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In this photo taken on June 08, 2020 British Airways passenger planes are pictured at the apron at London Heathrow Airport in west London. British Airways pilots have overwhelmingly voted to accept a deal cutting wages by 20 percent with 270 jobs lost, according to aviation union BALPA. - The deal, announced Friday, comes as the airline struggles with the economic impact of the coronavirus which has seen it propose lay-offs of 12,000 staff, more than 1,200 of those pilots. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)
UK sheds further 114,000 jobs in July: Data
LONDON: British Airways passenger planes are pictured at the apron at London Heathrow Airport in west London. - AFP LONDON: The number of workers on UK company payrolls slumped by a further 114,000 in July from June on fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed yesterday. A total 730,000 positions have been shed since March, when Britain went into lockdown over COVID-19, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.The...
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As virus steals jobs, urban Kenyans look to rural families
NAIROBI: In the last three months, teacher Faith Njeri has been a regular customer at a courier service office in Nairobi, collecting parcels sent from her village three hours' drive north of the capital. -- Reuters NAIROBI: In the last three months, teacher Faith Njeri has been a regular customer at a courier service office in Nairobi, collecting parcels sent from her village three hours' drive north of the capital. When the coronavirus...
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Kuwait records 668 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Health said yesterday 668 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) while four persons died of the disease in the past 24 hours. MoH spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said that the total registered infections reached 73,068 while deaths increased to 486.He added that 432 cases of the new infections were Kuwaiti citizens, or 64.67 percent, and 236 were non-Kuwaitis, or 35.33 percent. The MoH had...
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Kuwait Cabinet approves digital ID to be used at all state departments
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet's meeting via videoconference. - KUNA KUWAIT: Interior Minister Anas Al-Saleh informed the Cabinet of the "Hawiyati" (Kuwait Mobile ID) smartphone application, launched by the Public Authority for Civil Information that enables both residents and nationals to issue a digital ID to be used at all government and non-government bodies. Speaking in a...
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Kuwait Fund ready to address Lebanon's urgent needs
An archive photo released by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) shows the grain silos at Beirut Port, funded through a KFAED loan in 1970, before they were destroyed by last week's blast at the Lebanese capital. KUWAIT: Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) announced its readiness to provide aid to Lebanon in the aftermath of the huge blast at Beirut Port, through $30 million in previously-reached agreements after...
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Kuwait army denies attack on border post
KUWAIT: Kuwait's army has denied reports about an attack on a northern border post. The army's General Staff stressed in a statement early yesterday that the northern borders are stable and secure. The Iraqi military also denied the incident took place. The US Embassy in Kuwait said it was looking into the matter. Three Iraqi security forces had told Reuters an explosion near the Jraischan border crossing between Iraq and Kuwaiti on Monday...
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No govt decisions to impact Kuwaitis' pockets: Minister
Finance Minister Barrak Al-Sheetan KUWAIT: Kuwait's Finance Minister Barrak Al-Sheetan said on Monday the "government has not taken any decisions that impact the pockets of nationals, their salaries or their rights." Speaking to the press, he said social media reports of a contact made between his ministry and others in June were in relation to suggestions circulated by the Cabinet, which tasked the ministry to coordinate with its counterparts...
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Kuwaiti aid continues to flow into disaster-hit Lebanon
BEIRUT: Planeloads of Kuwaiti aid continued to pour into Lebanon almost a week after a catastrophic port explosion sparked a tide of destruction that tore through its capital Beirut. Two planes carrying 100 tons of urgent supplies landed in Beirut on Monday to bring the total of aid-laden aircrafts to have flown into the ravaged city to nine, said Abdullah Al-Shaheen, an advisor at Kuwait's embassy in Lebanon.Kuwait was among the first...
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Parliament elections November 28th?
The National Assembly KUWAIT: The 2020 National Assembly elections are expected to take place on November 28th, Al-Jarida daily reported yesterday quoting sources familiar with preparations currently taking place at the Interior Ministry's Elections Department. Health precautions such as social distancing and requiring face masks will be observed at election halls, which will be open to voters between 8:00 am and 8:00 pm, said the sources who...
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Municipality closes 10 stores violating COVID-19 measures
KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality shut down 10 stores in Hawally Governorate in July, for violating the country's measures to fight the coronavirus, an official said. The Municipality's teams issued 23 different fines and 2,405 warnings to restaurants, coffee shops, hair salons and others on committing to the measures issued by the Ministry of Health and the Cabinet on the COVID-19 pandemic, head of the municipality's Hawally Office Ahmad Al-Hazeem...
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Cabinet approves draft law regulating expat residency
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The Cabinet has approved a new foreign residency draft law to regulate the stay of millions of expats in the country, which proposes sweeping penalties against visa traders and failure to pay salaries. The new government-proposed residency law will be sent to the National Assembly for debate and approval with the aim to modernize the current law issued 51 years ago.The main focus of the new residency law is its focus on...
A customer (C) wearing a handmade facemask made with threads of gold takes selfie pictures with her friends at a jewellery shop in Chandkheda area in Ahmedabad on August 11, 2020. (Photo by SAM PANTHAKY / AFP)
Medical masks best, cotton OK, bandanas worse
AHMEDABAD, India: A customer wearing a handmade facemask made with threads of gold takes a selfie with her friends at a jewelry shop yesterday. – AFP WASHINGTON: Health experts have determined that face coverings are a vital tool in reducing the spread of coronavirus - but little research has been done into how different kinds of masks compare. A new study has ranked 14 types of commonly available mask, finding that medical masks offer...
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