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RAMALLAH: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh (left) greets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday in the West Bank city of Ramallah. - AFPnnn
US vows support for Gaza truce, no 'benefit' for Hamas
RAMALLAH: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh (left) greets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday in the West Bank city of Ramallah. - AFPJERUSALEM: US top diplomat Antony Blinken yesterday vowed support to help rebuild the battered Gaza Strip and shore up a truce between Hamas and Zionist entity, but insisted the territory's Islamist rulers would not benefit from any aid. Blinken's tour, which started in the Zionist state and...
DHAKA: Police personnel escort Amir Hamza, one of the country's most popular Islamic preachers, whose rallies draw tens of thousands of people, on charges of inciting militants, following his arrest in Dhaka yesterday.-AFP n
Bangladesh Islamist preacher detained
DHAKA: Police personnel escort Amir Hamza, one of the country's most popular Islamic preachers, whose rallies draw tens of thousands of people, on charges of inciting militants, following his arrest in Dhaka yesterday. - AFPDHAKA: Bangladesh police have arrested one of the country's most popular Islamist preachers, whose rallies draw tens of thousands of people, on charges of inciting militants, a senior officer said yesterday. Amir Hamza is the...
DIGHA, India: Villagers rest at a shelter as Cyclone Yaas barrels towards India’s eastern coast in the Bay of Bengal, where is expected to make a landfall tomorrow, in Digha some 190 Km from Kolkata yesterday.—AFP n
2m rushed to shelters as India braces for another cyclone
DIGHA, India: Villagers rest at a shelter as Cyclone Yaas barrels towards India’s eastern coast in the Bay of Bengal, where it is expected to make a landfall tomorrow, in Digha some 190 Km from Kolkata yesterday. — AFPKOLKATA: A powerful cyclone headed for eastern India yesterday, forcing the evacuation of nearly two million people just a week after another huge storm claimed at least 155 lives on the west coast. Cyclone Yaas in the Bay of...
The smoldering lava from the Mount Nyiragongo eruption is seen in Goma.-AFPn
Volcano aftershocks rattle DR Congo city as toll rises
The smoldering lava from the Mount Nyiragongo eruption is seen in Goma. - AFPGOMA: Powerful aftershocks from the Mount Nyiragongo volcano rocked the eastern DR Congo city of Goma yesterday as the death toll from the disaster climbed to 32 and thousands were feared homeless. Three days after Africa's most active volcano roared back into life, spewing lava that reached the outskirts of the city of 1.5 million, tremors were shaking the region every...
Lebanese desinger Nadim Soudaiha
Miss Universe's dress stolen from Kuwait-based Lebanese designer
Lebanese designer Nadim SoudaihaBy Nawara FattahovaThe shimmery red fringe gown worn by Miss Universe 2020 Andrea Meza from Mexico while being crowned on May 16, 2021 was allegedly copied from a gown designed by Nadim Soudaiha, a Lebanese designer based in Kuwait. Soudaiha was surprised by the intellectual theft of one of his gowns, which he designed four years ago. "Actually the international media found out the dress that Miss Universe was...
KUWAIT: A customer experiences the Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G smartphone in Farwaniya. – Xinhua nn
Huawei to unveil new OS, push into software industry
KUWAIT: A customer experiences the Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G smartphone in Farwaniya. – XinhuaSHANGHAI: Chinese tech giant Huawei yesterday said it would launch a long-awaited new operating system for smartphones next week, part of an all-out push into the software industry aimed at weathering US sanctions and taking on Google's Android. Huawei tipped the June 2 launch of its HarmonyOS platform in a short teaser on social media, just as an...
Kamil Hilalin
Zain leverages MENA footprint to relaunch its wholesale business
Kamil HilaliKUWAIT: Zain Group, a leading telecom innovator in seven markets in the Middle East and Africa recently participated in the virtual Capacity Middle East 2021 conference, where Kamil Hilali, the company's Chief Strategy Officer and the newly-appointed CEO of Zain Global Services (Wholesale), announced a significant restructuring and new strategy of Zain Group's wholesale division, an essential part of Zain's '4Sight' strategy.Hilali...
LONDON: The UK financial sector's amount of carbon emissions exceeded the net annual output of most countries in 2019 as a result of worldwide investments, green groups claimed yesterday.nn
Green groups slam UK bank links to carbon emissions
LONDON: The UK financial sector's amount of carbon emissions exceeded the net annual output of most countries in 2019 as a result of worldwide investments, green groups claimed yesterday.LONDON: The UK financial sector's amount of carbon emissions exceeded the net annual output of most countries in 2019 as a result of worldwide investments, green groups claimed yesterday. A study by Greenpeace and the UK arm of the World Wildlife Fund comes...
LOS ANGELES: This illustration photo taken on Monday shows the Apple stock market ticker symbol AAPL displayed on an iPhone screen and reflected in the logo of an iMac computer in Los Angeles. - AFPnnn
US stocks higher as German DAX hits all-time high
LOS ANGELES: This illustration photo taken on Monday shows the Apple stock market ticker symbol AAPL displayed on an iPhone screen and reflected in the logo of an iMac computer in Los Angeles. - AFPLONDON: US stocks opened higher yesterday following a strong showing in Europe, lifted by in-demand tech shares and further positive news from Moderna on its coronavirus vaccine's effectiveness in teenagers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.2...
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN - MAY 24: Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks dunks in the third quarter against the Miami Heat during Game Two of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Miami Heat at Fiserv Forum on May 24, 2021 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement.   Quinn Harris/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Quinn Harris / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
Bucks thrash Heat to go 2-0
MILWAUKEE: Giannis Antetokounmpo #34 of the Milwaukee Bucks dunks in the third quarter against the Miami Heat during Game Two of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series between the Milwaukee Bucks and the Miami Heat at Fiserv Forum on Monday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. – AFPLOS ANGELES: The Milwaukee Bucks produced an exhibition of three-point shooting to crush the Miami Heat as the Denver Nuggets bounced back to level their NBA...
WOLVERHAMPTON: Manchester United's Norwegian manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gestures during the English Premier League football match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester United at the Molineux stadium in Wolverhampton, central England on May 23, 2021. – AFPnn
Solskjaer touts Europa League as start of renewed Man Utd success
WOLVERHAMPTON: Manchester United's Norwegian manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gestures during the English Premier League football match between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Manchester United at the Molineux stadium in Wolverhampton, central England on May 23, 2021. – AFPGDANSK: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer will attempt to win his first trophy as Manchester United manager in tonight's Europa League final against Villarreal, confident that victory could...
BERLIN: Picture taken on July 15, 2014 shows Germany's head coach Joachim Loew (right) and then Germany's assistant coach Hansi Flick celebrating during a victory parade of Germany's football national team at Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate to celebrate their FIFA World Cup title. – AFPnn
Flick to take over as Germany coach after Euro 2020
BERLIN: Picture taken on July 15, 2014 shows Germany's head coach Joachim Loew (right) and then Germany's assistant coach Hansi Flick celebrating during a victory parade of Germany's football national team at Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate to celebrate their FIFA World Cup title. – AFPBERLIN: Outgoing Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick will succeed his former boss Joachim Loew in the Germany dugout after Euro 2020, the German Football...