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Kuwait Times speaks with Private Education manager to clarify school, teacher concerns
Sanad Al-Mutairi By Faten OmarKUWAIT: On Thursday Kuwait Times interviewed Sanad Al-Mutairi, Manager of Private Education Department within the Ministry of Education, to clarify some issues related to private schools. Kuwait Times has received many complaints regarding the school closures. One school principal threatened to cut the salaries of any teacher not in Kuwait during the period of the closures. Other schools have been forcing teachers...
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Interior Ministry urges use of online platforms
By Hanan Al-SaadounKUWAIT: As part of the precautionary measures taken by security authorities to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and due to the extraordinary circumstances the country is going through, citizens and expats as well as employers are urged to take advantage of the e-services the interior ministry presents online at www.moi.gov.kw and on its official smartphone applications, the ministry said yesterday....
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'Exploring Abu Al-Hasaniya'
photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Faten OmarAs part of our occasional series exploring various areas of Kuwait, Kuwait Times visited Abu Al-Hasaniya to discover the main features of this area, which is a part of Mubarak Al-Kabeer governorate. Historically, the area was known as a hunting ground for foxes, which Kuwaitis used to call "Abu Al-Hasani", thus the area came to be known as Abu Al-Hasaniya, according to a report on the history of the name...
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Kuwait reiterates backing to Palestinian people
CAIRO: Kuwait's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah attends the 153rd session of the Arab League ministerial council. - KUNA CAIRO: Kuwait's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah re-affirmed his country's principled support to Palestinian people. Kuwait also believes that the just and comprehensive solution to the Middle East conflict should not ignore any of the...
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Health awareness
Muna Al-Fuzai By Muna Al-Fuzaithe worst part about the coronavirus is not only the absence of an appropriate vaccination or affected states, but the emergence of an important subject - health awareness among people. This topic may not constitute a problem or importance for governments in the West. But it is certainly an important issue for Arab countries because it is an important means to change wrong habits and negative thoughts among...
A cigarette and hookah seller wearing a protective mask looks through the front of his store in Kuwait City on March 5, 2020. The State of Kuwait issued a decision to ban hookah in public cafes until further notice in order to prevent the spread of the Corona virus.
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KUWAIT: A cigarette and hookah seller wearing a protective mask looks through the front of his store in Kuwait City yesterday. The State of Kuwait issued a decision to ban hookah (shisha) in public cafes until further notice in order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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Saudi Arabia risks fallout with coronavirus curbs on holy sites
Makkah: Muslim worshippers wearing protective face masks walk in the sahn (mosque courtyard) surrounding the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque complex in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Makkah. _ AFP RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is treading a tightrope as it bars Muslim pilgrims from Islam's holiest sites to contain the coronavirus, rolling out restrictions that while essential could prove both expensive and politically perilous. The kingdom has suspended the...
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Indian Muslims face risks of expulsion under new citizenship law: US experts
WASHINGTON, DC: Director of the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide Naomi Kikoler (right) speaks during a hearing of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on Wednesday.-AFP WASHINGTON: Experts warned a US government panel on Wednesday that India's Muslims face risks of expulsion or other persecution under a citizenship law that has triggered major protests. The hearing held inside...
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290 million students out of school
ROME: Almost 300 million students worldwide faced weeks at home with Italy the latest country to shut schools over the deadly new coronavirus, as the IMF urged an all-out global offensive against the epidemic. More than 95,000 people have been infected and over 3,200 have died worldwide from the virus, which had reached some 80 countries and territories.In California, Governor Gavin Newsom declared an emergency following the state's first...
Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden delivers remarks in Los Angeles, California, March 4, 2020. - Joe Biden reclaimed frontrunner status in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination after notching up stunning Super Tuesday primary victories. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)
After Biden speech disrupted, lawmakers want Secret Service to guard candidates
LOS ANGELES: Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden delivers remarks in Los Angeles. Joe Biden reclaimed frontrunner status in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination after notching up stunning Super Tuesday primary victories. -AFP LOS ANGELES: US lawmakers on Wednesday sought Secret Service protection for Democratic presidential candidates after Joe Biden's wife and a senior staffer shielded the former vice president from...
Workers wear face masks as they remove seating from a public area at the Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing on March 5, 2020. - China on March 5 reported 31 more deaths from the new COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic, taking the country's overall toll past 3,000, with the number of new infections slightly increasing. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)
China seeks to recast itself from virus pariah to helping hand
BEIJING: Workers wear face masks as they remove seating from a public area at the Beijing Capital Airport in Beijing yesterday. – AFP BEIJING: From being ostracized by the international community as the center of the deadly coronavirus outbreak, China is seeking to reframe itself as a global expert that can help hard-hit regions battle the disease. Beijing is keen to reposition the virus as a global outbreak and not just a China malaise as it...
Volunteers serves food for displaced people of last week's sectarian riots in India's capital over the controversial citizenship law, at Eidgah Masjid in Mustafabad area of New Delhi on March 5, 2020. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)
Delhi's displaced scrape a living after deadly riots
NEW DELHI: Volunteers serves food for displaced people of sectarian riots in India's capital over the controversial citizenship law, at Eidgah Masjid in Mustafabad area of New Delhi yesterday. - AFP NEW DELHI: Mohammed Anees fled his home in northeastern New Delhi last week as Hindu-Muslim clashes erupted in his area, escaping with his family of four to a relative's home. He had only a few hundred rupees in his wallet, leaving everything else...
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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