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KAZAN, Russia: A woman cries as she is taken to an ambulance at the scene of a shooting at School No 175 in Kazan, the capital of Russia's republic of Tatarstan, yesterday.-AFPn

Nine dead in Russia school shooting

KAZAN, Russia: A woman cries as she is taken to an ambulance at the scene of a shooting at School No 175 in Kazan, the capital of Russia's republic of Tatarstan, yesterday. - AFPKAZAN, Russia: At least nine people, most of them children, were killed yesterday when a lone teenage gunman opened fire at a school in the central Russian city of Kazan, officials said. President Vladimir Putin ordered a review of gun control laws after the shooting-one...

JERUSALEM: Palestinian medics evacuate a wounded person who was hit by bullets fired by occupation forces in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Monday.-AFPn

East Jerusalem hospital fills up after Al-Aqsa aggression

JERUSALEM: Palestinian medics evacuate a wounded person who was hit by bullets fired by occupation forces in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Monday. - AFPJERUSALEM: Palestinians wounded in Zionist attacks at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound have filled the halls of an east Jerusalem hospital, where several had lost eyes after being hit by rubber bullets. Ezzedine, a 19-year-old carpenter from the West Bank city of Nablus, said Monday that...

MIAMI, Florida: Sylvia March, from Argentina, gets a Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccination from a healthcare worker at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida. - AFPn

Pfizer shot gets US nod for 12-15 year olds as India outbreak rages

MIAMI, Florida: Sylvia March, from Argentina, gets a Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccination from a healthcare worker at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida. - AFPWASHINGTON: The United States drug regulator authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children aged 12-15 as the country aims to speed up its COVID-19 recovery, but the huge outbreak in India persisted with known coronavirus deaths approaching 250,000 yesterday. With some...

JEDDAH: This handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace Monday shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) receiving Qatar's ruler Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani upon his arrival in the Red Sea City of Jeddah. - AFPn

Qatar Amir visits Saudi Arabia as rift eases

JEDDAH: This handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace Monday shows Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) receiving Qatar's ruler Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani upon his arrival in the Red Sea City of Jeddah. - AFPRIYADH: Qatar's ruler Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani landed in Saudi Arabia for talks Monday, in his second visit since the countries re-established relations in January following a three-year dispute....

LONDON: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II reads the Queen's Speech on the Sovereign's Throne in the House of Lords chamber during the State Opening of Parliament at the Houses of Parliament in London yesterday.-AFPn

Queen returns to public stage detailing govt's new agenda

LONDON: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II reads the Queen's Speech on the Sovereign's Throne in the House of Lords chamber during the State Opening of Parliament at the Houses of Parliament in London yesterday. - AFPLONDON: Queen Elizabeth II opened a new session of parliament yesterday, in her first public appearance since the funeral of her late husband Prince Philip, as she revealed the Conservative government's post-pandemic legislative agenda....

SOLOK: Rescuers retrieving bodies after a landslide at a gold mine in south Solok, West Sumatra province yesterday, where at least seven people were killed and one reported missing. -- AFPn

Seven killed in landslide at Indonesia mine

SOLOK: Rescuers retrieving bodies after a landslide at a gold mine in south Solok, West Sumatra province yesterday, where at least seven people were killed and one reported missing. - AFPJAKARTA: At least seven people were killed and one reported missing after a landslide at an Indonesian gold mine, authorities said yesterday. Torrential rains triggered a landslide on Monday, inundating the mine with mud mixed with stones and debris in South...

This handout photo courtesy of US Navy and made available yesterday two Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) fast in-shore attack craft (FIAC), a type of speedboat armed with machine guns, conducting maneuvers while operating in close proximity to US naval vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. - AFPn

Iran warns US navy over 'unprofessional behavior'

This handout photo courtesy of US Navy and made available yesterday shows two Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) fast in-shore attack craft (FIAC), a type of speedboat armed with machine guns, conducting maneuvers while operating in close proximity to US naval vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz. - AFPTEHRAN: Iran's Revolutionary Guards said yesterday they warned US vessels after Washington said warning shots were fired...

KUWAIT: A vendor displays prayer beads inside his shop at Mubarakiya Market in Kuwait City. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn

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KUWAIT: A vendor displays prayer beads inside his shop at Mubarakiya Market in Kuwait City. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

DANZHAI, China: A medical staff member takes care of a newborn baby at a hospital in China's southwestern Guizhou province yesterday. - AFP n

Slowest China population growth in decades

DANZHAI, China: A medical staff member takes care of a newborn baby at a hospital in China's southwestern Guizhou province yesterday. - AFPBEIJING: China's population has grown at its slowest pace in decades, reaching 1.41 billion, census results showed yesterday, highlighting fears of a looming crisis over an ageing society. The growth of 5.4 percent over the past decade was the slowest since the 1960s, and comes alongside a sharp drop in the...

This file photo taken on May 8, 2021 shows workers checking rolls of sheet aluminium at a factory in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province. - China's factory prices grew by the fastest rate in nearly four years in April, data showed on May 11, 2021, showing the country' continued strong recovery from the Covid-19 outbreak. - AFPn

China factory gate prices jump as commodities rally

This file photo taken on May 8, 2021 shows workers checking rolls of sheet aluminium at a factory in Wuhan, in China's central Hubei province. - AFPBEIJING: China's factory gate inflation rose at its fastest rate in nearly four years last month, data showed yesterday, as a strong recovery in the world's number two economy sees a surge in demand for key commodities such as iron ore and copper. The forecast-beating jump in prices comes as global...

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It's all about the money honey: Australia, NZ clash over manuka

SOMERSBY, Australia: Beekeepers in New Zealand are seeking the exclusive right to use the "manuka" label for their honey, pitting them against rival Australian farmers over a prestige product that can fetch hundreds of dollars per jar. Manuka honey takes its name from the Maori term for Leptospermum scoparium, the flowering shrub whose nectar forms its essence, which is found in both Australia and New Zealand.But Australian production could soon...

NEW YORK: Rob Byrnes, President at East Midtown Partnership, works in his office in midtown Manhattan on May 7, 2021.- AFP n

New Yorkers start to return to offices in hybrid mode

NEW YORK: Rob Byrnes, President at East Midtown Partnership, works in his office in midtown Manhattan on May 7, 2021. - AFPNEW YORK: From large corporations calling employees back to business district skyscrapers to the return of lunchtime lines at salad bars: signs that workers are returning to New York's offices, albeit in "hybrid" mode for now, are multiplying. Several companies emblematic of America's financial capital are preparing for a...

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Minister of Information and Bahrain's Minister of Tourism sign an executive program of tourism cooperation agreement for 2024, 2025, and 2026. – KUNA photos

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KUWAIT: Workers take shelter from the sun under a tree in Kuwait City amidst a heatwave. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

‘Inadequate’ heat protection for Gulf migrant workers