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Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah.
Foreign Minister attends EU-Kuwait anniversary celebration
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah.Ambassador Cristian Tudor, Head of Delegation of the European Union to Kuwait. KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah took part in a ceremony to highlight the first anniversary of the establishment of the European Union Delegation to the State of Kuwait. The event, held via videoconference, was hosted by Ambassador Cristian Tudor, Head of...
Kuwait’s Ambassador to Germany Najeeb Al-Bader
Kuwaiti envoy to Germany discusses economic cooperation with institutions
Kuwait’s Ambassador to Germany Najeeb Al-Bader BERLIN: Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to Germany Najeeb Al-Bader discussed in a virtual meeting on Tuesday, bilateral economic and trade cooperation between Kuwait and Germany. In the meeting, organized by the East and Near East Foundation for Economic Cooperation, the Ambassador affirmed that this conference reflects the traditional political, economic and cultural relationship between Europe...
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Govt likely to cancel school year, except for grade 12
KUWAIT: The mobile team of the public health department in coordination with the ministry of foreign affairs tested employees in various departments through nasal-pharyngeal swabs as a precautionary measure by the ministry of health to control the spread of the coronavirus. By B IzzakKUWAIT: The Cabinet is expected to approve recommendations by the education minister to cancel the current school year for all grades except grade 12 because of the...
An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube by the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, allegedly shows smoke billowing from what they said was destroyed Armenia’s military equipment on the Azerbaijani-Armenian border. — AFP
16 killed as Azerbaijan, Armenia battle
An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube by the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry, allegedly shows smoke billowing from what they said was destroyed Armenia’s military equipment on the Azerbaijani-Armenian border. — AFP BAKU: At least 11 troops and a civilian were killed on Tuesday in a third day of fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia, despite international calls for restraint. The fighting between the arch-foes in the South...
SUNAMGONG: A man works on a boat as a boy walks through flood waters in Sunamgong yesterday. Almost four million people have been hit by monsoon floods in South Asia, officials said, with a third of Bangladesh already underwater from some of the heaviest rains in a decade. —AFP
Third of Bangladesh flooded as monsoon drenches region
SUNAMGONG: A man works on a boat as a boy walks through flood waters in Sunamgong yesterday. Almost four million people have been hit by monsoon floods in South Asia, officials said, with a third of Bangladesh already underwater from some of the heaviest rains in a decade. —AFP BISWAMBHARPUR: Almost four million people have been hit by monsoon floods in South Asia, officials said yesterday, with a third of Bangladesh already underwater from...
OSLO: A custom made Tesla Motors car operated by a funeral services company in Norway is pictured in Oslo. While the novel coronavirus pandemic is ravaging the world, some of Norway’s funerals homes ironically have found themselves without work and have turned to the state for aid. —AFP
Norwegian funeral homes turn to the state to avoid ‘an early grave’
OSLO: A custom made Tesla Motors car operated by a funeral services company in Norway is pictured in Oslo. While the novel coronavirus pandemic is ravaging the world, some of Norway’s funerals homes ironically have found themselves without work and have turned to the state for aid. —AFP OSLO: While the novel coronavirus pandemic is ravaging the world, some of Norway’s funeral homes have found themselves without work and have turned to the...
SANTIAGO: Members of the Chilean Police Canine Training team walk two Golden Retriever dogs before the beginning of their training session aimed to detect people infected with coronavirus COVID-19.  — AFP
Chile police train dogs to sniff out COVID-19
SANTIAGO: Members of the Chilean Police Canine Training team walk two Golden Retriever dogs before the beginning of their training session aimed to detect people infected with coronavirus COVID-19. — AFP SANTIAGO: Police in Chile are training dogs to detect people that may be infected with the novel coronavirus by sniffing their sweat. The dogs - three golden retrievers and a labrador - are between the ages of four and five. Until now they...
MEDAK: A boy wearing a facemask as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, looks on near a paddy field in Medak district of Telangana state yesterday. —AFP
Millions face new virus curbs, but hope rises for American vaccine
MEDAK: A boy wearing a facemask as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, looks on near a paddy field in Medak district of Telangana state yesterday. —AFP HONG KONG: Millions of people faced new coronavirus restrictions yesterday as infections surge, but in one sign of hope, an American firm said it would soon start final-stage human trials for a possible vaccine. Countries around the world re-imposed lockdowns...
MINSK: Plainclothed Belarus’ security service agents and riot police officers detain a participant of a gathering of opposition supporters in Minsk. —AFP
Protests hit Belarus after opposition barred from ballot
MINSK: Plainclothed Belarus’ security service agents and riot police officers detain a participant of a gathering of opposition supporters in Minsk. —AFP MINSK: Hundreds of protesters rallied and scuffled with police in Belarus on Tuesday with more than 100 people detained after officials barred President Alexander Lukashenko’s main rivals from running in an election in August. Hundreds of people took to the streets of the capital Minsk on...
WASHINGTON: Members of the media, seated at a distance from one another, gesture toward the US President Donald Trump as he walks away from the podium after delivering a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House. —AFP
Behind in the polls, Trump unloads on Biden at press event
WASHINGTON: Members of the media, seated at a distance from one another, gesture toward the US President Donald Trump as he walks away from the podium after delivering a press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House. —AFP WASHINGTON: He started with announcements on China and Hong Kong, but quickly switched to the real reason for holding a press event-his election opponent Joe Biden. Donald Trump stood at the presidential podium in...
BELGRADE: Medical workers bring medications to patients suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) inside the Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery ‘Banjica’, recently transformed to a COVID hospital.—AFP
Anguish and anger in Serbia as virus returns with a vengeance
BELGRADE: Medical workers bring medications to patients suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) inside the Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery ‘Banjica’, recently transformed to a COVID hospital.—AFP BELGRADE: When Petar Djuric arrived with fruit and water for his father at the hospital in April, he learned it was too late. For this loss, he blames the collapse of Serbia’s health system just as much as the coronavirus. “Pops, this...
Wigs are pictured displayed for sale at a hair products shop in Peckham, south London on July 13, 2020, as novel coronavirus lockdown restrictions in England are further relaxed to allow nail bars, beauty salons and tattoo parlours to open. (Photo by Niklas HALLE'N / AFP)
Milan goes ‘phygital’ for first apres-lockdown fashion week
Wigs are pictured displayed for sale at a hair products shop in Peckham, south London on Monday, as novel coronavirus lockdown restrictions in England are further relaxed to allow nail bars, beauty salons and tattoo parlours to open.—AFP Milan kicks off its first Digital Fashion Week yesterday with two live runway shows, including from heavyweights Dolce & Gabbana, to send out a message of “positivity.”  Running through Friday, this...