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MUMBAI: Migrant workers and families wait outside Dharavi slums for transportation to a railway terminus to catch a train back home after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai.—AFP

India launches jobs plan for migrants in ‘testing times’

MUMBAI: Migrant workers and families wait outside Dharavi slums for transportation to a railway terminus to catch a train back home after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai.—AFP NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday unveiled a jobs plan for “testing times” in a bid to get migrants back at work after the world’s biggest coronavirus lockdown stripped millions of their livelihood.With a...

KUWAIT: Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan (left) meets HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah at Seif Palace yesterday. — KUNA

PM assures chief editors no one is above the law

KUWAIT: Kuwait Times Editor-in-Chief Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan (left) meets HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah at Seif Palace yesterday. — KUNA By Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan - Editor-in-ChiefKUWAIT: It was a truly welcome change to attend an open discussion yesterday between HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah and editors-in-chief of Kuwait’s media. The meeting at Seif Palace personally gave me a feeling of...

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MP slams ‘new’ health policy on virus testing

Shuaib Al-Muwaizri By B IzzakKUWAIT: Leading opposition MP Shuaib Al-Muwaizri yesterday accused the health ministry of limiting coronavirus tests to cases that require hospital admission only and denying them to scores of suspected cases. Addressing the prime minister from his Twitter account, Muwaizri said the ministry has declined requests by dozens of Kuwaiti families and individuals to undergo the tests.The lawmaker claimed that people...

WASHINGTON: A man screams with emotion as he sees a policeman take a knee while hundreds protest the death of George Floyd next to the White House on May 31, 2020. – AFP

Police stun Americans – by taking a knee with protesters

WASHINGTON: A man screams with emotion as he sees a policeman take a knee while hundreds protest the death of George Floyd next to the White House on May 31, 2020. – AFP WASHINGTON: They are images that surprised and moved Americans: Police officers taking a knee alongside protesters in the most widespread civil unrest to rock the nation in decades – and in doing so embracing an anti-racism gesture denounced by President Donald Trump.As...

JERUSALEM: The mother of Iyad Hallak, a 32-year-old Palestinian man with autism who was shot dead by Israeli police, mourns her son at their home on June 1, 2020. — AFP

Family mourns son killed by Israeli police

JERUSALEM: The mother of Iyad Hallak, a 32-year-old Palestinian man with autism who was shot dead by Israeli police, mourns her son at their home on June 1, 2020. — AFP JERUSALEM: Iyad Hallak, a 32-year-old Palestinian man with autism, passed Israeli police every day to reach his special needs school in Jerusalem’s Old City. Last week a police officer who believed Hallak was armed shot him dead, leaving his family searching for answers and...

HOUSTON: Protesters demonstrate to mourn the death of George Floyd during a march across downtown Houston on Tuesday. – AFP

US protests defy curfews; Trump faces backlash

HOUSTON: Protesters demonstrate to mourn the death of George Floyd during a march across downtown Houston on Tuesday. – AFP WASHINGTON: Protesters defied curfews across the United States as leaders scrambled to stem anger over police racism while President Donald Trump rejected criticism over his use of force to break up a peaceful rally. Standoffs between police and demonstrators stretched into the night in cities from New York to Los Angeles...

MUMBAI: Commuters drive in the rain along Marine Drive as Cyclone Nisarga barrels towards India’s western coast yesterday. — AFP

Mumbai avoids brunt of cyclone

MUMBAI: Commuters drive in the rain along Marine Drive as Cyclone Nisarga barrels towards India’s western coast yesterday. — AFP MUMBAI: Coronavirus-hit Mumbai appeared to escape the worst of Cyclone Nisarga yesterday as the first severe storm to threaten India’s financial capital in more than 70 years left it largely unscathed after ripping roofs off homes in a nearby coastal town. Mumbai and its surrounds are usually sheltered from...

MAHARASTRA: Migrant labourers and their family members from Maharastra hold kitchen utensils as they protest against the government for the lack of food in a slum area. — AFP

Nearly 200 workers killed on India roads during lockdown

MAHARASTRA: Migrant labourers and their family members from Maharastra hold kitchen utensils as they protest against the government for the lack of food in a slum area. — AFP NEW DELHI: Nearly 200 migrant workers died in road accidents in India while returning to their village homes during the world’s longest coronavirus lockdown, a charity said on Tuesday. Tens of thousands of people walked home from India’s big cities after losing...

BEIJING: Workers clean the windows on the exterior of a highrise building in Beijing yesterday. — AFP

India app highlights backlash against Chinese business

BEIJING: Workers clean the windows on the exterior of a highrise building in Beijing yesterday. — AFP NEW DELHI: India’s top trending free app on Google’s mobile app store, with more than 5 million downloads since late May, is called “Remove China Apps” and does exactly what it says on the label. Its popularity comes amid calls for a boycott of Chinese mobile apps in India as a Himalayan border dispute fuels a backlash against products...

MINNEAPOLIS: Former NBA player Stephen Jackson arrives at a protest in response to the police killing of George Floyd outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jackson, who was friends with George Floyd, spoke at a press conference before joining the protest. — AFP

FIFA join protests over Floyd’s death

MINNEAPOLIS: Former NBA player Stephen Jackson arrives at a protest in response to the police killing of George Floyd outside the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jackson, who was friends with George Floyd, spoke at a press conference before joining the protest. — AFP BERN: World soccer’s governing body FIFA has joined sports leagues, teams and players around the globe to express solidarity amid outrage over the...

PHOENIX: File photo shows, Devin Booker #1 of the Phoenix Suns drives to the basket against the Houston Rockets on February 07, 2020 at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. —AFP

Balanced Grizz rally past Celtics in NBA 2K League

PHOENIX: File photo shows, Devin Booker #1 of the Phoenix Suns drives to the basket against the Houston Rockets on February 07, 2020 at Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix, Arizona. —AFP NEW YORK: Getting double-figure scoring totals from all five players, Grizz Gaming downed Celtics Crossover Gaming 87-68 in the decisive contest of a best-of-three match on Tuesday as Week 5 of the NBA 2K League season began.The night’s other two matches...

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Australia’s Mick Doohan, greatest motorcycle racer of all time

SYDNEY: Mick Doohan dominated the top class of motorcycle racing for half a decade at the end of the last century, wiping the floor with the competition to win five consecutive 500cc world championships.Ice cool, brave, ultra-aggressive, dismissive of pain and competitive to the point of mania, the Australian controlled the snorting, bucking power of the two-stroke 500cc machine like no one else.“Doohan was a driven man, to the scariest of...

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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

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DAMASCUS: People chat at a pub on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP

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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

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