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KABUL: A Taleban fighter stands guard in front of a Sikh temple following an attack by gunmen on June 18, 2022. - AFP
One killed as gunmen storm Sikh temple in Afghan capital
KABUL: Gunmen stormed a Sikh temple in the Afghan capital on Saturday, killing at least one member of the community and wounding seven more, the interior ministry said. Ministry spokesman Abdul Nafi Takor said the attackers lobbed at least one grenade when they entered the temple, setting off a blaze in the complex. Minutes later, a car bomb was detonated in the area but caused no casualties, he added."One of our Sikh brothers has been killed and...
CHENNAI: Police detain protestors during a demonstration against the government's new 'Agnipath' recruitment scheme for the army, navy and air forces on June 18, 2022. - AFP
Police fire on crowd protesting India army plan
SECUNDERABAD, India: Indian police fired at an angry mob who set trains on fire Friday during protests against a new short-term military recruitment scheme that have flared around the country. Authorities are reeling from a sudden and violent backlash after this week announcing a plan to modernize India's 1.4 million-strong armed forces that would strip benefits and job security from aspiring soldiers.Hundreds of protesters stood on rail tracks...
TOPSHOT - Delegates attend the closing session of a World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference at the WTO headquarters in Geneva on early June 17, 2022. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / POOL / AFP)
WTO strikes landmark deals
GENEVA: The World Trade Organization concluded a landmark bundle of deals Friday covering fishing subsidies, food insecurity and Covid-19 vaccines following hectic round-the-clock talks. WTO director-general Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said trade ministers had struck an "unprecedented" number of agreements that would affect the lives of people everywhere.The talks in Geneva began Sunday and had been due to wrap up on Wednesday. But instead the WTO's 164...
KUWAIT: Photo shows the headquarters of Boursa Kuwait. Boursa Kuwait organized its first physical Corporate Day since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in London, in collaboration with HSBC, one of Europe’s biggest banks from 8-9 June.
Boursa Kuwait highlights investment opportunities
KUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait organized its first physical Corporate Day since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in London, in collaboration with HSBC, one of Europe's biggest banks from 8-9 June. The event brought together eight companies listed in the "Premier" Market, including Boursa Kuwait, with 36 world-renowned asset management firms and investment companies, who conducted 126 meetings between them.The meetings provided international investors...
HAVANA: Men ride on a bicitaxi along a street of Havana.- AFP
No petrol, no cars: Cubans turn to electric transport
SANTA CLARA: There is a new sight on the streets of Havana: increasing numbers of electric vehicles whizzing among the old American cars so emblematic of the Cuban capital. As fuel shortages and US sanctions take their toll, and even though electricity generation can be spotty, Cubans are turning to smaller, cheaper, plug-in alternatives. "Gasoline? Imagine. After 50 years battling to get hold of it, I don't even want to smell it anymore!" taxi...
TULA: A tractor tows a harrow on the field of Chyorny Khleb (Black Bread) enterprise in the village of Khatmanovo in the Tula region some 150 kilometers outside Moscow. Yevgeny Shifanov, co-owner of an organic farm, says his business has felt the sting of Western sanctions and he is no longer able to sell his grain to Europe. - AFP
Russian farmers seeking to ride out Western sanctions
KHATMANOVO: Yevgeny Shifanov, co-owner of an organic farm, says his business has felt the sting of Western sanctions and he is no longer able to sell his grain to Europe. But the 42-year-old puts on a brave face, saying he is pivoting to ex-Soviet countries such as Belarus as well as domestic clients. "We are more interested in our internal market, our economy," the co-owner of Chyorny Khleb ("Black Bread") told AFP. Shifanov's business-located...
This aerial view shows Rhim gazelles grazing at the Sawa wildlife reserve in the desert of Samawa in Iraq's southern province of Al-Muthanna.-AFP photos
In a parched land, Iraqi gazelles dying of hunger
Gazelles at an Iraqi wildlife reserve are dropping dead from hunger, making them the latest victims in a country where climate change is compounding hardships after years of war. In little over one month, the slender-horned gazelle population at the Sawa reserve in southern Iraq has plunged from 148 to 87. Lack of funding along with a shortage of rain has deprived them of food, as the country's drought dries up lakes and leads to declining crop...
This undated handout photo shows a grave for Microsoft's Internet Explorer.- AFP photos
RIP Internet Explorer: South Korean engineer's browser 'grave' goes viral
A South Korean engineer who built a grave for Internet Explorer-photos of which quickly went viral-told AFP Friday that the now-defunct web browser had made his life a misery. South Korea, which has some of the world's fastest average internet speeds, remained bizarrely wedded to Microsoft's Internet Explorer, which was retired by the company earlier this week after 27 years.In honor of the browser's "death", a gravestone marked with its...
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Ukraine to fight decision to stop it hosting next Eurovision
Ukraine on Friday condemned the European Broadcasting Union's decision to strip it of the right to host next year's Eurovision song contest on security grounds after Russia's invasion. "We will demand to change this decision, because we believe that we will be able to fulfil all the commitments... We demand additional negotiations on hosting Eurovision-2023 in Ukraine," Ukrainian Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko said in a statement. Earlier...
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Disney fairytale meets R-rated violence in 'The Princess'
For a Disney film called "The Princess," Joey King's new movie has a lot of R-rated violence, death, and even the odd use of the word "b***h." But from the moment her tough-as-nails royal heroine stabs a hairpin into a henchman's eyeball, it is clear 20th Century Studios' "The Princess"-out July 1 on streaming platforms-is not your typical family-friendly fairytale."I mean it wouldn't be fun if it wasn't violent, you know!" King told AFP on the...
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MPs demand action against India for insults to Prophet
By B IzzakKUWAIT: Kuwaiti MPs called on their government on Thursday to apply all forms of pressure against India following insults against Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by government, party and media officials in the South Asian nation that sparked protests by millions of Muslims around the world. A statement signed by 30 MPs of the 50-member National Assembly also condemned what it called atrocities by Indian police against "our Indian Muslim...
KUWAIT: Director of Artifacts and Museums at NCCAL Sultan Al-Duwaish stands with Egyptian Ambassador Osama Shaltout during the handover of five smuggled artifacts on June 16, 2022. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait returns five pharaonic relics to Egypt
KUWAIT: Kuwait handed on Thursday five pharaonic artifacts to Egypt, confiscated by the customs department at Kuwait airport in 2019. Director of Artifacts and Museums at the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters (NCCAL) Sultan Al-Duwaish told KUNA that these invaluable artifacts, smuggled from Luxor, were closely examined by experts from Kuwait University, Poland and Egypt, who concluded that three were original pieces dating back to...
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