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Editing history: Hong Kong publishers self-censor under a new security law

HONG KONG: Activists hold a memorial event to mark the third anniversary of the death of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo (pictured) on Monday. Liu was arrested in 2009 and charged with "inciting subversion of state power", later dying of cancer. - AFP HONG KONG: In the last two weeks, Hong Kong publisher Raymond Yeung has hastily made changes to a draft paper copy of a book entitled "To Freedom," replacing the word "revolution" with "protests,"...

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on July 13, 2020 shows the people using masks in different ways to cover their faces from various cities across India. - Indian police are having a field day handing out fines to people who do not wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic. Some object but many people just cannot get used to the accessory that has come to symbolise the new normal. India now has almost 880,000 cases and more than 23,000 dead and experts say the peak is still weeks away. But rich and poor say they feel awkward or uncomfortable with a mask. (Photo by STF / AFP)

Police levy fines as Indians chafe at mask rules

This combination of pictures created on Monday shows people using masks in different ways to cover their faces from various cities across India. - AFP NEW DELHI: Indian police are having a field day handing out fines to people who do not wear a mask during the coronavirus pandemic. Many people just cannot get used to the accessory, which has come to symbolise the new normal, having been made compulsory in most big cities. New Delhi shared-ride...

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Concern grows in Balkans at rising COVID-19 cases

PROMACHONAS, Greece: A public health worker collects a swab sample from a woman to test for the novel coronavirus at the Greek-Bulgarian border crossing on July 10, 2020. - AFP BELGRADE: The numbers may still be modest, but the Balkans, one of the poorest regions in Europe with the most fragile medical infrastructure, is bracing against a surge in coronavirus infections. Several European countries have imposed restrictions, such as a two-week...

CORRECTION - This photo taken on July 13, 2020 shows Chinese soldiers building an emergency levee along the shore of Poyang lake to contain flooding due to seasonal rains and the swollen Yangtze River in Jiujiang in China's central Jiangxi province. - Floods across central and eastern China have left more than 140 people dead or missing and are swelling major rivers and lakes to record-high levels, with authorities warning that the worst was yet to come. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT / ìThe erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by STR has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [Poyang lake] instead of [Boyang lake]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.î

China struggles to contain floods after record rainfall

JIUJIANG, China: This photo taken on Monday shows Chinese soldiers building an emergency levee along the shore of Poyang lake to contain flooding due to seasonal rains and the swollen Yangtze River. - AFP SHANGHAI: Soldiers erected sandbag flood barriers in a city near China's largest freshwater lake after the heaviest rainfall in nearly six decades drenched the swollen Yangtze River basin. The vast Yangtze drainage area has been lashed by...

(FILES) In this file photograph taken on July 11, 2012, an Armenian soldier of the self-proclaimed republic of Nagorno-Karabagh walks in a trench at the frontline on the border with Azerbaijan near the town of Martakert. - Azerbaijan on July 7, 2020, raised the spectre of a fresh war with arch-foe Armenia and denounced stalled peace talks over the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region. The two ex-Soviet republics have for decades been locked in a simmering conflict over the breakaway territory, which was at the heart of a bloody war in the 1990s. (Photo by KAREN MINASYAN / AFP)

Deadly border clashes reignite Azerbaijan and Armenia conflict

In this file photograph taken on July 11, 2012, an Armenian soldier of the self-proclaimed republic of Nagorno-Karabagh walks in a trench at the frontline on the border with Azerbaijan near the town of Martakert. - AFP YEREVAN: Deadly border clashes between arch-foes Armenia and Azerbaijan entered a second day on Monday, as the EU, US and regional power broker Moscow urged restraint. Three Azerbaijanis were killed on Sunday and one on Monday,...

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Kuwait government reviews efforts to combat corruption

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah attends the Cabinet's weekly meeting via videoconference on Monday. - KUNA KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Cabinet held on Monday its weekly meeting via videoconference, under the auspices of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. At the outset of the meeting, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled briefed the ministers on his recent meeting with chiefs and...

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Idle businesses watch carefully for good news to get back to work

By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: A Western woman taking a private car "taxi" in Salwa to drive her to her destination is just one example of some businesses practiced unofficially due to the long coronavirus closure. According to the government's plan for returning to normal life, resumption of taxi services is listed in the third phase - but it is not clear yet when exactly will it start.Over 12,000 taxis in Kuwait are sitting idle, their drivers...

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Kuwait Prime Minister receives American military delegation

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with Commander of the US Central Command General Kenneth McKenzie. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received on Monday, in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Ahmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah at Seif Palace, the visiting Commander of the US Central Command General...

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Railway project tender prepared for bidding: Report

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects has finished procedures to offer the highly-anticipated railway project tender for bidding with a maximum total cost of KD 856 million, Al-Qabas reported recently quoting sources familiar with the process. The project includes building the infrastructure, terminals, control systems and trains of the railway line, which is due to extend from the southern borders with Saudi Arabia to a...

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KNPC opens petrol station in Jaber Al-Ahmad

KUWAIT: KNPC's new fuel station in Jaber Al-Ahmad City. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) opened a new fuel station in Jaber Al-Ahmad City on Monday, making it the third in the area, while work is underway to open a fourth station in the city soon. The company said in a press statement that this opening comes within the plan to establish stations nationwide, especially in new residential areas, keeping pace with the...

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Coronavirus in Kuwait: What we know so far

KUWAIT: Kuwait has recorded 56,174 cases infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as of yesterday, in addition to 396 deaths. With the exception of 156 cases in intensive care, all infected cases are in stable condition and are recovering in quarantined locations designated by the government for this purpose, while thousands have been discharged from quarantine after exhibiting no symptoms during their 14-day quarantine period, the...

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Parents know better

By Abdellatif Sharaais a phrase I heard so much when I was in my teens. I had many ideas and things I wanted to do - many of them influenced by friends and others - and because of adolescent stubbornness, ignorance and selfishness. Barely 18, my late father decided to send me to Britain for university and I obliged, although deep in my heart I did not want to go, because I wanted to be around my "friends".So without my father's knowledge I...

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