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HONG KONG: Pedestrians struggle with their umbrellas during strong winds and rain brought on by severe tropical storm Pakhar in Hong Kong yesterday.-AFP

Second storm hits Hong Kong, Macau amid typhoon recovery

HONG KONG: Pedestrians struggle with their umbrellas during strong winds and rain brought on by severe tropical storm Pakhar in Hong Kong yesterday.-AFPHONG KONG: A powerful storm lashed Hong Kong and Macau yesterday, just days after a punishing typhoon swept through the region and claimed at least 18 lives. Both cities raised a Typhoon 8 signal-the third-highest warning level-early yesterday as severe tropical storm "Pakhar" made landfall in...

MANCHESTER: Manchester United's Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku (R) jumps to win a header during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Leicester City at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, yesterday. - AFPn

Man Utd subs Rashford, Fellaini sink Leicester

MANCHESTER: Manchester United's Belgian striker Romelu Lukaku (R) jumps to win a header during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Leicester City at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, yesterday. - AFPMANCHESTER: Substitutes Marcus Rashford and Marouane Fellaini struck to maintain Manchester United's 100 percent start to the Premier League season in a 2-0 win over Leicester City yesterday....

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Topnotch services for Kuwait pilgrims

JEDDAH: Kuwait's Hajj mission is fully prepared to provide topnotch medical services to its pilgrims, said a Kuwaiti official yesterday. The delegation's team is currently distributing medicine and equipment to Kuwaiti Hajj groups in Makkah, head of the Kuwaiti delegation's medical services Mubarak Al-Ajmi said yesterday. Al-Ajmi, meanwhile, called on Kuwaiti missions to follow Saudi Arabia's health regulations for the safety of pilgrims.On his...

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Kuwaiti banks set up 62 branches to help people with special needs

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti banks had set up 62 branches to serve people with special needs since the beginning of 2017, said the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK). In a statement published yesterday, CBK noted that it is monitoring the commitment of banks in terms and procedures issued by CBK itself on providing services to people with special needs. CBK's procedures states that each bank must set a branch for disabled people in each governorate, while also...

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Escaping mistreatment

KUWAIT: Following up the case of the Ethiopian housemaid who was caught on video jumping from her sponsor's seventh-floor balcony in Sabah Al-Salem while the sponsor filmed her attempt a few months ago, the maid has recovered after receiving proper medical care in Kuwait and returned home, where she was received at the airport by her father and brother. Speaking to reporters, the maid denied that she was trying to commit suicide and stressed that...

ARANSAS PASS, Texas: An overturned trailer sits in a park in the wake of Hurricane Harvey yesterday. - AP

Scores flee as hurricane wreaks havoc in Texas

ARANSAS PASS, Texas: An overturned trailer sits in a park in the wake of Hurricane Harvey yesterday. - APCORPUS CHRISTI, United States: Hurricane Harvey left a trail of devastation yesterday after the most powerful storm to hit the US mainland in over a decade slammed into Texas, destroying homes, severing power supplies and forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee. Harvey roared ashore late Friday, first pummeling the town of Rockport as...

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Turkey arrests 5 over Qatar news agency hacking

DOHA: Qatar said yesterday that Turkey has arrested five people in connection with the alleged hack of Doha's state news agency, an incident which sparked the current Gulf political crisis. The arrests were announced by Qatar's most senior legal figure, Attorney General Ali bin Fetais Al-Marri. "Our friends in Turkey answered us a short time ago," he said in comments published by the Qatar News Agency (QNA). "Five people were arrested and they...

IOWA: In this file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, is joined by Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio during a news conference in Marshalltown, Iowa.-AP

Donald Trump pardons ex-sheriff Joe Arpaio

IOWA: In this file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, is joined by Maricopa County, Arizona, Sheriff Joe Arpaio during a news conference in Marshalltown, Iowa.-APWASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned controversial former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was convicted last month of criminal contempt for illegally targeting Hispanic immigrants. In his first act of presidential clemency, Trump pardoned...

MOSUL: A fighter of the Hashed Al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization units) flashes the victory gesture during the advance in the eastern part of the town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, after the Iraqi government announced the launch of the operation to retake it from Islamic State (IS) group control. – AFP

Iraq recaptures Tal Afar centre, citadel from IS

MOSUL: A fighter of the Hashed Al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization units) flashes the victory gesture during the advance in the eastern part of the town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, after the Iraqi government announced the launch of the operation to retake it from Islamic State (IS) group control. – AFPTAL AFAR, Iraq: Iraqi forces announced yesterday the ouster of Islamic State group jihadists from central Tal Afar and its historic citadel, leaving...

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Muna Al Fuzai In the past, Kuwait had an exceptional role and distinguished status with regards to freedom of expression, expats, fighting corruption, a strong parliament, key public figures and an influential press that defended the rights and freedoms of citizens and Arab causes and conflicts in general. Today, after half a century, some of us are wondering whether we are still holding the same position in front of the world, and what have...

PANCHKULA: Indian security personnel looks at burning vehicles set alight by rioting followers of a religious leader convicted of rape in Panchkula.-AFP photos

India city under siege after clashes over rape guru kill 30

PANCHKULA: Indian security personnel looks at burning vehicles set alight by rioting followers of a religious leader convicted of rape in Panchkula.-AFP photosPANCHKULA, India: Hundreds of troops yesterday patrolled a northern Indian city hit by deadly clashes that killed at least 30 people after thousands protested a court's decision to convict a controversial spiritual leader of rape. The army was deployed in Haryana state's Panchkula city...

KUWAIT: Bader Al-Kharafi, Vice-Chairman and Group CEO of Zain Group (center) shakes hands with Talal Said Al-Mamari, Omantel CEO as Khaled Al-Khaled, CEO of Boursa Kuwait (left) looks on during a press conference at the Boursa Kuwait (Kuwait Stock Exchange) headquarters in Kuwait City yesterday.

Zain, Omantel complete $846.1million treasury share sale

KUWAIT: Bader Al-Kharafi, Vice-Chairman and Group CEO of Zain Group (center) shakes hands with Talal Said Al-Mamari, Omantel CEO in the presence of Khaled Al-Khaled, CEO of Boursa Kuwait during a press conference at the Boursa Kuwait (Kuwait Stock Exchange) headquarters in Kuwait City yesterday. “The Market Cap of Zain has increased more than $700 million to reach over $7 billion as of today's closing price.” KUWAIT: Zain has sold Omantel...

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This undated imageshows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple) cultured in the laboratory. - AFP

Mpox global health emergency, Kuwait monitoring situation

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NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honor to mark the country's Independence Day, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2024. -AFP

Modi renews push for common civil code for India

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VARANASI: Medical students shout slogans and hold posters as they protest the rape and murder of a young medic from Kolkata, in Varanasi on August 15, 2024. -- AFP

Protests sweep India over rape and murder of doctor

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KUWAIT: People watch pearl diving boats as they arrive at the main beach at the end of the 33rd annual pearl diving festival. Pearl-diving trips are held annually under the patronage of the Kuwaiti Amir in order to keep traditions alive.

Pearl diving trip winds up