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Kuwait Federation honors players
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait Federation (KTF) President Sheikh Ahmad Jaber Al-Abdallah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and board members honored Kuwait's tennis players who had excellent results lately in several international events in appreciation of their efforts and as a motivation for them to continue their winning ways in coming events. Kuwait's players who participated in the Third Gulf Games were also honored. The players include; Essa Qabazard,...
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KFH honors World Jet Ski Champion Burbayea
KUWAIT: As part of Kuwait Finance House (KFH)'s social responsibility and under the umbrella of the Strategic Partners Initiative, KFH participated in the ceremony held in Al-Hamra Tower to honor KFH's strategic partner and the World Jet Ski Champion, Mohammed Burbayea for his third win as the Guinness World Record Holder.The ceremony was held in the presence of Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs and Minister of State for Youth...
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US Senate gun measures gain support
WASHINGTON: Two horrific massacres in recent weeks have succeeded in bringing Democrats and Republicans close to the most significant federal legislation addressing US gun violence in three decades. Twenty senators -- 10 from each party-reached a deal to put through legislation that would tighten some rules on gun sales and put more resources toward mental health treatment.The 10 Republicans are just enough to ensure that the legislation could...
LONDON, United Kingdom: A protester holds a placard as she stands outside the Home Office in central London on June 13, 2022, to demonstrate against the UK government's intention to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda. - AFP
UK government defends Rwanda migrant deportation policy
LONDON: The UK government on Tuesday defended its controversial policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, even as the entire senior leadership of the Church of England branded it shameful and immoral. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss insisted the first flight to Kigali would take off no matter how many people were on board, after 23 of the 31 migrants had their tickets cancelled."We're expecting to send the flight later today," she told Sky News, as...
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: Cambodian-US human rights advocate Theary Seng, dressed as Lady Liberty, is arrested by police after being found guilty of treason in her trial in front of the Phnom Penh municipal court on June 14, 2022. – AFP
Cambodia court convicts around 60 opposition figures in mass trial
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia:  A Phnom Penh court convicted around 60 opposition figures including an outspoken US-Cambodian activist in a mass trial Tuesday as long-serving leader Hun Sen cracks down on dissent ahead of national elections next year. The defendants faced charges ranging from treason to incitement and conspiracy over opposition leader Sam Rainsy's failed bid to return to Cambodia in 2019 -- a move characterised by the government as an...
KUWAIT: Pigeons soak in water at a location in Kuwait City amid soaring heat. The temperature in Kuwait is expected to remain high throughout the week, reaching as high as 49 degrees Celsius on the weekend. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
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GENEVA: Ukraine’s ambassador Yevheniia Filipenko waits for the start the opening ceremony of the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) at the headquarters of the World Trade Organization (WTO), in Geneva. – AFP
WTO goes green as climate change impacts businesses
GENEVA: The World Trade Organization's boss insisted Monday that turning trade green was now urgent business, with the WTO putting climate change at the heart of its negotiations. The WTO is staging its first meeting of trade ministers in nearly five years and environmental issues are rocketing up the agenda at the global trade body.The European Union on Monday teamed up with Ecuador, Kenya and New Zealand to launch a new Coalition of Trade...
COLOMBO: Motorists queue to buy fuel at the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation fuel station in Colombo.- AFP
Take holiday to grow food, Sri Lanka tells civil servants
COLOMBO: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka is asking civil servants to take an extra day off each week to grow crops in their backyards in a bid to forestall a looming food shortage. The island nation's unprecedented economic downturn has left several staple foods in short supply, along with petrol and medicines, and rampant inflation is ravaging household budgets."It seems appropriate to grant government officials leave for one working day of the week and...
BEIJING: People walk past a residential area under lockdown due to COVID-19 coronavirus restrictions in Beijing on June 14, 2022. – AFP
Keeping China fed as inflation surges; COVID disruptions threaten harvest
BEIJING: Bedeviled by high fuel and fertilizer costs, along with a labor crisis driven by COVID-19 restrictions, China risks a smaller autumn harvest that could supercharge demand for commodities just as the world can afford it least. Global food prices have spiked since Russia's February invasion of Ukraine, a major world producer of wheat, corn and sunflower oil, driving costs to record highs.Moscow stands accused of pushing the globe to the...
SEVILLE: Two women use fans to fight the scorching heat during a heatwave in Seville. - AFP
Gas price cap comes into effect in Spain, Portugal
MADRID: An EU-backed cap on the price of natural gas used by power plants in Spain and Portugal came into effect Tuesday to ease the spiraling electricity prices in the two nations. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused gas prices to rise, pushing up already soaring power bills in the two countries which have little electricity interconnection with the rest of Europe. Last week the European Commission agreed to initially cap gas used for power...
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Nature and allegory at new Titian show in Rome
Italian Renaissance painter Titian was known for his portraits, but a new exhibition opening in Rome on Tuesday asks visitors to examine the role nature played in the 16th-century Venetian master's works. The exhibition, "Dialogues of Nature and Love", at the Galleria Borghese sees two masterpieces spanning Titian's career displayed together for the first time in centuries. "In Titian's work, nature is never incidental," said Maria Giovanna...
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In Milan, Ukrainian designers show off their cultural heritage
With their country mired in war, designers from Ukraine were keen to show their works on the sidelines of Milan’s furniture fair, seeking to defend and promote a cultural heritage being ransacked by the Russian army. “It’s not a war between Ukraine and Russia, it concerns the whole world. It’s a war between democracy and imperialism,” said designer Victoria Yakusha, 39.Her exhibition “Chornozem” (“Black soil”) presented on the...
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