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Defying COVID-19, LAPA prepares package of youth programs, workshops

KUWAIT: Despite the curfew, LOYAC’s Academy for Performance Arts (LAPA) is preparing to launch a package of youth programs and workshops including ‘Al-Jawhar’ programs which comprises of a number of media workshops. The first episode will be presented by Lebanese media figure Jezail Khouri.The program will be launched today with a presentation of a workshop on media arts and interviews with participants from Kuwait, Lebanon and Jordan....

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Three fire stations battle Amghara blaze

A fireman puts out the flames. By Hanan Al-SaadounKUWAIT: Firemen from three different fire stations worked together to put out a blaze in Amghara Sunday afternoon. The fire started in a refrigerated trailer truck, and the flames spread to foam and lumber, covering an area of 200 square meters. No jnjuries were reported. Meanwhile, an investigation was opened to reveal the cause of the fire.Separately, police arrested an Arab man who attempted...

In this file handout photo, Airbus commercial aircraft idle on the tarmac in Toulouse as the company is celebrating its 50th anniversary. – AFP

Pandemic bursts Toulouse aerospace bubble

In this file handout photo, Airbus commercial aircraft idle on the tarmac in Toulouse as the company is celebrating its 50th anniversary. – AFP TOULOUSE: Barely three months ago, Serge Dumas had one problem: how to keep up with record demand for the metal fasteners and bolts his small aerospace supply firm manufactures just north of Toulouse.Now, the head of Gillis Aerospace is wondering how to keep his 45 employees busy as Europe’s...

ROME: People gather to buy fishes directly off fishermen’s boats at the port of Fiumicino, west of Rome. Across the world, consumers are emerging from lockdowns warier and more thrift-conscious than before.— AFP

Scarred, scared: Consumers not their old selves

ROME: People gather to buy fishes directly off fishermen’s boats at the port of Fiumicino, west of Rome. Across the world, consumers are emerging from lockdowns warier and more thrift-conscious than before.— AFP LONDON: Michael Clark of Amy’s Housewares has one big fear as its London stores prepare to reopen on June 15 along with other retailers around Britain: “Customers not spending, having no trust in the economy.”His concern,...

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My great-grandfather died at over 100 years of age. He was very alert and remembered many things and events that he went through and with whom. My grandfather lived into his late nineties, was very healthy and was active in his fields very late in his age, and if it was not for an accident, he would have kept working.I put myself in trouble one day when my curiosity at that young age made me decide to be by the side of my grandfather Abu Essa...

MINNESOTA: File photo shows Drew Brees #9 of the New Orleans Saints looks on after losing in the NFC Wild Card Playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings. President Trump criticised Drew Brees on June 5, saying the NFL star was wrong to apologise for his comments about kneeling protests which ignited controversy. — AFP

Saints quarterback Brees ‘received death threats’ over flag comments

MINNESOTA: File photo shows Drew Brees #9 of the New Orleans Saints looks on after losing in the NFC Wild Card Playoff game against the Minnesota Vikings. President Trump criticised Drew Brees on June 5, saying the NFL star was wrong to apologise for his comments about kneeling protests which ignited controversy. — AFP LOS ANGELES: The wife of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees said on Sunday they received death threats over his...

BREMEN: Bremen’s Czech defender Theodor Gebre Selassie, Wolfsburg’s Croatian defender Marin Pongracic and Wolfsburg’s Swiss defender Kevin Mbabu vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match SV Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg in Bremen, northern Germany. — AFP

Wolfsburg win, Werder slip towards drop

BREMEN: Bremen’s Czech defender Theodor Gebre Selassie, Wolfsburg’s Croatian defender Marin Pongracic and Wolfsburg’s Swiss defender Kevin Mbabu vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match SV Werder Bremen v VfL Wolfsburg in Bremen, northern Germany. — AFP BERLIN: Werder Bremen were staring at relegation from the Bundesliga on Sunday after a 1-0 home defeat to Wolfsburg, while Union Berlin edged towards...

File photo shows Tyson Fury beat Deontay Wilder in their second fight in February.

Sydney makes bid for Fury, Wilder rematch

File photo shows Tyson Fury beat Deontay Wilder in their second fight in February. SYDNEY: Australian city Sydney has made an audacious bid to host a blockbuster heavyweight rematch between Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder, with promoters eyeing Boxing Day for the trilogy superfight.Promoter Dean Lonergan has tentatively booked Bankwest Stadium in the city’s west for the bout, The Australian reported Monday. Semi-autonomous Chinese city Macau is...

MUMBAI: Commuters are seen in a traffic jam during rush hour as places of religious worship, hotels, restaurants and shopping malls are allowed to operate again after more than two months of lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus. - AFP

India re-opens more public spaces despite record virus infections

MUMBAI: Commuters are seen in a traffic jam during rush hour as places of religious worship, hotels, restaurants and shopping malls are allowed to operate again after more than two months of lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus. - AFP NEW DELHI: Malls and temples re-opened in several cities across India yesterday despite the country recording a record daily number of new coronavirus infections, with the...

KUWAIT: Cuban medical personnel arrive at Kuwait International Airport on Saturday to assist the country’s effort in the fight against COVID-19. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Assembly panel seeks ban on new expat recruitment

Kuwaitization, quotas, residence curbs eyed • MP warns finance minister KUWAIT: Cuban medical personnel arrive at Kuwait International Airport on Saturday to assist the country’s effort in the fight against COVID-19. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By B IzzakKUWAIT: Head of the Assembly’s human resource development committee MP Khalil Al-Saleh said yesterday the panel will propose a ban on new recruitment of expat labor into the country...

BEIRUT: Lebanese riot police fire tear gas at protesters in central Beirut on Saturday. — AFP

Dozens hurt as protesters flood Beirut

BEIRUT: Lebanese riot police fire tear gas at protesters in central Beirut on Saturday. — AFP BEIRUT: Protesters poured into the streets of the Lebanese capital Saturday to decry the collapse of the economy, as clashes erupted between supporters and opponents of the Iran-backed Shiite group Hezbollah. Hundreds filled the streets in and around the protest hub of Martyrs Square in the center of Beirut, with skirmishes also between protesters and...

SALE, Morocco: A Moroccan rug weaver creates a carpet at a workshop in this city north of the capital Rabat on June 3, 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic. — AFP

Morocco artisans fear ‘knockout punch’ from virus

SALE, Morocco: A Moroccan rug weaver creates a carpet at a workshop in this city north of the capital Rabat on June 3, 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic. — AFP RABAT: Pottery, basketwork and wrought-iron furniture pile up in the deserted stalls of the Oulja arts and crafts complex in Sale near the Moroccan capital Rabat. Artisans have been starved of income for almost three months because of the COVID-19 pandemic. “Coronavirus is the...

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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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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

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