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Ten hurt in fire, one in gas explosion
KUWAIT: Ten people were injured, including one in a critical condition, in a fire reported yesterday in Jabriya, while a gas cylinder explosion in the same area left a domestic helper wounded. Firemen rushed to a building in the area in response to an emergency call, and immediately evacuated the ten persons who suffered from smoke inhalation. Nine of them were treated onsite, while one person was rushed to hospital.A case was filed for...
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KUWAIT: Rain clouds hovering over Kuwait City. - KUNA photo
Cadiz' Swiss defender Jean-Pierre Rhyner (L) vies with Barcelona's Danish forward Martin Braithwaite (C) and French defender Clement Lenglet during the Spanish League football match between Cadiz and Barcelona at the Ramon de Carranza stadium in Cadiz on December 5, 2020. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP)
Barcelona suffer fourth Liga defeat, go down 2-1 to Cadiz
CADIZ: Cadiz' Swiss defender Jean-Pierre Rhyner (left) vies with Barcelona's Danish forward Martin Braithwaite (center) and French defender Clement Lenglet during the Spanish League football match between Cadiz and Barcelona on December 5, 2020. - AFP MADRID: Lionel Messi's Barcelona suffered a fourth Liga defeat of the season as they went down 2-1 to Cadiz on Saturday, while Real Madrid eased the pressure on Zinedine Zidane with their first...
India's Hardik Pandya dives to take a catch to dismiss Australia's captain Aaron Finch during the T20 cricket match between India and Australia at Manuka Oval in Canberra on December 4, 2020. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP) / -- IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE --
Pandya powers India to thrilling T20 series victory over Australia
CANBERRA: India's Hardik Pandya dives to take a catch to dismiss Australia's captain Aaron Finch during the T20 cricket match between India and Australia at Manuka Oval in Canberra. - AFP SYDNEY: Hardik Pandya smashed two sixes in three balls in the final over to power India to a thrilling six-wicket series T20 victory over Australia in Sydney yesterday. Chasing 25 runs in the final two overs in pursuit of Australia's target of 195, Pandya was...
Turki al-Faisal bin Abdulziz al-Saud (R), chairman of King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, listens to Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi addressing via videoconference the Manama Dialogue security conference in Bahrain capital on December 6, 2020. (Photo by Mazen Mahdi / AFP)
Saudi, Israeli officials spar at conference
MANAMA: Turki Al-Faisal bin Abdulziz Al-Saud, chairman of King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies, listens to Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi addressing via videoconference the Manama Dialogue security conference yesterday. - AFP MANAMA: An influential Saudi prince launched a bitter attack on Israel at a regional conference yesterday, drawing retorts from the Jewish state's foreign minister who addressed the gathering...
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COVID sends hunger rising in America; kids bear the brunt
COCKEYSVILLE, Maryland: Volunteers from the Baltimore Hunger Project pass out food to people in need outside Padonia International Elementary school on Dec 4, 2020. - AFP COCKEYSVILLE: Before the pandemic closed her middle school and US immigration agents deported her father to El Salvador, Kimberly Orellana did not fear going hungry. But with her mother now alone and cleaning houses for pay that isn't enough to reliably feed Orellana and her...
TOPSHOT - Supporters cheer as US President Donald Trump gestures after speaking during a rally to support Republican Senate candidates at Valdosta Regional Airport in Valdosta, Georgia on December 5, 2020. - President Donald Trump ventures out of Washington on Saturday for his first political appearance since his election defeat to Joe Biden, campaigning in Georgia where two run-off races will decide the fate of the US Senate. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
Trump shows no surrender in first post-election rally
VALDOSTA, Georgia: Supporters cheer as US President Donald Trump gestures after speaking during a rally to support Republican Senate candidates at Valdosta Regional Airport on Saturday. - AFP VALDOSTA: President Donald Trump made clear Saturday he had no intention of relinquishing his baseless claims that last month's election was stolen from him, telling a raucous crowd at his first post-poll rally he would somehow still win. In a speech...
Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud addresses the Manama Dialogue security conference in the Bahraini capital, on December 5, 2020. (Photo by Mazen Mahdi / AFP)
Allies 'on board' for resolution of Gulf crisis: Saudi Arabia
MANAMA: Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud addresses the Manama Dialogue security conference on Saturday. - AFP MANAMA: A resolution of the Gulf diplomatic crisis is in sight, with all nations involved "on board" and final agreement expected soon, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said Saturday. In an interview with AFP conducted in Bahrain, the top Saudi diplomat also insisted that Gulf states must be fully consulted...
A man gets his fingerprints registered before voting at a polling station in a school in Caracas, on December 6, 2020 during Venezuela's legislative elections. - Polls opened early December 6 in legislative elections set to tighten Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's grip on power and weaken his US-backed rival, who is leading a boycott of the polls he calls a fraud. Maduro and his allies are set to dominate the legislative elections, which victory will give them control of the National Assembly, the only institution not yet in its hands. (Photo by Cristian Hernandez / AFP)
Maduro eyes victory as Venezuelans vote
CARACAS: A man gets his fingerprints registered before voting at a polling station in a school yesterday during Venezuela's legislative elections. - AFP CARACAS: Polls opened yesterday in legislative elections set to tighten Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's grip on power and weaken his US-backed rival, Juan Guaido, who is leading a boycott of the polls he calls a fraud. Victory will give Maduro's ruling Socialist Party control of an...
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Asteroid dust collected by Japan probe arrives on Earth
This handout photograph taken and released yesterday shows recovery operations of the re-entry capsule carrying samples collected from a distant asteroid after being dropped off by Japanese space probe Hayabusa-2, following its landing in South Australia. - AFP TOKYO: In a streak of light across the night sky, samples collected from a distant asteroid arrived on Earth yesterday after being dropped off by Japanese space probe Hayabusa-2....
An anti-Brexit protester stands with Union and Eu flags outside a conference centre in central London on December 4, 2020, as talks continue on a trade deal between the EU and the UK. - With just a month until Britain's post-Brexit future begins and trade talks with the European Union still deadlocked, the UK government on Tuesday urged firms to prepare as it scrambles to finish essential infrastructure. (Photo by Niklas HALLE'N / AFP)
Last-ditch effort to save Brexit trade deal
LONDON: An anti-Brexit protester stands with Union and Eu flags outside a conference center in central London as talks continued on a trade deal between the EU and the UK. - AFP BRUSSELS: British and EU negotiators embarked on probably their final two-day scramble to secure a post-Brexit trade deal yesterday, after failing for eight months to reach agreement. David Frost arrived in Brussels for more talks with EU counterpart Michel Barnier,...
A man rides his bicycle through the relatively quiet streets in Toronto, Ontario on November 23, 2020, the first day of a new lockdown in the city. - Canada's largest city Toronto and much of its suburbs will be placed under lockdown beginning November 23 due to the spread of Covid-19, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced. The lockdown, whose restrictions include a ban on indoor private gatherings, will last at least 28 days and violators can be fined CAN$750 ($570). (Photo by Geoff Robins / AFP)
Canada employment growth slows in Nov
OTTAWA: Canadian employment growth slowed in November amid a second COVID-19 wave, with 62,000 net new jobs created, the government statistical agency said. OTTAWA: Canadian employment growth slowed in November amid a second COVID-19 wave, with 62,000 net new jobs created, but the unemployment rate continued to fall from its peak, the government statistical agency said Friday. Employment was up 0.3 percent in the month, following increases of...
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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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LIVERPOOL: Police officers face protesters outside the Liver Building in Liverpool on August 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' anti-immigrant rally. — AFP
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