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Passengers travel on a jeepney with seat dividers to ensure social distancing in Manila on July 6, 2020, after thousands of jeepneys hit the road again after over three months since they were forced to stop operation amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
Scientists say coronavirus is airborne
MANILA: Passengers travel on a jeepney with seat dividers to ensure social distancing yesterday, after thousands of jeepneys hit the road again after over three months. – AFP NEW YORK: Hundreds of scientists say there is evidence that the novel coronavirus in smaller particles in the air can infect people and are calling for the World Health Organization to revise recommendations, the New York Times reported The WHO has said the coronavirus...
Members of the Australian Defence Force take a swab sample at a drive-through COVID-19 coronavirus testing station in the Melbourne suburb of Fawkner on July 2, 2020. - Around 300,000 people in Melbourne have to return to lockdown under the threat of fines and arrest as Australiaís second biggest city attempts to control a spike in virus cases. Health workers went door-to-door in the 36 Melbourne neighbourhoods targeted for lockdown, urging residents to be tested for the coronavirus. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)
Australia closes state border for the first time in 100 years
MELBOURNE: Members of the Australian Defense Force take a swab sample at a drive-through COVID-19 coronavirus testing station in the Melbourne suburb of Fawkner. - AFP SYDNEY: The border between Australia's two most populous states will close from today for an indefinite period as authorities scramble to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus in the city of Melbourne. The decision announced yesterday marks the first time the border between...
Supporters of Gujarat state Congress pay homage to Indian soldiers, who were killed in a recent clash with Chinese forces in the Galwan valley area, during a peace gathering at a war memorial in Ahmedabad on June 26, 2020. - India acknowledged for the first time on June 25 that it has matched China in massing troops at their contested Himalayan border region after a deadly clash this month. The neighbours have blamed each other for a June 15 battle in the Ladakh region in which 20 Indian soldiers were killed while China suffered an unknown number of casualties. (Photo by SAM PANTHAKY / AFP)
Indian soldiers caught by surprise
AHMEDABAD: Supporters of Gujarat state Congress pay homage to Indian soldiers, who were killed in a recent clash with Chinese forces in the Galwan valley area, during a peace gathering at a war memorial in Ahmedabad. _ AFP NEW DELHI: Indian soldiers who died in close combat with Chinese troops last month were unarmed and surrounded by a larger force on a steep ridge, Indian government sources, two soldiers deployed in the area and families of...
ST PAUL, MN - JULY 04: Members of the Oromo community watch fireworks as they gather to celebrate the life of musician and revolutionary Hachalu Hundessa at the Oromo Community Center on July 4, 2020 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Community artists, musicians, and creatives came together in celebration of Hachalu Hundessas life. Hundessa was murdered in Ethiopia on June 29, 2020. His death has sparked ongoing protests around the world. Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Uneasy calm in Ethiopia after protests; death toll doubles
ST PAUL: Members of the Oromo community watch fireworks as they gather to celebrate the life of musician and revolutionary Hachalu Hundessa at the Oromo Community Center in St Paul, Minnesota. - AFP ADDIS ABABA: More than 166 people were killed during anti-government protests in Ethiopia last week, the government said on Sunday, as the capital and other hotspots remained closely guarded by security forces and a blanket Internet shutdown entered...
TOPSHOT - A road is destroyed following torrential rain near the Kuma river in Ashikita, Kumamoto prefecture, on July 6, 2020. - At least 37 people are feared dead after record rains lashed areas of western Japan, causing rivers to break banks and flooding low-lying regions. (Photo by STR / JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT
Deadly Japan floods kill 50
ASHIKITA: A road is destroyed following torrential rain near the Kuma river in Ashikita, Kumamoto prefecture yesterday. - AFP TOKYO: Driving rain hampered the efforts of tens of thousands of rescue workers in southwestern Japan yesterday as they searched for survivors from deadly floods and landslides, with more torrential downpours forecast. Around 50 people were feared dead after heavy rain lashed areas of western Japan beginning early...
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US, China left out as England slashes quarantine list
LONDON: (Left to right) Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Staff Nurse Luis Pitarma and Ward Sister Jenny McGee share a joke as the Prime Minister talks to the NHS staff that cared for him while he was in Intensive Care in central London. - AFP LONDON: Travelers from more than 70 "low-risk" countries and territories will no longer have to self-isolate when arriving in England, the UK government said in a major easing of its coronavirus...
A police vehicle is seen parked outside the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on June 30, 2020 following threat calls from Pakistan to two Taj hotels, local media reported. (Photo by Punit PARANJPE / AFP)
Taj Mahal remains shut as India reports record daily coronavirus cases
MUMBAI: A police vehicle is seen parked outside the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai following threat calls from Pakistan to two Taj hotels, local media reported. _ AFP NEW DELHI: India's top tourist attraction the Taj Mahal will remain shut, officials said Sunday, as the vast nation registered a record daily number of coronavirus cases and opened a sprawling treatment centre in the capital to fight the pandemic. The health ministry reported just under...
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Kuwait reports five deaths, 638 new COVID-19 infections
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health announced Monday 703 new infections of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), raising the total to 50,644. Deaths reached 373 with the addition of five fatalities. Official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said in a press release that the infections included 463 Kuwaitis and 240 non-Kuwaitis. Currently, there are 152 patients receiving treatment at intensive care wards, Dr Sanad revealed. The...
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Panel discusses jails, bedoons, isolated areas
National Assembly By B IzzakKUWAIT: The Assembly's human rights panel yesterday discussed with the interior minister a number of issues including visa trading, prisoners and the living conditions of workers in isolated areas. Head of the panel MP Adel Al-Damkhi said the committee discussed the situation of expatriate workers living in locked down areas (Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh, Mahboula and Farwaniya) and the number of workers living in one room in a...
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Kuwait premier hosts newly assigned Nazaha officials
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets with Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) board members. - KUNA KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received on Sunday at Seif Palace Chairman of Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha) Abdulaziz Al-Ibrahim and board members on the occasion of taking their offices. His Highness the Prime Minister, addressing...
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Souq Mubarakiya open but needs barcode appointment
By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Souq Mubarakiya is open for business but you cannot enter the fruit and vegetable, meat and fish markets without an appointment. Kuwait Times visited the market on Sunday and witnessed several people being turned away as they had no barcode to show at the gate.However, shoppers can visit other areas of Souq Mubarakiya and nearby markets like Souq Al-Kabeer, Souq Al-Wataniya and Souq Al-Safat without an appointment. The...
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Solar power project at risk?
KUWAIT: Kuwait may retender or even cancel the Dabdaba solar power project given a long delay in awarding the tender and the current pandemic crisis. Kuwait National Petroleum Company, which is overseeing the project, is awaiting government approval for either the awarding to the tender to the lowest bidder at KD 439 million or canceling the current tender, reported Al-Rai Arabic newspaper.Bidding for the solar power project, which would be the...
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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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