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TOPSHOT - Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 6, 2020. - Three days after the US election in which there was a record turnout of 160 million voters, a winner had yet to be declared. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)
Biden wins White House, ending Trump presidency
WASHINGTON: Democrat Joe Biden has won the White House, US media said Saturday, defeating Donald Trump and ending a presidency that convulsed American politics, shocked the world and left the United States more divided than at any time in decades. CNN, NBC News and CBS News called the race in Biden's favor just before 11:30 am (1630 GMT) as an insurmountable lead in Pennsylvania took the 77-year-old over the top in the state-by-state count that...
This combination of pictures created on Wednesday shows Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden gesturing after speaking during election night at the Chase Center in Wilmington, and US President Donald Trump speaking during election night in the East Room of the White House in Washington. - AFP
Trump falsely claims victory; Biden confident
This combination of pictures created on Wednesday shows Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden gesturing after speaking during election night at the Chase Center in Wilmington, and US President Donald Trump speaking during election night in the East Room of the White House in Washington. - AFP WASHINGTON: The US election was plunged into chaos early Wednesday as President Donald Trump prematurely declared victory and sought Supreme Court...
MANCHESTER: Arsenal’s Brazilian defender Gabriel vies with Manchester United’s Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani (up) during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford in Manchester yesterday. Arsenal won the game 1-0. —AFP
Arsenal stun Manchester United
MANCHESTER: Arsenal’s Brazilian defender Gabriel vies with Manchester United’s Uruguayan striker Edinson Cavani (up) during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Arsenal at Old Trafford in Manchester yesterday. Arsenal won the game 1-0. —AFP LONDON: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang condemned Manchester United to fresh misery at Old Trafford as the Arsenal forward’s penalty clinched a 1-0 win, while Newcastle...
CESENA: Juventus’ Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo (center 7) celebrates with teammates after French midfielder Adrien Rabiot scored during the Italian Serie A football match between Spezia and Juventus yesterday. — AFP
‘Cristiano is back’: Ronaldo returns with double
CESENA: Juventus’ Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo (center 7) celebrates with teammates after French midfielder Adrien Rabiot scored during the Italian Serie A football match between Spezia and Juventus yesterday. — AFP MILAN: Cristiano Ronaldo came off the bench to score a brace on his return from coronavirus as Juventus got back to winning ways in Serie A with a 4-1 victory against promoted Spezia yesterday. The champions ended a run...
Monaco's French midfielder Sofiane Diop moves for the ball during the French L1 football match Monaco vs Bordeaux at Louis II stadium in Monaco on November 1, 2020. (Photo by Valery HACHE / AFP)
Volland off the mark as Monaco thrash Bordeaux 4-0
Monaco's French midfielder Sofiane Diop moves for the ball during the French L1 football match Monaco vs Bordeaux at Louis II stadium in Monaco yesterday. -AFP PARIS: Germany international Kevin Volland scored his first goals for Monaco since joining the club in September as Niko Kovac’s side thrashed Bordeaux 4-0 in Ligue 1 yesterday. Monaco struck three times in as many minutes through Wissam Ben Yedder, Gelson Martins and Volland in the...
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool’s Portuguese striker Diogo Jota (center) celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and West Ham United at Anfield yesterday. Liverpool won the game 2-1. — AFP
Jota caps Liverpool’s fightback
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool’s Portuguese striker Diogo Jota (center) celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and West Ham United at Anfield yesterday. Liverpool won the game 2-1. — AFP LONDON: Diogo Jota capped Liverpool’s dramatic fightback as the Premier League champions beat West Ham 2-1 to move three points clear at the top, while Manchester City and Chelsea both won to...
VALDEBEBAS: Real Madrid’s Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior jumps over Huesca’s Spanish defender Jorge Pulido (bottom) during the Spanish League football match between Real Madrid and SD Huesca yesterday. — AFP
Real thrash Huesca 4-1
VALDEBEBAS: Real Madrid’s Brazilian forward Vinicius Junior jumps over Huesca’s Spanish defender Jorge Pulido (bottom) during the Spanish League football match between Real Madrid and SD Huesca yesterday. — AFP MADRID: Eden Hazard scored his first goal for Real Madrid in over a year and his team appeared to turn a corner as they beat newly-promoted Huesca 4-1 in La Liga yesterday. Hazard has had a terrible time with injuries since joining...
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Knifeman kills three in 'terror' attack at French church
French members of the elite tactical police unit RAID enter to search the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Nice as forensics officers wait after a knife attack in Nice on October 29, 2020. - AFP NICE: A man wielding a knife at a church in the French city of Nice killed three people, slitting the throat of at least one, and injured several others before being apprehended by police, officials said Thursday.French anti-terror prosecutors have opened an...
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No change in quarantine procedures for arrivals
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The government said yesterday that there has been no change in quarantine procedures for passengers arriving to the country, denying rumors that the two-week home quarantine has been reduced. Meanwhile, a special committee headed by Health Minister Sheikh Basel Al-Sabah yesterday briefed the Cabinet during an extraordinary meeting on the coronavirus pandemic situation in the country and urged people to comply with health...
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Massive blackout hits Hawally governorate
KUWAIT: A main power transformer in Salmiya went out of service, causing outages in several areas in Hawally governorate. Power cuts were reported in parts of Salmiya, Hawally, Maidan Hawally, Jabriya, Rumaithiya and Bayan due to a fire in the main power transformer in Salmiya W, the ministry of electricity and water said in a tweet posted on their official account.The ministry later said it restored power to some affected areas after around an...
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Top finance ministry officials resign over ‘forced’ reshuffle
By B IzzakKUWAIT: Finance Ministry Undersecretary Saleh Al-Saraawi and five assistant undersecretaries resigned yesterday in a letter to the prime minister in protest against a decision by Finance Minister Barrak Al-Sheetan to rotate their posts. The top bureaucrats claimed in their letter that the minister made the move without their knowledge, adding that the decision came after they refused to implement decisions by the minister that...
KUWAIT: French cosmetics and perfumes are removed from display at a perfume store yesterday as part of a boycott in protest against cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) published in French media. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait expands boycott; Erdogan blasts cartoon
KUWAIT: French cosmetics and perfumes are removed from display at a perfume store yesterday as part of a boycott in protest against cartoons depicting Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) published in French media. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT/ISTANBUL: Kuwait’s boycott of French products has expanded, with a leading union saying yesterday that most of its stores had stripped their shelves after French President Emmanuel Macron defended cartoons...
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NAVI MUMBAI, India: Billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani (front third left) along with his family attends a mass wedding ceremony at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai on July 2, 2024. -- AFP
Ambanis celebrate son’s nuptials with mass wedding
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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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Weaver ant or green ant carry their injured companion.
Ants perform limb amputations on injured comrades to save their lives, research finds
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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