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Kuwait reports two deaths, 412 new COVID-19 cases
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health said yesterday 412 people tested positive for the coronavirus in Kuwait in the past 24 hours, while two persons died of the disease. Ministry spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said total deaths reached 530 and registered infections topped 84,636.Dr Sanad said the distribution of cases in health zones was as follows: 120 in Ahmadi, 81 in Farwaniya, 80 in Hawally, 76 in Jahra and 55 in the Capital. The ministry had...
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US not pressuring Kuwait to normalize Israel ties: Envoy
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister and acting Defense Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah meets US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Schenker at the foreign ministry yesterday. - KUNA By Shakir ReshamwalaKUWAIT: A US official yesterday denied his visit to Kuwait was part of moves by Washington to pressure Kuwait to follow in the footsteps of the United Arab Emirates and normalize ties with Israel. Speaking...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and US Presidential Adviser Jared Kushner make joint statements to the press after their meeting in Jerusalem, about the Israel - United Arab Emirates agreement to normalise relations, on August 30, 2020. (Photo by DEBBIE HILL / various sources / AFP)
Bibi claims 'many more' secret talks with Arab leaders
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and US Presidential Adviser Jared Kushner make joint statements to the press after their meeting yesterday about the Israel-UAE agreement to normalize relations. – AFP JERUSALEM: Israel is in secret talks with several Arab states on establishing ties, premier Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday, ahead of the Jewish state's first commercial flight to the UAE following a normalization...
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Palestinians raze homes in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM: Relatives of the Palestinian Shalalda family watch as an excavator hired by them demolishes their family home in Al-Tur on July 2, 2020. - AFP JERUSALEM: Palestinian Alaa Borqan preferred to tear down his own house in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem after a court ruled that it was constructed illegally and must be demolished. The 35-year-old was given two options: to destroy his four-bedroom home in the Jabal Mukaber neighborhood...
FILE PHOTO: Workers walk towards the construction site of the Lusail stadium which will be build for the upcoming 2022 Fifa soccer World Cup during a stadium tour in Doha, Qatar, December 20, 2019. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Qatar sets new minimum wage, lifts restrictions
FILE PHOTO: Workers walk towards the construction site of the Lusail stadium which will be build for the upcoming 2022 Fifa soccer World Cup during a stadium tour in Doha, Qatar, December 20, 2019. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach DUBAI: Qatar announced yesterday changes to its labor laws, raising its minimum wage by 25 percent to 1,000 riyals ($275) a month and scrapping a requirement for employees to get the permission of their employers to change...
A health worker takes a swab sample from a woman to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a testing camp in a residential area, in Chennai on August 30, 2020. - India on August 30 set a coronavirus record when it reported 78,761 new infections in 24 hours -- the world's highest single-day rise -- even as it continued to open up the economy. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
Global virus cases cross 25m; India sets grim record
CHENNAI: A health worker takes a swab sample from a woman to test for COVID-19 at a testing camp yesterday. - AFP NEW DELHI: Global coronavirus infections soared past 25 million yesterday, as countries around the world further tightened restrictions to try to stop the rampaging pandemic. A million additional cases have been detected globally roughly every four days since mid-July, according to an AFP tally, with India yesterday setting the...
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Ready, set, Zoom: India gypsy dancers take their art online
In this picture Kalbeliya gypsy dancer Aasha Sapera practices before hosting online dance classes amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Jodhpur.-AFP photos As a blackout plunged her desert dwelling into darkness, Suwa Devi, a dancer belonging to India's Kalbeliya gypsy community, asked her neighbour to turn on his jeep's headlights so she could continue teaching her Zoom class, outside. The coronavirus pandemic has forced many people to go...
(FILES) This file picture taken early on May 24, 2020 shows a view of the historic Metro cinema theatre as a man walks past, along the commercial Talaat Harb street in the almost deserted city centre Egypt's capital Cairo, on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday which starts at the conclusion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. - Egyptian cinemas are slowly reopening after months of lockdown, but the huge sector sometimes dubbed the Hollywood of the Arab world has taken a severe hit during the pandemic. After most studios, sets and movie theatres were shuttered because of COVID-19 from at least March to June, filmmakers and the wider sector are bracing for an uncertain future. (Photo by Samer ABDALLAH / AFP)
Egyptian cinema hit hard by pandemic
This file picture shows a view of the historic Metro cinema theatre as a man walks past, along the commercial Talaat Harb street in the almost deserted city center Egypt's capital Cairo, on the first day of Eid Al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday which starts at the conclusion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.-AFP photos Egyptian cinemas are slowly reopening after months of lockdown, but the huge sector sometimes dubbed "the Hollywood of the Arab...
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Lockdowns give major boost to e-commerce
PARIS: The international e-commerce grew 41 percent in only three months compared with 22 percent growth for 2020 as a whole to date, as the pandemic "transformed" retail habits. -- AFP PARIS: While large traditional retailers announce big lay-offs because of the pandemic, sometimes shedding thousands of staff, coronavirus lockdowns have in contrast given e-commerce a major boost. Recent data shows a shift to shopping online-according to Kantar...
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Reliance to pay $3.4bn for Future Group's retail empire
Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani has been locked in battle with US tech behemoth Amazon and Walmart-backed Flipkart for a share of India's lucrative online market. MUMBAI: Indian conglomerate Reliance is acquiring the retail, wholesale and logistics businesses of the Future Group for $3.38 billion, the oil-to-telecoms giant announced late Saturday, strengthening its presence in the country's hugely competitive e-commerce sector. Reliance, which...
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Dow erases 2020 losses as US stocks charge upwards
NEW YORK: Wall Street flexed its muscles on Friday, with the Dow erasing its losses for the year and the S&P and Nasdaq again hitting records as investors shrugged off the ongoing coronavirus crisis, while markets elsewhere saw more moderate trading. Much of the positive sentiment can be attributed to the Federal Reserve, which made clear that US interest rates will stay ultra-low as long as needed in a major policy shift announced...
Arsenal's Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang lifts the trophy after winning the English FA Community Shield football match between Arsenal and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium in north London on August 29, 2020. - Arsenal won the match 5-4 in a penalty shootout after drawing 1-1 in normal time. (Photo by ANDREW COULDRIDGE / POOL / AFP) / NOT FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING USE / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE
Arsenal win Community Shield
LONDON: Arsenal's Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang lifts the trophy after winning the English FA Community Shield football match between Arsenal and Liverpool at Wembley Stadium in north London on August 29, 2020. _ AFP LONDON: Mikel Arteta claimed Arsenal captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is close to signing a new contract after the Gunners beat Liverpool 5-4 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in the Community Shield on Saturday....
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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
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