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Finland's opera-singing policeman spreads message of love under lockdown
Senior constable Petrus Schroderus singing a Finnish version of the Soviet classic song ÔI love you, lifeÕ as he walks the deserted streets of Oulu in Finland. -- www.freemalaysiatoday.com A police officer in northern Finland has hit on a novel way to help the public weather the coronavirus lockdown, using his singing talent to lift spirits and going viral in the process. A video of senior constable Petrus Schroderus singing a Finnish version...
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Dubai's over-the-top delivery culture makes lockdown easier
Ugandan Mullika Indy, an employee of CAFU, the first fuel delivery service in the region, service, refills a car using a mini tanker outside a client's house in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. - AFP photos Tamara, one of Dubai's many foreign residents, hasn't been to a petrol station in years -- a click on a smart phone app is all it takes to bring a mini tanker to her doorstep. In better times, the wealthy emirate's over-the-top delivery...
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Football secondary during crisis: Iniesta
TOKYO: File photo shows Andres Iniesta of Vissel Kobe poses with the winners trophy after the 99th Emperor's Cup final between Vissel Kobe and Kashima Antlers at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. - AFP TOKYO: With Spain one of the country's hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, Barcelona great Andres Iniesta says he is finding it tough to watch events unfold in Europe from his new home in Japan. Iniesta, who joined Vissel Kobe in 2018 after...
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Coronavirus shutdown has exposed 'inequities' of tennis: King
Billie Jean King with Serena Williams MUMBAI: Tennis great Billie Jean King says the financial fallout from the coronavirus shutdown has exposed the unfairness of the sport and that it is important for the top players to lead the cause for change. The tennis season was suspended in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the shutdown will continue at least until mid-July, depriving lower-level players, who depend solely on tournament winnings, of...
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US oil hits -$40; Trump may halt Saudi imports
NEW YORK: Traders desperate to avoid owning oil fled the markets on Monday, sending crude futures into negative territory for the first time ever, in recognition that the coronavirus pandemic has sapped demand for fuel and there is not enough storage for the massive glut of oil present on US soil. Investors sold the May futures contract due to expire yesterday in a series of waves. At one point the contract hit negative $40. When the trading...
Employees work at headquarters housing Alibaba, Iran's largest online travel booking service, in the capital Tehran on February 17, 2020 - Iran's startup sector, which began to develop in the 2000s, took off from 2013.nBut new technology and the use of smart phones were hit hard by the reinstatement of US sanctions in 2018, after the United States withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal.nAn unexpected effect of the sanctions has been that Iranian entrepreneurs have seized the opportunity to launch startups. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Women in Iran tech sector fight to keep jobs
TEHRAN: Employees work at headquarters housing Alibaba, Iran's largest online travel booking service, in the capital Tehran Iran's startup sector, which began to develop in the 2000s, took off from 2013. --AFP TEHRAN: From the hustle and bustle of a startup, Fereshteh Kasrai now works from home, like many Iranian women fighting to keep hard-won tech jobs as the coronavirus outbreak stirs uncertainty. Iran says the COVID-19 disease has claimed...
A picture taken on April 20, 2020 shows empty alleys of the closed Jardin du Luxembourg park in Paris on the 35th day of a strict lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by ERIC PIERMONT / AFP)
Humans to blame for spread of COVID-19 and other 'zoonoses'
PARIS: Photo shows empty alleys of the closed Jardin du Luxembourg park in Paris on the 35th day of a strict lockdown in France aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 infection caused by the novel coronavirus. - AFP PARIS: Whether it came from a bat or a pangolin is not certain, but one thing is: the coronavirus outbreak that has killed tens of thousands and turned the world upside down comes from the animal world. It is human activity that...
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16-hr curfew in Ramadan; govt shutdown till May 28
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The Cabinet decided late Monday to expand the partial curfew to 16 hours daily between 4 pm and 8 am starting from the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, expected to begin on Friday. The Cabinet also decided to keep government offices closed until May 28, which means after the end of Ramadan, in a bid to counter the spread of the coronavirus, where more than 2,000 cases have been reported in the country.The...
TOPSHOT - In this picture taken on April 19, 2020, Muslims maintain social distancing during noon prayers at a mosque in Karachi during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus. - Across the continent, home to about half of the world's Muslims, the upcoming Islamic holy month of Ramadan is on a collision course with the coronavirus. (Photo by Rizwan TABASSUM / AFP) / To go with AFP story Health-virus-Asia-Muslim-Ramadan-religion, FOCUS by David Stout and Sajjad Tarakzai
Ramadan on collision course with virus for Asia's Muslims
KARACHI: In this picture taken on April 19, 2020, Muslims maintain social distancing during noon prayers at a mosque during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the coronavirus. - AFP ISLAMABAD: Across Asia, home to about half of the world's Muslims, the coming Islamic holy month of Ramadan is on a collision course with the coronavirus pandemic as clerics call on the faithful to cram into mosques. Authorities...
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Trump to ban immigration
ALEXANDRIA: In this file photo, a new US citizen holds an information packet at a naturalization ceremony at Alexandria City Hall in Alexandria, Virginia. US President Donald Trump said in a Tweet on April 20, 2020 that he will sign an executive order to 'temporarily suspend immigration into the United States', amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. - AFP WASHINGTON: Donald Trump said he would temporarily ban immigration to the United States...
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US zeroes in on the shadowy Lebanese playmaker in Iraq
BAGHDAD: Months after the United States killed a top Iranian general in Baghdad, it has offered millions for any details on the mysterious man filling his boots-Hezbollah power-broker Muhammad Kawtharani. Washington charged last week that Kawtharani had "taken over some of the political coordination of Iran-aligned paramilitary groups" formerly organized by Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Qasem Soleimani.In fact, when a US drone...
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Women suffer as lockdown worsens 'domestic hell' across Latin America
SANTIAGO: A woman demonstrates against 'femicide' and killings related to domestic violence, in front of the La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago. - AFP BUENOS AIRES: Weeks of confinement imposed by the coronavirus pandemic is taking a chilling toll on women and girls across Latin America, where the number of calls to helplines have soared, made by victims of domestic violence who cannot flee. Appeals to help women experiencing violence in...
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Overstayers, sponsors to be deported
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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable
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Official commends Kuwait and China military cooperation
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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
Mideast seethes amid carnage
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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
The impact of oil discoveries