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READING: Floral tributes are seen at a police cordon at the Abbey Gateway near Forbury Gardens park in Reading, west of London following a fatal stabbing incident the previous day. —AFP
Britain declares deadly stabbing spree ‘terrorism’
READING: Floral tributes are seen at a police cordon at the Abbey Gateway near Forbury Gardens park in Reading, west of London following a fatal stabbing incident the previous day. —AFP READING: British police said Sunday they were treating a stabbing spree in which a lone assailant killed three people in a park filled with families and friends in Reading as “terrorism”. The  police said three people were also seriously injured and a...
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De-escalation for ECB? Change of guard at top German court
BERLIN: Changes to the composition of Germany’s top court are likely to make it less confrontational towards the European Central Bank following a ruling about bond purchases that sent shockwaves around Europe, according to two sources close to the court.In its ruling last month, the Constitutional Court gave the ECB three months to justify bond purchases under its flagship stimulus program or lose the Bundesbank as a participant, raising...
Energy giant Saudi Aramco shows its gas facilities at Yanbu refinery. On top of war and the coronavirus pandemic, Yemen faces looming economic disaster as a crisis gripping its main benefactor Saudi Arabia dents remittances and leaves state coffers running dry. — AFP
Saudi downturn batters Yemen’s economy
Energy giant Saudi Aramco shows its gas facilities at Yanbu refinery. On top of war and the coronavirus pandemic, Yemen faces looming economic disaster as a crisis gripping its main benefactor Saudi Arabia dents remittances and leaves state coffers running dry. — AFP RIYADH: On top of war and the coronavirus pandemic, Yemen faces looming economic disaster as a crisis gripping its main benefactor Saudi Arabia dents remittances and leaves state...
NEW YORK: A woman sits in the bed of a pickup truck with a dog in the Brooklyn Borough of New York City, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.—AFP
COVID survivor receives $1.1 m bill
NEW YORK: A woman sits in the bed of a pickup truck with a dog in the Brooklyn Borough of New York City, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.—AFP WASHINGTON: A 70-year-old American man who nearly died of COVID-19 has been billed a heart-stopping $1.1 million for his hospital expenses, the Seattle Times reported. Michael Flor was admitted to a hospital in the northwestern city on March 4, and stayed for 62 days - at one point coming so close to...
TULSA, OKLAHOMA - JUNE 20: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the BOK Center, June 20, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Trump is holding his first political rally since the start of the coronavirus pandemic at the BOK Center today while infection rates in the state of Oklahoma continue to rise. Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP
Trump holds fiery rally but crowd smaller
TULSA: US President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the BOK Center on Saturday. —AFP TULSA: US President Donald Trump returned Saturday to one of his favorite spots - a campaign rally stage - defying the pandemic and attacking Democratic rivals at an event with crowds far smaller than promised. Gathering his political faithful for a much-hyped rally in Oklahoma, his first in three months, the Republican president sought to...
A protester holds a sign as she demonstrates against the President Trump and Vice President Pence White House at Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star in Hollywood, California on June 20, 2020. (Photo by Mark RALSTON / AFP)
US Asians soul searching over Floyd death
HOLLYWOOD: A protester holds a sign as she demonstrates at Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star on Saturday. — AFP WASHINGTON: As anti-racism protests broke out across the United States, Viet Hoai Tran knew exactly what he wanted to write on his poster – “Yellow Peril Supports Black Power”. “If we are talking about fighting for justice, for liberation, for change… all of us have to be part of this,” said the 27-year-old,...
A picture shows an eclipse see from Yunlin county, center Taiwan on June 21, 2020. (Photo by Sam Yeh / AFP)
‘Ring of fire’ solar eclipse thrills gazers
TAIWAN: A total solar eclipse is seen from Yunlin county yesterday. —AFP NAIROBI: Sky watchers along a narrow band from west Africa to the Arabian Peninsula, India and the Far East witnessed yesterday a dramatic “ring of fire” solar eclipse. So-called annular eclipses occur when the Moon – passing between Earth and the Sun – is not quite close enough to our planet to completely obscure sunlight, leaving a thin ring of the solar disc...
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Kuwait reports 505 new COVID-19 case, total at 39,650
KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health on Sunday reported 505 more infections with the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) taking the country's total count of confirmed cases to 39,650. Seven more people also died from the infectious respiratory illness over the past 24 hours, raising Kuwait's death toll due to the virus to 326 so far, the ministry's Spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said in his daily press briefing about latest status of the pandemic in...
KUWAIT: Vehicles drive along the Sheikh Jaber Causeway in Kuwait City yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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KUWAIT: Vehicles drive along the Sheikh Jaber Causeway in Kuwait City yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
AMMAN: This May 29, 2020 file photo shows relief workers preparing food parcels donated by the Kuwait Red Crescent Society to Syrian refugees in Amman, Jordan. — KUNA
United Nations hails Kuwait’s aid to refugees worldwide
AMMAN: This May 29, 2020 file photo shows relief workers preparing food parcels donated by the Kuwait Red Crescent Society to Syrian refugees in Amman, Jordan. — KUNA KUWAIT: The United Nations has lauded Kuwait’s generous aid to refugees and displaced people worldwide, considering it as an international exemplary in this domain. “Kuwait has contributed generously in aid of millions of refugees and internally displaced individuals around...
KUWAIT: This picture released by the Interior Ministry yesterday shows drugs found in shipments through air cargo.
Woman killed in deliberate hit-and-run in Abu Fatira
By Hanan Al-SaadounKUWAIT: A woman died Saturday when a driver ran her over in Abu Fatira in a case police are investigating as a homicide. The suspect drove away from the scene after hitting the woman deliberately with his American-made vehicle, according to police based on eyewitnesses’ reports. The woman was reportedly walking home when the suspect approached her and unleashed his dog to attack her. She was knocked down to the floor as a...
DUBAI: An employee wearing a face mask is pictured at the port of Jebel Ali, operated by the Dubai-based giant ports operator DP World, in the southern outskirts of the Gulf emirate of Dub. —AFP
Dubai ports giant ‘prepares for the worst’
DUBAI: An employee wearing a face mask is pictured at the port of Jebel Ali, operated by the Dubai-based giant ports operator DP World, in the southern outskirts of the Gulf emirate of Dub. —AFP DUBAI: The giant Dubai-based ports operator DP World is “preparing for the worst” in the months ahead, as coronavirus inflicts the heaviest blow on global trade since World War II.However, the firm which runs port and logistics operations in 54...
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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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Dr Anwar Al-Mudhaf
No wage cuts despite deficits
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Some businesses and professions bow to technology, artificial intelligence
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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