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BERLIN, Germany: This file photo taken on June 11, 2020 shows a closed check-in desk of German airline Lufthansa at Berlin's Tegel Airport. - AFP

German union calls July 27 strike at Lufthansa

FRANKFURT: German national carrier Lufthansa is braced for further travel upheaval as the country's powerful Verdi union called on ground crew to strike on Wednesday in a row over higher wages. The stoppage from 0145 GMT on Wednesday until 0400 GMT on Thursday will cause "major flight cancellations and delays", Verdi warned on Monday.The walkout at one of Europe's largest airlines adds to a troubled summer season at airports across the continent...

WASHINGTON: In this file photo taken on June 07, 2022, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies before the Senate Finance Committee on the US President's proposed budget request, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. - AFP

Fed set for rate hike with economy on knife's edge

WASHINGTON: US central bankers face an increasingly difficult balancing act as they struggle to douse scorching inflation while still keeping the economy growing, though they have made it clear they are willing to risk a recession. But with war still raging in Ukraine and COVID-19 causing ongoing issues in Asia, avoiding an economic downturn will require luck and depend on many factors outside the Federal Reserve's control.As American families...

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Huawei FreeBuds Pro 2 Depicted: The Ultimate true sound earbuds with pure voice call

KUWAIT: Wireless earphones have come a long way in the past decade. It has come to the point that it doesn't make sense to use wired earphones for everyday things like answering calls or listening to music. The sound quality of newer wireless earphones is dipping its toes into audiophile territories. Huawei recently announced the all-new Huawei FreeBuds Pro 2 in Kuwait. It packs all the features that you would ever want in a pair of TWS earbuds,...

OREGON: Sweden's Armand Duplantis reacts as he sets a world record in the men's pole vault final during the World Athletics Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon on July 24, 2022. - AFP

Record-breaking Duplantis soars at World Athletics Championship

EUGENE: Armand Duplantis wrapped up the World Athletics Championships in Eugene in stunning fashion on Sunday, setting a new world record in the pole vault as the curtain came down on the 10-day global track and field extravaganza. The gripping finale could not have been any better scripted for the first world championships ever to be held on American soil - apart from the fact maybe that the US-born and raised Duplantis was wearing the yellow...

PORT OF SPAIN: Axar Patel of India hits 4 during the 2nd ODI match between West Indies and India at Queens Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on July 24, 2022.- AFP

Axar Patel's 64 fuels India in series, clinching victory

PORT OF SPAIN: Axar Patel's career-best 64 not out lifted India to a series-clinching two-wicket win with two balls to spare over the West Indies in the second One-Day International of a three-match series at Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad on Sunday. After Shai Hope’s assured 115 in his 100th ODI paced the home side to a competitive 311 for six batting first, the tourists were indebted to Patel's bludgeoning innings off just 35 balls in his...

KUWAIT: Thailand's Sarawut Suthet (right) and Iran's Sajid Mohammad compete during the Kuwait International Boxing Championship at the Boxing Hall on July 24, 2022. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait Boxing Championship end in style

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Uzbekistan boxers proved tough in a highly competitive 1st Kuwait International Boxing Championship that was concluded on Sunday. Five out of seven boxers qualified for the final bouts. The closing ceremony was attended by President of Asian Boxing Confederation Pichai Chunhayajra and President of Kuwait Boxing Federation Mohammad Mansi as well as diplomats and heads of delegations from 20 countries.The semi-finals saw...

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Kuwaiti clinches 3rd in European Jet Ski championship

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti racer Abdullah Al-Fadhel clinched the third place in the 2022 European Jet Ski Championship's Pro-AM Runabout Stock race, which concluded in Poland Sunday. In statements to KUNA, via phone, Al-Fadhel expressed pleasure for raising Kuwait's flag high at this international event, where 180 renowned international racers competed. He regretted that a technical problem in his boat in the fourth round of the race had deprived him from...

This photo shows workers making rubber sandals at a shop in Hanoi.-AFP photos

From war to peace: Vietnam's rubber sandals march on

Made from recycled military truck or aircraft tyres, Vietnam's hand-made rubber sandals, the famously rugged footwear of the Viet Cong, have travelled vast distances over the decades. In the bustling capital Hanoi, all kinds of shoes are on sale: from $1,000 Gucci heels to $2 plastic slippers. But for those seeking a nod to yesteryear, the hard-soled rubber sandals-evocative of the communist state's resourcefulness under fire-are available at...

BENI SUEF: A farmer collects the pepper crop, in El-Fashn in Egypt's Beni Suef governorate, some 150 kilometers south of the capital.- AFP

Egypt small farms playing big role but struggle to survive

SINDIYUN: Egyptian smallholders grow nearly half of the country's crops, a lifeline role increasingly important after grain imports were stalled by war in Ukraine -- but they are struggling to survive. Despite their crucial role providing food for the North African nation's 103 million people, smallholders are cash-strapped and indebted, frequently selling their harvests at a loss."The farmer is dead, trampled," farmer Zakaria Aboueldahab told...

GAZA: Palestinians Suleiman and Nazmiya Baraka show a picture of their slain daughter Istabraq Baraka, who was killed by her husband last year.- AFP

Gaza's women see no escape from violence

ABASSAN: Seventeen-year-old Istabraq Baraka fell pregnant soon after her wedding in the Gaza Strip. Three months later her husband killed her. "She died from a severe beating, which caused bleeding on the brain and lungs and broken ribs," said her mother Nazmiya. Sitting with her husband Suleiman in a garden in Abassan, near the city of Khan Yunis in the south of the Palestinian territory, the 53-year-old talks at lightning speed about last...

KUWAIT: Officials pose for a group photo on the sidelines of the workshop. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait's Nazaha stresses need for public to report corruption cases

By Faten OmarKUWAIT: The Kuwait Association for the Protecting Public Funds, in cooperation with Kuwait Anti-Corruption Authority (Nazaha), held on Sunday a symposium and a workshop entitled "Investigation and Follow-up for the Recovery of Stolen Public Funds". In his opening remarks, Nazaha's Vice-President, Counselor Nawaf Al-Muhmel, stressed the need to achieve community awareness and help in reporting corruption cases. "There are still many...

KUWAIT: A retired Kuwaiti woman receiving her Afya-3 health insurance card. - KUNA photos

Afya-3 health insurance available until September 15

KUWAIT: Afya-3 health insurance cards are available for Kuwaiti retirees from July 24 to September 15, 2022, Director of Health insurance Department at the Ministry of Health (MoH) Ahmad Al-Hussaini stated Sunday. The cards could be handed out to beneficiaries through 44 health centers across the country during official work hours (7:00 am to 2:00 pm), he noted. Original civil IDs have to be checked for retired Kuwaitis in order to get the recent...

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GAZA: A Palestinian child injured in a Zionist strike reacts as she is carried to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Aug 21, 2024. - AFP

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