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A volunteer from the Rays of Light NGO carries bread packs for a free distribution in Alexandra, Johannesburg, on April 16, 2020. - NGO's and government bodies try to provide food for the people that are most affected from the national lockdown in South Africa that started on March 27, 2020, in an attempt to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak. (Photo by Luca Sola / AFP)
Africa still needs $44 billion to fight pandemic: World Bank, IMF
JOHANNESBURG: A volunteer from the Rays of Light NGO carries bread packs for a free distribution in Alexandra, Johannesburg. - AFP WASHINGTON: International financial institutions and African leaders warned on Friday the continent needs tens of billions of dollars in additional money to fight the coronavirus pandemic despite debt freezes and massive pledges of support. In a joint statement, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund said...
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Djokovic shares Oly regrets with Murray
LONDON: Live tennis action is a fading memory during the coronavirus shutdown but 20,000 fans tuned in to watch old rivals Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray chew the fat on Instagram on Friday. Sitting on their sofas at home, the duo spent an entertaining hour reminiscing about some of the classics in their 36-match series, painful losses and even came up with the perfect tennis player.The knockabout banter offered some candid reflections on their...
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England's Moeen ready to return to Test action
LONDON: Moeen Ali says he is ready to return to Test action for England after a self-imposed exile from the red-ball game despite having been made to feel like "a scapegoat" in the past. All-rounder Moeen missed the Test matches during England's winter tours of New Zealand and South Africa after taking a spell away from the longest format of the game.The 32-year-old, who continued to play limited overs matches for England, has been reflecting...
TOPSHOT - A patient infected with COVID-19 is transferred back to intensive care from an especially created Post Resuscitation Unit (UnitÈ Post RÈanimation Respiratoire) after his condition went worse on April 17, 2020 at the Emile Muller hospital in Mulhouse, eastern France, as France is on the 32nd day of a strict lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. (Photo by PATRICK HERTZOG / AFP)
Confusion, seizure, strokes: How COVID-19 may affect the brain
Mulhouse, FRANCE: A patient infected with COVID-19 is transferred back to intensive care from an especially created Post Resuscitation Unit after his condition worsened on Friday. – AFP WASHINGTON: A pattern is emerging among COVID-19 patients arriving at hospitals in New York: Beyond fever, cough and shortness of breath, some are deeply disoriented to the point of not knowing where they are or what year it is. At times this is linked to low...
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1 death, 93 cases in Kuwait; global deaths pass 150,000
KUWAIT/WASHINGTON: The ministry of health yesterday reported 93 new coronavirus infections and one fatality in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections to 1,751 and total deaths to six. In a statement, Health Ministry Spokesperson Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said 34 patients are in intensive care, 18 of them in critical condition and 16 stable.He added death cases reached six after confirming the death of a Bangladeshi resident (68...
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Paper towels may remove virus; drug remdesivir effective
PARIS: People should dry their hands with paper towels to avoid spreading the new coronavirus, according to the authors of a study published on Friday that finds disposable tissues are better than jet dryers at removing pathogens missed by ineffective washing. Global health authorities have highlighted the crucial importance of washing hands with soap and water to protect against COVID-19, which has killed tens of thousands and spread around...
(FILES) In this file photo taken during a guided tour organised by Egypt's State Information Service on February 11, 2020, an Egyptian police officer stands at the entrance of the Tora prison in the Egyptian capital Cairo. - As governments in the Middle East isolate their populations to prevent the spread of coronavirus, attention is turning the region's jails where detainees face a more punishing form of lockdown. Some Middle Eastern governments have released prisoners as part of their response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, while others have ignored pressure to do so. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
Pandemic worsens plight of Middle East prisoners
CAIRO: In this file photo taken during a guided tour organized by Egypt's State Information Service on Feb 11, 2020, an Egyptian police officer stands at the entrance of the Tora prison. - AFP CAIRO: As governments in the Middle East isolate their populations to prevent the spread of coronavirus, attention is turning to the region's jails, where detainees face a more punishing form of lockdown. "Because of the pandemic, confinement is an...
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Poor students miss out as e-learning sharpens divide
BELL, California: Bell High School senior Kenia Molina is seen in front of her school on April 15, 2020, which remains closed as students continue their education via remote learning. - AFP LOS ANGELES: As a member of the 2020 "class of coronavirus," Kenia Molina needed to find a laptop in order to graduate high school - a technology gap that has caused thousands of poorer students to miss out on weeks of education. With many US schools and...
TOPSHOT - An aerial view shows the P4 laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on April 17, 2020. - The P4 epidemiological laboratory was built in co-operation with French bio-industrial firm Institut Merieux and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The facility is among a handful of labs around the world cleared to handle Class 4 pathogens (P4) - dangerous viruses that pose a high risk of person-to-person transmission. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
Wuhan lab fuels controversy
WUHAN: An aerial view shows the P4 laboratory at the Wuhan Institute of Virology on Friday. - AFP WUHAN: Nestled in the hilly outskirts of Wuhan, the city at the heart of the coronavirus crisis, a Chinese high-security biosafety laboratory is now the subject of US claims it may be the cradle of the pandemic. Chinese scientists have said the virus likely jumped from an animal to humans in a market that sold wildlife in Wuhan, but the existence of...
This photo taken on April 16, 2020 shows flowers outside the Herron private nursing home in Dorval, west of Montreal. - The discovery of 31 deaths at Montreal's Herron nursing home has prompted an investigation into alleged gross negligence after caregivers fled amid a coronavirus outbreak, leaving elderly residents to fend for themselves. (Photo by Eric THOMAS / AFP)
Horrors revealed at virus-hit Canada nursing home; 31 die
DORVAL, Canada: This photo taken on April 16, 2020 shows flowers outside the Herron private nursing home west of Montreal. - AFP MONTREAL: Elderly residents left soiled and unfed after their caregivers fled the premises, 31 deaths in the space of a few weeks: a nursing home in Montreal has become the symbol of the terrible toll coronavirus is taking in Canada's long-term care homes.The bleak situation discovered at the Residence Herron, in the...
Qatar charity workers prepare food parcels for migrant labourers living under quarantine on April 16, 2020 amid the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic in Doha. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)
Qatari charity feeds expat workers in COVID-19 limbo
DOHA: Qatar charity workers prepare food parcels for migrant laborers living under quarantine on April 16, 2020 amid the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. - AFP DOHA: Volunteers stack thousands of trays of steaming curry in a Doha kitchen, readying them to be distributed to low-income migrant workers facing food shortages while under lockdown due to COVID-19. The NGO Qatar Charity launched an initiative in recent weeks to deliver daily meals to...
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Astronauts land back on Earth transformed by virus pandemic
DZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakhstan: Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka and NASA astronauts Andrew Morgan and Jessica Meir rest shortly after landing in a remote area on Friday. - AFP ALMATY: Two NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut on Friday made a safe return from the International Space Station to find a "different planet," transformed by the coronavirus pandemic. Andrew Morgan, Jessica Meir and Oleg Skripochka touched down in central Kazakhstan at...
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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable
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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
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Official commends Kuwait and China military cooperation