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IPL's foreign stars laud the Indian young guns
DUBAI: Overseas stars including Australia's white-ball captain Aaron Finch praised young Indian talent in the IPL after batsman Devdutt Padikkal smashed a half-century for Royal Challengers Bangalore. The 20-year-old left-handed opener proved his worth for Virat Kohli's team with a 42-ball 56 that set up an opening Indian Premier League win for last year's wooden spooners in Dubai on Monday.Bangalore trumped Sunrisers Hyderabad, led by David...
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Cook: Fires, storms show impact of climate change
CUPERTINO: A handout still image from the keynote video released by Apple inc shows Apple CEO Tim Cook kicks off a special event at Apple Park in Cupertino, California. Apple chief Tim Cook said Monday, he views the recent increase in fires, hurricanes and floods as strong proof that climate change is real. - AFP SAN FRANCISCO: Apple chief Tim Cook said Monday he views the recent increase in fires, hurricanes and floods as strong proof that...
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Microsoft buys ZeniMax Media for $7.5bn
NEW YORK: Microsoft logo is displayed outside the Microsoft Technology Center near Times Square in New York City. Software giant Microsoft on Monday announced it had acquired ZeniMax Media for $7.5 billion.-AFP SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft on Monday announced it will acquire ZeniMax Media for $7.5 billion, adding muscle to its Xbox arm ahead of a fierce battle in the market for new gaming consoles. ZeniMax is the parent company of Bethesda...
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on September 22, 2020 to make make a statement to MPs in Parliament on the COVID-19 pandemic. - The British government will announce fresh steps Tuesday to try and stop a coronavirus surge in England, while the United States was on the verge of 200,000 Covid-19 deaths. The pandemic is showing no signs of slowing down -- more than 31.2 million infections have been detected worldwide, with 964,000 deaths -- and nations are scrambling to contain new outbreaks. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)
Britain to impose new virus curbs as US nears 200,000 deaths
LONDON: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in central London yesterday to make make a statement to MPs in Parliament on the COVID-19 pandemic. The British government will announce fresh steps to try and stop a coronavirus surge in England, while the United States was on the verge of 200,000 Covid-19 deaths. - AFP LONDON: The British government will announce fresh steps today to try and stop a coronavirus surge in...
Candles light-up pictures of victims of August's deadly Beirut blast during a commemoration concert in the gardens of the damaged 19th-century Sursock Palace in Achrafieh in Lebanon's capital, on September 20, 2020. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
After Lebanon blast, future lawsuits pile up against the state
BEIRUT: Candles light-up pictures of victims of August's deadly Beirut blast during a commemoration concert in the gardens of the damaged 19th-century Sursock Palace in Achrafieh in Lebanon's capital. - AFP BEIRUT: Elie Hasrouty, who lost his father to the August 4 Beirut port blast, is one of at least 1,228 grieving Lebanese preparing to file a lawsuit against the state. The young computer engineer said going to court won't bring his father...
A health worker looks for people with symptoms of COVID-19 in Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero state, Mexico, on September 7, 2020. - Public health in Mexico has been criticized as inefficient for years, the pandemic surprised the country with a deficit of 200,000 doctors and 300,000 nurses, which forced the government to make massive hiring, readjust a thousand hospitals and buy supplies with an investment of 1.9 billion dollars. (Photo by PEDRO PARDO / AFP)
Fear of hospitals means some Mexicans 'prefer to die at home'
TLAPA DE COMONFORT: File photo shows a health worker looks for people with symptoms of COVID-19 in Tlapa de Comonfort, Guerrero state, Mexico, on September 7, 2020. - AFP MEXICO CITY: By the time 61-year-old Mexican mechanic Martin Urdiain finally decided to go to hospital to seek treatment for the coronavirus, it was already too late. He died the next day. When Urdiain and his wife fell ill, they chose to stay at their home in Mexico City...
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Father, son jailed over bomb blast at Vietnam police station
HANOI: Twenty people, including a father and son, were jailed yesterday for the bombing of a police station in Ho Chi Minh City that injured three people, state media said. Authorities said the June 2018 attack was orchestrated by "terrorists" connected to Trieu Dai Viet, a Canada-based Vietnamese group seeking to overthrow the communist state.Nguyen Khanh, the architect of the attack, was sentenced to 24 years in prison for "terrorism against...
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NY police officer charged with spying for China
NEW YORK: US authorities have charged a New York police officer with espionage, accusing him of gathering information about the city's Tibetan community for the Chinese government. The officer, who worked at a station in the Queens section of the city, was directed by members of the Chinese consulate in New York, according to the indictment released Monday.Born in China, the man had been granted political asylum in the US, claiming he was...
New Zealand Labour leader Jacinda Ardern speaks to the press after leader of New Zealand First party Winston Peters announced his support for her party in Wellington, New Zealand, October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Charlotte Greenfield
NZ's Ardern seen cruising to victory in election
WELLINGTON: New Zealand's ruling Labour Party has lost some support since July as the coronavirus resurged in Auckland, but it is still set to win the upcoming general election on Oct 17 comfortably, an opinion poll showed on Tuesday. The 1News-Colmar Brunton poll showed support for Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's party, which is seeking a second term in office, at 48%, down 5 percentage points since the last poll in late July.The opposition...
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Race superhero series 'Watchmen' wins big at 'remote' Emmys
This handout shows host Jimmy Kimmel in front of a wall of nominees watching remotely at the Staples Center during the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony held virtually on Sunday.-AFP photos "Watchmen," a dark superhero series that tackles US racism, triumphed at the Emmys on Sunday as the stars beamed in live to an empty Los Angeles theater for Hollywood's first major Covid-era awards show. Fellow HBO show "Succession"-the saga of a powerful,...
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Kuwait's COVID cases hit 99,964, with 585 deaths
KUWAIT: The ministry of health yesterday registered 530 additional COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, increasing the total number of infections to 99,964, while one new fatality took the death toll to 585. Ministry Spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said the confirmed cases include patients who contracted the virus due to contact with infected people, while others remain under examination to determine the source.The cases include 137 in Ahmadi...
Travellers arrive at Kuwait international Airport, in Farwaniya, about 15kms south of Kuwait City, on August 1, 2020. - Commercial flights resumed at Kuwait International Airport today after months of shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP)
Kuwait scrambles to return expat public sector staff stranded abroad
KUWAIT: Passengers arrive at Kuwait International Airport on August 1, 2020, the day commercial flights resumed after months of shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: Kuwait's government is expected to announce soon a new online platform to facilitate the return of expatriate public sector employees who are stuck in countries where commercial flights with the Gulf state are banned, according to multiple local...
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Gulf Bank Chairman Bader Al-Kharafi
Gulf Bank, Boubyan Bank mull merger into Islamic bank
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ADDIS ABABA: Pedestrians walk on the newly built walkway in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian birr weakened by 28 percent against the dollar this week after the central bank adopted a market-determined foreign exchange rate. – AFP
Ethiopian authorities crack down on price hikes after currency float
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TEHRAN: Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh (center) flashes the victory sign during a swearing in ceremony of the new president at the parliament in Tehran on July 30 2024. - AFP
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A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.
How Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait upended lives of expatriates
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KUWAIT: First Deputy PM and Defense and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah receives Dr Emad Yousef on July 31, 2024. - KUNA
MoI: No one above the law