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Iraq leaders urge political dialogue

Baghdad: Iraqi President Barham Salih and Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi on Saturday called on political rivals to make concessions and sit at the dialogue table in a bid to find a way out of the lingering stalemate.The Iraqi leaders made the call in speeches addressing the Islamic Conference to Combat Violence against Women, held in Baghdad.Salih underlined that the existing challenges haunting the country necessitate good understanding and...

Tunisia's President Kais Saied and Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi

Tunis hosts Japan-Africa investment conference

Tunis: Tunisia and Japan launched a pan-African investment conference on Saturday, seeking to counter the influence of rival China whose economic imprint on the continent has steadily grown.The conference takes place amid a "complex" international environment caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the war in Ukraine, the Japanese foreign ministry has said.Some 30 heads of state and government are attending the event in the capital Tunis, at a...

A photo showing the use of nose flute used by indigenous people

Orang Asli Crafts Museum.. Venue dedicated to Malaysia's creative indigenous people

Kuala Lumpur: The Orang Alsi Crafts Museum in Kuala Lumpur is dedicated to the indigenous people of Malaysia known as the (Orang Asli) and their immense contributions to the nation's history.The Museum focuses on the lives of those indigenous people and their outstanding artisanship. A boat, fishing traps and weapons used in fishing tripsThrough their handicrafts, the Orang Asli documented their history, religion, and traditions so that future...

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US stocks end with steep losses on tough Powell speech

New York: Wall Street equities ended with steep losses Friday following tough talk from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, who warned of "pain" ahead for Americans in the battle against inflation, with the Dow losing more than 1,000 points.It was the worst single-day point loss for the Dow Jones Industrial Average since mid-May and all three major indices dropped three percent or more.Markets in recent weeks had gained ground amid hopes the Fed...

TotalEnergies to sell stake in war-linked Russian gas field

Paris: French energy firm TotalEnergies said Friday it was divesting its stake in a Russian gas field that was reported this week to be providing fuel that ends up in Russian fighter jets.The company said that it had signed a deal on Friday with its local Russian partner Novatek to sell its 49 percent in the Termokarstovoye gas field "on economic terms enabling TotalEnergies to recover the outstanding amounts invested in the field."It said the...

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Kuwait hands Bahrain command of CTF 152

Kuwait: Kuwait Navy Force on Friday handed the Royal Bahrain Naval Force the command of the Combined Duty Force (CTF 152); one of the three task forces of Combined Maritime Forces.Bahrain took over the command in a ceremony attended by Commander of the Kuwait Navy Force Commodore Hazza'a Al-Alati, Bahrain Defence Force Chief-of-Staff Lieu. Gen. Theyab Al-Nuaimi and Commander of United States Naval Forces Central Command and Commander of Fifth...

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Taming inflation will inflict 'pain' on Americans: Fed's Powell

Washington: Taming high US inflation will inflict "pain" on American families and businesses, but failure to wrestle prices down from their current 40-year high would be even more harmful, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Friday in a hotly-anticipated speech to global policymakers.Addressing the annual gathering of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, Powell did not hold back or leave room for doubt about the central bank's course,...

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Nine missing after ferry catches fire in the Philippines

Manila: A ferry caught fire off a port near the Philippine capital Manila on Friday, leaving nine people missing and one injured, the coast guard said.Emergency services rescued 73 of the 82 people who had been on board the MV Asia Philippines as it burned near the port of Batangas, a coast guard statement said.They included a middle-aged woman who was taken to hospital with an unspecified injury, the statement said, adding nine other people were...

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Macron looks to past and future on Algeria visit to mend ties

Algiers: French President Emmanuel Macron called for "truth and recognition" of the past on Friday, the second day of a visit to France's former colony Algeria aimed at mending their often painful ties.The three-day trip follows months of tensions between Paris and the North African country, which earlier this year marked six decades of independence following 132 years of French rule.The visit also comes as European powers scramble to replace...

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic

Djokovic says he will not play US Open because of lack of Covid vaccination

Paris: Former men's world number one Novak Djokovic said he will not play in the US Open which begins on Monday as Covid protocols mean he cannot travel to the United States.It is the second Grand Slam the 35-year-old Serb will miss due to not being vaccinated as he was deported prior to the Australian Open earlier this year."Sadly, I will not be able to travel to NY this time for US Open," tweeted Djokovic, a three-time US Open champion.

Ambassador Talal Al-Fassam presents his credentials to the Deputy Director General of the UN Office at Vienna Dennis Thatchaichawalit

Kuwait Amb. presents credentials as Permanent Representative to UN at Vienna

Vienna: The new Kuwaiti Ambassador to Austria Talal Al-Fassam presented his credentials Thursday as the permanent representative of Kuwait to the UN headquarters in Vienna.During the meeting with the Deputy Director General of the UN Office at Vienna Dennis Thatchaichawalit, Al-Fassam commended the role of the international organization with its progression, especially with UN offices such as the UN Office on Drugs and Crime and UN Commission on...

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More than 180 killed in a month by Afghan floods

Kabul: More than 180 people have been killed and 3,000 homes destroyed by floods in Afghanistan over the past month, a government spokesman said Thursday.Zabihullah Mujahid said the scale of the damage had been worse because of the mismanagement of infrastructure by the previous government.However, the hardline Taliban regime that returned to power a year ago is also struggling to cope."If the floods and the losses increase, the Islamic Emirate...

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