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In this picture taken on November 1, 2020, a boy sits near a bag filled with saffron flowers in a saffron field as farmers work nearby in Pampore, south of Srinagar. - Dry conditions blamed on climate change have seen yields of the world's most expensive spice by weight down by half in the last two decades, threatening the future of a cash crop that has brought wealth to the region for 2,500 years. (Photo by Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP) / To go with AFP story India-Kashmir-economy-climate-saffron, FOCUS by Parvaiz Bukhair
Climate change hits Kashmir's 'red gold' saffron crop
PAMPORE: In this picture taken on November 1, 2020, a boy sits near a bag filled with saffron flowers in a saffron field as farmers work nearby in Pampore, south of Srinagar. - AFP PAMPORE, India: On sweeping fields once blanketed in lush purple, a thin and bedraggled crop of flowers is all farmers in Indian-administered Kashmir's saffron-growing region Pampore have to show for this year's harvest. Dry conditions blamed on climate change have...
Freight lorries are parked at a truck stop off the M20 leading to Dover near Folkestone in Kent, south east England on December 22, 2020, after France closed its borders to accompanied freight arriving from the UK due to the rapid spread of a new coronavirus strain. - Britain sought to sound a note of calm saying they were working as fast as possible to unblock trade across the Channel after France shut its borders to UK hauliers in a bid to contain a new variant of the coronavirus. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
UK mulling virus tests for truckers to get freight flowing with France
KENT: Freight lorries are parked at a truck stop off the M20 leading to Dover near Folkestone in Kent, south east England yesterday after France closed its borders to accompanied freight arriving from the UK due to the rapid spread of a new coronavirus strain. - AFP LONDON: The British government said yesterday it was considering tests for truckers as part of talks with French authorities to allow the resumption of freight traffic suspended due...
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MEIRA Kuwait Chapter raises awareness about MSCI upgrade
KUWAIT: The Middle East Investor Relations Association (MEIRA) and its Kuwait Chapter successfully held an online seminar to raise awareness of the key implications for Kuwaiti listed companies in light of the recent inclusion of the Kuwait capital market in the MSCI Emerging Markets Indices.The session, which was organized in collaboration with Boursa Kuwait and the Union of Investment Companies, was attended by around 100 representatives from...
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Fears of fresh food shortages mount as UK faces isolation
Twenty percent of the UK's daily imports come through Dover and Folkestone LONDON: Britain could face a shortage of fresh produce and greens due to transport chaos at the border as tortuous Brexit talks linger and more countries shut borders after the emergence of a more contagious Covid-19 variant in England. France on Sunday decided to prevent freight travelling through the key port of Dover, through which 10,000 heavy goods vehicles pass each...
Watch repairman Youssef Abdelkarim sits at his workshop on Rasheed Street in Iraq's capital Baghdad on December 9, 2020. - Youssef Abdelkarim's storefront on one of Baghdad's most historic streets is a time capsule -- literally. Thousands of wristwatches fill the tiny shop, where three generations have repaired Iraq's oldest timepieces. Abdelkarim began fixing watches at the age of 11, after the death of his paternal grandfather, who opened the store in the 1940s. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
Baghdad's wristwatch repairman is a timeless treasure
Watch repairman Youssef Abdelkarim sits at his workshop on Rasheed Street in Iraq's capital Baghdad. - AFP photos Youssef Abdelkarim's storefront on one of Baghdad's most historic streets is a time capsule-literally. Thousands of wristwatches fill the tiny shop, where three generations have repaired Iraq's oldest timepieces. The dusty display window on Rasheed Street features a single row of classic watches in their felt boxes right at the...
Employees of the Saless publishing house pose for a group picture with bestselling books Iran's capital Tehran, on October 11, 2020. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)
Foreign authors top sellers with literature-loving Tehran women
Employees of the Saless publishing house pose for a group picture with bestselling books in Iran's capital Tehran. - AFP photos French authors Albert Camus and Simone de Beauvoir rub shoulders with the likes of Jewish diarist Anne Frank and Russian poet Osip Mandelstam in Tehran bookstores where the largely female readership lap up foreign writers. "Iranian women read more, translate more and write more. In general, they are more present in the...
Miss Normandie Amandine Petit (C) poses for a selfie with Miss France Organisation general director Sylvie Tellier (2R) and contestants the end of the Miss France 2021 beauty contest at the Puy-du-Fou, in Les Epesses, western France, on December 20, 2020. - Miss Normandie Amandine Petit had been elected Miss France 2021, Miss Provence April Benayoum is her first runner-up and Miss Cote d'Azur Lara Gautier is her second runner-up. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS
Outrage after Miss France runner-up gets anti-Semitic abuse
Miss Provence April Benayoum competes on stage during the Miss France 2021 beauty contest at the Puy-du-Fou, in Les Epesses, western France. French prosecutors on Monday opened an investigation into a torrent of anti-Semitic social media messages aimed at the runner-up of the latest Miss France contest. April Benayoum, 21, who holds the title of Miss Provence and competed for the national crown on Saturday, became the subject of hate messages...
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Mohamed Naser Al-Sayer unveils the all-new Lexus IS
KUWAIT: Mubarak Naser Al-Sayer CEO (right) and Mahmoud Abou Zahr, Business Director, Lexus Division, during the launch of the 2021 Lexus IS by Mohamed Naser Al-Sayer & Sons in Kuwait. KUWAIT: Striking a perfect balance between sportiness and sophistication that embodies the aspirations of customers in the region, the 2021 Lexus IS has been launched in Kuwait by Mohamed Naser Al-Sayer & Sons in the presence of Mubarak Naser Al-Sayer CEO and...
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In Egypt, pandemic inspires passion for oud
Children work on Arabian Ouds at a workshop belonging to Khaled Azzouz, a veteran oud-maker.A man stacks Arabian Ouds at a workshop belonging to Khaled Azzouz, a veteran oud-maker at the Al-Marg district on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital Cairo. - AFP photos While he waits for his lesson at an Egyptian music school, Maissara Mohammed plays his oud, its soothing tones dissolving the stress of daily life during the coronavirus pandemic. "I...
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KUWAIT: Kuwait Towers from the Arabian Gulf Street's seaside. - Photo by Triana Halim (Instagram: @trianahalim)
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Kuwait's Defense Minister takes oath before Amir
KUWAIT: (From left) Secretary of the Council of Ministers Abdullatif Al-Roudhan, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas...
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Cabinet extends hands for a new approach with National Assembly
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (center) chairs the Cabinet’s meeting yesterday. – KUNA KUWAIT: The Cabinet held its weekly meeting yesterday at Seif Palace headed by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. After the meeting, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Anas Al-Saleh said the following:At the beginning of the meeting, His...
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(Left) Demonstrators brandish placards and flags of Palestine during a rally in Rabat on Aug 3, 2024, protesting the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Right) Protesters rally in London during the "National March for Gaza", calling to end the genocide, stop arming the Zionist entity and no Middle East war on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP photos
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