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NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 22: Flowers left by the community are placed near to the morgue refrigerated trailers at the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center on April 22, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. New York City the epicenter of the coronavirus (COVID-19) for the United States has had more than 141,235 confirmed cases. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
US death toll tops 50,000 as Georgia businesses reopen
NEW YORK: Flowers left by the community are placed near to the morgue refrigerated trailers at the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in the Brooklyn borough. New York City - the epicenter of the coronavirus for US has had more than 141,235 confirmed cases. - AFP ATLANTA: Gyms, hair salons and tattoo parlors had a green light to reopen Friday in the state of Georgia as the United States surpassed the grim milestone of 50,000 deaths from the...
TOPSHOT - A mask-clad Muslim worker prays near a mosque on the first Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, amidst a curfew due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Dubai on April 24, 2020. (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP)
Emirati police deploy smart tech in coronavirus fight
DUBAI: A mask-clad Muslim worker prays near a mosque on the first Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan amidst a curfew due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. - AFP DUBAI: Police in the United Arab Emirates are deploying smart helmets that can scan the temperatures of hundreds of people every minute in their effort to combat the new coronavirus. The helmets, which need less time and less contact than traditional thermometers, can...
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Filipino man commits suicide in Kuwait after testing positive for COVID-19
Amiri Hospital By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: A Filipino who allegedly tested COVID-19 positive at Amiri Hospital and allegedly killed himself in a bathroom at the hospital was an engineer who was in Kuwait on a visit visa. He came at the invitation of his Abu Dhabi-based company for a project in Kuwait. Because of the lockdown, he wasn't able to go back to Abu Dhabi for more than a month. He was only given a week's visa upon arrival in Kuwait, but due to...
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Amir, Palestine President exchange Ramadan greetings
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received a phone call Friday from Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas to congratulate him on the holy month of Ramadan. Abbas wished His Highness the Amir enjoyed good health, and that Kuwait achieved further progress and prosperity under his leadership. His Highness the Amir thanked Abbas for his greetings, and hoped the State of Palestine and the Palestinian people live in...
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KRCS provides food to poor during Ramadan
KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society is delivering 7,000 iftar meals per day throughout the current fasting month of Ramadan to workers and the needy in many Kuwaiti regions.KRCS Secretary General Maha Al-Barjas said in a statement to KUNA on Saturday the meals would be delivered to workers and low-income residents in Al-Mahboula, Khaitan, maternity, Al-Amiri and Al-Sabah hospitals, medical warehouses, Kuwait University, Mubarak Al-Kabeer...
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Kuwait forms team to eliminate human traffickers
KUWAIT: Interior Minister Anas Al-Saleh visits a checkpoint during curfew. - Interior Ministry photos KUWAIT: Kuwait's Deputy Premier and Interior Minister Anas Al-Saleh Thursday formed a team aimed at eliminating human traffickers who were importing large numbers of expatriates and leaving them unattended, as well as tackling relevant funding. Saleh, also Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, met with the team members and called on importance...
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Kuwait exemplary supporter of security, peace: UN official
Tareq Al-Sheikh KUWAIT: UN Secretary General's Representative and Resident Coordinator to Kuwait Tareq Al-Sheikh said Thursday Kuwait is an exemplary model for promoting world security and peace, building regional and global partnerships and pursuing peace and preventive diplomacy. This came in a joint press statement issued by the UN official and Kuwaiti Assistant Foreign Minister for International Organizations Nasser Al-Hayyen, marking the...
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Kuwaiti probes citizen's death in Istanbul
KUWAIT: Kuwait Foreign Ministry announced a citizen has passed away at Istanbul Airport on Thursday evening, and Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah opened an investigation over this case. The citizen, Anwar Mohammad Al-Ghareeb, came to Istanbul Airport to be repatriated back to Kuwait although he and his family were not listed on Thursday's flights, and were due to fly Friday, the ministry added in a statement.The deceased asked,...
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Army chief proud of soldiers over support
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Mohammad Al-Khodhr expressed his pride on Friday in all military servicemen working and supporting various state agencies in the country, amid the ongoing fight against the coronavirus pandemic.In a statement by the military's moral and guidance office, Khodhr made his remarks during a tour to COVID-19 inspection site at Abdullah Al-Mubarak Air force Base, expressing as well gratitude to...
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More reasons why Muslims love Ramadan
By Shariffa CarloTo someone from outside, seeing the enthusiasm that Muslims exhibit for the coming of Ramadan in the face of the work and effort we have to put in, it can be quite confusing and frustrating. A Christian friend of mine, Dr Kathy Nixon, was actually annoyed by Ramadan because, among other things, she wouldn't be able to have her hot lunch at work. In her final year in Kuwait, she was invited to join us in the fast.She studied it,...
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Workers test positive
KUWAIT: The National Assembly announced that a photographer working there has tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Medical team will be testing people who were in contact with, it confirmed. Meanwhile, Shamia Co-op Society announced it was closing yesterday after one of the volunteers working there tested positive.Shopping at co-opsKUWAIT: The timing to make a reservation to shop at co-operative societies through the ministry's...
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Coronavirus in Kuwait: What we know so far
KUWAIT: Kuwait has recorded 2,614 cases infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as of Friday, in addition to 15 deaths. With the exception of 60 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...
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MAJDAL SHAMS: Druze elders and mourners surround the coffins of 10 of the 12 people killed in a rocket strike from Lebanon a day earlier, during a mass funeral in this Druze town in the Zionist-annexed Golan Heights on July 28, 2024. - AFP
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KUWAIT: Photo provided by the Al-Zour oil Refinery shows a view of the facility, in Al-Zour, south of Kuwait City. – AFP
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