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YANGON: File photo shows, protesters make the three-finger salute during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon. Myanmar marks one year since Myanmar's military seized power, ousting the civilian government and arresting its de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi. - AFP
Myanmar protesters defy junta with strike
YANGON: Anti-coup protesters across Myanmar defied a junta order not to mark the first anniversary of the military's power-grab with a silent strike and clapping protests yesterday. The military takeover that ended the Southeast Asian country's brief democratic interlude and toppled civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi has triggered mass protests and a crackdown on dissent.Struggling to contain the backlash and contending with daily clashes, the...
BEIRUT: German documentary filmmaker Monika Borgmann, the widow of slain prominent Lebanese activist and intellectual Lokman Slim, gives an interview with AFP at her residence in the southern suburb of Lebanon's capital Beirut. - AFP
Justice on hold for slain Lebanese activist Lokman
BEIRUT: A year after the murder of Lebanese intellectual and Hezbollah critic Lokman Slim, his family is still searching for accountability in a country where crimes often go unpunished. "We really need justice for Lokman," his widow Monika Borgmann told AFP from their home in the southern suburbs of the capital Beirut, days before the first anniversary of his killing.If his murder goes unpunished, it would be like "giving the green light to the...
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Amnesty joins other rights group in condemning Zionist 'apartheid'
JERUSALEM: Amnesty International Tuesday labeled the Zionist entity an "apartheid" state that treats as "an inferior racial group", joining the assessment of other rights groups which the Zionist entity vehemently rejects. "(The Zionist entity's) cruel policies of segregation, dispossession and exclusion across all territories under its control clearly amount to apartheid," said Amnesty's secretary general Agnes Callamard. "Whether they live in...
SAVAR: File photo shows, Bangladeshi firefighters try to control a blaze during a rescue attempt as Bangladeshi Army personnel begin the second phase of the rescue operation following the Rana Plaza building collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka. - AFP
Murder trial over Bangladesh factory collapse resumes after five years
DHAKA: Bangladesh has resumed the murder trial over one of the world's most devastating factory disasters after five years mired in appeals and court procedure, prosecutors told AFP yesterday. More than 1,130 workers died in 2013 when a nine-floor warren of textile factories in the capital Dhaka fell down. The collapse of Rana Plaza -- where clothes for top fast fashion brands such as Primark and Benetton were produced -- highlighted unsafe...
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Kuwait reports 6,436 new COVID cases, two deaths
Kuwait reported 6,436 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday in addition to two deaths and 5,658 recoveries. Meanwhile, the number of patients in ICUs went down from 91 on Monday to 90 on Tuesday. The number of patients hospitalized increased from 480 to 482, while total active cases rose from 51,718 to 52,467. The percentage of daily new cases to new tests dropped from 20.7% to 17.7%, while the percentage of recovery remained unchanged at 90%, according...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah reads a letter from the President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune addressed to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, delivered by the Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra. - Photo Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait, Algeria see eye-to-eye on regional, international issues
KUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday at Bayan Palace a written letter from the President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune addressed to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. The letter, delivered by the Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra, touched on bilateral relation, topics of common interest, as well as the latest regional and...
CAIRO: Environment Public Authority's Director of Biodiversity Department Leena Al-Awadhi (left) and Head of Desertification Department Dr Ali Hassan. - KUNA
Kuwaiti officials affirm keenness to combat desertification
CAIRO: Kuwait is bent on tackling desertification and has manifested its determination to achieve this objective with various ventures such as establishing natural reserves, officials have affirmed. Director of Kuwait's Biodiversity Department Leena Al-Awadhi and Head of Desertification Department at the Environment Public Authority Dr Ali Hassan affirmed yesterday the Gulf country's keenness to implement international agreements to combat...
KUWAIT: Members of the Kuwaiti-Saudi joint committee are seen during the meeting. - KUNA
Kuwait-Saudi talks mull future oil projects on divided zone
KUWAIT: A joint committee linking Kuwait and Saudi Arabia convened for talks yesterday aiming to explore future oil projects and plans in an area between the two Gulf Arab neighbors' borders, known as the Divided Zone. The talks examined any potential obstacles that could hinder the completion of strategic projects in the jointly run oilfields of Khafji and Wafrah, said an oil ministry statement, citing training programs for national workforces...
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Lebanon arrests 21 in Zionist 'spy networks' busts
BEIRUT: Lebanon said yesterday it had busted at least 17 suspected Zionist spy networks in one of the largest nationwide crackdowns in recent years, with a judicial source reporting 21 arrests. Interior minister Bassam Mawlawi told cabinet that security forces had "clamped down on 17 spy networks working for (the Zionist entity)," acting information minister Abbas Halabi said after the meeting. Neighboring Lebanon and the Zionist entity remain in...
MELBOURNE: Spain's Rafael Nadal poses with the winner's trophy yesterday during a media photoshoot the morning after his victory at the Australian Open. – AFP
Nadal edges ahead in GOAT debate
LONDON: The numbers do not lie. Rafael Nadal stands alone on 21 Grand Slam titles, breaking a tie with Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in the race to be crowned the greatest male tennis player of all time. The number of major titles is not the only factor used to determine where players sit in the pantheon but it is increasingly used as the go-to metric.Nadal played down his astonishing achievement following his grueling five-set win over Daniil...
ARAK, Iran: This handout picture shows two lions that killed a guard at Arak Zoo. - AFP
Lioness kills keeper, escapes zoo with mate
TEHRAN: A female lion in an Iranian zoo attacked and killed a keeper and escaped with a mate before the pair was captured again, local media reported yesterday. "The lioness, which has been in the zoo for several years, managed to open a door of the cage, get out and then attack the 40-year-old guard who had just brought food to the pair of felines," a zoo employee told state broadcaster IRIB.He said "the two animals managed to escape" Sunday...
LONDON: A video grab shows British Prime Minister Boris Johnson making a statement to MPs following the release of the Sue Gray report in the House of Commons yesterday. - AFP
UK PM sorry for 'partygate', but won't quit
LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday apologized after his government was criticized for "failures of leadership and judgment" in allowing lockdown-breaching parties at his offices. Johnson's position has been hanging by a thread because of the steady drip of revelations since late last year, but he has in the last week been given a lifeline as police stepped in."I'm sorry for the things that we simply didn't get right and also...
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Committee strips Kuwaiti citizenship of 1,647 individuals
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NEW YORK: Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan's duct-taped banana entitled "Comedian" is on display during a media preview at Sotheby's on Nov 8, 2024. - AFP
Banana taped to wall ‘artwork’ sells for $6.2m
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Municipal Council environment committee urges urgent reforms for Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh
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Oxford Academy School students pose for a photo with their Kuwait Times copies.
Oxford Academy School students visit Kuwait Times and Kuwait News
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Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrives for the opening ceremony of the country's tenth parliament at the national parliament in Colombo on November 21, 2024. -- AFP
Sri Lanka president makes U-turn on IMF bailout