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Gaza faces uphill battle against polio
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Pelicans pummel Nets to open NBA season; Suns thump Mavs
LOS ANGELES: Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans opened their NBA season with a punishing 130-108 victory over the star-studded Nets in Brooklyn on Wednesday. Brandon Ingram scored 28 points and Williamson-playing his first regular-season game in more than 17 months-scored 25 as he returns from the foot injury that sidelined him for a season. "It's crazy," said Williamson, the 2019 top draft pick who at 22 has already battled a raft of...
Bayern book last 16 in German Cup; first time in three seasons
HANOVER: Bayern Munich reached the last 16 of the German Cup for the first time in three seasons, thanks to a 5-2 comeback victory away at Bavarian neighbors Augsburg. Bayern returned to the venue of their only loss in all competitions so far this season, having gone down 1-0 away at Augsburg in mid-September in the Bundesliga. When Danish left-back Mads Pedersen put Augsburg 1-0 up after nine minutes, it looked like the 20-time German Cup...
Pound, London stocks jump as Truss announces resignation
LONDON: The London stock market and the pound bounced on Thursday after British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced her resignation following disastrous policies that rocked the markets for weeks. The pound traded around 0.4 percent higher against the dollar to $1.1273 after Truss ended six tumultuous weeks in power-but analysts said gains were pared by the ongoing uncertainty. The FTSE 100 index was up 0.1 percent while the country's borrowing...
Britons skipping meals in cost-of-living crisis: Poll
LONDON: Millions of Britons are skipping meals in current the cost-of-living crisis, a consumer group warned Thursday, having already forecast that many risk fuel poverty after the UK curbed its energy price freeze. The news came after data showed UK inflation jumped back above 10 percent in September on rampant food prices, as economic troubles pile up for beleaguered Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss, who was forced to resign on...
Turkish central bank cuts rates for 3rd month despite weak lira
ISTANBUL: Turkey's central bank on Thursday cut its policy rate for the third consecutive month despite plunging lira and an annual inflation rate that has soared over 83 percent. The central bank said it was cutting its one-week repo rate to 10.5 percent from 12 percent, with a surge in consumer prices it said was "driven by the lagged and indirect effects of rising energy costs" caused by Russia's war on Ukraine.The decision comes right after...
Assembly hails 'new era' after Deputy Amir speech
KUWAIT: Lawmakers on Wednesday hailed the start of a "new era" as mentioned in a speech given by HH the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah a day earlier in parliament. Kuwaiti citizens have "responded positively" to HH the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince's speech that set in motion the start of the parliament's new legislative term, said National Assembly Secretary Osama Al-Shaheen after talks with the parliament's...
Divorce rates soar in Iraq as stigma persists
BAGHDAD: Just a year into her marriage, Manal became one of the tens of thousands of Iraqis every year who divorce in a deeply conservative nation where break-up rates have risen. For Manal, like many other women, the reason was clear - her husband's financial dependence on his family's business meant that "he couldn't take any decisions of his own". The 33-year-old was divorced eight years ago from her ex-husband, who is also her cousin and who...
UK govt of Truss rocked as interior minister departs
LONDON: The UK's hardline interior minister Suella Braverman quit the government on Wednesday, heaping more doubt on the survival chances of Prime Minister Liz Truss after her right-wing economic agenda unraveled. Braverman said she had resigned after using her personal email to send an official document to a colleague. While calling it a "technical infringement" of government rules, she wrote in her resignation letter: "I have made a mistake; I...
Lebanon power plant sparks cancer fears
ZOUK MIKAEL, Lebanon: After losing four relatives to respiratory illness, Zeina Matar fled her hometown north of Lebanon's capital where she says a decaying power plant generates little electricity but very deadly pollution. Thick black smoke sometimes billows from its red-and-white chimneys, leaving a grey haze in the air above the Zouk Mikael industrial district where the toxins remain trapped by a nearby mountain chain. Zeina, aged 40, says...
Qatar gets Middle East's first pandas
DOHA: Qatar became the first Middle Eastern country Wednesday to receive Chinese giant pandas - Suhail and Soraya - who, in true Gulf fashion, took up residence in luxury air-conditioned quarters. Crowds of children and reporters watched as the four-year-old male and three-year-old female took their first steps in a temporary enclosure in a ceremony at the Al Khor park about 50 km north of Doha.The Chinese government sent the animals as gift to...
State of kindness
By Layan Abdullah Al-QenaeiKindness is the act of giving without waiting for anything in return. To be kind with a word, a gift, a smile, a compliment, a hug, or even just opening the door for the person coming right behind you. Be kindhearted to everyone in a calculated measurement.Most importantly is to be kind to yourself, listen to your brain and heart's needs. Give yourself time, spoil yourself and always put yourself first with the rule of...
Kuwait Quran competition concludes
KUWAIT: Under the sponsorship of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the conclusion ceremony of Kuwait's Quran Memorization and Tajweed Grand Award was held on Wednesday. Head of the Crown Prince Diwan, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, honors one of the judges.His Highness the Amir deputized Head of the Crown Prince Diwan, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, to attend the ceremony. The latter was welcomed by Minister...
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