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SHANGHAI: A couple pose for their friends next to The Bund Bull on the Bund along the Huangpu River in Shanghai. — AFP

Student mental health in focus

SHANGHAI: A couple pose for their friends next to The Bund Bull on the Bund along the Huangpu River in Shanghai. — AFP SHANGHAI: Some Chinese students returning to school after lockdown are grappling with familial conflict while others are stressing over how coronavirus disruptions have affected their academic performance, teachers and school counselors say. The heightened post-lockdown anxiety has become a matter of central government concern...

RIO DE JANEIRO: Health professionals check a patient infected with COVID-19 at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Doctor Ernesto Che Guevara Public Hospital in Marica, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. —AFP

Overworked, underpaid Brazil nurses risk lives to care for patients

RIO DE JANEIRO: Health professionals check a patient infected with COVID-19 at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the Doctor Ernesto Che Guevara Public Hospital in Marica, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. —AFP RIO DE JANEIRO: Hans Bossan is 40 hours into his 72-hour work week, but despite his marathon nursing shifts and the pandemic claiming an alarming number of his colleagues’ lives in Brazil, he barely looks tired.Bossan works three jobs to...

PARA STATE: Cemetery workers wear protective suits as they carry out the burial of Edivaldo da Silva, who died at the age of 77 from COVID-19, at the Recanto da Peace Municipal Cemetery in Breves, Para state, Brazil. —AFP

Latin America passes 70,000 deaths

PARA STATE: Cemetery workers wear protective suits as they carry out the burial of Edivaldo da Silva, who died at the age of 77 from COVID-19, at the Recanto da Peace Municipal Cemetery in Breves, Para state, Brazil. —AFP SAO PAULO: The coronavirus pandemic advanced steadily Wednesday through Latin America, where the death toll passed the grim milestone of 70,000 fatalities even as Europe planned to reopen its external borders to foreigners in...

CAPE TOWN: Members of a Muslim burial organisation prepare the body of a man who died of COVID-19 coronavirus for burial, at the Ghietmatiel Islamia Mosque in Athlone, Cape Town. — AFP

‘Wrapped in plastic’: Muslim funeral rites restricted in COVID-hit S Africa

CAPE TOWN: Members of a Muslim burial organisation prepare the body of a man who died of COVID-19 coronavirus for burial, at the Ghietmatiel Islamia Mosque in Athlone, Cape Town. — AFP CAPE TOWN: Like Muslims across the world, South African Esa Alexander could not pray by his father-in-law’s hospital bed or customarily wash and shroud the body after he succumbed to COVID-19 last week. “We could see the body but it was wrapped in plastic so...

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HUAWEI P40 Pro is available now in Kuwait

KUWAIT: Huawei recently announced the long awaited HUAWEI P40 Pro complete with a unique design, powerful 5G capabilities and an advanced Ultra Vision Leica camera system, along with features that are built to give an ultimate 5G performance for every kind of user. Now available across all HUAWEI online platforms and certified retailers for a price of 289.900 KWD.Equipped with the HUAWEI Quad-Curve Overflow Display, the HUAWEI P40 Pro is...

BARCELONA: File photo taken on December 21, 2019 shows Barcelona’s French forward Antoine Griezmann (R) celebrates with Barcelona’s Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez. Two points separate Spain’s greatest rivals FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF ahead of the return to top-flight games on June 11, 2020, when the derby between Sevilla and Real Betis will end a 93-day hiatus. Neither Eden Hazard nor Luis Suarez expected to play much after Hazard underwent surgery on a broken foot and Suarez had an operation on his right knee in January. — AFP

La Liga title race looks to forgotten stars

BARCELONA: File photo taken on December 21, 2019 shows Barcelona’s French forward Antoine Griezmann (R) celebrates with Barcelona’s Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez. Two points separate Spain’s greatest rivals FC Barcelona and Real Madrid CF ahead of the return to top-flight games on June 11, 2020, when the derby between Sevilla and Real Betis will end a 93-day hiatus. Neither Eden Hazard nor Luis Suarez expected to play much after Hazard...

The Giza pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo is pictured empty after the site closed to the general public as a protective a measure against the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. — AFP

Egypt cleans up for return of tourists

The Giza pyramids necropolis on the southwestern outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo is pictured empty after the site closed to the general public as a protective a measure against the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19. — AFP Hotels have ramped up hygiene, archaeological sites have been sanitised and beaches cleaned up—Egypt is gearing up to welcome back tourists kept away by the coronavirus pandemic. “We are laying the groundwork for...

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Let us return to basics

A few years back, I was very excited to hand my baby daughter her first lapفop for being a grade A student in her school, and yes I do admit that I was pleased to her using it, not knowing that this blessing will turn into a curse down the road!Day after day, the girl started to get attached to this device, and mind you her mobile did not leave her hand at all. Even when she went to bed and seemed sound asleep, when her mother attempted to...

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Nawara Fattahova People in Kuwait have a passion for fast food. Although the trend of healthy eating and diet food spread widely among the community in the past few years, people still love burgers from popular international franchises and fried chicken that can’t be imitated.Since the partial curfew was imposed on March 22, ordering from restaurants has been limited to only a few hours, and after the 20-day total curfew was imposed, all...

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Kuwait reports 683 new coronavirus infections, 2 deaths

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday 683 new infections with the coronavirus (COVID-19) in the past 24 hours raising the total to 33,823 cases. Ministry spokesperson Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said in his daily briefing that two new deaths were also recorded during the same period, raising the toll of fatalities from the virus to 275 since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country. He added that some of the cases contracted the...

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Top Kuwait lawmaker urges backing for private sector

Marzouq Al-Ghanem KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem said yesterday it is essential to adopt legislation aiming at supporting the private sector amid efforts to curb the novel coronavirus. Ghanem made the call during a parliamentary committee meeting attended by owners of small, medium and large enterprises to look into the fallout of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. He underlined that it is unacceptable to leave...

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Kuwaiti movie nominated for int’l film festival

The nomination’s invitation.Nadia AhmedAbdullah Al-Henayyan KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti movie ALGA’AILA, for young Kuwaiti director Abdullah Al-Henayyan, was recently nominated to take part in the Around International Film Festival (ARFF) in Amsterdam, which is scheduled for September 2020. This is the film’s second nomination for an international festival after being nominated for the European Short Film Festival due to be held in May...

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Kuwait shivers in subzero cold

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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