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LIMA: A supporter of Yenifer Paredes, the sister-in-law of Peru's President Pedro Castillo, rallies outside the courthouse in Lima, after the prosecution requested she was sent to preventive detention for 36 months, for her alleged participation in a corruption network. – AFP

Peru's president Castillo shakes up police leadership after raid of govt headquarters

LIMA: Leftist Peruvian President Pedro Castillo replaced the leadership of the country's national police Saturday, two weeks after anticorruption officials searched government headquarters in search of the leader's wanted sister-in-law. During the raid earlier this month, which Castillo has called "illegal," investigators looked for Yenifer Paredes, who is accused of taking part in a corruption ring which prosecutors allege is run by the...

BEIJING: The photo taken on August 26, 2022 shows young people attending a job fair in Beijing. – AFP

China's jobless youth left in the lurch

BEIJING: China's slowing economy has left millions of young people fiercely competing for an ever-slimming raft of jobs and facing an increasingly uncertain future. Official data released this month showed one in five young people in Chinese cities was out of work in July-more than three times the national average and the highest recorded since January 2018. Nearly 11 million graduates entered China's bleak job market this summer with the...

HAMBURG: This picture taken on August 25, 2022 shows the coal warehouse at the Moorburg coal power plant in Hamburg, northern Germany. – AFP

In Germany, the stuttering bid to jumpstart coal plants

Berlin HAMBURG, Germany: A year after the last wisps of smoke disappeared into the skies from the imposing chimneys of the Moorburg coal plant, hopes had grown that the mothballed site would see new life as Germany scrambles to secure energy supplies. Russia's curtailing of gas exports to Germany in the wake of the Ukraine war has forced Berlin to make the radical decision to restart coal power stations, at least temporarily.But infrastructure...

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TOKYO: Akane Yamaguchi of Japan hits a return against Chen Yufei of China during their women’s singles final match at the World Badminton Championships in Tokyo on August 28, 2022. – AFP

Japan's Yamaguchi retains badminton women's title

TOKYO: Japan's Akane Yamaguchi retained her badminton women's world title in front of her home crowd in Tokyo on Sunday, beating China's Chen Yufei 21-12, 10-21, 21-14. The top-seeded Yamaguchi, who won her first world title last year in the Spanish city of Huelva, had to dig deep to see off the challenge of Olympic champion Chen. Chen was bidding to become the first player from badminton powerhouse China to win a women's singles world title...

LOS ANGELES: Cars, trucks, SUVs, and other vehicles drive in traffic on the 405 freeway through the Sepulveda Pass in Los Angeles, California.— AFP

Plenty of roadblocks for world's automakers seeking EV success

NEW YORK: The world's top automakers-motivated either by governmental regulations or pure profit-have made a sharp turn away from fossil fuel vehicles. But there are plenty of obstacles on the road to a future full of eco-friendly cars. Will there be enough lithium and other vital raw materials to make electric car batteries? Will there be sufficient charging stations? How will carmakers ensure that their offerings are affordable for the average...

Catholics and Muslims attend the procession of the Madonna of Trapani during the annual Christian Roman Catholic feast day of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary at the Saint-Augustin and Saint-Fidèle church in La Goulette suburb of Tunisia's capital Tunis.- AFP

Churchgoers, researchers celebrate Tunisia's Sicilian past

Worshippers crying "Hail Mary" walk alongside their Muslim neighbors in the Tunisian port district of La Goulette, harking back to a time when Sicilians were at the heart of neighborhood life. The Madonna of Trapani procession, marking the Catholic Feast of the Assumption, is an echo of a "forgotten history" researchers of Italian origin say offers a model for coexistence with migrants, among faiths and ethnicities.The annual procession was born...

This picture shows members of the Gwaith-i-Megyr group posing for a photograph before practicing sword-fighting techniques known as Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) at a park in Jakarta. - AFP photos

Indonesian knights keep medieval sword-fighting alive

Armed with blunt swords, a dozen would-be chevaliers are put through their paces in a gallant effort to keep alive European medieval martial arts taught hundreds of years ago. But this is not a scene from Game of Thrones or the Adventures of Robin Hood -- it's a breezy Sunday afternoon in the middle of Jakarta, one of the world's biggest megacities. The fighters are practicing sword-fighting techniques that were honed across Europe from the...

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Court bars ex-MP Dahoum from running in elections

By B IzzakKUWAIT: The administrative court on Thursday barred former opposition MP Bader Al-Dahoum from running in the upcoming elections after rejecting his petition to reenlist him on the election rolls. The court also rejected the appeals of 35 other voters who were not listed by the ministry of interior for a variety of reasons. The court is expected to continue looking into more petitions in the coming days.Dahoum was elected to the National...

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MoH hastens steps to transfer expats to private hospitals

KUWAIT: Informed sources have revealed that meetings that took place between the ministry of health and Health Assurance Hospitals Company (Dhaman) resulted in an agreement on accelerating the company's plan to start operating its health centers to receive expatriates and start treating them there instead of government clinics and hospitals, as part of the health ministry's plan to allocate its facilities to Kuwaitis only.The sources indicated...

KUWAIT: Arrested people are boarded onto buses as raids to arrest residency violators and lawbreakers continue around the country.

Raids continue to arrest illegals, lawbreakers

KUWAIT: The interior ministry's security sectors carried out extensive security campaigns in Ahmadi and Farwaniya governorates on August 23 and 24 that resulted in arresting many violators and lawbreakers. The ministry said security campaigns are ongoing across the country to apprehend outlaws and violators and ensure public safety and security. The ministry urged the public to carry their documents, cooperate with the police and avoid harboring...

KUWAIT: The suspects, drugs, weapons and cash that were seized.

Two smugglers killed, 80 kg of narcotics seized

KUWAIT: Two smugglers were killed and another was injured during a shootout with Kuwaiti coastguardsmen at sea, who foiled an attempt to smuggle 80 kilograms of narcotics to Kuwait hidden in a boat. After the Drugs Control General Department received tips about a smuggling attempt via sea, a warrant was obtained and the boat was stopped. The suspects then fired at the coastguard boats, so coastguardsmen returned fire, killing two and injuring a...

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KUWAIT: Rescuers work at a collapsed building in Jabriya on Aug 21, 2024. - KUNA

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WARSAW: Polish President Andrzej Duda speaks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Belweder Palace on Aug 22, 2024. - AFP

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Ahmadi Governor Sheikh Humoud Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah speaks during the visit. - KUNA photos

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