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Zain offers free Internet caps and local calls to customers: Al-Kharafi
KUWAIT: Zain Vice Chairman and Group CEO Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi (second right) with the officials of the Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority during an emergency meeting. KUWAIT: Zain Vice Chairman and Group CEO Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi announced that Zain will offer 5 GBs of daily Internet caps and free local voice calls for a period of one month starting from 22 March. The initiative comes as part of the company's...
A woman wearing a face mask, amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, speaks on her phone in Jakarta on March 22, 2020. (Photo by BAY ISMOYO / AFP)
Sewing face masks goes viral in Europe
JAKARTA: A woman wearing a face mask, amid concerns of the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, speaks on her phone in Jakarta yesterday. – AFP PISEK: What do prisoners, a former first lady and textile makers have in common? All have threaded their needles to combat a dire global shortage of face masks that risks the health of millions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Just a week ago, the small Czech company Nanospace was producing bed linen using...
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic flame is displayed outside the railway station in Tono, Iwate prefecture on March 22, 2020. - The flame arrived in Japan to a scaled-down welcoming ceremony on March 20 as doubts grew over whether the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will go ahead on schedule as the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus causes chaos around the world. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)
US athletics federation calls for Olympic delay
TONO: The Tokyo 2020 Olympic flame is displayed outside the railway station in Tono, Iwate prefecture yesterday. The flame arrived in Japan to a scaled-down welcoming ceremony on March 20 as doubts grew over whether the 2020 Tokyo Olympics will go ahead on schedule as the deadly COVID-19 coronavirus causes chaos around the world. - AFP LOS ANGELES: United States athletics' governing body joined calls for the Tokyo Olympics to be postponed on...
TOPSHOT - A volunteer disinfects a shop in Baghdad's Bayaa neighbourhood on March 21, 2020 as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
Virus deaths surge past 13,000; one billion confined
BAGHDAD: A volunteer disinfects a shop in the Iraqi capital's Bayaa neighborhood on Saturday. - AFP ROME: Nearly one billion people around the world were confined to their homes yesterday, as the coronavirus death toll crossed 13,000 and factories were shut in worst-hit Italy after another single-day fatalities record. The raging pandemic has forced lockdowns in 35 countries, disrupting lives, travel and businesses as governments scramble to...
Police personnel prepare to stop a car during a nationwide one-day Janata (civil) curfew imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai on March 22, 2020. - Nearly one billion people around the world were confined to their homes, as the coronavirus death toll crossed 13,000 and factories were shut in worst-hit Italy after another single-day fatalities record. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP)
India one-day curfew to test virus defenses
MUMBAI: Police prepare to stop a car during a nationwide one-day curfew yesterday. - AFP NEW DELHI: Millions of Indians went into lockdown yesterday as the country brought most of its vast railway network to a halt in a bid to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus. Most domestic flights were grounded and shops shut their doors for the 14-hour curfew that is designed to test the country's ability to fight the pandemic. Normally bustling...
Palestinians perform their Friday prayers in the almost deserted Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, after clerics took protective measures and ordered the mosques shut in a bid to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, on March 20, 2020. - Israel has 433 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with another 44 in the occupied Palestinian territories and tens of thousands in self-isolation. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
Religion in the Mideast adapts to coronavirus
JERUSALEM: Palestinians pray in the almost deserted Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem after mosques were shut on Friday. - AFP JERUSALEM: In the Middle East, where the three main monotheistic faiths shape daily life, the coronavirus pandemic has seen religious leaders support constraints unthinkable just a few weeks ago. Top Islamic clerics in the region and in majority-Muslim North Africa have endorsed the closure of mosques...
TOPSHOT - Members of the Syrian Violet NGO disinfect the streets of Syria's northwestern Idlib city on March 21, 2020 as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. (Photo by Omar HAJ KADOUR / AFP)
Will virus slow world's conflicts or intensify them?
IDLIB, Syria: Members of the Syrian Violet NGO disinfect the streets of this northwestern city on Saturday as a preventive measure against the spread of COVID-19. - AFP UNITED NATIONS: Syria, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan, the Sahel… with the great powers focused intently on the COVID-19 virus, will armed conflicts across the world decrease in severity or intensify? Experts as well as diplomats at the United Nations say there is a serious risk of...
Father Paul Nettham (C), wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, greets devotees after a mass at the Holy Redeemer church in Bangkok on March 22, 2020. (Photo by Romeo GACAD / AFP)
Thailand virus cases rocket to 600
BANGKOK: Father Paul Nettham (center), wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, greets devotees after a mass at the Holy Redeemer church in Bangkok yesterday. - AFP BANGKOK: Thailand's confirmed coronavirus cases rose by a third to nearly 600, the kingdom announced yesterday, as fears of a full-blown crisis take hold in a country largely spared until now. Thailand's health ministry...
Washingtonians and tourists walk on the Mall as most attractions, bars, restaurants and museums are closed during the outbreak of Coronavirus (Covid-19) on March 21, 2020 in Washington, DC. - Almost one billion people were confined to their homes worldwide Saturday as the global coronavirus death toll topped 12,000 and US states rolled out stay-at-home measures already imposed across swathes of Europe. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP)
For some Americans, Trump's 'Chinese virus' has dark echoes
WASHINGTON: Washingtonians and tourists walk on the Mall as most attractions, bars, restaurants and museums are closed during the outbreak of Coronavirus (Covid-19) in Washington, DC. - AFP WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's insistence on speaking of a "Chinese virus" has a dark historical precedent for some Asian Americans, who say his word choice is fueling an at times violent backlash. Speaking daily on the global coronavirus pandemic,...
A woman wearing a facemask amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, arranges the chairs of a restaurant in Shanghai, on March 21, 2020. (Photo by Hector RETAMAL / AFP)
China scrambling to curb rise in imported coronavirus cases
SHANGHAI: A woman wearing a facemask amid concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, arranges the chairs of a restaurant in Shanghai yesterday. - AFP BEIJING: China yesterday reported 46 new cases of coronavirus, the fourth straight day with an increase, with all but one of those imported from overseas, and further stepped up measures to intercept cases from abroad as the outbreak worsens globally. While China says it has...
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Kuwait closes schools till August
KUWAIT: Government spokesman Tareq Al-Mazrem speaks during a press conference yesterday as Education Minister Saud Al-Harbi looks on. By B Izzak KUWAIT: The council of ministers yesterday extended the closure of schools and universities until August 4 as part of its measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but the government has not taken a decision on imposing curfew. Education Minister Saud Al-Harbi said the decision applies to...
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Kuwait: Grade 12 resumes August, grades 1-11 in October
Government Spokesman Tareq Al-Mezrem KUWAIT: Kuwait's government decided yesterday to resume studies for grade 12 by August and the remaining grades in October, part of the state's efforts to preserve wellbeing of students amidst spread of coronavirus because health situation in coming 8-10 weeks remains unstable. Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr Saud Al-Harbi, at a joint press conference with government spokesman Tareq...
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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