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Shelves are empty of toilet rolls in a supermarket in Sydney on March 4, 2020. - Australia's biggest supermarket announced a limit on hand sanitisers and toilet paper purchases after the global spread of coronavirus sparked a spate of panic buying Down Under. (Photo by PETER PARKS / AFP)
Australian shops ration toilet paper amid coronavirus panic
SYDNEY: Shelves are empty of toilet rolls in a supermarket in Sydney yesterday. Australia's biggest supermarket announced a limit on hand sanitizers and toilet paper purchases after the global spread of coronavirus sparked a spate of panic buying Down Under. - AFP SYDNEY: Australia's major grocers put strict limits on purchases of toilet paper yesterday, after shoppers stripped shelves in a rush of panic buying spurred by fears over a...
COOKEVILLE, TN - MARCH 03: A home is shown destroyed by high winds from one of several tornadoes that tore through the state overnight on March 3, 2020 in Cookeville, Tennessee. At least eight people were killed and scores more injured in the storms that caused severe damage in downtown Nashville. Brett Carlsen/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
String of tornadoes kill 25 in Tennessee
TENNESSEE: A home is shown destroyed by high winds from one of several tornadoes that tore through the state overnight in Cookeville, Tennessee. - AFP NASHVILLE: A string of tornadoes tore through Nashville, Tennessee, and surrounding counties early on Tuesday, killing at least 25 people, leaving others missing and reducing neighborhoods to rubble as voters across the state cast ballots in the Super Tuesday presidential primary. Governor...
An underage domestic worker takes notes in a class in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 14, 2020. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Emeline Wuilbercq
Ethiopia's enslaved child maids seeking solace at night school
ADDIS ABABA: An underage domestic worker takes notes in a class on Feb 14, 2020. - Reuters ADDIS ABABA: Each day, 12-year-old Tesfa waits for the clock to strike 3:30 pm and provide her respite from the cooking, cleaning and beatings she endures working as a maid in Ethiopia's capital. Once she finishes her daily tasks - which include caring for a toddler - Tesfa runs to a primary school to avoid being late for a catch-up class tailored towards...
Models present creations for Chanel during the Women's Fall-Winter 2020-2021 Ready-to-Wear collection fashion show in Paris, on March 3, 2020. (Photo by Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP)
Horsey Chanel rides Lagerfeld's follies out of town
Models present creations for Chanel during the Women's Fall-Winter 2020-2021 Ready-to-Wear collection fashion show in Paris. -AFP photos Chanel designer Virginie Viard Tuesday signaled she may put an end to the brand's themed Paris fashion week spectaculars, a year after the death of her legendary predecessor Karl Lagerfeld. The German showman spent millions turning the vast Grand Palais into his playground, building a Chanel space rocket, a...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 07, 2018 OPEC President UAE Energy Minister Suhail al-Mazrouei (C) speaks as he sits with Minister of Energy of Russia Alexander Novak (left) and OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo (r) of Nigeria during a meeting at the headquarters of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) with OPEC members and non-OPEC members in Vienna, Austria on December 7, 2018. - The OPEC club of oil-producing countries meets on March 2, 2020 in Vienna as they weigh how to react to a sharp drop in global oil demand due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR / AFP)
OPEC pushing Russia to support big oil cut
VIENNA: In this file photo, OPEC President UAE Energy Minister Suhail Al-Mazrouei (center) speaks as he sits with Minister of Energy of Russia Alexander Novak (left) and OPEC Secretary General Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo (right) of Nigeria during a meeting at the headquarters of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) with OPEC members and non-OPEC members in Vienna.-AFP VIENNA: Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members were seeking...
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EU unveils climate law, Thunberg calls it 'surrender'
BRUSSELS: European Parliament President David Maria Sassoli (right) welcomes Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg (center) as she arrives at the European Parliament in Brussels yesterday on the day the European Union unveils a landmark law to achieve "climate neutrality" by 2050. - AFP BRUSSELS: The European Commission unveiled a "climate law" yesterday to make the EU's 2050 net zero emissions target legally binding, but Swedish activist...
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To pursue his dreams, Mohammed Al-Houli confronts personal fear of failure
(First right) Film director Mohammed Abdullah Al-Houli ,winner of the second prize in the short documentary category at the Third Kuwait Film Festival. By Sahar MoussaMohammed Abdullah Al-Houli is a 40-year-old married Kuwaiti and a government employee since 2002. He also works in the field of media, specifically short films and commercial advertisements. For Houli, working in the government sector provides job security, a chance to pursue...
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Honeywell plans 'most powerful' quantum computer
In this file photo, a logo of US-based automotive supplier Honeywell International is pictured at the entrance of its factory, in Condé-sur-Noireau, northwestern France. - AFP WASHINGTON: US manufacturing and technology group Honeywell said Tuesday it will bring to market "the world's most powerful quantum computer" aimed at tackling complex scientific and business challenges. The company said it had achieved a breakthrough in quantum...
Women beat men with sticks during the Lathmar Holi celebration in the village of Barsana on the outskirts of Mathura in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on March 4, 2020. - Lathmar Holi is a local celebration of the Hindu festival of Holi, usually some days ahead of the Holi festival which is a spring festival, also called 'festival of colours' observed in India at the end of winter season. (Photo by STR / AFP)
India coronavirus cases rise to 28, including 17 Italians
MATHURA: Women beat men with sticks during the Lathmar Holi celebration in the village of Barsana on the outskirts of Mathura in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh yesterday. Lathmar Holi is a local celebration of the Hindu festival of Holi, usually some days ahead of the Holi festival which is a spring festival, also called 'festival of colors' observed in India at the end of winter season. - AFP NEW DELHI: Sixteen Italians in India...
A health worker wearing a protective gear checks a quarantine room at a hospital in Banda Aceh on March 4, 2020. (Photo by CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN / AFP)
Indonesia seizes half a million virus masks amid panic buying
BANDA ACEH: A health worker wearing a protective gear checks a quarantine room at a hospital in Banda Aceh yesterday. - AFP JAKARTA: Indonesian police seized over half a million face masks from a Jakarta-area warehouse after the country's first confirmed cases of coronavirus sparked panic buying and sent prices for prevention products skyrocketing. Authorities were questioning two people after the Tuesday evening raid at a warehouse in...
In this picture taken on February 23, 2020, a farmer holds dead locusts in Pipli Pahar village in Pakistan's central Punjab province. - Pakistan's farmers are struggling to combat the worst locust plague in nearly three decades as insect swarms decimate entire harvests in the country's agricultural heartlands and send food prices soaring. (Photo by ARIF ALI / AFP) / To go with Pakistan-agriculture-climate-weather-locusts, FOCUS by Kaneez Fatima
Pakistan struggles to combat devastating locust plague
PIPLI PAHAR: A farmer holds dead locusts in Pipli Pahar village in Pakistan's central Punjab province. - AFP PIPLI PAHAR: Pakistan's farmers are struggling to combat the worst locust plague in nearly three decades as insect swarms decimate entire harvests in the country's agricultural heartlands and send food prices soaring. Heavy rains and cyclones sparked "unprecedented" breeding and the explosive growth of locust populations on the Arabian...
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KUWAIT: A view of the Sheikh Jaber Causeway taken from the beach. - Photo by Sandra Pinedo Garcia (Instagram: @sandra.pinedo35)
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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