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A real estate sign advertising a new home for sale is pictured in Vienna, Virginia. — Reuters
US suburbs poised for revival
A real estate sign advertising a new home for sale is pictured in Vienna, Virginia. — Reuters NEW YORK: New Jersey realtor Peter Engelmann says he got his first COVID-19 “exodus call” in early March from a New Yorker who ended up buying a three-bedroom suburban house. With New York City’s coronavirus lockdown confining many residents to tiny apartments for nearly three months, experts think post-pandemic life could see a wave of...
MELBOURNE: A homeless man walks past a sale sign in a store window in Melbourne’s central business district yesterday. Australia is heading for its first recession in nearly three decades after the economy shrunk in the January-March quarter.— AFP
Australian economy slips into recession
MELBOURNE: A homeless man walks past a sale sign in a store window in Melbourne’s central business district yesterday. Australia is heading for its first recession in nearly three decades after the economy shrunk in the January-March quarter.— AFP SYDNEY: Australia’s economy has fallen into recession, the country’s treasurer said yesterday, after official data showed gross domestic product fell last quarter as entire business sectors...
PHILADELPHIA: A man uses his phone to record former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as he speaks about the unrest across the country from Philadelphia City Hall. — AFP
As protests rage, a tale of two leaders: Biden and Trump
PHILADELPHIA: A man uses his phone to record former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden as he speaks about the unrest across the country from Philadelphia City Hall. — AFP WASHINGTON: The nationwide US protests for racial justice are giving Joe Biden, sidelined for over two months by the coronavirus pandemic, the opportunity to reclaim the spotlight and display a contrasting leadership style to that of his November...
NUEVA ESPERANZA: A worker digs the grave to bury the coffin of a suspected COVID-19 victim at the Nueva Esperanza cemetery, one of the largest in Latin America, in the southern outskirts of Lima. — AFP
Brazil death toll tops 30,000
NUEVA ESPERANZA: A worker digs the grave to bury the coffin of a suspected COVID-19 victim at the Nueva Esperanza cemetery, one of the largest in Latin America, in the southern outskirts of Lima. — AFP RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil surpassed 30,000 deaths from the coronavirus outbreak as the disease continued to rip through Latin America, while Italy - at one point the hardest-hit country - prepared to reopen its borders in time for the European...
COLOGNE: Cologne’s German defender Rafael Czichos, Leipzig’s French defender Dayot Upamecano and Leipzig’s Czech forward Patrik Schick vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match FC Cologne vs RB Leipzig, in Cologne on June 1, 2020. —AFP
Leipzig ‘back on course’ with Cologne win
COLOGNE: Cologne’s German defender Rafael Czichos, Leipzig’s French defender Dayot Upamecano and Leipzig’s Czech forward Patrik Schick vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match FC Cologne vs RB Leipzig, in Cologne on June 1, 2020. —AFP BERLIN: RB Leipzig returned to third place in the Bundesliga with an entertaining 4-2 victory at Cologne on Monday. Jhon Cordoba claimed the early advantage for the home...
CHELLES: French skateboarder, street category, Charlotte Hym practices as she prepares for the qualifications for the Olympics Games at the Cosanostra skatepark on May 29, 2020 in Chelles, near Paris during the second phase of the easing of lockdown measures announced by the French Prime Minister amid the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic. —AFP
What future for sport and sponsors after the coronavirus lockdown?
CHELLES: French skateboarder, street category, Charlotte Hym practices as she prepares for the qualifications for the Olympics Games at the Cosanostra skatepark on May 29, 2020 in Chelles, near Paris during the second phase of the easing of lockdown measures announced by the French Prime Minister amid the COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) pandemic. —AFP LONDON: Global sport is facing the “mother of all wake-up calls” as it emerges from the...
Moe Myint May Thu (left) and her mother Honey Cho filming a cooking video at their house in Yangon.
‘Little Chef’ charms Myanmar with lockdown cooking classes
Moe Myint May Thu (left) and her mother Honey Cho filming a cooking video at their house in Yangon. From boiled catfish soup to spicy fried frog, an eight-year-old in pyjamas and a chef’s hat is delighting Myanmar with her culinary prowess in a nation still being told to stay at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. Moe Myint May Thu’s mother posted a video online at the end of April showing off her daughter’s skills as the youngster threw...
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Our precious treasure
My daughter-in-law took her child out for a walk, but once they were a few meters out, he stopped her, telling her that we should return to the building yard because there is corona out on the street! The child must have been told something about this virus and that we should not go out to avoid the illness. For a child of this age to keep in mind such an idea about this danger prompts us to be very careful when dealing with our children, no...
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Kuwait reports 887 new coronavirus cases, 6 deaths
KUWAIT: The ministry of health announced on Tuesday recording 887 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, bringing the total count of contaminations to 28,649 cases. The ministry’s official spokesperson Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad, in his daily briefing about the pandemic in the country, said six deaths were also reported during the same period, with the total number of fatalities amounting to 226 since the outbreak of the highly contagious...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s meeting. — KUNA
Kuwait govt urges public to abide by health instructions throughout transition
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s meeting. — KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwait’s government Monday urged the public to abide by preventive health instructions in order to bring about success to a plan aimed at gradually restoring normal life through five phases. The government, in its weekly meeting chaired by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah,...
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‘KD 2.250 remaining for June’: People surviving under lockdown on bare minimum
By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: The months of lockdown and curfews brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in sufferings, difficulties and unforeseen circumstances for many people around the world, including expats in Kuwait. No work and no pay is a regular topic of conversation among expatriate workers. Cases of hunger have been registered, employees have been terminated and there have been some reported cases of expats committing suicide due...
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Sharq fish market opens today using pre-booked entry codes
By A SalehKUWAIT: Huge crowds of customers gathered outside the Sharq fish market on June 1st following Kuwait Municipality’s decision to open fish markets around Kuwait after the total curfew was eased. Customers, who have been craving fresh local fish following the curfew imposed by the cabinet  to control the spread of COVID-19 as well as Ramadan, were disappointed to find the market’s doors still closed and no fish was on sale.In...
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KUWAIT: Health Minister, Dr Ahmed Al-Awadhi holds talks with officials. - KUNA
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TBILISI: Georgian twin sisters Anna Panchulidze (left), an English student at university, and Elene Deisadze (right), a psychology student, and Elene's adoptive mother, Lia Korkotadze, pose during an interview in Tbilisi on March 23, 2024. -- AFP
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GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Palestinian baby girl Wateen Al-Adasi who developed a skin condition due to malnutrition rests at the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024. -- AFP
Dangerous skin diseases spreading among Gaza kids