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Nadal wavers over US Open and Roland Garros, Murray fears player safety
Rafael Nadal LONDON: As Rafael Nadal was described as wavering over defending his US Open title or preparing for an assault on a 13th Roland Garros, Britain’s Andy Murray said Saturday he fears for the safety of top players as tennis emerges from its five-month coronavirus lockdown. Tennis has been on ice since mid-March and will not return until early August.The US Open will run from August 31 to September 13 on the hard courts of New York...
DHAKA: In this photo taken on February 5, 2020, head coach of Dhaka Football City Club, Mirona (R), reacts as she trains players on a field on the outskirts of Dhaka.  —AFP
Meet Bangladesh’s ground-breaking female coach
DHAKA: In this photo taken on February 5, 2020, head coach of Dhaka Football City Club, Mirona (R), reacts as she trains players on a field on the outskirts of Dhaka.  —AFP DHAKA: Not many Bangladeshis would quit a safe, public-sector job with perks and a pension to become a full-time football coach, especially not a woman in the deeply conservative nation. But Mirona, Bangladesh’s first female coach at club level, has done just that....
LONDON: Norwich City’s English-born Northern Irish defender Jamal Lewis (L) clocks a shot from Manchester United’s Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo during the English FA Cup quarter-final football match between Norwich City and Manchester United at Carrow Road in Norwich. — AFP
Maguire sends Man Utd into FA Cup semi-finals with 2-1 win over Norwich
LONDON: Norwich City’s English-born Northern Irish defender Jamal Lewis (L) clocks a shot from Manchester United’s Nigerian striker Odion Ighalo during the English FA Cup quarter-final football match between Norwich City and Manchester United at Carrow Road in Norwich. — AFP NORWICH: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer believes Manchester United’s strength in depth will be crucial to their bid to win the FA Cup after they moved into the semi-finals...
VIGO: Barcelona’s Guinean-Spanish forward Ansu Fati (C) challenges Celta Vigo’s Ghanaian defender Joseph Aidoo (L) during the Spanish League football match between Celta Vigo and Barcelona at the Balaidos stadium in Vigo on June 27, 2020. — AFP
Title blow as Barca draw with Celta
VIGO: Barcelona’s Guinean-Spanish forward Ansu Fati (C) challenges Celta Vigo’s Ghanaian defender Joseph Aidoo (L) during the Spanish League football match between Celta Vigo and Barcelona at the Balaidos stadium in Vigo on June 27, 2020. — AFP MADRID: Barcelona’s title hopes suffered a hammer blow on Saturday as they were held to a 2-2 draw by Celta Vigo, handing Real Madrid the chance to move two points clear at the top of La Liga....
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Kuwait reports 551 new COVID-19 cases, four deaths
KUWAIT: The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infected 551 people in Kuwait during the past 24 hours, official spokesperson of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced yesterday. 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 44,942.Moreover, the virus claimed the lives of four persons during the same period of time, raising the total...
MP Osama Al-Shaheen
MPs press for quick, massive reduction in expat numbers
MP Osama Al-Shaheen By B Izzak and A SalehKUWAIT: Lawmakers are pressing the government for a definitive plan to substantially reduce the number of expatriates within one to two years, rapporteur of the National Assembly’s human resources development panel said yesterday. MP Osama Al-Shaheen however said the government has so far refused to commit to such a plan and is seeking a loose “framework” that leaves details and figures to the...
KUWAIT: A health ministry worker conducts a random test for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Dasma on Saturday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Global virus cases exceed 10 million
KUWAIT: A health ministry worker conducts a random test for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Dasma on Saturday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat BEIJING: Global coronavirus cases exceeded 10 million yesterday according to a Reuters tally, marking a major milestone in the spread of the respiratory disease that has so far killed almost half a million people in seven months. The figure is roughly double the number of severe influenza illnesses...
NEW YORK: Bodies are moved to a refrigeration truck serving as a temporary morgue at Wyckoff Hospital in the Borough of Brooklyn in New York. — AFP
US tops 2.5 million virus cases as infections surge
NEW YORK: Bodies are moved to a refrigeration truck serving as a temporary morgue at Wyckoff Hospital in the Borough of Brooklyn in New York. — AFP MIAMI: The United States has surpassed 2.5 million coronavirus cases, as efforts to reopen the world’s economic powerhouse were dramatically set back by a surge of new infections in states such as Florida. Infections are also up in some other parts of the world that have reopened, and the public...
FESSENHEIM: Photo shows Fessenheim nuclear powerplant in Fessenheim, eastern France. — AFP
France pulls plug on country’s oldest nuclear plant
FESSENHEIM: Photo shows Fessenheim nuclear powerplant in Fessenheim, eastern France. — AFP FESSENHEIM: France’s oldest nuclear power plant will shut down on Tuesday after four decades in operation, to the delight of environmental activists who have long warned of contamination risks, but stoking worry for the local economy. The Fessenheim plant, opened in 1977 and already three years over its projected 40-year life span, became a target for...
BAGHDAD: Pakistani and Bangladeshi workers work as tailors in a small factory in Karrada in the central area of the Iraqi capital on June 23, 2020. — AFP
Workers stuck in Iraq with no pay and no way home
BAGHDAD: Pakistani and Bangladeshi workers work as tailors in a small factory in Karrada in the central area of the Iraqi capital on June 23, 2020. — AFP BAGHDAD: For years, Rajib Sheikh wired money to his native Bangladesh from his day job in Iraq. But now, stuck without wages, he’s asking his family back home for help. The 26-year-old patisserie chef has gone three months without wages, and his Iraqi employer just stopped paying for his...
President of Iceland, Gudni Th Johannesson (L) and his wife Eliza Reid arrive to celebrate his re-election at a hotel in the Icelandic capital Reykjavik, Iceland on June 27, 2020. (Photo by Halldor KOLBEINS / AFP)
Iceland president wins a landslide
President of Iceland, Gudni Th Johannesson (L) and his wife Eliza Reid arrive to celebrate his re-election at a hotel in the Icelandic capital Reykjavik, Iceland on June 27, 2020. (Photo by Halldor KOLBEINS / AFP) REYKJAVIK: Iceland’s President Gudni Johannesson won a landslide election yesterday, according to partial results, after the European country became the second to hold polls since coronavirus lockdowns were lifted. Since suffering...
Turnisa Matsedik-Qira, of the Vancouver Uyghur Association, demonstrates against China’s treatment of Uighurs while holding a photo of detained Canadians Michael Spavor (left) and Michael Kovrig outside a court appearance for Huawei Chief Financial Officer, Meng Wanzhou at the British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver. — AFP
China slams Canada’s ‘megaphone diplomacy’ over spy charges
Turnisa Matsedik-Qira, of the Vancouver Uyghur Association, demonstrates against China’s treatment of Uighurs while holding a photo of detained Canadians Michael Spavor (left) and Michael Kovrig outside a court appearance for Huawei Chief Financial Officer, Meng Wanzhou at the British Columbia Supreme Court in Vancouver. — AFP MONTREAL: China sharply criticized Canada on Saturday, blaming its leaders for “irresponsible” statements about...
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Official commends Kuwait and China military cooperation
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Trailblazing Kuwaiti fish and chip fan says selection not sunk in
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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
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Tough new traffic law in works