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Israeli brand shoots pajama ad in Dubai

DUBAI: Israeli May Tager has become the first model from her country to pose for a photoshoot in the United Arab Emirates, after the two nations agreed to normalize relations last month. She posed in modest pajamas during a desert shoot alongside a UAE-based model known as Anastasia. Israel and the UAE on Aug 13 agreed to normalize relations, making the UAE the first Gulf country and the third Arab state to do so when a final agreement is...

KYELANG, IndiaAn Indian Army convoy makes way along a highway in Kyelang, some 120 kilometers from the Indo-Tibetan border. China and India shifted the blame yesterday after the first shots in decades were fired across a flashpoint Himalayan border, intensifying a months-long standoff between the nuclear-armed neighbors that has already claimed at least 20 lives. - AFP

Rare gunfire stirs border blame game

KYELANG, IndiaAn Indian Army convoy makes way along a highway in Kyelang, some 120 kilometers from the Indo-Tibetan border. China and India shifted the blame yesterday after the first shots in decades were fired across a flashpoint Himalayan border, intensifying a months-long standoff between the nuclear-armed neighbors that has already claimed at least 20 lives. - AFP NEW DELHI: India and China have accused each other of firing in the air...

TOLLHOUSE: A home is engulfed in flames during the 'Creek Fire' in the Tollhouse area of unincorporated Fresno County, California. - AFP

Wildfires rage in California, stoked by extreme heat

TOLLHOUSE: A home is engulfed in flames during the 'Creek Fire' in the Tollhouse area of unincorporated Fresno County, California. - AFP CALIFORNIA: Three large wildfires burned in California and a fourth was growing quickly on Monday as a weekend heat wave lingered across large swaths of the western United States. The Creek Fire, which has engulfed the Fresno area in central California and caused the emergency evacuation over the weekend of...

NEW DELHI: A Delhi Metro train (top) and Gurugram Rapid train cross each other at Sikandpur Metro station as Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) resumed it services on Yellow line from Samaypur Badli to Huda city centre in Gurugram. - AFP

Commuters flash victory signs; India re-opens metro despite COVID surge

NEW DELHI: A Delhi Metro train (top) and Gurugram Rapid train cross each other at Sikandpur Metro station as Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) resumed it services on Yellow line from Samaypur Badli to Huda city centre in Gurugram. - AFP NEW DELHI: Commuters flashed victory signs as India restarted city metro services after a nearly six-month hiatus, determined to live with the new normal even as the vast nation overtook Brazil as the...

BEIRUT: Rescue workers dig through the rubble of a building in the Lebanese capital's Gemmayze area. - AFP

In crisis-hit Lebanon, Paris and Washington at odds over Hezbollah

BEIRUT: Rescue workers dig through the rubble of a building in the Lebanese capital's Gemmayze area. - AFP BEIRUT: When it comes to Lebanon, the US and France have similar outlooks, but one major point of difference involves the Hezbollah movement - shunned by Washington but tolerated by a pragmatic Parisian leadership. While the United States seeks to isolate and curb the influence of the Iran-backed group it has designated a "terrorist"...

BUFFALO: Thairo Estrada #71 of the New York Yankees dives for a ball hit by Travis Shaw #6 of the Toronto Blue Jays during the sixth inning at Sahlen Field on September 07, 2020. - AFP

Ten-run sixth carries Blue Jays past Yankees; Twins stun Tigers

BUFFALO: Thairo Estrada #71 of the New York Yankees dives for a ball hit by Travis Shaw #6 of the Toronto Blue Jays during the sixth inning at Sahlen Field on September 07, 2020. - AFP NEW YORK: Danny Jansen hit his first career grand slam to cap a 10-run sixth inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the visiting New York Yankees 12-7 Monday night in the opener of a three-game series at Buffalo. Jansen's fourth homer of the season came...

SALEM, OR - SEPTEMBER 7: Far-right protesters walk past the state capitol with long rifles during a rally on September 7, 2020 in Salem, Oregon. A Pro-Trump caravan drove into the Oregon state capitol Monday afternoon where far-right protesters clashed with counter protesters. Nathan Howard/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Guns and trucks at protest to defend Trump's America

OREGON: Far-right protesters walk past the state capitol with long rifles during a rally on in Salem, Oregon. - AFP OREGON CITY: Hundreds of Donald Trump's supporters gathered for a large motorcade in support of the US president and police near Portland, where anti-racism activists have clashed continuously with law enforcement for more than 100 days. Small groups of men loaded with paramilitary equipment, many of them armed militants from...

Army and police officers monitor people to ensure they wear face masks as a measure to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on September 8, 2020. (Photo by SONNY TUMBELAKA / AFP)

COVID knocks hopes of reviving Southeast Asia holiday hotspots

BALI: Army and police officers monitor people to ensure they wear face masks as a measure to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali yesterday.- AFP BALI: A spike in coronavirus infections in Indonesia's holiday island of Bali and Thailand's first locally transmitted case in 100 days have dealt further blows to Southeast Asian hopes of reviving vital tourism industries. Plans to reopen Bali to...

This handout photo taken in Seoul and provided by Big Hit Entertainment shows K-pop group BTS members posing for a photo as they hold an online global media day.—AFP

BTS hit 'Dynamite' worth $1.4 billion to South Korea

This handout photo taken in Seoul and provided by Big Hit Entertainment shows K-pop group BTS members posing for a photo as they hold an online global media day.—AFP K-pop sensation BTS's US-chart-topping single "Dynamite" could generate more than $1.4 billion for the South Korean economy and thousands of new jobs in the country, a government study claimed yesterday. The trailblazing septet cemented their prominence in the world's biggest...

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Kuwait COVID-19 cases pass 90,000, 805 new infections

KUWAIT: Kuwait's COVID-19 confirmed infection cases reached 90,387 after 805 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health said yesterday. Meanwhile two persons died of COVID-19 in the same period, raising total deaths to 546, Ministry spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad announced. The ministry had announced earlier that 516 people have recovered from the virus, increasing the number of total...

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Population report calls to reduce surplus expats

By B IzzakKUWAIT: A parliamentary report seeking to rectify a massive imbalance in the demographic structure will call to reduce what it calls "surplus expats" as soon as possible, head of the committee preparing the report said yesterday. MP Khalil Al-Saleh said the report will be ready on Thursday and will be submitted for debate and approval to the National Assembly. It includes a combination of proposals by the government and a number of...

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Deputy Amir receives copy of Central Bank's annual report

KUWAIT: His Highness Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives a copy of the Central Bank of Kuwait's annual report from the bank's Governor Dr Mohammad Al-Hashel. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Seif Palace yesterday Central Bank of Kuwait Governor Dr Mohammad Al-Hashel who presented a copy of the bank's 48th annual report...

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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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