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(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 27, 2019 Indian Bollywood actor Aamir Khan looks on during the launch of a book about weight loss in Mumbai. - Khan, a Muslim, has long been a hate figure for India's Hindu far-right but now they have a new line of attack: his massive popularity in China. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has fanned growing hostility to China following a deadly clash on their disputed Himalayan border on June 13. (Photo by Sujit Jaiswal / AFP)
Bollywood star Aamir Khan under fire over China, Turkey links
In this file photo Indian Bollywood actor Aamir Khan looks on during the launch of a book about weight loss in Mumbai.-AFP Muslim Bollywood star Aamir Khan has long been a hate figure for India's Hindu far-right, but now they have a new line of attack-his massive popularity in China. Khan, 55, is a brand ambassador for Chinese smartphone maker Vivo, and is also major draw on the mainland with films such as "Dangal" (2016). He even has 1.16...
Former US Secretary of State and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton poses with sculptor Meredith Bergmann after the unveiling of the statue of women's rights pioneers Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth in Central Park in New York on August 26, 2020, marking the park's first statue of real-life women. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION
NY's Central Park inaugurates statue of 'real women,' a first
Former US Secretary of State and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton poses with sculptor Meredith Bergmann after the unveiling of the statue of women's rights pioneers Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Sojourner Truth in Central Park in New York on Wednesday marking the park's first statue of real-life women.-AFP It's a small but significant foot in the door of an urban landscape completely dominated by white men: On...
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Can Fed take on racial inequality?
WASHINGTON: A giant ‘Black Lives Matter’ banner is seen on the side of a building as protesters confront police officers at Lafayette square, in front of the White House. Massive protests against racism have gripped the United States in recent months, and prompted many companies to take a hard look at their policies and try to redress inequalities in hiring. – AFP WASHINGTON: Massive protests against racism have gripped the United States...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 04, 2013 a reflection of a Rolls Royce Trent 1000 turbofan engine is seen at an event to mark the arrival of a British Airways Airbus A380 at Heathrow Airport in London. - British aerospace giant Rolls-Royce on August 20, 2020 logged a vast net loss for the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus outbreak grounded aircraft worldwide and sparked a crisis in air transport. (Photo by Justin TALLIS / AFP)
Aerospace giant Rolls-Royce logs £5.4 billion loss
LONDON: A reflection of a Rolls Royce Trent 1000 turbofan engine is seen at an event to mark the arrival of a British Airways Airbus A380 at Heathrow Airport in London. - AFP LONDON: British aerospace giant Rolls-Royce yesterday logged a vast net loss for the first half of 2020 as the coronavirus outbreak grounded aircraft worldwide and sparked a crisis in air transport. Rolls, which operates in the air, defense and energy sectors, posted a net...
Rickshaw drivers talk while waiting for customers along a road in New Delhi on August 27, 2020. (Photo by Xavier GALIANA / AFP)
Sino-US tensions send a chill across Asia shares
NEW DELHI: Rickshaw drivers talk while waiting for customers along a road in New Delhi yesterday. _ AFP SYDNEY: Asian shares touched two-year peaks yesterday in the wake of Wall Street's record run as cheap cash drove up big-cap tech darlings, although Sino-US tensions caused caution to creep in as the session progressed. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan had edged up 0.1% after earlier reaching its highest since August...
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 26: Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns a shot against Jan Leonard Struff of Germany during the Western & Southern Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 26, 2020 in New York City. Al Bello/Getty Images/AFP
Top-ranked Djokovic cruises into semis at US Open tuneup
NEW YORK: Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns a shot against Jan Leonard Struff of Germany during the Western & Southern Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City. - AFP NEW YORK: World number one Novak Djokovic cruised into the semi-finals of the ATP and WTA Western & Southern Open on Wednesday while Japan's Naomi Osaka withdrew to protest the shooting of a black man by police in Wisconsin. Djokovic, who launches...
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KSC thrash Yarmouk 3-0 in STC Premier League
By: Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait Sports Club (KSC) football team continued to top the leader board of the Kuwait STC Premier League by beating Yarmouk Club by 3-0 during their round of sixteen matches. Kuwait's Faisal Zayed scored in the 34th minute, followed by Yousuf Nasser scoring the second goal in the 54th minute and Yaqoub Al-Tararwah capped the score in the 87th minute.Kuwait raised its point total to 37 while Al-Yarmouk remained at...
Orlando, FL - JULY 31: The Orlando Magic kneels for the national anthem during a scrimmage on July 31, 2020 at HP Field House at ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Florida. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2020 NBAE David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images/AFP
NBA walkout sparks historic US sport boycott over police shooting
ORLANDO: file photo shows the Orlando Magic kneels for the national anthem during a scrimmage on July 31, 2020 at HP Field House at ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando. - AFP ORLANDO: The Milwaukee Bucks led a historic sporting boycott Wednesday over the US police shooting of a black man, forcing the NBA to halt its playoff schedule and prompting a wave of walkouts across multiple sports. The NBA postponed its entire slate of Wednesday fixtures...
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Kuwait: 674 people test positive for COVID-19, 616 recoveries
KUWAIT: Up to 674 people tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in Kuwait in the past 24 hours, raising the toll of contaminations to 82,945 since outbreak of the pandemic in the country months ago, official spokesperson of the Ministry of Health said yesterday.Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad, in a statement to the press, said a single death was recorded during the same period, bringing the whole count of mortalities to 522 since the...
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Kuwait restaurants decry 'expats over 60' ban, say will hurt business
KUWAIT: This August 18, 2020 file photo shows people having lunch at a restaurant in Mubarakiya Market, as some businesses reopened after a five-month shutdown due to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: The Kuwait Restaurants Union released a memo yesterday criticizing a recent government decision to ban renewing work permits for expatriates aged 60 years or higher who have a high school degree as...
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Kuwait's expats get creative with COVID-19 survival strategies
KUWAIT: In this file photo, people walk during a two-hour break the government had provided for outdoor exercise during a total curfew imposed in Kuwait from May 10 to May 30. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat By Chidi EmmanuelKUWAIT: Badly hit by the coronavirus slump, economic crunch and social distancing, families in Kuwait are scrambling to make ends meet as hardship bites. Paying the rent, bills, food costs and other basic needs have become...
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Foreign Minister receives new Oman, Bangladesh ambassadors
KUWAIT: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah receives a copy of the credentials of Oman's Ambassador to Kuwait Dr Saleh bin Amer Al-Kharousi. - KUNA photo KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister and Acting Defense Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah received yesterday copies of the credentials of Dr Saleh bin Amer Al-Kharousi as Oman's ambassador to Kuwait, and Major General Md Ashikuzzaman as Bangladesh's...
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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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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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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
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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