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Typhoon drenches North, South Korea
BUSAN: A powerful typhoon drenched both Koreas yesterday, killing at least one person in the South and inundating streets across a port in the North as it churned its way up the peninsula. Typhoon Maysak - named after a Cambodian word for a type of tree - made landfall in Busan on the southern coast, packing gusts of up to 140 kilometers per hour, knocking down traffic lights and trees and flooding streets.A woman was killed after a strong gust...
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US cuts aid to Ethiopia over Nile dam quarrel
GUBA, Ethiopia: This handout picture taken on July 20, 2020 shows an aerial view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on the Blue Nile River. - AFP WASHINGTON: The United States suspended Wednesday a portion of its financial aid for Ethiopia citing the lack of progress in talks with Sudan and Egypt over a huge new dam on the Nile river. Washington has become increasingly concerned about the dispute over Ethiopia's move to keep filling the...
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Steroids cut death rates in critical COVID-19 patients
This handout picture shows a far-field view of a droplet spread when a face shield is used to impede the jet, 2.97 seconds after the initiation of the emulated cough. - AFP LONDON: Treating critically ill COVID-19 patients with corticosteroid drugs reduces the risk of death by 20 percent, an analysis of seven international trials found yesterday, prompting the World Health Organization to update its advice on treatment. The analysis - which...
A picture shows the Manama's repurposed convention centre, in which 6,000 people are participating in a large-scale trial of a Chinese-sponsored vaccine for the Covid-19 coronavirus, on August 27, 2020 in the Bahraini capital. - Chinese drug giant Sinopharm began testing the inactivated COVID-19 jab in Bahrain earlier this month after starting a similar trial on 15,000 subjects in the nearby United Arab Emirates in July. The current phase of the study, in which the vaccine's efficacy and safety is tested in a large cross-section of the population, is due to last until July 2021. (Photo by Mazen Mahdi / AFP)
Volunteers in Bahrain sign up for vaccine trial
MANAMA: A man participates in a large-scale trial of a Chinese-sponsored vaccine for the coronavirus on Aug 27, 2020. - AFP MANAMA: In a Bahrain exhibition center that used to hold jewelry shows and book fairs before the coronavirus pandemic, Mohammed Al-Blooshi and other masked volunteers wait for a dose of a Chinese trial vaccine. "It is a service to humanity," says Blooshi, one of thousands in the wealthy Gulf country set to participate in...
An Iraqi fisherman makes his way through dead fish and plants in the Delmaj marsh, east of the city of Diwaniyah, in Iraq's southern province on August 25, 2020. - For centuries, civilisations in southern Iraq have made a living from farming and fishing the whiskered, carp-like fish native to the twin Tigris and Euphrates rivers. But these days, with poisoned water, illegal dams, and even armed clashes, fishing for precious barbels in Iraq's majestic river marshes means navigating some very choppy waters. (Photo by Hayder INDHAR / AFP)
Iraq's dead fish kicking up a stink
DIWANIYAH, Iraq: An Iraqi fisherman makes his way through dead fish and plants in the Delmaj marsh on Aug 25, 2020. - AFP AL-DELMAJ MARSHES, Iraq: Poisoned water, illegal dams and even armed clashes: These days, fishing for precious barbels in Iraq's majestic river marshes involves navigating precarious waters. For centuries, civilizations in southern Iraq have made a living from farming and fishing the whiskered, carp-like fish native to the...
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When cars fly: Japan firm says day is nearing
TOYOTA CITY, Japan: This handout picture obtained yesterday shows the SD-03 manned flying car during a test flight at Toyota test field. - AFP TOKYO: It might seem like a flight of fancy, but a Japanese firm says it is one step closer to making flying cars a reality after testing a drone-like prototype. Video from engineering company SkyDrive shows its manned compact vehicle using eight propellers to hover into the air and make its way - with a...
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MPs support Saleh, Harbi after grillings
KUWAIT: Lawmakers are seen during a session of National Assembly late Tuesday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By B IzzakKUWAIT: The National Assembly agreed to start debating the budgets for 2020/2021 including the state budget, which is projecting a massive KD 14 billion deficit, one of the biggest in several years. The decision came following a marathon session on Tuesday during which lawmakers filed no-confidence motions against Education...
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Kuwait COVID-19 cases rise by 667 to 86,478
KUWAIT: Kuwait recorded 667 confirmed coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, raising the tally to 86,478, with one death case, raising the death toll to 535, a health ministry official said yesterday. The figures include people who have come into contact with infected individuals, and others whose source of infection is currently being investigated, ministry spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said.In terms of health zones, 183 cases were reported...
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PreK, nurseries suffer from extended closure in Kuwait
By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Private preschools and nurseries in Kuwait are suffering the extended closure required by the government due to the coronavirus pandemic. Serving children from as young as one year old to four or five years old, many of these nurseries and preschools have opened virtual learning for their young charges but most of the nurseries have seen low enrollment. An English nursery school told Kuwait Times it doesn't have enough...
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Unmasked Macron meets legendary Lebanese singer Fairuz
French counterpart Emmanuel Macron (left) and Lebanese diva Fairouz French President Emmanuel Macron met the legendary Lebanese singer Fairuz on Monday on his second visit to Lebanon after the devastating explosion at the Beirut port last month. Fairuz, born Nouhad Haddad, is one of the most celebrated singers in the Middle East, and has sung of love, of Lebanon, and of the Palestinian cause. Many see the 85-year-old artist as a symbol of unity,...
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'Fake' Rembrandt might be real, says UK museum
An undated handout photograph released by Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford shows the painting “Head of a Bearded Man”.—AFP A painting dismissed as a Rembrandt copy and kept in storage at a British university museum, does come from the Dutch master's studio, the institution said on Monday. "Head of a Bearded Man" was bequeathed to the Ashmolean in Oxford in 1951 and was originally classified as one of the 17th century painter's early...
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Three dead, five injured in Jahra Road crash
KUWAIT: Three people were killed and five others were injured in a horrific accident reported on Jahra Road Tuesday night. The accident reportedly happened near the Jahra Governorate's building, where a dump truck crashed into two vehicles, overturned and landed on top of one of them. Firefighters from three fire stations rushed to the scene as soon as the accident was reported, and they immediately worked on freeing the victims from 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
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