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NEW YORK: People gather for a reproductive rights rally at Brooklyn Borough Hall on September 01, 2021 in downtown Brooklyn in New York City. NOW-NYC and Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Action Fund organized a rally for reproductive rights after a Texas law that has been dubbed the “Heartbeat Bill” went into effect. -—AFP
US Supreme Court refuses to block Texas law banning most abortions
NEW YORK: People gather for a reproductive rights rally at Brooklyn Borough Hall on September 01, 2021 in downtown Brooklyn in New York City. NOW-NYC and Planned Parenthood of Greater New York Action Fund organized a rally for reproductive rights after a Texas law that has been dubbed the “Heartbeat Bill” went into effect. -—AFPWASHINGTON: The United States’ top court formally refused Wednesday to block a Texas law banning almost all...
WASHINGTON: In this file photo taken, US President Donald Trump meets with Texas Governor Greg Abbott in the Oval office of the White House in Washington, DC. —AFP
Out-trumping Trump: US governors bidding to seduce ex-president’s base
WASHINGTON: In this file photo taken, US President Donald Trump meets with Texas Governor Greg Abbott in the Oval office of the White House in Washington, DC. —AFPWASHINGTON: With the Afghan crisis, a resurgent pandemic and a defeat on abortion rights roiling Democratic politics, Republicans are already setting their sights on Joe Biden in 2024 - knowing their chances of being the next president depend on winning kingmaker Donald Trump’s...
NEW JERSEY: A pick-up truck drives through a flooded River Drive as water gushes out of a man hole yesterday in Passaic City. —AFP
Eight dead in New York City as Ida brings flash flooding
NEW JERSEY: A pick-up truck drives through a flooded River Drive as water gushes out of a man hole yesterday in Passaic City. —AFPNEW YORK: The remnants of Hurricane Ida triggered spectacular flash flooding and a rare state of emergency in New York City overnight into yesterday, killing at least eight people in what was called a historic weather event. Streets turned into rivers while water cascaded down subway platforms, flooding tracks, as...
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden listens while Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the press before a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House September 1, 2021, in Washington, DC. — AFP
Ukraine’s Zelensky seeks Biden’s support on NATO
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden listens while Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks to the press before a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House September 1, 2021, in Washington, DC. — AFPWASHINGTON: President Joe Biden assured Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday that the United States opposes “Russian aggression” but he showed no sign of moving on requests to open NATO to the eastern European country....
KASHMIR: In this file photo, Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani addresses a public rally in Sopore, about 48 kms northwest of the capital Srinagar. Indian authorities imposed a security clampdown in disputed Kashmir late September 1, 2021, after the death of Geelani at the age of 92, residents said. —AFP
Kashmir’s separatist leader buried in night-time funeral
KASHMIR: In this file photo, Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani addresses a public rally in Sopore, about 48 kms northwest of the capital Srinagar. Indian authorities imposed a security clampdown in disputed Kashmir late September 1, 2021, after the death of Geelani at the age of 92, residents said. —AFPSRINAGAR: Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani was buried in a tightly controlled pre-dawn ceremony yesterday as Indian...
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A solution to the visit visa problem
Since the pandemic began here in March 2020, Kuwait Times has received thousands of queries and requests asking when Kuwait will reopen visit visas. Visit visas are a lifeline for expatriates. They are necessary for bringing family from abroad to visit, are often the first step in obtaining dependent visas for family who plan to live here and also for children who are born abroad but whose parents live in Kuwait. Another category of people...
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Saving money for our children’s education
If you are a new parent, you will want to do one thing right now, if you have not already—think of ‘saving plans’ to guarantee your children’s future and save money for school and college. As a new parent, I have many things to learn while I am cruising in this new life — trying my best to float. As a parent, you want the best for your children by all means— you want them to have the best nutrition, education, clothes and best life...
KUWAIT: Children enjoy a ride at an entertainment park in Hawally yesterday. — Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
Children’s activities resume after 18 months of closure
KUWAIT: Children enjoy a ride at an entertainment park in Hawally yesterday. — Photo by Fouad Al-ShaikhBy B IzzakKUWAIT: Entertainment activities for children in Kuwait resumed yesterday after a year and a half of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. Concerned authorities have imposed health requirements and precautionary measures to combat COVID-19, which consists of developing a safety plan to organize the entry for rides and social...
KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah tours Kuwait International Airport's new Terminal 2 building. - KUNA
Kuwait's new airport terminal to create 15,000 jobs for Kuwaitis
KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah tours Kuwait International Airport's new Terminal 2 building. - KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait International Airport's new terminal will provide 15,000 job opportunities for young Kuwaiti nationals, Minister of Public Works Rana Al-Fares revealed on Wednesday. The construction of the first phase out of three of Terminal 2 reached 54 percent in August, Fares told KUNA.The minister described T2 as...
KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality team inspect health measures taken at an entertainment facility inside a local mall yesterday. —Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh
Relief in Kuwait as sports activities, kids’ entertainment facilities resume
Children play inside an entertainment hall yesterday.By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Families in Kuwait breathed a collective sigh of relief yesterday as entertainment activities for children resumed under health requirements and precautionary measures after a year and a half of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, most sports activities that had stopped due to the coronavirus pandemic resumed in June 2021. Cricketers in Kuwait, for example,...
JEDAIDA, Tunisia: A Tunisian farmer harvests wheat on June 12, 2021 in this agricultural region some 30 km northwest of the capital Tunis. — AFP
Tunisia plants seeds of hope
JEDAIDA, Tunisia: A Tunisian farmer harvests wheat on June 12, 2021 in this agricultural region some 30 km northwest of the capital Tunis. — AFPJEDAIDA, Tunisia: Tunisian farmers are turning to the past to ensure a future by planting indigenous seeds as the North African country suffers at a time of drought, disease and climate change. Traditional seeds come from a genetic heritage best suited to the environment, said Maher Medini, from...
This handout satellite imagery released on May 20, 2021 shows a view of the Noor Solar Park, about 10 km northeast of the town of Ouarzazate in Morocco’s southern Draa valley in the Tafilalet region. — AFP
N African sun offers hope, but state role key
This handout satellite imagery released on May 20, 2021 shows a view of the Noor Solar Park, about 10 km northeast of the town of Ouarzazate in Morocco’s southern Draa valley in the Tafilalet region. — AFPCAIRO: Blessed with year-round sunshine, North Africa has enormous potential for solar energy, but the huge investment and state subsidies required for large-scale projects are a challenge for cash-strapped regional governments. The region...
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HATHRAS, India: Policemen carry a person who died in a melee during a sermon in Uttar Pradesh state on July 2, 2024. - AFP
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BEIRUT: Lebanese Uber driver Hussein Khalil shows his GPS jammed geolocation as Gaza's southern city of Rafah, as he sits in his vehicle in Beirut's Hamra Street on June 11, 2024.- AFP
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GAZA: Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Yunis flee after the Zionist army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024. - AFP
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NAVI MUMBAI, India: Billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani (front third left) along with his family attends a mass wedding ceremony at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai on July 2, 2024. -- AFP
Ambanis celebrate son’s nuptials with mass wedding