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TOPSHOT - A resident shovels mud from a neighbourhood street following flooding in Batangas City on November 2, 2020, after super Typhoon Goni made landfall in the Philippines on November 1. (Photo by TED ALJIBE / AFP)
16 dead as typhoon batters Philippines
BATANGAS CITY, Philippines: A resident shovels mud from a neighborhood street following flooding yesterday after supertyphoon Goni made landfall in the Philippines. – AFP MANILA: The most powerful typhoon to hit the Philippines this year destroyed tens of thousands of homes and killed at least 16 people, officials said yesterday, as communications to the worst-hit areas remained cut off. Catanduanes Island and nearby Albay province on the most...
TOPSHOT - Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida greet supporters outside the Grand Palace in Bangkok on November 1, 2020 after presiding over a religious ceremony at a Buddhist temple inside the palace. (Photo by Jack TAYLOR / AFP)
Thai king declares 'love' for all after months of protests
BANGKOK: Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn and Queen Suthida greet supporters outside the Grand Palace on Sunday after presiding over a religious ceremony at a Buddhist temple inside the palace. - AFP BANGKOK: King Maha Vajiralongkorn called Thailand the "land of compromise" in unprecedented comments Sunday, during which the once-unapproachable monarch declared "love" for all Thais after months of protests calling for reform to the monarchy....
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New Zealand gets tattooed Maori FM and gay deputy PM
SYDNEY: This file photo taken on Feb 28, 2020 shows New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (right) and New Zealand's then-Minister of Maori Development and Local Government Nanaia Mahuta posing for photographs at Admiralty House. - AFP WELLINGTON: Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern unveiled what she called an "incredibly diverse" cabinet yesterday that includes New Zealand's first openly gay deputy prime minister and a foreign minister with a...
Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
WHO chief Tedros in self-quarantine
Tedros Ghebreyesus GENEVA: The World Health Organization chief said late Sunday that he was self-quarantining after someone he had been in contact with tested positive for COVID-19, but stressed he had no symptoms. "I have been identified as a contact of someone who has tested positive for #COVID19," Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a tweet."I am well and without symptoms but will self-quarantine over the coming days, in line with @WHO...
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KFH achieved KD 101.2m net profit until end of Q3 2020: Al-Marzouq
Hamad Abdulmohsen Al-Marzouq KUWAIT: Chairman of Kuwait Finance House (KFH) Hamad Abdulmohsen Al-Marzouq said that KFH has, by the grace of Allah, reported net profit of KD 101.2 million until end of Q3 of 2020 for KFH shareholders; a decrease of 46.9 percent compared to the same period last year.Net financing income until end of Q3 of 2020 reached KD 450.5 million; an increase of 13.9 percent compared to the same period last year. Net operating...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 20, 2020 Ryanair aircraft are pictured at Stansted airport, northeast of London. - Irish no-frills airline Ryanair said on November 2, 2020, that it sank into a net loss in the first half of its financial year, as coronavirus savaged demand and grounded planes worldwide. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)
Irish airline Ryanair sinks into H1 loss
In this file photo taken on August 20, 2020 Ryanair aircraft are pictured at Stansted airport, northeast of London. - AFP LONDON: Irish no-frills airline Ryanair said yesterday that it sank into the red in the first half of its financial year due to the coronavirus fallout and warned of more losses to come. Ryanair suffered a loss after tax of 197 million euros ($229 million) in the six months to September, which contrasted with a year-earlier...
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Mohamed Naser Al-Sayer & Sons wins three prestigious awards from Toyota
KUWAIT: Chairman Faisal Bader Al-Sayer and CEO Mubarak Naser Al-Sayer CEO with business heads KUWAIT: Mohamed Naser Al-Sayer & Sons has received three prestigious awards from Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) for their outstanding achievement and excellent teamwork:1.Toyota Marketing Award for Excellence (Vehicle)2.Toyota Marketing Award Overall3.Customer Delight Excellence AwardThe award program is a platform where Toyota Motor Corporation...
An aerial picture taken on October 17, 2020, shows a view of Shibam City in Yemen's central Hadramawt governorate. - Against the backdrop of what resembles the Grand Canyon stands Yemen's ancient city of Shibam, the 'Manhattan of the desert' that has largely been spared by war but remains at the mercy of natural disasters. (Photo by - / AFP)
Yemen's ancient 'Manhattan of the Desert' risks collapse
Aerial pictures shows views of Shibam City in Yemen's central Hadramawt governorate.-AFP photos Dubbed the "Manhattan of the desert" for its centuries-old skyscrapers, Yemen's ancient city of Shibam escaped damage in the civil war-but faces collapse from disrepair amid rains and floods. Against a backdrop of cliffs looking like America's Grand Canyon, the UNESCO-listed World Heritage site is strategically built on a rocky spur high above the...
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Depp loses UK libel case on 'wife beater' claims
In this file photo Actors Johnny Depp (left) and Amber Heard attend the Los Angeles Premiere of "The Danish Girl", in Westwood, California. Hollywood star Johnny Depp yesterday lost a libel lawsuit against British newspaper The Sun for branding him a "wife-beater" in a case that laid bare his chaotic lifestyle and shattered his global reputation. Judge Andrew Nicol dismissed the 57-year-old's claim at the High Court in London, saying the article...
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MoI warns against election gatherings
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The interior ministry yesterday warned candidates running in the National Assembly election against hosting election gatherings in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, warning that stiff penalties will be applied against violators. The ministry has advised candidates to conduct their campaigns through social media.The interior ministry also announced that a special committee has started screening the records of candidates to...
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on October 31, 2020 to announce new lockdown restrictions in an effort to curb rising infections of the novel coronavirus. - UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Saturday announced a new four-week coronavirus lockdown across England, a dramatic strategy shift following warnings hospitals would become overwhelmed under his current system of localised restrictions. (Photo by Alberto Pezzali / POOL / AFP)
England to lock down again as virus surges in Europe
LONDON: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street on Saturday to announce new lockdown restrictions. - AFP LONDON: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a new four-week coronavirus lockdown in England, which will join several European countries in imposing the measure for a second time, as Slovakia took a different tack and began testing its entire population. Global...
Former US President Barack Obama (L) joins Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden at a campaign event in Flint, Michigan, on October 31, 2020. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)
Trump, Biden hit key states; 92m votes cast
FLINT, Michigan: Former US President Barack Obama joins Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden at a campaign event on Saturday. - AFP READING, Pennsylvania: Donald Trump visited five swing states yesterday in a punishing finale to a frantic weekend sprint against challenger Joe Biden just days ahead of the US presidential election. The candidates and their top surrogates barreled through crucial states in the industrial Midwest and coastal...
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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
Fears of Middle East war grow
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Late Information Minister Bader Al-Ya'agoub checking the damage.-KUNA
Invasion could not confiscate KUNA’s will, national role
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DHAKA: Anti-Discrimination Student Movement held a rally at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on August 3, 2024, to demand justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide violence during anti-quota protests. -- AFP
Bangladesh students call for nationwide civil disobedience
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
US strikes plea deal with 9/11 mastermind