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KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs Mariam Al-Aqeel (right) speaks during the meeting. —KUNA
Disabled people of personal concern to PM
KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs Mariam Al-Aqeel (right) speaks during the meeting. —KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Minister of Social Affairs Mariam Al-Aqeel affirmed that people with disabilities are active members in the society and of personal concern to His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Speaking to the press after a series of meetings with representatives of societies regarding the people of special...
LONDON: In this photo taken on June 16, 2020, a pharmacist holds a box of dexamethasone tablets at a pharmacy. — AFP
COVID trial shows steroid has risks too
LONDON: In this photo taken on June 16, 2020, a pharmacist holds a box of dexamethasone tablets at a pharmacy. — AFP WASHINGTON: The keenly-awaited full results from a UK trial of the steroid dexamethasone were published Friday, confirming its life-saving benefits for COVID-19 patients on ventilators but suggesting it may cause harm if given too early. A total of 2,104 hospitalized patients were assigned to receive six milligram daily doses of...
KUWAIT: Worshippers, distanced safely from each other and clad in facemasks due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, perform Friday prayers at Al-Rashed Mosque in Adailiya, after Friday prayers resumed after four months. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat (See Page 4)
25m Iranians infected; India cases top 1m
KUWAIT: Worshippers, distanced safely from each other and clad in facemasks due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, perform Friday prayers at Al-Rashed Mosque in Adailiya, after Friday prayers resumed after four months. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat (See Page 4) TEHRAN: Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said yesterday that 25 million Iranians have been infected with the coronavirus and that another 35 million are at risk of acquiring it. The...
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S&P revises Kuwait outlook to negative over fund depletion
KUWAIT: S&P Global Ratings on Friday revised Kuwait’s outlook to ‘negative’ from ‘stable’, saying it expects that the country’s main liquidity buffer, the General Reserve Fund, will be insufficient to cover central government deficit. The agency however affirmed the country’s ratings at ‘AA-/A-1+’. “The GRF balance has been steadily reducing over the past three years, but this process has accelerated in recent months...
AHMEDABAD: Two health workers wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suits (left and center) collect a swab sample at a makeshift test point at Sanathal, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on Friday. — AFP
Doctors toil and wilt as India COVID cases hit one million
AHMEDABAD: Two health workers wearing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) suits (left and center) collect a swab sample at a makeshift test point at Sanathal, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad on Friday. — AFP GREATER NOIDA: In suffocating full protective gear inside an Indian intensive care unit with no air conditioning, doctor Showkat Nazir Wani is risking his life battling brutal heat and treating coronavirus patients.Almost 100 Indian doctors...
LONDON: In this file photograph, a British Airways Boeing 747 passenger aircraft prepares to land at London Heathrow Airport, west of London. UK flag carrier British Airways is retiring its entire Boeing 747 “Jumbo Jet” fleet, it said Friday, following the huge hit to international air travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. — AFP
BA retires entire Boeing 747 fleet
LONDON: In this file photograph, a British Airways Boeing 747 passenger aircraft prepares to land at London Heathrow Airport, west of London. UK flag carrier British Airways is retiring its entire Boeing 747 “Jumbo Jet” fleet, it said Friday, following the huge hit to international air travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. — AFP LONDON: British Airways on Friday retired its Boeing 747 jumbo jets, hastening the withdrawal of the ageing...
GENEVA: Britain’s first post-Brexit international trade secretary Liam Fox removes his protective face mask as he arrives for a press conference on Friday in Geneva following his hearing before 164 member states’ representatives, as part of the application process to head the World Trade Organization (WTO) as Director General. — AFP
UK sees ‘room for compromise’ with US over WTO
GENEVA: Britain’s first post-Brexit international trade secretary Liam Fox removes his protective face mask as he arrives for a press conference on Friday in Geneva following his hearing before 164 member states’ representatives, as part of the application process to head the World Trade Organization (WTO) as Director General. — AFP GENEVA: A Briton seeking to lead the World Trade Organization voiced confidence Friday that a compromise...
NEW YORK: In this file photo, a construction worker roofs an apartment home in Uniondale, New York. US home construction surged 17.3 percent in June, the Commerce Department said on Friday. — AFP
US homebuilding rises in suburbs, but virus surge dents consumer sentiment
NEW YORK: In this file photo, a construction worker roofs an apartment home in Uniondale, New York. US home construction surged 17.3 percent in June, the Commerce Department said on Friday. — AFP WASHINGTON: US homebuilding increased in June by the most in nearly four years amid reports of rising demand for housing in suburbs and rural areas as companies allow employees to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. But a resurgence in new...
LIANYUNGANG, China: A teacher and her students pose with Communist Party emblems during a class about the history of the Communist Party at a school in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on June 28, 2020. —AFP
How hot could US-China ‘Cold War’ get?
LIANYUNGANG, China: A teacher and her students pose with Communist Party emblems during a class about the history of the Communist Party at a school in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on June 28, 2020. —AFP WASHINGTON: Tensions are mounting by the day between the United States and China, leading to talk of a new Cold War. Experts see important historical differences - but believe the two powers are entering dangerous territory. US President...
RICHMOND: A healthcare worker answers the phone in the ER at Oakbend Medical Center in Richmond, Texas. — AFP
One small Texas hospital pushed to the limit
RICHMOND: A healthcare worker answers the phone in the ER at Oakbend Medical Center in Richmond, Texas. — AFP RICHMOND: Bed-ridden patients are treated in the congested corridors of the Oakbend Medical Center, a small hospital in Texas where a rapid increase in coronavirus cases threatens to overwhelm staff. Emergency cases are normally guaranteed immediate care at the hospital outside Houston but, with a limited capacity of 16 beds in the...
NEW DELHI: India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation said on Twitter it was moving to “further expand our international civil aviation operations” and arrangements from some flights “with US, UAE, France & Germany are being put in place while similar arrangements are also being worked out with several other countries.”
US passenger flights to India can resume July 23
NEW DELHI: India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation said on Twitter it was moving to “further expand our international civil aviation operations” and arrangements from some flights “with US, UAE, France & Germany are being put in place while similar arrangements are also being worked out with several other countries.” WASHINGTON: The government of India has agreed to allow US air carriers to resume passenger services in the US-India...
MIAMI BEACH: A waiter wears face mask as he works at a restaurant on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Florida amid the coronavirus pandemic. — AFP
Masks spark political and legal battles in US as virus cases soar
MIAMI BEACH: A waiter wears face mask as he works at a restaurant on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach, Florida amid the coronavirus pandemic. — AFP WASHINGTON:  The United States’ COVID-19 virus case load is soaring at an explosive rate, even as leaders of some of the worst-hit states resist mandatory mask measures to stem the spread. Health authorities reported more than 77,600 new cases on Friday, according to the Johns Hopkins University...
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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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No wage cuts despite deficits
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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