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KUWAIT: Mask-clad costumers buy fish at the main fish market in Sharq on June 3, 2020. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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KUWAIT: Mask-clad costumers buy fish at the main fish market in Sharq on June 3, 2020. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: Mask-clad costumers buy fish at the main fish market in Sharq on June 3, 2020. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

DAMASCUS: In this file photo, Syrian presidential guards, waving pictures of President Hafez Al-Assad and his son, heir apparent Bashar, pay their last respects to their late president in the capital Damascus. — AFP

Assad’s 20-year rule, from Spring to pariah

DAMASCUS: In this file photo, Syrian presidential guards, waving pictures of President Hafez Al-Assad and his son, heir apparent Bashar, pay their last respects to their late president in the capital Damascus. — AFP BEIRUT: Bashar Al-Assad’s rise to power after three decades of his father’s iron-fisted rule raised hope of democratic opening. But 20 years later, Syria is isolated and war-ravaged. Crumbling under a stinging economic...

TRIPOLI: A fighter loyal to the UN-recognized Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) prostrates in prayer as an expression of gratitude as his comrades celebrate in the Qasr bin Ghashir district south of the Libyan capital Tripoli, after the area was taken over by pro-GNA forces following clashes with rival forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar. — AFP

Egypt still backing Libyan strongman Haftar - for now

TRIPOLI: A fighter loyal to the UN-recognized Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA) prostrates in prayer as an expression of gratitude as his comrades celebrate in the Qasr bin Ghashir district south of the Libyan capital Tripoli, after the area was taken over by pro-GNA forces following clashes with rival forces loyal to strongman Khalifa Haftar. — AFP CAIRO: Rattled by a string of military defeats for ally Khalifa Haftar in neighboring...

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Grocery shopping by appointment in Kuwait? Confusion reigns

By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: After Kuwait shifted from full to partial curfew, confusion over the grocery shopping appointment system has surfaced. It is unclear still if all stores require appointments booked online prior to shopping.The Co-Op Union announced that it is still required to have an appointment for shopping in co-ops and supermarkets to avoid crowds and long queues. According to the union, shopping in the main branch is only for...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet’s weekly meeting via teleconference.

Kuwait Cabinet approves laboratory testing facilities at airport, land ports

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet’s weekly meeting via teleconference. KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Cabinet approved setting up health ministry laboratory testing facilities at air and land ports. The endeavor, which includes Kuwait International Airport and the new airport, will be administered in joint coordination among the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Interior,...

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Temperature guns effective, but sun exposure could render reading inaccurate

By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Kuwait Times spoke to several people who were prevented from entering stores because the temperature gun showed their temperature was over 38°C degrees. Such a temperature could mean the person may be having some health issues.The normal body temperature varies depending on many factors, including a person’s age, sex and activity levels.  A Kuwait Times source from the medical field suggested that normal body...

LAPA to launch Al-Jawhar training program next week

Farea Al-SaqqafJezail Khouri KUWAIT: Within a busy cultural season despite the curfew and health precautions, LOYAC’s Academy for Performance Arts (LAPA) is currently preparing to launch its Al-Jawhar program. The program includes a number of media workshops professionally addressing youth with participation of iconic Arab media figures.The first episode will be launched next week and presented by Lebanese media figure Jezail Khouri; one...

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Kuwait oil price up by $2.18 to $37.52 per barrel: KPC

KUWAIT: The price of Kuwaiti oil went up by $2.18 to $37.52 per barrel (pb) on Monday, compared with $35.34 on Friday, the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) said yesterday. Globally, the price of Brent crude on Monday closed up by $1.50 or 3.6 percent to $40.80 pb, while the West Texas Intermediate nosedived by $1.36 or 3.4 percent to $38.19 pb.The OPEC daily basket price went up by $1.9 to reach $36.83 a barrel on Friday, compared with $34.84...

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah meets with Charge d’Affaires of the Omani Embassy in Kuwait Hilal bin Ali Al-Shanfari. — KUNA

Kuwait Amir receives letter from Oman Sultan

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah meets with Charge d’Affaires of the Omani Embassy in Kuwait Hilal bin Ali Al-Shanfari. — KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah on Monday received a letter addressed to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah from Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tareq. The letter is related to close and deep relations...

An empty shipping dock is seen in this file photo as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in the Port of Los Angeles, California.

Pandemic offers scientists chance to ‘hear’ oceans as they once were

An empty shipping dock is seen in this file photo as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in the Port of Los Angeles, California. NEW YORK: Eleven years ago, environmental scientist Jesse Ausubel dreamed aloud in a commencement speech: What if scientists could record the sounds of the ocean in the days before propeller-driven ships and boats spanned the globe?They would listen to chit-chat between blue whales...

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Three hurt in Jabriya building blaze

By Hanan Al-Saadoun KUWAIT: Firemen put out a blaze that engulfed a fourth-floor apartment in Jabriya on Monday. Firemen from the Hawally, Salmiya and Shuhada fire stations responded to an emergency call reporting a fire in a 10-storey building in Jabriya. They evacuated the building before extinguishing the flames. Three persons suffered from smoke inhalation and were treated on site. An investigation was opened to reveal the cause of the fire

BRUZZANO: A view shows the Muslim section of an overwhelmingly Roman Catholic cemetery of Bruzzano, on the outskirts of Milan. Like so many others, Italy’s Muslim community was not spared the coronavirus that took thousands of lives in recent months. — AFP

For Italy’s Muslims, lack of burial space deepens grief

BRUZZANO: A view shows the Muslim section of an overwhelmingly Roman Catholic cemetery of Bruzzano, on the outskirts of Milan. Like so many others, Italy’s Muslim community was not spared the coronavirus that took thousands of lives in recent months. — AFP BRUZZANO: Italy’s Muslim community, like others, suffered many deaths as the coronavirus pandemic hit the Mediterranean country hard. Compounding the pain for the religious minority has...

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