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KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah speaks during the forum via videoconference. — KUNA
Kuwait affirms approach to bolster cooperation with China
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah speaks during the forum via videoconference. — KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah affirmed the State of Kuwait’s determination to expand cooperation with China as one of its key commercial partners. The minister made the statement as he chaired Kuwait’s delegation partaking in the 9th ministerial session of the...
KUWAIT: KRCS and social affairs ministry officials pose for a group photo after handing over boxes containing the protective masks. — KUNA
45,500 protective masks for social care homes
KUWAIT: KRCS and social affairs ministry officials pose for a group photo after handing over boxes containing the protective masks. — KUNA KUWAIT: Chairman of the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) Dr Hilal Al-Sayer affirmed on Monday the society’s support for the state and civil efforts for combating the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Dr Sayer was speaking to the press after the assistant undersecretary for social affairs at the Ministry of...
KUWAIT: Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah (right) honors Secretary General of Kuwait Society for Preventing Smoking and Cancer Anwar Burhama. — KUNA
Health Minister honors WHO award winner
KUWAIT: Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah (right) honors Secretary General of Kuwait Society for Preventing Smoking and Cancer Anwar Burhama. — KUNA KUWAIT: Minister of Health (MoH) Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah honored the Secretary General of Kuwait Society for Preventing Smoking and Cancer Anwar Burhama, who won the World Health Organization’s (WHO) anti-smoking award. Sheikh Basel said in a press statement Monday that WHO granted this...
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First-ever online Paris fashion week clicks off
The first-ever online Paris fashion week clicked off yesterday with the world of glitzy runway shows thrown into an existential crisis by the coronavirus. Paris haute couture and mens fashion weeks have been rolled into one, with labels making films to showcase their clothes instead of staging sometimes extravagant shows. The virus has not just made the traditional catwalk formatwhere a few hundred globetrotters are crammed into an overlit,...
<p>(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 20, 2020, Government Technology Agency (GovTech) staff demonstrate Singapore's new contact-tracing smarthphone app called TraceTogether, as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 in Singapore. - Digital or manual? Bluetooth or GPS? Centralized or decentralized?nEfforts in the US to track the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus, what is known as contact tracing, have become a patchwork based on differing approaches to technology and civil liberties. Some US governors have shunned digital tracing efforts, instead hiring thousands of human contact tracers to locate people who have been in proximity with an infected individual. Others see smartphone technology as the only way to scale up the effort to reach persons at risk of spreading the disease. (Photo by Catherine LAI / AFP)</p>
Back to work? But not without a check-in app, immunity passport
SINGAPORE: A file photo of Singapore's contact-tracing smartphone app TraceTogether. Countries and businesses are mandating technologies as people return to work and begin to travel, with apps, scanners, check-in systems, and so-called immunity passports. - AFP BANGKOK: To go anywhere in Singapore these days, Joni Sng needs mobile phone apps and other technologies: a QR code to enter shops, a digital map to see how crowded a mall or park is, and...
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Bottas wins Austrian Grand Prix
SPIELBERG: Mercedes' Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas celebrates with the trophy on the podium after the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix race in Spielberg, Austria. - AFP SPIELBERG: Valtteri Bottas stayed calm in a stormy race on Sunday to claim a measured victory for Mercedes as Formula One returned with a bang in a belated, dramatic and incident-strewn 2020 season-opening Austrian Grand Prix. Seven months after the final race of 2019, the Finn,...
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Inter title hopes all but over after 'gifting' Bologna surprise win
MILAN: Inter Milan's Croatian defender Marcelo Brozovic (down) vies with Bologna's Italian midfielder Roberto Soriano during the Italian Serie A football match between Inter Milan and Bologna played behind closed doors at the Giuseppe-Meazza San Siro stadium in Milan. - AFP MILAN: Inter Milan coach Antonio Conte said his team "gifted" Bologna a 2-1 win on Sunday after they blew a goal and a man advantage to see their Serie A title challenge all...
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DeChambeau muscles his way to three-shot victory in Detroit
SHANGHAI: An investor looks at screens showing stock market movements at a securities company in Fuyang in China's eastern Anhui province yesterday. Shanghai stocks surged to a more than two-year high as investors piled in following a combination of rosy predictions for the market and strong economic data. - AFP DETRIOT: A bulked-up Bryson DeChambeau, who has been knocking on the door since the PGA Tour's return from a COVID-19 hiatus, finally...
An investor looks at screens showing stock market movements at a securities company in Fuyang in China's eastern Anhui province on July 6, 2020. - Shanghai stocks surged on July 6 to a more than two-year high as investors piled in following a combination of rosy predictions for the market and strong economic data. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT
China stocks soar on economic optimism
SHANGHAI: An investor looks at screens showing stock market movements at a securities company in Fuyang in China's eastern Anhui province yesterday. Shanghai stocks surged to a more than two-year high as investors piled in following a combination of rosy predictions for the market and strong economic data. - AFP SHANGHAI: Shanghai stocks surged yesterday to a more than two-year high as investors piled in following a combination of rosy...
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1,000 jobs to go at aircraft engine firm in Germany
BERLIN: German aircraft engine manufacturer MTU Aero Engines said yesterday it is planning to cut at least 1,000 jobs as the impact of the coronavirus continues to hammer the aviation industry. BERLIN: German aircraft engine manufacturer MTU Aero Engines said yesterday it is planning to cut at least 1,000 jobs as the impact of the coronavirus continues to hammer the aviation industry. "By the end of 2021, the company aims to reduce capacity at...
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Russian economy will shrink 6% in 2020: World Bank
MOSCOW: The World Bank expects Russia's economy to shrink 6 percent this year, the most since 2009, under pressure from the coronavirus pandemic and falling oil prices, before returning to growth in 2021-2022. Russia's economy has been pummeled by a health crisis that has slowed business activity and demand for oil, its main export, across the globe.Russia's unemployment has soared after lockdowns were imposed across the country earlier this...
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India surges to third highest in cases; virus slams US hospitals
SEOUL: This handout photo released yesterday shows a drone display showing messages of support for the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic above the Han River. - AFP NEW DELHI: India yesterday became the third-highest coronavirus caseload in the world, as officials warned hospitals in the United States were in danger of being overwhelmed by a surge in infections. Despite signs of progress in parts of Europe - where the Louvre in Paris reopened...
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman endorses Saudi Arabia’s bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2034. - KUNA
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