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WASHINGTON, DC: Congress staffers barricade themselves after Trump supporters stormed inside the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Wednesday.-AFPn
US businesses slam Capitol 'chaos'
WASHINGTON, DC: Congress staffers barricade themselves after Trump supporters stormed inside the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Wednesday.-AFPWASHINGTON: Major US corporations and businesses groups yesterday condemned the occupation of the US Capitol by rioters angry at President Donald Trump's election defeat, with one organization raising the possibility of the president being removed from office. The statements came on a shocking day for the...
MANCHESTER: A pedestrian walks past an anti-Brexit poster in Manchester, north west England. - AFPn
Future of UK's key financial services industry uncertain
MANCHESTER: A pedestrian walks past an anti-Brexit poster in Manchester, north west England. - AFPLONDON: While Britain's post-Brexit trade deal with the EU has at last been reached, the future of the country's key financial services industry is uncertain ahead of bilateral talks. London and Brussels finally clinched a deal over Christmas ahead of Britain's formal divorce from the European Union on December 31.Britain then departed from the EU...
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Twitter and Facebook suspend Trump over Capitol attack posts
SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter and Facebook suspended Donald Trump on Wednesday over posts accused of inflaming violence in the US Capitol, as social media scrambled to respond to mayhem by supporters buying into his baseless attacks on the integrity of the election. The unprecedented sanctions came after the president took to social media to repeat his numerous false claims about fraud and other impropriety in the election he lost to Joe Biden. "This is...
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Cannes says film festival may be put off till summer
The Cannes Film Festival, the world's biggest, may be pushed back to the summer this year from its usual May date because of the Covid crisis, organisers said Wednesday. The festival, scheduled for May 11 to 22, "will certainly take place in 2021", a spokeswoman told AFP, but could be postponed to a time between the end of June and the end of July.The festival was cancelled last year, while rival European events in Berlin and Venice went ahead...
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SAG Awards bosses 'disappointed' about Grammy date clash
SAG Awards bosses are "extremely disappointed" the Grammy Awards have been rescheduled for the same day as their ceremony. SAG-AFTRA - who stage the annual Screen Actors Guild honours, which recognise excellence in TV and film performance - announced last July they would be delaying the 2021 event from their usual January slot to 14 March this year, and so are unimpressed when producers of music's biggest night revealed this week their own...
Photo shows Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel. -- Rex Featuresn
Coco Chanel's final days still fascinate 50 years on
Photo shows Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel. - Rex FeaturesThe greatest fashion designer of the 20th century, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, died suddenly in her suite at the swish Hotel Ritz in Paris half a century ago this week. The woman whose designs still shape what we wear today, died at 9:00 pm on January 10, 1971. Despite it being a Sunday, the 87-year-old was working on a new collection, which was shown a fortnight after her death.A perfectionist to...
In this file photo taken on January 1, 1960 French fashion designer Coco Chanel poses onboard of a plane at Paris airport.-AFP n
Strong whiff of wartime scandal clings to Coco Chanel
In this file photo taken on January 1, 1960 French fashion designer Coco Chanel poses onboard of a plane at Paris airport. - AFPWhen Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel died in her suite at the Ritz in Paris 50 years ago this week, the world mourned the greatest fashion designer of the century. What no one mentioned was that Chanel had spent World War II in the luxury hotel with her German officer lover working as a spy for both German military intelligence...
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Amir bestows FM with Order of Kuwait
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah decorates Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah with the Order of Kuwait of the First Class as HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah looks on at Bayan Palace yesterday. - KUNA KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah decorated Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah with the Order of Kuwait of the First...
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Amir receives letter from Crown Prince on success of GCC summit
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. His Highness the Amir also received National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem, His Highness Sheikh...
A man arranges newspapers on a stand outside a shop in the Qatari capital Doha showing headlines about the summit of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the Saudi desert city of Al-Ula, on January 6, 2020, which saw Qatar's relations restored with Gulf nations. - Saudi Arabia and its allies have restored full relations with Qatar, Riyadh said yesterday after a landmark summit, ending a damaging rift that erupted in 2017.nFour nations, led by Saudi, cut ties and transport links with Qatar in June that year, alleging it backed radical Islamist groups and was too close to Riyadh's rival Iran -- allegations Doha denied. (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR / AFP)
Kuwait's Amir calls Saudi King, Qatar's Father Amir
DOHA: A man arranges newspapers on a stand outside a shop in the Qatari capital Doha showing headlines about the summit of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in the Saudi desert city of Al-Ula. - AFP KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Tuesday conducted a telephone call with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. During the call, His Highness the Amir expressed his appreciation to the King for...
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Kuwait shisha café owners demand action to save their livelihoods
KUWAIT: Shisha café owners stage a protest in front of the National Assembly on Tuesday. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Although the number of COVID-19 infections has dropped and the situation is stable in Kuwait, some businesses haven't reopened since they were forced to shut down in March 2020. These include cinemas, nurseries, shisha cafes and exhibition halls. Most owners of these businesses are facing bankruptcy and...
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Govt shuns Assembly session amid reports of resignation
The National Assembly By B IzzakKUWAIT: The government yesterday boycotted a National Assembly session, apparently in protest over an opposition-led grilling of the prime minister, prompting the cancellation of the session amid reports that the Cabinet has resigned. MPs, local media and online news bulletins reported HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah tendered the resignation of his Cabinet formed just three weeks...
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NOTTINGHAM: Protesters are detained on Aug 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' demonstration. - AFP
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GAZA: A woman mourns over the bodies of children killed in Zionist bombardment on the Hassan Salama and Al-Nasser schools housing displaced Palestinians on Aug 4, 2024 at the at Al-Ahli Arab hospital, also known as the Baptist hospital in Gaza City. - AFP
Bloodbath in Gaza as region boils
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DHAKA: A garment store is set ablaze amid protests on Aug 4, 2024. - AFP
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MUMBAI: A vendor counts a wad of Indian rupees. - AFP
Indian rupee hits record low amid geopolitical jitters