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Kuwait Airways resumes flights to New York
KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways has resumed its commercial flights to and from New York starting yesterday, the airline announced, noting that flights will be operated once a week to this destination. In a press statement, Kuwait Airways Director of the Public Relations Fayez Al-Enezi said that this destination is in high demand from clients, especially business travelers, tourists and students. Kuwait Airways seeks to give its clients wider options to...
KUWAIT: A sign encouraging social distancing hangs from the ceiling in the corridor of a building in Kuwait. —KUNA
Anxiety and acclimation main attributes of post-COVID world
KUWAIT: A sign encouraging social distancing hangs from the ceiling in the corridor of a building in Kuwait. —KUNAKUWAIT: Since around December 2019, the world has been experiencing a health crisis like no other due to COVID-19, where there was significant increase in mortality and morbidity. The pandemic has had a major effect on our lives that can be stressful and overwhelming, triggering potent, sometimes unexplainable emotions in adults...
KUWAIT: This picture taken last week shows a traffic jam on a main road between Kaifan and Shamiya. —Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh (To have your picture featured in the Kuwait Times’ ‘Photo of the Day’ section, please send your high resolution, unedited photos to local@kuwaittimes.com, along with the full name and Instagram account, in addition to a description showing the picture’s location and date taken)
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KUWAIT: This picture taken last week shows a traffic jam on a main road between Kaifan and Shamiya. —Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh (To have your picture featured in the Kuwait Times’ ‘Photo of the Day’ section, please send your high resolution, unedited photos to [email protected], along with the full name and Instagram account, in addition to a description showing the picture’s location and date taken)
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati attends prayers at the Al-Omari mosque in the Lebanese capital Beirut, ahead of meeting with the Lebanese President. — AFP
Timeline: The agonies of crisis-hit Lebanon
BEIRUT: Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati attends prayers at the Al-Omari mosque in the Lebanese capital Beirut, ahead of meeting with the Lebanese President. — AFPBEIRUT: Mired in what the World Bank calls one of the worst economic crises since the mid-19th century, Lebanon finally got a new government Friday after 13 months of deadlock. Here is a recap of the country’s escalating crisis:Dollar shortagesProtesters take to the streets of...
SAO PAULO: Photo shows pilots in the cockpit of a Boeing 737 MAX aircraft operated by low-cost airline Gol before take off at Guarulhos International Airport. The security measures put in place in airports and airplanes after the September 11 attacks have drastically limited the risk of a terrorist breaking into the cockpit. — AFP
Cybersecurity: Rising risk for airlines
SAO PAULO: Photo shows pilots in the cockpit of a Boeing 737 MAX aircraft operated by low-cost airline Gol before take off at Guarulhos International Airport. The security measures put in place in airports and airplanes after the September 11 attacks have drastically limited the risk of a terrorist breaking into the cockpit. — AFPNEW YORK: After remaking their security procedures following the 9/11 attacks to stop airline hijackings, carriers...
SYDNEY: A member of the local Sikh community gets his first dose of Pfizer vaccine inside a Glenwood Sikh Temple in Sydney. — AFP
Third jab debate rages; Delta variant spreads
SYDNEY: A member of the local Sikh community gets his first dose of Pfizer vaccine inside a Glenwood Sikh Temple in Sydney. — AFPPARIS: Should a third dose of COVID vaccine be recommended for the general population? Some say it’s vital to boosting immunity as the Delta variant spreads, while others say precious vaccines should go to countries-mostly in the Global South-where most people haven’t even had their first jab. France was among...
GUANTANAMO BAY: Doctor Elizabeth Berry, and her husband Paul Berry sit during an interview with AFP in the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay. — AFP
Victim’s sister marks 9/11 at stalled trial in Guantanamo
GUANTANAMO BAY: Doctor Elizabeth Berry, and her husband Paul Berry sit during an interview with AFP in the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay. — AFPGUANTANAMO BAY: A woman whose fireman brother died in the 9/11 attacks expressed frustration at the lack of a resolution in the nine-year-old trial of the perpetrators, but said she was hopeful for eventual justice. Elizabeth Berry was spending the 20th anniversary of the attacks at the US naval base...
