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BEIRUT: People gather by the Mediterranean sea of the Lebanese capital Beirut amid coronavirus restrictions in the country. —AFP
Mediterranean sorrow as virus upends rituals
BEIRUT: People gather by the Mediterranean sea of the Lebanese capital Beirut amid coronavirus restrictions in the country. —AFP MARSEILLE: To greet friends and acquaintances by kissing, hugging and shaking hands is considered part of the essence of Mediterranean identity. But the coronavirus pandemic has put an abrupt end to such rituals with no indication of when it will be safe to resume them. Fear of spreading the virus has upended...
KIEV: A woman wearing a protective face mask and gloves as she rests near a flowerbed ‘I love’ in the center of Kiev, as Ukraine eases anti-virus restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak. — AFP
Love at first sight: COVID accelerates courtship, wedding
KIEV: A woman wearing a protective face mask and gloves as she rests near a flowerbed ‘I love’ in the center of Kiev, as Ukraine eases anti-virus restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak. — AFP ALEXANDRIA: “You can take off your mask and kiss the bride,” the priest said, as a septuagenarian US couple who spent the pandemic lockdown together after a single date married on Thursday. “In normal circumstances, we...
SANTA MONICA: In this file photo, a sign reminds the public of social distancing rules but most businesses remain closed along the Third Street Promenade shopping street in Santa Monica, California as some retailers across the state have been allowed to reopen yesterday. – AFP
Badly hit California economy aims to reverse ‘free fall’
SANTA MONICA: In this file photo, a sign reminds the public of social distancing rules but most businesses remain closed along the Third Street Promenade shopping street in Santa Monica, California as some retailers across the state have been allowed to reopen yesterday. – AFP LOS ANGELES: Millions unemployed, world-famous tourist attractions closed, movie sets shuttered and a huge deficit looming: California has been among the states hardest...
VANCOUR: Chinese Huawei tech executive Meng Wanzhou leaves her Vancouver home on Thursday to appear in British Columbia Supreme Court. Meng Wanzhou was dealt a legal setback when a Canadian judge ruled that proceedings to extradite her to the US will go ahead. — AFP
UK pushing US to form 5G club of nations to cut out Huawei
VANCOUR: Chinese Huawei tech executive Meng Wanzhou leaves her Vancouver home on Thursday to appear in British Columbia Supreme Court. Meng Wanzhou was dealt a legal setback when a Canadian judge ruled that proceedings to extradite her to the US will go ahead. — AFP LONDON: Britain said Friday it was pushing the United States to form a club of 10 nations that could develop its own 5G technology and reduce dependence on China’s controversial...
PARIS: French leftist party La France Insoumise’s local MP Mathilde Panot (center) speaks with unionists outside French carmaker Renault’s plant of Choisy-le-Roi, near Paris, on Friday after the group announced nearly 15,000 job losses worldwide, including 4600 in France in a two-billion-euro cost-cutting plan over three years. — AFP
Renault to cut 15,000 jobs in cost-cutting
PARIS: French leftist party La France Insoumise’s local MP Mathilde Panot (center) speaks with unionists outside French carmaker Renault’s plant of Choisy-le-Roi, near Paris, on Friday after the group announced nearly 15,000 job losses worldwide, including 4600 in France in a two-billion-euro cost-cutting plan over three years. — AFP PARIS: Carmaker Renault said Friday that it would cut nearly 15,000 jobs, including 4,600 at its core...
WASHINGTON, DC: US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with industry executives on the reopening of the US economy in the State Dining Room on Friday in Washington, DC. — AFP
COVID widening inequality in US: Fed
WASHINGTON, DC: US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with industry executives on the reopening of the US economy in the State Dining Room on Friday in Washington, DC. — AFP WASHINGTON: The coronavirus pandemic could widen inequalities in the United States, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned as government data showed consumer spending plunging by a record amount.The world’s largest economy is in dire shape with more than...
SALT LAKE CITY: File photo shows, Donovan Mitchell #45 of the Utah Jazz shoots the ball against the Philadelphia 76ers on November 6, 2019 at vivint.SmartHome Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. —AFP
Jazz end Blazer5’s unbeaten NBA 2K League start
SALT LAKE CITY: File photo shows, Donovan Mitchell #45 of the Utah Jazz shoots the ball against the Philadelphia 76ers on November 6, 2019 at vivint.SmartHome Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. —AFP LOS ANGELES: Kimanni “Splashy” Ingram averaged 27 points as Jazz Gaming swept previously unbeaten Blazer5 Gaming on Friday in NBA 2K League action.In other matches as Week 4 concluded, Mavs Gaming ruined NetsGC’s season opener with a 2-0 series...
MANILA: Workers ride their bicycles home in Manila. Bicycle sales have skyrocketed with some shops selling 300-400 units over the past two days since the Philippine government began easing quarantine measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. —AFP
Misinformation fuels panic in Asia
MANILA: Workers ride their bicycles home in Manila. Bicycle sales have skyrocketed with some shops selling 300-400 units over the past two days since the Philippine government began easing quarantine measures to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. —AFP HONG KONG: False alerts about a man shot dead at a coronavirus checkpoint, old footage of a supermarket stampede in reports of panic buying, and a 2015 video of a police raid...
HONG KONG: Pedestrians cross a road in Hong Kong. The United States and Britain have defied China’s anger by raising Hong Kong’s autonomy at the UN Security Council as President Donald Trump prepared new measures against Beijing. — AFP
Trump strips Hong Kong privileges, curbs students in volley on China
HONG KONG: Pedestrians cross a road in Hong Kong. The United States and Britain have defied China’s anger by raising Hong Kong’s autonomy at the UN Security Council as President Donald Trump prepared new measures against Beijing. — AFP WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said Friday he would strip several of Hong Kong’s special privileges with the United States and bar some Chinese students from US universities in anger over Beijing’s...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Cemetery workers wearing protective clothing bury a victim of COVID-19 at the Sao Franciso Xavier cemetery in Rio de Janeiro. — AFP
Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll hits 27,878, surpassing hard-hit Spain
RIO DE JANEIRO: Cemetery workers wearing protective clothing bury a victim of COVID-19 at the Sao Franciso Xavier cemetery in Rio de Janeiro. — AFP RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil on Friday reached 27,878 coronavirus deaths, official figures showed, surpassing the toll of hard-hit Spain and making it the country with the fifth-highest number of fatalities. The epicenter of the South American coronavirus outbreak, Brazil saw 1,124 deaths in 24 hours,...
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Kuwait: 1,072 new coronavirus infection cases, total up to 25,184
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Health announced on Friday recording 1,072 new infection cases with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) raising total count of contaminations with the virus to 25,184 since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country. Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad, official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, said in a press statement that nine new deaths due to the contagion were also recorded, with the whole count of fatalities from the...
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Cabinet: Partial curfew from 6 pm to 6 am from May 31; 6 areas under full lockdown
Mask-clad residents walk beneath a billboard bearing the instruction "It's serious, stay at home" on May 28, 2020. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat By B IzzakKUWAIT: The Council of Ministers yesterday decided to ease the total lockdown into a partial curfew for 12 hours from 6 pm to 6 am as part of a comprehensive plan to return to normal life in phases, the interior and health ministers said. HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah...
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