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TOPSHOT - Myanmar's State Counsellor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi wears gloves and a face mask as she pays her respects to her late father during a ceremony to mark the 73rd anniversary of Martyrs' Day in Yangon on July 19, 2020. - Myanmar observed the 73rd anniversary of Martyrs' Day on July 19, marking the assassination of independence heroes including Aung San Suu Kyi's father, who helped end British colonial rule. (Photo by Ye Aung THU / POOL / AFP)

'Ugly face': US and China trade barbs in Myanmar

YANGON: Myanmar's State Counselor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi wears gloves and a facemask as she pays her respects to her late father during a ceremony to mark the 73rd anniversary of Martyrs' Day yesterday. - AFP BEIJING: China's embassy in Myanmar yesterday accused the United States of "outrageously smearing" the country and driving a wedge with its Southeast Asian neighbors over the contested South China Sea and Hong Kong, as...

A dog chases a motorist along a water-logged street during heavy rain in Amritsar on July 19, 2020. (Photo by NARINDER NANU / AFP)

Floods in India and Nepal displace nearly 4 million, kill at least 189

AMRITSAR: A dog chases a motorcyclist along a waterlogged street during heavy rain yesterday. - AFP GUWAHATI: Nearly four million people in India's northeastern state of Assam and neighboring Nepal have been displaced by heavy flooding from monsoon rains, with dozens missing as deaths rose to at least 189, government officials said yesterday. The overflowing Brahmaputra River, which flows through China's Tibet, India and Bangladesh, has damaged...

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Syrians vote for new parliament amid war, economic turmoil

DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his wife Asma vote at a polling station in the capital during parliamentary elections yesterday. - AFP DAMASCUS: Syrians voted yesterday to elect a new parliament as the Damascus government grapples with international sanctions and a crumbling economy after retaking large parts of the war-torn country. More than 7,400 polling stations opened across government-held parts of Syria, including for the...

People are seen on the water front at the west kowloon cultural district in Hong Kong on July 18, 2020. (Photo by ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP)

Hong Kong security law sends jitters through city's feisty press

HONG KONG: People are seen on the waterfront in the West Kowloon cultural district on Saturday. - AFP HONG KONG: Hong Kong's status as a bastion of press freedom is in crisis as authorities toughen their line against international media and fears grow about local self-censorship under the city's sweeping new security law. For decades the former British colony has been a shining light for journalists in Asia, lying on the fringes of an...

Veronika Tsepkalo, the wife of opposition figure Valery Tsepkalo, who was barred from running for presidency, presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and Maria Kolesnikova, Viktor Babaryko's campaign chief, pose during a press conference in Minsk on July 17, 2020. (Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP)

In Belarus, three women unite to fight Lukashenko

MINSK: Veronika Tsepkalo, the wife of opposition figure Valery Tsepkalo, who was barred from running for presidency, presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and Maria Kolesnikova, Viktor Babaryko's campaign chief, pose during a press conference on July 17, 2020. - AFP MINSK: Three women have teamed up to fight presidential polls in Belarus, pitting "female solidarity" against strongman Alexander Lukashenko, who insists the country is not...

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Kuwait establishes '6-month' strategic stock of masks

KUWAIT: Kuwait Public Authority for Industry (PAI) announced on Saturday the continuation of establishing a strategic stock of protective masks for a period of six months amid an outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19. The authority said in a press statement that the daily local production of eight factories and local crafts is estimated at more than 5,000,000 masks, as there are 522 tons of raw materials currently available at industrial facilities...

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Ministry to regulate online trade

KUWAIT: The future seems dark for money launderers, headed by famous people on social media who were used for this purpose, because supervision and accountability will be toughened. Informed sources told Al-Qabas that the Ministry of Commerce and Industry is planning to reorganize online sales and auctions, in addition to ads by popular social media personalities to promote certain products.Sources said the commerce ministry is contemplating...

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ICSK organizes 'Sunshine Live' summer camp

KUWAIT: Sunshine Live 2020, the very first Virtual Summer Camp conducted by the Indian Community School Kuwait (ICSK), has been one of its kind all over Kuwait. When the current pandemic came as a hurdle towards our annually planned and successfully executed Summer Camp, instead of abandoning the plans, ICSK decided to execute the Virtual Summer Camp, Sunshine Live 2020. With wholehearted support and guidance from the ICSK Management, Dr V...

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Fire near Kuwait airport doused

KUWAIT: Firemen on Saturday put out fire that erupted at a building of a food company near Kuwait International Airport, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate said in a statement.The blazes erupted at a 4,000 sq-m building packed with food supplies, prompting the firemen to scramble and reach the scene only two minutes after receiving information about the incident.The fire was extinguished and the site was evacuated within an hour. The incident did...

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By Abdellatif Sharaa if not all of us, have faced several events that made us feel uncomfortable or let down. These can be painful if caused by a friend or someone we trust. It is normal to feel down and upset, but we must remember that we are not the first to be betrayed and certainly not the last, and we shouldn't be disappointed more than what is necessary. You are not the first to feel lonely among millions, and you yourself must have...

A photo taken on July 11, 2020, shows a general view of Kuwait City at sunrise. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)

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KUWAIT: A photo taken on July 11, 2020, shows a general view of Kuwait City at sunrise. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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Kuwait registers 791 new COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Ministry of Health said Thursday 791 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours to increase registered cases to 57,668. Ministry spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said three persons died of the virus, raising the total number of fatalities to 402. He added the new cases were of people who came into close contact with infected persons. Dr Sanad said 459 of the new cases were Kuwaiti...

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