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A man walks with his child past a view of commercial buildings in Hong Kong on July 16, 2020. - Beijing's tough new security law and President Donald Trump's order to rescind special trading privileges have blunted Hong Kong's competitive edge and risk turning the finance hub into just another Chinese city, analysts warn. (Photo by Anthony WALLACE / AFP) / TO GO WITH HongKong-China-politics-economy-US,FOCUS by Jerome Taylor and Su Xinqi
China slams US sanctions related to Hong Kong as 'gangster logic'
HONG KONG: A man walks with his child past a view of commercial buildings in Hong Kong. Beijing's tough new security law and President Donald Trump's order to rescind special trading privileges have blunted Hong Kong's competitive edge and risk turning the finance hub into just another Chinese city, analysts warn. - AFP HONG KONG: China accused the United States of "gangster logic" yesterday after US President Donald Trump ordered an end to Hong...
A bus makes its way through a flooded road during a rain shower in Mumbai on July 15, 2020. - The monsoon -- which usually falls from June to September -- is crucial to the economy of the Indian sub-continent, but also causes widespread death and destruction across the region each year. (Photo by Sujit JAISWAL / AFP)
Floods ravage eastern India as coronavirus infections surge
MUMBAI: A bus makes its way through a flooded road during a rain shower in Mumbai on Wednesday. - AFP GUWAHATI: Monsoon floods have swamped large parts of India's densely populated eastern states, forcing more than a million people into makeshift shelters despite the risk of coronavirus, senior officials said yesterday. Torrential annual rains are crucial for agriculture in South Asia, but this year India is also grappling with the virus, which...
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5 children among dozen killed in Yemen air strike
SANAA: Children of Yemen's minority group known as 'Muhamasheen'-literally the 'Marginalized' are pictured at a slum in the capital Sanaa. - AFP SANAA: At least a dozen people, including five children, were killed on Wednesday in an air strike in Yemen's northern Al-Jawf province, government and medical sources said. "At least 12 people, including four women and five children, were accidentally killed in the city of Al-Hazm," about 100...
Clouds are pictured in front of the setting sun in Kuwait City on July 13, 2020. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
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KUWAIT: Clouds are pictured in front of the setting sun in Kuwait City on July 13, 2020. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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Kuwait places 'terrorist' tag on two persons, four groups
WASHINGTON/KUWAIT: The United States and six Gulf countries on Wednesday imposed sanctions on six targets Washington has accused of supporting Islamic State operations, including by funneling hundreds of thousands of dollars to leaders of the group in Iraq and Syria.Kuwait meanwhile said that it labeled as "terrorists" two individuals and four other groups amid its efforts to stamp out terrorism, as outlined by a UN body fighting the scourge....
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Kuwaiti, French FMs discuss cooperation, latest developments
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian lead their respective countries' delegations during a meeting held yesterday in Kuwait. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah and his visiting French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian held yesterday a meeting where they discussed bolstering ties and latest regional and...
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Coughing, sneezing in public off-limits in pandemic times
By Ben GarciaUnlike before, people nowadays are avoiding posting about any illnesses they are suffering from on social media, lest they be accused of being infected by the coronavirus. In public, people are avoiding coughing and sneezing for the same reason. "Even if I want to cough or sneeze, I would rather hold it to avoid being labeled as having COVID-19," said Marilyn, a Filipina, who once felt being discriminated against at a supermarket...
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Mosques open for Friday prayers today
KUWAIT: More than 1,000 mosques around Kuwait are set to host the Friday prayers today for the first time since a ban was placed in March to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Necessary precautionary measures have been taken to prepare the mosques, like complete sanitization, guiding signboards and measures to ensure social distancing between worshippers.Mosque doors will open 30 minutes before the call to prayer and...
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Friday Market still closed, no date set for reopening
KUWAIT: A gate at the Friday Market closed with red tape. Kuwait Municipality closed the popular market shortly after reopening it on Friday, June 10, 2020 due to overcrowding. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: The Friday Market was still closed yesterday, and it will remain closed today and tomorrow. The Friday Market announced its reopening only last week; on Wednesday July 8, and some shops were able to receive customers the...
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Second phase of OPEC+ begins Aug: Kuwaiti official
Haitham Al-Ghais KUWAIT: The second phase of the OPEC+ deal, which will further decrease oil output, will initiate in August, a Kuwaiti official said yesterday. Governor of the State of Kuwait at OPEC Haitham Al-Ghais indicated that there was an understanding among members of OPEC+, which includes members from the international oil organization and non-members, with regards to recommendations coming of the Wednesday meeting for the Joint...
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Minister suspends offending expat staff
KUWAIT: Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Minister of Social Affairs Maryam Al-Aqeel said on Wednesday she had notified the public prosecution about an illegal act by an expatriate staff member at the department. She said the employee had stolen blank papers bearing the ministry's logo and was caught red handed carrying the ministry's general registration stamp.The minister said in a statement to the press that a probe panel...
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Kuwait University resumes online on August 9
KUWAIT: The board of directors of Kuwait University decided, during their meeting on Wednesday, to resume the academic year 2019-2020 online on August 9. The meeting, chaired by KU Rector Dr Fayez Al-Thafeiri, reviewed the technical controls of online study, Secretary-General of the University Dr Muthanna Al-Refa'ie told reporters.The conferees reviewed the preparations for the new academic year 2020-2021 and approved introducing the...
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