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US President Donald Trump shakes hands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen prior to their meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos, on January 21, 2020. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP)
Trump, EU commission chief discuss 'trade deal' in Davos
DAVOS: US President Donald Trump shakes hands with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen prior to their meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos yesterday.-AFP DAVOS: US President Donald Trump said at a meeting yesterday in Davos with new EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen that they were discussing a trade deal. Trump, accompanied by top economic advisors including Wilbur Ross and Robert Lighthizer, met with von der...
TOPSHOT - A French woman named Amal ,25, uses crutches to walk at the Kurdish-run al-Hol camp for the displaced in the al-Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria on January 14, 2020. - In the overcrowded Al-Hol desert camp for families linked to the Islamic State group in northeastern Syria, a French woman begs for another chance so she and her children can go home, while two others are more tepid about the prospect of repatriation, with one saying she fears being separated from her child. (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN / AFP)
'Really tired': French IS women languish in squalid Syria camp
AL-HOL CAMP, Syria: A Frenchwoman named Amal ,25, uses crutches to walk at this Kurdish-run camp for the displaced in Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria on Jan 14, 2020. - AFP AL-HOL CAMP, Syria: In an overcrowded desert camp for families linked to the Islamic State group in northeastern Syria, a French woman begged for another chance so she and her children could go home. In the same settlement, two other French women were more tepid...
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Pharma firms not making enough progress against superbugs: report
LONDON: Drug companies are not making progress against the spread of antibiotic resistance at a scale and speed great enough to tackle the global health threat posed by superbugs, a key benchmark analysis found yesterday. The findings of a second Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Benchmark report showed that while a few pharmaceutical companies are expanding their efforts, change is not happening at the scale needed to radically impact the...
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Myanmar govt panel finds 'war crimes' but no 'genocide' against Rohingya
THE HAGUE: In this file photo taken on December 11, 2019, Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (center) stands before the UN's International Court of Justice next to Abubacarr Tambadou (second left), minister of justice of the Gambia, in the Peace Palace of The Hague, on the second day of her hearing on the Rohingya genocide case. - AFP YANGON: A government-appointed panel established in Myanmar to probe allegations of abuses in Rakhine...
Bangladeshi women wearing masks stage a silent protest against rape innDhaka on March 6, 2002. REUTERS/Rafiqur Rahman
Bangladesh court orders govt to tackle rise in rapes
Bangladeshi women wearing masks stage a silent protest against rape in Dhaka. -Reuters DHAKA: Bangladesh's government will set up a commission to investigate a sharp rise in the number of rapes, the deputy attorney general said on Monday, after the country's top court ordered it to act. Deputy Attorney General Abdullah Al Mahmud said it was clear that the number of rapes had risen as he promised to abide by the court's directive, delivered on...
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KUWAIT: A colorful downtown Kuwait City at sunset. - Photo by Babu Neelandan (KUNA)
TOPSHOT - Medical staff members carry a patient into the Jinyintan hospital, where patients infected by a mysterious SARS-like virus are being treated, in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on January 18, 2020. - The true scale of the outbreak of a mysterious SARS-like virus in China is likely far bigger than officially reported, scientists have warned, as countries ramp up measures to prevent the disease from spreading. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT
China confirms new SARS-like coronavirus strain is contagious
WUHAN, China: Medical staff members carry a patient into the Jinyintan Hospital, where patients infected by a mysterious SARS-like virus are being treated on Jan 18, 2020. - AFP BEIJING: A SARS-like virus that has spread across China and reached three other Asian nations is contagious between humans, a government expert said yesterday, fuelling fears of a major outbreak as millions travel for the Lunar New Year holiday. The new coronavirus...
TOPSHOT - CORRECTION - An anti-government protester waves a national flag as he stands before flaming tires at a make-shift roadblock during a demonstration in the central Iraqi holy shrine city of Najaf on January 20, 2020. (Photo by Haidar HAMDANI / AFP) / “The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo by Haidar HAMDANI has been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [January 20] instead of [January 19]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third parties, please ensure that the same actions are carried out by them. Failure to promptly comply with these instructions will entail liability on your part for any continued or post notification usage. Therefore we thank you very much for all your attention and prompt action. We are sorry for the inconvenience this notification may cause and remain at your disposal for any further information you may require.”
3 Iraq protesters killed as anger boils over govt 'procrastination'
NAJAF: An anti-government protester waves a national flag as he stands before flaming tyres at a makeshift roadblock during a demonstration in this central Iraqi holy shrine city yesterday. - AFP BAGHDAD: Three Iraqi protesters were killed in the capital as thousands of anti-government demonstrators sought to shut streets across the country yesterday, their deadline for authorities to implement long-awaited reforms. Rallies have rocked Iraq...
TOPSHOT - Lebanese protesters take cover as riot police spray them with water from behind a barricaded road leading to parliament in central Beirut on January 19, 2020 amid ongoing anti-government demonstrations. - Lebanese anti-riot police fired rubber bullets and water cannons at stone-throwing demonstrators in the Lebanese capital today, as hundreds were wounded in a weekend of rare violence. (Photo by PATRICK BAZ / AFP)
Lebanon vows to deter 'infiltrator' attacks after weekend violence
BEIRUT: Lebanese protesters take cover as riot police spray them with water from behind a barricaded road leading to parliament on Sunday amid ongoing anti-government demonstrations. - AFP BEIRUT: Security officials in protest-hit Lebanon yesterday vowed to take measures to deter attacks against security forces during crisis talks following rare violence over the weekend that left hundreds wounded. Lebanon has been rocked by mostly peaceful...
KUWAIT: Minister of State for Economic Affairs Mariam Al-Aqeel speaks during a session of the National Assembly yesterday. — KUNA
Criticism of finance minister intensifies over wages, taxes
By B Izzak Finance Minister Mariam Al-Aqeel KUWAIT: Lawmakers yesterday intensified their criticism of Finance Minister Mariam Al-Aqeel for saying there is a need to revise the wages of civil servants and consider imposing taxes and charges. MP Abdulwahab Al-Babtain disputed the figures provided by the minister while presenting the new budget for 2020/2021, saying there is always a difference of more than one billion dinars between actual and...
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Kuwait's Amir receives message from Qatar's Amir on bilateral ties
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani. - Amiri Diwan photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday at Bayan Palace Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman Al Thani who conveyed to His Highness the...
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Total or temporary labor deployment ban? Filipinos in Kuwait in state of confusion
By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Confusion overshadowed the Philippine labor deployment ban to Kuwait when visiting Philippine Special Envoy to the Middle East Abdullah Mamao announced late Sunday during a Filipino community meeting that Senator Bong Go has agreed to implement a temporary ban instead of a total deployment ban. "I have been in constant communication with the office of the president through Senator Bong Go; he advised me that as far as the...
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Kuwait's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan
Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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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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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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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones