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Kuwait reports 1,505 coronavirus infections, four deaths
KUNA: Kuwait on Thursday reported 1,505 new coronavirus infections and four deaths, the health ministry said. In a statement to KUNA, ministry spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad affirmed total number of infections surged to 205,893 and the death toll climbed to 1,148. Up to 8,780 virus tests were conducted during the last 24 hours, Sanad added. He added 197 patients are in intensive care units with 14,510 people receiving treatment. Earlier, the...
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At least 20 dead in Egypt clothing factory fire
CAIRO: At least 20 people were killed and 24 others injured Thursday in a clothing factory fire on the eastern outskirts of the Egyptian capital, medical and security sources told AFP. Twelve fire trucks were dispatched to extinguish the huge blaze as smoke billowed out over the industrial area called Al-Obour, with the cause not immediately clear. The state prosecutor has tasked a team with investigating the fire in the four-storey factory, the...
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Oprah’s oversized royal interview glasses spark Swiss specs frenzy
ZURICH: Swiss spectacles manufacturer Gotti said Thursday they had been inundated with demand for the oversized glasses worn by Oprah Winfrey for her TV interview with Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan. The small Zurich-based brand, which makes high-end frames, told AFP they were “a little surprised” by the surge in interest following the US talk show queen’s bombshell sit-down with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.Watched by at...
DAMASCUS: This Nov 4, 2020 file photo shows Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his wife Asma during a visit to a state-sponsored fair for small businesses from Aleppo. - AFP
Assad and first lady test positive for COVID
DAMASCUS: This Nov 4, 2020 file photo shows Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his wife Asma during a visit to a state-sponsored fair for small businesses from Aleppo. - AFPDAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his wife Asma have tested positive for COVID-19 after experiencing mild symptoms, the presidency said yesterday. "After experiencing mild symptoms that resemble... COVID-19, President Al-Assad and first lady Asma Al-Assad took...
KATHMANDU: People display their cards after getting vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine on March 7, 2021. - AFP
Fully-vaccinated people can gather without masks: CDC
KATHMANDU: People display their cards after getting vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine on March 7, 2021. - AFPWASHINGTON: People who have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 can gather indoors unmasked with others who have been vaccinated, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in new guidance yesterday. Those who are fully vaccinated can also visit with unvaccinated people from one other household indoors without masks or...
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Students complain after being called to school for exams
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Students from several Indian schools in Kuwait have contacted Kuwait Times to complain that they are being compelled by their schools to attend on-campus exams in the upcoming exam period. Some students claim that their teachers are telling them to come to campus “quietly”, suggesting that they are holding exams on campus but without the necessary ministry approval.All public and private schools (with a few...
KUWAIT: Fahd Al-Salem St in Kuwait City is deserted yesterday as a nationwide curfew from 5 pm until 5 am is imposed for a month. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Monster traffic jams amid chaotic start to curfew
KUWAIT: Fahd Al-Salem St in Kuwait City is deserted yesterday as a nationwide curfew from 5 pm until 5 am is imposed for a month. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy B IzzakKUWAIT: As Kuwait entered the first day of a 5 pm to 5 am partial lockdown yesterday, the country was in total paralysis with unprecedented traffic jams that continued way after the deadline. Motorists posted hundreds of pictures showing thousands of vehicles motionless on most...
SANAA: Smoke billows following a reported airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition in the Yemeni capital yesterday. — AFP
Saudi pounds Sanaa after Houthi strikes
SANAA: Smoke billows following a reported airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition in the Yemeni capital yesterday. — AFPRIYADH: A Saudi-led military coalition mounted air strikes on Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa yesterday after it intercepted a string of drones launched by the Iran-backed rebels, state media reported. The developments mark a new escalation in Yemen’s six-year conflict between the coalition-backed Yemeni government...
MOSUL: Pope Francis releases a white dove at a square near the ruins of the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (Al-Tahira-l-Kubra) in the old city of Mosul yesterday. — AFP
Pope visits Mosul, holds mass in Arbil
MOSUL: Pope Francis releases a white dove at a square near the ruins of the Syriac Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception (Al-Tahira-l-Kubra) in the old city of Mosul yesterday. — AFPARBIL, Iraq: Pope Francis vowed yesterday to keep Iraq in his heart, as he concluded the largest mass and final public event of a historic trip meant to encourage the country’s dwindling Christian community and deepen interfaith dialogue. The pontiff...
BERN: Activists hold a demonstration after Swiss voters accepted a so-called anti-burqa initiative to ban full facial coverings in public places yesterday. - AFP
Swiss voters narrowly back ‘niqab ban’
BERN: Activists hold a demonstration after Swiss voters accepted a so-called anti-burqa initiative to ban full facial coverings in public places yesterday. - AFPGENEVA: Swiss voters yesterday narrowly backed a ban on full face coverings in public places - a decision hailed by supporters as a move against radical Islam but branded sexist and racist by opponents. Official results showed that 51.21 percent of voters, and a majority of federal...
CAIRO: Egypt’s President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi reads a letter from His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah during his meeting with Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah yesterday. -— KUNA
Kuwait’s Amir sends letter to Egypt’s president
CAIRO: Egypt’s President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi reads a letter from His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah during his meeting with Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmed Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah yesterday. -— KUNACAIRO: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a written message to Egypt’s President Abdelfattah Al-Sisi, which was delivered by Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmed...
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US Defense Secretary congratulates Kuwait on national celebrations
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-SabahKUWAIT: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah received a phone call from US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, congratulating Sheikh Hamad on the 60th National Day and 30th Liberation Anniversary yesterday. In a statement published by Kuwait Army’s public relations department, Sheikh Hamad thanked Austin for his kind...
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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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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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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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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
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KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah presides over a Cabinet weekly meeting on Tuesday at Bayan Palace. – KUNA
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