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People wearing face masks are seen leaving the funeral of the first victim of the COVID-19 coronavirus in sub-saharian Africa, in Ouagadougou, on March 18, 2020. - Burkina Faso on March 18, 2020, recorded one death from the new COVID-19 coronavirus, the first in sub-Saharan Africa, which is still little affected by the pandemic, even though the number of cases is increasing rapidly. (Photo by OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP)
Sub-Saharan Africa records the first coronavirus death
OUAGADOUGOU: People wearing face masks are seen leaving the funeral of the first victim of the COVID-19 coronavirus in sub-saharian Africa, in Ouagadougou. - AFP OUAGADOUGOU: Sub-Saharan Africa has recorded its first COVID-19 death, a high-ranking politician in Burkina Faso, as the head of the World Health Organization urged the continent to "prepare for the worst". "Africa should wake up," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference in...
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Coronavirus thumps Brazil, prompting nationwide cries of 'Bolsonaro Out!'
RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian graffiti artist Aira Ocrespo finishes an art piece featuring Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro reading "Bolsonaro's mask against the Coronavirus" at his studio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Wednesday. Bolsonaro gave a press conference yesterday wearing a facemask as he spoke about the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. -AFP RIO DE JANEIRO: The coronavirus outbreak hammered Brazil on Wednesday, crushing local markets,...
Soldiers patrol along an alleyway with closed shops following restrictions imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Srinagar on March 19, 2020. (Photo by Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP)
India locks down Kashmir over virus, Sri Lanka shelves election
SRINAGAR: Soldiers patrol along an alleyway with closed shops following restrictions imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Srinagar yesterday.-AFP SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: India blocked roads in Kashmir yesterday after the insurgency-torn region reported its first case of coronavirus, as several other parts of the country imposed restrictions on public gatherings in attempts to prevent its spread. Elsewhere in...
Pedestrians walk in front of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square in central London on March 17, 2020. - Britain on Tuesday ramped up its response to the escalating coronavirus outbreak after the government imposed unprecedented peacetime measures prompted by scientific advice that infections and deaths would spiral without drastic action. As a result of the outbreak, all events in London's Trafalgar Square, including upcoming celebrations for St George's Day, Vaisakhi and Eid, were cancelled until further notice, and the National Portrait Gallery will also close its doors until further notice from March 18. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP)
From hero to zero: Coronavirus upends livelihoods across Europe
LONDON: Pedestrians walk in front of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square in central London. Britain has ramped up its response to the escalating coronavirus outbreak after the government imposed unprecedented peacetime measures prompted by scientific advice that infections and deaths would spiral without drastic action. - AFP DUBLIN: On Sunday morning, Irish chef C Greene woke up to the review of his life. Britain's Observer newspaper told...
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Sign o'the times: K-pop idol emerges from decades past
This picture shows K-pop singer Yang Joon-il (second right) performing during a recording session for a television channel music show in Seoul. — AFP photos Thirty years ago his floppy hair, make-up, and flamboyant fashion sense outraged audiences, who threw stones at him as he performed on stage and threatened to beat him at shows. Today, 50-year-old Korean-American singer Yang Joon-il is enjoying an unlikely comeback, re-discovered by the...
An athlete lights the Olympic torch during the olympic flame handover ceremony for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, on March 19, 2020 in Athens. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS / various sources / AFP)
Organizers receive Olympic flame for troubled Games
ATHENS: An athlete lights the Olympic torch during the olympic flame handover ceremony for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics yesterday in Athens. - AFP ATHENS: Tokyo 2020 organizers received the Olympic flame in a scaled-down handover ceremony in the Greek capital yesterday, amid the coronavirus spread that has cast doubt on the global, multi-billion dollar event. In a brief ceremony closed to spectators in Athens' Panathenaic stadium, site of the...
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Zain Group holds annual general meeting with a quorum of 69.95%
KUWAIT: The Zain Group holds Annual General Meeting (AGM) yesterday at the Zain Group's headquarters in Kuwait KUWAIT: The Zain Group Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held yesterday at the Zain Group's headquarters in Kuwait, attended with a quorum of 69.95 percent that approved the recommended cash dividend of 33 percent (33 fils per share) to the shareholders already registered in the company's record date of 5 April 2020. Cash dividends will...
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Virus whistleblower doctor punished 'inappropriately'
Coronavirus: Wuhan police 'inappropriately' punished whistleblower doctor Li Wenliang, Chinese gov't probe concludes. BEIJING: Police in China's virus epicenter Wuhan acted "inappropriately" by punishing a doctor who blew the whistle on the outbreak that has now killed more than 9,000 worldwide, a Chinese government investigation found yesterday. Li Wenliang, one of a group of doctors in Wuhan who shared posts on social media warning of a...
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Four Delhi bus gang-rapists to hang today
The Four men convicted of the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a New Delhi student. NEW DELHI: Four men convicted of the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a New Delhi student will be executed today, the victim's lawyer said after a court dismissed a final last-minute petition to delay the hangings. The brutal attack on Jyoti Singh aboard a city bus sparked nationwide demonstrations and shone a spotlight on the alarming rates of sexual violence in India.A...
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Wealthy flock to private jets as pandemic spreads, airlines tank
Demand for private jets is soaring as the coronavirus pandemic spreads. - File photo HONG KONG: With commercial airlines engulfed by the maelstrom of the coronavirus pandemic one sector of the industry favored by the wealthy is thriving: private jets. Fears of massive bankruptcies and calls for emergency bailouts have swept global carriers in recent days with one top US official warning that the outbreak threatens the industry even more than the...
TOPSHOT - A volunteer wearing a hazmat suit and a facemask is reflected on a mirror while spraying disinfectant inside a restaurant during a preventive campaign against the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Kabul on March 18, 2020. (Photo by WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP)
Global virus infections top 200,000 cases
KABUL: A volunteer wearing a hazmat suit and facemask is reflected on a mirror while spraying disinfectant inside a restaurant yesterday. - AFP PARIS: The number of global coronavirus infections shot past 200,000 yesterday, as governments across Europe, North America and Asia rolled out tough measures to put the brakes on the ferocious spread of the deadly pandemic. Worldwide fatalities topped 8,000 and more deaths have now been recorded in...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 09, 2020 Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks during a campaign rally at Renaissance High School in Detroit, Michigan. - Joe Biden won the Arizona Democratic primary over Bernie Sanders, giving him a sweep of the three US states which voted on March 17, 2020, TV networks said. With 56 percent of precincts reporting in Arizona, Biden led Sanders by 42.6 percent to 30.3 percent, according to New York Times figures.nBiden also won primaries in Florida and Illinois on Tuesday to open up a commanding lead over Sanders in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)
Sanders to 'assess' campaign as Biden sweeps primaries
DETROIT: In this file photo taken on March 9, 2020, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks during a campaign rally at Renaissance High School. - AFP WASHINGTON: Leftist Bernie Sanders was reviewing the future of his campaign for the White House yesterday after Democratic rival Joe Biden soundly defeated him in the latest primaries and took a strong lead toward winning the Democratic presidential...
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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's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan
Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
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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