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Migrant worker flower pickers from Romania harvest daffodils on Taylors Bulbs farm near Holbeach in eastern England, on Wednesday. - AFPn

UK denies breaking EU treaty over N Ireland

Migrant worker flower pickers from Romania harvest daffodils on Taylors Bulbs farm near Holbeach in eastern England, on Wednesday. - AFPLONDON: Britain yesterday denied EU accusations it was violating the Brexit divorce treaty after announcing unilateral trade remedies for Northern Ireland. "These are sensible and practical steps," Prime Minister Boris Johnson's official spokesman told reporters after the government said it would extend a...

CANCUN: An American Airlines Airbus 321 is seen at a gate at Cancun International Airport in Cancun, Quintana Roo State, Mexico.-AFPnnn

Airbus says won't lay off staff in Germany, France or UK

CANCUN: An American Airlines Airbus 321 is seen at a gate at Cancun International Airport in Cancun, Quintana Roo State, Mexico.-AFPPARIS: Airbus said yesterday that it would be able to avoid forced redundancies in Germany, France and Britain as the European aircraft maker reels from the fallout of COVID-19 on air travel. The staff situation in Spain, another production site for the aircraft maker, is still uncertain because talks with unions...

HONG KONG: This file photo shows two pedestrians using umbrellas on a promenade that runs along Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. Hong Kong has been removed from an annual index of the world's freest economies yesterday because The Heritage Foundation, the conservative US think-tank that compiles the league table, said the city was now directly controlled by Beijing. - AFPn

Hong Kong removed from economic freedom ranking it once dominated

HONG KONG: This file photo shows two pedestrians using umbrellas on a promenade that runs along Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong. Hong Kong has been removed from an annual index of the world's freest economies yesterday because The Heritage Foundation, the conservative US think-tank that compiles the league table, said the city was now directly controlled by Beijing. - AFPHONG KONG: Hong Kong has been removed from an annual index of the world's...

PARIS: In this file photo, co-founder and CEO of Deliveroo, Will Shu, poses during the launch of first kitchen Deliveroo Editions in Saint-Ouen, outside Paris. - AFPn

Takeaway meals app Deliveroo picks London for share listing

PARIS: In this file photo, co-founder and CEO of Deliveroo, Will Shu, poses during the launch of first kitchen Deliveroo Editions in Saint-Ouen, outside Paris. - AFPLONDON: Takeaway meals app Deliveroo yesterday said it had chosen London for its stock market listing, a major boost for the capital's financial sector which has been roiled by Brexit. Deliveroo, in line with other home-delivery companies, has seen demand soar in the past year owing...

Photo shows Kuwaiti pianist Sarah Maitham Malallah playing the piano at the Lina Bakir for Music and Art Consultancies Academy.—Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat n

Sarah Malallah: Youngest Kuwaiti to win international piano competitions

Photo shows Kuwaiti pianist Sarah Maitham Malallah playing the piano at the Lina Bakir for Music and Art Consultancies Academy.—Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy Sahar MoussaSarah Maitham Malallah is the youngest Kuwaiti pianist to win major competitions outside Kuwait. The six-year-old girl won four competitions from Sept 2020 till Feb 2021. Sarah won first place in the following three countries, Azerbaijan at the Karabakh International Culture &...

HONG KONG: A supporter plays a violin as others line up outside West Kowloon court in Hong Kong yesterday during court appearances by dozens of dissidents charged with subversion in the largest use yet of Beijing's sweeping new national security law. - AFPn

Dozens of Hong Kong dissidents sent to jail

HONG KONG: A supporter plays a violin as others line up outside West Kowloon court in Hong Kong yesterday during court appearances by dozens of dissidents charged with subversion in the largest use yet of Beijing's sweeping new national security law. - AFPHONG KONG: Dozens of Hong Kong dissidents charged with subversion were sent to jail yesterday at the end of a marathon bail hearing that reignited international alarm over China's crackdown on...

