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WASHINGTON: In this file photo US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell gives a press briefing. - AFPn
US Fed chief says stimulus to continue despite high inflation
WASHINGTON: In this file photo US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell gives a press briefing. - AFPWASHINGTON: Even as US inflation has hit the highest rate in over a decade, the central bank is sticking to its guns, and will continue to provide stimulus until the economy has fully recovered, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said. Powell acknowledged that the inflation spike was stronger than the Fed was hoping to see, and will remain...
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Italy reaches deal with EU on Alitalia successor
ROME: Italy has struck a deal with the European Commission over the creation of a new airline to replace its beleaguered national airline Alitalia, the economy ministry said yesterday. Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA), the new Italian flag carrier, "will be fully operational from October 15", after Rome reached a "constructive and balanced solution" with Brussels, a ministry statement said.The new airline had initially been expected to launch in...
An undated handout picture shows a dress rehearsal of the opera The Life & Death of Alexandre Litvinenko at Grange Park Opera in West Horsley. - AFPn
'Polonium, polonium': UK theatre stages Litvinenko opera
An undated handout picture shows a dress rehearsal of the opera The Life & Death of Alexandre Litvinenko at Grange Park Opera in West Horsley. - AFPA chorus in medical scrubs intones "polonium, polonium" as an opera about the poisoned Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko premieres in a British theatre yesterday. The former Russian security agent died in 2006 after drinking tea laced with the radioactive isotope Polonium-210 at a London hotel. As...
In this photograph, Ghulam Akbar (right), a local fisherman and volunteer of the Indus river dolphins rescue team, sits on a boat during a monitoring routine along the Indus river near Pakistan's southern Sindh province city of Sukkur. - AFP photosn
Foe to friend: Fishermen join fight to save endangered Pakistan dolphin
In this photograph, Ghulam Akbar (right), a local fisherman and volunteer of the Indus river dolphins rescue team, sits on a boat during a monitoring routine along the Indus river near Pakistan's southern Sindh province city of Sukkur. - AFP photosFreshwater dolphins are flourishing in a stretch of Pakistan's main river after a helping hand from fishermen mobilized to defend a rare species driven to near-extinction. Identifiable by their...
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AI beefs up veggie burgers as market booms
(From left) Chef Nicolas Maire and flavorists Liliana Favaron and Mark Rubin taste vegetal steak at the headquarters of Swiss group Firmenich, one of the world’s leading flavor manufacturers, in Satigny near Geneva. — AFP Have a beef with beef? A burgeoning veggie burger industry is using artificial intelligence to propose alternatives. Swiss group Firmenich, one of the world's leading flavor manufacturers, says recreating the sensation of...
Senegalese scrabble player Issakha Marie Diallo sits in front of her board while playing Scrabble in a classroom at School 23 in Guédiawaye, a suburb of Dakar. -AFP photosn
Senegal Scrabble junkies back at the board after virus hiatus
Senegalese scrabble player Issakha Marie Diallo sits in front of her board while playing Scrabble in a classroom at School 23 in Guédiawaye, a suburb of Dakar. -AFP"Wesh, "wesh", "wads", "ska", "fol"... the hunt was on for that elusive word in French that would ratchet up the bonus points and unlock the top prize. Dozens of Scrabble players jousted in leafy schoolgrounds late last month in Senegal's capital, delighted and relieved to be able to...
Nabil Ayouch, a French-Moroccan television and film director, producer, and writer poses for a picture in Casablanca. – AFP n
Casablanca hip-hop comes to Cannes
Nabil Ayouch, a French-Moroccan television and film director, producer, and writer poses for a picture in Casablanca. – AFPNabil Ayouch says he can barely believe his movie, "Casablanca Beats", is the first Moroccan film in almost 60 years to compete for the Palme d'Or at Cannes. It is as if "I was a child and I've passed a bakery with a lovely chocolate eclair in the window that I've never been allowed to have-and now finally I can," the...
(From left) French actress Juliette Benveniste, French actress Anne-Sophie Bowen-Chatet, Luxembourg actress Vicky Krieps, French actor and director Mathieu Amalric, actor Arieh Worthhalter, actor Sacha Ardilly and actor Aurele Grzesik arrive for the screening of the film “Serre-moi Fort” (Hold Me Tight) at the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. — AFP n
Lights, action, Luxembourg: Cinema's crush on Vicky Krieps
(From left) French actress Juliette Benveniste, French actress Anne-Sophie Bowen-Chatet, Luxembourg actress Vicky Krieps, French actor and director Mathieu Amalric, actor Arieh Worthhalter, actor Sacha Ardilly and actor Aurele Grzesik arrive for the screening of the film “Serre-moi Fort” (Hold Me Tight) at the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. — AFPVicky Krieps from tiny Luxembourg is headed for the big...
In this file photo Spanish actor, director and producer Antonio Banderas (center) walks past a cab, flanked by a crew member during the filming of the action thriller, The Enforcer, in the streets of Thessaloniki. — AFP n
Hollywood flurry lifts Greek film industry hopes
In this file photo Spanish actor, director and producer Antonio Banderas (center) walks past a cab, flanked by a crew member during the filming of the action thriller, The Enforcer, in the streets of Thessaloniki. — AFP photosA burly man in a buzz-cut crosses a busy street, nearly running into a passing cab. Nearby, two Miami police officers monitor a bustling crowd beside their squad car. The man is Spanish actor Antonio Banderas and standing...
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Joy and relief as India opens NEET center in Kuwait
By Sajeev K PeterKUWAIT: Indian students, teachers and parents in Kuwait greeted with joy and relief an India government decision to open a new exam center for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) in Kuwait to help the Indian student community in the Middle East. "It is a big relief for students like me," said Sidharth Fernandez, an Indian student who completed his 12th grade this year. Heaving a sigh of relief, he said the decision...
CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdulfattah Al-Sisi meets Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem. - KUNAn
Egyptian President receives Kuwait's parliament speaker
CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdulfattah Al-Sisi meets Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem. - KUNACAIRO: Egyptian President Abdulfattah Al-Sisi received in Cairo yesterday Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, who conveyed a verbal message from His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to the Egyptian leader regarding bilateral relations and cooperation.Ghanem also conveyed greetings of His...
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Kuwait's martyrs laid to rest
KUWAIT: The remains of 10 Kuwaiti prisoners of war identified following DNA tests earlier this week were laid to their final resting place during a funeral procession in the Sulaibikhat Cemetery yesterday. The prisoners were taken during the 1990 Iraqi Invasion of Kuwait, and their remains were found in a mass grave in Iraq. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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BELFAST: Protestors attend a "unity over division" protest called to oppose an anti immigration demonstration in Northern Ireland on Aug 9, 2024. - AFP
N Ireland violence shocks Muslims amid sectarianism
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Sheikh Salem Al-Ali passes away
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DHAKA: A Hindu shopkeeper (left) helps a woman put on a traditional conch shell bangle at a shop selling traditional prayer items in Shakhari Bazar, a Hindu majority area, in Dhaka on August 9, 2024. — AFP
Misinformation from India, vandalism frighten Hindus in Bangladesh
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Drilling Rig (Oriental Phoenix)
Marine region a ‘promising area’ for hydrocarbon resources: KOC
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PARIS: Gold medallists USA pose during the podium ceremony after the women's gold medal basketball match against France during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena on Aug 11, 2024. - AFP
US pip China in medals table as Games end