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Under-fire London police face 'rotten apple' protest

London: Campaigners on Friday dumped a basket of 1,071 rotten apples outside the headquarters of Britain's biggest police force, in protest at officers accused of domestic abuse and violence against women and girls.The Metropolitan Police said this week that 1,071 officers had been or are under investigation after one of its officers pleaded guilty to 24 rapes and a string of other sex offences.That came less than two years after another serving...

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Former Brazil defender Dani Alves detained in Spain on suspicion of sexual assault

Barcelona: Former Brazil defender Dani Alves was taken into custody on Friday in Spain over allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman at a Barcelona nightclub in December, police said.The 39-year-old player was summoned to a Barcelona police station on Friday where he was "taken into custody" and will now be questioned by a judge, said a spokesperson for Catalonia's regional police force, the Mossos d'Esquadra.

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Lebanese pound slumps to new low as president vote fails again

Beirut: Lebanon's currency hit an all-time low against the dollar on the black market Thursday as politicians for an 11th time failed to elect a new president in the crisis-torn country.Protesting the agonising political gridlock, two independent lawmakers announced a sit-in, vowing that they "will sleep in parliament" until a new head of state is elected.Since an unprecedented financial crisis hit Lebanon in late 2019, the currency has lost more...

Aid distributed in (Warm and Peaceful) campaign

Kuwait charity offers aid to 700 families, 750 orphans at Jordan camps

Kuwait: The Kuwaiti Al-Najat Charity announced on Thursday that it had provided aid for 700 families and 750 orphans at Jordanian refugee camps as part of its winter campaign named (Warm and Peaceful).Al-Najat Head of Delegation Ehab Al-Dabbous told KUNA that the campaign aimed to assist Syrian refugee families at Al-Dhalail, Al-Mufaraq and Al-Azraq camps, especially amid the current cold winter conditions.He stressed the importance of this aid...

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov

Kremlin warns of escalation if West gives Ukraine longer range weapons

Moscow: The Kremlin on Thursday warned of escalation in Ukraine if the West gives the pro-Western country more weapons capable of striking Russia."Potentially, this is extremely dangerous, it will mean bringing the conflict to a whole new level, which, of course, will not bode well from the point of view of global and pan-European security," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

The Attallah Cross

Kim Kardashian buys pendant worn by Princess Diana

London: American reality television star and social media colossus Kim Kardashian has purchased the Attallah Cross, the amethyst and diamond pendant famously worn on several occasions by Princess Diana, according to the auction house Sotheby's.The piece, made in the 1920s by the British jeweller Garrard, sold for 163,800 pounds ($202,300) during the auction house's "Royal and Noble" sale in London on Wednesday.The pendant -- which Diana notably...

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Dzeko inspires Inter to convincing Super Cup triumph over AC Milan

Riyadh: Inter Milan retained the Italian Super Cup on Wednesday after Edin Dzeko inspired his team to a 3-0 victory over local rivals AC Milan.The damage was done in the opening 21 minutes in Riyadh thanks to Dzeko, who played a defence-splitting pass for Federico Dimarco's 10th-minute opener and doubled Inter's lead 11 minutes later.Lautaro Martinez then added a brilliantly taken third in the 77th minute to underline Inter's superiority on a...

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Microsoft says it will axe 10,000 employees over poor economy

Washington: Microsoft on Wednesday said it would layoff 10,000 employees in the coming months as the economic downturn continues to punish US tech giants.The cuts were "in response to macroeconomic conditions and changing customer priorities," the maker of the Windows operating system said in a US regulatory filing.

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5.8 magnitude quake injures at least 70 in Iran

Tehran: At least 70 people were injured on Wednesday when an 5.8 magnitude earthquake jolted northwestern Iran near the border with Turkey, state media said.The quake struck near the city of Khoy in West Azerbaijan province at 13:38 pm (1008 GMT), at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles), the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.The Seismological Center of the University of Tehran said the earthquake was of 5.4 magnitude and 12 kilometres...

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Marvel movies return to China after nearly 4-year break

Beijing: Chinese film fans on Wednesday celebrated the return of Marvel movies to the country's cinemas after an absence of nearly four years.Foreign films are tightly controlled in China, which imposes an annual release quota, and movies in the hugely popular Marvel franchises have been off the silver screen since the release of "Spider-Man: Far from Home" in July 2019.Disney-owned Marvel Studios on Wednesday said on Weibo that "Black Panther:...

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7.0-magnitude quake hits eastern Indonesia, tsunami warning lifted

MOROTAI: An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 hit near eastern Indonesia's Maluku islands on Wednesday, forcing panicked residents to run into the streets and briefly triggering a tsunami warning. There were no immediate reports of casualties but light damage was reported on at least one island.The epicentre of the tremor was located 150 kilometres (93 miles) northwest of the eastern Indonesian island of Halmahera, at a depth of 48...

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Ukraine helicopter crash kills 16, including interior minister

Kyiv: Sixteen people, including two children and Ukraine's interior minister, were killed when a helicopter crashed near a kindergarten outside the capital Kyiv, officials said Wednesday."In total, 16 people are currently known to have died," the head of national police, Igor Klymenko, said. Among the dead are several top officials of the interior ministry including Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky, he said.

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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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BEIRUT: Lebanese Uber driver Hussein Khalil shows his GPS jammed geolocation as Gaza's southern city of Rafah, as he sits in his vehicle in Beirut's Hamra Street on June 11, 2024.- AFP

Zionist jamming disrupts Lebanon ground, air traffic

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GAZA: Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Yunis flee after the Zionist army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024. - AFP

Arabs reaffirm Zionist boycott

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NAVI MUMBAI, India: Billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani (front third left) along with his family attends a mass wedding ceremony at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai on July 2, 2024. -- AFP

Ambanis celebrate son’s nuptials with mass wedding