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Public Prosecutor orders impounding high-profile influencers' properties
KUWAIT: Workers remove bags containing drugs from a container in Shuwaikh Port. KUWAIT: Kuwait local daily Al-Rai learnt that Public Prosecutor Derar Al-Assoussi issued a decision to impound the funds and real estate properties owned by two high-profile social media influencers in Kuwait over charges of suspicions related to money laundering. The two new names add to a growing list of several social media influencers in the country who are under...
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65% of Kuwaitis blame expats for spreading COVID
KUWAIT: A field academic study by Kuwait University, which was prepared by the Director of the Gulf and Peninsula Studies Center Dr Faisal Abu Slaib, showed 64.77 percent of those surveyed believed the reason behind the spread of COVID-19 are expatriates, while 76.25 percent agree on deporting these expats from the country.The survey said 39 percent of respondents said expats do not have the right to be treated free of charge in government...
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Govt spokesman confirms gradual plan for expats' return
KUWAIT: Head of the government's communication center and the Cabinet's official spokesperson Tareq Al-Merzam confirmed a report Al-Rai published on Thursday concerning a government plan on the gradual return to Kuwait of expatriates with valid residencies. Speaking to the press after the Cabinet meeting, Merzam said that some state departments have filed requests to the COVID-19 supreme committee to allow their stranded expat employees to...
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KRCS praises hotel owners' donation to Lebanon
KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society praised yesterday the donation by Hotel Owners Association to support KRCS' efforts to help the Lebanese people recover in the wake of the Beirut Port huge explosion. In a press statement, KRCS secretary general Maha Al-Barjas said that all institutions in Kuwait support the society efforts to help the Lebanese government and people in the aftermath the deadly explosion of Beirut port.She added that KRCS...
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Interior minister expected to survive no-confidence vote
The National Assembly. By B IzzakKUWAIT: Interior Minister Anas Al-Saleh is expected to survive a no-confidence motion against him in the National Assembly today following a grilling last week in which he was accused of violating the law and benefiting from his post. Ten opposition lawmakers filed the motion after MP Shuaib Al-Muwaizri charged that the minister's company won more government contracts after he joined the Cabinet. The minister...
KENOSHA, WISCONSIN - AUGUST 24: A flag flies in front of a department of corrections building after it was set ablaze during a second night of rioting on August 24, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Rioting as well as clashes between police and protesters began Sunday night after a police officer shot Jacob Blake 7 times in the back in front of his three children. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
US city burns over shooting of black man
KENOSHA: A flag flies in front of a department of corrections building after it was set ablaze during a second night of rioting on Monday. - AFP KENOSHA, United States: Arsonists set buildings ablaze and torched much of the black business district during a second night of unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, triggered by the wounding of a black man shot in the back by police as his three young sons looked on. Smoke billowed over central Kenosha after...
US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence give a thumbs up after speaking during the first day of the Republican National Convention on August 24, 2020, in Charlotte, North Carolina. - President Donald Trump went into battle for a second term Monday with his nomination at a Republican convention where he will draw on all his showman's instincts to try and change the narrative in an election he is currently set to lose. (Photo by Chris Carlson / POOL / AFP)
Trump gets nod, claims election is being rigged
CHARLOTTE: US President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence give a thumbs up after speaking during the first day of the Republican National Convention on Monday. - AFP CHARLOTTE, United States: US President Donald Trump opened his bid for a second term after securing the Republican nomination Monday in typically combative fashion by claiming Democrats want to "steal" the election that polls currently show him losing. Minutes after the...
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Indian rescuers pull child from building rubble
MAHAD, India: Rescue workers carry a four-year-old boy after he was pulled out from the rubble of a collapsed five-storey apartment building yesterday. - AFP MAHAD, India: Rescuers in India pulled a four-year-old boy from the rubble of a collapsed building to loud cheers yesterday, hours after the five-storey apartment block came down "like a house of cards", killing 11 and burying up to 60 others. The accident late Monday in the western town of...
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Qantas to axe 2,500 more jobs
MELBOURNE: A Qantas logo adorns the side of the Qantas terminal at Melbourne Airport - AFP SYDNEY: Australian flag carrier Qantas announced plans yesterday to cut almost 2,500 more jobs, just days after posting a huge annual loss as it reels from a collapse in demand caused by the coronavirus. Qantas and its budget offshoot, Jetstar, said they would outsource their ground handling operations at all domestic airports, pending a final review of...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 23, 2009 an aerial view of a lake and forests in the vicinity of oil sands extraction facilities near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta Province, Canada on October 23, 2009. - The United States slammed a World Trade Organization ruling August 24, 2020 that favored Canada in a longstanding battle over lumber imports, holding the case up as further justification for Washington's campaign to drastically reform the global trade body. (Photo by MARK RALSTON / AFP)
US blasts WTO ruling in Canada lumber dispute
An aerial view of a lake and forests in the vicinity of oil sands extraction facilities near the town of Fort McMurray in Alberta Province, Canada. The United States slammed a World Trade Organization ruling Monday that favored Canada in a longstanding battle over lumber imports, holding the case up as further justification for Washington's campaign to drastically reform the global trade body. - AFP WASHINGTON: The United States slammed a World...
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Emirates, Etihad ask crew to take more unpaid leave
An Etihad plane stands parked at a gate at JFK International Airport in New York. -- Reuters DUBAI: Middle East airlines Emirates and Etihad Airways have again asked cabin crew to take voluntary unpaid leave as they try to manage the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to internal memos and sources familiar with the matter. Aviation has been one of the worst-hit industries during the pandemic and Emirates and Etihad of the United Arab...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, FLORIDA - AUGUST 24: Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat drives into T.J. Warren #1 of the Indiana Pacers during the second half of a first round playoff game at The Field House at ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on August 24, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Ashley Landis-Pool/Getty Images/AFP
Heat advance to Eastern semifinals
LAKE BUENA VISTA: Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat drives into T.J. Warren #1 of the Indiana Pacers during the second half of a first round playoff game at The Field House at ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. - AFP ORLANDO: Bam Adebayo collected a game-high 19 rebounds to go with 14 points Monday night, leading the fifth-seeded Miami Heat to a 99-87 victory over the fourth-seeded Indiana Pacers and a four-game...
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Sheikha Jawaher Ibrahim Duaij Al-Sabah and other officials take a group photo after the 54th session of the Permanent Arab Committee for Human Rights. – KUNA photos
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