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Protesters take part in a demonstration in support of jailed Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni on September 15, 2020, in Paris. - Drareni, 40, was sentenced in August to three years in jail for his coverage of the mass protest movement that toppled Algeria's longtime president last year. (Photo by MARTIN BUREAU / AFP)
Algerian referendum looms as a test for president and opposition
PARIS: Protesters take part in a demonstration in support of jailed Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni in Paris. Drareni, 40, was sentenced in August to three years in jail for his coverage of the mass protest movement that toppled Algeria's longtime president last year. - AFP ALGIERS: A vote on a new constitution in Algeria in November marks a turning point for a country that has been rocked by huge protests and political upheaval and which is...
Hasidic Jews wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus disease walk in the town of Uman in central Ukraine on September 16, 2020, days before the Jewish New Year. (Photo by GENYA SAVILOV / AFP)
Hasidic pilgrims at Ukrainian border refuse to return despite Israel plea
UMAN, Ukraine: Hasidic Jews wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus disease walk in the town of Uman in central Ukraine, days before the Jewish New Year. - AFP KIEV: Hundreds of Hasidic Jews were still massed at Ukraine's border, with some saying they had no intention of leaving, even though Kiev has refused their entry citing coronavirus and Israel has urged them to return. Tens of thousands of Hasidic Jews head to the central...
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Sally drenches US southeast; hits Gulf Coast as hurricane
FLORIDA: A city worker drives through the flooded street during Hurricane Sally in downtown Pensacola, Florida. - AFP PENSACOLA: Tropical Storm Sally has downed trees, flooded streets and homes and knocked out power, reportedly killing one person, as it pounded the US southeast with torrential rain. The storm made landfall Wednesday morning near Gulf Shores, Alabama along the border with Florida as a Category 2 hurricane.Slow-moving Sally, which...
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Netherlands inventor's mushroom coffins 'turn corpses into compost'
DELFT: This handout picture released by the biotech company Loop shows the 'living cocoon', a coffin made from mycelium which allows a fast-composting of the body. - AFP DELFT, Netherlands: In the Netherlands you can keep helping the planet after you die - by opting for a living coffin made of mushrooms which speeds up the decomposition of your body. The coffin turns corpses into compost that enriches the soil thanks to mycelium, the root...
People walk along Raffles Place during lunch break in Singapore on September 15, 2020. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP)
Singapore, Helsinki, Zurich top index of world smartest cities
SINGAPORE: People walk along Raffles Place during lunch break in Singapore. - AFP LONDON: Singapore, Helsinki and Zurich are the world's smartest cities, according to an index published yesterday amid a growing debate on the future of urban design for a post-COVID era. From smart traffic cameras and car sharing apps to pollution monitoring and free wifi for all, cities around the world are racing to embrace technology, but researchers said the...
FILE PHOTO: Somali Puntland forces receive weapons seized in a boat on the shores of the Gulf of Aden in the city of Bosasso, Puntland region, Somalia September 23, 2017. REUTERS/Abdiqani Hassan/File Photo
Arms dealers move millions in Somali money transfers
NAIROBI: Somali money transfer companies moved more than $3.7 million in cash between suspected weapons traffickers in recent years, including to a Yemeni under US sanctions for alleged militant links, according to a report seen by Reuters. The findings by a Geneva-based research group, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, could further complicate attempts by Somali transfer companies to retain access to international...
Keith Krach (C, front of line wearing mask), US Undersecretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment, alights from an aircraft with his delegation after landing at the Sungshan airport in Taipei on September 17, 2020. - A top US diplomat landed in Taiwan on September 17, the highest-ranking State Department official to visit in 40 years, in a further sign of Washington's willingness to defy China and its campaign to isolate the self-ruled island. (Photo by Pei Chen / POOL / AFP)
US sends top-level diplomat to Taiwan, defying China
TAIPEI: Keith Krach (center, front of line wearing mask), US Undersecretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy and the Environment, alights from an aircraft with his delegation after landing at the Sungshan airport in Taipei yesterday. - AFP TAIPEI: A top US diplomat will arrive in Taiwan yesterday, the highest-ranking State Department official to visit in 40 years, in a further sign of Washington's willingness to defy China and its campaign...
TOPSHOT - This picture taken on September 12, 2020 shows Tengku Mohamad Ali Mansor inspecting a glass bottle at his bottle museum in Penarik village in the Setiu district of the eastern Malaysian state of Terengganu. - An elderly Malaysian's quest to rid the country's beaches of washed-up glass led to him amassing a collection of thousands of bottles, now displayed in a colourful seaside museum. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)
Old man and the sea: Malaysian's mission to rid beaches of glass
This picture shows Tengku Mohamad Ali Mansor inspecting a glass bottle at his bottle museum in Penarik village in the Setiu district of the eastern Malaysian state of Terengganu.-AFP photos A 74-year-old Malaysian man's quest to rid the country's beaches of washed-up glass led to a collection of thousands of bottles, now displayed in a colorful seaside museum. For the past 15 years, Tengku Mohamad Ali Mansor has made it his mission to gather...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 6, 2019 US media personality Kim Kardashian West attends the WSJ Magazine 2019 Innovator Awards at MOMA in New York City. - Celebrities including Kim Kardashian won't post on Instagram or Facebook for 24 hours from September 16, 2020 as part of a protest to pressure the world's biggest social media firm to fight hate and disinformation. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)
Kim Kardashian joins celebrities in social media 'freeze' against hate
In this file photo US media personality Kim Kardashian West attends the WSJ Magazine 2019 Innovator Awards at MOMA in New York City.-AFP Celebrities including Kim Kardashian won't post on Instagram or Facebook for 24 hours from yesterday as part of a protest to pressure the world's biggest social media firm to fight hate and disinformation. Stars like Leonardo DiCaprio, Sacha Baron Cohen, Katy Perry and Michael B. Jordan have all expressed...
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Kuwait's COVID-19 cases near 100,000
KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Health (MOH) announced yesterday it registered 698 additional COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours, increasing the total number of infections to 96,999, while three new deaths were added to a death toll of 571. MOH's Spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said that the confirmed cases include patients who contracted the virus due to contact with infected people while others remained under examination to determine the...
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Kuwait eyes 135 projects during 2019-2020 development plan
KUWAIT: Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development Dr Khaled Mahdi speaks during the meeting. - KUNA KUWAIT: Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development (SCPD) Dr Khaled Mahdi said the total number of projects included in the annual 2019-2020 development plan amounted to 135, as opposed to 132 ventures in the 2018-2019 fiscal year. Mahdi mentioned that in a speech he delivered on the sidelines...
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Security chief, US envoy discuss cooperation
KUWAIT: Chief of the National Security Bureau Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali Al-Sabah meets with US Ambassador to Kuwait Alina Romanowski. - KUNA KUWAIT: Chief of the National Security Bureau Sheikh Thamer Al-Ali Al-Sabah met on Tuesday with US Ambassador to Kuwait Alina Romanowski, and discussed with her mutual cooperation. The apparatus said in a statement that the talks dealt with bilateral relations between the two friendly countries, means of...
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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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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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KUWAIT: First Deputy PM and Defense and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah receives Dr Emad Yousef on July 31, 2024. - KUNA
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Minister of Finance and Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investment Dr Anwar Al-Mudhaf with Morocco's Ambassador to Kuwait Ali bin Issa. - KUNA
Kuwait’s investments in Morocco reach $1.5 bn