic tensions and upended lives from Indian slums and Brazilian jungles to America's biggest city. (Photo by SAJJAD HUSSAIN / AFP)
Global virus death toll tops 1m; India cases surpass 6m
NEW DELHI: In this file photo taken on May 10, 2020, relatives wearing protective gear tie up the body of a victim who died from COVID-19 before burial at a graveyard. - AFP PARIS: More than one million people have died from coronavirus, according to an AFP toll, marking a grim milestone in the spread of the disease that has ravaged the world economy, inflamed diplomatic tensions and upended lives from Indian slums to New York City. In the nine...
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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