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Gaza faces uphill battle against polio
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Gaza faces uphill battle against polio
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Death ‘the only certainty’ for Gazans: UN official
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West, Russia trade pressure on energy
KYIV: Western powers and Moscow hit back at each other Friday with painful pressure measures on energy as Ukraine said it bombed a Russian base near a nuclear plant that has caused growing concern. The Group of Seven major industrial democracies vowed to move urgently to set a price cap on Russian oil imports, a crucial source of revenue for Moscow and its war in Ukraine."Russia is benefitting economically from the uncertainty on energy markets...
'No police, no law': anarchy in Palestinian suburb of Jerusalem
JERUSALEM: One evening in January 2021, Arafe Rajabi, exasperated by yet another night of roaring cars below his window in an east Jerusalem Palestinian suburb, went downstairs to complain. Fifteen minutes later, he was shot dead, another victim of the chaos in his Kufr Aqab neighborhood, a no-man's land which is increasingly turning into a local version of the Wild West.Located around 10 kilometers (six miles) from the centre of Jerusalem, the...
India overtakes UK to become world's fifth largest economy
LONDON/NEW DELHI: India has overtaken the UK to become the world's fifth-largest economy and is now behind only the US, China, Japan and Germany, according to IMF projections. A decade back, India was ranked 11th among the large economies while the UK was at the fifth position. Britain has dropped behind India to become the world's sixth largest economy, delivering a further blow to the government in London as it grapples with a brutal...
Duplantis given 'wake-up call' as Obiena steals pole vault win
BRUSSELS, Belgium: Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis vowed that any danger of becoming complacent would be shelved after he suffered a rare defeat at Friday's Diamond League meet in Brussels. Duplantis failed three times at 5.91 metres, falling to the mat on the third botched effort with a gaping mouth in stunned disbelief. Ernest John Obiena of the Philippines passed at the same height on the third time of asking, which left the Filipino also shaking...
'We've gone back 50 years': Pakistan farmers count cost from flood havoc
SAMMU KHAN BHANBRO, Pakistan: Pakistan's farmers are still counting their losses from the devastating floods that have put a third of the country under water, but the long-term impact is already clear. "We have gone back 50 years," said Ashraf Ali Bhanbro, a farmer in Sindh province whose 2,500 acres of cotton and sugarcane-on the verge of being harvested-have now been wiped out.More than 33 million people have been affected by the floods caused...
Google's immersive Street View could be glimpse of metaverse
MOUNTAIN VIEW, US: Fifteen years after its launch, a Google Maps feature that lets people explore faraway places as though standing right there is providing a glimpse of the metaverse being heralded as the future of the internet. There was not yet talk of online life moving to virtual worlds when a "far-fetched" musing by Google co-founder Larry Page prompted Street View, which lets users of the company's free navigation service see imagery of...
BBC pays £1.4 million to charity over controversial Diana interview
The BBC said Friday it had donated sales proceeds derived from a 1995 interview with Princess Diana to charity after it was found she was tricked into the bombshell expose. A record 22.8 million people watched the "Panorama" interview, in which Diana detailed infidelity in her marriage with heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles. Retired senior judge John Dyson said in an independent report published in May that BBC journalist Martin Bashir...
Actress Jane Fonda says has cancer
US actress and activist Jane Fonda announced Friday that she has cancer, and has begun chemotherapy. The 84-year-old Oscar winner, a prominent supporter of the Democratic Party vowed to fight the "very treatable" illness. "I've been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and have started chemo treatments," she wrote on her verified Instagram account. "This is a very treatable cancer. 80 percent of people survive, so I feel very lucky. In this file...
'Cosmoss': Supermodel Kate Moss launches wellness brand
British supermodel Kate Moss on Thursday launched a website selling her own beauty and lifestyle products called Cosmoss, becoming the latest star to venture into branded e-commerce. Moss follows celebrities such as US actress Gwyneth Paltrow who has forged a second career marketing wellness products on her Goop website. With her sculpted cheek bones, grungy style and famous boyfriends including US actor Johnny Depp and British musician Pete...
Webb telescope captures its first image of exoplanet
The James Webb space telescope has taken its first image of an exoplanet-a planet outside our solar system-as astronomers hail the device's performance since its launch last year. Images from the most powerful space telescope ever built have thrilled observers in recent months as it orbits the Sun a million miles (1.6 million kilometers) from Earth.Its latest pioneering pictures show the exoplanet, called HIP 65426 b, is a gas giant with no rocky...
A spectacular cultural show marks Indian Embassy's Onam celebration
By Sajeev K PeterKUWAIT: A spectacular cultural show, colorful pageantry and a traditional feast highlighted the Indian Embassy's Onam celebration, held on September 1 as part of the state facilitation event on the southern Indian state of Kerala. A large number of people including Kuwaiti dignitaries, diplomats and members of the Indian diaspora joined the embassy in celebrating Kerala's biggest festival, reflecting the rich cultural traditions...
GHC releases report on medical examinations
KUWAIT: The Gulf Health Council (GHC) has released a regional medical report for the general public highlighting the importance of regular medical examinations and routine hospital visits for all ages, with information such as regular blood check-ups and vaccination schedulesThe GHC report states that routine examination discovers illnesses that are not usually symptomatic such as high blood pressure and cholesterol levels based on age group,...
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