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CINCINNATI: The Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals fight in the fourth inning over a run by Nick Castellanos of the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park on Saturday in Cincinnati, Ohio. - AFPnn

Reds beat Cardinals in game marked by fourth-inning scuffle

CINCINNATI: The Cincinnati Reds and St. Louis Cardinals fight in the fourth inning over a run by Nick Castellanos of the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park on Saturday in Cincinnati, Ohio. - AFPLOS ANGELES: Cincinnati's Nick Castellanos, irked after he took a pitch to the ribs, couldn't resist a post-run preen that sparked an extended scuffle in the Reds' 9-6 Major League Baseball victory over the St Louis Cardinals on Saturday. The...

SAN FRANCISCO, California: A fully loaded container ship sits idle in the San Francisco Bay just outside of the Port of Oakland in San Francisco, California.-AFPn

Logjam deepens at the world's ports as pandemic hits shipping

SAN FRANCISCO, California: A fully loaded container ship sits idle in the San Francisco Bay just outside of the Port of Oakland in San Francisco, California. - AFPLIANYUNGANG, China: Towering cranes work overtime swinging containers from cargo vessels in the eastern Chinese port of Lianyungang, racing to keep ahead of a perfect storm unleashed by the pandemic that has created gridlock in global shipping. As the huge containers were flung onto...

Mexican farmers from Chiapas sort harvested green plantains for distribution at a plantation warehouse in Guanica, Puerto Rico.-afpn

Puerto Rico welcomes Mexican workers as locals eye COVID aid

Mexican farmers from Chiapas sort harvested green plantains for distribution at a plantation warehouse in Guanica, Puerto Rico. - AFPGUANICA, Puerto Rico: Abigain Sebastian is delighted to make $7.25 an hour toiling under Puerto Rico's hot sun tying the stalks of tomato plants. Back home in Mexico, he got even dollars for an entire day's work. "This is really good. For what we're used to, this is perfect," said the 22-year old-one among a wave...

This handout photo taken and released by Dawei Watch yesterday shows a protester holding an overturned alms bowl while taking part in a demonstration against the military coup in Dawei. - AFPnn

Myanmar workers strike to force junta's hand

This handout photo taken and released by Dawei Watch yesterday shows a protester holding an overturned alms bowl while taking part in a demonstration against the military coup in Dawei. - AFPBANGKOK: Tens of thousands of Myanmar workers have gone on strike over the past two months, hoping that economic paralysis will force the hand of the wealthy generals who ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1. Bank employees, doctors,...

The (center) carriage carrying the mummy of Pharaoh Amenhotep I (1525-1504 BC).

'Golden Parade' carries pharaohs to new home in Egyptian capital

The carriages carrying 22 ancient Egyptian royal mummies depart from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo's Tahrir Square, during a parade on their way to their new resting place at the new National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) about seven kilometers south in historic Fustat (Old Cairo). -AFPA procession of floats carried the mummified remains of 22 pharaohs, including Egypt's most powerful ancient queen, through Cairo Saturday evening, in an...

Xenia Katzurke, behavioral therapist for dogs at the Tierheim Berlin animal shelter, holds an American Staffordshire Terrier Mix called Marti, as she speaks to reporters on the grounds of the animal shelter in Berlin.-AFP photosn

Furry friends help Germans ease pandemic blues

Xenia Katzurke, behavioral therapist for dogs at the Tierheim Berlin animal shelter, holds an American Staffordshire Terrier Mix called Marti, as she speaks to reporters on the grounds of the animal shelter in Berlin.-AFP photosMarkus Salomon and his family had been thinking about getting a dog for years, but it was the coronavirus pandemic that finally pushed them to bring home one-year-old mixed breed Uschi. "The pandemic is of course a time...

