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Kuwait reports 638 new COVID-19 infections, three deaths
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health announced Sunday 638 new infections of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), raising the total to 49,941. Deaths reached 368 with the addition of three fatalities. Official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said in a press release that the 638 infections included 463 Kuwaitis and 175 non-Kuwaitis. Currently, there are patients 157 receiving treatment at intensive care wards, Dr Sanad...
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Kuwait to amend residency law to cut expat numbers
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The interior ministry will submit to the National Assembly within two weeks a draft law proposing changes to the residency law, as the Assembly prepares to complete legislation to facilitate the reduction of expats in the country within a few months, officials said yesterday. Speaking to state-run Kuwait Television, Interior Minister Anas Al-Saleh said the government has a complete draft law proposing to "upgrade the residency...
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Angry words, virus darken July 4th
WASHINGTON: US Army Golden Knights Parachute Team descend at the National Mall, during the Independence Day celebrations in Washington DC on July 4, 2020. - AFPWASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump watch as the US Navy Blue Angels and US Air Force Thunderbirds fly over as they host the 2020 'Salute to America' event in honor of Independence Day on the South Lawn of the White House. - AFP WASHINGTON: The United States...
Gravediggers at a cemetery near the coastal city of Sfax, wear protective outfits as they carry out the burial of one of the 52 African migrants, who died at sea when their boat capsized near Tunisia's Kerkennah islands, on June 15, 2020. - The identity of dozens of migrants who drowned off Tunisia last month might have been lost without a trace, like thousands of others who have disappeared on the treacherous sea route to Europe.nBut when authorities recovered 61 bodies near the eastern port city of Sfax, they carefully took note of any details that could one day help lead to their identification. (Photo by Hamdi ZAGHDANE / AFP)
Identifying migrants who died at sea 'meticulous work for Tunisia'
SFAX, Tunisia: Gravediggers at a cemetery near the coastal city of Sfax, wear protective outfits as they carry out the burial of one of the 52 African migrants, who died at sea when their boat capsized near Tunisia's Kerkennah islands yesterday. - AFP SFAX: The identity of dozens of migrants who drowned off Tunisia last month might have been lost without a trace, like thousands of others who have disappeared on the treacherous sea route to...
Washington Police officers watch demonstrators march on the street at the fence in Lafayette Park, near the White House ahead of Fourth of July celebrations on July 4, 2020, in Washington, DC. - Wide spread national protests over police brutality and systemic racism have taken place following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May. (Photo by Jose Luis Magana / AFP)
Algorithm bias in focus amid reckoning on 'police racism'
WASHINGTON: Washington Police officers watch demonstrators as they march on the street at the fence in Lafayette Park, near the White House. _ AFP WASHINGTON: A wave of protests over law enforcement abuses has highlighted concerns over artificial intelligence programs like facial recognition which critics say may reinforce racial bias. While the protests have focused on police misconduct, activists point out flaws that may lead to unfair...
Damaged houses are seen next to the site of a deadly landslide in an area where miners work in open-cast jade mines near Hpakant in Kachin state on July 4, 2020. - Dozens of jade miners have been buried in a mass grave after a landslide in northern Myanmar killed over 170, most of them migrant workers seeking their fortune in treacherous open-cast mines near the China border. (Photo by Ye Aung Thu / AFP)
Dreams of Myanmar's 'unwashed' jade miners buried by disaster
HPAKANT: Damaged houses are seen next to the site of a deadly landslide in an area where miners work in open-cast jade mines near Hpakant in Kachin state. _ AFP HPAKANT: Five Yay Ma Hsay-or 'unwashed' as the jade miners of northern Myanmar are known - arrived early Thursday at the pit to scrape out a living on a scraggy hillside, lured by the prospect of finding a stone that could transform their lives. But only three would return, the others...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 22, 2007 Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (L) speaks with Natasha Kaplinsky and David Starkey (R) during a reception hosted by the Prince and his wife, Camilla, the The Duchess of Cornwall for the Royal Television Society at Clarence House, St James's Palace. - British historian David Starkey has resigned his honorary fellowship at a Cambridge college after he said slavery was not genocide. (Photo by IAN JONES / POOL / AFP)
UK historian quits Cambridge over slavery claim
LONDON: In this file photo, Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (left) speaks with Natasha Kaplinsky and David Starkey (right) during a reception at Clarence House, St James's Palace. British historian David Starkey has resigned his honorary fellowship at a Cambridge college after he said slavery was not genocide. _ AFP LONDON: A British royal historian who said slavery was not genocide has quit his honorary position at Cambridge...
NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 30: A Hawaiian song is performed as members of the The Indigenous People's Day New York City Committee held a Circle of Belonging in Columbus Circle on June 30, 2020 in New York City. The group's long-term goal to remove the statue at Columbus Circle and change Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day has been reignited by the current protests against racism. Byron Smith/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Columbus statue toppled by race protesters
NEW YORK: A Hawaiian song is performed as members of the Indigenous People's Day New York City Committee held a Circle of Belonging in Columbus Circle. The group's long-term goal to remove the statue at Columbus Circle and change Columbus Day to Indigenous People's Day has been reignited by the current protests against racism. - AFP WASHINGTON: Protesters in the US city of Baltimore pulled down a statue of Christopher Columbus on Saturday, local...
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Ethiopian pop star's murder reveals political rifts
LEGETAFO: Firaol Ajema and his friends, dressed in black T-shirts, have been meeting each afternoon in recent days to listen to the music of Ethiopian pop star Hachalu Hundessa. The homemade shirts bearing the dead singer's portrait and the slogan "I am also Hachalu" are their way of honoring the man whose murder Monday sparked violence that killed nearly 100 and highlighted Ethiopia's simmering ethnic tensions."We haven't been able to properly...
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Amir urges watchdog to fight corruption, disprove 'unjustified claims' against Kuwait
(From left) His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Seif Palace yesterday. His Highness also separately received National...
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PCR certificates required for expats travel through Kuwait airport Aug 1
KUWAIT: Instructions the Directorate General of Civil Aviation posted on its social media accounts recently for health restrictions to be followed when travel resumes at Kuwait International Airport. KUWAIT: Official government sources told Al-Anbaa daily that travel restrictions on expats will be lifted soon, as they will be included in the government plan to gradually resume commercial flights at Kuwait International Airport from Aug 1, 2020....
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Kuwait, Pakistan cooperate to combat COVID-19
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Health Ministry announced Saturday the signing of a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Health in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to combat the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).The Director of the International Health Relations Department Dr Rehab Al-Watyan said that the agreement would enhance cooperation between the two sides and would provide an opportunity to benefit from their experiences in dealing with...
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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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