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107 Kuwaitis leave quarantine
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Defense announced Saturday that 107 Kuwaitis have left a quarantine site supervised by the ministry's medical services department, after they tested negative to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).The citizens have completed their mandated 14-day quarantine period after being evacuated on a special flight from Rome, Italy, the Defense Ministry's Moral Guidance Department said in a statement.
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Pandemic Diaries: The power of memory
By Jamie Etheridgestanding beneath a massive Scots pine in the middle of Lake Abant Park, a nature reserve in Bolu province, Turkey. The view is magnificent: The sun glimmers off the gentle waves of the lake, which serves as the focal point for the park. A two-lane blacktop road encircles the lake but is shrouded on nearly all sides by the canopy of trees, pines, beeches, tamarisks, juniper, willows and hornbeams that cover the slow, rolling...
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Together in times of crises
By Abdellatif Sharaais amazing how people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures and creeds come together during times of crises and hardships, even if a few may not follow suit. Even within the same society, classes disappear as all unite to help each other and keep the wheels rolling. Under our current circumstances, we see the government, NGOs and the well-to-do come together and start offering help - material or even meals without any...
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Coronavirus in Kuwait: What we know so far
KUWAIT: Kuwait has so far recorded 1,234 cases infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), in addition to one death. With the exception of 29 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 911 have been discharged from quarantine after exhibiting no symptoms during their 14-day quarantine period, the Ministry of Health...
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KUWAIT: Car repair shops shut down in Sharq as Kuwait City skyscrapers are seen in the background. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
(FILES) In this file photo Tiger Woods of the United States plays a shot from the 12th tee during the final round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 14, 2019 in Augusta, Georgia. - Reigning Masters champion Tiger Woods had a relaxed dinner with loved ones on April 7, 2020 instead of the Masters Champions Dinner he was once scheduled to host Tuesday at Augusta National. The Masters has been postponed to November by the coronavirus pandemic, with Woods, a 15-time major winner and five-time Masters champion, among those staying home to try and slow the spread of the deadly virus. (Photo by DAVID CANNON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Virus doomed Tiger's 18-major bid?
File photo of Tiger Woods of the United States plays a shot from the 12th tee during the final round of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. – AFP WASHINGTON: One year after Tiger Woods reignited his chase for golf's record 18 major wins with an amazing Masters victory, the coronavirus pandemic has become the latest obstacle to his historic chase. Woods would have been defending his 15th career major title and seeking a record-tying...
A night view of the closed Olympic museum with the Olympic Rings is seen in Tokyo on April 2, 2020. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
Travelling fans fear being victims of greed after Olympic postponement
TOKYO: Night view of the closed Olympic museum with the Olympic Rings is seen in Tokyo on April 2, 2020. ¨C AFP LAUSANNE: Thousands of fans planning to travel to the Olympics in Tokyo face uncertainty over flight refunds and reimbursements from hotels, after the 2020 Games were postponed until next year due to the coronavirus pandemic and fear they may become victims of greed.The International Olympic Committee (IOC) last month made the...
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G20 struggles to finalize oil output cuts
RIYADH: A handout photo released by the Saudi Energy Ministry on Friday shows Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Abdulaziz bin Salman (third left) chairing a virtual extraordinary meeting of G20 Oil ministers, in the capital Riyadh. – AFP RIYADH: Top oil producers struggled to finalize production cuts during a virtual summit held by G20 energy ministers on Friday, despite US President Donald Trump's mediation efforts to end a standoff with Mexico....
WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 09: U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the podium during the daily coronavirus briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on April 09, 2020 in Washington, DC. More than 16 million Americans have filed unemployment claims over the past three weeks as a result of the economic impacts on the U.S. economy. Also pictured are (L-R) White House coronavirus coordinator Deborah Birx, U.S. Vice president Mike Pence and Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP
When to reopen US economy 'biggest decision' of presidency, says Trump
WASHINGTON, DC: US President Donald Trump leaves the podium during the daily coronavirus briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC. More than 16 million Americans have filed unemployment claims over the past three weeks as a result of the economic impacts on the US economy. – AFP WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Friday said his decision on when to reopen the US economy, shuttered due to the coronavirus...
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Apple, Google team up on virus 'contact tracing' by smartphone
WASHINGTON: Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday that they will work together to create contact tracing technology that aims to slow the spread of the coronavirus by allowing users to opt into logging other phones they have been near.The rare collaboration between the two Silicon Valley companies, whose operating systems power 99 percent of the world's smartphones, could accelerate usage of apps that aim to get potentially...
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Cheap beef and wasted milk: US agriculture struggles with virus
NEW YORK: Milk dumped in fields and cattle prices plunging even as steaks stay expensive: the coronavirus pandemic is hitting American farmers hard. With industries from restaurants to department stores forced to close, farmers haven't stopped working, but are finding demand unpredictable and supply chains are struggling to adapt to the new conditions.Dairy farmers often struggle to store excess production, and Brenda Cochran, who runs a 70-cow...
Kosovo hairdresser Driton Kameri (R) wears a facemask as he cuts the hair of a client in his garden on March 30, 2020 in Pristina during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. - In Pristina, a barber is defying coronavirus edits, such as the ban on opening non-essential shops, to practice his art in the open air, but not without first spraying his customers with disinfectant from head to toe. (Photo by Armend NIMANI / AFP)
Coronavirus: The hidden personal grooming crisis
Kosovo hairdresser Driton Kameri wears a facemask as he cuts the hair of a client in his garden in Pristina during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. – AFP It's not pretty but it's true. The first victim of the coronavirus has been personal grooming. With hairdressers, nail bars and beauty therapists shuttered by lockdowns, many people around the world are in danger of letting themselves go. That is the fear of stylists and colourists worried...
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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable
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Overstayers, sponsors to be deported
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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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Hand of female holding sunscreen. Very sun light Sky background.Health concepts and skin care
‘Protect yourself against skin cancer,’ CAN warns