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Destructive storm hits central Greece; 2 dead
KARDITSA: Residents clear mud from a road after the floods caused by the Mediterranean hurricane (Medicane) Ianos in Karditsa, central Greece. - AFP ATHENS: Two people have died as a hurricane-like storm pounded central Greece, flooding streets and homes, the authorities said. Cyclone Ianos, known as a medicane (Mediterranean hurricane), uprooted trees and caused power cuts on the Ionian islands and the western Peloponnese. It swept through...
Demonstrators at an anti-vax rally protest against vaccination and government restrictions designed to control or mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, including the wearing of masks and lockdowns, clash with police officers at Trafalgar square, central London on September 19, 2020. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)
$13,000 fine for breaking COVID rules in England
LONDON: Demonstrators at an anti-vax rally protest against vaccination and government restrictions designed to control or mitigate the spread of coronavirus, including the wearing of masks and lockdowns, clash with police officers on September 19, 2020. - AFP LONDON: People in England who refuse to self-isolate to stop the spread of coronavirus could face fines of up to £10,000 ($13,000, 11,000 euros) under tough new regulations announced...
A picture taken on September 14, 2020, shows a general view of the Hiroshima street, in Sardasht in Iran's West Azerbaijan Province. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Iran victims of Iraq gas attack say horrors are a warning
SARDASHT: Photo shows a general view of the Hiroshima street, in Sardasht in Iran's West Azerbaijan Province. - AFP SARDASHT: Thirty-three years have passed, but the survivors of an Iraqi poison gas attack on the Iranian town of Sardasht still suffer - and fight for international recognition of the horrific massacre. "If someone lost a leg or an arm in the war, you can put a prosthesis on him," said Saleh Azizpour, who heads an association for...
Everton's English striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin (C) heads the ball to score their fifth goal during the English Premier League football match between Everton and West Bromwich Albion at Goodison Park in Liverpool, north west England on September 19, 2020. (Photo by Alex Livesey / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. /
Everton crush 10-man West Brom
LIVERPOOL: Everton's English striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin (center) heads the ball to score their fifth goal during the English Premier League football match between Everton and West Bromwich Albion at Goodison Park in Liverpool yesterday. - AFP LONDON: Dominic Calvert-Lewin hit a hat-trick as Everton crushed 10-man West Bromwich Albion 5-2, while Leeds earned their first Premier League win since 2004 with a 4-3 victory over Fulham yesterday. On...
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The show must go on: virus-era Emmys are virtual - and live
An Emmy Awards statue is pictured ahead of the 71st Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California. No red carpet, no star-studded audience and no "Game of Thrones"-this year's Emmys honoring the best in television promise to be radically different as producers scramble to create Hollywood's first major pandemic-era awards show. The coronavirus has turned Tinseltown upside down, bringing productions to a halt even as stay-at-home orders around the world...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 1, 2020 Fireworks explode around the London Eye during New Year's celebrations in central London just after midnight. - London mayor Sadiq Khan said on Friday, September 18, that the British capital's New Year's Eve fireworks display, which annually attracts tens of thousands of people, will not go ahead on December 31 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)
Pandemic puts out London's New Year fireworks show
Fireworks explode around the London Eye during New Year's celebrations in central London just after midnight. - AFP London's New Year's Eve fireworks display, which annually attracts tens of thousands of spectators, will not go ahead on December 31 due to the coronavirus pandemic, mayor Sadiq Khan said on Friday. "There will not be fireworks on New Year's Eve this year like in previous years," he told LBC radio. "We simply can't afford to have...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 09, 1993 Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court William Rehnquist (R) administers the oath of office to newly-appointed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (L) as U.S. President Bill Clinton looks on. - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died September 18, 2020 at her home in Washington, the court says. She was 87.nGinsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer. (Photo by KORT DUCE / AFP)
Fierce battle looms after Ginsburg dies
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 09, 1993 Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court William Rehnquist (R) administers the oath of office to newly-appointed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (L) as U.S. President Bill Clinton looks on. - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died September 18, 2020 at her home in Washington, the court says. She was 87. Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer....
Moroccans wave the Palestinian flag during a demonstration in the capital Rabat on September 18, 2020, to denounce the Israeli normalisation deals with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)
Moroccans protest 'Arab normalization' with Israel
RABAT: Moroccans wave Palestinian flags during a demonstration in the capital on Friday to denounce the Israeli normalization deals with the UAE and Bahrain. - AFP RABAT: Hundreds of Moroccans demonstrated Friday against the "Arab normalization" of ties with Israel, following US-backed agreements week between the Jewish state, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Demonstrators in the North African nation's capital Rabat waved Palestinian flags,...
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Kuwait COVID cases rise to 99,049
KUWAIT: Kuwait's confirmed novel coronavirus cases increased by 521 to 99,049 with one person having succumbed to the disease, raising the death toll to 581 in the past 24 hours, 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, 131 cases were reported in...
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Nazaha received 300+ corruption reports, referred 40 to prosecution
KUWAIT: Mohammed Buzubar, Assistant Secretary General for Detection and Investigation at Nazaha, speaks to Kuwait Times. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: During the past few years, corruption has become one of the most discussed topics in Kuwait. Due to the increasing number of graft cases, the Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) was established four years ago according to law no. 2/2016."Over 300 reports of...
Participants clean trash on a beach in Kuwait City on September 19, 2020, to coincide with the World Cleanup Day. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
5,000 take part in Kuwait's biggest cleanup campaign
KUWAIT: Participants clean trash on Khuwaisat Beach near Jahra yesterday to coincide with World Cleanup Day. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: Coinciding with World Cleanup Day, the biggest cleanup drive in Kuwait took place yesterday at Khuwaisat Beach near the Jahra desert. Around 5,000 people of various nationalities participated in the campaign, according to Al-Nowair, a private nonprofit organization that organized the event.Head of...
(R-L) Maya, Raghad, Yara, Jana and Fatima, Grade 12 high school students from Fajr Al-Sabah High School celebrate their graduation in their own way at the end of the school year in Kuwait City on September 18, 2020. The school year for grade 12 students ended after the school year resumed in August through online learning, due to the COVID-19 outbreak. High schools usually hold grand celebrations for their students after the end of the school year in Kuwait.
Grade 12 results: Some students score full 100%
KUWAIT: Grade 12 students Maya, Jana, Raghad, Yara and Fatima celebrate their graduation on their own at Shaheed Park on Friday, as the usually grand graduation celebrations have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The education ministry yesterday announced the results of grade 12 students of public and private Arabic schools in the science, arts and religion streams for the...
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TEHRAN: Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh (center) flashes the victory sign during a swearing in ceremony of the new president at the parliament in Tehran on July 30 2024. - AFP
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KUWAIT: First Deputy PM and Defense and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah receives Dr Emad Yousef on July 31, 2024. - KUNA
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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