Новости за 16.01.2021

KUWAIT: Environment Public Authority and Kuwait coastguard personnel removed the carcass of a 20-foot whale found near Jaber Causeway yesterday. – Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

LONDON: West Bromwich Albion won for the first time under new boss Sam Allardyce as Matheus Pereira’s penalty double clinched a 3-2 Premier League victory at local rivals Wolves yesterday. Allardyce had failed to win any of his first five matches since replacing the sacked Slaven Bilic. But the former England manager was finally able […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait listed 435 new coronavirus infections and no virus-related deaths yesterday, taking the total to 157,399 and 947 respectively, the health ministry said. Kuwait had announced 530 new cases and one death on Friday. Meanwhile, the health ministry announced 349 recoveries yesterday, compared to 268 on Friday, raising total recoveries to 150,678. The number […]

KUWAIT: Coastguards arrested 10 people who entered Kuwait illegally through Abdullah Port yesterday. Police headed to the scene after receiving a call about a number of people jumping out of a boat and into territorial waters. People were able to arrest nine men, who admitted that they came from Iran on a boat that dropped […]

By Ben Garcia KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti government has allowed entry of newly-recruited domestic helpers from labor-exporting countries such as the Philippines, India, Sri Lanka and elsewhere starting today. But here’s the reality on the ground. India is not discouraging its nationals to work as domestic helpers in Kuwait, but fewer are taking up such jobs, […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait strongly condemns Yemeni Houthi militia’s launching of several explosives-laden drones towards Saudi territories on Friday, the Foreign Ministry said. “The persistence of such cowardly terrorist acts signal a clear defiance to the international community and a blatant violation of the international law,” the ministry said in a press statement. It argued that such […]

By Abdellatif Sharaa KUWAIT: Bariatric surgeon at Sabah Hospital Dr Mohammad Al-Slaimi said hair cyst cases are widespread in Kuwait and doctors frequently carry out operations for such cases. Hair cyst is usually found at the lower part of the back, he said, adding that its symptoms include pain and is often accompanied with pus […]

KUWAIT: Interior Minister Sheikh Thamer Al-Sabah carried out a tour at the border security department recently, during which he gave orders to establish a police station at Kuwait International Airport where cases can be sent to instead of the Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh police station. The minister also gave instructions to provide department personnel with the latest […]

NEW DELHI: India kicked off one of the world’s largest coronavirus vaccination drives yesterday as the pandemic spread at a record pace and global COVID-19 deaths surged past two million. The World Health Organization has called for accelerating vaccine rollouts worldwide as well as ramping up efforts to study the sequencing of the virus, which […]