VIENNA: Rafael Grossi (right), Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), speaks during a press conference at the agency's headquarters in Vienna yesterday.-AFPn

Europeans drop plan to censure Iran at UN nuclear watchdog

VIENNA: Rafael Grossi (right), Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), speaks during a press conference at the agency's headquarters in Vienna yesterday.-AFPVIENNA: European nations will not go ahead with a planned resolution criticizing Iran at this week's meeting of the UN nuclear watchdog, diplomatic sources said yesterday, as efforts were underway to revive an ailing 2015 deal between Tehran and world powers on its...

A Syrian boy plays on a swing in a destroyed building in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of Damascus. A decade since Arab Spring protests rocked the Middle East and North Africa, many of its youth are in need and at risk, says the UN children's agency's regional director. - AFPn

Lives of youth 'in jeopardy' in Middle East, North Africa

A Syrian boy plays on a swing in a destroyed building in the rebel-held town of Douma, on the eastern outskirts of Damascus. A decade since Arab Spring protests rocked the Middle East and North Africa, many of its youth are in need and at risk, says the UN children's agency's regional director. - AFPAMMAN: A decade since Arab Spring protests rocked the Middle East and North Africa, many of its youth are in need and at risk, says the UN...

SION: A picture in Sion shows Jean-Luc Addor, of the populist right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) posing in his office ahead of a vote by Swiss citizen on Sunday on whether to ban full facial coverings in public places.-AFPn

Swiss to vote on 'burqa ban' plan Sunday amid mixed views

SION: A picture in Sion shows Jean-Luc Addor, of the populist right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP) posing in his office ahead of a vote by Swiss citizen on Sunday on whether to ban full facial coverings in public places.-AFPGENEVA: Switzerland votes Sunday on whether to ban full facial coverings in public places, despite women in Islamic full-face veils being an exceptionally rare sight in Swiss streets. Polls indicate a slim majority support...

LONDON: A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson taking part in the weekly Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) at the House of Commons in London.-AFPn

UK, others agree to fast-track adapted vaccines

LONDON: A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson taking part in the weekly Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) at the House of Commons in London.-AFPLONDON: Modified vaccines designed to protect against emerging coronavirus variants will get fast-track approval under a pact announced yesterday by medicines regulators in Britain and four other...

In this file photo, Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Queen Elizabeth II's 99-year-old husband Prince Philip has undergone a successful heart procedure, Buckingham Palace said yesterday. - AFPn

Prince Philip has 'successful' heart procedure

In this file photo, Britain's Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. Queen Elizabeth II's 99-year-old husband Prince Philip has undergone a successful heart procedure, Buckingham Palace said yesterday. - AFPLONDON: Queen Elizabeth II's 99-year-old husband Prince Philip has undergone a successful heart procedure, Buckingham Palace said yesterday after he was transferred to a cardiac unit in London. Royal officials said the Duke of Edinburgh, as he is...

MANDALAY: People attend the funeral procession for protester Kyal Sin, in Mandalay yesterday a day after she was shot in the head while taking part in a demonstration against the military coup. - AFPn

'Everything will be ok': Myanmar mourns teen killed protesting

MANDALAY: People attend the funeral procession for protester Kyal Sin, in Mandalay yesterday a day after she was shot in the head while taking part in a demonstration against the military coup. - AFPMANDALAY, Myanmar: Kyal Sin always let her clothes do the talking-at one Myanmar anti-coup rally, she taped a sign onto the back of her black jacket: "We need democracy. Justice for Myanmar. Respect our votes." Weeks later, when the 19-year-old was...

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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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GAZA: In this March 25, 2017 photo, Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar (right) and Ismail Haniyeh attend the funeral of slain Hamas official Mazen Faqha in Gaza City. - AFP

Hamas names Sinwar new chief

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WEYMOUTH: A police officer restrains a protester during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists in Weymouth, on the southwest coast of England where the Bibby Stockholm migrant accommodation barge is moored, on August 4, 2024. — AFP

No end in sight for UK riots

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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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Senior military officers discuss security issues