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England's Sam Billings plays a ramp shot during the one-day international (ODI) cricket match between England and Australia at Old Trafford in Manchester on September 11, 2020. (Photo by Jon Super / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. NO ASSOCIATION WITH DIRECT COMPETITOR OF SPONSOR, PARTNER, OR SUPPLIER OF THE ECB
Hazlewood strikes as Australia defeat England in one-day opener
MANCHESTER: England's Sam Billings plays a ramp shot during the one-day international (ODI) cricket match between England and Australia at Old Trafford in Manchester. – AFP MANCHESTER: Josh Hazlewood took three wickets as Australia beat world champions England by 19 runs to win the first one-day international at Old Trafford on Friday. Hazlewood struck twice early on during a miserly haul of 3-26 from his full 10 overs as Australia defeated...
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - SEPTEMBER 11: Christian Yelich #22 of the Milwaukee Brewers strikes out in the third inning against the Chicago Cubs at Miller Park on September 11, 2020 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Dylan Buell/Getty Images/AFP
Blackmon, Rockies slam past Angels
MILWAUKEE: Christian Yelich #22 of the Milwaukee Brewers strikes out in the third inning against the Chicago Cubs at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. - AFP DENVER: Charlie Blackmon's two-out grand slam in the bottom of the ninth capped a five-run rally and lifted the Colorado Rockies to an 8-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night in Denver. The Rockies entered the ninth inning trailing 4-3 after Angels catcher Anthony Bemboom...
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Kuwait reports 736 new COVID-19 infections, single death, 744 recoveries
KUWAIT: Up to 736 persons tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Kuwait in the past 24 hours, official spokesman of the Ministry of Health announced yesterday. Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad, in a statement to the press, said the total caseload of infections climbed to 94,211.There was a single death due to infection with the pathogen during the same period of time, raising the death toll to 558 since the outbreak of the disease in the...
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Pandemic dropped T4 daily flights from up to 100 to 30: operator
KUWAIT: Kwang-Soo Lee, CEO of Incheon Korea for Airports Services, stands in Terminal 4 of Kuwait International Airport. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the number of passengers and flights dropped significantly this year compared to last year during the same period. During the period from August 1 to 31, 2019 at Kuwait airport's Terminal 4, 1,426 flights departed carrying 211,475...
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Baqalas shoppers don't mind paying more for convenience
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Baqalas (grocery stores) are the place to buy most necessary things when you don't want to bother dressing up to go shopping. Most - if not all - baqalas offer delivery service to your doorstep, and are open till late in the night. Also, many of them offer credit facilities (to pay at the end of the month).A few years ago, baqalas were shut down in all residential areas except in zones providing services (near the...
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Surgeons Association welcomes int'l patients' safety plan
Dr Salman Al-Sabah KUWAIT: Head of Kuwait Surgeons Association Dr Salman Al-Sabah welcomed the working plan that the World Health Organization (WHO) launched recently to guarantee patients' safety, and called for its implementation in Kuwait within the next 10 years. The plan calls for spreading the culture and principles of patients' safety and safe health care within all procedures, protocols and policies and in various medical fields."Saudi...
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Kuwait commercial flights travel guidelines
KUWAIT: Commercial flights resumed on August 1, while the airport will operate at 30 percent capacity during the six-month first phase of a three-stage airport reopening plan. However, flights to and from the following countries are suspended until further notice: Afghanistan, Armenia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chile, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kosovo, Lebanon,...
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Kuwait renews solidarity with Lebanon blast
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi attends the virtual meeting. - KUNA KUWAIT: The State of Kuwait renewed its solidarity and support to Lebanon and its people during their darkest times especially within the efforts recovering from the deadly explosion in Beirut Port, amidst Coronavirus, social and economic challenges. Kuwait's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi...
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Kuwait's sends relief plane to Sudan
KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) yesterday sent a relief plane to Sudan carrying 40 tons of humanitarian aid meant for the victims affected by flash floods. KRCS Chairman Dr Hilal Al-Sayer said the plane included foodstuff, tents and water pumps, adding that a number of other planes will also head to Sudan to help the fellow Arab country face the aftermath of the recent floods.KRCS will coordinate with the Sudanese Red Crescent to...
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Over 50 firemen hurt in Sabah health zone blaze
KUWAIT: At least 54 firefighters were injured while tackling a blaze that broke out in a car parking building under construction at Sabah health zone, which started Friday afternoon and was still raging at press time yesterday, a Kuwait Fire Service Directorate official confirmed.Seven fire teams consisting of 220 commissioned and noncommissioned officers were battling the blaze as off yesterday, KFSD social media official Captain Redha...
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Couple arrested in housemaid's death
KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti couple are held for questioning over accusations of torturing their domestic helper to death, a local daily reported. Police apprehended the 46-year-old man, after he had rushed the domestic helper to Amir Hospital, where she arrived in a critical condition and later succumbed to her injuries inside the ICU.Doctors found burn marks and cuts on the body of the victim, a 31-year-old female domestic helper from Sri Lanka. They...
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on September 11, 2020 shows a Bahraini man waving a national flag (L) in the capital Manama on March 22, 2011, and an Israeli man holding his country's national flag on January 24, 2017. - US President and Israel premier announced on September 11, 2020, a normalisation deal between Bahrain and Israel. (Photos by JOSEPH EID and JACK GUEZ / AFP)
Bahrain-Israel: From discreet to public
WASHINGTON: This combination of pictures shows a Bahraini man waving a national flag (left) in the capital Manama and an Israeli man holding his country's national flag. US President and Israel premier announced on September 11, 2020, a normalization deal between Bahrain and Israel. - AFP MANAMA: Bahrain's contacts with Israel, thought to have started discreetly in the 1990s, accelerated in recent years towards the historic agreement to...
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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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(File photo) Hamas senior leader Ismail Haniyah, standing in front of a portrait of the radical group's slain spiritual guide Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, addresses the crowd during rally by the radical group in the former Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim in the southern Gaza Strip, 16 September 2005. - The Palestinian militant group Hamas said on July 31, 2024, its political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Zionist strike in Iran, where he was attending the inauguration of the country's new president, and vowed the act "will not go unanswered". — AFP
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Minister of Finance and Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investment Dr Anwar Al-Mudhaf with Morocco's Ambassador to Kuwait Ali bin Issa. - KUNA
Kuwait’s investments in Morocco reach $1.5 bn