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Gaza patients flee hospital after Zionist evacuation order
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Russia hits Ukraine’s power grid
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Cash crops: Dutch use bitcoin mining to grow tulips
Tulips and bitcoin have both been associated with financial bubbles in their time, but in a giant greenhouse near Amsterdam the Dutch are trying to make them work together. Engineer Bert de Groot inspects the six bitcoin miners as they perform complex sums to earn cryptocurrency, filling the air with a noisy whine along with a blast of warmth. That warmth is now heating the hothouse where rows of tulips grow, cutting the farmers' reliance on gas...
Nobel laureate Annie Ernaux hails Camus
French writer Annie Ernaux hailed Albert Camus as she received her Nobel Prize for literature on Saturday, 65 years after the author of existentialist classic "The Stranger" won the same award. "Finding myself here, 65 years later, leaves me with a deep sense of astonishment and gratitude," Ernaux told 2,000 guests gathered for the ceremony at Stockholm City Hall.She said she felt "astonishment at the mystery represented by the path of life and...
Kenya's Maasai swap lion hunts for sports to display their prowess
In a Kenyan reserve near Africa's highest mountain, Maasai youths on Saturday swapped traditional lion hunts for a series of sporting events to test and display their prowess and strength. For generations, Maasai warriors had to kill a lion as part of the "Olamayio" rite to prove their skills, identify their leaders, and attract girlfriends.But as the numbers of lions in Kenya plummeted from about 30,000 in the 1970s to just over 2,000 today,...
Biden tries to reboot US brand in Africa amid China, Russia inroads
WASHINGTON: When Barack Obama welcomed African leaders to Washington in 2014, many viewed the summit as historic, not just due to the US president's background but for the pledges to make the partnership deeper and such events routine. The sequel took eight years-the equivalent of two presidential terms-but on Tuesday, Joe Biden will host a second US-Africa summit.Since 2014, China-viewed by Washington as its main long-term challenger-has...
'Everything is increasing except wages': Inflation batters Ethiopia
ADDIS ABABA: "Everything is increasing except our wages," Ethiopian porter Zerihun told AFP, summing up the financial crisis facing the Horn of Africa nation as it reels from skyrocketing inflation and an economic slowdown. After a decade of dynamic growth during the 2010s, Africa's second most populous country has suffered multiple shocks, including the COVID-19 pandemic, a record drought, a two-year war in its northernmost region of Tigray and...
Oil embargo on Russia and price cap disrupt maritime transport
BRUSSELS: The European Union embargo on Russia's oil and an international cap on the price of the country's crude are disrupting the maritime transport sector. The EU on Monday enforced an embargo on Russian crude shipments, the bloc's latest sanction in retaliation for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. This week also saw the start of a $60 cap on a barrel of Russian crude, agreed by Western nations.Tanker traffic jamAimed at depriving Russia of key...
Arabs unite, dare to dream as Morocco reaches semifinals
DOHA: The T-shirt on sale at Doha's main market declares "Our blood is Arab", and that is the mood buoying Morocco as it became the first Arab and African nation to reach a World Cup semifinal after Youssef En-Nesyri's first-half goal sealed a tense 1-0 victory over Portugal on Saturday at Al Thumama Stadium.Cristiano Ronaldo has likely played his last World Cup match after making an ineffectual appearance as a second-half substitute, failing to...
Gaza firemen ill-equipped to contain blazes
GAZA: Standing on his street in Gaza, Alaa Habboub looked on in horror as flames engulfed his neighbors' home and screams rang out from the inferno that would claim 21 lives. The disaster last month, in a three-storey residence packed with containers of petrol, may have been less deadly if the Gaza Strip had a better equipped fire service, said the 21-year-old.The densely crowded Palestinian enclave blockaded by the Zionist entity has a shortage...
Bader Al-Kharafi reaffirms Zain’s values, names region’s first CPO
KUWAIT: Zain Vice Chairman and Group CEO Bader Al-Kharafi, while addressing employees, announced yet another first in the region — the appointment of a Chief Purpose Officer (CPO), a new position created for the fusion of the company’s purpose and mission within all elements of its operation, reaffirming Zain’s values and commitments to improve the communities it operates in. The announcement came during celebration of its diversity and...
Crown Prince meets Tunisian President, Lebanese Premier
RIYADH: Representative of HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, received on Friday Tunisian President Kais Saied at his guests' residence in Riyadh. HH Sheikh Mishal conveyed greetings from HH the Amir to the Tunisian president during their meeting. The two sides discussed developing bilateral relations and joint work. RIYADH: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad...
Arab-China leaders agree to broaden partnership
RIYADH: Arab and Chinese leaders agreed on Friday at the conclusion of their first summit in Riyadh on strengthening strategic partnership in all domains for a better future for their nations. "We confirm our common keenness to strengthen the strategic partnership between the Arab countries and the People's Republic of China based on comprehensive cooperation and common development for a better future," read the final statement of the summit. The...
Is freedom of religion guaranteed in Kuwait?
By Atyab Al-Shatti a jurisprudential perspective, it is noticed that there is a serious contradiction between the legislation related to regulating freedom of belief. It does not seem to those who study Kuwaiti laws that there is a clear legislative position that resolves the dimensions and controls of an individual's exercise of his freedom of belief. On the contrary, we find that freedom of belief succeeds in reaching the space of...
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