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Panic buying sweeps through Kuwait ahead of total curfew
KUWAIT: Panic buying swept through Kuwait on Saturday as people flocked to supermarkets, bakeries, food supply, and cooking gas cylinder stores among others to stockpile on basic necessities ahead of a total curfew that kicked off yesterday afternoon.Long lines of people - not necessarily observing social distancing - was the common scene in areas all over Kuwait as most efforts to prevent large crowds went to no avail. - Photos by Fouad...
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Nothing happens without Allah's will
By Hassan Twaha BwambaleIt is important to note and acknowledge that everything that happens has already been pre-ordained by Allah (the Almighty and Majestic). Nothing happens without Allah's will, and there is wisdom behind whatever happens. During Prophet Muhammad's time, the hypocrites and other enemies of Islam used to grieve over whatever bounty the Muslims were blessed with, and rejoiced whenever the Muslims were afflicted with a...
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Pandemic Diaries: Inside the whale
By Jamie EtheridgeKuwait entered a total lockdown, 24-hour curfew for the next 20 days. We are now inside the whale - with no choice but to endure, to passively accept the circumstances as they are and to try and make the best of them. The loss of control over our own lives can be difficult to swallow. It would be a challenge under normal circumstances and these are far from normal times. Kuwait has already been under months of stay-at-home...
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Coronavirus revisited
By Abdellatif Sharaa we go again…health officials spoke and are speaking about how to protect ourselves against the coronavirus. The start was very simple: Wash your hands often, keep a distance between yourself and others, avoid shaking hands. If you sneeze or cough, do it in the inner side of your arm, and the best weapon against this thing is to stay home.People's compliance with those instructions was lax and widely not adhered to or...
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Coronavirus in Kuwait: What we know so far
KUWAIT: Kuwait has recorded 7,623 cases infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as of Friday, in addition to 49 deaths. With the exception of 95 cases in intensive care, all infected cases are in stable condition and are recovering in quarantined locations designated by the government for this purpose, while hundreds have been discharged from quarantine after exhibiting no symptoms during their 14-day quarantine period, the Ministry of...
In this photo illustration, a COVID-19 Unemployment Assistance Updates logo is displayed on a smartphone on top of an application for unemployment benefits on May 8, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia. - With shops and factories closed nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, nearly all of the jobs created in the US economy in the last decade were wiped out in a single month. An unprecedented 20.5 million jobs were destroyed in April in the world's largest economy, driving the unemployment rate to 14.7 percent compared to 4.4 percent in March, the Labor Department said in its monthly report, the first to capture the impact of a full month of the lockdowns. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP)
Pandemic fuels historic job losses
ARLINGTON: In this photo illustration, a COVID-19 Unemployment Assistance Updates logo is displayed on a smartphone on top of an application for unemployment benefits. With shops and factories closed nationwide due to the coronavirus pandemic, nearly all of the jobs created in the US economy in the last decade were wiped out in a single month. - AFP WASHINGTON: The United States has recorded its steepest job losses in history over the...
A group of women walk along the seaside promenade overlooking the Raouche Rocks also known as Pigeon Rocks, in the Lebanese capital Beirut, as lockdown measures due to the novel coronavirus started to ease, on May 6, 2020. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP)
Oceans may rise over a metre by 2100, five metres by 2300
BEIRUT: A group of women walk along the seaside promenade overlooking the Raouche Rocks also known as Pigeon Rocks, in the Lebanese capital Beirut, as lockdown measures due to the novel coronavirus started to ease. - AFP PARIS: Oceans are likely to rise as much as 1.3 metres by 2100 if Earth's surface warms another 3.5 degrees Celsius, scientists warned Friday. By 2300, when ice sheets covering West Antarctica and Greenland will have shed...
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20-day total lockdown from May 10 to curb coronavirus
KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs an extraordinary Cabinet meeting through live video call on Friday. - KUNA By B IzzakKUWAIT: The Cabinet has decided to impose a total lockdown in the country for three weeks starting Sunday, May 10 until May 30 after a steep rise in the number of coronavirus cases, government spokesman Tareq Al-Mizrem announced. The decision was made during an extraordinary meeting...
