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Russian tennis player Anna Kournikova’s relatively short career is still unparalleled
LONDON: For a tennis player who failed to win even one singles title on the WTA Tour, the frenzy surrounding Anna Kournikova’s relatively short career is still unparalleled. The blonde Russian was listed among People Magazine’s 50 most beautiful people in 1998, voted the hottest female athlete on ESPN and her pictures adorned the covers of publications from Forbes to Sports Illustrated.Kournikova’s popularity could be gauged by the fact...
This combination of file photos shows US President Donald Trump (left) and Democratic presidential hopeful and former Vice President Joe Biden.—AFP
Virus, dire economy, unrest upend US presidential race
This combination of file photos shows US President Donald Trump (left) and Democratic presidential hopeful and former Vice President Joe Biden.—AFP WASHINGTON: Three concurrent crises scarring the United States—a deadly health pandemic, economic despair and widespread social unrest—have reframed this year’s presidential contest and prompted national reflection over racial inequality in America.Is the country on the cusp of a...
DUBAI: An Emirates Airlines flight takes off from Dubai International Airport in this file photo. Gulf carriers Emirates and Etihad Airways are extending the period of reduced pay for their staff until September, it is reported.
Emirates, Etihad extend salary cuts to Sept
DUBAI: An Emirates Airlines flight takes off from Dubai International Airport in this file photo. Gulf carriers Emirates and Etihad Airways are extending the period of reduced pay for their staff until September, it is reported. DUBAI: Gulf carriers Emirates and Etihad Airways are extending the period of reduced pay for their staff until September as they try to preserve cash during the global coronavirus pandemic.The aviation industry has...
Moah Pollas, a political science graduate, has joined in the continued protests in the US capital over the death of George Floyd in police custody. —AFP
‘It’s suffocating to be a black man in the US’
Moah Pollas, a political science graduate, has joined in the continued protests in the US capital over the death of George Floyd in police custody. —AFP WASHINGTON:  “I couldn’t stay home”: Moah Pollas, an African American recent college graduate, explained why he was compelled to spend days demonstrating in the streets of the US capital against systemic racism, despite the fear of being arrested, or worse.As a victim of racism himself,...
LONDON: Charities has warned that people living on the streets were particularly vulnerable to coronavirus. —AFP
Fears for UK homeless as virus hotel scheme draws to a close
LONDON: Charities has warned that people living on the streets were particularly vulnerable to coronavirus. —AFP LONDON: Thousands of homeless people in Britain were given hotel rooms to protect them from coronavirus but as the outbreak slows, charities fear they could soon be back on the streets.Lisa was among 15,000 people in England given emergency accommodation as part of an unprecedented government scheme in March to get “Everyone In”...
TOKYO: People wearing face masks amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) walk at Futako Tamagawa neighborhood in Tokyo yesterday. — AFP
Global virus deaths approach 400,000
TOKYO: People wearing face masks amid concerns over the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) walk at Futako Tamagawa neighborhood in Tokyo yesterday. — AFP PARIS: The global death toll from the coronavirus neared 400,000 yesterday with fatalities accelerating in Latin America, as oil-producing countries agreed to extend output cuts to offset a collapse in prices caused by the pandemic.Brazil now has the world’s third-highest death toll from the...
Migrant workers queue outside the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station to return to their hometowns after the government eased a nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai on May 19, 2020. - The lockdown affecting 1.3 billion people-the worldís largest-has been in force since late March and has been devastating for Indiaís poor with millions of migrant workers losing their jobs. (Photo by PUNIT PARANJPE / AFP)
India’s factories plunge into crisis
Migrant workers queue outside the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus railway station to return to their hometowns after the government eased a nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai on May 19, 2020. - The lockdown affecting 1.3 billion people-the worldís largest-has been in force since late March and has been devastating for Indiaís poor with millions of migrant workers losing their jobs....
BEIJING: A vendor wearing a face mask sells vegetables at a market in Beijing yesterday.—AFP
China imports plunge and exports fall
BEIJING: A vendor wearing a face mask sells vegetables at a market in Beijing yesterday.—AFP BEIJONG: China’s exports and imports fell in May as the economic slowdown abroad started to take its toll, and after a surprise jump driven by increased demand for anti-epidemic supplies, official data showed yesterday.With consumer demand muted and key overseas markets suffering downturns, imports saw their sharpest on-year fall in over four years,...
NEW DELHI: In this photograph, relatives prepare the cremation pyre for a person who died from the COVID-19 coronavirus, at the Nigambodh Ghat cremation ground in New Delhi. —AFP
Crematorium in Delhi struggles with virus dead
NEW DELHI: In this photograph, relatives prepare the cremation pyre for a person who died from the COVID-19 coronavirus, at the Nigambodh Ghat cremation ground in New Delhi. —AFP NEW DELHI: Traditional funeral pyres have been drafted in to burn the bodies of coronavirus victims in the Indian capital as crematorium furnaces struggle to keep up with the mounting death toll.Smoke from the open-air blazes stings the eyes of waiting mourners and...
A woman takes a picture with her mobile phone of a painted poster of an elephant and its calf in the belly lit up with candles by school staff to pay homage after the recent killing of a pregnant wild elephant in the southern Indian state of Kerala, in Chennai on June 6, 2020. - Indian police have arrested a plantation worker and are hunting two others after a pregnant elephant died after eating fruit laced with explosives, officials said on June 6, in a case that shocked the country. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
Man arrested in India over elephant death
A woman takes a picture with her mobile phone of a painted poster of an elephant and its calf in the belly lit up with candles by school staff to pay homage after the recent killing of a pregnant wild elephant in the southern Indian state of Kerala, in Chennai on June 6, 2020. - Indian police have arrested a plantation worker and are hunting two others after a pregnant elephant died after eating fruit laced with explosives, officials said on...
LAGOS: The coronavirus crisis is battering media outlets across Africa that were already struggling for cash and often facing pressure from hostile authorities.
Virus crisis piles pressure on Africa media
LAGOS: The coronavirus crisis is battering media outlets across Africa that were already struggling for cash and often facing pressure from hostile authorities. LAGOS: Collapsing revenues, rising layoffs: the coronavirus crisis is battering media outlets across Africa that were already struggling for cash and often facing pressure from hostile authorities. The news of cutbacks was sudden and painful for journalists at two of Nigeria’s most...
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Kuwait reports 487 new coronavirus cases, 10 deaths
KUWAIT: The health ministry on Saturday reported 487 new coronavirus infections, bringing the total to 31,131 cases, while deaths reached 254 after recording 10 cases. In a statement to KUNA, the ministry's spokesperson Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said the new cases are related to people who were in close contact with infected patients. Sanad said the new cases include 195 Kuwaitis, 81 Egyptians, 67 Indians and 47 Bangladeshis, with the rest of...
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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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Crown Prince receives son of Bohra Sultan