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KUWAIT: A cat walks in front of a patrol vehicle outside a police station in Kuwait. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

In this file photo taken in 2007 shows Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (left) walking at Broadlands, Hampshire, earlier in the year. - AFPn

Prince Philip: The strength behind the crown

In this file photo taken in 2007 shows Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (left) walking at Broadlands, Hampshire, earlier in the year. - AFPLONDON: He often grabbed headlines for his gaffes, but Prince Philip was portrayed by royalists as the silent stalwart, who shelved his personal ambitions to support Queen Elizabeth II over seven decades. Born into the Greek royal family-although he...

WASHINGTON: This file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington, DC. US President Joe Biden kept an effective lid on US military spending in his first budget draft, proposing to spend $715 billion, a marginal hike after sharp increases under predecessor Donald Trump. - AFPn

Biden aims $1.5 trillion budget at health, education, social services

WASHINGTON: This file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington, DC. US President Joe Biden kept an effective lid on US military spending in his first budget draft, proposing to spend $715 billion, a marginal hike after sharp increases under predecessor Donald Trump. - AFPWASHINGTON: President Joe Biden's administration on Friday unveiled a more than $1.5 trillion budget proposal that would see funding for health, education and social services...

MANDALAY: This photo taken and received from an anonymous source via Facebook yesterday shows protesters holding a banner as they march during a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay. -- AFPn

Myanmar's UN envoy urges action against junta as carnage continues

MANDALAY: This photo taken and received from an anonymous source via Facebook yesterday shows protesters holding a banner as they march during a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay. - AFPYANGON: Myanmar's own ambassador to the United Nations has urged "strong action" against the junta, as reports emerged of scores killed in the military's latest crackdown. The country has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader...

ATHENS: Greek police experts investigate near the house of Giorgos Karaivaz, a veteran crime journalist, after he was shot dead in Athens Friday. - AFPn

Greek PM demands swift probe into journalist's murder

ATHENS: Greek police experts investigate near the house of Giorgos Karaivaz, a veteran crime journalist, after he was shot dead in Athens Friday. - AFPATHENS: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis yesterday demanded the "swift resolution" of a probe into a crime journalist's murder already condemned by leading EU officials, political parties and media unions. Mitsotakis had summoned his police minister Michalis Chrysochoidis to a meeting on...

COX'S BAZAR: People gather around a dead whale washed ashore on a beach in Cox's Bazar yesterday. -AFPn

Two dead whales wash up on Bangladesh beach

COX'S BAZAR: People gather around a dead whale washed ashore on a beach in Cox's Bazar yesterday. - AFPCOX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: Two dead whales have washed up on the same stretch of Bangladesh coastline in two days, officials said yesterday, raising suggestions that they were killed by sea pollution. Officials said the second, much longer whale washed up on Himchhari Beach, outside the resort city of Cox's Bazar, at around 8:30 am (0230 GMT)...

SILIGURI, West Bengal: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he speaks in a rally during the ongoing Phase 4 of West Bengal's assembly election in Kawakhali yesterday. – AFP n

Indian troops shoot dead four in fresh election bloodshed

SILIGURI, West Bengal: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he speaks in a rally during the ongoing Phase 4 of West Bengal's assembly election in Kawakhali yesterday. – AFPKOLKATA: Five people were killed in fresh election bloodshed in the Indian state of West Bengal yesterday, including four shot dead by paramilitary troops "in self-defense", officials said. West Bengal in eastern India has seen thousands killed in decades of...

Aramco engineers working in eastern Saudi Arabi. Energy giant Saudi Aramco said it has struck a $12.4-billion deal to sell a minority stake in a newly formed oil pipeline business to a consortium led by US-based EIG Global Energy Partners. -- AFPn

Saudi Aramco in $12.4 billion oil pipeline deal with EIG-led group

Aramco engineers working in eastern Saudi Arabi. Energy giant Saudi Aramco said it has struck a $12.4-billion deal to sell a minority stake in a newly formed oil pipeline business to a consortium led by US-based EIG Global Energy Partners. - AFPRIYADH: Energy giant Saudi Aramco said it has struck a 12.4-billion-dollar deal to sell a minority stake in a newly formed oil pipeline business to a consortium led by US-based EIG Global Energy Partners....

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Boeing grounds some 737 MAX jets temporarily after 'potential' issue

RENTON, Washington: A Boeing 737 MAX airliner is pictured at the Boeing Factory in Renton, Washington. Boeing said Friday, it had recommended that 16 airlines flying its 737 MAX planes address a "potential electrical issue," a new setback for its top-selling model. - AFPNEW YORK: US aircraft manufacturer Boeing said on Friday it had recommended that 16 airlines flying its 737 MAX planes address a "potential electrical issue" in a new setback for...

WASHINGTON: An activist dressed as Argentina's Evita Peron takes part with others in a rally calling for debt reform during the virtual Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, outside of IMF headquarters in Washington, DC.-AFPn

IMF warns more funding needed to safeguard global economy

WASHINGTON: An activist dressed as Argentina's Evita Peron takes part with others in a rally calling for debt reform during the virtual Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, outside of IMF headquarters in Washington, DC.-AFPWASHINGTON: Warning that the recovery from the pandemic crisis is not yet over, the IMF on Thursday called on policymakers to continue to spend money to shore up the global economy and ensure no...

SHANGHAI: A woman jogging in front of Alibaba headquarters in Hangzhou, some 175 kilometers (110 miles) southwest of Shanghai. Chinese regulators have hit e-commerce giant Alibaba with a massive 18.2 billion yuan ($2.78 billion) fine over practices deemed to be an abuse of the company's dominant market position, state-run media reported yesterday.-AFPn

China hits Alibaba with record $2.78bn fine for market abuses

SHANGHAI: A woman jogging in front of Alibaba headquarters in Hangzhou, some 175 kilometers (110 miles) southwest of Shanghai. Chinese regulators have hit e-commerce giant Alibaba with a massive 18.2 billion yuan ($2.78 billion) fine over practices deemed to be an abuse of the company's dominant market position, state-run media reported yesterday.-AFPSHANGHAI: Chinese regulators hit e-commerce giant Alibaba with a record 18.2 billion yuan ($2.78...

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter unlocks its rotor blades, allowing them to spin freely, on April 7, 2021, the 47th Martian day, or sol, of the mission, captured by the Mastcam-Z imager on NASA's Perseverance Mars rover on the following sol, April 8, 2021. - AFP n

NASA space copter ready for first Mars flight

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter unlocks its rotor blades, allowing them to spin freely, on April 7, 2021, the 47th Martian day, or sol, of the mission, captured by the Mastcam-Z imager on NASA's Perseverance Mars rover on the following sol, April 8, 2021. - AFPThe helicopter that NASA has placed on Mars could make its first flight over the Red Planet within two days after a successful initial test of its rotors, the US space agency said Friday. The...

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