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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump holds a mask as he speaks during the renewed briefing of the Coronavirus Task Force in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House. — AFP
Trump shifts rhetoric; urges mask-wearing, warns of ‘the worst’
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump holds a mask as he speaks during the renewed briefing of the Coronavirus Task Force in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House. — AFP WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump, in a shift in rhetoric and tone, encouraged Americans on Tuesday to wear masks if they cannot maintain social distance and warned that the coronavirus pandemic would get worse before it got better. In his first press briefing in months...
DHAKA: A man rides a cycle rickshaw through a water-logged street after a heavy downpour in Dhaka. — AFP
Bangladesh in crisis; South Asia battles monsoon rains
DHAKA: A man rides a cycle rickshaw through a water-logged street after a heavy downpour in Dhaka. — AFP DHAKA: Deadly flooding will persist in Bangladesh for the next 10 days, officials warned yesterday, as South Asia battles torrential monsoon rains which have already pounded the region for weeks. In flood-prone Bangladesh-where almost one-third of the impoverished nation is underwater-officials warned of an extended disaster in one of the...
MELBOURNE: People wearing face masks cross the normally busy Burke Street Mall in Melbourne. — AFP
Australia posts record number of new coronavirus infections
MELBOURNE: People wearing face masks cross the normally busy Burke Street Mall in Melbourne. — AFP MELBOURNE: Australia reported a record 502 new coronavirus infections yesterday, nearly four months after the epidemic initially peaked, with authorities warning the country was entering a critical new phase. Most of the new cases were reported in the southeastern state of Victoria, where authorities have struggled to bring an outbreak in...
PORTLAND: Teal Lindseth reacts to tear gas after federal officers dispersed protesters from in front of the Mark O Hatfield US Courthouse in Portland, Ore. — AFP
Federal crackdown in Portland reenergizes protesters
PORTLAND: Teal Lindseth reacts to tear gas after federal officers dispersed protesters from in front of the Mark O Hatfield US Courthouse in Portland, Ore. — AFP PORTLAND: Standing in front of a huge crowd, 21-year-old Teal Lindseth marches briskly through downtown Portland shouting into a bullhorn. “Tell me what democracy looks like,” she cries out as more than a thousand demonstrators respond: “This is what democracy looks like.”...
BANGKOK: A traditional Thai tuk tuk drives under a heavy downpour on a street in Bangkok. — AFP
Chatbots, motorbikes: Southeast Asia’s HIV centers adapt to virus
BANGKOK: A traditional Thai tuk tuk drives under a heavy downpour on a street in Bangkok. — AFP BANGKOK: Five days after a coronavirus lockdown was imposed in Manila, charity LoveYourself hired 20 former motorcycle taxi riders, gave them a crash course on HIV and sent them off to deliver life-saving medication after signing confidentiality agreements. The restrictions on movement and a lack of public transport in the city meant many of the...
SAO PAULO: A volunteer receives the COVID-19 vaccine during the trial stage of the vaccine produced by the Chinese company Sinovac Biotech at the Hospital das Clinicas (HC) in Sao Paulo state, Brazil. —AFP
Chinese COVID-19 vaccine starts final tests in Brazil
SAO PAULO: A volunteer receives the COVID-19 vaccine during the trial stage of the vaccine produced by the Chinese company Sinovac Biotech at the Hospital das Clinicas (HC) in Sao Paulo state, Brazil. —AFP BRASILIA: A Chinese-made vaccine against the new coronavirus entered the final stage of testing Tuesday in Brazil, where volunteers received the first doses of what officials hope will be a game-changer in the global pandemic. The vaccine,...
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Women, main pillar of society
By Abdellatif Sharaamatter how the woman is held in any society, be it at a higher status or any different fashion, she can never be ignored and forgotten. I do believe that those who treat women badly are not in their sane state of mind, because you will later find this person begging for forgiveness, claiming he did not mean or want to do what he did. Even more than that, he promises not to do it again, only to repeat the exact act, and the...
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Visitors bypass Berlin museums despite star attractions
In this file photo the bust of Queen Nefertiti of Egypt is on display in Berlin's "Neues Museum" (New Museum). Berlin museums might house the iconic Nefertiti bust, the Ishtar gate of ancient Babylon or Rembrandt masterpieces, but they still trail global counterparts in popularity—and the coronavirus is making things worse. Millions of euros have been poured into the institutions, yet the 19 museums managed by the Prussian Cultural Heritage...
This photo taken on July 20, 2020 shows people watching a movie as they sit apart to ensure social distancing on the first day of the re-opening of cinemas since the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. - Hundreds of cinemas reopened in scores of Chinese cities on July 20 after a six-month nationwide shutdown due to the coronavirus, highlighting its success in taming an epidemic still raging in parts of the world. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT
Curtains rise in China cinemas as normality slowly returns
People watching a movie as they sit apart to ensure social distancing on the first day of the re-opening of cinemas in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. Hundreds of cinemas reopened in scores of Chinese cities Monday after a six-month nationwide shutdown due to the coronavirus, highlighting its success in taming an epidemic still raging in parts of the world.   But it will be an altered experience for moviegoers: online-only ticket...
Food vendors wearing face masks prepare kebabs at a market in Kuwait City, on July 20, 2020 amid the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic crisis. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
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KUWAIT: Restaurant workers wearing facemasks prepare kebabs at Souq Mubarakiya in Kuwait City on Monday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
MANCHESTER: England’s Ben Stokes (L) fist bumps with West Indies’ Jason Holder on the pitch after England wrap up the Test on the final day of the second Test cricket match between England and the West Indies at Old Trafford. —AFP
Simmons puts Windies batsmen on notice after England defeat
MANCHESTER: England’s Ben Stokes (L) fist bumps with West Indies’ Jason Holder on the pitch after England wrap up the Test on the final day of the second Test cricket match between England and the West Indies at Old Trafford. —AFP MANCHESTER: West Indies coach Phil Simmons bemoaned his batsmen’s failure to convert promising starts into major scores during the 113-run defeat by England in the second Test at Old Trafford on Monday, as he...
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Kuwait Bowling Club
KUWAIT: President of Kuwait Bowling Club Sheikh Talal Al-Mohammad said in a statement that the support and instructions of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to athletes are considered a road map to take the sports movement to higher levels.Sheikh Talal, on behalf of all club members and employees congratulated HH the Amir for the success of the surgery he went under and wished him a healthy life. He added that the sports...
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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
Kuwait promotes human rights, calls for exchange of expertise