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Pfizer's 2021 profits doubled to $22bn on vaccine sales
WASHINGTON: Pfizer said yesterday it expects $32 billion in revenue from COVID-19 vaccines in 2022 as it reported annual profits had more than doubled to $22 billion. The pharmaceutical giant, which with German company BioNTech won approval for the first vaccine to counter the deadly virus, saw annual revenues nearly double to $81.3 billion, with $36.8 billion from the COVID-19 vaccine.Pfizer also expects $22 billion in sales of Paxlovid, the...
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Glassblowers on Venice's Murano scorched by blazing energy bills
VENICE: The blown glass creations forged in the furnaces on Venice's Murano islands are prized around the world-but soaring gas prices are threatening the centuries-old craft. "It's a huge problem... A hurricane has hit the economy," Luciano Gambaro, head of the Promovetro glass association, told AFP, describing bills that have risen a whopping 600 percent. Murano's artisans fashion everything from tiny, colored animals to majestic chandeliers,...
TRIPOLI: Lebanese men smoke waterpipes as they take a break outside their workshop in an alley of the northern city of Tripoli's impoverished neighborhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh. - AFP
Mired in poverty, Lebanese join jihadists
TRIPOLI: Zakaria al-Adl was presumed to have attempted a sea escape to Europe after he had gone missing over the summer, but then the young Lebanese man turned up dead in Iraq. A native of the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, the 22-year-old is one of at least eight men who have been reported killed in Iraq since December 2021, as a suspected jihadist militant. They all hail from impoverished Tripoli districts, and were allegedly lured into...
LIBMANAN: Philippine Vice President and opposition presidential candidate Leni Robredo (center-with microphone) speaks from a truck during a campaign rally in the town of Libamanan, Camarines Sur province, south of Manila yesterday, as candidates hit the road for the start of the three-month long campaign season. - AFP
Philippines kicks off chaotic election campaign season
BOCAUE: The race to lead the Philippines kicked off yesterday, with the son and namesake of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos the favorite to succeed authoritarian firebrand Rodrigo Duterte and return his clan to the presidential palace they once fled. Candidates hit the hustings for the three-month campaign season in a chaotic and colorful charm offensive aimed at wooing millions of voters typically more interested in personality than policy....
BANGALORE, India: Muslim women hold placards during a demonstration after educational institutes in Karnataka denied entry to students for wearing hijabs, in Bangalore. - AFP
Schools shut in India as hijab ban protests intensify
NEW DELHI: Authorities in southern India ordered schools to shut yesterday as protests intensified over a ban on Islamic headscarves that has outraged Muslim students. The stand-off in Karnataka state has galvanised fears among the minority community about what they say is increasing persecution under the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Fresh demonstrations yesterday saw officers fire tear gas to disperse a crowd at...
VATICAN CITY: File picture shows Pope Francis (L) welcoming Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, on December 8, 2015 in Vatican. - AFP
Ex-pope Benedict XVI asks for forgiveness over abuse scandal
VATICAN CITY: Ex-pope Benedict XVI asked for forgiveness yesterday for clerical child sex abuse committed on his watch, but aides rejected allegations of a cover-up while he was archbishop of Munich. "I can only express to all the victims of sexual abuse my profound shame, my deep sorrow and my heartfelt request for forgiveness," the 94-year-old said in a letter released in response to a German inquiry last month that examined his handling of...
LONDON: A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer (C) attending Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons in London. – AFP
Police step in as UK oppn leader mobbed outside parliament
LONDON: Anti-lockdown protesters mobbed British opposition leader Keir Starmer on Monday as he left the Houses of Parliament in London, with many shouting "traitor", prompting police to step in to shield him. A video posted online showed the Labour leader being jostled, before police intervened and escorted him to a car.One protestor could be heard asking why he was "protecting paedophiles" during his previous role as the country's top...
AHMEDABAD, Gujarat: Police stand outside a sessions court in Ahmedabad yesrerday during a court hearing for 2008 bomb attacks in India's Gujarat state. – AFP
49 convicted in India over deadly 2008 bomb attacks
AHMEDABAD: India convicted 49 people yesterday over a 2008 attack in the western city of Ahmedabad that left dozens dead, in what perpetrators said was retaliation for earlier deadly communal violence. The string of bombings killed 56 people and wounded more than 200 others as shrapnel ripped through markets, buses and other public places in Gujarat state's commercial hub.A group calling itself the Indian Mujahideen claimed responsibility, and...
NABLUS: Mourners attend the funeral of three Palestinians killed by Zionist forces yesterday in this West Bank city. – AFP
Zionist troops kill 3 young Palestinians
NABLUS: Zionist forces killed three Palestinians yesterday during a daytime raid, leaving a vehicle in the West Bank city of Nablus riddled with bullet holes. The Palestinian health ministry and the Zionist entity’s security forces both confirmed the three deaths. The Palestinian Authority condemned the raid as a “summary execution”.Sources in the Palestinian Fatah movement identified two of the dead as Adham Mabrouk and Muhammad Al-Dakhil,...
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Highly accurate COVID test gives result in minutes
BEIJING: Chinese scientists say they have developed a new coronavirus test that is as accurate as a PCR lab test but gives results within four minutes. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests are widely considered the most accurate and sensitive for the virus that causes COVID-19, but they usually take several hours. Some countries have experienced severe backlogs in the face of heavy testing demand, fueled by the explosive spread of the highly...
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MoE extends midyear school holiday over pandemic
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The education ministry yesterday decided to extend the midyear school break by two weeks, with public and private Arabic schools to reopen on March 6. The postponement came partly as part of efforts to combat the spread of the coronavirus. This will allow students and the teaching staff to enjoy the national holidays and the Israa and Meraj religious holiday before going back to school. The decision came despite a sharp drop in...
KUWAIT: Activists rally in support of women’s rights outside the National Assembly yesterday. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Protesters rally for women’s rights, freedoms
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Over 150 people gathered in Irada Square in front of the National Assembly yesterday to protest against the violation of women’s rights and freedoms. Participants held placards in English and Arabic with slogans including “Kuwait is a civil country ruled by the constitution”, “Personal freedom is secured by article 30 of the constitution” and “No future for a nation without equity”, among others.Ibtihal...
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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
Stampede at India religious event kills 116
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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
Zionist jamming disrupts Lebanon ground, air traffic
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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
Arabs reaffirm Zionist boycott
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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