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Members of a solidarity network hand out disinfectant, gloves and face masks as well as food cards to African migrants in Istanbul on April 17, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the novel coronavirus. - Istanbul's African migrants are among the most vulnerable groups as the coronavirus pandemic hits Turkey's largest city. Some 80,000 -- most of them undocumented-- live in the city of about 15 million people where almost half of the nearly 80,000 coronavirus cases have been recorded. (Photo by Yasin AKGUL / AFP)
COVID-19 spreads anxiety among African migrants in Istanbul
ISTANBUL: Members of a solidarity network hand out disinfectant, gloves and facemasks as well as food cards to African migrants on Friday. - AFP ISTANBUL: With a list of names in his hand, Alfa Barrie is on the phone to an African migrant, one of Istanbul's undocumented workers looking for help as the coronavirus pandemic hits Turkey's largest city. "Where is the house? Send me the location. I am coming," he says. Barrie's three-member team,...
US President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on April 17, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP)
Trump tweets apparent support for protesters of stay-at-home orders
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on Friday. - AFP WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump appeared to lend support on Friday to protestors in several US states who have been demonstrating against stay-at-home orders imposed because of the coronavirus pandemic. "LIBERATE MINNESOTA!" Trump tweeted. "LIBERATE MICHIGAN!" The Republican president...
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Kuwait mulls coronavirus response with Japan, US
Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah on Friday received a telephone call from his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi dealing with various aspects of the solid relations bonding the two friendly countries. The telephone call tackled means of boosting mutual cooperation, major occurrences on regional and international arenas.Moroever, the Kuwaiti and...
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Stories of people living under lockdown in Mahboula, Jleeb
KUWAIT: Cleaning workers seen through barbwire in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: It's been more than a month since Kuwait closed its sea, air and land borders to protect the country from the deadly spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The lockdown covers the whole country, and to prevent the spread of local transmission, Kuwait has also imposed a curfew from 5 pm to 6 am. Some places needed tougher measures to...
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Indian nationals continue to avail amnesty
KUWAIT: Indian nationals queue up outside a school in Farwaniya which was turned into a center to receive applications of violators wishing to avail the amnesty. - Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh KUWAIT: Indian nationals are heading to centers set up by the Ministry of Interior to receive expatriates without valid residencies who are wishing to avail an amnesty allowing residency violators to leave the country between April 1 and April 30 without...
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Kuwait delivers 1,500 food to workers in Al-Mahboula
KUWAIT: The Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) -- in cooperation with the Interior Ministry -- delivered on Friday 1,500 food baskets to workers in Mahboula, which is under lockdown due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).KRCS's Public Relations head Khaled Al-Zayed said that operations to hand foodstuff in Mahboula and Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh was ongoing since the lockdown was announced.He added that KRCS was keen on providing necessities to workers...
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Kuwait Prime Minister tours quarantine sites, field hospitals
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah visits Al-Zour medical center. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah visited on Thursday Al-Zour medical center, a quarantine center in Al-Zour area, built in cooperation with the Ministry of Health and Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC).His Highness the Prime Minister was accompanied...
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DGCA: 75 flights to bring home stranded Kuwaitis as of today
KUWAIT: This photo released by Kuwait Airways shows top company officials meeting to discuss preparations to evacuate stranded nationals from around the world. KUWAIT: Kuwait's Directorate General for Civil Aviation (DGCA) announced that the national carrier Kuwait Airways and the private Al-Jazeera Airways will operate 75 flights to sixteen airports worldwide to evacuate stranded nationals. In statements to the press, DGCA spokesman Saad...
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Manpower authority inspects Khaitan workers' residences
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) inspectors went on a regular inspection of residences of workers in Khaitan on Wednesday. The inspectors checked the conditions of their housing, visa validity and other safety measures.Iman Al-Ansari, deputy general director for planning and development sector at PAM, said more conditions have been set by PAM during the present situation. "This includes disinfecting their housing...
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MoI prohibits outdoor activities during curfew
KUWAIT: Outdoor activities, such as exercise, is strictly prohibited within the boundaries of residential areas, farms, and chalets especially between 5:00 pm to 6:00 am curfew hours, said the Interior Ministry Friday. A statement by the ministry stressed that efforts to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) meant that all citizens and residents should abide by the rules especially during the partial curfew.Anyone breaking the law will...
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Kuwait receives more facemask producing machines
KUWAIT: Director General of the Public Authority for Industry Abdulkarim Taqi announced Thursday the arrival of a second shipment of imported medical facemask producing machines. These machines have a total production capacity of more than 300,000 facemasks a day, Taqi said in a statement sent to the press.He noted that the machines will be operated by one plant. The authority has also permitted several other plants to start manufacturing...
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GCC OKs Kuwait suggestion for food security network
KUWAIT: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member states on Thursday approved a Kuwaiti proposal to set up a single Gulf food security network. This took place during an extraordinary meeting of the GCC ministers of commerce via the videoconference technology on ongoing Gulf efforts to mitigate the fallout of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), the Kuwaiti Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a statement to the press.During the meeting, the...
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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
The impact of oil discoveries
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Official commends Kuwait and China military cooperation