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HPAKANT, Myanmar: This photo taken and received via an anonymous source shows onlookers watching as rescue officials search for missing people after a landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant, Kachin state. — AFP

Myanmar landslide death toll rises to four, dozens still missing

HPAKANT, Myanmar: This photo taken and received via an anonymous source shows onlookers watching as rescue officials search for missing people after a landslide at a jade mine in Hpakant, Kachin state. — AFPYANGON: The death toll from a landslide at an illegal jade mine in northern Myanmar rose to four yesterday, rescuers said, warning that the dozens still missing are likely dead. Scores die each year working in the country’s lucrative but...

XIAN, Shaanxi, China: A resident undergoes a nucleic acid test for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a residental area that is under restrictions following a recent coronavirus outbreak in Xian, in China’s northern Shaanxi province yesterday. —AFP

China locks down city as COVID cases surge around the world

XIAN, Shaanxi, China: A resident undergoes a nucleic acid test for the COVID-19 coronavirus at a residental area that is under restrictions following a recent coronavirus outbreak in Xian, in China’s northern Shaanxi province yesterday. —AFPBEIJING: China shut down a city of 13 million people yesterday in a bid to extinguish a tiny COVID-19 outbreak and chase its zero-case goal, as other nations around the globe battled huge infection surges...

HONG KONG: A boy poses for a photo in front of the site of the ‘Pillar of Shame’, a statue that commemorates the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing, after it was removed by workers from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in Hong Kong yesterday. —AFP

HK university dismantles Tiananmen Square statue

HONG KONG: A boy poses for a photo in front of the site of the ‘Pillar of Shame’, a statue that commemorates the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown in Beijing, after it was removed by workers from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) in Hong Kong yesterday. —AFPHONG KONG: Hong Kong’s oldest university launched an overnight operation yesterday to dismantle a statue commemorating those killed in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in...

DEVONPORT, Tasmania, Australia: This screengrab taken from video released by Australian broadcaster ABC shows cuddly toys and messages left at a makeshift memorial outside the Hillcrest Primary School the day after five children died and four others were injured when a bouncy castle was blown into the air at an end-of-term school party. —AFP

Funeral held after Australian bouncy castle tragedy

DEVONPORT, Tasmania, Australia: This screengrab taken from video released by Australian broadcaster ABC shows cuddly toys and messages left at a makeshift memorial outside the Hillcrest Primary School the day after five children died and four others were injured when a bouncy castle was blown into the air at an end-of-term school party. —AFPSYDNEY: Mourners gathered in Australia yesterday to farewell a 12-year-old boy who died in a tragic...

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Balkh Province, Afghanistan: A Taleban fighter sits at a checkpoint in Mazar-i-Sharif. —AFP

Afghan exiles worry about Taleban violence

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Balkh Province, Afghanistan: A Taleban fighter sits at a checkpoint in Mazar-i-Sharif. —AFPPARIS: Usman has been safe from the violence in his native Afghanistan ever since he fled to France seeking asylum after the Taleban took Kabul back from the retreating Americans, but what happens at home can still upend his world. The worst moment was two months ago, when the Taleban took his father. “One night, in the middle of the...

Minister Abdelrahman Al-Mutairi

Minister stresses Amir, Crown Prince’s interest in supporting sportspeople

Minister Abdelrahman Al-MutairiKUWAIT: The patronage of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah of the match between Kuwait and Qadsia at the final of the Amir’s Cup embodies the Amir’s interest in supporting sportspeople, Minister of Information and Culture, and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Abdelrahman Al-Mutairi said on Tuesday.His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah had sent on Tuesday a...

KUWAIT: A Christmas tree set up inside a hotel in Kuwait. —Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

‘What’s on your mind this Christmas?’

By Ben Garcia KUWAIT: A Christmas tree set up inside a hotel in Kuwait. —Photo by Fouad Al-ShaikhKUWAIT: Christmas is coming, but how are people in Kuwait celebrating this happy occasion under the threat of the Omicron coronavirus variant? Kuwait Times spoke to a few of them. Elmer, married with two children who are now settled in the Philippines, said this year was his third year away from his family. “If I could only fly home now, I would...

KUWAIT: Members of the government commission tasked with observing adherence to anti-covid precautions meet yesterday. —KUNA

Kuwait urges stricter adherence to anti-covid precautions in public places

KUWAIT: Members of the government commission tasked with observing adherence to anti-covid precautions meet yesterday. —KUNAKUWAIT: A Kuwaiti government commission tasked with observing adherence to anti-covid precautions yesterday called for firm compliance with the measures against the virus in Kuwait.There was some slackness in applying the measures against COVID-19 over the past days, leading to mounting casualties due to infection with...

KUWAIT: Winner of first place among female participants Taibah Al-Hindi is honored during the ceremony. —KUNA

Awqaf Ministry hosts Holy Quran elite competition

KUWAIT: Winner of first place among female participants Taibah Al-Hindi is honored during the ceremony. —KUNAKUWAIT: The Undersecretary at Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Fareed Emadi yesterday announced the results of the winners of the ‘Safwat Al-Awael’ elite Holy Quran competition to select the best among first place winners in previous Holy Quran competitions held in Kuwait. This competition reflects the eminent care Kuwait...

Nouf Al-Ayadhi

FAO honors Kuwaiti woman amongst its best employees

Nouf Al-AyadhiROME: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) honored for the first time a Kuwaiti woman amongst its best young employees for 2021 during an annual recognition awards ceremony. In a statement to the press, Kuwait’s permanent mission at the FAO said the Director-General of the organization, Qu Dongy, awarded the human resources regional manager, Nouf Al-Ayadhi, a certificate of recognition during a ceremony attended by more...

KUWAIT: An aerial view showing a fishing pier near a beach in Kuwait. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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KUWAIT: An aerial view showing a fishing pier near a beach in Kuwait. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

WUHAN: This photo taken on Tuesday shows a health worker collecting samples to be tested for COVID-19 at an ice and snow theme park. —AFP

Kuwait detects 12 new cases of Omicron, calls to defer travel

WUHAN: This photo taken on Tuesday shows a health worker collecting samples to be tested for COVID-19 at an ice and snow theme park. —AFPBy B Izzak & AgenciesKUWAIT: The health ministry yesterday reported 12 more cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in people arriving from several European countries, as a committee overseeing health conditions called for strictly imposing coronavirus precautionary measures. Health Ministry Spokesman Dr...

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