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stc launches reliable internet connectivity backup solution
KUWAIT: Kuwait Telecommunications Company - stc, a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, announced the launch of its dedicated backup access solution, in a step to further enhance the series of exceptional offers and services introduced by the Company to its enterprise customers.The new solution aims to prevent any disruptions in primary internet...
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias touch elbows during their meeting in the northern city of Thessaloniki, on September 28, 2020. - Pompeo and Dendias will sign a bilateral science and technology agreement, as well as host energy sector business leaders for a discussion to highlight energy diversification and infrastructure projects in Greece. (Photo by Giannis Papanikos / POOL / AFP)
Pompeo begins Greece talks to calm east Mediterranean tensions
THESSALONIKI: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias touch elbows during their meeting in the northern city of Thessaloniki, yesterday. Pompeo and Dendias will sign a bilateral science and technology agreement, as well as host energy sector business leaders for a discussion to highlight energy diversification and infrastructure projects in Greece. ATHENS: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo began talks...
Health workers wear personal protective equipment (PPE) at a Covid-19 Coronavirus testing centre, in Mumbai on September 28, 2020. - India reported its six millionth coronavirus case on September 28 as it surged closer to the United States as the most-infected nation, and authorities pressed ahead with reigniting the economy. (Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)
India coronavirus cases pass six million, surge closer to US
MUMBAI: Health workers wear personal protective equipment (PPE) at a Covid-19 Coronavirus testing centre, in Mumbai yesterday. India reported its six millionth coronavirus case as it surged closer to the United States as the most-infected nation, and authorities pressed ahead with reigniting the economy. - AFP NEW DELHI: India reported its six millionth coronavirus case yesterday as it surged closer to the United States as the most-infected...
(FILES) In this file combination of pictures created on September 25, 2020 shows Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks September 23, 2020 at the Black Economic Summit at Camp North End in Charlotte, North Carolina and US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally September 24, 2020 at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville, Florida. - With just over a month before the US presidential election, Donald Trump and Joe Biden are set to take the debate stage Tuesday September 29, the first show pitting the rivals against each other that's sure to have millions of Americans glued to their screens. (Photos by JIM WATSON and Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
Bombshell report claims Trump avoided federal income taxes for years
CHARLOTTE: In this file combination of pictures created on September 25, 2020 shows Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks September 23, 2020 at the Black Economic Summit at Camp North End in Charlotte, North Carolina and US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally September 24, 2020 at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville, Florida. - AFP WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Sunday faced allegations that he paid little or...
South Korean marine soldiers patrol on Yeonpyeong island, South Korea, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2020. North Korea accused South Korea of sending ships across the disputed sea boundary to find the body of a man recently killed by North Korean troops, warning Sunday the alleged intrusion could escalate tensions. (Baek Seung-ryul/Yonhap via AP)
S Korea calls for joint probe into killing of official
SEOUL: South Korea yesterday expanded the search for a missing fisheries official killed by North Korean troops at sea last week, a day after North Korea accused the South of raising tension by intruding into its territorial waters.South Korea's military has accused North Korean soldiers of killing the man, dousing his body in fuel and setting it on fire near the sea border, apparently in an effort to prevent the risk of a novel coronanvirus...
(FILES) This file photo released on September 1, 1967, shows King Faisal of Saudi Arabia (Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud) (L), Egypt's president Gamal Abdel Nasser (C), and Sudan's Prime Minister Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub, meeting during the summit of the Arab League in Khartoum, Sudan. - Fifty years since Gamal Abdel Nasser's death, the legacy of the charismatic Egyptian president who championed Arab unity lives on for many in the region beset by deep divisions. (Photo by - / AFP)
Egypt's Nasser still a polarising figure, 50 years on
KHARTOUM: This file photo released on September 1, 1967, shows King Faisal of Saudi Arabia (L), Egypt's president Gamal Abdel Nasser (C), and Sudan's Prime Minister Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub, meeting during the summit of the Arab League in Khartoum, Sudan. - AFP CAIRO: Fifty years since Gamal Abdel Nasser's death, controversy over the legacy of the charismatic Egyptian president who championed Arab unity lives on in Egypt as deep divisions beset...
SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 25: A photograph of fallen Big Bear Interagency Hotshot Charles Morton, a firefighter who was killed battling the El Dorado wildfire, is displayed at a memorial service for Morton on September 25, 2020 in San Bernardino, California. Morton was a 14-year veteran with the U.S. Forest Service. The El Dorado fire has scorched more than 22,000 acres in Southern California. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP
Wildfire erupts in California's Napa Valley wine country
SAN BERNARDINO: A photograph of fallen Big Bear Interagency Hotshot Charles Morton, a firefighter who was killed battling the El Dorado wildfire, is displayed at a memorial service for Morton on September 25, 2020 in San Bernardino, California. - AFP ST HELENA: A wind-driven wildfire erupted on Sunday in the heart of northern California's Napa Valley wine country and spread across more than 1,000 acres (404 hectares), forcing the evacuation of...
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Kuwait registers four deaths, 345 new COVID-19 cases
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Health said yesterday 345 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus while four patients died in the past 24 hours. Ministry spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said that the total registered cases reached 103,544 while deaths topped 601.Furthermore, he explained that the distribution of cases in health zones was as follows: 112 in Hawally, 83 in Ahmadi, 64 in the Capital, 49 in Jahra and 37 in Farwaniya. The...
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Owners protest continued closure of shisha cafes
KUWAIT: Shisha cafe owners gather at the ministry of health yesterday to protest against the continued closure of their cafes. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: After facing the threat of imprisonment for nonpayment of rent and wages due to the long closure of their businesses, some shisha cafe owners gathered at the ministry of health yesterday to protest against the continued closure of their cafes. "We preferred to gather...
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GCC ministers congratulate Amir on US award, praise efforts to heal rift
Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir CAPITALS: Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir stated that US President Donald Trump's granting of His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah the US Legion of Merit, Degree Chief Commander, shows His Highness' high status on the global stage. Granting His Highness the Amir this rarely-awarded legion reflects the US and the international...
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Plenty on agenda as Assembly term ends
The National Assembly By B IzzakKUWAIT: The National Assembly will convene its last two regular sessions tomorrow and Wednesday, and then hold the final session of the four-year legislative term on Thursday, Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem said yesterday. Ghanem said the Assembly will debate tomorrow a number of draft laws and issues including the demographic structure based on a draft law approved last week by the Assembly's human resources...
TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump announces his US Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett (R), in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on September 26, 2020. - Barrett, if confirmed by the US Senate, will replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died on September 18. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP)
US Senate will 'easily' confirm Barrett: Trump
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump announces his US Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, in the Rose Garden of the White House on Saturday. - AFP WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said yesterday the Senate will "easily" confirm his Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett before the election, despite furious Democratic opposition to his bid to steer the court rightward for years to come. Trump has nominated Barrett, a darling of...
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A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.
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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