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COVID-19: A solution disguised in a virus
By Sahar Moussaday, not too far long ago, human beings woke up to find themselves threatened by a mysterious virus that has no cure and allegedly kills a lot of people. This coronavirus is called COVID-19. It infects people of all ages, and poses a serious risk to the elderly and immunocompromised. The virus forced the entire world to its knees, paralyzing entire economies.According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in...
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Discarded masks, gloves an environmental hazard
By Shakir ReshamwalaPeople have been repeatedly urged for months to wear masks, gloves and personal protective equipment (PPE) to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. It is even a crime to be in public without a mask, with penalties of jail terms or fines or both. While compliance has been satisfactory, the downside is that the streets of Kuwait are littered with discarded masks and gloves.According to news reports, the issue has...
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Scooting off to work and play
By Ben GarciaThere has been a noticeable rise in electric scooters on the streets of Kuwait lately. E-scooters are not only used for leisure, but are a great help to some, especially when public transport was suspended as part of efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Kuwait Times found more than a 100 e-scooter riders only in Salmiya, mostly Filipinos.One rider told Kuwait Times he uses his e-scooter to go to work and for his side...
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Private businesses donate clothes to 2,300 families
KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Red Crescent Society (KRCS) said on Wednesday that more than 2,300 needy families have benefited from a clothing donation campaign funded by local private businesses.KRCS senior official Maryam Al-Adsani told KUNA that the initiative, which started in July, has strengthened the bonds between the organization and the private sector. She expressed her gratitude for the support, calling on other businesses to follow suit. -...
People walking on the beach as the Full Corn Moon rises in the sky over the Salmiya district, some 20 kilometres (12 miles) east of the capital Kuwait City on September 2, 2020.
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People take pictures on Blajat beach as a full ‘Corn Moon’ rises in the sky over Salmiya on Wednesday. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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Scientists detect mysterious 'intermediate mass' black hole
PARIS: Scientists announced the discovery of a black hole-the oldest ever detected-that shouldn't even exist according to the current understanding of cosmic monsters so dense not even light can escape their gravitational pull. Born of a merger between two other black holes, GW190521 weighs in at 142 times the mass of our Sun and is the first "intermediate mass" black hole ever observed, two consortiums of some 1,500 scientists reported in a...
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Dubai seeks to attract wealthy foreign retirees as expats leave
DUBAI: A picture taken with a fisheye lens shows people on their paddleboards during the 'we paddle for Dubai' event at the Burj Khalifa water lake in the Gulf emirate. - AFP DUBAI: Dubai is seeking to attract wealthy foreign retirees as the economy of the Middle East trade and tourism hub reels from the coronavirus pandemic and low oil prices, prompting many expatriates to leave. It will grant visas renewable every five years to resident...
Protesters clash with police during an anti-government demonstration in Sofia on September 2, 2020. (Photo by NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV / AFP)
55 people hurt as showdown in Bulgaria takes violent turn
SOFIA: Protesters clash with police during an anti-government demonstration in Sofia. _ AFP SOFIA: Anti-riot police guarding the Bulgarian parliament weathered smokebombs, firecrackers and stones on Wednesday as the latest in two months of anti-government protests took a violent turn, with at least 55 people hurt and nearly 100 arrested. The rally outside parliament came during a long, tense day in which a controversial draft for a new...
Chairman of the Transitional Military Council of Sudan Abdel Fattah (L) and South Sudan President Salva Kiir (2nd L) greets people gathering during the singing of the Sudan peace deal with the rebels groups in Juba, South Sudan, on 31 August 2020. (Photo by Akuot Chol / AFP)
UN deploys troops to new base; violence surges in South Sudan
JUBA: Chairman of the Transitional Military Council of Sudan Abdel Fattah (left) and South Sudan President Salva Kiir (2nd left) greets people gathering during the singing of the Sudan peace deal with the rebels groups in Juba, South Sudan. - AFP JUBA: The UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan announced it was deploying troops to the country's strife-torn south following an upsurge in violence by armed rebels against civilians and aid workers....
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE - SEPTEMBER 02: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden takes off his mask as he arrives at a campaign event to speak on the coronavirus pandemic September 2, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden spoke on safely reopening schools during the coronavirus pandemic. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
US prepares for pre-election coronavirus vaccine rollout
WILMINGTON: Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden takes off his mask as he arrives at a campaign event to speak on the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday. - AFP WASHINGTON: The US has urged states to get ready for a potential Covid-19 vaccine rollout two days before the presidential election, it emerged Wednesday, as France prepared to present a mammoth spending plan for its virus-hit economy. Across the world, governments are hoping to...
(FILES) This file photo taken on July 20, 2019 shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaking with journalists during a rally to support opposition and independent candidates after authorities refused to register them for September elections to the Moscow City Duma, in Moscow. - Tests carried out on Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny provide clear proof that he was poisoned by a chemical nerve agent, the German government said Wednesday, September 2, 2020, demanding explanations from Moscow. (Photo by Maxim ZMEYEV / AFP)
Outrage; Germany says Putin's critic poisoned with Novichok
MOSCOW: This file photo taken on July 20, 2019 shows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaking with journalists during a rally. - AFP BERLIN: Western leaders demanded explanations from Moscow on Wednesday after Germany said that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent in an attempt to "silence" the Russian opposition leader. The 44-year-old last month became the latest in a long line of Russian defectors and critics of...
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Pakistan's online agony aunt Kanwal tearing down taboos
KARACHI: In this undated handout picture taken in 2019, former make-up artist Kanwal Ahmed, who is the founder of social online group 'The Soul Sisters Pakistan', poses for a photograph on the set of her online talk show. - AFP LAHORE: "Women in Pakistan are really, really strong. We have a voice. We just don't have enough spaces to use that voice," says Kanwal Ahmed, an agony aunt to some 260,000, determined to change the situation. Her...
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Gulf Bank Chairman Bader Al-Kharafi
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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
HANIYEH ASSASSINATED
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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
MoI: No one above the law
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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
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Zionist strike
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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