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Kuwait Airways to lay off 1,500 foreign employees
KUWAIT: State-owned Kuwait Airways said Thursday it will lay off 1,500 expatriate employees due to "significant difficulties" caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The loss-making national carrier, which has a total of some 6,925 employees, has struggled amid the regional and worldwide downturn in air travel. "In dealing with the coronavirus crisis and its negative impact on commercial operations ... Kuwait Airways announces the termination of...
LEIPZIG: Leipzig's English forward Ademola Lookman (C) and Hertha Berlin's Norwegian goalkeeper Rune Jarstein (L) vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match RB Leipzig v Hertha Berlin on May 27, 2020 in Leipzig. – AFP
Nagelsmann slams ten-man Leipzig after Hertha draw
LEIPZIG: Leipzig's English forward Ademola Lookman (C) and Hertha Berlin's Norwegian goalkeeper Rune Jarstein (L) vie for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match RB Leipzig v Hertha Berlin on May 27, 2020 in Leipzig. – AFP BERLIN: Julian Nagelsman slammed 10-man RB Leipzig for defending like "a school team" in Wednesday's 2-2 draw at home to Hertha Berlin behind closed doors which cost them the chance to go second...
PARIS: An employee of a fast food outlet talks to men working for the delivery company Deliveroo in Paris.- AFP
Coronavirus apps expose tension between privacy and ‘data need’
PARIS: An employee of a fast food outlet talks to men working for the delivery company Deliveroo in Paris.- AFP PARIS: As more governments turn to tracing apps in the fight against the coronavirus, a deep-rooted tension between the need for public health information and privacy rights has been thrust into the spotlight. Track-and-trace technology is being touted as a silver bullet that will allow economies to reopen and people to emerge from...
NEW YORK: Bodies are moved to a refrigeration truck serving as a temporary morgue at Wyckoff Hospital in the Borough of Brooklyn in New York. - AFP
US passes dire milestone of 100,000 COVID-19 deaths
NEW YORK: Bodies are moved to a refrigeration truck serving as a temporary morgue at Wyckoff Hospital in the Borough of Brooklyn in New York. - AFP WASHINGTON: Unthinkable just a few months ago, the United States on Wednesday surpassed the grim milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths, as the pandemic tightened its grip on Latin America. With the European Union unveiling a massive recovery plan to step up its emergence from the crisis, the US...
JOHANNESBURG: Lucky, 55, brews some tea to warm up in the bitter cold in Wilgespruit, Johannesburg. — AFP
S Africa migrants face hunger, xenophobia during lockdown
JOHANNESBURG: Lucky, 55, brews some tea to warm up in the bitter cold in Wilgespruit, Johannesburg. — AFP JOHANNESBURG: The car approaches the gates of the small parish church, where an army of hands await. The precious food is swiftly taken from the car boot and back seat and lined up in bags in the courtyard, rather like a military parade. It is time for the handout. In the eyes of the waiting women and children, there is relief: a gleam...
AL-FAW: A youth poses while holding two fish before his face in Iraq’s southern port city of Al-Faw, 90 kilometers south of Basra near the Shatt al-Arab and the Gulf. — AFP
As Iraq’s lockdown chokes off imports, local businesses thrive
AL-FAW: A youth poses while holding two fish before his face in Iraq’s southern port city of Al-Faw, 90 kilometers south of Basra near the Shatt al-Arab and the Gulf. — AFP BASRA: In Iraq, a national lockdown to halt the coronavirus pandemic has found some unexpected fans: local businesses who no longer have to compete with Turkish, Iranian or Chinese imports. Those countries, as well as Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Kuwait, typically flood Iraqi...
DUBAI: Men gather to fish at the creek in the Gulf city of Dubai, after the Emirati authorities eased some of the restrictions that were put in place in a bid to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. —AFP
Gulf virus cases surpass 200,000
DUBAI: Men gather to fish at the creek in the Gulf city of Dubai, after the Emirati authorities eased some of the restrictions that were put in place in a bid to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. —AFP DUBAI: The number of coronavirus cases in the six Gulf Arab states doubled in less than a month to surpass 200,000, according to a Reuters’ tally, at a time the region’s two biggest economies move to resume activity. Coronavirus...
LONDON: People adhere to social distancing guidelines as they queue to enter a Lloyds bank in Barrow-in-Furness, north west England. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said Britain’s economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic could be “longer and harder” than anticipated and fresh bids to boost growth may be needed. — AFP
BoE’s Andrew Bailey: UK risks ‘longer and harder recovery’
LONDON: People adhere to social distancing guidelines as they queue to enter a Lloyds bank in Barrow-in-Furness, north west England. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said Britain’s economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic could be “longer and harder” than anticipated and fresh bids to boost growth may be needed. — AFP LONDON: Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said Wednesday Britain’s economic recovery from the...
LOS ANGELES, CA: A shop advertises a job opening while holiday beachgoers head to Venice Beach. The number of people filing new claims for state unemployment benefits likely totaled a seasonally adjusted 2.1 million for the week ended May 23, down from 2.438 million the prior week.-- AFP
A second wave of US layoffs feared
LOS ANGELES, CA: A shop advertises a job opening while holiday beachgoers head to Venice Beach. The number of people filing new claims for state unemployment benefits likely totaled a seasonally adjusted 2.1 million for the week ended May 23, down from 2.438 million the prior week.-- AFP WASHINGTON: Job cuts by US state and local governments whose budgets have been crushed fighting the COVID-19 pandemic and more second-wave layoffs in the...
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KUWAIT: A man and a child play on swings at a park in Kuwait during the two-hour outdoor exercise period on Tuesday. -- Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
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Kuwait reports 845 COVID-19 cases, 10 fatalities
KUWAIT: The ministry of health Thursday announced the infection of 845 more people with the novel coronavirus, raising the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 24,112. Ten more patients died from the virus in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 185, the ministry's Spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad in his daily briefing on the virus situation in the country.The latest cases include 212 Kuwaitis, 208 Indians, 161 Bangladeshis...
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What to do if you feel sick
What should you do if you feel sick, have symptoms and suspect you may be infected with the coronavirus?First, call health ministry hotline at #151 and explain your symptoms. You will be asked several questions about your symptoms, age, and if you have been in contact with a sick person. Citizens and residents must provide their civil ID numbers to be followed up.You will be asked to isolate yourself at home if the symptoms are mild. You should...
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