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(FILES) In this file photo Tom Brady(L) of the New England Patriots talks with Hall of Famer Joe Montana prior to Super Bowl LIV between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs at Hard Rock Stadium on February 2, 2020 in Miami, Florida. - Tom Brady announced his departure from the New England Patriots on March 17, 2020, ending a glittering 20-year run with the team which saw him become the most successful quarterback in NFL history.Brady confirmed his departure in a series of posts on social media but did not divulge where he will play next season. (Photo by Maddie Meyer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Brady announces departure from Patriots
File photo Tom Brady(L) of the New England Patriots talks with Hall of Famer Joe Montana prior to Super Bowl LIV between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs at Hard Rock Stadium on February 2, 2020. Brady announced his departure from the New England Patriots yesterday. - AFP LOS ANGELES: Tom Brady announced his departure from the New England Patriots yesterday, ending a glittering 20-year run with the franchise which saw him...
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 16: President Trump is displayed on a television on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on March 16, 2020 in New York City. Stocks again fell sharply on Wall Street despite a drop in interest rates as the nation grapples with the spreading coronavirus outbreak. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP
Coronavirus shockwaves rippling through US stocks
NEW YORK: President Trump is displayed on a television on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Monday in New York City. --AFP NEW YORK: The coronavirus shockwaves rippling through US stocks are forcing investors to contemplate outcomes more dire than a recession, including several quarters of declining economic activity, a credit crisis or even a depression. The rising global toll from the pandemic and the uncertainty over how far...
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Coronavirus and oil price crash: Kuwait needs a swift DRS
KUWAIT: Kuwait Financial Centre "Markaz" stated yesterday that Kuwait has been simultaneously hit by a coronavirus scare and oil price collapse. Therefore, Kuwait needs a swift Disaster Recovery Strategy (DRS) to contain the fear and impact.How coronavirus is spreading beyond China Coronavirus (COVID-19) was initially detected in Wuhan, China in December 2019 in what appeared to be a containable disease. However, as days progressed the speed...
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Huawei tops Europe patent applications
KUWAIT: According to a new report by the European Patent Office, Huawei-a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices-filed more patent applications in Europe than any other company last year, pioneering the development of solutions to support digital transformation worldwide.Of its patent applications, around two thirds of those were in the field of digital communications,...
Asian men, wearing protective masks, walk past a billboard for Kuwait airways in Kuwait City on March 14, 2020. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
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KUWAIT: Asian men, wearing protective masks, walk past a billboard for Kuwait Airways in Kuwait City on March 14, 2020. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
A man walks past the Dome of the Rock, at the al-Aqsa mosque compound, in the Old City of Jerusalem on March 16, 2020. - Israel imposed a two-week quarantine on all travellers entering the country, almost stopping tourism and limiting public gatherings in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus disease. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)
Lockdown shutters Holy Land tourism
JERUSALEM: A man walks past the Dome of the Rock, at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, in the Old City of Jerusalem. Israel imposed a two-week quarantine on all travelers entering the country, almost stopping tourism and limiting public gatherings in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus disease. - AFP ARMAGEDDON: Not a soul could be seen on Armageddon, where a near-complete coronavirus lockdown is keeping Christian pilgrims away from the Biblical...
A man wearing a protective face mask walks on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris on March on 17, 2020 while a strick lockdown comes into in effect to stop the spread of the COVID-19 in the country. - French President asked people to stay at home to avoid the spreading the Covid-19, saying only necessary trips would be allowed and violations would be punished. The country has already shut cafes, restaurants, schools and universities and urged people to limit their movements. (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP)
Plea for masks, gloves as anxious French health workers face virus
PARIS: A man wearing a protective face mask walks on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris yesterday while a strict lockdown comes into in effect to stop the spread of the COVID-19 in the country. - AFP PARIS: Fearful health workers across France sounded an alarm yesterday over a lack of protective gear as hospitals, with hundreds of coronavirus patients in critical care, braced for an onslaught of new cases. With more than 5,000 people officially...
Visitors wearing facemasks as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus have their picture taken outside Taj Mahal following its closure in Agra on March 17, 2020. (Photo by Pawan Sharma / AFP)
India shuts Taj Mahal and boosts coronavirus testing
AGRA: Visitors wearing facemasks as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus have their picture taken outside Taj Mahal following its closure yesterday. – AFP MUMBAI: India closed the Taj Mahal, its principal tourist site, and the financial hub of Mumbai ordered offices providing non-essential services to keep half their staff at home in increased measures to curb the coronavirus in South Asia. Mumbai, a metropolis of 18 million...
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Military roadblocks and curfews: Latin America tightens virus controls
LIMA: Travelers await for their flights out of Peru at the Jorge Chavez international airport in Callao, Lima, minutes before borders are closed. President Martin Vizcarra has announced a State of Emergency and a two-week nationwide home-stay curfew together with the closure of all borders on account of the coronarvirus, COVID-19, pandemic declared by the United Nations World Health Organization. - AFP LIMA: Countries around Latin America...
(FILES) This file photo taken on January 14, 2019 shows a child rides his bicycle near the Fatima Masumeh shrine in the holy city of Qom, about 130 kilometres south of the capital Tehran. - Iran closed four key Shiite pilgrimage sites across the Islamic republic on Monday in line with measures to stop the spread of the new coronavirus, state media reported. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Iran 'temporarily' frees prisoners as virus toll mounts
QOM: A child rides his bicycle near the Fatima Masumeh shrine in the holy city of Qom, about 130 kilometers south of the capital Tehran. Iran closed four key Shiite pilgrimage sites across the Islamic republic on Monday in line with measures to stop the spread of the new coronavirus. - AFP DUBAI: Iran has temporarily freed about 85,000 prisoners, including political prisoners in response to the coronavirus epidemic, a judiciary spokesman said...
Residents get into a truck for a free ride home in Manila on March 17, 2020, as the government imposed measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, including suspending all public transport on the main Luzon island. - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte ordered about half the country's population to stay home for the next month in a drastic bid on March 16 to curb the rising number of new coronavirus cases. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP)
Confusion, concern, frustration as virus hits the Philippines
MANILA: Residents get into a truck for a free ride home in Manila yesterday, as the government imposed measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, including suspending all public transport on the main Luzon island. - AFP MANILA: Millions of people woke up confused, confined and frustrated in the Philippines yesterday, as a sweeping home quarantine order kicked in with just a few hours of warning, and Southeast Asia prepared tighter...
A picture taken on March 15, 2020, shows a general view of Dubai. - No shisha pipe sessions, deserted streets, mosques and shopping malls, drones in the sky broadcasting public health warnings -- the new coronavirus has turned life upside down in Gulf societies. (Photo by KARIM SAHIB / AFP)
Kuwait, Gulf cut rates; bourses, oil prices tumble
DUBAI: A picture taken on Sunday shows a general view of Dubai. - AFP DUBAI: Gulf central banks cut interest rates yesterday, a day after the US Federal Reserve slashed its rates to near zero in an effort to ease the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. Kuwait's Central Bank cut its deposit rate by 100 bps to 1.5 percent, its lowest level in history. It also cut its overnight, one-week and one-month repo rates by 100 bps to 1 percent, 1.25...
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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