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A picture shows the closed compound of the Dubai Mall amid the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic on March 23, 2020 in the United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Giuseppe CACACE / AFP)
Curfew in Saudi; UAE shuts malls; Weinstein infected
DUBAI: A picture shows the closed Dubai Mall yesterday. - AFP RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's King Salman has announced a nationwide dusk-to-dawn curfew from yesterday in a bid to limit the spread of the new coronavirus, the latest in a series of restrictions. The curfew - from 7 pm until 6 am - will be imposed for 21 days, the official Saudi Press Agency reported, citing a royal order. The move comes after Saudi Arabia on Sunday said the number of...
A Centrelink worker (C) speaks to some of the hundreds of people queued outside an Australian government welfare centre, Centrelink, in Melbourne on March 23, 2020, as jobless Australians flooded unemployment offices around the country after Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned the coronavirus pandemic would cause an economic crisis akin to the Great Depression. - In scenes not seen in Australia for decades, queues stretched around the block at unemployment offices around the country as the forced closure of pubs, casinos, churches and gyms began at midday on March 23. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)
Australians revive Great Depression memories
MELBOURNE: A Centrelink worker (center) speaks to some of the hundreds of people queued outside an Australian government welfare center, Centrelink, in Melbourne yesterday as jobless Australians flooded unemployment offices around the country after Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned the coronavirus pandemic would cause an economic crisis akin to the Great Depression. - AFP SYDNEY: Jobless Australians flooded unemployment offices around the...
A water tanker primes the water for Syrian refugees in front of their homes in the Al-Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq near the border with Syria September 17, 2016. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed -
Water crisis deepens in Jordan amid lockdown
A water tanker primes the water for Syrian refugees in front of their homes in the Al-Zaatri refugee camp in the Jordanian city of Mafraq near the border with Syria.-Reuters AMMAN: Complaints and concerns over water shortages rose by 58 percent in Jordan in the first day after a country-wide curfew was instated, water authorities said Sunday. Jordan, the world's fifth most water-stressed nation due to climate change and overuse, is trying to...
Chief executive officer of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Toshiro Muto (L), and Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori (R) attend a press conference in Tokyo on March 23, 2020. (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP)
Japan says delay may be 'inevitable'
TOKYO: Chief executive officer of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Toshiro Muto (L), and Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori (R) attend a press conference in Tokyo yesterday. – AFP TOKYO: Canada pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics over coronavirus fears as Japan's prime minister yesterday admitted a delay may be "inevitable" and the International Olympic Committee said a decision should come within weeks. Australia also told its athletes to prepare for a...
TOPSHOT - A volunteer operates a remote controlled disinfection robot to disinfect a residental area amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 16, 2020. - China tightened quarantine measures for international arrivals on March 16 as the country worries about a rise in imported cases of the deadly coronavirus and anger rages online at how Europe and the United States are handling the pandemic. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT
Robot helps save lives on the frontline
WUHAN: A volunteer operates a remote controlled disinfection robot to disinfect a residential area amid the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province. - AFP SHANGHAI: Researchers at one of China's top universities have designed a robot they say could help save lives on the frontline during the coronavirus outbreak. The machine consists of a robotic arm on wheels that can perform ultrasounds, take mouth swabs and...
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'We are at war': Spain seeks extended state of emergency
MADRID: Photo shows a general view of the temporary hospital set up at a pavilion in Ifema convention and exhibition center in Madrid. - AFP MADRID: The Spanish government sought to extend until April 11 a state of emergency that it has imposed to try to control Europe's second-worst outbreak of coronavirus while some regions on Sunday asked for harsher confinement measures to combat the pandemic. Spain's death toll jumped to over 1,700, with...
Inmates extend their hands at the Modelo prison in Bogota after a riot on March 22, 2020. - A riot in a prison in the Colombian capital has left 23 inmates dead and 90 wounded, Justice Minister Margarita Cabello announced Sunday. The riot was triggered by an attempted mass breakout overnight from La Modelo prison. (Photo by DANIEL MUNOZ / AFP)
Prison riot kills 23 in Colombia; Chile enforces curfew
BOGOTA: Inmates extend their hands at the Modelo prison in Bogota after a riot yesterday. - AFP MONTEVIDEO: Panic over the spread of the coronavirus sparked a prison riot in Colombia that killed 23 inmates on Sunday, as Chile became the latest Latin American country to announce restrictions on movement. Rioting swept through the crowded jail overnight in the Colombian capital Bogota amid rising tensions over the virus in the penitentiary...
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Domestic travel, airline hubs the latest hit as virus curbs tighten
DUSSELDORF: A file photo shows an Airbus A380 of the Emirates airline during landing at the airport in Duesseldorf, western Germany. Dubai carrier Emirates Airline announced yesterday, it will suspend all passenger flights from March 25 amid the novel coronavirus outbreak. - AFP SYDNEY: Airlines cancelled more flights yesterday, as Australia and New Zealand warned against non-essential domestic travel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) halted...
A volunteer wearing a hazmat suit and a mask sprays disinfectant on a bus during a preventive campaign against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Kabul on March 18, 2020. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)
US Secretary of State visits Kabul amid multiple crises
KABUL: A volunteer wearing a hazmat suit and a mask sprays disinfectant on a bus during a preventive campaign against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Kabul. - AFP KABUL: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrived in the Afghan capital yesterday amid an ongoing political crisis, a raging Taleban insurgency and rising coronavirus cases - all of which further threaten an already-floundering peace process. Pompeo was set to meet with...
A homeless sits at a bus stop on march 22, 2020, in Paris, as a strict lockdown comes into effect to stop spread of the COVID-19 caused by novel coronavirus in the country prohibiting all but essential outings in a bid to curb coronavirus spread. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)
First French doctor dies as coronavirus death toll rockets
PARIS: A homeless sits at a bus stop in Paris, as a strict lockdown comes into effect to stop spread of the COVID-19 caused by novel coronavirus in the country prohibiting all but essential outings in a bid to curb coronavirus spread. - AFP PARIS: The first French doctor battling the coronavirus has died as the death toll in the country spiralled to 674 Sunday. With the outbreak spreading to eight regions - and 112 more dying in a single day -...
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Municipality clarifies businesses that can open outside curfew
KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality Director Ahmad Al-Manfouhi issued a decision on the activities to be allowed to operate between 5:00 am and 4:00 pm, outside of the curfew period taken as precautionary measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The first article stipulates that all stores, shopping malls and supermarkets would be closed for customers and only use online shopping, with the exemption of the following: 1- Various types of foodstuff...
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Kuwait parliament holds extraordinary session to discuss diseases-related bills
The National Assembly. KUWAIT: The National Assembly holds an extraordinary session today to discuss a set of emergency draft laws aimed at curbing spread of coronavirus in specific and toughen penalties against anyone violating communicable disease laws. Parliamentarians will discuss a bill and two proposals to amend a law regarding preventive measures over communicable diseases. The government, in its meeting last Monday, approved a bill to...
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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.
Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
Girl Up Kuwait: Young trailblazers give girls a voice
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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Kuwait under unsteady northern and northwesterly winds triggering dust. - KUNA
Kuwait weather to remain unstable
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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones