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Kimmich among German players in COVID quarantine

Joshua KimmichBERLIN: Unvaccinated Bayern Munich star Joshua Kimmich is one of five players in Germany's national football squad having to quarantine after one tested positive for coronavirus, the German federation (DFB) said yesterday. The infected player, Niklas Suele, is fully vaccinated and currently asymptomatic, added the DFB.Fellow Bayern teammates Kimmich, Serge Gnabry and Jamal Musiala as well as Karim Adeyemi of RB Salzburg, have been...

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Boursa Kuwait co-hosts the Network Forum's Middle East Meeting 2021

KUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait hosted The Network Forum's (TNF) Middle East Meeting, which was held from 8-9 November 2021, along with Kuwait Clearing Company (KCC), to highlight the latest capital market developments in the region. The Network Forum is a curated global community for the custody, settlement, and post-trade industry, aiming to provide a structured networking environment, in which key issues are discussed, developments are communicated, and...

MANILA, Philippines: This file photo taken on August 6, 2021 shows policemen checking documents of motorists at a border check point in Marikina City, suburban Manila, after authorities imposed another lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. - AFPn

Philippine economic growth beats forecasts in Q3

MANILA, Philippines: This file photo taken on August 6, 2021 shows policemen checking documents of motorists at a border check point in Marikina City, suburban Manila, after authorities imposed another lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. - AFPMANILA: The Philippine economy grew more than expected in the third quarter, the government said yesterday, as a rebound in consumer spending overcame pandemic lockdowns and other restrictions...

GAZA STRIP: In the first half of 2021, growth in the Palestinian Territories reached 5.4 percent, and is expected to reach 6 percent this year, the World Bank said in a report.n

Palestinian economy recovering at slow pace: World Bank

GAZA STRIP: In the first half of 2021, growth in the Palestinian Territories reached 5.4 percent, and is expected to reach 6 percent this year, the World Bank said in a report. - AFPGAZA CITY: The Palestinian Territories' economy is showing "signs of recovery" but still faces serious challenges including "very high unemployment and deteriorating social conditions" in Gaza, the World Bank said yesterday. In the first half of 2021, growth reached...

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Toshiba to split business into 3

TOKYO: Toshiba plans to split into three companies as early as 2023, a report said yesterday, after a series of crises at the firm including the ouster of the board's chairman and a contentious buyout offer. The Nikkei business daily said the three units would focus on infrastructure, devices and semiconductor memory and are expected to be listed, possibly within two years.Toshiba told AFP the option of splitting its business up was under...

KUWAIT: Kuwait's population fell by a further 0.9 percent to 4.63 million in the first 6 months of 2021. This followed a decline of 2.2 percent in 2020-the largest in almost 30 years-due to the departure of some 134,000 resident expatriates amid the pandemic. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn

Consumption driving Kuwait's economic rebound; population declines to 4.63m

KUWAIT: Kuwait's population fell by a further 0.9 percent to 4.63 million in the first 6 months of 2021. This followed a decline of 2.2 percent in 2020-the largest in almost 30 years-due to the departure of some 134,000 expatriates amid the pandemic. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Kuwait's post-pandemic recovery is proceeding apace, facilitated by a relatively high vaccination rate that has helped push daily new coronavirus cases down to the...

The Fernand Leger murals in the General Assembly Hall as Werner Schmidt of the United Nations discusses artworks at The United Nations in New York.—AFP photosn

Inside the UN headquarters, a treasure trove of art

The Fernand Leger murals in the General Assembly Hall. —AFP photosMarc Chagall, Henry Moore and Fernand Leger. In almost eight decades, the UN headquarters in New York has accumulated numerous artworks, making it home to a little-known but precious collection. The crises that nations deal with inside the center of international diplomacy are expressed through some of the 400 works, which have been donated by 150 of the 193 member countries....

Nuit Balneaires, an Artist represented by Dada Gallery, poses for a picture in front of his artwork at the ArtX annual art fair at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, in Lagos.—AFP photosn

Nigeria takes early steps into international art world

Nuit Balneaires, an Artist represented by Dada Gallery, poses for a picture in front of his artwork at the ArtX annual art fair at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, in Lagos.—AFP photosNigeria's elite sipped champagne and splashed thousands of dollars on contemporary paintings at a fair in Lagos this week, an early step into the international art world for Africa's most populous nation. In front of major players from cinema, fashion...

A camel trader arranges his belongings as others look on near their camels at the Pushkar Camel Fair in Pushkar in the northeastern Indian state of Rajasthan.-AFP photosn

India's Pushkar Camel Fair returns after COVID hump

A camel trader arranges his belongings as others look on near their camels at the Pushkar Camel Fair in Pushkar in the northeastern Indian state of Rajasthan.-AFP photosHundreds of herders and their animals gathered in the desert city of Pushkar yesterday for India's biggest camel-trading fair. The northern city typically attracts thousands of Hindu pilgrims, cattle traders and herders for the annual event, but it was called off in 2020 because...

In this file photo Indian cinema actor and founder of 'Makkal Needhi Mayyam' party Kamal Haasan speaks during a media conference in Chennai.—AFP n

Indian star Kamal Haasan to launch metaverse avatar

In this file photo Indian cinema actor and founder of 'Makkal Needhi Mayyam' party Kamal Haasan speaks during a media conference in Chennai.—AFPFilm superstar Kamal Haasan is set to become the first Indian actor to launch an avatar in the "metaverse" as celebrities seek to expand their fan base into the virtual world. Haasan, who turned 67 on Sunday, said in a statement on his birthday that he was "excited to explore the emerging intersection...

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Kate Hudson is 'pre-planning the planning' of her wedding

Kate HudsonThe 42-year-old actress is preparing to marry Danny Fujikawa and she admitted it takes a lot of organisation, so she's just starting to think about the things she will need to arrange for their big day. The 'Bride Wars' star told 'Entertainment Tonight': "You know what I'm doing? I'm pre-planning the planning.Just kind of thinking of what we want to do and then I'm going back and forth between like, what is this really going to look...

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Baldwin calls for police to watch guns on set after 'Rust' death

In this file photo US actor Alec Baldwin attends DreamWorks Animation's "The Boss Baby: Family Business" premiere at SVA Theatre in New York City.—AFPPolice officers should be stationed on all film productions where guns are being used, Alec Baldwin said Monday, weeks after he fatally shot a crew member in a tragic on-set accident in New Mexico. The US actor and producer fired a Colt .45 he had been told was safe on the set of Western "Rust,"...

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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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Kuwait Society for Relief’s second relief plane. - KUNA photos

Kuwait sends relief planeload to Sudan

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Minouche Shafik

Columbia president resigns months after campus Gaza demos