ADDIS ABABA: A man holds a live chicken in the Shola district during the preparations for the Ethiopian New Year in Addis Ababa. —AFP
‘Worried and anxious’: Conflict-hit Ethiopia confronts new year
ADDIS ABABA: A man holds a live chicken in the Shola district during the preparations for the Ethiopian New Year in Addis Ababa. —AFPADDIS ABABA: Tesfaye Hagos usually rings in the Ethiopian New Year by buying embroidered cotton dresses for his wife and young daughters, slaughtering a goat and inviting friends around for a feast. But not this time. With war raging in the country’s north and ethnic Tigrayans like himself fearing arbitrary...
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Our guide to picking the right smartphones this back to school season
Why HUAWEI nova 8 is a must have and should be your go to choice!By Islam Al-SharaaMid-range phones have become very popular amongst users since not everyone can afford flagship phones that tend to come with an expensive price tag. Users of this smartphone category have also become more wary and demanding: they want to get the best and most innovative features at the best possible price, therefore and due to the popularity of this segment, most...
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Photo of the day
Eurasian hoopoe bird is seen at Salmi desert, 150 kilometers from Kuwait City, on Wednesday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat/Kuwait Times.Want your photo featured? Send an email to [email protected] must be unedited, without logo and high resolution. Please include information: date/location of photo, your name and social media/Instagram.
LONDON: (From left) England’s Jonny Bairstow, England’s captain Joe Root and England’s Rory Burns appeal unsuccessfully during play on the first day of the fourth cricket Test match between England and India at the Oval cricket ground in London yesterday. —AFP
How a horse and an elephant helped India to first Test win in England
LONDON: (From left) England’s Jonny Bairstow, England’s captain Joe Root and England’s Rory Burns appeal unsuccessfully during play on the first day of the fourth cricket Test match between England and India at the Oval cricket ground in London yesterday. —AFPLONDON: England and India met at the Oval for the fourth Test yesterday, and it was just over 50 years since India’s triumph at the south London ground saw them to a first match...
CHIBA: Afghanistan’s Zakia Khudadadi (center) prepares to compete in the women’s taekwondo K44 -49kg repechage quarter-final against Ukraine’s Viktoriia Marchuk during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba yesterday. —AFP
Taekwondo makes Paralympic debut as Storey pedals to glory
CHIBA: Afghanistan’s Zakia Khudadadi (center) prepares to compete in the women’s taekwondo K44 -49kg repechage quarter-final against Ukraine’s Viktoriia Marchuk during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Makuhari Messe Hall in Chiba yesterday. —AFPTOKYO: Afghan athlete Zakia Khudadadi, who escaped Kabul after the Taleban takeover, competed in taekwondo’s Paralympic debut in Tokyo yesterday, as cycling queen Sarah Storey became...
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DAMASCUS: Syria's interim prime minister Mohammad Al-Bashir addresses worshippers during Friday prayers at Umayyad Mosque on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP (See Page 5)
Syria too exhausted for Zionist conflict amid Hezb warning
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Kuwait, US reaffirm strong ties
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KUWAIT: Exam proctors search students before they enter the exam hall to take their final exams in this file photo. — KUNA
MoE forms new exam printing press committee after violations found
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SINGAPORE: World chess champion Gukesh Dommaraju signs an autograph during a meet and greet session in Singapore. Indian teen prodigy Gukesh became the youngest undisputed world chess champion on December 12 after beating China’s Ding Liren in the final match of their series in Singapore. - AFP
Gukesh’s win fuels India chess dreams
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KUWAIT: Health Minister Ahmad Al-Awadhi poses for a photo with a delegation from the University of Houston during their visit to Kuwait.
MoH taps University of Houston for medical scholarships, training