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Big companies feel heat as US voting rights debate intensifies

Ed BastianNEW YORK: Facing boycott threats over their earlier public neutrality on a new voting rights law in Georgia, Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola on Wednesday publicly slammed the state measure and vowed to work to ensure better ballot access. Delta chief executive Ed Bastian called the new Georgia state law "unacceptable" in a memo to staff, while Coca-Cola chief James Quincey said in a broadcast interview the controversial measure was "a...

ORANGE, California: Police officers stand outside an office building where multiple people were killed in a shooting in Orange, California on Wednesday. - AFPn

Four people shot dead in California

ORANGE, California: Police officers stand outside an office building where multiple people were killed in a shooting in Orange, California on Wednesday. - AFPORANGE: Four people, including a child, were shot and killed Wednesday evening at an office building in Southern California, police said. It is the third such shooting in the United States in weeks, with 18 people killed in two separate gun violence incidents in March. The shooter, whose...

RIYADH: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (second right) and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhemi (right) reviewing guard of honor at the start of a visit in the kingdom. - AFPn

Iraq PM Kadhemi seeks to soothe security concerns on Saudi visit

RIYADH: Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (second right) and Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhemi (right) reviewing guard of honor at the start of a visit in the kingdom. - AFPRIYADH: Iraq will never become a launchpad for attacks on Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhemi pledged Wednesday during a long-awaited visit to the kingdom aimed at forging closer economic and security ties. In January, explosive-laden drones crashed into the...

KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories: Wife of Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails Mohammad Al-Qudra, Iman, 30, holds their newborn boy --AFP n

Palestinians fathering children from inside Israeli prison walls

KHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories: Wife of Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails Mohammad Al-Qudra, Iman, 30, holds their newborn boy - AFPKHAN YUNIS, Palestinian Territories: Cradling her newborn son in a thick white blanket on the patio of her Gaza home, Iman Al-Qudra knows it will be years before her baby boy, Mujahid, meets his father. Her husband Mohammad Al-Qudra has been imprisoned in Israel since 2014, and for Iman to get pregnant his...

TRIPOLI: Prisoners of war, loyal to the forces of Libya's eastern military strongman Khalifa Haftar, are pictured upon their release by the new Libyan unity government on Wednesday in the port city of Zawiya.-AFPn

Libya authorities release 120 captured pro-Haftar fighters

TRIPOLI: Prisoners of war, loyal to the forces of Libya's eastern military strongman Khalifa Haftar, are pictured upon their release by the new Libyan unity government on Wednesday in the port city of Zawiya.-AFPZAWIYAH, Libya: Authorities in western Libya released 120 fighters from a rival eastern force on Wednesday, the latest move towards reconciliation in a UN-backed peace process aimed at ending years of violence. The men were fighting for...

ANKARA: A women waits to receive the COVID-19 vaccine yesterday.-AFPn

Amid virus surge, WHO says Europe vaccine rollout 'unacceptably slow'

ANKARA: A women waits to receive the COVID-19 vaccine yesterday.-AFPCOPENHAGEN: The World Health Organization yesterday slammed Europe's vaccine rollout as "unacceptably slow" which it said was prolonging the pandemic as the region sees a "worrying" surge in coronavirus infections. "Vaccines present our best way out of this pandemic... However, the rollout of these vaccines is unacceptably slow," WHO director for Europe Hans Kluge said in a...

ROMA: The entrance to a border crossing in the southern Texas border city of Roma. The 11,000 inhabitants of the Texas border town Roma have been living with illegal immigrants for decades. - AFPn

Roma, Texas: Border town at center of immigration wave

ROMA: The entrance to a border crossing in the southern Texas border city of Roma. The 11,000 inhabitants of the Texas border town Roma have been living with illegal immigrants for decades. - AFPROMA, US: Around midnight, Silvia hears the doorbell ring at her home in the small community of Roma, Texas, where she is a teacher. When she answers the door, she finds a young girl, soaked and begging for help. Silvia lives opposite a sandy path that...

BALTIMORE: The Baltimore Sun building is seen in Baltimore, Maryland. Even as US newspapers sink toward an abyss, an unusual bidding war has broken out for a major chain, pitting hedge fund operators against civic-minded billionaires seeking to promote a nonprofit model for the struggling industry. -AFPn

As US newspapers slide toward abyss, a bidding war breaks out

BALTIMORE: The Baltimore Sun building is seen in Baltimore, Maryland. Even as US newspapers sink toward an abyss, an unusual bidding war has broken out for a major chain, pitting hedge fund operators against civic-minded billionaires seeking to promote a nonprofit model for the struggling industry. - AFPWASHINGTON: Even as US newspapers sink toward an abyss, an unusual bidding war has broken out for a major chain, pitting hedge fund operators...

MANDALAY: This photo taken and received courtesy of an anonymous source via Facebook yesterday shows protesters taking part in a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay. - AFPn

Suu Kyi faces court as UN envoy warns of Myanmar civil war

MANDALAY: This photo taken and received courtesy of an anonymous source via Facebook yesterday shows protesters taking part in a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay. - AFPYANGON: Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi faced a court hearing yesterday, after a UN envoy warned of the risk of civil war and an imminent "bloodbath" as the junta represses pro-democracy protests. More than 535 people have died in daily...

NANDIGRAM, India: Voters stand in a line to cast their vote outside a polling station during Phase 2 of West Bengal's legislative election in Nandigram yesterday.-AFPn

Two dead as fresh wave of violence hits India state poll

NANDIGRAM, India: Voters stand in a line to cast their vote outside a polling station during Phase 2 of West Bengal's legislative election in Nandigram yesterday.-AFPNANDIGRAM, India: Two people died as the second phase of voting in a violence-marred Indian state election kicked off yesterday, officials said, with crowds of opponents clashing on the streets despite a ban on large gatherings. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu-nationalist party...

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How do you like your eggs? Rome chef's elegant answer for Easter

Pastry chef Walter Musco poses for pictures with Easter chocolate eggs sculpted to pay tribute to different artists, in his pastry shop "Pasticceria Bompiani", in Rome. - AFP photosIn a working-class neighborhood of Rome, crowds gather in front of a pastry shop window to see sumptuous Easter eggs turned into works of art. Laid out like brightly coloured pieces of jewelry, each of Walter Musco's chocolate eggs is created as a tribute to a...

Istrian goats and a buck are seen at a meadow close to Milohanics' family farm house in Veleniki.-AFP photosn

Croatia acts to save its iconic Istrian goat

Istrian goats and a buck are seen at a meadow close to Milohanics' family farm house in Veleniki.-AFPWith wavy horns and a sturdy build, the Istrian goat stands proudly on Croatia's national flag. But in the pastures where the white-furred animal hails from, the breed is almost nowhere to be seen. For centuries, the domestic goat was a staple of rural life in Croatia's Istria peninsula, an enchanting region home to rolling hills and picturesque...

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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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ALDERSHOT: Protesters hold placards during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists near a hotel housing asylum seekers in Aldershot on August 4, 2024. — AFP

Musk fans flames of anti-Muslim riots, spars with UK govt

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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