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Mandatory Credit: Photo by STRINGER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (10553703a)nA view of victims' bodies covered in sheets lying on a quay after a trawler capsized off the Bay of Bengal, in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh, 11 February 2020. According to local media reports, at least 15 Rohingya refugees died after a trawler on its way to Malaysia sank off the coast in the Bay of Bengal, near St Martin's Island. Some 65 people were said to have been rescued alive, media added. The victims are said to be mostly women from Rohingya camps located in Teknaf and Ukhia Upazila of Cox's Bazar.nAt least 15 dead after boat carrying Rohingya refugees capsizes off Bangladesh, Teknaf - 11 Feb 2020

At least 15 refugees drown as boat sinks off South Bangladesh

A view of victims' bodies covered in sheets lying on a quay after a trawler capsized off the Bay of Bengal, in Teknaf, Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh. - AFP SAINT MARTIN'S ISLAND: At least 15 women and children drowned and more than 50 others were missing after a boat overloaded with Rohingya refugees sank off southern Bangladesh as it tried to reach Malaysia yesterday, officials said. Some 138 people - mainly women and children - were packed...

A picture taken in Maseru, Lesotho, on February 2, 2020 shows the exterior of the Palace of Justice of Lesotho. - Lesotho's first lady Maesaiah Thabane was charged with murder on February 4, 2020 for alleged links to the brutal 2017 killing of the prime minister's previous wife. (Photo by Michele Spatari / AFP)

Mystery and murder intrigue 'traumatize' volatile Lesotho

MASERU: A picture taken in Maseru, Lesotho shows the exterior of the Palace of Justice of Lesotho. Lesotho's first lady Maesaiah Thabane was charged with murder for alleged links to the brutal 2017 killing of the prime minister's previous wife. - AFP MASERU: Murder, mystery, suspense and political drama - the cocktail of events playing out in Lesotho belong in a best-selling thriller. But it is the lived reality of a small southern African...

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'Parasite' Oscar success opens new era

In this handout photo Best Picture Award winners for "Parasite" pose onstage during the 92nd Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.-AFP The unprecedented Oscar haul for South Korean director Bong Joon-ho black comedy "Parasite" has shattered a 92-year-old glass ceiling and opened a new era for Korean and other foreign films on the global stage. A genre-defying thriller about a poor family infiltrating a wealthy...

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Qatar Police crowned Gulf Clubs champions

By Abdellatif Sharaa Qatar Police team with the cup. KUWAIT: Qatar's Police club won the 37th Gulf Clubs Volleyball Championship that concluded on Monday evening by defeating Saudi Arabia's Al-Hilal Club 3-0 in the fifth and final round with the scores of (25-19, 25-23, 25-21). Kuwait team ended in third place after losing to Dar Kulaib of Bahrain 3-0 during the final match, and the scores were (14-25, 22-25, 21-25), as Dar Kulaib took second...

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Huawei enters top 10 list of most valuable brands for the first time

KUWAIT: Huawei has been named as one of the top 10 most valuable brands for the first time ever in the reputed Brand Finance Global 500 2020 report. The report estimates that Huawei's brand value is now worth over ...

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Half-a-million insect species face extinction

PARIS: Half of the one million animal and plant species on Earth facing extinction are insects, and their disappearance could be catastrophic for humankind, scientists have said in a "warning to humanity". "The current insect extinction crisis is deeply worrying," said Pedro Cardoso, a biologist at the Finnish Museum of Natural History and lead author of a review study published Monday. "Yet, what we know is only the tip of the iceberg," he...

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War rocks the Middle East, but love must go on

The newly wedded couple Hanan and Mohammad are greeted as enter their temporary home in a school building, transformed into a makeshift shelter for displaced people, on their wedding day in the northern Syrian city of Hasakeh.—AFP photos "Love, we have no aim but to be defeated in your wars," wrote the Palestinian poet Mahmud Darwish. Despite the armed conflicts devastating the Middle East, occasionally love comes out victorious. From the...

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks flanked by EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier during a debate on an ambitious new EU-UK partnership following Brexit, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on February 11, 2020. (Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP)

EU urges UK to go for trade deal

STRASBOURG: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks flanked by EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier during a debate on an ambitious new EU-UK partnership following Brexit, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, yesterday.-AFP STRASBOURG: The EU wants a uniquely close post-Brexit relationship with the UK, but is "fine" if London opts to walk away without one, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen...

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KSC honour heads of Gulf volleyball delegations

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Chairman of Kuwait Sports Club, Chairman (KSC) of the Higher Organizing Committee (HOC) of the 37th Gulf Champion Clubs Volleyball Championship lauded the Gulf "brothers" in Kuwait, the land of friendship and peace, and the fantastic competition among them.Khalid Al-Ghanim and Deputy Chairman of the HOC Mohammad Al-Nisif honored heads of the six participating delegations, head and members of the Gulf volleyball...

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Kuwait wins two medals at Europe kickboxing championship

VIENNA: Kuwaiti kickboxers Hamayel Al-Yaqout (right) and Abdulaziz Murad. -- KUNA VIENNA: Kuwaiti kickboxers picked up a silver medal and a bronze in the ongoing Croatia-hosted 10th European Cup "Karlovac Open" on Monday. Kuwait's Hamayel Al-Yaqout clinched the silver in the women's division while her compatriot Abdulaziz Murad claimed the bronze medal in his category. Speaking to KUNA via telephone, Murad attributed the team's impressive...

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MP Muwaizri calls for special session to uncover 'saboteurs'

MP Shuaib Al-Muwaizri By B IzzakKUWAIT: Leading opposition MP Shuaib Al-Muwaizri yesterday called on the National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem to convene an emergency session to debate allegations that "saboteurs" were plotting against the country. In a letter Muwaizri sent to the Speaker, he said that the Speaker revealed in a speech in the assembly last week that some people were plotting to sabotage and destabilize the country and that...

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National program to spread coronavirus awareness in schools

KUWAIT: Students watch an instructional video on coronavirus infection at a school in Kuwait City yesterday. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Meshaal Al-EneziKUWAIT: Social development manager at the Patients Helping Fund Jassem Al-Rabee announced launching the new national awareness program "My School Improves My Health" designed to boost public awareness of the dangers of the new coronavirus. "The program launched at the beginning of the second...

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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.

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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise

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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones