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TORONTO, ONTARIO - AUGUST 29: Andrei Vasilevskiy #88 of the Tampa Bay Lightning stops a shot against Ondrej Kase #28 of the Boston Bruins during the third period in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Second Round during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on August 29, 2020 in Toronto, Ontario. Elsa/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Lightning put Boston Bruins on the verge of elimination

TORONTO: Andrei Vasilevskiy #88 of the Tampa Bay Lightning stops a shot against Ondrej Kase #28 of the Boston Bruins during the third period in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Second Round during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena. - AFP TORONTO: Ondrej Palat scored two goals to lead Tampa Bay to a 3-1 victory over the Boston Bruins on Saturday afternoon in Toronto, putting the Lightning on the cusp of reaching the next...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 29: Novak Djokovic of Serbia poses with the winner's trophy after defeating Milos Raonic of Canada in the men's singles final of the Western & Southern Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 29, 2020 in the Queens borough of New York City. Matthew Stockman/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Djokovic, Williams chase tennis history in US Open COVID bubble

NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic of Serbia poses with the winner's trophy after defeating Milos Raonic of Canada in the men's singles final of the Western & Southern Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 29, 2020. - AFP NEW YORK: The US Open becomes the first Grand Slam of the COVID-19 era when it starts today in a spectator-free bubble at Flushing Meadows following a troubled build-up that saw several top stars withdraw...

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Disabled children's parents in Kuwait unhappy with school's suspension

By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The Ministry of Education's private and qualitative education sector issued a circular on August 23, 2020 suspending studies for disabled students until further notice. The decision, due to the coronavirus pandemic and MoE's decision to allow remote learning for all other students in public and private schools, will prevent the completion of studies for those yet to finish the 2019/2020 academic year and bans the...

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Bohra Community mark Ashura Day

KUWAIT: Listening to the sermon of His Holiness Sultan of the Bohra Dr Mufaddal Saifuddin, the Bohra Community within the State of Kuwait marked Ashura Day (Muharram 10th) online while staying home safe. His Holiness reminded them of the sacrifices of our Prophet's Family (PBUH), most particularly the Master of Martyrs; i.e., Imam Al-Hussein (May Allah's Peace and Blessings be upon Him and His Family), who was martyred on Ashura Day.The Bohra...

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1.5 million expats hold high school or lesser certificates

KUWAIT: Official statistics show that 83 percent of expat workers have high school or lesser certificates, as their numbers reach around 1.5 million, Al-Qabas daily reported yesterday. Workers with intermediate certificates are around 900,000 while 114,000 have elementary certificates and 5,000 can only read and write. Stats showed university graduates number 212,000, while 12,000 have postgraduate degrees. The number of graduates is...

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PACI issues civil IDs for all citizens domestic workers

KUWAIT: Director General of Public Authority for Civil information (PACI) Musaed Al-Asousi announced yesterday that 105,000 civil IDs of nationals were issued by August 20. Civil IDs of nationals now are issued in 24 hours in case they do not have any issuance restrictions, or major references like changing the home addresses, he said.He also added that PACI issued 26,000 IDs for domestic workers this past weekend, to reach a total of 115,000...

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Deputy Amir congratulates Kuwaiti inventor for awards

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti inventor Jenan Al-Shehab shows a picture of her invention on her laptop. - KUNA KUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent Sunday a cable of congratulations to Engineer Jenan Al-Shehab for winning two awards and a gold medal at a global event organized by the Toronto International Society of Innovation and Advanced Skills (TISIAS). His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown...

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KRCS continues delivering aid to families in Lebanon

BEIRUT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society's (KRCS) teams continued delivering humanitarian aid for families affected by Beirut's explosion, which occurred on August 4, killing over 170 people and injuring at least 6,000 others. KRCS aims to distribute 10,000 food baskets in the first phase, in cooperation with the Lebanese Red Cross, said head of the society's delegation Dr Musaed Al-Enezi in a statement to the press on Sunday.Aside from delivering...

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MPs released, deny involvement in trafficking case

KUWAIT: The public prosecution on Saturday released MPs Saadoun Hammad and Salah Khorsheed on KD 10,000 bail each after interrogating them in the human trafficking case in which a detained Bangladeshi lawmaker is accused, Al-Rai reported yesterday. Both MPs denied abusing their powers, as claimed by the Bangladeshi defendant, and strongly denied knowing him or having any connection with him. They added that his accusations are groundless...

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Battleground is wide open

By Abdellatif SharaaSunday, Kuwait emerged out of curfew - be it total or partial. We all know that restrictions, curfews, businesses shutting down, government departments stopping work and employees given leaves was to absorb the first wave of attacks of the coronavirus, to be later officially named by the World Health Organization as COVID-19. Experts and the public alike were still attempting to understand this virus and its strategy of...

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Photo of the Day

KUWAIT: Shiite Muslim worshippers attend a mourning ritual commemorating the martyrdom of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Al-Hussein, on Ashura Day at a Husseiniya in Daiya on Saturday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

(FILES) This file photo taken on June 21, 2020 shows an aerial view of a man walking past graves in the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery in Manaus on June 21, 2020. - Just over six months after registering its first case of the new coronavirus, Brazil -a country of 212 million people- has now registered 120,262 deaths from the virus and 3,846,153 infections, the health ministry said in its daily update. (Photo by MICHAEL DANTAS / AFP)

Brazil surpasses 120,000 COVID deaths

MANAUS, Brazil: Photo shows an aerial view of a man walking past graves in the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery in Manaus. - AFP RIO DE JANEIRO: Just over six months after registering its first case of the new coronavirus, Brazil crossed the grim threshold of 120,000 people killed by Covid-19 Saturday, with no end in sight to the crisis. The country of 212 million people has now registered 120,262 deaths from the virus and 3,846,153 infections,...

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