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TOPSHOT - Iran's Azadi (Freedom) Tower is lit up with flags and messages of hope in solidarity with all the countries affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Tehran on March 31, 2020. (Photo by - / AFP)
Pandemic pranks off the table on April Fools' Day
TEHRAN: Iran's Azadi (Freedom) Tower is lit up with flags and messages of hope in solidarity with all the countries affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday. – AFP TAIPEI: It may be the global day for pranks but with the world under assault from the deadly coronavirus pandemic many governments yesterday were warning against virus-themed April Fools' jokes - some even threatening jail. The April 1 tradition sees families, web...
TOPSHOT - Headstones in Calvary Cemetery in the Borough of Queens on March 31, 2020 in New York. - A military hospital ship arrived in New York on March 30, 2020 as America's coronavirus epicenter prepares to fight the peak of the pandemic that has killed over 2,500 people across the US. The navy's 1,000-bed USNS Comfort entered a Manhattan pier around 10:45 am (1545 GMT). It will treat non-virus-related patients, helping to ease the burden of hospitals overwhelmed by the crisis. (Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP)
US braces for staggering death toll
NEW YORK: Photo shows headstones in Calvary Cemetery in the Borough of Queens in New York. A military hospital ship arrived in New York on March 30, 2020 as America's coronavirus epicenter prepares to fight the peak of the pandemic that has killed over 2,500 people across the US. - AFP WASHINGTON: Americans were told Tuesday to brace for "very painful" weeks ahead in a worsening coronavirus pandemic projected to claim up to a quarter million US...
Policemen wearing facemasks stand guard at a checkpoint beside the Grand Faisal Mosque during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Islamabad on March 27, 2020. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP)
India and Pakistan crack down on Muslim group as COVID-19 cluster
ISLAMABAD: Policemen wearing facemasks stand guard at a checkpoint beside the Grand Faisal Mosque during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus. - AFP NEW DELHI: India and Pakistan sealed off centers belonging to a Muslim missionary group on Tuesday and began investigating how many coronavirus cases were linked to its activities. Tablighi Jamaat is a Deobandi Sunni Muslim missionary...
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Mother of invention: New gadgets dreamt up to fight the coronavirus
BANGKOK: An engineering student configures a medical robot modified to screen and observe COVID-19 coronavirus patients at the Regional Center of Robotics Technology at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. - AFP LONDON: Driving to work at his factory to the west of London last week, designer Steve Brooks had coronavirus on his mind. What could he make that would let him open a door without touching the handle? "Everyone has to use their little...
A Gauteng Traffic Police officer fires rubber bullets to urge residents to get inside during a mixed patrol of South African National Defence Force (SANDF) and Gauteng Traffic Police in Alexandra, Johannesburg, on March 31, 2020. - South Africa came under a nationwide lockdown on March 27, 2020, joining other African countries imposing strict curfews and shutdowns in an attempt to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus across the continent. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)
Batons, bullying and handcuffs mar Africa virus shutdowns
ALEXANDRA: A Gauteng Traffic Police officer fires rubber bullets to urge residents to get inside during a mixed patrol of South African National Defense Force (SANDF) and Gauteng Traffic Police in Alexandra, Johannesburg. _ AFP JOHANNESBURG: Soldiers tower over youngsters in South Africa's Soweto township, forcing them to do push-ups and roll on the floor as punishment for not adhering to a lockdown meant to halt the spread of coronavirus....
This family handout photo taken and released by Lauren Soliz shows (from R) Caylee, Kinley and Riley Canonico following an online Little Gym class from their living room in Houston, Texas on March 24, 2020. - Every afternoon since they started staying in their Texas home due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Canonico sisters -- ages two, four and 10 -- spend some time banging on pots and pans. It's not just idle play: they are taking online classes from a local kids' gym in Houston to burn up some of their pent-up energy -- and to learn crucial motor and social skills. (Photo by Lauren Soliz / FAMILY HANDOUT / AFP) /
US kids stuck at home embrace online classes
HOUSTON: This family handout photo shows (from right) Caylee, Kinley and Riley Canonico following an online Little Gym class from their living room in Houston, Texas. - AFP HOUSTON: Every afternoon since they started staying in their Texas home due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Canonico sisters-ages two, four and 10 - spend some time banging on the floor with kitchen utensils. It's not just idle play: they are taking online classes from a...
Palestinian workers manufacture protective coverall suits and maks at a workshop in Gaza City on March 30, 2020 amid coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)
Factories in Gaza pivot to masks in corona response
GAZA: Palestinian workers manufacture protective coverall suits and masks at a workshop in Gaza City amid coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. - AFP GAZA: Queen Tex factory in Gaza used to specialize in manufacturing shirts and jeans, but with the novel coronavirus epidemic sweeping the globe it has pivoted into medicalwear. Now lines of men are using old sewing machines to stitch together masks while also wearing them, as the blockaded Palestinian...
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Hundreds apply to leave on first day of amnesty
KUWAIT: Undocumented Filipinas wait in a queue outside a school in Farwaniya with their luggage to apply to avail of an amnesty offered to residency violators yesterday. – Photo by Ben Garcia By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Hundreds of undocumented Filipinos in Kuwait flocked to interior ministry centers in Farwaniya yesterday to avail of an amnesty offered to residency violators. Illegal residents have been granted a 30-day period to leave Kuwait...
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Kuwait education vision to be sent to parliament soon
KUWAIT: Education Minister Dr Saud Al-Harbi attends a meeting for the National Assembly's educational committee, in presence of Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem. National Assembly photo By A SalehKUWAIT: The Ministry of Education will forward its vision regarding public and private education to the parliamentary educational and cultural committee in 10 days from Tuesday, Minister Dr Saud Al-Harbi said. Harbi, also Minister of Higher Education, said...
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Recommendations adopted to address coronavirus economic repercussions
KUWAIT: Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah heads the meeting. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait's Cabinet held an extraordinary meeting Tuesday at the Seif Palace headed by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh said the following after the meeting: Within the framework of following up the...
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Local produce available in co-ops at reasonable cost
By Meshaal Al-EneziKUWAIT: Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs Abdul Aziz Shuaib stressed that Kuwait Farmers Union's board is fully capable of providing various co-ops with local agricultural products, adding that he had conducted a tour Tuesday along with union's chairman and members of various co-ops, during which he found an abundance of various Kuwaiti agricultural products. Shuaib thanked the Kuwait Farmers Union's board of...
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Kuwait FM, WHO chief discuss COVID-19 spread
KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah meets with a team tasked with arranging repatriation of Kuwaiti citizens back home. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait's Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Mohammad Al-Sabah and Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus discussed Tuesday global conditions amidst spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Sheikh Ahmad, in his phone call with...
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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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‘Protect yourself against skin cancer,’ CAN warns
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The image shows a finger directing attention to A PET CT scan image shows comprehensive views of organs and tissues isolated on white background. Clipping path.
MoH underlines importance of compact imaging device