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KPI support Kuwait embassies to meet citizens' needs in Europe
ROME: Kuwaiti Ambassador to Italy Sheikh Azzam Mubarak Al-Sabah participates in a symbolic event in Italy mourning thousands of victims of the novel coronavirus. - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI) is supporting Kuwait embassies abroad to meet demands of Kuwaiti citizens amidst spread of coronavirus, KPI President and CEO Sheikh Nawaf Saud Al-Sabah said Tuesday. KPI Operations office in northwest Europe has purchased sanitizers...
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KOTC takes delivery of new oil tanker
KUWAIT: Al-Yamamah Oil Tanker received by Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC). - KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC) on Tuesday got delivery of Al-Yamamah Oil Tanker from the South Korean Hyundai Mipo Dockyard ship builder. The new ship is one of eight tankers, of various sizes and for different purposes, ordered from the Korean company in a contract signed in April 2018, Acting CEO of the KOTC Ali Al-Shehab said.He pointed out that the...
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Curfew Diaries: Duty of care
By Jamie Etheridge , two important developments happened in Kuwait. In the first, a video circulated on social media of the senior leadership of a local company warning that layoffs were imminent. The company is a major employer, and no doubt many thousands of people, mostly expatriates, who work there are all freaking out. There are few things scarier than losing your job or your salary, especially during the middle of a global pandemic and...
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Something positive out of coronavirus
By Abdellatif Sharaawas very hard at the start of the curfew in Kuwait. I was out at a co-operative society store, and had to be back with my groceries around 4:30 pm. When I arrived, I found the elevator was not working, so I had to take the bags up the stairs to the third floor. When I attempted to put the things in the kitchen, my wife asked me to please leave, so I did. I sat on the couch and picked up a paper to read, but found that I...
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Coronavirus in Kuwait: What we know so far
KUWAIT: Kuwait has so far recorded 317 cases infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). With the exception of 14 cases in intensive care, all 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 confirmed.Meanwhile, 80 people have...
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Photo of the Day
KUWAIT: A line chart showing the increase in the number of cases infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Kuwait from February 24 to the end of March, compared to the number of recoveries in the same period. - Created by Paco Vazquez
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Great Pyramid in Egypt lights up in solidarity against virus
People take pictures in front of the Great pyramid of Kheops where a laser projection writes "Stay at home, stay safe. Egypt's famed Great Pyramid was emblazoned Monday evening with messages of unity and solidarity with those battling the novel coronavirus the world over. "Stay safe", "Stay at home" and "Thank you to those keeping us safe," flashed in blue and green lights across the towering structure at the Giza plateau, southwest of the...
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Van Gogh painting stolen from Dutch museum during virus shutdown
This handout picture released on March 30, 2020 by the Groningen Museum shows Vincent van Gogh's 1884 painting "Parsonage Garden at Neunen in Spring" which was stolen from the Singer Laren Museum in Laren.ÑAFP Thieves stole a painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh early Monday in a daring heist from a museum that was closed to the public because of the coronavirus pandemic. The 1884 painting, titled the "Parsonage Garden at Neunen in...
An empty downtown street is seen near the World Bank on March 26, 2020, in Washington, DC. - President Donald Trump, keen for an early lifting of economically costly social distancing measures against the coronavirus, said he would propose dividing the United States by risk levels. In a letter to state governors released by the White House, Trump said that better testing now allows the mapping of virus threat on a local level. (Photo by Alex Edelman / AFP)
Pandemic to hit growth in Asia, China: WB
WASHINGTON, DC: An empty downtown street is seen near the World Bank in Washington, DC. The coronavirus pandemic is expected to sharply slow growth in developing economies in East Asia and the Pacific as well as China, the World Bank said in an update on Monday. --AFP WASHINGTON: The coronavirus pandemic is expected to sharply slow growth in developing economies in East Asia and the Pacific as well as China, the World Bank said in an economic...
A nurse washes her hands at a COVID-19 screening station outside the district hall of the 17th arrondissement in Paris, on March 30, 2020, on the fourteenth day of a lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) in France. (Photo by STEPHANE DE SAKUTIN / AFP)
'When I wake I cry': Hell of nurses on France's COVID-19 front line
PARIS: A nurse washes her hands at a COVID-19 screening station outside the district hall of the 17th arrondissement in Paris on the fourteenth day of a lockdown aimed at curbing the spread of the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) in France. – AFP PARIS: Every evening at the stroke of eight, millions of people across France take to their balconies to bang pots, beat drums, blow trumpets and to whistle and clap as loudly as they can. The wave of...
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Isolated athletes face mental health risks
Athletes need recovery time to heal and strengthen, both physically and mentally. HONG KONG: Fear, stress and money worries: Coronavirus lockdown is hard for anyone, but athletes are facing extra mental health risks as they go from highly active lifestyles to isolation and boredom, experts warn. While some housebound athletes have posted upbeat videos of themselves training or attempting internet challenges such as juggling toilet rolls, the...
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Sound of coronavirus: Israeli apps helping to contain pandemic
NETANYA: An Israeli woman checks on her phone the Hamagen (shield) application that was launched earlier this month by the health ministry in the Israeli coastal city of Netanya. - AFP JERUSALEM: One app tells you if you've been in the vicinity of a coronavirus carrier and another aims to assess whether you have COVID-19 based on the sound of your voice. In Israel, sometimes dubbed the "start-up nation" with nearly 10 percent of workers...
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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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Hand of female holding sunscreen. Very sun light Sky background.Health concepts and skin care
‘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