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Fire and rehire: UK's new labor battleground?
LONDON: As coronavirus wreaks severe economic damage, some British employers stand accused of taking a highly controversial measure to stay afloat: Fire and rehire. The practice, which involves dismissing employees and re-engaging them on inferior terms, flared up in April, when British Gas dismissed almost 500 engineers after they refused to accept new contracts.Last year, British Airways staff battled with the national airline's management over...
NEWYTON AYCLIFFE: In this file photo taken on Dec 9, 2016, the first Hitachi Intercity Express Program train (IEP) is unveiled during a press event at Hitachi's manufacturing plant in northeast England. - AFP n
Hitachi trains withdrawn in UK over cracks
NEWYTON AYCLIFFE: In this file photo taken on Dec 9, 2016, the first Hitachi Intercity Express Program train (IEP) is unveiled during a press event at Hitachi's manufacturing plant in northeast England. - AFPLONDON: Four UK train operators on Saturday pulled a number of Hitachi high-speed trains from long-distance routes after cracks were discovered, causing widespread disruption. Hitachi says there are 181 of the Class 800 Series trains running...
MUNICH: (From left) Bayern Munich's Polish forward Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich's German forward Thomas Mueller and Bayern Munich's German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer celebrate after the German first division Bundesliga football match FC Bayern Munich v Borussia Moenchengladbach in Munich, southern Germany on Saturday. - AFPnn
Bayern Munich eye decade of dominance after ninth straight Bundesliga title
MUNICH: (From left) Bayern Munich's Polish forward Robert Lewandowski, Bayern Munich's German forward Thomas Mueller and Bayern Munich's German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer celebrate after the German first division Bundesliga football match FC Bayern Munich v Borussia Moenchengladbach in Munich, southern Germany on Saturday. - AFPDORTMUND: Bayern Munich already have their eyes on a decade of Bundesliga dominance after winning the league title for the...
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'Canelo' Alvarez stops Saunders to unify super middleweight titles
ARLINGTON: In this handout photo provided by Matchroom Boxing, Mexican boxer Saul "Canelo" Alvarez (left) throws a jab at British boxer Billy Joe Saunders during their super middleweight title fight at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas on Saturday. - AFPARLINGTON: Saul "Canelo" Alvarez stopped Billy Joe Saunders in eight rounds on Saturday to unify three super middleweight titles in front of the largest US crowd in history to watch an indoor...
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'Dracula's castle' offers tourists COVID shots
A banner reading in Romanian "Who's afraid of vaccine" and depicting syringes as vampire fangs advertises the vaccination marathon organized at the "Bran Castle" (in background) in Bran village. - AFP photosVisitors to Romania's forbidding Bran Castle, widely known as the inspiration for the lair of Dracula, are being jabbed with needles rather than vampiric fangs this weekend in a coronavirus vaccination drive. "I came to visit the castle with...
Pictures show views of the Al-Aqiser archeological site in Ain Tamr near Karbala in Iraq, which includes what has been described as one of the oldest eastern Christian churches. -AFP photosn
Iraq's heritage battered by desert sun, rain and state apathy
Pictures show views of the Al-Aqiser archeological site in Ain Tamr near Karbala in Iraq, which includes what has been described as one of the oldest eastern Christian churches. - AFP photosOne of the world's oldest churches is crumbling deep in Iraq's desert, another victim of years of conflict, government negligence and climate change in a country with a rich heritage. After Pope Francis made a historic visit to Iraq in March, many Iraqis...
'George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware: Page from an American History Textbook' by Robert Colescott is on display during Sotheby's NY press preview of the upcoming Contemporary Art Evening Auction.-AFP n
Long-overlooked Black artists dominate New York spring sales
'George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware: Page from an American History Textbook' by Robert Colescott is on display during Sotheby's NY press preview of the upcoming Contemporary Art Evening Auction. - AFPBlack artists are represented like never before at New York's spring sales next week after years of being overlooked and underappreciated, with several expected to set new records for their works. American-born Jean-Michel Basquiat, of...
Members of Coldplay watch the view from the window of International Space Station during an interview with French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet (not pictured), in this still image from an undated handout video obtained by REUTERS. -Reuters photosn
Coldplay beam new song into space in chat with French astronaut
Members of Coldplay watch the view from the window of International Space Station during an interview with French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet (not pictured), in this still image from an undated handout video obtained by REUTERS. - Reuters photosColdplay gave new meaning to the idea of a single launch, playing new song "Higher Power" for the first time during a video link-up with French astronaut Thomas Pesquet. Pesquet spoke with the British...
In this file photo former NBA star and owner of Charlotte Hornets team Michael Jordan looks on as he addresses a press conference ahead of the NBA basketball match.-AFP n
Michael Jordan college jersey fetches $1.38 m at auction
In this file photo former NBA star and owner of Charlotte Hornets team Michael Jordan looks on as he addresses a press conference ahead of the NBA basketball match. - AFPA Michael Jordan game-worn jersey from his 1982-83 season at the University of North Carolina has sold for $1.38 million dollars at auction, Heritage Auctions said Saturday. "We're extremely proud to have shattered records for a Jordan game-worn jersey," Chris Ivy, Heritage's...
COLOGNE: People queue for vaccinations outside of the Central Mosque in Cologne, western yesterday. - AFPn
EU invites 'concrete' US plan on vaccine patents
COLOGNE: People queue for vaccinations outside of the Central Mosque in Cologne, western yesterday. - AFPPORTO, Portugal: Europe yesterday passed the ball back to Washington in a debate over COVID vaccine patents, pushing the US for a concrete proposal and a commitment to export much-needed jabs. Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, speaking after a summit of EU and Indian leaders, said the EU had exported much of its own production and that...
KABUL: An injured girl is being brought on a stretcher to a hospital following a blast outside a school in the west Kabul district of Dasht-e-Barchi yesterday that killed at least 30 people and wounded scores more including students, officials said. – AFPn
30 killed, 52 wounded in blast near Afghan girls' school
KABUL: An injured girl is being brought on a stretcher to a hospital following a blast outside a school in the west Kabul district of Dasht-e-Barchi yesterday that killed at least 30 people and wounded scores more including students, officials said. – AFPKABUL: A blast outside a girls' school in an area of the Afghan capital populated largely by the Hazara community killed at least 30 people and wounded scores including students yesterday,...
KUWAIT: People queue up to receive a dose of the COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at the Kuwait Vaccination Center in Mishref. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
Kuwait agencies have little optimism about this year's travel chances
KUWAIT: People queue up to receive a dose of the COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at the Kuwait Vaccination Center in Mishref. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Everyone wants to travel in summer and many people are already planning their trips, but whether this will be possible is not clear yet, due to the still-raging pandemic. The Eid Al Fitr holiday, which will begin next week, also used to be high season for travelling, but...
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GAZA: Palestinians surround bodies lying on the ground at the Al-Maamadani hospital after they were killed in a Zionist strike on a school used as a refuge by displaced Palestinians in Gaza City on Aug 8, 2024. - AFP
Iran says Zionists seeking war
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DHAKA: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus (center) takes the oath of office as the chief adviser of Bangladesh's new interim government, administered by President Mohammed Shahabuddin (left) on August 8, 2024. - AFP
Yunus sworn in as Bangladesh leader
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Abdullah Al-Sanousi
Digital nomads: New-age employees freely roaming around ever-changing job market
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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
Kuwait and Bahrain ink executive program for tourism cooperation
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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