In this file photo rapper DMX performs at Masters Of Ceremony 2019 at Barclays Center in New York City. -AFP n

Rapper DMX on life support after heart attack

In this file photo rapper DMX performs at Masters Of Ceremony 2019 at Barclays Center in New York City. - AFPGritty US rapper DMX was hospitalized and on life support Saturday after a heart attack, his lawyer Murray Richman told AFP. "He was hospitalized at 11 o'clock last night at the hospital in White Plains," the New York suburb where he lives, after suffering "a heart attack," Richman, who has represented the rapper for 25 years, told AFP....

Bosnian citizens rest after receiving a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at one of Belgrade's vaccination center.-AFP n

Vaccine tourists welcome as Serbians say 'no thanks' to jabs

Bosnian citizens rest after receiving a dose of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at one of Belgrade's vaccination center. - AFPWhile most of the world struggles to secure enough COVID-19 vaccines, Serbia faces a different battle-how to persuade its citizens to get the life-saving shot. The small Balkan country has so many vaccines available it has even offered jabs to any foreigner who can get themself there, sparking an influx of thousands of...

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumarn

Actor Akshay tests positive as India virus surge worsens

Bollywood actor Akshay KumarMUMBAI: Bollywood star Akshay Kumar said yesterday he has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the latest Indian celebrity to contract the virus as the vast nation battles a new wave of cases. India reported 93,249 new daily infections yesterday, according to health ministry data, the highest increase since September, taking the total known cases to almost 12.5 million."I wish to inform everyone that, earlier this...

PESHAWAR: A water cannon is used to disinfect St John's Cathedral Church as a preventive measure against COVID-19 on the eve of Easter yesterday. - AFP n

Millions face Easter under virus curbs as cases surge

PESHAWAR: A water cannon is used to disinfect St John's Cathedral Church as a preventive measure against COVID-19 on the eve of Easter yesterday. - AFPROME: Millions of Christians around the world were yesterday facing another Easter weekend under restrictions because of coronavirus surges, but there was good news from the hard-hit United States as it crossed the milestone of 100 million vaccinations. There have been worrying spikes in...

WASHINGTON: Law enforcement investigate the scene after a vehicle charged a barricade at the US Capitol on Friday. - AFP n

Officer killed in US Capitol car ramming

WASHINGTON: Law enforcement investigate the scene after a vehicle charged a barricade at the US Capitol on Friday. - AFPWASHINGTON: A US Capitol police officer was killed and a second injured Friday after a vehicle rammed through security and crashed into a barrier at the Washington complex, forcing it into lockdown less than three months after a mob assault on Congress. Capitol Police shot dead the driver after he jumped out of the car and...

TIMBUKTU: Outgoing ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda (center) visits the Djinguereber Mosque of Tombouctou on March 31, 2021. – AFP n

US lifts Trump sanctions on ICC prosecutor

TIMBUKTU: Outgoing ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda (center) visits the Djinguereber Mosque of Tombouctou on March 31, 2021. – AFPWASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden on Friday revoked sanctions imposed by Donald Trump on the top prosecutor of the International Criminal Court as the new administration seeks a more cooperative approach, resolving an intense disagreement with European allies. Former secretary of state Mike Pompeo last year denounced...

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KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah holds talks with senior defense ministry officials on Aug 7, 2024. - KUNA

Kuwait army alert, govt prepared

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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.

A forgotten courtesy: The silent struggle of Kuwait’s expatriates

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PARIS: Bangladesh's finance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is escorted by French police personnel as he arrives at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport on Aug 7, 2024, enroute to Bangladesh, where he is set to lead a caretaker government. - AFP

Yunus: Get ready to build Bangladesh

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The second phase of the Avenues Roads Project, the exit leading to the Fifth Ring Road towards Jahra and the opposite U-turn. – KUNA photos

Second phase of roads project leading to The Avenues mall opened

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Video grab taken from a video footage shows rescuers helping a person out of a hotel that partly collapsed on August 7, 2024 in Kroev, western Germany, killing one person and burying eight others. - A floor in the hotel in Kroev, a town some 110 kilometres (68 miles) west of Frankfurt, collapsed for unknown reasons, police said in a statement. Of the 14 people inside at the time, five managed to get out. — AFP

One dead, several buried in German hotel collapse