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Trump rallies fans at ‘MAGA Woodstock’
FLORENCE, Arizona: Donald Trump delivered a crowd-pleasing speech to thousands of adoring supporters in Arizona Saturday, insisting yet again that he won the 2020 US presidential election. Some of the faithful had arrived in the area days in advance from as far away as Florida or Texas, waiting to hear the former president trot out a familiar list of grievances.Their patience was soon rewarded. “We are done having our lives controlled by...
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Hostages freed in synagogue standoff in US
COLLEYVILLE, Texas: All four people taken hostage in a more than 10-hour standoff at a Texas synagogue have been freed unharmed, police said late Saturday, and their suspected captor is dead. The siege in the small Texas town of Colleyville — in which the suspect was apparently demanding the release of a convicted terrorist — had sparked an outpouring of concern from Jewish organizations in the United States and the government of the Zionist...
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Kuwaiti mountaineer completes 7 volcanic summits challenge
KUWAIT: Mountaineer Yousef Al-Refai completed the seven volcanic summits challenge by summiting Mount Sidley in Antarctica, making him the 24th individual in the world, the first Middle Eastern Arab, and the youngest person to attain this accomplishment. Speaking to KUNA, Refai said he summited Sidley on Dec 22, 2021 after spending six days trying to arrive in Antarctica. Once at the South Pole, it took the team four hours and a half to reach the...
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Climate change could make Kuwait ‘unlivable’ in the future: Bloomberg
By Fiona MacDonaldKUWAIT: Trying to catch a bus at the Maliya station in Kuwait City can be unbearable in the summer. About two-thirds of the city’s buses pass through the hub, and schedules are unreliable. Fumes from bumper-to-bumper traffic fill the air. Small shelters offer refuge to a handful of people, if they squeeze. Dozens end up standing in the sun, sometimes using umbrellas to shield themselves.Global warming is smashing temperature...
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UK PM ‘broke the law’: Labour leader
LONDON: Britain’s main opposition leader yesterday accused Prime Minister Boris Johnson of breaking the law, but the government vowed changes after a bruising series of revelations about lockdown-breaching parties. In the latest, Johnson’s wife Carrie was photographed on the front page of the Sunday Telegraph newspaper embracing a friend at a September 2020 party, in apparent violation of the then rules on social distancing.At least six...
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Questions persist over Kazakh version of deadly unrest
ALMATY: As the dust settles on lethal clashes in Kazakhstan that prompted authorities to call in Russian-led troops, questions are mounting over the authoritarian government’s handling of the unprecedented crisis.While President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has pinned the blame on bandits and foreign militants, many ordinary people question the official storyline. Following days of internet shutdown, prosecutors announced late Saturday the...
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Taleban fighters pepper spray women protesters calling for rights
KABUL: Taleban forces yesterday fired pepper spray at a group of women protesters in Afghanistan’s capital demanding rights to work and education, three demonstrators told AFP. Since seizing control of the country by force in August, the Taleban authorities have imposed creeping restrictions on Afghans, especially on women.Around 20 women gathered in front of Kabul University, chanting “equality and justice” and carried banners that read...
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Huge crowds defy COVID rules at India Hindu festival
SAGAR ISLAND, India: Drones sprayed holy water from the Ganges on thousands of Hindu pilgrims on Friday to reduce crowding during a massive festival being held despite soaring COVID cases in India. The Gangasagar Mela in the east of the country has drawn comparisons with another "superspreader" Hindu gathering last year that the Hindu nationalist government refused to ban. It was blamed in part for a devastating COVID surge.Officials had said...
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Latin American security contractors bitter after serving in US wars
BOGOTA: Peruvian Vladimir Florez was guarding the US consulate in Afghanistan when a suicide bomber blew up a truck outside the gates, killing eight Afghans and sparking a firefight that lasted hours. Like many Latin-American former soldiers, Florez feels bitter at the conditions he endured then and his treatment since. Others say they were used as "cannon fodder".It was Sept 13, 2013 when the then 32-year-old Florez was on duty at the US...
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Omicron detected in Beijing as China battles clusters
BEIJING: An Omicron case has been detected in Beijing, officials in the Chinese capital said Saturday, as the country battles multiple outbreaks of the highly transmissible coronavirus variant ahead of the Winter Olympics. The announcement comes a day after the southern city of Zhuhai imposed travel restrictions on residents as a mass testing drive uncovered seven infections.Millions of people across the country have been ordered to stay home in...
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Drones loom large in latest phase of Ethiopia's war
ADDIS ABABA: One week ago, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed used his Orthodox Christmas message to call for "national reconciliation", raising hopes of a breakthrough to end his country's grinding 14-month-old war. But the very same day, a drone strike on a displaced persons camp in the conflict-stricken Tigray region killed more than 50 people, according to aid workers citing witness accounts. Subsequent drone attacks on a flour mill and a...
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Protests after white officer kills black man
WASHINGTON: The fatal shooting of an unarmed African American man by an off-duty white police officer under mysterious circumstances has fueled outrage in a North Carolina town, where residents and relatives of the victim protested Thursday night. The death of Jason Walker threatens to catapult racism back into the spotlight as Black Americans demand justice over several killings that have highlighted the United States's struggles with gun laws,...
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DHAKA: An unidentified man bleeds after being shot during a clash between police and anti-quota protesters on July 19, 2024. - AFP
Bangladesh court winds back job quotas that sparked unrest
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People call for transparency as concerns mount over food poisoning and safety
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KUWAIT: Interior Ministry Undersecretary Lt Gen Sheikh Salem Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah chairs a meeting of the Supreme Traffic Council on July 21, 2024. - KUNA
Smooth flow traffic eyed
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US President Joe Biden
BIDEN DROPS OUT OF RACE
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HODEIDA: This handout satellite image shows a view of burning oil tanks in the port of Yemen’s Houthi-held city of Hodeida on July 21, 2024, a day after Zionist airstrikes. - AFP
Kuwait expresses concern as Zionists attack Yemen