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Microsoft announces Windows 11
Microsoft has unveiled the next generation of its Windows software, called Windows 11, that has sleeker visual features and is more open to third-party apps.The newest version of Microsoft’s flagship operating system announced on Thursday will be a successor to today’s Windows 10, which the company introduced in 2015."Today marks a major milestone in the history of Windows," Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella said in a streamed...
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McAfee founder found dead by suicide in Spanish jail
Antivirus software pioneer John McAfee was found dead in his jail cell in Spain Wednesday, a prison official said, shortly after a court approved his extradition to the United States where he was wanted for tax evasion. “He was found dead in his cell apparently from suicide,” a spokeswoman for the prison system in the northeastern Catalonia region said, without giving further details.
BRUSSELS: Kuwait’s Ambassador to NATO, EU and Belgium Jasem Al-Budaiwi (right) in a group photo during a lunch hosted for NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security Clare Hutchinson. — KUNA
NATO Official lauds progress made by women in Kuwait, Gulf region
BRUSSELS: Kuwait’s Ambassador to NATO, EU and Belgium Jasem Al-Budaiwi (right) in a group photo during a lunch hosted for NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security Clare Hutchinson. — KUNABRUSSELS: NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security Clare Hutchinson, has expressed her admiration for the achievements made my women in Kuwait and the Gulf region. “We have heard...
KUWAIT: Domestic helpers are vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Kuwait Vaccination Center at the Mishref fairgrounds yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
WHO, MoH to tackle COVID together
KUWAIT: Domestic helpers are vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Kuwait Vaccination Center at the Mishref fairgrounds yesterday. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: The World Health Organization (WHO) will work with the Kuwaiti Health Ministry to help tackle the COVID-19, the organization’s representative in Kuwait Dr Assad Hafeez said on Friday. During an interview with KUNA, Dr Hafeez expressed his thanks to the government of Kuwait...
KUWAIT: Employees of a shopping mall in Kuwait sit in distance while waiting to receive COVID-19 vaccine on May 9, 2021. — Xinhua
Unvaccinated mall employees in limbo after Kuwait’s new ban
KUWAIT: Employees of a shopping mall in Kuwait sit in distance while waiting to receive COVID-19 vaccine on May 9, 2021. — XinhuaBy Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: After the Cabinet decided on Thursday that unvaccinated people cannot enter large malls from June 27, many of the staff working in these malls are anxious about their jobs. Saleswomen at five different stores at The Avenues mall told Kuwait Times they haven’t been...
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India mourns as ‘Flying Sikh’ dies of COVID
Milkha SinghNEW DELHI: India yesterday mourned the loss of track legend Milkha Singh, who overcame childhood tragedy to seek Olympic glory, after he died aged 91 following a long battle with COVID-19. Singh, a four-time Asian Games gold medalist who was dubbed the ‘Flying Sikh’, passed away at a hospital in the north Indian city of Chandigarh late Friday. His wife had also died from the virus earlier in the week.Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
KABUL: A butcher cuts meat at his shop on June 10, 2021. — AFP
Biological links between red meat, cancer
KABUL: A butcher cuts meat at his shop on June 10, 2021. — AFPWASHINGTON: Eating less red meat is standard medical advice for preventing colorectal cancer, but the way it causes cells to mutate has remained unclear, and not all experts were convinced there was a strong link. A new paper in the journal Cancer Discovery has now identified specific patterns of DNA damage triggered by diets rich in red meat - further implicating the food as a...
TEHRAN: Outgoing President Hassan Rouhani (left) takes in part in a press conference with President-elect Ebrahim Raisi during his visit to congratulate the ultraconservative cleric on winning the presidential election yesterday. — AFP
Ultraconservative cleric Raisi wins Iran presidential vote
TEHRAN: Outgoing President Hassan Rouhani (left) takes in part in a press conference with President-elect Ebrahim Raisi during his visit to congratulate the ultraconservative cleric on winning the presidential election yesterday. — AFPTEHRAN: Ultraconservative cleric Ebrahim Raisi was declared the winner yesterday of Iran’s presidential election, a widely anticipated result after many political heavyweights were barred from running. Raisi...
ANTALYA: Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah (right) and his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman (left) participate in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. —KUNA
Kuwait FM attends diplomatic forum alongside counterparts in Turkey
ANTALYA: Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah (right) and his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammad bin Abdulrahman (left) participate in the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. —KUNAANTALYA: Kuwait’s Foreign Minister and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah attended Antalya Diplomacy Forum alongside several foreign ministers in Turkey on Friday. The event was also attended by Qatar’s...
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KRCS launches COVID-19 vaccination campaign for Syrian refugees in Lebanon
AKKAR: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) launched Friday a COVID-19 vaccination campaign for Syrian refugees in Lebanon. The campaign began under the supervision of Board Chairman of Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) Dr Hilal Al-Sayer at Al-Mohammara and Akkar refugee camps northern Lebanon. Sayer said that the campaign would help in spreading social immunity; it became necessary to enroll people back into their normal economic and social lives...
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DGCA Chief, Minister visit new Kuwait Airport project
KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Dr Rana Al-Faris, and Head of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) Sheikh Abdullah Al-Sabah visited Friday the new Kuwait Airport project. The visit came to stand on the project’s progress and discuss ways to overcome all the challenges, the Ministry of Public Works said in a press release. The project represents one of the largest...
KUWAIT: Firefighters battle a massive fire that broke out yesterday morning at a warehouse in Shuwaikh Industrial area.
One dead, 2 injured in warehouse fire
KUWAIT: Firefighters battle a massive fire that broke out yesterday morning at a warehouse in Shuwaikh Industrial area.KUWAIT: An unidentified person died while two others were injured in a massive fire that broke out yesterday morning at a warehouse in Shuwaikh Industrial area, while seven firefighting teams controlled it, Kuwait Fire Force (KFF) announced. The squads arrived from the fire departments of Shuwaikh Industrial, Sabhan, Salmiya,...
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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
Stampede at India religious event kills 116
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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
Zionist jamming disrupts Lebanon ground, air traffic
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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
Arabs reaffirm Zionist boycott
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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