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KUWAIT: His Excellency, Said Shaib Mussa with Lulu officials.

Tanzanian ambassador meets Lulu officials

KUWAIT: His Excellency, Said Shaib Mussa, Tanzania Ambassador to Kuwait paid a visit to the regional head-office of LuLu Hypermarket in Kuwait. The ambassador was received on arrival, by top management of the hypermarket. During his visit, the ambassador held talks with the hypermarket's officials, that centered around enhancing the imports of fresh produce items from Tanzania.In the course of discussions, the Tanzania Ambassador underlined the...

KUWAIT: Pedestrians walk across a bridge by Fahaheel road. - Photo by Yasser Al- Zayyat

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NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan: Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev meets with China's President Xi Jinping in Nur-Sultan on September 14, 2022. China's leader landed in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan, in his first trip abroad since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. - AFP

Xi on first trip abroad since pandemic

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan: China's President Xi Jinping arrived in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan Wednesday in the Chinese leader's first trip abroad since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. Xi, during his three-day visit to Central Asia, is scheduled to attend a summit of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Uzbekistan, where he is expected to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Their highly-anticipated meeting comes as Russia is...

SHATILA, Lebanon: Children walk along a narrow alley beneath Palestinian flags flying along the crowded electrical wires at the Shatila camp for Palestinian refugees in the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital Beirut on September 9, 2022. – AFP

40 years on, survivors recall horror of Lebanon's Sabra and Shatila massacre

SHATILA, Lebanon: Forty years after Christian militiamen massacred Palestinian refugees and Lebanese nationals in the country's Sabra and Shatila refugee camps, the horrors of the tragedy remain seared into survivors' memories. Najib al-Khatib, whose father and 10 other family members were killed in the massacre, still remembers the stench of corpses. It "lingered for more than five or six months. A horrible smell," the 52-year-old Lebanese...

BANGKOK, Thailand: Policemen and army personnel patrol inside the gates after an alleged shooter was detained in the Army Training Command in Bangkok on September 14, 2022. A gunman killed one person and wounded two others in a shooting at a military facility in Bangkok. – AFP

Two dead, one hurt in shooting at Thailand military facility

BANGKOK: A Thai soldier killed two people and wounded one other in a shooting at a military facility in Bangkok on Wednesday, police and army officials said. Sergeant Major Yongyuth Mungkornkim, a clerk at the Royal Thai Army War College, shot three other soldiers around 8:45 am (0145 GMT), the military said in a statement.The 59-year-old tried to flee the scene but surrendered himself around 10 am, deputy national police spokesman Kissana...

COLOGNE: Union Berlin players celebrate after the German first division Bundesliga football match between FC Cologne and 1 FC Union Berlin in Cologne, western Germany.- AFP

Bundesliga leaders Union aim to bring Berlin cool to Europe

BERLIN: Cult club Union Berlin have enchanted German football on their fairytale rise all the way to the top of the Bundesliga, and this season they are hoping to carry their domestic form onto the European stage. Union head to Portugal to play Braga in their second group game in this season's Europa League on Thursday, having lost at home to Union Saint-Gilloise last week."The only thing that matters on Thursday is that we get our first points...

BOLTON: Cameron Smith of Australia waves to the crowd on the third hole during the final round of the LIV Golf Invitational - Boston at The Oaks golf course at The International on September in Bolton, Massachusetts. – AFP

Golf rankings risk becoming a 'laughing stock' if LIV excluded

MELBOURNE: LIV Golf chief Greg Norman Wednesday warned the world rankings risk becoming a "laughing stock" if they refuse to award points to players from the Saudi-backed breakaway circuit. The issue of LIV Golf's events being recognized by the Official World Golf Ranking (OWGR) system could be pivotal to its future.If players can earn rankings points from LIV events, it becomes easier to qualify for the sport's four majors. "It makes OWGR look...

DETROIT: A charger stands next to a Jeep Wrangler 4xe at the 2022 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan on September 14, 2022. – AFP

Gripes over electric car tax credit as Biden visits Detroit Auto Show

DETROIT: Fresh off of recent legislative triumphs aimed at supporting US manufacturing, President Joe Biden made an upbeat appearance Wednesday at the first Detroit Auto Show since the pandemic. After months of inaction in Congress, Biden capped the summer by signing into law major new investments in semiconductor production and combating climate change, lending the US president's Democratic Party some momentum heading into the November midterm...

BRUSSELS: EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager gives a press conference in Brussels in this file photo.—AFP

Google handed setback as EU court upholds record fine

LUXEMBOURG: The European Union's second-highest court on Wednesday overwhelmingly upheld the EU's record fine against Google over its Android operating system for mobile phones, slightly reducing the fee for technical reasons. In a statement, the EU's General court said it "largely confirms the commission's decision that Google imposed unlawful restrictions on manufacturers of Android mobile devices" in order to benefit its search engine.The...

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EU plans a 'comprehensive reform' of electricity market

STRASBOURG: The EU plans a "deep and comprehensive" reform of the electricity market to cope with an energy crisis sparked by Russia's war in Ukraine, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said Wednesday. The measures include a cap on electricity producers' profits that would raise 140 billion euros ($140 billion) and "cushion" consumers from high prices, she said in her annual State of the European Union address.Other steps involve...

Britain's Prince William (left), Prince of Wales, Britain's Katharine (second left), Duchess of Kent, Britain's Prince Harry (second right), Duke of Sussex, and Meghan (right), Duchess of Sussex, stand after participating in the procession of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, to Westminster Hall, at the Palace of Westminster, in London where she will Lie in State on a Catafalque.— AFP photos

Kate's daunting task of following Diana as Princess of Wales

As the new Princess of Wales, Prince William's wife Catherine is inevitably drawing comparisons with her superstar predecessor, William's late mother Diana, whose legacy still frames Britain's view of its royal family. Outside Kensington Palace in London, where Diana continued to live after separating from the new King Charles III in 1992, members of the public voiced their views on the task facing Kate."Diana will never be forgotten. But I'm...

In this file photo taken on February 28, 1998 French singer Johnny Hallyday (right) applauds Franco-Swiss film director Jean-Luc Godard (left) receiving an Honorary César during the 23rd César Awards ceremony at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.— AFP photos

French cinema giant Jean-Luc Godard dies aged 91

Jean-Luc Godard, one of the most influential filmmakers of the 20th century and the father of the French New Wave, died "peacefully at home" on Tuesday aged 91, his family said. His legal counsel later confirmed he died by assisted suicide. The legendary maverick blew up the conventions of cinema in the 1960s, shooting his gangster romance "Breathless" on the streets of Paris with a hand-held camera, using a shopping trolley for panning shots. He...

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