Kite flying becomes popular way to kill lockdown time in Gaza amid COVID-19

21:34, July 09, 2020

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  Kuwait reports 833 new COVID-19 cases, 52,840 in total

  Residents return to the Mahboula area after the lifting of lockdown restrictions, in Ahmadi Governorate, Kuwait, July 9, 2020. Kuwaiti government on Thursday lifted lockdown in areas of Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh and Mahboula. The lockdown was imposed on the two expatriates-dominated and heavily populated ar

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  Rescue under way after rain-triggered landslide in Hubei

  An elderly woman has been rescued in central China's Hubei Province, hours after she and another eight people were buried by a rain-triggered landslide on Wednesday morning. (Photos: Xinhua) Rescue team members transfer an elderly woman pulled out of the debris at Yuanshan Village, Dahe Township of Huangmei County, central China's Hubei Province, July 8, 2020. Rescue team members transfer an elderly woman pulled out of the debris onto an ambulance at Yuanshan Village, Dahe Township of Huangmei County, central China's Hubei Province, July 8, 2020.Aerial photos shows the rescue site of a landslide at Yuanshan Village, Dahe Township of Huangmei County, central China's Hubei Province, July 8, 2020. Aerial photos shows the rescue site of a landslide at Yuanshan Village, Dahe Township of Huangmei County, central China's Hubei Province, July 8, 2020. Rescue team members transfer an elderly woman pulled out of the debris at Yuanshan Village, Dahe Township of Huangmei County, central China's Hubei Province, July 8, 2020. A rescue team member and a sniffer dog are seen at Yuanshan Village, Dahe Township of Huangmei County, central China's Hubei Province, July 8, 2020.Rescuers pull an elderly woman from the debris of a landslide at Yuanshan Village, Dahe Township of Huangmei County, central China's Hubei Province, July 8, 2020. Rescue team members transfer an elderly woman pulled out of the debris at Yuanshan Village, Dahe Township of Huangmei County, central China's Hubei Province, July 8, 2020. Rescue team members transfer an elderly woman pulled out of the debris at Yuanshan Village, Dahe Township of Huangmei County, central China's Hubei Province, July 8, 2020.

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  NYC paints "Black Lives Matter" mural in front of Trump Tower

  A giant, yellow Black Lives Matter mural was painted Thursday on New York City's Fifth Avenue right in front of Trump Tower, a skyscraper that serves as the headquarters for the Trump Organization. (Photos: Xinhua)People paint Black Lives Matter mural in front of Trump Tower in New York, the United States, on July 9, 2020. People who paint Black Lives Matter mural pose for a photo in front of Trump Tower in New York, the United States, on July 9, 2020.People paint Black Lives Matter mural in front of Trump Tower in New York, the United States, on July 9, 2020.New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (3rd L) helps to paint Black Lives Matter mural in front of Trump Tower in New York, the United States, on July 9, 2020. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (C) helps to paint Black Lives Matter mural in front of Trump Tower in New York, the United States, on July 9, 2020.

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  Notre-Dame spire to be rebuilt in original form: French minister

  A broad consensus has been reached to rebuild the spire of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in the French capital as it was before the blaze in April last year, Minister of Culture Roselyne Bachelot told France Inter radio on Thursday, adding that the final decision belongs to President Emmanuel Macron. (Photos: Xinhua)File photo taken on June 9, 2020 shows the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral under repair after it was badly damaged by a huge fire on April 15, 2019. Photo taken on July 1, 2020 shows the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral under repair after it was badly damaged by a huge fire on April 15, 2019.