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Kuwait registers 552 new COVID-19 cases, two deaths
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Health said yesterday 552 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus while two patients died in the past 24 hours. Ministry spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said that the total registered cases reached 101,851 while deaths topped 592.Furthermore, he explained that the distribution of cases in health zones was as follows: 154 in Hawally, 128 in Ahmadi, 113 in the Capital, 95 in Farwaniya and 62 in Jahra. Dr Sanad...
A general view shows tents set up by Kuwait families for the entire winter at a camp close to the border with Saudi Arabia, in al-Julaia, around 70 kilometres (45 miles) from the capital Kuwait City, on January 13, 2017. / AFP / Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait Municipality scraps camping, election tents
KUWAIT: Camps set up in Kuwait's desert in this file photo. - KUNA By B IzzakKUWAIT: A committee overseeing health conditions at Kuwait Municipality yesterday has decided to scrap the desert camping season and election tents in precautionary measures to contain the spread of the coronavirus cases. However, an official at the Municipality hotline confirmed to Kuwait Times that no official announcement has been made so far in this regard.Camping...
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Pakistan requests sending 100,000 workers to Kuwait
KUWAIT: Pakistan is looking to send around 100,000 skilled workers to Kuwait and have made a formal request with concerned authorities in the Gulf state in that regard, Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development (OP&HRD) said on Wednesday.Kuwait has already agreed to recruit as many as 444 Pakistani medical professionals including doctors, paramedics and nurses, as part of an agreement Pakistan recently signed with the Gulf...
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KNG carries out drill for possible troubling rain
KUWAIT: Kuwait National Guard's (KNG) firemen executed a drill in the region of Al-Mugawaa as part of measures in preparation for the upcoming rain season. Witnessing the drill in person, the National Guard Undersecretary, Lieutenant General Hashem Al-Refaie, said in a statement yesterday that exercise 'Rain-2' involved employment of various vehicles and equipment for tackling water swamps in the event of heavy rain. He has affirmed the Guard...
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Souq Safafeer: A quieter, muted market
KUWAIT: Shop workers at Souq Safafeer work inside the popular metalwork market in Kuwait City. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: You can still hear the sounds of hammer against metal, the grind of steel against stone but these sounds are muted now. Since the coronavirus pandemic came to Kuwait, the popular Souq Safafeer, a metalwork market in Kuwait City, has mostly gone quiet. Souq Safafeer was ordered closed due to COVID-19 on...
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Kuwait launches ablution water treatment project
KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality and the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs are executing a project aimed at treating water used for ablution in mosques to water plants in the Mubarakiya Market's area. A small treatment chamber has been installed to treat and purify ablution water for the watering of plants in Mubarakiya Market, Ahmad Al-Hajri, Director of Constructions at the Municipality, said in a statement.The project, he added, aims at...
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30,000 expats in violation
KUWAIT: Around 30,000 expats are currently in violation of the residency law in Kuwait, Al-Qabas reported yesterday quoting security sources who warned sponsors and illegal expats alike that they have to pay fines accumulating since September 1. A decision made by Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anas Al-Saleh to extend residencies and visit visas automatically for three more months covers only those whose residencies expire on...
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Kuwait participates in Global Business Councils' meeting
KBC Vice President Firas Al-Salem DUBAI: Kuwait Business Council in Dubai (KBC) on Wednesday took part in the virtual meeting of the Global Business Councils that includes delegations of 31 countries. The KBC's participation in the gathering aimed at reviewing experiences during the coronavirus pandemic and initiatives launched by several private and public institutions existing in the UAE to overcome these challenges, Firas Al-Salem, Vice...
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Six bootleggers arrested in Abu Al-Hassaniya
KUWAIT: Police arrested six people who ran an underground liquor brewery in Abu Al-Hassaniya. Patrol officers had suspected a bus that was driving erratically in the area. When they ordered the driver to pull over, he complied but immediately tried to run away on foot. Police chased him until he entered a house, where detectives were called to obtain a warrant and inspect it. Once inside, police found a number of large barrels filled with...
Shoppers queue for self-checkout tills with baskets full of toilet paper at Lidl supermarket in Walthamstow, east London on September 23, 2020. - Britain on Tuesday tightened restrictions to stem a surge of coronavirus cases, ordering pubs to close early and advising people to go back to working from home to prevent a second national lockdown. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP)
Retail investors dive into stock market party
LONDON: Shoppers queue for self-checkout tills with baskets full of toilet paper at Lidl supermarket in Walthamstow, east London. - AFP PARIS: Long-term investors may still be licking their wounds as stocks recover from the vertiginous coronavirus slump earlier this year, but it provided an incredible buying opportunity and retail investors have piled into rebounding markets even as experts warn against believing it is a sure bet. The number of...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 07, 2020, the headquarters of Tencent, the parent company of Chinese social media company WeChat, in Beijing.. - US officials on September 18, 2020, ordered a ban on downloads of the popular Chinese-owned mobile applications WeChat and TikTok from September 20, saying they threaten national security. The move comes amid rising US-China tensions over technology and a Trump administration effort to engineer a sale of the video app TikTok to American investors. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)
Trump tech battle with China changes game for US business
BEIJING: The headquarters of Tencent, the parent company of Chinese social media company WeChat, in Beijing. US officials ordered a ban on downloads of the popular Chinese-owned mobile applications WeChat and TikTok, saying they threaten national security. - AFP WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's war on Chinese technology firms has changed the ground rules for global business, underscoring a new political reality that could have negative...
FILE PHOTO: The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, September 22, 2020. REUTERS/Staff
Global sell-off drives European stocks to near 3-month lows
The German share price index DAX graph is pictured at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany - REUTERS LONDON: A sell-off in global risk assets drove European equities to near three-month lows yesterday, as the absence of fresh stimulus for the US economy and a second wave of coronavirus cases raised fears of a slowing global recovery. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 0.8 percent, recovering slightly after hitting its lowest level since...
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