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JEMBER, Indonesia : Indonesian members of a search and rescue team evacuate dead bodies during a search operation following a beach ritual accident that killed ten people in Jember, East Java yesterday. - AFP

High waves kill 10 during Indonesia beach ritual

JEMBER, East Java: At least 10 Indonesians died after tidal waves swept away a group of people meditating on a beach during yesterday's early hours, police said. The group of 23 people was holding hands and meditating on Payangan beach, East Java province, shortly after midnight."They were too close to the sea and could not save themselves when the tidal waves came and swept them away," local police chief Hery Purnomo told TVOne. Ten bodies had...

HONOLULU: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (center) looks towards South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong (left) during a joint press availability along Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) following their meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii on Saturday.—AFP

Looming Ukraine crisis overshadows Blinken's bridge-building trip to Asia

HONOLULU, US: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his Japanese and South Korean counterparts declared their unity on confronting security threats in the Asia-Pacific Saturday, even as Washington was intensely occupied by the possibility of war in Eastern Europe.Blinken, South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong, and Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa met in Honolulu for a day of talks focused on North Korea's nuclear threat as...

LIMA: In this file photo taken on June 06, 2021 Peruvian left-wing presidential candidate for Peru Libre party, Pedro Castillo (center) accompanied with his family, participates on a breakfast open to the press during the election day at his house in Chugur, Cajamarca region, north east of Peru. - AFP

Peru's president ditches iconic hat, seeks image rebrand

LIMA: Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has adopted a unique measure in a bid to lift his falling popularity and resolve a series of political crises: he has ditched his iconic white cowboy hat. The hat has been an important feature of Castillo's humble rural-school teacher image that helped propel him to the presidency.But for three days running this week, Castillo has appeared in public without his "sombrero." Having been forced into a fourth...

BRASÍLIA, Brazil: In this file photo taken on November 14, 2019 Russia's President Vladimir Putin (left) waves next to Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro (right) before the 11th BRICS Summit at the Itamaraty palace in Brasilia. - AFP

'Terrible timing': Brazil's Bolsonaro to visit Russia

RIO DE JANEIRO: Ignoring US concerns, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is due to arrive in Russia Tuesday for an official visit with highly awkward diplomatic timing, amid the tense standoff between Moscow and the West over Ukraine. Brushing off pressure from traditional ally the United States and within his own cabinet, Bolsonaro decided to go ahead with meeting Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, a visit he says is about building trade...

WINDSOR, Canada: Protestors confront the Ontario Provincial Police as they try to clear the entrance to the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ontario, Canada Saturday.-AFP

Canadian protesters out in force again, key bridge still blocked

WINDSOR, Canada: Canadian police resumed operations yesterday to clear a key US border bridge occupied by trucker-led demonstrators angry over COVID-19 restrictions, as authorities struggle to quell a two-week-old protest movement that also paralyzed downtown Ottawa. "Enforcement actions continue" at the Ambassador Bridge, Windsor police said in a tweet, adding that authorities have begun making arrests and towing vehicles. The operation began...

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Kuwaiti scientist says award gives her greater sense of responsibility

By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: A Kuwaiti female scientist, Hend Al-Qaderi, was among 14 Arab women scientists who were awarded at Expo 2020 Dubai for their remarkable discoveries in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on Feb 11 at Expo 2020, the Foundation L'Oréal and UNESCO hosted the first For Women in Science Young Talents Awards Ceremony for the MENA region. The...

BORYSPIL, Ukraine: Travelers wait at the check-in counters ahead of their flights at the Boryspil airport some 30 kilometers outside Kyiv yesterday. Ukraine vowed to keep its airspace open to international travel despite Western warnings that Russian troops conducting drills near its borders could invade at any point. - AFP

Ukraine vows to keep airspace open

KYIV: Ukraine yesterday vowed to keep its airspace open to international travel despite Western warnings that Russian troops conducting drills near its borders could invade at any point. The Dutch carrier KLM on Saturday became the first major airline to indefinitely suspend flights to the former Soviet republic because of the rising risks.Meanwhile, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has compared Western diplomatic efforts to head off a...

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81 held over banned anti-vaccine convoy

PARIS: Paris police said they arrested 97 people who defied a ban on a Canada-style protest convoy over coronavirus regulations to try block traffic in the capital, with 81 still in custody yesterday. Thousands of demonstrators from across France attempted to block traffic in the capital Saturday in a self-proclaimed "freedom convoy" of cars, trucks and campervans. Hundreds of them continued on to Brussels Sunday.In Paris, more than 100 vehicles...

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Swiss vote to ban nearly all tobacco advertising

GENEVA: The Swiss voted yesterday to tighten their notoriously lax tobacco laws by banning virtually all advertising of the hazardous products, partial results showed. Nearly 56 percent of voters and 15 of Switzerland's 26 cantons backed the near-total tobacco advertising ban, according to official results after all ballots had been tallied in 22 cantons. "We are extremely happy," Stefanie De Borba of the Swiss League against Cancer, told AFP as...

KYIV: Demonstrators shout slogans as they march during a rally yesterday held to show unity amid US warnings of an imminent Russian invasion. – AFP

Biden, Putin discuss Ukraine; Kremlin slams 'provocations'

MOSCOW: Russian leader Vladimir Putin yesterday slammed Western claims of an imminent Moscow invasion of Ukraine as a "provocation" as he began new crisis talks with US President Joe Biden. Weeks of tensions that have seen Russia surround its western neighbor with more than 100,000 troops intensified after Washington warned that an all-out invasion could begin "any day" and Russia launched its biggest naval drills in years across the Black...

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Airfares almost back to pre-pandemic levels

By Ben Garcia KUWAIT: Airline ticket prices have fallen in recent months to nearly pre-pandemic levels for many destinations. Airfares to some European countries such as UK and France are now at KD 150 to KD 250 depending on the airline and destination city. Meanwhile, return tickets to India are available for KD 110-KD 120, while tickets to the United States can be bought for KD 250-KD 300 compared to almost KD 1,000-KD 1,500 in 2021. Meanwhile,...

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Kuwait renews adherence to UN charter's goals

NEW YORK: The State of Kuwait has renewed adherence to the multi-party international order and objectives of the United Nations convention for sake of boosting global governance to maintain the human race's security and peace. The Kuwaiti stance was expressed by Minister Plenipotentiary Talal Suleiman Al-Fassam during the first deliberations by the UN General Assembly of the UN Secretary's report themed "our common agenda." The novel coronavirus...

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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