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KUWAIT: The liver transplant was the first by an all-Kuwaiti team. —KUNA

Amir commends success of liver transplant by all-Kuwaiti team

KUWAIT: The liver transplant was the first by an all-Kuwaiti team. —KUNA KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent yesterday a congratulatory cable to Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Humoud Al-Sabah, expressing pride in the first successful liver transplant carried out by an all-Kuwaiti medical team. In the cable, HH the Amir commended the team’s efforts to help a Kuwaiti patient in her 50s by carrying out this...

Wissam Diab reads a book sited in front of his new home.

Tent and garden: Displaced Syria teen recreates lost family home

Displaced Syrian, Wissam Diab, 19, plays the oud at his new home, a tent surrounded by luscious plants, which recreates his childhood home, in the town of Atme in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province. — AFP Among the olive trees in northwestern Syria, displaced teenager Wissam Diab plucks an oud outside his new home, a tent surrounded by luscious plants. Inside, there are more tumbling indoor plants and a collection of tiny cacti, as well as...

This photo shows Moken families attending a religious ceremony on sacred community grounds near their settlement at Rawai Beach in the southern Thai island of Phuket.

Pandemic respite for Thai 'sea gypsies' threatened by mass tourism

The settlement of the formerly nomadic Moken community along Rawai Beach, with their religious grounds (at bottom) that are currently threatened by real estate redevelopment, on the southern Thai island of Phuket.— AFP photos Coronavirus has wrought havoc across the world, but for Thailand's "sea gypsies" it has brought welcome respite from the threat of mass tourism. Since the pandemic began, life has been easier for Sanan Changnam and his...

LEEDS: Leeds United’s English striker Patrick Bamford jumps up for a header during the English Premier League football match between Leeds United and Arsenal at Elland Road yesterday. — AFP

Arsenal hold out for draw at Leeds

LEEDS: Leeds United’s English striker Patrick Bamford jumps up for a header during the English Premier League football match between Leeds United and Arsenal at Elland Road yesterday. — AFP LONDON: Arsenal held on for a 0-0 draw at Leeds after Nicolas Pepe was sent off for head-butting Ezgjan Alioski, while Dominic Calvert-Lewin scored after just 42 seconds as Everton won 3-2 at Fulham yesterday. Pepe’s mindless second-half dismissal left...

MILAN: Inter Milan’s Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku shoots and scores a penalty kick during the Italian Serie A football match Inter vs Torino yesterday at the Giuseppe-Meazza (San Siro) stadium. — AFP

Sassuolo go top as Lukaku helps Inter Milan fight back

MILAN: Inter Milan’s Belgian forward Romelu Lukaku shoots and scores a penalty kick during the Italian Serie A football match Inter vs Torino yesterday at the Giuseppe-Meazza (San Siro) stadium. — AFP MILAN: Sassuolo took top spot in Serie A yesterday with a 2-0 win over Hellas Verona, as Romelu Lukaku scored twice to help Inter Milan fight back from two goals down to beat Torino. Sassuolo have 18 points from eight games, one point more than...

WILMINGTON, Delaware: A supporter holds balloons with the images of US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as people celebrate Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election outside the Chase Center yesterday. — AFP

Biden wins US presidency, ending divisive Trump era

Amir sends congratulations • Trump refuses to concede • Harris makes history WILMINGTON, Delaware: A supporter holds balloons with the images of US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as people celebrate Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election outside the Chase Center yesterday. — AFP WASHINGTON: Democrat Joe Biden was pronounced winner of the US presidency yesterday, defeating Donald Trump and...

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Biden has tall order to revive US’ global role

Joe Biden WASHINGTON: President-elect Joe Biden has vowed to restore US moral authority in the world but after four years of norms-shattering by Donald Trump, he will have his work cut out for him. After his narrow victory over Trump, the 77-year-old Biden will be the most experienced new president in decades on foreign policy, but he is also facing questions from the left of his Democratic Party on whether his worldview has kept up with the...

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Trump joins club of losing presidents

Donald Trump WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has boasted of being an atypical leader but he’s now entered a rare club he will definitely not appreciate - US presidents who have lost reelection. Since World War II, only two other presidents who sought a second term from voters have failed: Jimmy Carter and George H W Bush. US TV networks called the race yesterday for Democrat Joe Biden despite the Republican unabashedly seizing on the power of...

NAESTVED, Denmark: Mink farmers move a batch of dead mink after killing off their herd on Friday after a mutated version of the new coronavirus linked to mink farms was found in humans. - AFP

Biden promises virus action as Europe suffers

NAESTVED, Denmark: Mink farmers move a batch of dead mink after killing off their herd on Friday after a mutated version of the new coronavirus linked to mink farms was found in humans. - AFP WASHINGTON: The United States reported record new coronavirus cases for the third day in a row, as new president-elect Joe Biden vowed to act against the pandemic on “day one” in the world’s worst-hit nation. Global infections have surged past 49...

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UAE criminalizes ‘honor crimes’, lifts cohabitation ban

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates scrapped reduced sentences for so-called “honor” killings in a sweeping overhaul of criminal and family law announced yesterday. The oil-rich Gulf state also lifted a ban on unmarried couples living together and eased restrictions on alcohol consumption, while raising the penalties for rape and sexual harassment.The legal systems of many Arab countries provide for reduced penalties for “honor” crimes,...

LIVERPOOL: Everton’s English goalkeeper Jordan Pickford (left) saves an attempt by Manchester United’s French midfielder Paul Pogba (center) during the English Premier League football match between Everton and Manchester United yesterday. — AFP

Man United thump Everton 3-1

LIVERPOOL: Everton’s English goalkeeper Jordan Pickford (left) saves an attempt by Manchester United’s French midfielder Paul Pogba (center) during the English Premier League football match between Everton and Manchester United yesterday. — AFP LONDON: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer launched a tirade against the Premier League’s fixture schedule after his side’s vital win against Everton yesterday as Chelsea pummeled Sheffield United 4-1 to...

BARCELONA: Barcelona’s Argentine forward Lionel Messi kicks the ball during the Spanish League football match between Barcelona and Real Betis at the Camp Nou stadium yesterday. — AFP

Super-sub Messi scores twice as Barca stun Betis

BARCELONA: Barcelona’s Argentine forward Lionel Messi kicks the ball during the Spanish League football match between Barcelona and Real Betis at the Camp Nou stadium yesterday. — AFP MADRID: Lionel Messi came on at half-time to rescue Barcelona by scoring twice, including his first goal from open play this season, in a 5-2 victory over Real Betis yesterday. Messi had been rested by Ronald Koeman but was thrown on with the game in the...

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KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah presides over a Cabinet weekly meeting on Tuesday at Bayan Palace. – KUNA

Only Kuwait banner and anthem are allowed in state functions

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OCEANPORT, US: US President Joe Biden walks with First Lady Jill Biden, as granddaughters Natalie and Finnegan walk ahead, after stepping off Marine One upon arrival at Fort Monmouth Landing Zone in Oceanport, New Jersey. -- AFP

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KASGANJ, India: Sudha (center), mother of a victim who died in a stampede during a sermon in Hathras of India's Uttar Pradesh state, mourns at her residence in Kasganj on July 3, 2024. -- AFP

Terror, ‘chaos’ as India’s deadliest stampede in a decade kills 121