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End of COVID pandemic in sight: WHO

GENEVA: The number of newly reported COVID-19 cases has dropped dramatically, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, urging the world to seize the opportunity to end the pandemic. Newly reported cases of the disease, which has killed millions since being identified in late 2019, last week fell to the lowest level since March 2020, said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. "We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic," he...

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Shy male albatrosses prefer divorce to confrontation: study

PARIS: Most albatrosses mate for life but shy males who avoid confrontation are more likely to get dumped, researchers said Wednesday, adding it was the first time personality had been shown to predict divorce in a wild animal. Wandering albatrosses, which traverse the Southern Hemisphere and have the largest wingspan of any bird at more than three meters (10 feet), are among the most monogamous animals.They can live for more than 50 years, and...

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Bayern beat Barcelona on Lewandowski return, Liverpool grab late winner

PARIS: Bayern Munich got the better of Barcelona as Robert Lewandowski returned to face his former club on Tuesday, while a late Joel Matip goal allowed Liverpool to beat Ajax and get their Champions League campaign up and running.There was also a surprise defeat for Tottenham Hotspur at Sporting Lisbon, and Atletico Madrid were beaten on their trip to play Bayer Leverkusen.Both Spanish visitors to Germany came away on the losing side, with...

JEDDAH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman meets His Highness the Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. - KUNA

Saudi Crown Prince receives Kuwait PM

JEDDAH: Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of sisterly Saudi Arabia, received His Highness the Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and his entourage at Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah on Tuesday. During the meeting, His Highness the Prime Minister handed the Crown Prince a letter from His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to Saudi...

KUWAIT: This file photo shows the entrance to the elections affairs department's building. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

Kuwait election department disqualifies 15 candidates

By B IzzakKUWAIT: The election department of the interior ministry Tuesday decided to disqualify 15 registered candidates from running in the September 29 polls because they had been convicted in court over criminal and political cases, some candidates announced. The decisions of the department were not published but conveyed directly to the concerned candidates some of whom said they will challenge the decision in court today.Candidates who...

Marzouq Al-Khalifa

Ex-MP Khalifa to run for polls from jail

By B IzzakKUWAIT: Former MP Marzouq Al-Khalifa will be running for office from central jail as the country’s top court yesterday set October 10 as a date to issue its final verdict on the former lawmaker and scores of men from his Shimmari tribe. Khalifa and the men were tried and convicted by the criminal court for organizing and taking part in the outlawed tribal primary election ahead of the December 5, 2020 general polls in which Khalifa...

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Boubyan Accelerator Program launched in collaboration with DIFC FinTech Hive

KUWAIT: Boubyan Bank has announced the launch of the training phase for projects and companies that qualified to continue with Boubyan Accelerator Program, which was launched in collaboration with DIFC FinTech Hive. The launch was announced during a ceremony attended by top management of Boubyan and in the presence of DIFC FinTech Hive’s Executive VP, Raja Al-Mazroui and a group of strategic partners and investors in the local and GCC...

LONDON: Britain's King Charles III speaks during the presentation of Addresses by both Houses of Parliament in Westminster Hall, inside the Palace of Westminster, central London on September 12, 2022. - AFP

Charles III addresses parliament as mourners gather to see queen's coffin

LONDON: King Charles III made his first address to the British parliament on Monday before heading to Scotland, where crowds of mourners massed for a chance to pay their respects before Queen Elizabeth II's coffin. "I cannot help but feel the weight of history which surrounds us," the 73-year-old king told lawmakers at Westminster Hall in London, where he received parliament's formal condolences. He vowed to follow the "example of selfless duty"...

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Backlash in Kuwait after conservative candidates propose 'values document'

KUWAIT: A document announced by a group of conservative candidates for this month's National Assembly elections reignited debate over constitutional rights in Kuwait, amid efforts to preserve traditional values met by calls for protecting public freedoms in the country.Several conservative candidates contesting Kuwait's parliament elections slated for September 29 signed a so-called ‘the values document’ on Sunday in which they pledge to...

Attorney Fajer Ahmad

Passports of expat employees

As a lawyer, I always ask myself before writing an article - what would people want to know about the law in Kuwait the most, for this week. A topic that has been on my mind lately is passports of expat employees and the misconceptions around them. Here are the most common questions and their answers: Question: Is it legal for my company to hold my passport? Fajer: No. It is illegal for employers to hold the passports of employees,...

NEW YORK: Members of New York Fire Department raise a US flag at the 9/11 Memorial in New York City on September 11, 2022, on the 21st anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. - AFP

Sympathy, solidarity as US marks 21st anniversary of 9/11

NEW YORK: Americans on Sunday marked the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, with President Joe Biden visiting the Pentagon and New Yorkers honoring the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked planes destroyed the Twin Towers. Relatives of victims, police officers, firefighters and city leaders gathered at the National September 11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan, where the names of those who died were read aloud -- as they have been every year...

BALAKLIYA: Destroyed armored vehicles litter the road in Balakliya, Kharkiv region, on September 10, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - AFP

Ukraine reclaims swathes of east in shock offensive to oust Russia

KHARKIV: Ukraine said Sunday that its forces were pushing back Russia's military from strategic holdouts in the east of the country after Moscow announced a retreat from Kyiv's sweeping counter-offensive. Ukraine's nuclear energy agency said the final reactor at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia plant, Europe's largest nuclear power station and a focal point of the conflict, was shut off as a safety measure.The speed of Ukraine's fightback...

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KUWAIT: Officials and citizens carry the body of Kuwaiti firefighter Abdullah Al-Farsi before he was laid to rest at Sulaibikhat Cemetery on Nov 23, 2024. — KUNA

Kuwait honors martyred fireman

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Bone fragments of the fossil skeleton of 'Lucy' are displayed at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa.--AFP photos

Human ancestor Lucy still has secrets 50 years after discovery

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A Kuwaiti folklore group performs at the ceremony.

Kuwait hosts Gulf Weeks ahead of 45th GCC summit

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People hold placards and shout slogans during a protest march against the sectarian attacks in Kurram district in Parachinar, the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Lahore on November 22, 2024. - AFP

Families fleeing after 32 killed in new sectarian clashes in Pakistan

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Turtles are released into the wild during "Operation Turtle" beach cleanup drive. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

‘Operation Turtle’ celebrates 25 years