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NEW YORK: People sit on tables , respecting social distancing at Times Square as New York City enters phase two of reopening. — AFP
US passes 120,000 virus deaths
NEW YORK: People sit on tables , respecting social distancing at Times Square as New York City enters phase two of reopening. — AFP WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday passed the grim benchmark of 120,000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak when it added another 425 fatalities in 24 hours, the Johns Hopkins University tally showed. The world’s largest economy is the hardest-hit country by the pandemic, with more than 2.31 million...
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Zain partners MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab to hold ‘Virtual’ Startup Competition
All-digital conference and awards ceremony will be held on June 24, 2020 BEIRUT/KUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading mobile telecom innovator in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa confirms its digital partnership of the 2020 edition of the highly impactful MIT Enterprise Forum (MITEF) Pan Arab Startup Competition. This year’s collaboration represents the sixth consecutive year Zain has partnered the region’s leading startup...
LONDON: Everton’s English striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin (C) heads the ball wide of goal as he gets challenged by Liverpool’s Brazilian midfielder Fabinho (R) during the English Premier League football match between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park in Liverpool. — AFP
Title-chasing Liverpool held by Everton
LONDON: Everton’s English striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin (C) heads the ball wide of goal as he gets challenged by Liverpool’s Brazilian midfielder Fabinho (R) during the English Premier League football match between Everton and Liverpool at Goodison Park in Liverpool. — AFP LONDON: Liverpool’s march towards the Premier League title was delayed as the leaders returned to action with a goalless draw against Merseyside rivals Everton, while...
MILAN: Atalanta’s Colombian forward Duvan Zapata (C) heads the ball to score the second goal despite Sassuolo’s Italian goalkeeper Andrea Consigli (L) during the Italian Serie A football match Atalanta vs Sassuolo. — AFP
‘Reborn’ Atalanta lift devastated Bergamo, Inter stay in title hunt
MILAN: Atalanta’s Colombian forward Duvan Zapata (C) heads the ball to score the second goal despite Sassuolo’s Italian goalkeeper Andrea Consigli (L) during the Italian Serie A football match Atalanta vs Sassuolo. — AFP MILAN: Atalanta, inspired by the message “I will be reborn, you will be reborn”, brought Serie A football back to Bergamo in style on Sunday following the coronavirus lockdown with a 4-1 victory over Sassuolo as Inter...
File photo shows South Africa’s rugby captain Francois Pienaar receives the World Cup from President Nelson Mandela.
How Mandela inspired Pienaar and Springboks to conquer the world
File photo shows South Africa’s rugby captain Francois Pienaar receives the World Cup from President Nelson Mandela. JOHANNESBURG: Francois Pienaar, even 25 years on, conveys a sense of disbelief and awe when he talks of that crisp Highveld winter’s day that the Springboks won the Rugby World Cup for the first time.The Springbok captain’s wonder is not so much about the fact that his team won the Webb Ellis Cup at Ellis Park on June 24...
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Kuwait: 641 new coronavirus infections, 4 deaths
KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health announced on Monday that 641 people in the country were infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) during the past 24 hours putting whole figure of infected cases at 40,291. Official spokesperson of the ministry Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said in his daily briefing about the pandemic at the local level that the virus took lives of four people during the same period, with the total number of deaths from the...
KUWAIT: This file photo shows people fishing on a pier at a beach in Kuwait. Beach activities remain one of the only options available for the public amid the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
People forced to spend summer in Kuwait amid COVID-19 pandemic
KUWAIT: This file photo shows people fishing on a pier at a beach in Kuwait. Beach activities remain one of the only options available for the public amid the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Travelling for summer holidays this year seems to be impossible. Kuwait’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation announced a three-phase plan for the resumption of commercial flights without mentioning exact dates. Some have...
KUWAIT: Health Ministry workers conduct random field testing for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) for Hawally residents on Sunday. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Random COVID-19 field testing starts in Kuwait
KUWAIT: Health Ministry workers conduct random field testing for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) for Hawally residents on Sunday. —Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: Random field testing for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) started Sunday as a team was sent to test residents of a Hawally building on the first day of the end of the area’s total lockdown. The Health Ministry had announced a day before that it would start field random testing...
KUWAIT: Health ministry workers conduct random field testing for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Hawally on Sunday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Inflated prices questioned; MP tests negative for virus
RIYADH: A hairdresser clad in a face shield and mask cuts a client’s hair at a women’s beauty center on Sunday. — AFP KUWAIT: Health ministry workers conduct random field testing for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Hawally on Sunday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By B Izzak and AgenciesKUWAIT: MP Khaled Al-Otaibi yesterday sent a series of questions to Minister of Commerce and Industry Khaled Al-Roudhan over what he says is the...
This combination of pictures created on June 11, 2020 shows Palestinians blinded in one eye - (op left to right) Mohammed Burqan, Muath Amarneh and Jacqueline Shahada; (middle left to right) Ahmed Al-Louth, Malek Issa and Nafez Al-Damiri; (bottom left to right) Rifaat Barham, Mai Abu Rawda and Sami Marsan. — AFP
Losing sight of the future: Palestinians blinded in one eye
This combination of pictures created on June 11, 2020 shows Palestinians blinded in one eye - (op left to right) Mohammed Burqan, Muath Amarneh and Jacqueline Shahada; (middle left to right) Ahmed Al-Louth, Malek Issa and Nafez Al-Damiri; (bottom left to right) Rifaat Barham, Mai Abu Rawda and Sami Marsan. — AFP GAZA CITY: When Jacqueline Shahada was blinded in one eye during a Palestinian demonstration along the Gaza border, she never thought...
A boat removes water hyacinth from the surface of the Euphrates River in Iraq’s Shatrah district of the southern Dhi Qar province on June 4, 2020. — AFP
Water hyacinth pest chokes vital Iraq waterways
A boat removes water hyacinth from the surface of the Euphrates River in Iraq’s Shatrah district of the southern Dhi Qar province on June 4, 2020. — AFP AL-BADAA, Iraq: The broad leaves and delicate purple flowers floating on the Euphrates look breathtaking – but they are suffocating the waterways of Iraq, celebrated as the “land of the two rivers”. The water hyacinth, nicknamed the “Nile flower” in Iraq, is an invasive plant...
TRIPOLI: People wave flags of Libya and Turkey during a demonstration in Martyrs’ Square in the center of the Libyan capital on Sunday. — AFP
Libya slams ‘declaration of war’ by Egypt
TRIPOLI: People wave flags of Libya and Turkey during a demonstration in Martyrs’ Square in the center of the Libyan capital on Sunday. — AFP TRIPOLI: Libya’s UN-recognized Government of National Accord on Sunday denounced Egypt’s warning of military intervention in Libya, labeling it a “declaration of war”. “This is a hostile act, direct interference and amounts to a declaration of war,” the GNA said in a statement. The war of...
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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
Syrian pubs warily reopen
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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
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DAMASCUS: People react as they search for their missing relatives among bodies recovered at the Saydnaya prison, at the morgue of the Damascus Hospital, also known as the Mujtahid Hospital, on Dec 15, 2024. - AFP
‘Endless torture’: Inmate recalls hell of Syrian jails
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Farah Al-Humaidhi is seen with Zain’s team at the company’s booth.
Zain offers latest 5G solutions for innovative home experience