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BAMAKO: Protesters gestures on a barricade put up in front of the Salam mosque of Badalabougou. Mali’s protest movement on Friday pressed on with a demand for embattled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to quit, as international mediators tried to defuse the crisis in the insurgency-riven country. — AFP

Mali opposition insists president must resign

BAMAKO: Protesters gestures on a barricade put up in front of the Salam mosque of Badalabougou. Mali’s protest movement on Friday pressed on with a demand for embattled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to quit, as international mediators tried to defuse the crisis in the insurgency-riven country. — AFP BAMAKO: Mali’s protest movement on Friday pressed on with a demand for embattled President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita to quit, as international...

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Cabinet decides to end current school year

Farwaniya lockdown, move to phase 3 to be discussed next week Education Minister Saud Al-Harbi By B IzzakKUWAIT: The Council of Ministers decided on Thursday to end the current school year (2019/2020) for grades one to 11 and students will go the next higher class, Education Minister Saud Al-Harbi said.For the 12th grade, or the higher secondary examination, some 38,000 students will complete the school year from August 9 to September 17 but...

Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi, Zain Vice-Chairman and Group CEO

Resilient Zain reports revenue of $2.6bn, net income of $273m

Bader Al-Kharafi: A mission-critical six-months in providing connectivity during the lockdown Bader Nasser Al-Kharafi, Zain Vice-Chairman and Group CEOChairman of the Board of Directors of Zain Group, Ahmed Al-Tahous KUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading mobile innovator with operations in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, announces its consolidated financial results for the six months to June 30, 2020. Zain served 47.6 million customers...

LAHTI: Janne picks up strawberries in Lahti, Finland. Thousands of Finns have answered a desperate call from farmers to save the summer’s berry harvest, after coronavirus restrictions have kept many of the usual foreign pickers away. —AFP

Finns turn to berry-picking amid job losses

LAHTI: Janne picks up strawberries in Lahti, Finland. Thousands of Finns have answered a desperate call from farmers to save the summer’s berry harvest, after coronavirus restrictions have kept many of the usual foreign pickers away. —AFP HOLLOLA, Finland: Thousands of Finns have answered a desperate call from farmers to save the summer’s berry harvest, as coronavirus restrictions have kept many of the usual foreign pickers away. “After...

KUALA LUMPUR: A woman walks along the Saloma Link Bridge in Kuala Lumpur. — AFP

Malaysia probes Al Jazeera over migrant arrests

KUALA LUMPUR: A woman walks along the Saloma Link Bridge in Kuala Lumpur. — AFP KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police said yesterday they are investigating an Al Jazeera documentary about the arrests of undocumented migrants during the coronavirus lockdown after officials denounced it for damaging the country’s image. The move comes after several activists, journalists and opposition figures have been put under investigation recently in what...

HONG KONG: A riot police officer (2nd left) points at a woman (center) laying down after being searched during a demonstration in a mall in Hong Kong in response to a new national security law. — AFP

US tech giants resist as China censors Hong Kong’s internet

HONG KONG: A riot police officer (2nd left) points at a woman (center) laying down after being searched during a demonstration in a mall in Hong Kong in response to a new national security law. — AFP HONG KONG: China has unveiled new powers to censor Hong Kong’s internet and access user data using its feared national security law-but US tech giants have put up some resistance citing rights concerns. The online censorship plans were contained...

PUEBLO VIEJO: Handout picture shows the remains of a tanker truck carrying fuel that caught fire, in Pueblo Viejo, north of Bogota, Colombia on July 6, 2020. — AFP

Colombia fuel truck inferno kills seven

PUEBLO VIEJO: Handout picture shows the remains of a tanker truck carrying fuel that caught fire, in Pueblo Viejo, north of Bogota, Colombia on July 6, 2020. — AFP BOGOTA: At least seven people were killed and dozens injured after the contents from an overturned tanker exploded in a fireball in northern Colombia, police said Monday. Dozens of people had gathered around the tanker after it overturned and were trying to siphon off fuel when it...

ST PAUL: Members of the Oromo community gather to celebrate the life of musician and revolutionary Hachalu Hundessa at the Oromo Community Center in St Paul, Minnesota. — AFP

Wave of political arrests follows Ethiopia protests that killed 166

ST PAUL: Members of the Oromo community gather to celebrate the life of musician and revolutionary Hachalu Hundessa at the Oromo Community Center in St Paul, Minnesota. — AFP ADDIS ABABA: Five senior members of an opposition party representing Ethiopia’s largest ethnic group, the Oromo, have been detained in a wave of political arrests following protests last week which left at least 166 dead. Violent demonstrations broke out in the...

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Oscar-winning composer Ennio Morricone dead at 91

Ennio Morricone, one of the world’s best-known and most prolific film composers, died in Rome today. Morricone, who was 91, died in hospital where he was being treated for a fractured femur following a fall, media reports said, quoting a statement from a lawyer. He composed the music for about 500 films, including his old schoolfriend Sergio Leone’s 1966 spaghetti western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and Quentin Tarantino’s...

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Kuwait reports 631 new coronavirus infections, five deaths

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health announced on Saturday that 631 people were diagnosed with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours, raising the country's caseload to 49,303. Health authorities recorded five related fatalities during the same period, putting overall count of fatalities due to infection with the pathogen at 365 since its outbreak in the country months ago. Official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Abdullah...

His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah

Jleeb, Mahboula lockdown to be lifted, remains in Farwaniya

His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah By B IzzakKUWAIT: The Cabinet yesterday decided to lift the lockdown on Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh and Mahboula more than 100 days after imposing it to combat the spread of the coronavirus. This means that the lockdown will remain in Farwaniya, the last residential area to remain in isolation. Government spokesman Tareq Al-Mezrem said the lockdown will be lifted next Thursday, July 9,...

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Panel approves bill setting expat quotas, lifts immunity of two MPs

By B IzzakKUWAIT: The National Assembly’s legal and legislative committee yesterday decided that a draft law submitted by five MPs proposing a quota system for expatriate communities is in line with the Kuwaiti constitution and laws. The committee decided to refer the bill to the concerned committee that will study all legislation related to expatriates in the country with the aim to cut their numbers.According to the bill, the largest...

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DAMASCUS: Syria's interim prime minister Mohammad Al-Bashir addresses worshippers during Friday prayers at Umayyad Mosque on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP (See Page 5)

Syria too exhausted for Zionist conflict amid Hezb warning

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Kuwait, US reaffirm strong ties

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KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Crown Prince of Jordan Al-Hussein bin Abdullah II at Bayan Palace on Dec 15, 2024. - Amiri Diwan

Jordan Crown Prince visits Kuwait

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DAMASCUS: People chat at a pub on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP

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SEATTLE: Kuwait's Undersecretary of Finance Aseel Al-Munifi and Microsoft's Executive Vice President of Public Sector Angela Heise sign a memorandum of understanding during a meeting in the presence of officials. — KUNA

Ministry of Finance, Microsoft sign deal to advance digitization