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Migrant workers gather outside Dharavi slums to board a bus to take them to railway terminus for boarding a special train back home during a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Mumbai on May 12, 2020. - India's enormous railway network was set slowly to grind back to life on May 12 in a gradual lifting of the world's biggest coronavirus lockdown, even as new cases surge. (Photo by INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP)
Indian trains to roll amid surge in virus cases
MUMBAI: Migrant workers gather outside Dharavi slum to board a bus to take them to the railway terminus for boarding a special train back home during a nationwide lockdown yesterday. – AFP NEW DELHI: India’s enormous railway network was grinding back to life yesterday as a gradual lifting of the world’s biggest coronavirus lockdown gathered pace even as new cases surged. The country of 1.3 billion imposed a strict shutdown in late March,...
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Stranded Indians finally accepted under amnesty
KUWAIT: Indians who were living on the streets are moved to a shelter in Abdaly on Monday. By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The plight of around 80 Indians living on the streets for nearly two weeks in Farwaniya after failing to register for the government amnesty finally ended on Monday, after they were accepted under the amnesty and taken to a shelter for repatriation back home. A volunteer working with a charity group that distributes meals to...
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Kuwait reports 10 deaths, 991 new virus infections
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The ministry of health announced yesterday that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) claimed the lives of 10 more people in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 75. In his daily coronavirus update, Health Ministry Spokesperson Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said 991 more people tested positive for the highly contagious virus, increasing the overall number of infections in the country to 10,277. He pointed out that 158 patients are...
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EPL gets green light for June re-start
LIVERPOOL: File photo taken on January 02, 2017 show fans shield their eyes from the Sun during the English Premier League football match between Everton and Southampton at Goodison Park in Liverpool. The Premier League is adamant that it can overcome huge logistical challenges to get players back on the pitch during the coronavirus crisis but has long since accepted there will be no fans in the stadiums. — AFP LONDON: Premier League clubs...
A woman looks at a mural of a health worker with wings holding a globe on International Nurses Day in Melbourne on May 12, 2020. - As frontline hospital staff are constantly facing the risks from the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, the world is marking International Nurses Day, celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth. (Photo by William WEST / AFP)
Safety screening: Czech cinemas open with new virus rules in place
A woman looks at a mural of a health worker with wings holding a globe on International Nurses Day in Melbourne yesterday. As frontline hospital staff are constantly facing the risks from the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, the world is marking International Nurses Day, celebrated around the world every May 12, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth.—AFP After two months under a coronavirus lockdown in the Czech Republic, 16-year-old...
(FILES) In this file photo a man takes a free HIV test during the Harlem Pride parade in New York City on June 29, 2019. - If lockdowns and stay-at-home orders are succeeding in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, health experts warn that the measures could unintentionally undermine efforts to contain another potentially deadly disease: HIV. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP)
Coronavirus lockdowns could spark rise in HIV infections, experts warn
NEW YORK: In this file photo a man takes a free HIV test during the Harlem Pride parade in New York City on June 29, 2019. –AFP WASHINGTON: If lockdowns and stay-at-home orders are succeeding in slowing the spread of the coronavirus, health experts warn that the measures could unintentionally undermine efforts to contain another potentially deadly disease: HIV. At the start of April, Travis Sanchez, an epidemiologist at Emory University,...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 25, 2006, Saudi security men stand at the entrance of the oil processing plant of the state oil giant Aramco in Abqaiq, in the oil-rich Eastern Province. - Saudi Arabia's energy ministry said on May 11, 2020 it had asked oil giant Aramco to make an additional voluntary output cut of one million barrels per day starting from June to support prices. (Photo by - / AFP)
Aramco Q1 profit slides as oil prices fall
In this file photo, Saudi security men stand at the entrance of the oil processing plant of the state oil giant Aramco in Abqaiq, in the oil-rich Eastern Province.. Stock markets in energy-rich Gulf states tumbled with Saudi shares down 3.0 percent following worldwide losses amid fears over the coronavirus pandemic and an oil price war. — AFP DUBAI: Saudi Arabian state oil giant Aramco yesterday reported a 25 percent fall in first-quarter net...
WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 11: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing about coronavirus testing in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. Several White House staff members and aides have recently tested positive for the coronavirus and three top health officials from the White House coronavirus task force are now self-quarantining after potential exposure. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP
Trump abruptly ends press briefing
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump speaks during a press briefing about coronavirus testing in the Rose Garden of the White House on May 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. — AFP WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump abruptly ended his coronavirus press briefing on Monday after getting into a testy exchange with an Asian-American reporter. CBS News reporter Weijia Jiang asked Trump why he continued to insist that the US was doing better than other...
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In midst of pandemic, one team is staying far from home to help keep lights on in Kuwait
KUWAIT: For now, Abdulsattar Mohammed can’t go home. The mechanical field engineer is living in a hotel room in Kuwait where, like so many people, he is sheltering in place and helping to reduce the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus that has swept the globe. In between remotely supporting colleagues on other outages — not only in Kuwait but across Africa, India and the Middle East — Mohammed spends his days...
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Photo of the Day
KUWAIT: Cafés and their patron in the early 1960s. The picture shows a group of popular cafés lined up inside the market near the Safat Square. Old Cadillac cars are seen parked next to the cafés. (Source: Collection of Ali Al Rais, Center of Research and Studies on Kuwait, 2017. Researched by Mohammed Zakaria Abu El-Ella, Researcher in Heritage, the Ministry of Information)
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Walk a mile in their shoes
The air felt fresh and clean yesterday when we left our apartment and went outside to walk during the two hours allotted for exercise under the full curfew. A handful of people, all safely distanced from each other and most wearing masks, strolled along the street. Birds chirped and a few stray cats slunk along the sidewalks and behind the wheels of parked cars.Our daughters, outside for the first time in more than two months, laughed and...
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Corona sets the rules
Allow me first, during the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramadan, the most blessed period of the month, to wish everyone all the best. Please dear readers of all faiths - do pray day and night that Allah (God) Almighty accept our worship and clean our world from the so-called COVID-19 pandemic.We went to bed one night, then without warning we woke up in a different world that was almost turned upside down. Europe, all of a sudden, is no...
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KUWAIT: Security officers process the data information as residents submit their biometrics.- Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Expats require biometrics to exit
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HANGZHOU: A family member holds an IV drip for a child receiving care at the pediatric department of a hospital in Hangzhou, eastern China's Zhejiang province, on January 6, 2025. — AFP photos
Kuwait reports stable HMPV rates amid global concerns
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HANGZHOU: A baby receives care at the pediatric department of a hospital in Hangzhou, eastern China's Zhejiang province, on January 6, 2025. — AFP
What you need to know about HMPV
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KUWAIT: HH the Amir Shiekh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah poses for a group photo with HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, ministers, sports officials and organizers of Khaleeji Zain 26 at Bayan Palace on Jan 7, 2025. – KUNA
Amir hails Gulf Cup success
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DAMASCUS: Travelers gesture upon their arrival at Damascus International Airport on Jan 7, 2025. - AFP
International flights resume in Damascus