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Assembly panel meets ministry officials to discuss e-learning

KUWAIT: This photo released by the National Assembly's office on Sunday shows members of the parliamentary culture and guidance affairs committee meeting with Ministry of Education officials. By A SalehKUWAIT: The parliamentary culture and guidance affairs committee held a meeting on Sunday with Ministry of Education (MoE) officials to discuss e-learning in both private and public schools. In this regard, committee member MP Mohammad Al-Dallal...

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COVID-19 free people must quarantine for 14 days

KUWAIT: Persons who leave mandatory quarantine or discharged from hospital because they were free of coronavirus should also stay in home quarantine for at least another 14 days, Kuwait Ministry of Health (MoH) said Sunday.Ministry's Undersecretary Dr Mustafa Redha said this decision stemmed from MoH's keenness to implement plans and strategies related to confrontation of coronavirus and prevention of its spread.He said the file of every person...

Muna Al-Fuzai

By Muna Al-Fuzaithe health crisis started almost three months ago with the spread of the coronavirus, Kuwait was clear about providing food for all citizens and expats, and I believe this was a source of relief in a small country like Kuwait with a population of approximately four million. The issue of food security is not new to Kuwait, as Kuwait was ranked first in the field of food security in the Arab region in 2014 and 2017. Kuwait has...

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Kuwait reaping fruits of prudent monetary policies

Mohammad Al-Hashel KUWAIT: Kuwait is currently reaping benefits of prudent monetary policies that have been adopted since a decade ago, in face of current unprecedented crisis ripples of which extended to all corners of the world, Central Bank of Kuwait Governor Mohammad Al-Hashel has said.Basically, the present crisis is humanitarian, as coronavirus pandemic continues to take lives, however it has drastically affected demand and supply in...

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By Abdellatif Sharaathe coronavirus crisis began, I noticed that all my neighbors keep to their apartments, while those who working at various health facilities around Kuwait only leave home to board their transport vehicles taking them to their workplaces. But last night I heard a knock at the door.I found two of my neighbors standing with a petition in their hands asking the landlord to consider easing arrangements for rent payment under...

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Woman arrested for attacking policeman

KUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Interior said Sunday a woman was arrested for attacking a policeman with a sharp object when police forces attempted to stop her for driving in the wrong side of the road during curfew in Mubarak Al-Kabeer.Policemen manning a checkpoint in Mubarak Al-Kabeer during the partial curfew attempted to stop a car that was coming on the wrong side of the road, the ministry said in a statement.The curfew is between 5:00 pm...

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Coronavirus in Kuwait: What we know so far

KUWAIT: Kuwait has so far recorded 665 cases infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), in addition to one death. With the exception of 20 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...

(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)

Blame-game stalls OPEC+ meeting

OPEC+ is working on a deal to cut the production of oil equivalent by about 10 percent of world supply, or 10 million barrels per day, in what member states expect to be an unprecedented global effort including the United States. DUBAI/MOSCOW: OPEC and Russia have postponed a Monday meeting to discuss oil output cuts until April 9, OPEC sources said, as a dispute between Moscow and Saudi Arabia over who is to blame for plunging crude prices...

A man observes from a pier the dried Collague Reservoir, in Melon, Chile, on January 29, 2020. - Flows of rivers and reservoirs have reached historic minimums in Chile. A severe drought is hitting the country's central area, making local communities more vulnerable to face the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Martin BERNETTI / AFP)

Chileans vulnerable to virus amid water crisis

MELON, Chile: A man observes from a pier the dried Collague Reservoir, in Melon, Chile. Flows of rivers and reservoirs have reached historic minimums in Chile. - AFP LAGO PENUELAS, Chile: With historically low river flows and reservoirs running dry due to drought, people in central Chile have found themselves particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic. Years of resource exploitation and lax legislation have allowed most reservoirs in...

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Quibi launching Hollywood 'on the go' streaming amid lockdown

In this file photo Quibi CEO Meg Whitman speaks about the short-form video streaming service for mobile Quibi during a keynote address at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. - AFP Quibi, the multi-billion-dollar streaming platform launching Monday, is betting it can transform entertainment with short, Hollywood-quality clips to watch "on the go" -- even as much of the world is trapped at home. Industry legends and...

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 26, 2019 A man walks his dog outside Anfield stadium in Liverpool, north west England on November 26, 2019. - Premier League clubs will ask players to take a combination of pay cuts and deferrals amounting to 30 percent of their salary due to the financial crisis caused by coronavirus, the league said in a statement on April 3, 2020. (Photo by Lindsey Parnaby / AFP)

Liverpool blasted over virus furlough

LIVERPOOL: File photo taken on November 26, 2019. A man walks his dog outside Anfield stadium in Liverpool, north west England on November 26, 2019. Premier League clubs will ask players to take a combination of pay cuts and deferrals amounting to 30 percent of their salary due to the financial crisis caused by coronavirus, the league said in a statement. - AFP LONDON: Liverpool were accused of betraying their "morals and values" on Saturday for...

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Lockdown of expat areas eyed amid 77 new coronavirus cases

By B Izzak and AgenciesKUWAIT: The ministry of health reported 77 new coronavirus cases yesterday, 74 of whom are expatriates, raising the number of cases to 556 and one death. The ministry also reported six new recoveries, raising the total number to 99. The new cases include three Kuwaitis, 58 Indians, eight Pakistanis, three Bangladeshis, two Egyptians and one Iranian. Of the 456 cases receiving treatment at the ministry, 17 are in intensive...

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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

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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

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