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MOSCOW: Police detain a man during a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow yesterday. - AFPn
Massive clampdown on Navalny protesters
MOSCOW: Police detain a man during a rally in support of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow yesterday. - AFPMOSCOW: Police detained hundreds of people across Russia and blocked off the center of Moscow yesterday in a massive clampdown on protests demanding the release of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. From Vladivostok in the Far East to Saint Petersburg on the Baltic Sea, thousands of police in riot gear were deployed to...
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to welcome Transition Mali President for a working lunch at the Elysee presidential Palace on January 27, 2021 in Paris.n
Macron gambles by saying 'non' to a third lockdown
French President Emmanuel Macron arrives to welcome Transition Mali President for a working lunch at the Elysee presidential Palace on January 27, 2021 in Paris.PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has gambled by not imposing a third national lockdown to contain COVID-19 -- against expectations and the advice of his most senior scientific advisers. The 43-year-old leader opted to tighten existing restrictions on travel and shopping at a...
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Britain opens visa scheme for millions of Hong Kongers
HONG KONG : This file photo shows people queuing to apply for British National (Overseas) passport, or "BNO", outside Hong Kong's Immigration Department building in the Wanchai district of Hong Kong.-AFPHONG KONG: A new visa scheme offering millions of Hong Kongers a pathway to British citizenship went live yesterday as the city's former colonial master opens its doors to those wanting to escape China's crackdown on dissent. Anyone with a...
JERUSALEM: A Palestinian woman receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Clalit Health Services in the Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.-AFP n
Israel says to send 5,000 vaccine to Palestinians
JERUSALEM: A Palestinian woman receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Clalit Health Services in the Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.-AFPJERUSALEM: Israel's defense ministry said yesterday that it would send 5,000 coronavirus vaccine doses to the Palestinian Authority to inoculate medical personnel, following global calls for Israel to ensure Palestinians are vaccinated. "I confirm we are going to send 5,000 vaccines to medical teams...
HANOI, Vietnam : This picture shows Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (second right) congratulating the new Communist Party general secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (center left) after his re-election during the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) 13th National Congress in Hanoi, as other nominated top party leaders Vuong Dinh Hue (right), Pham Minh Chinh (second left) and Vo Van Thuong (left) applaud.-AFP n
Vietnam re-elects party leader Trong after congress
HANOI, Vietnam: This picture shows Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (second right) congratulating the new Communist Party general secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (center) after his re-election during the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) 13th National Congress in Hanoi, as other nominated top party leaders Vuong Dinh Hue (right), Pham Minh Chinh (second left) and Vo Van Thuong (left) applaud.-AFPHANOI, Vietnam: Vietnam's ruling Communist...
An audio statement reportedly from Debretsion Gebremichael, president of Tigray, was aired Saturday night via US-based Tigray Media House. - AFP n
Ousted Tigray leader breaks long silence
An audio statement reportedly from Debretsion Gebremichael, president of Tigray, was aired Saturday night via US-based Tigray Media House. - AFPADDIS ABABA: A Tigrayan media outlet has released a recording of what it said is the ousted leader of Ethiopia's conflict-hit region, in which he issues a fresh call to arms in what would be his first public statement in nearly two months. AFP could not independently verify the authenticity of the audio...
RIO DE JANEIRO: Players of Palmeiras celebrate with the trophy on the podium after winning the Copa Libertadores football tournament by defeating Santos 1-0 in the all-Brazilian final match at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday. - AFPn
Breno heads late winner as Palmeiras sink Santos to win Copa Libertadores
RIO DE JANEIRO: Players of Palmeiras celebrate with the trophy on the podium after winning the Copa Libertadores football tournament by defeating Santos 1-0 in the all-Brazilian final match at Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Saturday. - AFPRIO DE JANEIRO: Breno Lopes scored in the ninth minute of injury time as Palmeiras won their second Copa Libertadores title on Saturday with a 1-0 victory over Brazilian rivals Santos at Rio de...
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti shooters participate in the Asian Online Shooting Championship.
Kuwait bags three medals at Asian shooting tourney
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti shooters participate in the Asian Online Shooting Championship.By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait's shooting team on Saturday won three silver medals at the Asian Online Shooting Championship organized by the Kuwait Shooting Federation. The event featured more than 400 shooters from 22 countries. Kuwait's shooter Saud Habib came second winning the silver at Men's Skeet competition. Habib's compatriot Nasser Al-Maqlad also ranked...
MARSEILLE: A security agent walks at the entrance of Olympique de Marseille' Robert-Louis-Dreyfus training centre (formally known as La Commanderie) in Marseille, southeastern France yesterday, the morning after angry fans broke in. - AFPn
Marseille match postponed after 'savage' fans attack training ground
MARSEILLE: A security agent walks at the entrance of Olympique de Marseille' Robert-Louis-Dreyfus training centre (formally known as La Commanderie) in Marseille, southeastern France yesterday, the morning after angry fans broke in. - AFPMARSEILLE: Marseille hit out at a "frenzy of violence" as their game against Rennes in France's Ligue 1 on Saturday was postponed after hundreds of angry supporters broke into the club's training ground and...
Artist Jonas Never (@never1959) paints a mural of Senator Bernie Sanders in Culver City, California.-AFP n
Bernie's mitten maker finds manufacturer to fill order deluge
Artist Jonas Never (@never1959) paints a mural of Senator Bernie Sanders in Culver City, California.-AFPA Vermont schoolteacher whose homemade mittens went viral after Senator Bernie Sanders wore them at President Joe Biden's inauguration has found a manufacturer to fulfill the resulting thousands of orders for her cozy gloves. "I have amazing news! I'm partnering with Vermont Teddy Bear to make Bernie's Mittens for EVERYONE!!" Jennifer Ellis...
A man inspects palm wicker products on display, made by Haleema Mohamed.
Peace in troubled Libya brings back traditional weavers
A man inspects palm wicker products on display, made by Haleema Mohamed.In front of a bundle of palm fronds, Halima Mohamad squats down to weave in an abandoned school in Tawergha, a town once a flashpoint in Libya's decade-long war. Mohamad makes baskets from date palm leaves, using traditional skills handed down over the generations and reconnecting her to a way of life nearly destroyed by the chaos of conflict. "We must preserve this heritage...
Swedish Sandra Fogel awaits to watch a movie alone among empty seats in a cinema hall during the Gothenburg Film Festival.n
Swedish film festival offers nurse an isolated, island cinema for a week
Swedish Sandra Fogel awaits to watch a movie alone among empty seats in a cinema hall during the Gothenburg Film Festival.A front-line Swedish nurse is getting some COVID downtime with a week of private screenings of the Gothenburg film festival, in a former lighthouse off the country's west coast. More than 12,000 candidates from 45 countries applied to watch the festival's films in almost near isolation on an island 400 kilometers (250 miles)...
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MUMBAI: A vendor counts a wad of Indian rupees. - AFP
Indian rupee hits record low amid geopolitical jitters
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Flag of Kuwait, visa application form and passport on table
Why small-scale project visas can be problematic
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KUWAIT: Kuwaitis walk inside the Avenues Mall, the country’s largest shopping centre. The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) issued the latest detailed statistics on population and employment at the end of June 2024. The data shows that total population in Kuwait reached 4.919 million people. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait population hits 4.919 million
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DHAKA: Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace on Aug 5, 2024. - AFP
People power rocks Bangladesh
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Al-Sawaber Complex
Kuwait’s historic buildings should be preserved