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Municipality inspects compliance with MoH regulations in Ahmadi
By Meshaal Al-Enezi KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality said Ahmadi municipal teams inspected various cafes, barbershops, spas and salons in the governorate's areas to make sure all Ministry of Health (MoH) regulations about using facemasks, gloves and sanitizers as well as banning shisha as a precaution against the potential spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) are fully respected and implemented. In this regard, the municipality's auditing and...
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Officer honored for humanitarian gesture towards expats
By Hanan Al-SaadounKUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Anas Al-Saleh honored Captain Meshaal Al-Hajri for his dedication and humanitarian gesture when he recently volunteered to distribute water bottles to expatriates waiting outside the Subhan polyclinic to be tested for possible novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection. Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lt Gen Essam Al-Nahham and Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic and...
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'Small fire' in Information Ministry building extinguished
By Hanan Al-SaadounKUWAIT: Firemen put out a small fire in a Kuwait Radio administrative office inside the Ministry of Information's building in Kuwait City yesterday, Kuwait Fire Service Directorate (KFSD) said yesterday. Employees on the second floor, where the fire started, evacuated the area as a precaution without affecting regular work. No significant damage was reported, KFSD said.Meanwhile, Kuwait Fire Protection Association issued a...
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Kuwaiti company takes delivery of massive gas tanker
KUWAIT: Kuwait Oil Tanker Company (KOTC) received yesterday a giant gas tanker as part of a major fleet overhaul, the company said. KOTC has entered the fourth phase of its fleet overhaul, which entails the delivery of eight carriers, three of which are gas tankers built by South Korean ship building firm Hyundai MIPO, the company's CEO Ali Shahab said. With the delivery of the massive gas tanker, the company now owns 28 carriers of various...
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Coronavirus in Kuwait: What we know so far
KUWAIT: Kuwait has so far recorded 69 cases infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), most of which are for Kuwaiti patients who returned to the country from Iran, in addition to two Kuwaitis who returned from Egypt, an Egyptian national who returned to Kuwait from a visit to Azerbaijan and another Egyptian resident who came in contact with him. With the exception of four cases in critical condition, all cases are in stable condition and...
Sanitary workers disinfect the entrance of the Lebanese Parliament in central Beirut on March 10, 2020 amid the spread of coronavirus in the country. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
Lebanon records first virus death
BEIRUT: Sanitary workers disinfect the entrance of the Lebanese Parliament in central Beirut yesterday amid the spread of coronavirus in the country. - AFP BEIRUT: A Lebanese man died yesterday from the novel coronavirus, a health ministry official said, marking the country's first recorded death from an epidemic that has infected 41 people nationwide. The 56-year-old had been receiving treatment at Beirut's Rafic Hariri state hospital, the...
A deserted car boarding area is pictured at the ferry terminal in Messina, Sicily, on March 10, 2020 as Italy imposed unprecedented national restrictions on its 60 million people on March 10 to control the deadly coronavirus. (Photo by Giovanni ISOLINO / AFP)
Italy wakes up to deserted streets in unprecedented virus lockdown
SICILY: A deserted car boarding area is pictured at the ferry terminal in Messina, Sicily yesterday as Italy imposed unprecedented national restrictions on its 60 million people to control the deadly coronavirus. - AFP ROME: Italy woke up on to deserted streets in an unprecedented lockdown yesterday after the government extended quarantine measures across the entire country in a bid to slow Europe's worst outbreak of the coronavirus. The...
Medical staff speak with a patient infected by the COVID-19 coronavirus at Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 10, 2020. - Chinese President Xi Jinping said on March 10 that Wuhan has turned the tide against the deadly coronavirus outbreak, as he paid his first visit to the city at the heart of the global epidemic. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT
China turns to therapy, counseling hotlines amid virus lockdown
WUHAN: Medical staff speak with a patient infected by the COVID-19 coronavirus at Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province yesterday. – AFP BEIJING: Therapists, counseling hotlines and online wellness groups in China are struggling to cope with surging demand for emotional help as the coronavirus outbreak upends normal life. A shortage of mental health providers is exacerbating the problem in the country where...
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KUWAIT: Kuwait Towers captured at sunrise. - Photo by Mohammad Rasheed (KUNA)
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Ethiopia Airlines crash report focuses on Boeing 737 MAX 's faulty systems
NAKURU: In this file photo, people attend the burial ceremony of Paul Karanja's wife and three children who died in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines' Boeing 737-MAX aircraft at Kiangai Village in Nakuru. - AFP ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopian investigators singled out faulty systems on a Boeing 737 MAX plane in an interim report on last year's Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people, piling pressure on the US jetmaker on the eve of the disaster's...
Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, (L) and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive to attend the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in London on March 09, 2020. - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has been the Head of the Commonwealth throughout her reign. Organised by the Royal Commonwealth Society, the Service is the largest annual inter-faith gathering in the United Kingdom. (Photo by Tolga AKMEN / AFP)
Prince Harry and Meghan wave UK royal goodbye
LONDON: Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex arrive to attend the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in London. - AFP LONDON: Prince Harry and his wife Meghan bowed out as senior royals on Monday, joining Queen Elizabeth II for a Commonwealth Day ceremony in London before setting off on their own. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were cheered as they joined other members of the royal family at...
Women walk past a currency exchange office in Moscow on March 10, 2020. - Russia's RTS stock index dived more than 10 percent on opening March 10 after a public holiday, following a crash in oil prices that saw the ruble and global markets post massive losses. The Russian ruble tumbled in value March 9 to trade at 75 to the US dollar, a rate last seen in early 2016. On March 10, it rose slightly and was trading at around 72 to the dollar and 82 to the euro. (Photo by Yuri KADOBNOV / AFP)
Oil jumps after rout on stimulus hopes
MOSCOW: Women walk past a currency exchange office in Moscow yesterday. Russia's RTS stock index dived more than 10 percent on opening yesterday after a public holiday, following a crash in oil prices that saw the ruble and global markets post massive losses. - AFP LONDON: Oil prices jumped by around 8 percent yesterday a day after the biggest rout in nearly 30 years as investors eyed the possibility of economic stimulus and Russia signalled...
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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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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones