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KFSD ready to double staff of home delivery of drugs
KUWAIT: Director General of Kuwait Fire Service Directorate Lt Gen Khaled Al-Mekrad tours the pharmacy of Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: Director General of Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) Lt Gen Khaled Al-Mekrad said Tuesday the directorate was ready to double the numbers of teams delivering medicines to homes of citizens when need be. "The drug distribution process has been well underway since March 29 as per the set...
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Expat quarantine sites ready soon
KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Dr Rana Al-Fares said the ministry would complete preparations of quarantine facilities and housing centers for expatriates in the coming days, part of the government's action to curb spread of coronavirus. Fares, also Minister of State for Housing, said the quarantine facilities would be located in Al-Jahra, South Sabahiya and Abdaly. She added in a statement the facilities would include testing zone and...
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Lieutenants take oath
KUWAIT: The new lieutenants take oath before senior Interior Ministry officials. By Hanan Al-SaadounKUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anas Al-Saleh received five lieutenants to take their oath of duty at his office on Tuesday. The minister congratulated them on their graduation from the colleges, and urged them to exert more effort as they join their colleagues, which is a major responsibility especially under the current...
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Pandemic Diaries: 10 good things to think about today
By Jamie Etheridgedays it is necessary to look past the negative and focus on the good. Today is one of those days. Air quality in many cities around the globe has improved as a result of the pandemic and stay at home measures.There is more time to take naps. Scientific studies have shown that adults who take daytime naps once or twice a week live longer, are less prone to strokes and heart attacks and manage stress better.E-learning for kids...
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Rumors: A real danger
By Abdellatif Sharaaman tells his friend something, the friend tells his neighbor, the neighbor tells a colleague and the chain continues until complete communities start dealing with it…this is how a rumor starts and spreads. But does the rumor end as it started? The sad and unfortunate answer is no - at least in the majority of times. Each person either adds to or removes from it, until the words are totally distorted or changed.This is...
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Nothing happens without Allah's will
By Hassan Twaha BwambaleIt is important to note and acknowledge that everything that happens has already been pre-ordained by Allah (the Almighty and Majestic). Nothing happens without Allah's will, and there is wisdom behind whatever happens.During Prophet Muhammad's time, the hypocrites and other enemies of Islam used to grieve over whatever bounty the Muslims were blessed with, and rejoiced whenever the Muslims were afflicted with a trial. In...
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Coronavirus in Kuwait: What we know so far
KUWAIT: Kuwait has so far recorded 855 cases infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), in addition to one death. With the exception of 23 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...
Lightning flashes in the sky over Rumaithiya district in Kuwait City during a storm, on April 7, 2020. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
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KUWAIT: Lightning flashes in the sky over Rumaithiya during a thunderstorm on Tuesday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
An electronic display board shows the price in pence per litre for petrol and diesel fuels, at a Tesco supermarket in Cardiff, south Wales, on March 30, 2020, as life in Britain continues during the nationwide lockdown to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic. - Oil prices plunged Monday as the number of novel coronavirus cases worldwide surged past 700,000, reinforcing worries about the impact on the global economy. Crude oil struck the lowest levels in more than 17 years on Monday, with Brent North Sea tumbling to $22.58 per barrel at one point. (Photo by GEOFF CADDICK / AFP)
OPEC+ may reach output cut if US joins
CARDIFF: An electronic display board shows the price in pence per litre for petrol and diesel fuels, at a Tesco supermarket in Cardiff, south Wales as life in Britain continues during the nationwide lockdown to combat the novel coronavirus pandemic. – AFP DUBAI/LONDON/MOSCOW: Major oil producers including Saudi Arabia and Russia are likely to agree to cut production at a meeting tomorrow but only if the United States joins the effort, aimed at...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 16, 2007 The Liverpool football club emblem is pictured on a gate at the Anfield ground in Liverpool, north-west England. - Liverpool Football Club announced late on April 6, 2020, that they had reversed their earlier decision to place some non-playing staff on temporary leave during the COVID-19 pandemic, or 'Furlough' them, by applying to the British government for funds to pay for up to 80 percent of their wages, and apologised to fans. (Photo by PAUL ELLIS / AFP)
Liverpool make U-turn over furlough
LIVERPOOL: File photo taken on January 16, 2007 The Liverpool football club emblem is pictured on a gate at the Anfield ground. Liverpool Football Club announced late on April 6, 2020, that they had reversed their earlier decision to place some non-playing staff on temporary leave during the COVID-19 pandemic, or 'Furlough' them. - AFP LONDON: Liverpool were forced to apologise as the Premier League club ditched their controversial plan to...
German musician Stephan Wuensch, principal cellist of the Musical Comedy of Leipzig Opera, plays the violoncello at home, where he stays confined due to the pandemic of the novel coronavirus, on April 3, 2020 on the outskirts of Leipzig, eastern Germany. - The gates of the Leipzig Opera have been closed for about three weeks due to the novel corona pandemic - but the voices and instruments of the artists are far from silent. (Photo by Ronny Hartmann / AFP)
Never mind wailing puppies, Leipzig opera musicians rehearse at home
German musician Stephan Wuensch, principal cellist of the Musical Comedy of Leipzig Opera, plays the violoncello at home. By Ronny HARTMANNSinging operatic arias accompanied by the wailing of a Giant Schnauzer puppy is not easy, but Lilli Wuenscher has had to get used to it. "When I sing high notes he starts to howl and cry," said the Leipzig Opera soloist about her puppy Ludwig -- named after Ludwig van Beethoven. With the opera house closed...
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Pregnancy in the time of pandemic
MADRID: This handout picture courtesy of the Carrillo Muro family dated March 13, 2020 shows newly born Oliver Carrillo at La Paz Hospital in Madrid. For 10 days after giving birth to her first child, Vanesa Muro was not allowed near him after she tested positive for coronavirus, for fear of infecting her newborn baby. - AFP MADRID: Pregnant with twins, Ainhoa Martinez knows she probably should be home being careful rather than putting herself...
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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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Overstayers, sponsors to be deported
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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