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Muna Al-Fuzai The holy month of Ramadan will soon be over. It is a month of great sanctity and importance for fasting Muslims. But despite the fact that Muslims have performed the duty of fasting, the fear of an outbreak of the coronavirus and government measures taken in this regard in all Muslim countries, including Kuwait, have deprived them from practicing many social Ramadan rituals and traditions that they have been accustomed to since...

OCEANSIDE, NEW YORK - MAY 13: Construction workers perform their jobs in front of Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital on May 13, 2020 in Oceanside, New York. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images/AFP

COVID-19 batters US labor market

OCEANSIDE, New York: Construction workers perform their jobs in front of Mount Sinai South Nassau Hospital in Oceanside, New York. – AFP WASHINGTON: The global novel coronavirus crisis continues to batter the US labor market, with millions more Americans, including white collar workers, expected to have filed for unemployment benefits last week as the hit from the pandemic spills over into a broader swath of the economy.Yesterday’s weekly...

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Al-Hamra Kuwait Lowest Bidder in Ministry of Public Works Tender to Resolve Water Gathering Issue in Sabah Al Ahmad City

Al-Hamra Kuwait is pleased to announce that it is the lowest bidder for the Ministry of Public Works project No. HT/287 following the recent opening of bids. The works will include the supply, installation and operation of pumps, as well as construction of pipes, which will be used to transfer water to the tanks of Public Authority for Agriculture and Fisheries Affairs, thereby solving the issue of water gathering in Sabah Al Ahmad City....

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 12: U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN), U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) listen as Dr. Anthony Fauci answers questions during the Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on COVID-19 May 12, 2020 in Washington, D.C. The committee will hear testimony from members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force on how to safely open the country and get America back to work and school. Toni L. Sandys-Pool/Getty Images/AFP

Trump: Fauci remarks on reopening schools and economy unacceptable

WASHINGTON, DC: US Senator Lisa Murkowski, US Senator Mike Braun, US Senator Rand Paul listen as Dr Anthony Fauci answers questions during the Senate Committee for Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on COVID-19 on Wednesday. - AFP WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday described as not acceptable a warning given by top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci this week about the dangers of reopening the economy and...

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Russian medics ask where Putin’s virus bonuses went

MOSCOW: People walk past a poster on a wall of a hospital reading in Russian "Heros - Medics" in Moscow amid the spread of the COVID-19 infection caused by the novel coronavirus. -- AFP MOSCOW: Maria, a 24-year-old doctor working outside Moscow, expected to be paid extra if one of her patients tested positive for the coronavirus. Instead, her salary shrank. In a small town 200 kilometers (120 miles) from the capital, she visits patients at home...

A pilot of an Emirates Airlines flight from London arrives at Dubai International Airport on May 8, 2020 amid the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo by Karim SAHIB / AFP)

Temperature checks and masks, the new normal for air travel

DUBAI: A pilot of an Emirates Airlines flight from London arrives at Dubai International Airport. –AFP DUBAI: Temperature screening and face masks will become common sights at airports to mitigate the spread of the new coronavirus but physical distancing could make flying more expensive, the head of Dubai airport said. Around the world, governments, airports and airlines are considering temporary safety measures to restart air travel,...

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Coronavirus hits more co-ops as Indian nurse dies of virus

National Assembly considering virtual meetings KUWAIT: Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem holds an informal meeting with MPs. – KUNA By B IzzakKUWAIT: More cooperative societies have been closed after some of their workers tested positive for the coronavirus. After shutting Khaldiya and Adailiya coops, the main supermarkets of Daiya, Mansouriya, Nuzha, Shamiya and Mubarak Al-Kabeer and others were shut over the virus. The interior ministry meanwhile...

MoveOn.org stages a protest against the handling of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic by US President Donald Trump with signs and white roses to remember the people who died from the disease, near the US Capitol in Washington, DC, May 13, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Coronavirus may never go away: WHO

COVID-19 toll nears 300,000; US deaths hit 84,059 WASHINGTON, DC: MoveOn.org stages a protest against the handling of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic by US President Donald Trump with signs and white roses to remember the people who died from the disease, near the US Capitol in Washington, DC -- AFP GENEVA: The coronavirus may never go away and populations will have to learn to live with it just as they have HIV, the World Health Organization...

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Kuwaiti, Iraqi defense ministers hail strong ties

Jumaa Saadoun. Sheikh Ahmad Al-Sabah KUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Ahmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Iraqi counterpart Lt Gen Jumaa Saadoun lauded, in a phone conversation on Wednesday, strong Kuwaiti-Iraqi military relations. They also voiced readiness to upgrade bilateral military cooperation to achieve the security and stability of both...

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Ghanem takes part in preparatory speakers’ meeting

KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem takes part in the speakers of world parliaments' preparatory meeting. – KUNA KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem participated Wednesday in an online meeting of the fourth preparatory committee for the Fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament to be held in August in Vienna. Ghanem's participation in the meeting comes as a representative of the Arab countries in the...

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Kuwaitis continue crossing border from Saudi Arabia

KUWAIT: Kuwaitis cross the borders from Saudi Arabia into Kuwait. – KUNA KUWAIT: Kuwaiti citizens continued crossing the Nuwaiseeb border from Saudi Arabia for the second day on Wednesday, part of a government repatriation plan to bring back nationals amidst the spread of coronavirus. Citizens passed through the crossing smoothly and in line with instructions of the health authorities, the ministry of interior said in a statement. It said...

The muazzin of the grand mosque of Basra, closed down due to the coronavirus pandemic, reads the Koran during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in the southern Iraqi city, on May 13, 2020. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP)

The muezzin of the Grand Mosque of Basra, closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, reads the Holy Quran during the holy month of Ramadan in this southern Iraqi city on Wednesday. – AFP By Dr Teresa LesherI was driving home yesterday when I spotted this sign on the road: “Camera ahead - 80.” I thought, how nice of the traffic department to warn us that a camera is ahead and remind us that the speed limit is 80 km/hr. I drove ahead and looked...

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