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Celebrities infected by the coronavirus
This combination photo shows (clockwise from top left) Arsenal's Spanish head coach Mikel Arteta, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau, Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert ,Chelsea's English midfielder Callum Hudson-Odoi , Australia's former home affairs minister Peter Dutton and US actor Tom Hanks. Arteta, Gregoire Trudeau, Gobert, Hanks, Dutton and Hudson-Odoi have all tested positive for the COVID-19 novel...
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As world cowers, China glimpses coronavirus aftermath
These pictures show women wearing face masks dancing at a park in Beijing.ÑAFP photos Restaurants are reopening, traffic and factories are stirring, and in one of the clearest signs yet that China is awakening from its coronavirus coma, the country's "dancing aunties" are once again gathering in parks and squares. As the rest of the world runs for cover, China -- where the virus first emerged -- is moving, guardedly, in the opposite direction...
A picture shows phone boxes on a quiet street in Westminster in London on March 18, 2020 amid the coronavirus outbreak. - The British government will on Wednesday unveil a raft of emergency powers to deal with the coronavirus epidemic, including proposals allowing police to detain potentially infected people to be tested. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)
UK government unveils sweeping coronavirus emergency laws
LONDON: A picture shows phone boxes on a quiet street in Westminster in London on March amid the coronavirus outbreak. The British government yesterday unveiled a raft of emergency powers to deal with the coronavirus epidemic, including proposals allowing police to detain potentially infected people to be tested. - AFP LONDON: Britain has unveiled sweeping emergency powers to deal with the spiraling coronavirus outbreak, including proposals...
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After head start on virus, Africa begins clampdown
NAIROBI: African countries have been among the last to be hit by the global coronavirus epidemic, but as cases rise, many nations are now taking strict measures to block the deadly illness. Here is a snapshot of the situation on a continent plagued by weak health systems and shortages of doctors and hospital beds, but where many countries have top-level expertise in fighting contagious disease.Slow to arrive, but now spreading The first case...
This picture taken on March 16, 2020 shows an electronic billboard displaying a message by the Saudi health ministry advising people to wash their hands for 40 seconds as a precaution against COVID-19 coronavirus disease, along Tahli street in the centre of the Saudi capital Riyadh. - Saudi Authorities decided closure malls, restaurants, and public gardens as a precaution against COVID-19 coronavirus disease. (Photo by FAYEZ NURELDINE / AFP)
Iran rivalry takes the stage at Saudi music festival
RIYADH: An electronic billboard displays a message by the Saudi health ministry advising people to wash their hands for 40 seconds as a precaution against COVID-19 coronavirus disease, along Tahli street in the centre of the Saudi capital Riyadh. - AFP AL-ULA: Exile Iranian musicians critical of religious hardliners in Tehran converged this month to perform in the most unlikely locale: Saudi Arabia. Taking place amid heightened tensions between...
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Russia feeding virus 'disinformation' to sow panic in West
AMSTERDAM: Tourists wearing facemasks gather in the Red Light District of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The World Health Organization's (WHO) regional office for Europe said there is a need for bold measures in all European countries, calling the continent the 'epicenter' of the new coronavirus pandemic. - AFP BRUSSELS: Russian media have deployed a "significant disinformation campaign" against the West to worsen the impact of the coronavirus,...
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KUWAIT: A silhouette of Kuwait City's skyline taken from Doha in this file photo. - Photo by Mustafa Kankroliwala (KUNA)
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Iraq names new PM as rockets hit base hosting foreign troops
BAGHDAD: Iraqi President Barham Saleh (left) meets Prime Minister-designate Adnan Al-Zurfi yesterday. - AFP BAGHDAD: Iraq's president yesterday named pro-Western lawmaker Adnan Zurfi, a former Najaf city governor, as the next prime minister, tasked with ruling a country hit by military unrest, street protests and the coronavirus outbreak. The nomination came hours after two rockets hit an Iraqi military base hosting US-led coalition and NATO...
US President Donald Trump speaks during a Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the White House on March 17, 2020 in washington,DC. - The coronavirus outbreak has transformed the US virtually overnight from a place of boundless consumerism to one suddenly constrained by nesting and social distancing.The crisis tests all retailers, leading to temporary store closures at companies like Apple and Nike, manic buying of food staples at supermarkets and big-box stores like Walmart even as many stores remain open for business -- albeit in a weirdly anemic consumer environment. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
US, China trade barbs over virus
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House yesterday. - AFP BEIJING: A spat between the US and China over the novel coronavirus escalated yesterday as President Donald Trump angered Beijing by referring to the pathogen as the "Chinese Virus". The two countries have sparred over the origin of the virus for days, with a Chinese official promoting conspiracy theories claiming it was...
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Saudi shuts mosques; curfew in Jordan; 135 deaths in Iran
RIYADH/TEHRAN/AMMAN: Saudi Arabia will no longer allow Muslims to conduct their five daily prayers and the weekly Friday prayer inside mosques as part of efforts to limit the spread of coronavirus, state news agency SPA said yesterday. The prayers will continue only at the two holy mosques in Makkah and Madinah, the holiest places in Islam, SPA said, citing a decision from the Council of Senior Scholars, the kingdom's highest religious...
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COVID-19: We will come through this together
Secretary-General of the United Nations By Antonio GuterresThe upheaval caused by the coronavirus - COVID-19 - is all around us. And I know many are anxious, worried and confused. That's absolutely natural. We are facing a health threat unlike any other in our lifetimes. Meanwhile, the virus is spreading, the danger is growing, and our health systems, economies and day-to-day lives are being severely tested. The most vulnerable are the most...
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PM says Kuwait ready for any crisis, urges solidarity
KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets Deputy Premier and Defense Minister Sheikh Ahmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and senior commanders at the defense ministry yesterday. - KUNA By B Izzak and Agencies KUWAIT: Kuwait will manage the coronavirus crisis as long as it takes, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah said yesterday during a meeting with senior commanders at the defense...
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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