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BUCHAREST: Forensic investigators carry the body of Iranian judge Gholamreza Mansour who died after falling from high in a hotel atrium in Bucharest . — AFP
Iranian judge’s mysterious death angers activists
BUCHAREST: Forensic investigators carry the body of Iranian judge Gholamreza Mansour who died after falling from high in a hotel atrium in Bucharest . — AFP PARIS: The unexplained death of a fugitive Iranian judge, who plunged from a top floor of his hotel in Bucharest last week, has infuriated activists who say a rare chance has been missed to bring a senior Iranian official to justice over alleged rights violations. Gholamreza Mansouri’s...
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Random COVID-19 testing reaches Capital Governorate
KUWAIT: Health Ministry workers conducted random tests for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Capital Governorate on Saturday. Medical teams have already carried out random tests in Hawally and Farwaniya governorates since random field testing started last week, as the ministry plans to cover the remaining governorates (Mubarak Al-Kabeer, Ahmadi and Jahra) during its daily testing operations.The Health Ministry had announced on June 20...
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Kuwaiti divers lift tons of objects littering seabed
KUWAIT: Kuwait Diving Team of the Environmental Voluntary Foundation lifted remains of sunken boats, tires and other dumped materials littering the seabed in Kuwait Bay. Team leader Walid Al-Fadhel said on Saturday that the divers brought to surface a sunken ship, remains of a two-ton yacht, others of a sunken boat weighing three tons from Oshairej shores. They also removed abandoned wooden and plastic materials, fishing nets weighing five tons...
KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah attends the EU-organized Global Pledging Summit to find a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, via video conference. — KUNA
Kuwait participates in EU-organized conference for combating virus
KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah attends the EU-organized Global Pledging Summit to find a vaccine for the novel coronavirus, via video conference. — KUNA KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, the Representative of His Highness the Prime Minister, headed the State of Kuwait’s delegation at the EU-organized Global Pledging Summit to find a vaccine for the novel coronavirus,...
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Kuwait not yet included in countries’ list allowed into EU
KUWAIT: Kuwait is not among a list of 54 countries whose citizens will be allowed into the European Union when borders open July 1. The draft list of countries, published by Schengen news, include Australia, Canada, Korea, Egypt, Georgia, India, Lebanon, New Zealand and Turkey among others. None of the Gulf Cooperation Council states – Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia or UAE – are listed.“The European Union has an internal...
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Three killed, two injured in Kabd collision
By Hanan Al-SaadounKUWAIT: Three people died and two others were injured in an accident reported in Kabd Saturday. First responders rushed to the scene following an emergency call reporting an accident between a tanker truck and a sports utility vehicle. Five men were inside the SUV, and paramedics pronounced three of them dead – all Indian nationals – on the scene, while the other two – Indian and Pakistani nationals – were rushed to...
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Attitudes matter
By Abdullatif Sharaawas out on Saturday to run some errands. I stopped on my way from Abu Halifa to Shuwaikh at a Hawally coffee mill where I was very pleased to see how things were organized and health ministry stipulations were followed to the letter. Distance was maintained, masks were worn and employees were taking orders at a distance; until three people came in, did not care about the instructions that were written in various places and...
KUWAIT: A man casts his fishing rod at a beach in Kuwait City in this file photo. —KUNA
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KUWAIT: A man casts his fishing rod at a beach in Kuwait City in this file photo. —KUNA
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool fans gather in celebration outside Anfield stadium in Liverpool, north west England on June 26, 2020 after Liverpool FC sealed the Premier League title the previous evening. Liverpool were crowned Premier League champions without kicking a ball. — AFP
Liverpool win first league title in 30 years
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool fans gather in celebration outside Anfield stadium in Liverpool, north west England on June 26, 2020 after Liverpool FC sealed the Premier League title the previous evening. Liverpool were crowned Premier League champions without kicking a ball. — AFP LONDON: Thirty years of hurt came to an end for Liverpool when they were confirmed as Premier League champions courtesy of second-placed Manchester City’s 2-1 defeat by...
MADRID: File photograph taken on November 24, 2019, (L/R) Spain’s Pablo Carreno, Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut and Spain’s Rafael Nadal pose with the trophy after winning the final tennis match between Canada and Spain at The Davis Cup Madrid Finals 2019 in Madrid. The Davis Cup finals due to take place in Madrid at the end of November were postponed on June 26, 2020, until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic, the ITF announced. — AFP
Men’s Davis Cup, women’s Fed Cup finals postponed until 2021
MADRID: File photograph taken on November 24, 2019, (L/R) Spain’s Pablo Carreno, Spain’s Roberto Bautista Agut and Spain’s Rafael Nadal pose with the trophy after winning the final tennis match between Canada and Spain at The Davis Cup Madrid Finals 2019 in Madrid. The Davis Cup finals due to take place in Madrid at the end of November were postponed on June 26, 2020, until 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic, the ITF announced. —...
DUESSELDORF: File photo shows Fortuna Dusseldorf’s Kevin Stoger vies with FC Augsburg’s Andre Hahn and Rani Khedira during the German first division Bundesliga football match Fortuna Duesseldorf v FC Augsburg on June 20, 2020 in Duesseldorf, western Germany. — AFP
How the Bundesliga became the first top league to restart
DUESSELDORF: File photo shows Fortuna Dusseldorf’s Kevin Stoger vies with FC Augsburg’s Andre Hahn and Rani Khedira during the German first division Bundesliga football match Fortuna Duesseldorf v FC Augsburg on June 20, 2020 in Duesseldorf, western Germany. — AFP BERLIN: When Christian Seifert, chief executive of the German Football League (DFL), hands the Bundesliga trophy to Bayern Munich, his gamble to restart football in Germany...
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Boursa Kuwait resumes operations
KUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait has obtained the approval of the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) to resume some of its operations that were suspended due to the precautionary measures taken during the past few months. In addition to the ongoing trading on the exchange, the following suspended operations will be reinstated:Sunday, June 28, 2020:•  Transfer of Ownership for listed securities:Transfer of Ownership will resume as usual, with 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