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ANKARA: Ferhat Uyar, 27, a worker for Yemeksepeti Banabi motorcycle couriers speaks at the offices of Freight workers' union Nakliyat-Is in Ankara. - AFP

Workers across Turkey go on strike as inflation bites

ISTANBUL: Soaring inflation in Turkey has propelled a wave of strikes unlike any the country has seen since the 1970s, as workers demand more money to counter the shrinking value of their pay. Supermarket warehouse worker Bekir Gok was sacked this month-alongside 256 of his colleagues-for demanding an extra four Turkish liras (30 US cents) per hour, the equivalent of a loaf of bread.However after the workers at the Migros supermarket chain went...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. - Amiri Diwan photos

Amir discusses ties, various topics with Egyptian President

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday received Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, along with his accompanying delegation. The audience was attended by His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. His Highness the Amir and the Egyptian President held cordial conversations, depicting the solid and historic relations between the two brotherly countries and peoples. Moreover,...

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Russia faces sanctions blitz as Putin sends troops to Ukraine

KYIV: Russia faced a furious global diplomatic and economic backlash yesterday after President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces into Ukraine to secure two breakaway regions. Germany announced it was halting certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia and said the European Union would adopt “robust and massive” economic sanctions.The White House welcomed Germany’s decision on the pipeline, and said it would reveal its own...

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‘Rise to Success’ group summits Mt Kilimanjaro

KUWAIT: Kuwait's flag and Kuwait Times and Kuwait News banner were raised 5,895 meters above sea level on top of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest summit. The 'Rise to Success' group organized a trip to Tanzania recently led by Sheikh Mohammad Al Thani, featuring 27 participants from 17 countries. Kuwait was represented by Basel Al-Jarallah and Kuwait Times Deputy Editor-in-Chief Abdullah Boftain.

KUWAIT: Ashwaq Al-Mudhaf speaks during the workshop at the Women's Cultural Social Society. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Workshop to help support women's issues on social media

By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The Women's Cultural Social Society held a workshop on the 'role of digital media in supporting women's issues', presented by Ashwaq Al-Mudhaf, who gave advice and tips to women to deliver their message. She started with how to use social media tools to deliver messages on important issues."Social media tools are available free of charge. The woman has a message, but it's not reaching the target. This is because she...

DUBAI: People attend the opening ceremony of the Museum of the Future yesterday. – AFP

‘Most beautiful building on Earth’ opens in Dubai

DUBAI: Dubai opened its Museum of the Future yesterday, a structure it touts as the world's most beautiful building. The museum is a seven-storey hollow silver ellipse decorated with Arabic calligraphy...

FETSUND, Norway: In this file photo taken on Jan 21, 2020, plastic bottles are treated at a recycling plant of the company Infinitum. – AFP

Only 9% of plastic recycled worldwide

PARIS: Less than 10 percent of the plastic used across the world is recycled, the OECD said Tuesday, calling for “coordinated and global solutions” ahead of expected talks on an international plastics treaty. A new report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development report found that 460 million tons of plastics were used in 2019, the number nearly doubling since 2000.The amount of plastic waste had more than doubled during...

DUBAI: Travelers wait with their luggage at check-in counters at Dubai International Airport on Monday. – AFP

No full recovery until 2024: Dubai airports chief

DUBAI: Passenger traffic at Dubai international airport, the world’s busiest, will not recover to pre-Covid levels before 2024, its CEO told AFP yesterday. Traffic remains “nowhere near pre-pandemic levels” despite rising to 29.1 million passengers last year, Dubai Airports chief Paul Griffiths said in an interview. The figures announced on Tuesday, up 12.7 percent from 2020, mean that Dubai remains the world’s busiest airport for the...

LVIV, Ukraine: People take part in a shooting training course at a shooting complex outside Lviv yesterday. - AFP

US, allies lambast Russia over Ukraine

UNITED NATIONS, United States: The United States and its allies rounded on Russia during an emergency Security Council session Monday, denouncing Vladimir Putin's recognition of rebel-held areas in Ukraine and his ordered deployment of troops as a gross violation of international law and "pretext for war."Addressing the council, US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield heaped scorn on Putin's assertion that the Russian troops would take on a...

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UN experts slam online attacks on Indian journalist

NEW DELHI: UN rights experts have called for an end to "misogynistic and sectarian" online attacks against a Muslim Indian woman journalist, asking the authorities to investigate the harassment. Rana Ayyub, a fierce critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Hindu nationalist government of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has been the target of a relentless campaign of online abuse -- including death and rape threats.She is the "victim of...

BIZAAH, Syria: Internally displaced Syrians unload their belongings from trucks upon arrival at a new housing complex in the opposition-held area of Bizaah, east of the city of al-Bab in the northern Aleppo governorate, built with the support of Turkey's emergencies agency AFAD. - AFP

In Turkish-funded Syria camps, tents give way to homes

BIZAAH, Syria: Syrian mother of four Maryam al-Hussein was relieved to have a roof over her head as she moved from a tent camp into a housing complex built with Turkish support. "When I first heard that we were moving into a house, I couldn't believe it," the 28-year-old widow told AFP in opposition-held northern Syria."I was so happy that I couldn't think of anything other than the move," she said, sitting outside her new concrete home. The...

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Queen Elizabeth II cancels engagements over COVID symptoms

LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II has cancelled her planned virtual engagements for yesterday due to "mild" coronavirus symptoms, Buckingham Palace said. "As Her Majesty is still experiencing mild cold-like symptoms she has decided not to undertake her planned virtual engagements today, but will continue with light duties," said a palace spokesman.The 95-year-old head of state tested positive for the virus on Sunday, sparking renewed concerns about her...

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HATHRAS, India: Policemen carry a person who died in a melee during a sermon in Uttar Pradesh state on July 2, 2024. - AFP

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BEIRUT: Lebanese Uber driver Hussein Khalil shows his GPS jammed geolocation as Gaza's southern city of Rafah, as he sits in his vehicle in Beirut's Hamra Street on June 11, 2024.- AFP

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GAZA: Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Yunis flee after the Zionist army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024. - AFP

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NAVI MUMBAI, India: Billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani (front third left) along with his family attends a mass wedding ceremony at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai on July 2, 2024. -- AFP

Ambanis celebrate son’s nuptials with mass wedding