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ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman upon his arrival during an official ceremony at the Presidential Complex on June 22, 2022. — AFP

Saudi Crown Prince visits Turkey for talks

ANKARA: Saudi Arabia's crown prince paid his first visit to Turkey on Wednesday since the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate. The talks in Ankara between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan come one month before US President Joe Biden visits Riyadh for a regional summit. Those talks will focus on the energy crunch caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The Turkish leader...

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EU parliament backs carbon market reform

Brussels: The European Parliament on Wednesday voted to adopt reforms to the EU's carbon market, reversing its surprise rejection two weeks ago of an initial draft of a key part of the bloc's climate plan.The vote this time saw 439 MEPs in favour -- with 157 against and 32 abstentions -- of a parliamentary position to negotiate with EU member states for an enlargement of Europe's Emissions Trading System (ETS) to include carbon from transport and...

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Bayern Munich confirm signing of Sadio Mane from Liverpool

Berlin: Bayern Munich have signed Sadio Mane from Liverpool, both clubs confirmed Wednesday, as the Senegal attacker has signed a three-year deal with the Bundesliga champions.The transfer fee is reportedly around 41 million euros ($43 million) for Mane, 30, who won the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup and Club World Cup during six years on Merseyside.

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Turkish ship leaves Ukraine's Mariupol after grain talks with Moscow

Istanbul: A Turkish cargo ship on Wednesday left Ukraine's Russian-occupied port of Mariupol after a round of "constructive" grain talks with Moscow, the Turkish defence ministry said, without specifying if it was carrying wheat."The meeting in Moscow gave its first concrete result," the Turkish ministry said in a statement."Just a few hours after the end of the long meeting, the Turkish dry cargo ship, which had been waiting for days, left the...

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Death toll from Afghanistan earthquake at least 920: disaster minister

Kabul: The death toll from an overnight earthquake in Afghanistan has risen to at least 920, the country's deputy minister for disaster management said Wednesday."So far the information we have is that at least 920 people have been martyred and 600 injured," Sharafuddin Muslim told a press conference.

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Kuwaiti student Mishary Al-Rashed delivers graduates' speech at UCLA

Kuwaiti student Mishary Al-Rashed delivers graduates' speech at UCLA- Mishary Al-Rashed graduated in physics with a 3.93 GPA.- Mishary Al-Rashed: Kuwait is a country small in geographic size but enormous in its young people's ambitions.- UCLA is among the top 10 best universities in the world.Complete speech of Mishary Alrashed :Good morning to our family of physics: to the chair Professor Saltzberg, Students, Faculty, Staff, Friends, and...

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UK inflation hits fresh 40-year high

London: British annual inflation has hit a fresh 40-year high, official data showed Wednesday, further eroding workers' wages and pressuring the Bank of England to keep on raising interest rates.The rate edged higher to 9.1 percent in May from 9.0 percent in April, remaining at the highest level since 1982, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement.UK inflation is set to top 11 percent before the end of the year according to...

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Russian gas supply cut is an 'attack': German minister

Frankfurt: Russian energy giant Gazprom's slashing of gas supplies to Europe amounts to an "attack on us" by Moscow, the German economy minister said Tuesday."The reduction of gas deliveries via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline is an attack on us, an economic attack on us," Economy Minister Robert Habeck said in a speech.

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Dubai restaurants earn Middle East's first Michelin stars

Dubai: Eleven Dubai restaurants were awarded the first Michelin stars in the Middle East on Tuesday as dozens of the city's eateries made it into the prestigious gastronomic guide.Two restaurants were given two-star ratings, another nine gained one star and 14 received the Bib Gourmand for value-for-money gourmet fare.Dubai, the United Arab Emirates' commercial hub, joins a growing number of cities worldwide covered by the coveted French...

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Macron holds talks on France deadlock but rejects PM resignation

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday was holding talks with the opposition on ending the deadlock sparked by his failure to secure a majority in parliamentary elections, after rejecting an offer by the prime minister to resign.Macron was to host far-right leader Marine Le Pen and other political party chiefs for rare talks at the Elysee as he seeks solutions to an unprecedented situation that risks plunging his second term into...

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Mahatma Gandhi's grandson bows out of Indian presidential race

New Delhi: The grandson of India's independence leader Mahatma Gandhi has dropped out of the race to become president after his name was proposed by an alliance of opposition parties.Gopalkrishna Gandhi, 77, a diplomat turned politician said he had declined the request of the 17-party alliance to be their nominee for the largely ceremonial role."I am most grateful to them. But having considered the matter deeply I see that the Opposition's...

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Goodbye Expo, hello 'Expo City' - Dubai to reopen world fair site

Dubai: Dubai's vast Expo 2020 site is to reopen as Expo City Dubai, a "city of the future" with housing, businesses and leisure facilities, officials said on Monday.The development on Dubai's outskirts, purpose-built at $7 billion for the six-month Expo that finished in March, will host offices for Dubai port operator DP World and German conglomerate Siemens."Today, we announce the transformation of the exhibition site into Expo City Dubai, a new...

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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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Saudi energy minister announces discovery of multiple oil, gas fields