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AMSTERDAM: Christine Lagarde (center), President of the European Central Bank (ECB) and President of The Netherlands Bank (DNB) Klaas Knot (left) arrive for a press conference on Governing Council meeting focused on monetary policy in the euro zone in Amsterdam on June 09, 2022. – AFP
ECB begins inflation fightback with July rate hike: Lagarde
AMSETRDAM: The European Central Bank on Thursday said it would raise interest rates for the first time in over a decade next month to combat runaway inflation, bringing the curtain down on the eurozone's era of cheap money. ECB governors, exceptionally meeting in Amsterdam instead of Frankfurt, provided markets with an unexpectedly precise statement setting out their path to monetary policy normalization after years of ultra-low rates and easy...
QINGDAO, China: Cranes load containers onto trucks at a port in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province on June 9, 2022. – AFP
China exports rebound in May as coronavirus controls ease
BEIJING: China's exports rebounded strongly in May, data showed Thursday, with factories restarting and supply chains untangling as Shanghai slowly emerged from a grueling COVID lockdown. The economic hub started going under a lockdown in late March and most of its 25 million residents were confined to their homes for around two months as China persists with its zero-COVID strategy.Strict movement restrictions in multiple cities-sometimes over...
A man gestures after buying a pack of cannabis at the Highland cafe in Bangkok on June 9, 2022.
Thailand takes step towards legalising medicinal cannabis
Thailand relaxed its cannabis laws Thursday, with users permitted to possess and grow the plant -- albeit under complicated new guidelines. The change comes after Thailand's landmark 2018 legalisation of medicinal cannabis -- the first such move by a country in Southeast Asia, where anti-drugs laws are notoriously harsh.The kingdom's public health ministry announced in February that marijuana would be removed from its banned narcotics list, and...
Russian honour guards march in front of the Motherland Calls statue at the Mamayev Kurgan World War Two Memorial complex in Volgograd. – AFP
Isolated Russia celebrates tsar who opened 'window to Europe'
More than three centuries after he sought to bring Russia closer to Europe, Russians on Thursday marked the 350th birthday of tsar Peter the Great with the country deeply isolated over the Ukraine conflict. Inspired by time spent abroad, Peter made huge efforts to modernise his vast and under-developed nation during his rule from 1682 to 1725, most famously building Saint Petersburg as Russia's "window to Europe".Celebrations will be held in his...
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Egypt's tanoura puts kaleidoscopic spin on dervish tradition
In a 500-year-old stone theatre in the Egyptian capital, two young dervishes spin ceaselessly. Slowly, then all at once, they are consumed in a flurry of vivid fabrics. Born into a lineage of whirling dervishes, Mohamed Adel, 20, takes great pride in the uniquely Egyptian interpretation of the centuries-old ritual known colloquially as "tanoura", or skirt in Arabic. "I choose the colours and the shapes that are sewn into the skirts," Adel said,...
The location of the earthquake on the map.
Oil officials deny responsibility for quake that shook Kuwait
By B IzzakKUWAIT: Kuwait Petroleum Corp officially denied allegations on Wednesday that its excavation and production operations were responsible for a strong earthquake that hit the country on Saturday, head of the budgets committee said. MP Adnan Abdulsamad said KPC officials told the committee during a meeting to discuss its budget that Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), the affiliate responsible for excavation and production, will issue an official...
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Iran disconnects nuclear site cams
TEHRAN: Iran on Wednesday disconnected some of the UN atomic watchdog's cameras monitoring its nuclear sites, its atomic energy agency said, after Western nations accused the Islamic republic of failing to cooperate. The move was announced after Britain, France, Germany and the United States submitted a resolution to the International Atomic Energy Agency to censure Iran.The motion, the first such step since June 2020, was seen as a sign of...
DINNIYEH, Lebanon: A firefighting helicopter refills its water bucket to battle the Batramaz forest fire on June 8, 2022. - AFP
Lebanon forest blaze begins wildfire season
BEIRUT: Emergency teams brought under control a massive blaze in Lebanon's largest pine forest on Wednesday that authorities said could be deliberate, as the country braced for another summer of fires. The fire in the northern Dinniyeh region broke out on Tuesday night, prompting the army and volunteer firefighters to scramble to save one of the Middle East's lushest pine forests.The army on Wednesday said it dispatched helicopters, dropping...
KUWAIT: Newly-elected Municipal Council chairman Abdullah Al-Mehri gestures after he was elected by acclamation on June 8, 2022. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
Municipal Council elects chairman
KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Municipal Council on Wednesday elected Abdullah Al-Mehri as its chairman and Khaled Al-Mutairi as his deputy by acclamation. HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent congratulatory cables to the Municipal Council’s new chairman and his deputy, wishing them best of luck and success in serving the country. HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah...
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Kuwait rights group invites workers to report violations
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Migrant workers, who make up around two-thirds of the population of Kuwait, continue to face difficulties and legal constraints, and remain vulnerable to abuse despite labor laws that guarantee their rights. Kuwait Society for Human Rights (KSHR) provides several services to migrant workers who do not have adequate legal protections and remain vulnerable to abuse, forced labor and deportation for minor infractions.Aisha...
KUWAIT: Director of the Cooperative Societies Development Department in the Kuwaiti Ministry of Social Affairs Hayam Al-Khudair tours Al-Zahra Cooperative Society. - KUNA photos
Ministry reassures about Kuwait's food security
KUWAIT: Director of the Cooperative Societies Development Department in the Kuwaiti Ministry of Social Affairs Hayam Al-Khudair on Wednesday reassured about food security in the country, saying that the stores are full of foodstuffs. She said in a press statement during a tour of the food security system team at Al-Zahra Cooperative Society that this tour aimed at following up the food situation and taking all possible measures to enhance,...
KUWAIT: The World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Kuwait Dr Assad Hafeez. - KUNA photos
Kuwait's Health Ministry, WHO maintain cooperation
KUWAIT: The World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Kuwait, Dr Assad Hafeez on Wednesday praised relations between Kuwait Health Ministry and WHO, since establishment of WHO office in Kuwait. He pointed out that since the WHO office opened last year in Kuwait a number of activities have been implemented such as current workshop entitled "Leadership development skills for Kuwaiti medical profession" and last year's hefty prestigious...
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