Новости за 31.03.2021

GENEVA: Two Chinese coronavirus jabs are safe and effective, WHO experts said yesterday after reviewing partial data, providing a potential boost to countries from Australia to Europe struggling to roll out vaccines fast enough. Fewer than 600 million jabs have been given out across the world, three months after vaccination programs began in earnest in […]

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden nominated several black women, an Asian American and the first Muslim ever to federal judgeships Tuesday in a push for diversity in the US court system. Breaking with predecessor Donald Trump’s four-year effort to staff federal courts with largely white male conservatives, Biden unveiled his first 11 picks for judges, with […]

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced plans Tuesday to pump investments worth $3.2 trillion into the national economy by 2030, roping in the oil-reliant kingdom’s biggest companies in a major new economic diversification push. The announcement by de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman underscores an effort to jumpstart the domestic economy as the top crude […]

ROME: Italy expelled two Russian officials yesterday after an Italian navy captain was caught red-handed by police selling secret documents to the Russians. The Italian frigate captain was arrested on spying charges after officers tailing him saw him late Tuesday in Rome in a “clandestine meeting” with a Russian military officer, according to a police […]

BEIRUT: Scattering spinach and hot chili onto fluffy flatbread in Lebanon’s capital, 54-year-old Abu Shadi bemoans better times before the economic crisis when all Lebanese could afford his simple meals. The veteran baker is famed for his take on Lebanon’s manousheh, a circle of freshly baked dough sprinkled with anything from thyme to meat, then […]

AL WAKRAH, Qatar: Qatar is stepping up its coronavirus vaccination drive, officials said yesterday, with new daily cases almost quadrupling since January and prompting calls for a renewed lockdown. While the country’s death toll per capita is low, almost 5 percent of deaths since the beginning of the pandemic were during the past week, with […]

TOKYO: Stressed mice shed fur because a hormone produced when they are under pressure interrupts normal growth cycles, according to a new study that could offer hope for treating humans. The research, published yesterday in the journal Nature, sheds light for the first time on why stressful situations can result in hair loss. And it […]

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KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace yesterday. His Highness the Amir also received Saudi Arabia’s State Minister and Cabinet Member Prince Turki bin Mohammad bin Fahad bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, who handed him a letter from King Salman […]

KUWAIT/BRUSSELS: Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah headed Kuwait’s delegation participating in the fifth edition of the Brussels Conference on ‘Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region’ held online Tuesday. During the meeting, Sheikh Ahmad Al-Sabah delivered a speech saying that through the […]