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A picture shows flood waters in Tuti island, where the Blue and White Nile merge in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, on September 3, 2020. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP)
Highest Nile waters for a century swamp Sudan
KHARTOUM: A picture shows flood waters in Tuti island, where the Blue and White Nile merge in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. - AFP KHARTOUM: On Sudan's Tuti Island, where the Blue and White Nile meet, the highest river waters since records began have left people struggling to hold back the rising floods. Wedged between the twin cities of Khartoum and Omdurman, people on Tuti fill bags with sand and small stones in an often futile bid to stop the...
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The Rock reveals family coronavirus battle
In this file photo US actor Dwayne Johnson and his wife singer Lauren Hashian arrive for the World Premiere of “Jumanji: The Next Level” at the TCL Chinese theatre in Hollywood.—AFP Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and his entire family tested positive for coronavirus but have made a full recovery, the professional wrestler turned Hollywood A-lister said Wednesday. Johnson, the world's top-paid actor, urged his 196 million Instagram followers to...
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Prince Harry and Meghan sign sprawling Netflix deal
In this file photo Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancée US actress Meghan Markle pose for a photograph in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace in west London, following the announcement of their engagement.-AFP Prince Harry and Meghan Markle officially launched their new Hollywood careers Wednesday, signing a deal with Netflix to produce "impactful" films and series for the streaming giant. The couple-who quit the British royal family and...
TOPSHOT - In this picture taken on August 27, 2020, Kalidas Chavdekar, a school teacher of Aasha Marathi Vidyalay points to a writing from textbooks of various subjects painted on the wall of a house to teach students who are unable to carry smartphones to attend online school classes amid Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Solapur, in Maharashtra state. - Half a dozen children in an Indian village gather around their teacher as she points a stick at a lesson painted on a wall, one of many which are part of an unusual effort to help poor students keep up with their education amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by - / AFP)
Indian school paints village walls for outdoor pandemic classes
In this picture Kalidas Chavdekar, a school teacher of Aasha Marathi Vidyalay points to a writing from textbooks of various subjects painted on the wall of a house to teach students who are unable to carry smartphones to attend online school classes amid Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic in Solapur, in Maharashtra state.-AFP photos Out on a street in an Indian village, half a dozen children gather around their teacher who points a stick at the...
Paris restaurant La Tour d'Argent's French cheff in central Paris on September 2, 2020. (Photo by Martin BUREAU / AFP)
World food price index rises
PARIS: Photo shows the Paris restaurant La Tour d'Argent's French cheff in central Paris. - AFP ROME: World food prices rose for a third month running in August, led by coarse grains, vegetable oils and sugar, the United Nations food agency said yesterday. The Food and Agriculture Organization's food price index, which measures monthly changes for a basket of cereals, oilseeds, dairy products, meat and sugar, averaged 96.1 points last month...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 3, 2020 people pass by The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at Wall Street in New York City. - Wall Street flexed its muscles on August 28, with the Dow erasing its losses for the year and the S&P and Nasdaq again hitting records as investors shrugged off the ongoing coronavirus crisis, while markets elsewhere saw more moderate trading. (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)
Dollar gains further as investors trimmed bets
NEW YORK: People pass by The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) at Wall Street in New York City. - AFP LONDON: The dollar's bounce extended yesterday as investors trimmed bets against the greenback and sold the euro on concerns that the European Central Bank was worried about its rise. The surge has lifted the greenback about 1.3% above the 28-month low it hit against a basket of currencies on Tuesday. Few analysts expect it to hold for too long,...
Buildings are seen in the central business district of Beijing on September 3, 2020. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP)
Asian shares reverse gains as euro falls to one-week lows
BEIJING: Buildings are seen in the central business district of Beijing yesterday. - AFP SYDNEY: Asian equities pared early gains yesterday amid growing worries about Sino-US relations while the euro hit a one-week low as traders wagered on central bank action to tame the single currency. In early European trade, the pan-region Euro Stoxx 50 futures and German DAX futures added 0.6% each, FTSE futures climbed 0.2% while France's CAC 40 futures...
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 02: Caroline Garcia of France returns the ball during her Women's Singles second round match against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic on Day Three of the 2020 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on September 2, 2020 in the Queens borough of New York City. Al Bello/Getty Images/AFP
Djokovic through as Pliskova crashes out of US Open
NEW YORK: Caroline Garcia of France returns the ball during her Women's Singles second round match against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic on Day Three of the 2020 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. - AFP NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic overcame an early scare to move into the third round of the US Open Wednesday but top women's seed Karolina Pliskova crashed out in the tournament's first shock. Djokovic extended an...
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Messi leaving would be a huge blow to La Liga's prestige: Modric
BARCELONA: This handout photo taken on November 25, 2017 in Barcelona and released by the Barcelona FC press office, shows Barcelona FC President Josep Maria Bartomeu (L) and Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi signing a contract extension keeping Messi at Barcelona until 2021. - AFP MADRID: Luka Modric blows out his cheeks. "It would be a huge loss," he says. "Like when Cristiano left. But you can't think about the past. It's football...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 17, 2019, Australia's Terry Pilkadaris tees off during the Panasonic Indian Open golf tournament in Gurgaon. - While the world's top golfers begin to joust for an almost obscene $45 million prize fund at the PGA Tour Championship in Atlanta today, many of their fellow pros in Asia will not have swung a club, or earned a cent, for six months. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP)
Asian Tour golfers suffer while rest of world swings
GURGAON: In this file photo taken on November 17, 2019, Australia's Terry Pilkadaris tees off during the Panasonic Indian Open golf tournament in Gurgaon. While the world's top golfers begin to joust for an almost obscene $45 million prize fund at the PGA Tour Championship in Atlanta today, many of their fellow pros in Asia will not have swung a club, or earned a cent, for six months. –AFP HONG KONG: While the world's top golfers play for an...
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Health minister issues warning: Comply or return to square one
By B IzzakKUWAIT: Health Minister Sheikh Basel Al-Sabah yesterday urged the public to comply with strict health conditions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus and warned that authorities could impose fresh restrictions. The minister's warning came on the day the health ministry recorded a jump in the number of new COVID-19 cases, reporting 900 infections and one death."Let's cooperate to reduce the number of infections by complying with...
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8 women sworn in as judges in Kuwait in historic first
KUWAIT: The newly-appointed female judges are seen after they were sworn in yesterday. KUWAIT: Eight women took the legal oath of office before Chairman of Kuwait's Supreme Judicial Council and the Cassation Court and President of the Constitutional Court Yousef Al-Mutawa yesterday on the occasion of their appointment as judges at the Cassation Court. These are the first women to be sworn in as judges in Kuwait.Mutawa pointed out to the 54...
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Gulf Bank Chairman Bader Al-Kharafi
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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
HANIYEH ASSASSINATED
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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
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(File photo) Hamas senior leader Ismail Haniyah, standing in front of a portrait of the radical group's slain spiritual guide Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, addresses the crowd during rally by the radical group in the former Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim in the southern Gaza Strip, 16 September 2005. - The Palestinian militant group Hamas said on July 31, 2024, its political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Zionist strike in Iran, where he was attending the inauguration of the country's new president, and vowed the act "will not go unanswered". — AFP
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Zionist strike
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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