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Tongans flee tsunami after volcano erupts
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga: Frightened Tongans fled to higher ground yesterday after a massive volcanic eruption-heard in neighboring countries - triggered tsunami warnings across the South Pacific. "A 1.2 meter tsunami wave has been observed at Nuku'alofa," Australia's Bureau of Meteorology tweeted. The latest eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano came just a few hours after a separate Friday tsunami warning was lifted due to the...
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'Smart' pistols headed to US market
"Smart" pistols designed to limit who can shoot them are poised to hit the booming US firearm market this year, taking aim at spiking gun deaths as federal lawmakers remain deadlocked on any new restrictions. Questions over reliability and political fights have bedeviled the technology for decades, but backers say it's a chance to prevent children, criminals or people considering self-harm from pulling the trigger.Yet whether the deadly weapons...
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Changing times for Saudi's once feared mutawa
RIYADH: In deeply conservative Saudi Arabia the religious police once elicited terror, chasing men and women out of malls to pray and berating anyone seen mingling with the opposite sex. But the stick-wielding guardians of public morality have watched gloomily as in recent years their country eased some social restrictions - especially for women - and grumble bitterly at the changing times."Anything I should ban is now allowed, so I quit,"...
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Novak Djokovic stunned as Australia decide to deport tennis star
Australia cancelled Novak Djokovic’s visa for a second time Friday in a sensational new attempt to deport the tennis superstar over his Covid-19 vaccine status.The government acted three days ahead of the Australian Open, putting the unvaccinated Serbian’s dream of a record 21st Grand Slam in extreme peril.Djokovic, an avowed COVID-19 vaccine sceptic, is the tournament’s top seed and had been practising on the Melbourne Park courts a few...
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Kuwaitis rank 7th among foreigners buying properties in Turkey
Kuwaiti citizens ranked seventh among foreigners who purchased properties in Turkey last year, according to the Turkish Statistical Institute. The Kuwaitis bought 1,791 plots in 2021, ranking seventh in the list of foreign realty buyers; topped by the Iranians, 10,056, followed by the Iraqis, 8,661, then the Russians, 5,379, the Germans, 2,358, and the Kazakhs, 2,090. Property sales to the foreigners rose, last year, by 43.5 percent, compared to...
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New York apartment sells for $190 million
In one of the priciest sales in New York real estate history, a four-bedroom penthouse apartment overlooking Central Park was purchased for $190 million, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The seller, scandal-tainted American billionaire Daniel Och, bought the apartment only two years ago for half the price at $93 million, according to the Journal.The 9,800 square-foot (900 square-meter) apartment, located at 220 Central Park South in the...
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Lawmakers urge government to create more jobs for Kuwaitis
By B IzzakKUWAIT: Lawmakers yesterday called on authorities to strictly apply laws and decisions issued to create more jobs for Kuwaitis in the public sector and to reduce the appointment of expats in such jobs. The calls came during a debate on three draft laws that aim to create more jobs for citizens. The bills were however returned to the concerned Assembly panel to include remarks made by MPs.MP Abdulaziz Al-Saqabi said that unemployment...
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UAE condemns ship seizure
DUBAI: The seizure of a UAE-flagged ship by Yemeni rebels is a “dangerous escalation”, the United Arab Emirates said yesterday, urging the UN Security Council to adopt a firm position. The UAE’s first public condemnation of the hijacking comes 10 days after Houthi rebels captured the Rwabee with 11 crew on board in the Red Sea.The Iran-backed insurgents say the ship was carrying military hardware but the Saudi-led coalition fighting in...
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Explosion rattles buildings in Dubai
DUBAI: Dubai emergency services put out a "small fire" after residents reported a loud explosion that shook buildings near Jebel Ali port, Emirati officials said yesterday. Nobody was hurt in Wednesday night's incident, which came six months after an explosion on a container ship unleashed a fireball at one of the world's busiest ports.Dubai civil defense teams "brought under control a small fire that originated from electric cable in an...
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Students struggle as Lebanon crisis cripples the sector
BEIRUT: Power shortages and soaring petrol prices mean many Lebanese university students can neither afford to reach their classes nor study from home, a conundrum that is ravaging a generation’s future. Agnes, a 22-year-old dentistry student from south Lebanon, is among the few still plodding to class in Beirut four days a week.The five hours she spends on a bus daily now costs her 1.3 million Lebanese pounds a month-“that’s half of my...
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What's in Wordle? Five-letter puzzle craze goes global
WASHINGTON: Five letters, six attempts, and just one puzzle to solve per day: the "Wordle" formula couldn't be simpler, but in a matter of weeks the online brain teaser has got millions guessing around the world. "It just grabs you," daily player Susan Drubin told AFP of the code-breaking word challenge -- perhaps best described as a cross between the retro board game "Mastermind" and a daily crossword."The great thing about it, is it only takes...
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Assembly approves amendments on print, audio-visual laws
Kuwait's National Assembly on Thursday approved in the second deliberation a draft law to amend some provisions of the print and publishing law. Out of 50 attendees, only one voted against the Law, forty-seven voted for the amendment, while two others declined. The amendments reduced the prohibitions from 11 to five, so the law prevents outraging public morals, as well as the disclosure of confidentiality and prejudice to the dignity of people...
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Crackdown on visa violators
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Kuwait expands ‘open door’ policy to virtual domain
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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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Minister of Municipal Affairs Dr Noura Al-Mashaan and Head of the Municipal Council Abdullah Al-Mahari inspect the Darwazat Abdulrazzaq project. – KUNA photos
Darwaza Abdulrazzaq project set to reopen
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Interior cracks down on residency violators