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No work, no pay and no money for rent: Jobless expats plead for help
By Ben Garcia KUWAIT: The 10th of every month is the deadline for paying rent for many tenants. But many expatriates nowadays say they can no longer afford to pay the rent, as many workers have been out of work without pay during the past three months. “How can I pay? I was not working for the last three months. Then a few days ago, I received very depressing news from my company - I was fired from the job,” said Marlon, 35, who works as a...
KUWAIT: The imam leads Dhuhr prayers at Bilal Mosque in Siddiq yesterday after some mosques reopened for the first time after three months of closure due to the coronavirus outbreak. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Joy, sacrifice as mosques reopen in ‘model’ areas
KUWAIT: The imam leads Dhuhr prayers at Bilal Mosque in Siddiq yesterday after some mosques reopened for the first time after three months of closure due to the coronavirus outbreak. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By B IzzakKUWAIT: Mosques in so-called modern residential areas reopened their doors to worshippers for the first time following three months of unprecedented closure due to the coronavirus outbreak. To celebrate the occasion, Islamic...
EL MASNOU, Spain: A student takes classes online with his companion using the Zoom app at home during the coronavirus outbreak on April 2, 2020. — Reuters
Mind the gap: Affordable Net vital for coronavirus recovery
EL MASNOU, Spain: A student takes classes online with his companion using the Zoom app at home during the coronavirus outbreak on April 2, 2020. — Reuters KUALA LUMPUR: From online schooling to working from home or video calls with family, the Internet has helped billions of people adapt and survive during the coronavirus pandemic. But as lockdowns ease and social-distancing rules remain, human rights experts say countries must now ensure all...
HOUSTON: People watch as a horse-drawn hearse containing the remains of George Floyd passes by during a funeral procession on Tuesday. — AFP
Tributes, calls for justice at Floyd funeral
HOUSTON: People watch as a horse-drawn hearse containing the remains of George Floyd passes by during a funeral procession on Tuesday. — AFP HOUSTON: Houston said farewell to George Floyd in a rousing hometown funeral Tuesday, with poignant tributes and calls for justice for the 46-year-old African American whose death “touched the world” and ignited global protests against police brutality and racism. Politicians, civil rights activists...
WUHAN, China: This photo taken on May 29, 2020 shows a flight attendant wearing a facemask as she checks the body temperature of boarding passengers next to the door of the plane at Tianhe Airport. –—AFP
Future of flying: Masks, checks, long check-ins
WUHAN, China: This photo taken on May 29, 2020 shows a flight attendant wearing a facemask as she checks the body temperature of boarding passengers next to the door of the plane at Tianhe Airport. –—AFP SINGAPORE: Cabin crew in protective suits, health certifications for passengers, mandatory face masks, and longer check-in times. This is the new reality of mass air travel. As people dream of taking to the skies once more, they face the...
BINNISH, Syria: A merchant displays Syrian pound notes at a shop in this town in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on Tuesday. — AFP
Syrians fear hunger as devaluation sparks protests
BINNISH, Syria: A merchant displays Syrian pound notes at a shop in this town in Syria's northwestern Idlib province on Tuesday. — AFP BEIRUT: Umm Ahmed and her family have survived years of war, but now the  mother of five is terrified uncontrolled devaluation of the Syrian pound will prevent her from feeding her children. “Since the war started, we’ve tasted all sorts of suffering,” said the 39-year-old, displaced three times by...
MOSCOW: Russia’s sprawling Siberia region is being transformed by climate change that has brought with it warmer temperatures, forest fires and growing swarms of hungry moth larvae.
Climate change brings fires, floods and moths to Siberia
MOSCOW: Russia’s sprawling Siberia region is being transformed by climate change that has brought with it warmer temperatures, forest fires and growing swarms of hungry moth larvae. MOSCOW: Best known as a vast, cold tundra, Russia’s sprawling Siberia region is being transformed by climate change that has brought with it warmer temperatures, forest fires and growing swarms of hungry moth larvae.Spanning millions of square kilometers east of...
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Firemen battle Farwaniya building, Free Trade Zone fires
Man hurt after jumping from second floor  By Hanan Al-SaadounKUWAIT: Farwaniya and Jleeb firemen battled a blaze in an Arab-style house in Farwaniya Tuesday. The fire started in an electricity meter on the ground floor. A man was injured after he jumped from the second floor in an attempt to escape, and medics took him to hospital. An investigation was opened to reveal the cause of the fire. Meanwhile, firemen from four fire stations doused a...
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Britain confronts colonial past with statue protests
A video grab taken from a video released by Tower Hamlets council shows a statue of Scottish slaveholder Robert Milligan being removed from West India Quay, east London on June 10, 2020. - AFP OXFORD: Thousands of people called on Tuesday for a statue of 19th century British imperialist Cecil Rhodes to be removed from an Oxford University college, as debate raged over the removal of other monuments to the nation’s colonial past. Protesters...
HODEIDA: Children walk past tents at a displaced persons camp in the Khokha district of Yemen’s western province of Hodeida. The world is facing an ‘impending global food emergency’ that could impact hundreds of millions of people as the coronavirus pandemic threatens already strained supply chains, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned yesterday. — AFP
Virus’ shocks to fuel unrest, hunger
HODEIDA: Children walk past tents at a displaced persons camp in the Khokha district of Yemen’s western province of Hodeida. The world is facing an ‘impending global food emergency’ that could impact hundreds of millions of people as the coronavirus pandemic threatens already strained supply chains, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned yesterday. — AFP LONDON: Economic shocks caused by the new coronavirus are set to fuel poverty,...
SINGAPORE: Migrant workers in essential services wearing safety vests cross a street at Orchard Road in Singapore. —Reuters
Singapore’s migrant workers fear financial ruin after virus ordeal
SINGAPORE: Migrant workers in essential services wearing safety vests cross a street at Orchard Road in Singapore. —Reuters SINGAPORE: As Sharif Uddin contemplates leaving the cramped Singapore dormitory where he has spent weeks under coronavirus quarantine, fears about his future creep in. The 42-year-old Bangladeshi construction supervisor is one of thousands of low-income migrant workers trapped in packed bunk rooms that have been ravaged...
SHENYANG: A customer looks at a pumpkin at a market in Shenyang in China’s northeastern Liaoning province yesterday. China’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.4 percent in May, just below the 2.6 percent expected and easing from 3.3 percent a month earlier, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics yesterday.—AFP
China factory gate deflation deepens
SHENYANG: A customer looks at a pumpkin at a market in Shenyang in China’s northeastern Liaoning province yesterday. China’s consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.4 percent in May, just below the 2.6 percent expected and easing from 3.3 percent a month earlier, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics yesterday.—AFP BEIJING: China’s producer prices fell by the sharpest rate in more than four years, underscoring pressure on...
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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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Kuwait shivers in subzero cold
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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