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Aliens, 'reptilians': US viral video doctor's odd beliefs
BRASILIA: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro shows a box of hydroxychloroquine to supporters outside the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia. _ AFP WASHINGTON: A Houston physician who praised hydroxychloroquine as a miracle coronavirus cure in a viral video retweeted by President Donald Trump blames gynecological problems on sex with evil spirits and believes the US government is run by "reptilians." Stella Immanuel's viral speech has drawn attention to...
Pedestrians wear face masks in the Kowloon-side Sham Shui Po district of Hong Kong in the early morning of July 29, 2020, as new social distancing measures come into effect which include having to wear masks in public, to combat a new wave of coronavirus infections. (Photo by ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)
Hong Kong implements tough virus restrictions
HONG KONG: Pedestrians wear face masks in the Kowloon-side Sham Shui Po district of Hong Kong in the early morning of yesterday, as new social distancing measures come into effect which include having to wear masks in public, to combat a new wave of coronavirus infections. – AFP HONG KONG: Hong Kong is on the verge of a "large-scale" coronavirus outbreak that could overwhelm hospitals, its leader warned yesterday, as authorities implemented...
TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump speaks to the press in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 28, 2020. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP)
Trump ditches new tone on coronavirus to tout questionable theories
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump speaks to the press in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. - AFP WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's much heralded new tone on the coronavirus pandemic evaporated Tuesday in a burst of misleading medical speculation, criticism for his own top virus expert, and praise for an eccentric preacher-doctor touting conspiracy theories. Just a week ago, Trump sought to get his shaky...
Students attend a class at their open-air school situated on top of a mountain in Doodhpathri, Indian-administered Kashmir, on July 27, 2020. - Schooling in restive Kashmir has been severely disrupted by the pandemic, but also after a strict curfew was imposed almost a year ago when New Delhi stripped the Muslim-majority region of 14 million people of its semi-autonomy. (Photo by Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP)
In Kashmir, the hills are alive with the sound of schooling
DOODHPATHRI: Students attend a class at their open-air school situated on top of a mountain in Doodhpathri, Indian-administered Kashmir. - AFP DOODHPATHRI: Sitting cross-legged and hunched over her textbooks in a lush meadow surrounded by mountains and pine trees, Tasleem Bashir can hardly contain her joy at being back at school. The 14-year-old is among hundreds of students attending open-air classes in Doodhpathri, high above Srinagar in...
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In Iraq’s Kurdish capital, all’s fair in love and walls
A view of graffiti text sprayed on a blank wall in Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region, reading in Arabic (from right to left) "as age progresses and passes, he found no happiness nor solace"; "when you do not find whomever you tell that you are not well, know that 'Suwar Pics' (Facebook page) is beside you and you can inform them"; "it's been one year and everything is perfect, my heart, Ala Ziad". “Nero set...
Visitors listen to the sound installation ìeleven songs ñ halle am berghainî at Berghain club in Berlin on July 24, 2020. - The sound installation of Sam Auinger and Hannes Strobl called tamtam was conceived especially for the hall and uses acoustic means to activate the architecture of the spatial arrangement, while the dance club itself remain closed due to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by STEFANIE LOOS / AFP)
No dancing, just listening: Berlin club Berghain reopens doors
Visitors listen to the sound installation “eleven songs – halle am berghain” at Berghain club in Berlin.—AFP The coronavirus is keeping Berlin’s legendary clubs closed but techno attraction Berghain has found a way to throw its doors back open, luring visitors with an unusual sound exhibition. Just 50 people are let in at a time to allow for physical distancing, but without the venue’s notoriously picky doormen standing guard, no one...
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Kuwait reports 5 COVID-19 deaths, 606 new infections
KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced on Monday recording 606 new infection cases with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) during the past 24 hours, raising the toll of contaminations to 64,379. The ministry also reported five new deaths with the pathogen, putting the whole count of mortalities at 438. The ministry had announced earlier that 684 people recovered from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, bringing the total recoveries to...
MP Riyadh Al-Adasani
MP slams 'money laundering' influencers
MP Riyadh Al-Adasani By B IzzakKUWAIT: MP Riyadh Al-Adasani called yesterday on authorities to boost monitoring of suspected money laundering operations and urged them to refer such issues to the public prosecution. His comments came after public prosecutor Dherar Al-Asousi issued a decision to freeze the accounts of a company and 10 popular influencers and ban them from leaving the country. The decision was taken over reports by the finance...
HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Amir's health 'very assuring': Speaker
HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah By B IzzakKUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem said yesterday that reports about the health condition of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, undergoing medical treatment in the US, are "very assuring". His statement came in the National Assembly after a meeting with HH Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.Ghanem also said he has...
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Hundreds bookings canceled due to 14-day quarantine rule
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has mandated 14 days of quarantine for all arriving passengers as one of the conditions applied with the start of commercial flights from Aug 1, 2020. Quarantine is compulsory although all passengers are obliged to have a negative PCR test result before boarding. This will negatively affect travel operations in Kuwait, according to a statement by the Kuwait Travel and...
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Zain recognizes efforts of Interior Ministry frontliners
KUWAIT: Major-General Jamal Al-Sayegh with Zain's team and MOI front liners. KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, recognized the great efforts exerted by the Ministry of Interior's frontliners at traffic checkpoints by visiting them on the field as a sign of gratitude for their great efforts in protecting the nation during the COVID-19 pandemic.The initiative came to complement the company's ongoing efforts since the...
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ICSK hosts webinar on reading's importance
KUWAIT: The Indian Community School Kuwait (ICSK) takes pride in serving our students to educate them virtually through our Digital Library System, the first of its kind. In this regard, a webinar under the title 'Effective use of ICSK Online Library' was organized recently for children on how to use digital library effectively. Parents and students were encouraged to attend the webinar.Sherly Dennis, Principal of ICSK, Junior Branch, welcomed...
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