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NYERI: Teen-aged mothers share a dormitory with their infants during a break at the Serene Haven Girl’s Secondary School, an informal school that boards under-aged mothers with their infants. - AFP n

Abortion stigma: Possible death sentence for women in Kenya

NYERI: Teen-aged mothers share a dormitory with their infants during a break at the Serene Haven Girl’s Secondary School, an informal school that boards under-aged mothers with their infants. - AFPNAIROBI: Victoria Atieno was waiting at a Nairobi bus stop when she felt blood gush from her body, the result of a secret, self-induced abortion - a method used by thousands of Kenyan women, with potentially fatal consequences. Kenya's constitution...

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US COVID death toll surpasses 700,000

WASHINGTON: US fatalities from COVID-19 surpassed 700,000 on Friday, according to figures from Johns Hopkins University, a toll roughly equivalent to the population of the nation's capital Washington. The grim threshold comes with an average of well over 1,000 dying each day, in a country where 55.7 percent of the population is now fully vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.After a heavily criticized early...

BOGOTA: Demonstrators kick a fence during a demonstration demanding the decriminalization of abortion during the Global Day of Action for Legal and Safe Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean in Bogota.- AFP n

Battle for abortion rights hits America's streets

BOGOTA: Demonstrators kick a fence during a demonstration demanding the decriminalization of abortion during the Global Day of Action for Legal and Safe Abortion in Latin America and the Caribbean in Bogota.- AFPWASHINGTON: The abortion rights battle was taken to the streets across America yesterday, with hundreds of demonstrations planned as part of a new "Women's March" aimed at countering an unprecedented conservative offensive to restrict...

MANILA: Philippine boxing icon and senator Manny Pacquiao, accompanied by his wife Jinkee, arrives to file his certificate of candidacy for the Philippine presidency in Manila.- AFP n

'It is a circus': Philippine election season kicks off

MANILA: Philippine boxing icon and senator Manny Pacquiao, accompanied by his wife Jinkee, arrives to file his certificate of candidacy for the Philippine presidency in Manila. - AFPMANILA: The Philippines' election season kicked off Friday with TV celebrities, political scions and at least one inmate expected to be among thousands of candidates vying for posts from president to town councilor. A week-long registration process launches a...

RUKBAN, Jordan: Displaced people receive vaccinations at the Rukban desert camp for displaced Syrians along Syria’s border with Jordan. – AFP n

For residents of Syria camp, slow death or risky exit

RUKBAN, Jordan: Displaced people receive vaccinations at the Rukban desert camp for displaced Syrians along Syria’s border with Jordan. – AFPBEIRUT: A slow death if they stay or possible detention if they leave: the last residents of a Syria desert camp face an unenviable choice ahead of a new "voluntary departure" program. The nearly 10,000 displaced Syrians still living in the Rukban camp, established in 2014 on the berm between Jordan and...

KUWAIT: President of Kuwait and Arab Tennis Federations Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah meets officials from Kuwait Disabled Sports Club, Kuwait Paralympic Committee, and Al-Irada Disabled Club.n

Wheelchair tennis to launch in Kuwait

KUWAIT: President of Kuwait and Arab Tennis Federations Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah meets officials from Kuwait Disabled Sports Club, Kuwait Paralympic Committee, and Al-Irada Disabled Club.By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: President of Kuwait and Arab Tennis Federations Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah received honorary President of Kuwait Disabled Sports Club Sheikha Sheikha Al-Abdullah Al-Khalifa Al-Sabah, Chairman of...

DUBAI: A picture shows an image of Apple founder and late CEO Steve Jobs in the interior of the US pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020, on Friday. - AFPn

Thousands brave heat as delayed Dubai Expo opens

DUBAI: A picture shows an image of Apple founder and late CEO Steve Jobs in the interior of the US pavilion at the Dubai Expo 2020, on Friday. - AFPDUBAI: Thousands of people toured Dubai's Expo 2020 on the opening day on Friday, braving hot temperatures as the COVID-delayed world fair finally opened its doors one year late. Visitors strolled or rode electric bikes around the huge showground, which has been built from scratch at a cost of about...

