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GUAYAQUIL: Members of the Ecuadorian police remove the body of an inmate on the roof of a pavilion of the Guayas 1 prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador. - AFP n
Prison riot kills 68 in Ecuador
GUAYAQUIL: Members of the Ecuadorian police remove the body of an inmate on the roof of a pavilion of the Guayas 1 prison in Guayaquil, Ecuador. - AFPGUAYAQUIL, Ecuador: Prison inmates from rival gangs in Ecuador fought each other with guns, explosives and blades in a bloodbath that left at least 68 dead in the same prison where a riot in September claimed 119 lives, officials said. Authorities said late Saturday they had re-gained control of...
GRODNO: A family has a meal at a camp set up by migrants near the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region. – AFP n
Dozens of migrants detained; EU readies Belarus sanctions
GRODNO: A family has a meal at a camp set up by migrants near the Belarusian-Polish border in the Grodno region. – AFPWARSAW: Dozens of migrants have been detained after crossing into Poland from Belarus, Warsaw said yesterday, warning of a possible larger breakthrough ahead of an EU meeting to widen sanctions on Belarus. Police said on Twitter that 50 migrants had crossed the heavily-guarded EU and NATO border near the village of Starzyna "by...
WASHINGTON: This combination of file pictures shows Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and US President Joe Biden. US President Joe Biden will hold a hotly anticipated virtual summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping today, the White House announced, as tensions mount over Taiwan, human rights and trade. – AFP n
US, China trade warnings ahead of Biden-Xi summit
WASHINGTON: This combination of file pictures shows Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and US President Joe Biden. US President Joe Biden will hold a hotly anticipated virtual summit with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping today, the White House announced, as tensions mount over Taiwan, human rights and trade. – AFPWASHINGTON: The top diplomats from China and the United States have exchanged stern warnings over the flashpoint issue of Taiwan,...
LONDON: In this file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attends a ceremony at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in central London. - AFP n
Queen suffers 'sprained back'
LONDON: In this file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attends a ceremony at the Cenotaph on Whitehall in central London. - AFPLONDON: Queen Elizabeth II has a "sprained back" and will miss Sunday's Remembrance service - her first planned public appearance since resting on medical advice, Buckingham Palace said. The ceremony honoring fallen troops is close to the monarch's heart and her absence will deepen concerns over her health after she...
NEW ADMINISTRATIVE CAPITAL: This file photo shows a view of construction work ongoing at the 'business and finance district' of Egypt's 'New Administrative Capital' megaproject, some 45 kilometers east of Cairo. - AFP n
Egypt leader looks to 'New Capital' to cement his legacy
NEW ADMINISTRATIVE CAPITAL: This file photo shows a view of construction work ongoing at the 'business and finance district' of Egypt's 'New Administrative Capital' megaproject, some 45 kilometers east of Cairo. - AFPNEW ADMINISTRATIVE CAPITAL, Egypt: An opulent presidential palace, a brand new parliament, a regal opera house and spacious parks are all part of the vision for an ambitious new administrative capital rising up out of the Egyptian...
KHARTOUM: Sudanese protesters carry an injured man to safety during an anti-coup demonstration in the Khartoum Barre neighborhood, outside the capital. - AFP n
Al Jazeera TV chief in Sudan held, after 6 killed in protests
KHARTOUM: Sudanese protesters carry an injured man to safety during an anti-coup demonstration in the Khartoum Barre neighborhood, outside the capital. - AFPKHARTOUM: Sudanese security forces have arrested the bureau chief of Qatari-based Al Jazeera TV, the network said yesterday, a day after the latest crackdown on anti-coup protesters left at least six dead. Among those killed were two teenagers, according to a medics' union. It was one of the...
