Новости за 16.03.2019

WASHINGTON: The massacre of Muslims at New Zealand mosques on Friday demonstrated the global reach of a white nationalist movement that preaches an imagined “European” ideal, rejects immigration and shares often vicious threats over the Internet. It’s leaderless, fragmented, and relies for attention on lone-wolf type attackers like the 28-year-old Australian terrorist Brenton Tarrant, who […]

KUWAIT: Well-informed security sources said the interior ministry’s field security forces are preparing to launch intensive security campaigns in various areas to track down, arrest and deport residency visa violators. The sources also denied any plans to grant residency violators any grace periods this year, pointing out that the last amnesty was not fruitful as […]

KUWAIT: Egyptian security forces managed to solve the mystery of the murder of an elderly Kuwaiti in his apartment in the Cairo suburb of Giza, noting that the man’s maid, who had reported the murder, was actually behind it. Notably, the 80-year-old citizen’s maid, who is in her thirties, had reported that unidentified robbers had […]

MOUNT PLEASANT: Winter is clinging to the plains of Iowa but the crowd packed inside the Mount Pleasant coffee house is snug and warm as they await the latest candidate in the 2020 presidential race. Dozens of people have turned up at Central Park Coffee, curious to hear what former Texas congressman Beto O’Rourke, a […]

CHRISTCHURCH: A right-wing extremist has been charged over Friday’s horrifying gun attacks on two New Zealand mosques, which left 49 people dead and dozens more injured. The worshippers and their families caught up in the attacks in the normally peaceful city of Christchurch came from around the world. Here are some of their stories: The […]

BEIJING: The Chinese government has additional monetary policy measures that it can take to support economic growth this year, and will even cut “its own flesh” to help finance large-scale tax cuts, Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday. China has promised billions of dollars in tax cuts and infrastructure spending to help businesses and protect […]

BAGHOUZ: US-backed forces battled Islamic State group fighters yesterday as the holdout jihadists clung onto the last dregs of their crumbling “caliphate” in eastern Syria. For weeks, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces have battled to crush IS fighters holed up in a small riverside hamlet in the village of Baghouz. The makeshift encampment of tents […]

CARDIFF: Wales claimed a record third Six Nations Grand Slam of coach Warren Gatland’s reign yesterday as Gareth Anscombe kicked 20 points to help beat an ill-disciplined Ireland 25-7. The stunning victory extended Wales’ winning streak to 14 matches, moving them to second in the World Rugby standings and handing Gatland’s team a massive psychological […]

KUWAIT: A limited number of people turned out at polling stations to vote in the early hours after voting started for by-elections in the second and third constituencies. Only senior citizens voted until noontime, said informed sources, noting that the process started at 8 am. The sources added that observers from the Arab Network for […]