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PALM BEACH, Florida: In this file photo taken on March 7, 2020, US President Donald Trump speaks with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at Mar-a-Lago. - AFP n

Bolsonaro increasingly isolated as Trump leaves

PALM BEACH, Florida: In this file photo taken on March 7, 2020, US President Donald Trump speaks with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at Mar-a-Lago. - AFPBRASILIA, Brazil: When Jair Bolsonaro became Brazil's president in January 2019 he nurtured relationships with other like-minded, far-right governments, but as the political tide turns he now finds himself and his country increasingly isolated. Boasting close ties with US President Donald...

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World's oldest known cave painting found in Indonesia

This undated handout photo shows the Leang Tedongnge cave in Sulawesi, Indonesia.-AFP photosArchaeologists have discovered the world's oldest known cave painting: a life-sized picture of a wild pig that was made at least 45,500 years ago in Indonesia. The finding described in the journal Science Advances on Wednesday provides the earliest evidence of human settlement of the region. Co-author Maxime Aubert of Australia's Griffith University told...

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Beyond blackface: Paris Opera tackles race cliches in repertoire

In this file photo Dancers participate in a dress rehearsal of the ballet "Le Corsaire" by composer Adolphe Adam and directed by Alexei Ratmanski on the stage of Bolshoi theater in Moscow.-AFPHas the rarefied world of French ballet come under the sway of American-style "cancel culture?" The director of Paris Opera, home also to France's top ballet company, has been accused of political correctness "gone mad" for appearing to suggest he will no...

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COVID-19 drastically changed people's lifestyles, but not always negatively

By Nawara FattahovaThe pandemic has persisted for much longer than we expected when it first reached Kuwait. Everybody thought it's a matter of a few weeks and then it'll be over, but the coronavirus is among us till today. It's been more than 10 months since the first case was discovered in Kuwait, with the spread of COVID-19 completely changing our lives. The pandemic has been a disaster for some people, a negative change for most people, but...

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German crematorium struggles in pandemic

MEISSEN, Germany: Employees move coffins with the lettering 'corona' through the mourning hall before cremation at a crematorium on Wednesday. - AFPMEISSEN, Germany: Some coffins are marked "infection risk", others have "corona" scrawled in chalk, many have the box for "no memorial service" ticked, though the hall for such ceremonies has been turned into a temporary mortuary anyway. As Germany's Meissen crematorium struggles to cope with an...

TUNIS: Cafes and shops are shuttered in the capital amid a lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic yesterday as the country marks 10 years since its revolution. - AFP n

Locked-down Tunisia marks decade since dictator's fall

TUNIS: Cafes and shops are shuttered in the capital amid a lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic yesterday as the country marks 10 years since its revolution. - AFPTUNIS: Tunisia marked 10 years yesterday since its street revolution sent autocratic ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fleeing into exile, but few are celebrating amid a lockdown as COVID-19 cases spiral. Habib Bourguiba Avenue, a symbol of the revolution in the capital Tunis, was...

LA CANADA REAL, Spain: Yolanda Martin, 47, stands in the living room of her house in sector 6 of this shantytown on the outskirts of Madrid on Jan 12, 2021 following a heavy snowstorm. - AFP n

Historic snowfall chills Madrid slum to the bones

LA CANADA REAL, Spain: Yolanda Martin, 47, stands in the living room of her house in sector 6 of this shantytown on the outskirts of Madrid on Jan 12, 2021 following a heavy snowstorm. - AFPMADRID: "We're not animals but dogs live better than us," sighs Lidia Arribas, who lives without electricity in a vast slum near Madrid where temperatures hit historic lows this week. Days after its heaviest snowfall in 50 years, Madrid woke on Tuesday to its...

WUHAN: Vladimir G Dedkov (center), a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, boards a bus following the team's arrival yesterday.-AFP n

China logs first COVID death in eight months

WUHAN: Vladimir G Dedkov (center), a member of the World Health Organization (WHO) team investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, boards a bus following the team's arrival yesterday.-AFPWUHAN: China recorded its first COVID-19 death in eight months yesterday, as experts huddled to discuss worrying new strains of the coronavirus that are spreading rapidly around the globe. The gathering in Geneva of the World Health Organization's...

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Ooredoo launches offers on Samsung Galaxy S21 Series 5G

KUWAIT: It's another turning point in the history of Ooredoo Kuwait and Samsung, and no wonder they outperform themselves with every new product and offer they launch. People have their eyes prospecting on the companies' latest products and offerings, in which both are rewarding their customers in a unique way.For the first time, Ooredoo Kuwait starts its preorders on the latest Samsung Galaxy S21 Series 5G - which was announced by Samsung live...

WOLFSBURG, Germany: This file photo taken on Dec 4, 2018 shows Volkswagen cars presented at the carmaker's storage facility auto tower. - AFP n

German economy sees biggest blow since 2009 financial crisis

WOLFSBURG, Germany: This file photo taken on Dec 4, 2018 shows Volkswagen cars presented at the carmaker's storage facility auto tower. - AFPFRANKFURT: Germany's economy suffered its biggest contraction last year since the 2009 financial crash, as it was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, official data showed yesterday. Output shrank 5.0 percent year-on-year, as "almost all economic sectors were markedly affected by the corona pandemic", the...

HAVANA: Cuban Yasser Gonzalez uses his cell phone to connect to the Internet at the Malecon on Nov 24, 2020. - AFP n

Mobile Net: Cuba's new revolution

HAVANA: Cuban Yasser Gonzalez uses his cell phone to connect to the Internet at the Malecon on Nov 24, 2020. - AFPHAVANA: Since arriving in Cuba just two years ago, mobile Internet has revolutionized life here - helping people find food, fuel and even medicine amid crippling shortages, and helping them organize protests in a country where waving a placard can land you in deep trouble. Many in the Americas' only communist-ruled state now wonder...

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Indonesian plane crash follows years of reforms

Divers bringing up a bag filled with body parts to a search and rescue boat off the coast north of Jakarta yesterday. - AFPSINGAPORE: The mystery plunge of a passenger jet into the sea is another dark chapter in Indonesia's horror aviation history, although safety standards have improved in recent years, analysts say. The Southeast Asian archipelago is one of the world's fastest-growing aviation markets, with air transport vital in connecting...

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