THE HAGUE: Nobel Peace Prize winner 2014 Kailash Satyarthi (left) presents the International Children's Peace Prize 2021 to Vihaan and Nav Agarwal from India on November 13, 2021. – AFP n
Indian trash-tackling brothers win award
THE HAGUE: Nobel Peace Prize winner 2014 Kailash Satyarthi (left) presents the International Children's Peace Prize 2021 to Vihaan and Nav Agarwal from India on November 13, 2021. – AFPTHE HAGUE: Two teenage brothers from India urged world leaders to act against climate change after winning a prestigious global children's award on Saturday for tackling pollution from household waste in New Delhi. Vihaan and Nav Agarwal, aged 17 and 14,...
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Zain Ventures participates in ZoodPay, the 'Buy Now Pay Later' Super App series B $38m round
LAUSANNE, Switzerland: Zain Group, a leading telecom innovator operating in seven markets and serving over 48 million customers across the Middle East and Africa, announced an investment in ZoodPay, 'Buy Now Pay Later' (BNPL) Super App's series B $38 million fundraising through its venture capital arm 'Zain Ventures', joining other global and existing investors in the round.Zain Ventures will work closely with the teams of ZoodPay's fintech...
DUBAI: Two men stand next to an Acropolis Aviation Airbus A320-251N aircraft while in the background is seen another Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft on the tarmac at the 2021 Dubai Airshow in the Gulf emirate yesterday. nn
Airbus takes order for 255 A321s at Dubai Airshow
DUBAI: Two men stand next to an Acropolis Aviation Airbus A320-251N aircraft while in the background is seen another Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft on the tarmac at the 2021 Dubai Airshow in the Gulf emirate yesterday.DUBAI: Airbus took a mega-order for 255 single-aisle A321 aircraft yesterday, the European plane-maker said in a statement, on the first day of a major air show in Dubai. It said the order came from Wizz Air, Frontier, Volaris and...
DUBAI: Military equipment is displayed at the Dubai Airshow in the Gulf emirate yesterday. - AFPn
Boeing to convert 11 737s into cargo planes
DUBAI: Military equipment is displayed at the Dubai Airshow in the Gulf emirate yesterday. - AFPDUBAI: Boeing got the ball rolling yesterday at a major air show in Dubai, announcing a contract with an Icelandic company to convert 11 single-aisle 737 aircraft into cargo planes. The five-day Dubai Airshow, the aviation industry's first large gathering since COVID-19 clipped the sector's wings last year, comes as global air traffic remains around...
GLASGOW: US special climate envoy, John Kerry (right) speaks with Climate Envoy for the Marshall Islands Tina Stege ahead of an informal stocktaking plenary during the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow Saturday.—AFPnn
COP26 outcome hinged on handful of key issues
GLASGOW: US special climate envoy, John Kerry (right) speaks with Climate Envoy for the Marshall Islands Tina Stege ahead of an informal stocktaking plenary during the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow Saturday.—AFPGLASGOW: Fourteen days of gritty negotiations by 20,000 diplomats from nearly 200 countries-and the hopes of salvaging a deal at COP26 -- boiled down to cash, coal, compensation and the willingness to speed up the...
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Ooredoo ranked the 'first telecom company to deploy IPv6 in Kuwait'
KUWAIT: Ooredoo Telecom, the first to introduce innovative digital services in Kuwait, was ranked as the first telecom company to adopt the sixth version of the Internet Protocol (IPv6) in Kuwait by the Communications and Information Technology Authority, to be an important factor for the growth and continuity of Internet services and related services provided by Ooredoo Kuwait for its customers, and in response to the growing demand for faster...
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This undated imageshows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple) cultured in the laboratory. - AFP
Mpox global health emergency, Kuwait monitoring situation
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NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honor to mark the country's Independence Day, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2024. -AFP
Modi renews push for common civil code for India
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VARANASI: Medical students shout slogans and hold posters as they protest the rape and murder of a young medic from Kolkata, in Varanasi on August 15, 2024. -- AFP
Protests sweep India over rape and murder of doctor
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Columbia president resigns months after campus Gaza demos
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KUWAIT: People watch pearl diving boats as they arrive at the main beach at the end of the 33rd annual pearl diving festival. Pearl-diving trips are held annually under the patronage of the Kuwaiti Amir in order to keep traditions alive.
Pearl diving trip winds up