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GCC banned from EU
By Muna Al-FuzaiEuropean Union (EU) has presented a list of 54 countries whose citizens will be allowed to enter Schengen states. But Gulf countries are not on the roster. This raised many inquiries and came as a surprise. I think this decision will have a negative effect on some people, but not everyone.I guess property owners, investors and those who need medical support will not be permitted to enter the EU. Also, some Gulf people used to...
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Compliance is the way
By Abdellatif Sharaawonder why there are people who are hard to convince that certain matters will affect them as they do to others despite repeated warnings and appeals, and sometimes they comply when it's too late. I remember when the seatbelt issue emerged, many traffic departments around the world advised motorists to use it, but few complied. When authorities found that compliance was at a minimum, they introduced laws and decisions to...
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Photo of the Day
KUWAIT: This photo taken on June 25, 2020 shows a dragonfly on a leaf in Kuwait City. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
BARCELONA: Barcelona’s Argentine forward Lionel Messi (C) challenges Atletico Madrid’s Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Partey and Atletico Madrid’s Argentine forward Angel Correa (L) during the Spanish League football match between FC Barcelona and Club Atletico de Madrid at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona. — AFP
Atletico draw hurts Barca’s title hopes
BARCELONA: Barcelona’s Argentine forward Lionel Messi (C) challenges Atletico Madrid’s Ghanaian midfielder Thomas Partey and Atletico Madrid’s Argentine forward Angel Correa (L) during the Spanish League football match between FC Barcelona and Club Atletico de Madrid at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona. — AFP MADRID: Lionel Messi scored his 700th career goal but Barcelona suffered another blow to their La Liga title hopes after a 2-2...
GENOA: Juventus’ Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo shoots to score during the Italian Serie A football match Genoa vs Juventus played on June 30, 2020 behind closed doors at the Luigi-Ferraris stadium in Genoa. —AFP
Juventus keep title chasers Lazio at bay with Genoa stroll
GENOA: Juventus’ Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo shoots to score during the Italian Serie A football match Genoa vs Juventus played on June 30, 2020 behind closed doors at the Luigi-Ferraris stadium in Genoa. —AFP ROME: Juventus maintained their four-point lead at the top of Serie A on Tuesday after strolling to a 3-1 win at Genoa that keeps chasers Lazio at bay despite their comeback triumph at Torino. Three stunning individual goals...
NBA commissioner Adam Silver
Silver says NBA no-risk free way to play but bubble safest
NBA commissioner Adam Silver NEW YORK: NBA commissioner Adam Silver says there are no risk-free options to finishing the season in a coronavirus pandemic but the league’s bubble plan is the safest, most responsible way. In a Time 100 online talk Tuesday, Silver addressed the NBA’s restart plan, with 22 teams playing games without spectators in Orlando under quarantine starting July 30, and said NBA relations with China have improved since...
Paige Tiesdell, a British resident of Qatar, plays with one of her rescue dogs at a park in the Qatari capital Doha.
Ruff deal: Animal shelter braces for surge as expats abandon Qatar
Paige Tiesdell, a British resident of Qatar, plays with one of her rescue dogs at a park in the Qatari capital Doha. When stray puppy Izzy was rescued from a stretch of wasteland in Qatar, she was so dehydrated she could barely stand and was close to death. One of many abandoned and stray animals struggling to survive on the scorched streets of the wealthy Gulf state, she is set to be adopted by a German family, but most others are not so...
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Kuwait reports 745 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths
KUWAIT: The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infected 745 people in Kuwait during the past 24 hours, official spokesperson of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced Wednesday. Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad, speaking during his daily update about the pandemic status locally, said the total number of infection cases with the contagion climbed to 46,940.Moreover, the virus claimed the lives of four persons during the same period of time, raising the total...
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Adasani files new grilling against finance minister
By B Izzak MP Riyadh Al-Adasani KUWAIT: MP Riyadh Al-Adasani yesterday filed to grill Finance Minister Barrak Al-Sheetan for the second time in less than a month, repeating almost the same charges that were debated in the first grilling two weeks ago. The lawmaker accused the minister, who has been in office for just two months, of proposing unpopular measures that would undermine the “pockets” of the people and for failing to file proper...
First responders gather at the scene of an explosion at the Sina At'har health centre in the north of Iran's capital Tehran northern Tehran on June 30, 2020. - The powerful explosion at the clinic in northern Tehran killed over a dozne people, Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency reported, citing the emergency medical services. The blast at Sina At'har health centre caused damage to buildings in the vicinity and sent a plume of thick black smoke into the night sky, state television reported. (Photo by AMIR KHOLOUSI / ISNA / AFP)
19 killed in explosion at Tehran clinic
EHRAN: First responders gather at the scene of an explosion at the Sina At'har health center in the north of the capital on Tuesday. - AFP TEHRAN: A powerful explosion at a clinic in northern Tehran killed at least 19 people on Tuesday, Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency reported. The blast at Sina At’har health center caused damage to buildings in the vicinity and sent a plume of thick black smoke into the night sky, state television...
RIYADH: Saudis shop at a jewelry shop in the Taiba gold market on June 29, 2020 after authorities announced a 10% increase in the VAT rate from July 1. — AFP
Gulf economies to shrink 7.6% over virus, oil slump
RIYADH: Saudis shop at a jewelry shop in the Taiba gold market on June 29, 2020 after authorities announced a 10% increase in the VAT rate from July 1. — AFP DUBAI/RIYADH: The Gulf states’ economies could contract by 7.6 percent this year in their deepest decline in decades, as the coronavirus and low oil prices take their toll, a top IMF official said. The new projection for the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is dramatically...
HOUSTON, TX - JUNE 30: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) Medical staff wearing full PPE wrap a deceased patient with bed sheets and a body bag in the Covid-19 intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center on June 30, 2020 in Houston, Texas. Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations have spiked since Texas reopened, pushing intensive-care wards to full capacity and sparking concerns about a surge in fatalities as the virus spreads. Go Nakamura/Getty Images/AFP
COVID: EU bars visitors from US
HOUSTON: Medical staff wearing full PPE wrap a deceased patient with bed sheets and a body bag in the Covid-19 intensive care unit. - AFP WASHINGTON: The European Union reopened its borders yesterday to visitors from 15 countries - but not the virus-stricken United States, where a top health official warned the country is headed in the "wrong direction" as cases spike in multiple states. US infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci said that the...
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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman endorses Saudi Arabia’s bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2034. - KUNA
Prince Mohammed endorses Saudi FIFA World Cup 2034 bid