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1,008 new coronavirus cases in Kuwait, 11 deaths
KUWAIT: The ministry of health announced Saturday 1,008 new coronavirus infections, raising the total to 26,192 cases. Deaths reached 205 with the addition of 11 more fatalities. Official spokesperson of the ministry of health Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said in a statement to KUNA that all these patients had contracted the virus from infected persons and others suspected of being contaminated with the pathogen.The 1,008 new cases include 287...
MINNEAPOLIS: A man tries to tow away a car in a safe zone as another car catches fire in a local parking garage on Friday during a protest over the death of an unarmed black man. — AFP
Unrest flares in US despite arrest of cop
MINNEAPOLIS: A man tries to tow away a car in a safe zone as another car catches fire in a local parking garage on Friday during a protest over the death of an unarmed black man. — AFP MINNEAPOLIS: Violent protests erupted across the United States late Friday over the death of an unarmed black man at the hands of police, with murder charges laid against a Minneapolis officer failing to quell seething anger. Demonstrators clashed with police...
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No curfew…be aware
I will not be saying the truth if I said I am not happy that the full curfew is no more; equally, I will not be truthful if I say that I am not worried! Being locked in the same place for over 20 consecutive days is not something easy at all, and any chance for a person to just step out in the open will be taken in a flash.My fear is that there will be many waves of people rushing out to shops, markets or just being out, but will organizers...
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Kuwait COVID-19 survivors. share experience with disease
(FILES) This file handout illustration image obtained February 3, 2020, courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. - American health authorities said February 25, 2020 they ultimately expect the novel coronavirus to spread in the United States and are urging local governments,...
Kuwaiti police officers man a checkpoint at the entrance leading to the Hawally district of Kuwait City on May 29, 2020, after the district was put on lockdown to combat the spread of the Coronavirus. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
Compliance with health instructions way to normal life: Sheikh Basel
Kuwaiti police officers man a checkpoint at the entrance leading to the Hawally district of Kuwait City on May 29, 2020, after the district was put on lockdown to combat the spread of the Coronavirus. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP) KUWAIT: Kuwait embarks today on a five-phase plan for a gradual return to normal life, brought to a standstill by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), starting with easing of curfew but locking down virus-hit areas....
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Kuwait interior undersecretary visits correctional facilities
KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior (MoI) Undersecretary Major General Essam Al-Naham visited on Thursday correctional institutions examining security and health measures designed to maintain prisoners’ health and wellbeing. Major General Talal Maarefi, Assistant Undersecretary for Correctional Facilities and Sentences Execution at Ministry of Interior, briefed the undersecretary during the tour about health precautionary measures for the...
KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah participates in a senior-level international meeting themed ‘development in era and post COVID-19’ via video conference. —KUNA
EU: Kuwait pledges $100 million to Coronavirus Global Response
KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah participates in a senior-level international meeting themed ‘development in era and post COVID-19’ via video conference. —KUNA BRUSSELS: The European Union Friday published a full list of the countries and the amount they pledged at the Coronavirus Global Response virtual event held on 4 May hosted by the European Commission. Kuwait has pledged $100 million for the...
Cinema-goers in their cars attend the screening of the US musical romantic comedy film “Grease” during the reopening of the Autocine Madrid Race drive-in cinema, in Madrid.—AFP photos
Social distance cinema: ‘Grease’ draws crowds to Madrid drive-in
Cinema-goers in their cars attend the screening of the US musical romantic comedy film “Grease” during the reopening of the Autocine Madrid Race drive-in cinema, in Madrid.—AFP For many, it was a long-awaited chance to feel normal again, sitting in their cars belting out “Summer Nights” at Madrid’s drive-in cinema on a rare night out after a 10-week lockdown. It’s opening night at this 1950s-themed venue and as the sun sets,...
CAPE TOWN: File photo taken on February 07, 2020 Switzerland’s Roger Federer reacts after his victory against Spain’s Rafael Nadal during their tennis match at The Match in Africa, in Cape Town. Roger Federer topped the 2020 Forbes magazine list of highest-paid global athletes announced May 29, 2020. —AFP
Roger Federer tops list of world’s highest-paid athletes
CAPE TOWN: File photo taken on February 07, 2020 Switzerland’s Roger Federer reacts after his victory against Spain’s Rafael Nadal during their tennis match at The Match in Africa, in Cape Town. Roger Federer topped the 2020 Forbes magazine list of highest-paid global athletes announced May 29, 2020. —AFP NEW YORK: Roger Federer topped the 2020 Forbes magazine list of highest-paid global athletes announced Friday, leading the lineup for...
CAPE TOWN: A porter from a local hospital delivers bed linen to a field hospital being set up in a sports hall in Khayelitsha, near Cape Town. This field hospital is being set up with the support of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) as part of South Africa's fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.- AFP
From the coronavirus frontline, doctors recall battling S Africa's HIV outbreak
CAPE TOWN: A porter from a local hospital delivers bed linen to a field hospital being set up in a sports hall in Khayelitsha, near Cape Town. This field hospital is being set up with the support of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) as part of South Africa's fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.- AFP CAPE TOWN: A deadly virus was ravaging South Africa when Belgian doctor Eric Goemaere first set foot in Cape Town's sprawling Khayelitsha...
BELGRADE: Red Star Belgrade players celebrate their third successive and record-extending 31st league title after the football match between FC Rad and FC Crvena Zvezda (FC Red Star) at the “King Petar I” stadium in Belgrade on May 29, 2020, as Serbia’s first and second division resumed today behind closed doors, after it was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-March. — AFP
Red Star crowned champions
BELGRADE: Red Star Belgrade players celebrate their third successive and record-extending 31st league title after the football match between FC Rad and FC Crvena Zvezda (FC Red Star) at the “King Petar I” stadium in Belgrade on May 29, 2020, as Serbia’s first and second division resumed today behind closed doors, after it was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-March. — AFP BELGRADE: Red Star Belgrade clinched their third...
FREIBURG: Leverkusen’s German midfielder Kai Havertz (R) and Freiburg’s German defender Dominique Heintz vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match SC Freiburg v Bayer 04 Leverkusen on May 29, 2020 in Freiburg. —AFP
Havertz fires Leverkusen third with Freiburg winner
FREIBURG: Leverkusen’s German midfielder Kai Havertz (R) and Freiburg’s German defender Dominique Heintz vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match SC Freiburg v Bayer 04 Leverkusen on May 29, 2020 in Freiburg. —AFP BERLIN: Exciting youngster Kai Havertz broke another Bundesliga record on Friday after scoring the winner in a 1-0 victory at Freiburg which moved Bayer Leverkusen into third place.Havertz, 20,...
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