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Asia
Facebook bans Australian celebrity chef over COVID-19 misinformation
An illustration picture shows the logos of Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft displayed on a mobile phone. – AFP…
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Kuwait
Kuwait Deputy PM thanks Interior Ministry staff for frontline efforts
Interior Minister Anas Al-Saleh KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anas Al-Saleh sincerely thanked Interior Ministry employees for…
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Kuwait
Kuwait COVID-19 cases rise by 472 to 71,199
KUWAIT: Kuwait said on Saturday 472 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the past 24 hours, raising the total…
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Business
IMF warns cutting spending too soon could derail recovery
Vitor Gaspar, Director of the International Monetary Fund’s Fiscal Affairs Department, speaks during a Fiscal Monitor briefing at the IMF/World…
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Subcontinent
Outrage mounts over India police custody deaths
SATHANKULAM, India: In this picture taken on June 26, 2020, residents gather as they carry the coffin of Jayaraj and…
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Coronavirus in Kuwait
Kuwait participates in EU-organized conference for combating virus
KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah attends the EU-organized Global Pledging Summit to find a vaccine for…
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America
Virus toll nears 200,000 as UN pushes vaccine effort
MAKKAH: A picture taken on Friday shows sanitation workers disinfecting the area around the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque on…
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Middle East
Qatar flies to the rescue
DOHA: Employees of Qatar Aviation Services (QAS), wearing protective gear as a safety measure during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, walk…
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Subcontinent
India locks down Kashmir over virus, Sri Lanka shelves election
SRINAGAR: Soldiers patrol along an alleyway with closed shops following restrictions imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus…
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Asia
Australian shops ration toilet paper amid coronavirus panic
SYDNEY: Shelves are empty of toilet rolls in a supermarket in Sydney yesterday. Australia’s biggest supermarket announced a limit on…
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