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Rising hopes, lingering questions as cruise sector eyes comeback
A view of the Royal-class cruise ship "Sky Princess", operated by Bermuda-based Princess Cruises of Carnival Corporation, off the coast of Cyprus' southern city of Limassol. Half a dozen cruise ships have been stranded since May 2020 off Cyprus, looming large over a fishing village on the holiday island hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. - AFPNEW YORK: After more than a year of frustration, diehard American fans of cruise vacations at last...
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WHO push to tackle rampant rise of diabetes
GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Wednesday turned the spotlight on the insulin market - and its domination by three Big Pharma giants - in a fresh bid to tackle the rapid rise of diabetes. The WHO marked the 100-year anniversary of the discovery of insulin by launching a new Global Diabetes Compact aimed at boosting efforts to prevent diabetes and giving access to treatment to everyone who needs it."The need to take urgent action on...
AHMEDABAD: A laborer packing salt at a factory in Kharaghoda village near the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region, some 120 km from Ahmedabad. - AFPn
India's desert salt farmers feel the heat from climate change
AHMEDABAD: A laborer packing salt at a factory in Kharaghoda village near the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) region, some 120 km from Ahmedabad. - AFPLITTLE RANN OF KUTCH, India: Roshni Thakor left school to harvest salt from a sun-baked Indian desert, a backbreaking trade practiced by her ancestors for centuries but now threatened by climate change. For eight months every year, farmers toil in scorching heat to pump out briny water from handmade...
DORTMUND: Manchester City's English midfielder Phil Foden (left) and Dortmund's German forward Ansgar Knauff vie for the ball during the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal second leg football match on Wednesday. - AFP n
Foden fires City into Champions League semifinal clash with PSG
DORTMUND: Manchester City's English midfielder Phil Foden (left) and Dortmund's German forward Ansgar Knauff vie for the ball during the UEFA Champions League quarterfinal second leg football match on Wednesday. - AFPDORTMUND: Manchester City set up a blockbuster Champions League semifinal against Paris Saint-Germain as Phil Foden's second-half winner sealed a 2-1 victory at Borussia Dortmund on Wednesday to send the Premier League leaders...
PHILADELPHIA: DeAndre Jordan #6 of the Brooklyn Nets fouls Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers in the third quarter at the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday. - AFP n
Sixers win battle for top spot in East, Doncic hits clutch winner
PHILADELPHIA: DeAndre Jordan #6 of the Brooklyn Nets fouls Joel Embiid #21 of the Philadelphia 76ers in the third quarter at the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday. - AFPLOS ANGELES: Joel Embiid finished with 39 points as the Philadelphia 76ers won the battle for first place in the Eastern Conference, holding on to beat the short-handed Brooklyn Nets 123-117 on Wednesday. Philadelphia, who are seeking their first NBA championship since 1983, are...
KIEV: Anna Ilina, a member of the Ukrainian Olympic shooting team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, flanked by the country's Health Minister Maksym Stepanov, receives a dose of China's CoronaVac vaccine yesterday. - AFP n
Top Japanese politician says virus could force Olympics cancellation
KIEV: Anna Ilina, a member of the Ukrainian Olympic shooting team for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, flanked by the country's Health Minister Maksym Stepanov, receives a dose of China's CoronaVac vaccine yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: A senior Japanese politician said cancelling the Tokyo Olympics over the coronavirus remains a possibility yesterday, as a surge in cases renews concerns about the Games with less than 100 days to go. Toshiro Nikai, the...
Youths play near the Roman Marcus Aurelius arch in the Libyan capital Tripoli's old city, which is undergoing infrastructure rehabilitation work. - AFPn
Libyan capital's neglected Old City gets facelift
Youths play near the Roman Marcus Aurelius arch in the Libyan capital Tripoli's old city, which is undergoing infrastructure rehabilitation work. - AFPIn alleys criss-crossing the Libyan capital's Old City, construction crews are hard at work restoring former glory to architectural treasures neglected under ex-dictator Muammar Gaddafi and in the decade since. Pushing wheelbarrows, a clutch of workers ferry sand, dismembered concrete or gravel,...
Tran Ngoc Thang poses with Betta fish or Siamese fighting fish raised inside glass jars at his ornamental fish farm in Hanoi.-AFP photosn
Solo swim: The fighting fish raised alone in Vietnam
Tran Ngoc Thang poses with Betta fish or Siamese fighting fish raised inside glass jars at his ornamental fish farm in Hanoi.-AFP photosThousands of glass and plastic bottles lie across the floor of Tran Ngoc Thang's farm in Hanoi, each one home to an aggressive, brightly coloured fish that must be raised alone. Thang has been breeding Siamese fighting fish, also known as betta fish, for more than 20 years in Vietnam-and his business is going...
Staff of Shri Mahila Griha Udyog, the organization that produces the famous Lijjat Papad, pack rolled papadums. - AFPnn
Crunch time: Indian snack spins feminist success story
Staff of Shri Mahila Griha Udyog, the organization that produces the famous Lijjat Papad, pack rolled papadums. - AFPThe fairytale success of Lijjat Papad-a multi-million-dollar venture founded by seven women in a crowded Mumbai tenement in 1959 with seed capital of 80 rupees ($1.10) -- belies its revolutionary feminist aspirations. The cooperative employs 45,000 women across India, offering them a job for life as "co-owners" of the enterprise,...
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Is it a bird? Is it an iguana? No, it's a croissant!
Polish animal welfare inspectors on Wednesday reported their bafflement at being called out about a dangerous-looking animal lurking in a tree-only to find out it was a croissant. The Krakow Animal Welfare Society said in a post on Facebook that the organization had received a desperate call from a local resident in the southern Polish city about the sighting."It's been sitting in a tree across the house for two days! People aren't opening their...
Views show the Largo Argentina archaeological site in central Rome. -AFP photosn
Ruins, ghosts and cats: Rome's 'Area Sacra' to welcome visitors
Views show the Largo Argentina archaeological site in central Rome. - AFPHistory buffs will be able to roam the ruins of Rome's "Area Sacra", perhaps catching a glimpse of Julius Caesar's ghost, after the site becomes an open-air museum next year. Work to adapt the Largo Argentina archaeological site for tourists begins next month, with upgrades to allow entry into the vast sunken square containing the ruins of four Roman temples, Rome Mayor...
Photo shows a helicopter flying as lava is erupting from Piton de la Fournaise volcano. - AFPnn
French volcano enthusiasts camp out to skirt curfew
Photo shows a helicopter flying as lava is erupting from Piton de la Fournaise volcano. - AFPFrance's Reunion island is regularly treated to spectacular eruptions of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano-but with a COVID-19 curfew in place, some residents resorted to drastic measures this week to enjoy the stunning night-time views. The Indian Ocean island has been under a 6.00 pm-5.00 am curfew since March 5 in a bid to tame coronavirus...
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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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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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Kuwaiti Ambassador to China Jasem Ibrahem Al-Najem with Standing Committee of National Committee of Political Consultative Conference member Cai Guanxin.
China highlights growing investment opportunities in Kuwait