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NEW YORK: Protesters call on the United Nations to take action against the treatment of women in Iran, following the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of the morality police, during a demonstration in New York City on November 19, 2022. – AFP

Activists fear Iran crackdown in a Kurdish-populated town

PARIS: Activists on Sunday expressed alarm that Iran was implementing a major crackdown in a Kurdish-populated town that has seen intense anti-regime protests in the last few days. Reinforcements of the security forces were sent to the city of Mahabad in western Iran, rights groups said, while images and audio files of heavy gunfire and screams were posted overnight. Iran's clerical leadership has been shaken by more than two months of protests...

INCHEON, South Korea: In this picture taken on October 19, 2022, workers prepare freshly harvested kale leaves before packaging them at an organic farm that works with next-day grocery delivery service Market Kurly, in Incheon, Gyeonggi province. - AFP

Frustrated foodies gobble up South Korean grocery unicorn

SEOUL: When Sophie Kim moved home to South Korea after 15 years in the United States, she couldn't find anywhere to buy kale for her green juice. So she found a farmer, then built an app to help others seek out top-quality produce. The next-day grocery delivery service Market Kurly that 38-year-old Kim founded is now one of South Korea's most important startup unicorns, last valued at $3 billion and set for an initial public offering by...

DJEKANOU, Ivory Coast: Cocoa farmers extract cocoa beans at a cocoa plantation near Bringakro village, in Djekanou sub-prefecture, on November 17, 2022. - AFP

Ivory Coast and Ghana throw down gauntlet on cocoa price

DJEKANOU, Ivory Coast: The world's chocolate industry could be in for a turbulent ride as the two biggest cocoa producers set down demands for manufacturers to pay higher prices for their growers. The quarrel focuses on the Living Income Differential (LID) -- a policy that Ivory Coast and Ghana introduced in 2019 to fight poverty among cocoa farmers in the global $130-billion chocolate market.Under it, Ivory Coast and Ghana vowed to charge a...

WASHINGTON: In this file photo illustration taken on August 05, 2022, shows a cellphone displaying a photo of Elon Musk placed on a computer monitor filled with Twitter logos in Washington, DC. - AFP

Twitter turmoil, staff exodus aggravate security concerns

WASHINGTON: Twitter's owner Elon Musk has pledged the platform will not become a "hellscape," but experts fear a staff exodus following mass layoffs may have devastated its ability to combat misinformation, impersonation and data theft. Twitter devolved into what campaigners described as a cesspit of falsehoods and hate speech after recent layoffs cut half the company's 7,500 staff and fake accounts proliferated following its botched rollout of a...

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Kuwait to issue dependent visas for children under 5

By B IzzakKUWAIT: The interior ministry is scheduled to start looking from Monday into applications for family visas for children under five, provided that both parents have valid residency permits in the country. Several months ago, Kuwait slapped a total ban on visas for expats until it had reviewed all the procedures. Authorities only allowed the issuance of commercial visas to facilitate business for local companies. The new move will be the...

Two men walk past the entrance of the Museum of London.- AFP photos

Museum of London packs up for £250 million move

King Charles I's execution vest and 20,000 human remains are among the objects that need to be packed up as the Museum of London makes a daunting £250 million ($260 million) move. The museum tells the story of one of the world's great cities through more than six million artefacts-the largest urban history collection in the world.But it has long been hampered by its location, tucked away among the glass towers of London's ever-expanding...

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Mexico's 'Black Panther' star fights racism at home

In Hollywood, he's the rising star of the sequel to "Black Panther," the first major Black superhero movie. In his homeland Mexico, Tenoch Huerta is leading a fight against racism on the screen. The 41-year-old aims to use his growing fame to break the tradition of Mexican actors of Indigenous origin being cast in the roles of thieves and villains. Playing the character of Namor the Sub-Mariner in Marvel Studios' "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,"...

This picture shows the venue in which the 19th Marrakech International Film Festival took place.— AFP photos

Iranian director dedicates Marrakech film festival win to 'women of Iran'

Iranian director Emad Aleebrahim Dehkordi won the Etoile d'Or top award at the Marrakech International Film Festival late Saturday for his debut feature "A Tale of Shemroon" and dedicated his prize to "all the women of Iran". The film explores the life of a young Iranian living in Shemroon, north of Tehran, who gets pulled deeper into the drug trade while trying to make some easy money through his connections with Tehran's wealthy youth."I want...

DOHA: FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during a press conference at the Qatar National Convention Center on Nov 19, 2022, ahead of the Qatar 2022 World Cup. – AFP

FIFA chief blasts 'hypocrisy' on eve of Qatar World Cup

DOHA: Two weeks after FIFA urged the 32 teams at the World Cup to "focus on the football", Gianni Infantino veered off-script on Saturday. Nothing was off limits as the most powerful man in football vented his frustration in a 1hr 1min tirade that encompassed 3,000 years of history, the evils of colonialism, childhood bullying and freckles. The build-up to the World Cup in Qatar has been dominated by years of controversy focusing on the host...

SHARM EL SHEIKH: Brazilian president-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva poses for a group photograph with representatives of his country's indigenous people the during the COP27 climate conference on Nov 17, 2022. – AFP

Climate fund breakthrough offers 'hope'

SHARM EL-SHEIKH: COP27 host Egypt scrambled to salvage UN climate talks Saturday with the European Union signaling a breakthrough over the contentious issue of "loss and damage" funding for climate vulnerable nations. Nearly 200 countries' representatives have gathered at the COP27 in Egypt for two weeks with the aim of driving forward action to fight climate change as the world faces a worsening onslaught of weather extremes.But the talks...

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Twitter fate in doubt as staff defy ultimatum

SAN FRANCISCO: The future of Twitter seemed to hang in the balance Friday after its offices were locked down and key employees announced their departures in defiance of an ultimatum from new owner Elon Musk. Fears grew that a fresh exodus would threaten the very existence of one of the world's most influential internet platforms, which serves as a key communication tool for the world's media, politicians, companies, activists and...

MADRIS: Kuwaiti Ambassador to Spain Khalifa Al-Khurafi with Kuwaiti patients and attendants. - KUNA

Embassy keen to take care of Kuwaiti patients in Spain

BARCELONA: Kuwait's Ambassador to Spain Khalifa Al-Khorafi has emphasized the Kuwaiti Embassy is paying a great deal of attention to all Kuwaitis receiving treatment and offering all facilitations to them and their companions. Khorafi made the statement to KUNA at the end of a meeting organized by the Kuwait Embassy in Barcelona late Thursday that included some officials and representatives of hospitals, medical centers and the government, as...

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