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Tata emerges frontrunner to acquire Air India

NEW DELHI: India's conglomerate Tata Group has emerged as the frontrunner to acquire debt-stricken Air India as the government looks to close one of its most ambitious disinvestment projects, sources revealed. The India government is yet to formally approve Tata's winning bid, but people with direct knowledge of the matter said the Mumbai-based conglomerate has placed the highest bid - over $1.029 billion (Indian rupee 5,000 crore) more than...

DUBAI: This picture shows the Tunisian pavilion at the Expo 2020, in Dubai yesterday. - AFPn

Dubai Expo 'new city' will exist for decades, says chief

DUBAI: This picture shows the Tunisian pavilion at the Expo 2020, in Dubai yesterday. - AFPDUBAI: Dubai has created a "new city" for Expo 2020 that will exist for decades, the head of the event told AFP, promising most of the vast site will remain in use after the six-month world fair. The $7 billion, purpose-built showground occupies a vast site on Dubai's outskirts, with hundreds of pavilions and exhibitions sprawling across an area twice the...

GOLD COAST: New Zealand’s captain Ardie Savea (center) and teammates celebrate with the Rugby Championship trophy after their match against South Africa at Cbus Super Stadium in Gold Coast yesterday. – AFPn

Springboks stun All Blacks in classic as Wallabies shine

GOLD COAST: New Zealand’s captain Ardie Savea (center) and teammates celebrate with the Rugby Championship trophy after their match against South Africa at Cbus Super Stadium in Gold Coast yesterday. – AFPGOLD COAST: A gutsy South Africa upset old rivals New Zealand yesterday to bounce back from "a tough few weeks" in the Rugby Championship while Australia burnished their credentials with a fourth consecutive win. The world champions headed...

ATHENS: A file photo taken on February 19, 2017 shows an artwork by street artist Same84 depicting Milwaukee Bucks' Greek basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo on a basketball court in Athens. – AFPnn

As Greece fetes ex-migrant NBA star, others like him suffer

ATHENS: A file photo taken on February 19, 2017 shows an artwork by street artist Same84 depicting Milwaukee Bucks' Greek basketball player Giannis Antetokounmpo on a basketball court in Athens. – AFPATHENS: The sun was barely out in Greece in July when Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis jumped on Twitter to congratulate newly-crowned Greek-Nigerian NBA champion Giannis Antetokounmpo of the Milwaukee Bucks. "Incredible Yannis! Greeks...

HERRIMAN: In this file photo taken on July 04, 2020 Rachel Hill of Chicago Red Stars (left) and Samantha Mewis of North Carolina Courage (right) fight for the ball during a game on day 5 of the NWSL Challenge Cup at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, Utah. – AFPnn

Commissioner resigns, US women's soccer league calls off matches

HERRIMAN: In this file photo taken on July 04, 2020 Rachel Hill of Chicago Red Stars (left) and Samantha Mewis of North Carolina Courage (right) fight for the ball during a game on day 5 of the NWSL Challenge Cup at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, Utah. – AFPLOS ANGELES: Lisa Baird, who was under fire for her handling of sexual misconduct allegations against a head coach, resigned Friday night as commissioner of the top US professional...

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AUCKLAND, New Zealand: Boats are moored in waters in front of the Auckland city skyline, New Zealand. People are leaving New Zealand in record numbers as unemployment rises, interest rates remain high and economic growth is anemic, government statistics show. – AFP

People leave New Zealand amid rising economic crisis

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Chalet rental scams continue throughout summer in Kuwait

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BAGRAM: Taleban military vehicles parade to celebrate the third anniversary of their takeover of Afghanistan at Bagram Air Base on Aug 14, 2024. - AFP

Military show marks 3 yrs of Taleban rule

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KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah preside over a Cabinet weekly meeting on Tuesday at Bayan Palace. - KUNA

Cabinet mourns Sheikh Salem Al-Ali

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LONDON: Pedestrians walk in the winter sunshine down Oxford Street in central London. Britain’s unemployment rate has unexpectedly dropped to 4.2 percent and wage growth has slowed to the lowest level in nearly two years, official data showed Tuesday. – AFP

UK wages growth tumbles; German investor morale falls