TOPSHOT - A health official (R) takes a swab sample for a coronavirus test from an Indian citizen evacuated from Dubai by an Air India flight as she arrived along with others at the Anna International Airport in Chennai on May 9, 2020. - The first wave of a massive exercise to repatriate hundreds of thousands of Indians stuck abroad began May 7, with two flights landing in India from the United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
Gulf faces exodus of expatriates
CHENNAI: A health official takes a swab sample for a coronavirus test from an Indian citizen evacuated from Dubai by an Air India flight at the Anna International Airport on Friday. - AFP DUBAI/RIYADH: A popular Saudi talk show host told private businesses this week it was their national duty to lay off foreign rather than local employees, warning that the dominance of Saudi Arabia's workforce by expatriates was a "real danger". Khaled...
TOPSHOT - (COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on May 8, 2020 shows political leaders wearing face masks during the COVID-19, coronavirus pandemic : (1row fromL), a file photo taken on April 21, 2020 and provided by Italian news agency ANSA of Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte putting his face mask back on after addressing Parliament in Rome, a file photo taken on April 7, 2020 of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attending a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, a file photo taken on March 24, 2020 of Russian President Vladimir Putin wearing protective gear as he visits a hospital where patients infected with the COVID-19 novel coronavirus are being treated in the settlement of Kommunarka in Moscow, a file photo taken on March 31, 2020 of French President Emmanuel Macron wearing protective suit and face mask as he visits the Kolmi-Hopen protective face masks factory in Saint-Barthelemy-d'Anjou near Angers, a file photo taken on April 18, 2020 of Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis removing his protective face mask after attending the departure of minor migrants who were living in camps on the Greek islands, at the International Airport of Athens, to travel on a special flight to Germany, (2nd row fromL) a file photo taken on April 24, 2020 of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa arriving at NASREC Expo Centre in Johannesburg where facilities are in place to treat COVID-19 coronavirus patients, a handout file photo taken on May 4, 2020 and released by the Venezuelan Presidency of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro during a meeting with members of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, a file photo taken on March 21, 2020 of Slovak President Zuzana Caputova during the swearing in ceremony of the new four-party coalition government at the Presidential palace in Bratislava, a file photo taken on March 18, 2020 of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during a pres
World leaders scrutinized over masks
This combination of file pictures shows political leaders wearing face masks during the coronavirus pandemic. - AFP PARIS: Donald Trump has not donned one. Emmanuel Macron boasted a small French flag on his. Slovakia's president made a fashion statement by sporting a fuchsia-colored one to match her outfit. As the world starts emerging from coronavirus lockdowns, political leaders are being closely scrutinized over their choice to wear a mask -...
(FILES) In this file photo a man crosses a nearly empty State Street in Chicago, Illinois, on March 21, 2020. - The streets of Chicago may be largely empty as residents hunker down from coronavirus but some of the city's most deprived neighborhoods are still echoing to the sound of deadly gunfire and raucous partying.While significant falls in crime have been one of the few positive side effects of lockdowns in much of the United States and elsewhere, it has barely made a dent in Chicago's homicide rate, a city that has long recorded the most murders in the nation. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP)
Despite lockdown, no letup the murder rate in Chicago
CHICAGO: A man crosses a nearly empty State Street on March 21, 2020. - AFP CHICAGO: The streets of Chicago may be largely empty as residents hunker down from coronavirus but some of the city's most deprived neighborhoods are still echoing to the sound of deadly gunfire and raucous partying. While significant falls in crime have been one of the few positive side effects of lockdowns in much of the United States and elsewhere, they have barely...
Stranded migrant workers intending to go to their hometowns, leave Gota Bridge area as Gujarat Police personnel (unseen) shoove them away during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on May 8, 2020. (Photo by SAM PANTHAKY / AFP)
Drones disinfect pandemic hotspot city after clashes
AHMEDABAD, India: Stranded migrant workers intending to go to their hometowns leave Gota Bridge area as Gujarat police personnel (unseen) shove them away during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown on Friday. - AFP AHMEDABAD: Drones hovered over the pandemic-stricken Indian city of Ahmedabad yesterday spraying disinfectant on the streets, hours after security forces clashed with residents who flouted a toughened lockdown. The western city of...
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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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