Новости за 18.02.2021

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By B Izzak KUWAIT: Kuwait’s civil aviation agency said yesterday that a five-month ban on the entry of flights from 35 countries will be lifted from February 21 but arrivals must be quarantined at local hotels for 14 days. Those countries include India, Egypt, Philippines, Pakistan and Bangladesh whose citizens make up the majority of […]

HOUSTON: Power was gradually being restored but hundreds of thousands of households remained without electricity early yesterday across Texas, the oil and gas capital of the United States, with some facing water shortages as a deadly winter cold spell that pummeled the southeastern part of the country headed east. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued […]

TEHRAN: A 5.4 magnitude earthquake rocked southwestern Iran late Wednesday, injuring more than 30 people and causing widespread damage in mountain villages, Iranian media reported. The quake struck at 10:05 pm near the town of Sisakht, in a mountainous district of Kohgilouyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, the US Geological Survey said. It left 32 people injured, […]

DUBAI: Modern infrastructure and a business-friendly attitude have made Dubai the regional base of choice for international companies, but Riyadh’s remarkable rise has woken a long-sleeping heavyweight competitor. The wealthy Gulf emirate has made opening businesses as easy as ordering a meal, in a region choking with bureaucracy, helping it attract around 140 headquarters in […]

TBILISI: Georgia’s prime minister resigned yesterday over plans to arrest a top opposition leader, deepening a political crisis that has gripped the Caucasus nation since elections last year. Giorgi Gakharia, a 45-year-old with the ruling Georgian Dream party who was prime minister since 2019, said he was stepping down because of disagreement in the government […]

WASHINGTON: Seven months after blast-off, NASA’s Mars 2020 mission will have to negotiate its shortest and most intense phase yesterday: the “seven minutes of terror” it takes to slam the brakes and land the Perseverance rover on a narrow target on the planet’s surface. Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) begins when the spacecraft carrying Perseverance […]

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden’s immigration bill, which aims to create a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants, was unveiled yesterday to begin its legislative process, senior White House officials said. “This was a day-one commitment of the president, and it is his vision of what it takes to fix the system,” a […]

  YANGON: Hackers targeted government websites yesterday to protest against the military coup, as the junta pressed on with its attempts to stymie nationwide opposition with internet blockades and troop deployments. The cyberattacks came a day after tens of thousands of people rallied across the country to protest against the generals toppling Aung San Suu […]