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Kuwait Food Bank provides food aid to needy families
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Life in Kuwait has largely been put on hold, hitting businesses and employees badly. Many of them have lost their jobs and daily-wage workers are suffering, while others are struggling for food due to the coronavirus pandemic. More than half a million citizens and residents living in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh and Mahboula are under a lockdown as a precautionary measure to face COVID-19.Many charities are distributing food to people...
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Police arrest six expats for rioting
KUWAIT: The interior ministry arrested six expats who caused riots and will take legal measures against them and deport them from the country. In a press statement, the ministry said on Wednesday it received a complaint from a representative of a private company stating that a group of workers gathered and tried to assault him while delivering their salaries.It added that a rescue patrol immediately moved to the location of the incident and...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 21, 2019 a pumpjack from California-based energy company Signal Hill Petroleum is seen in front of the landmark Curley's Cafe, one of two pumpjacks in the Diner's parking lot which has been churning out oil from the ground below since 1921 in Signal Hill, California. - Oil prices soared more than four percent on January 3, 2020 and equities reversed early gains following news that the US had killed a top Iranian general, fanning fresh fears of a conflict in the crude-rich region. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)
Oil producers intend to cut 10-15m barrels
KUWAIT: Top oil producers meeting later yesterday intend to cut production by between 10 and 15 million barrels per day, Kuwait's Oil Minister Khaled Al-Fadhel said. The talks between OPEC and other major producers come as oil languishes at near-two decade lows, with Russia and Saudi Arabia's price war compounding slack demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic."Through our continuous consultations in the past weeks, I confirm that the...
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Army aircraft with medical supplies returns from China
KUWAIT: A Kuwait army plane loaded with medical supplies arrives in Kuwait. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: A Kuwait army transport plane returned home from China Wednesday, carrying tons of medical equipment and supplies to help the government curb spread of coronavirus, the ministry of defense said. This is the seventh army plane in service as part of repatriation and delivery operations aimed at providing logistical support to government bodies, the...
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Blood bank produces artificial plasma to combat COVID-19
KUWAIT: A man donates blood at the Kuwait Central Blood Bank. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait Central Blood Bank (KCBB) has started producing plasma artificially to help treat patients suffering from the novel coronavirus, Director of KCBB's blood transfusion division Dr Reem Al-Radhwan announced on Wednesday. The process entails collecting plasma from donors who were formerly COVID-19 patients and then transfusing it into the blood of patients to...
Brazilian retired football player Ronaldinho arrives at a hotel in Asuncion where he and his brother will serve house arrest after a judge ordered their release from jail on April 7, 2020. - A judge in Paraguay ordered the release of Ronaldinho and his brother Roberto Assis into house arrest after the siblings spent almost exactly a month in jail awaiting trial on charges of using false passports to enter Paraguay. Lawyers for the men posted bail of $1.6 million. (Photo by Norberto DUARTE / AFP)
Paraguay court releases Ronaldinho
ASUNCION: Brazilian retired football player Ronaldinho arrives at a hotel in Asuncion where he and his brother will serve house arrest after a judge ordered their release from jail on April 7, 2020. - AFP ASUNCION: A Paraguayan judge on Tuesday ordered the release of Brazilian football great Ronaldinho and his brother into house arrest while they await trial on charges of using false passports to enter the country. Judge Gustavo Amarilla told...
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Fitch affirms Kuwait rating at 'AA'
HONG KONG: Fitch Ratings has affirmed Kuwait's Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'AA' with a Stable Outlook.Key rating driversKuwait's key credit strengths are its exceptionally strong fiscal and external balance sheets. These are increasingly offset by Kuwait's institutional paralysis and slow pace in addressing growing public finance challenges stemming from heavy oil dependence, a generous welfare state and its large...
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Virus drives expectant moms in US to embrace home births
BALTIMORE: Ashley Esposito, who is pregnant with her first child due in July, stands outside her home in Baltimore, Maryland. There is a rising demand for home birth in the US because of the coronavirus pandemic, even if the procedure is costly and "out of network" for most of them. - AFP WASHINGTON: Like many expectant mothers, Gina Conley is nervous. But there is a lot more to worry about these days, with a virulent outbreak overwhelming...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 15, 2009 jazz musician Ellis Marsalis talks to students during a jazz music workshop hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama at the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. - Jazz great Ellis Marsalis died on April 1, 2020 at the age of 85 after contracting the coronavirus, his son Branford said. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP)
Dead, ill, cured: Celebrities hit by the coronavirus
In this file photo taken on June 15, 2009 jazz musician Ellis Marsalis talks to students during a jazz music workshop hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama at the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. - AFP From world leaders and royalty to musicians, sports stars and actors, the coronavirus has hit millions around the world, including the rich and famous. Here is a roundup of high-profile figures who have died, been infected by or cured...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 14, 2020 youths act in front of a mobile phone camera while making a TikTok video on the terrace of their residence in Hyderabad. - This is TikTok's time. The social video platform which was already a favorite of teens is increasingly being used by adults looking for ways to pass the time during coronavirus lockdowns. (Photo by NOAH SEELAM / AFP)
TikTok's time: video platform sees appeal growing during lockdowns
In this file photo youths act in front of a mobile phone camera while making a TikTok video on the terrace of their residence in Hyderabad. - AFP This is TikTok's time. The social video platform which was already a favorite of teens is increasingly being used by adults looking for ways to pass the time during coronavirus lockdowns. Users post short videos -- no longer than 60 seconds but often as short as 15 -- to showcase their bite-size dance...
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World's top animation festival moves online over virus
The world's top animated film festival was cancelled Tuesday because of the coronavirus, but organizers said they would hold an online version instead. The Annecy Festival in eastern France is the latest in a string of major cultural events to be cancelled or postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.The 60th annual gathering was due to start on June 15. The organizers said they were working on staging an online version of the festival...
Kuwaiti police officers man a checkpoint at the entrance the town of Jeleeb Al-Shuyoukh, south the capital Kuwait City on April 7, 2020, after the district was put on lockdown. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
Search for expats moved from Jleeb, Mahboula; 112 new cases
KUWAIT: Police officers man a checkpoint at the entrance of Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh on Tuesday after the area was put on lockdown. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By B IzzakKUWAIT: The ministry of health yesterday reported 112 new coronavirus cases in Kuwait, raising the total to 855 cases, 79 of whom are Indians, 10 Egyptians, 10 Bangladeshis, five Pakistanis, one Kuwaiti and the remaining of different nationalities. Of the 743 cases in hospital, 21 are...
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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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‘Protect yourself against skin cancer,’ CAN warns