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BEITA: A Palestinian protester waving a national flag flashes the victory sign as he faces Zionist security forces during clashes with them in the West Bank town of Beita, south of Nablus.- AFP
Kuwait calls for support as ILO organizes ‘Palestine Day’
GENEVA: Director General of Kuwait’s Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) Ahmad Al-Mousa on Friday emphasized support for Palestinian workers in the face of obstacles placed by the Zionist occupation forces in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem. This came during a session on ‘Palestine Day’ organized by the International Labor Organization (ILO) as part of the international labor conference from May 30 until June...
Dr Medhat Oteifa
Workshop on tumor surgery
KUWAIT: Head of Tumors surgery at Kuwait Cancer Control Center Dr Medhat Oteifa said a specialized workshop about the most recent developments in head, neck and thyroid tumor surgery, as well as tongue, jaw, Partoid gland and mouth cancers, was organized under his supervision in the presence of two experts in advanced tumors surgeries in United Kingdom.They gave several lectures and moderated several scientific sessions in addition to conducting...
KUWAIT: People shop at a fish market in Kuwait City. The Fish Market is on Gulf Road, where most of the city's prominent landmarks are located. Being a traditional fresh fish market, it is a very interesting place to visit. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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IRPIN, Ukraine: A boy rides a kick scooter past a destroyed residential building in the town of Irpin, north-west from Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on the 100th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.—AFP
Russia forces pushed back in fierce battle
KYIV, Ukraine: Ukraine said Saturday its forces were managing to push back against Russian troops in fierce fighting in Severodonetsk despite Russia "throwing all its power" into capturing the strategic eastern city. Lugansk regional governor Sergiy Gaiday said in an interview posted on his official social media that the invading forces had captured most of the city "but now our military have moved them"."The Russian army, as we understand, is...
KIDAL, Mali: File photo shows a soldier of the United Nations mission to Mali MINUSMA standing guard near a UN vehicle after it drove over an explosive device near Kidal, northern Mali. A Peacekeeper of the United Nations mission in Mali was killed and three others injured in the attack on their convoy in Kidal. – AFP
Bomb kills two peacekeepers in Mali: UN
BAMAKO: Two UN peacekeepers were killed and one wounded on Friday after an improvised bomb exploded in central Mali, a spokesman for the MINUSMA mission tweeted. They were just the latest deaths in the centre of the country, which has since 2012 been wracked by a deadly jihadist insurgency. In a separate incident, six civilians were killed when a cart hit another explosive device a day earlier, a military official and two councillors said. The...
HAVANA, Cuba: Men wade along a flooded street in Havana. The remnant of Hurricane Agatha is causing intense and persistent rains this Friday in the western and central provinces of Cuba.—AFP
Floods kill three in Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba: Heavy rains from the remnants of Hurricane Agatha flooded much of western Cuba on Friday, killing at least three people in Havana. Thousands of residents in the region lost power and a man in Pinar del Rio province also was missing, Cuban officials said. "Strong, heavy rain and electrical storms have been affecting the western and central regions of Cuba with accumulations greater than 200 millimeters (eight inches), which will...
HONG KONG: Police stop a woman (C) as she holds blank sheets of paper in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong on June 4, 2022, close to the venue where Hong Kongers have traditionally gathered to mourn victims of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, on the 33rd anniversary of the incident. - AFP
Hong Kong drives Tiananmen memories underground on 33rd anniversary
HONG KONG, China: Hong Kong authorities strove on Saturday to stop any public commemoration of the 33rd anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, with police warning gatherings could break the law as China vies to remove all reminders of the deadly event. On June 4, 1989, Beijing sent troops and tanks to break up peaceful protests, crushing demonstrations calling for political change and curbs on official corruption. Hundreds, by some estimates...
CANBERRA: Hurricanes’ Blake Gibson is tackled by Brumbies’ Ollie Sapsford (center) during the Super Rugby Pacific quarterfinal match between the Australia’s Brumbies and New Zealand’s Hurricanes at GIO Stadium in Canberra on June 4, 2022. - AFP
Brumbies join Blues, Chiefs in Super Rugby semi-finals
CANBERRA: The ACT Brumbies kept Australian dreams alive Saturday with a huge second-half performance to down the Wellington Hurricanes and book a Super Rugby Pacific semi-final berth against the Auckland Blues. The Canberra side prevented an all-New Zealand presence in the final four with their 35-25 victory on a freezing night, after the Blues beat the Otago Highlanders and the Waikato Chiefs crushed the Queensland Reds. The 'Canes breached the...
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Germany passes €12 minimum wage measure
FRANKFURT: The German parliament passed legislation on Friday to raise the minimum hourly wage to €12 ($12.85), a key promise made by Chancellor Olaf Scholz's during his campaign for election last year. The measure cleared the Bundestag lower house by a large majority, with support from deputies from the ruling centre-left-led coalition as well as the far-left Linke party. The conservative CDU and far-right AfD abstained.The one-third increase...
ALEXANDRIA, US: A waiter works at a restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia on June 3, 2022. US employers added 390,000 jobs last month, the US Labor Department reported on June 3, 2022, a sign of a slowdown in hiring but still a better-than-expected result. – AFP
US can confront inflation 'without sacrificing' economic gains: Biden
WASHINGTON: The latest batch of solid employment figures shows the United States can weather the inflation surge while maintaining healthy growth, President Joe Biden said Friday. "We've laid an economic foundation that's historically strong," Biden said, emphasizing the resiliency of the US economy despite rising consumer prices."Now we're moving forward to a new moment where we can build on that foundation-build a future of stable, steady...
ISTANBUL, Turkey: Bosphorus Strait ship spotter Yoruk Isik speaks with an AFP journalist at his home in Istanbul. Among the tall silhouettes gliding or ascending the Bosphorus, in the heart of Istanbul, commercial ships registered in Russia come and go in both directions. At the gates of the Black Sea, trade is in full swing. - AFP
Bosphorus sea trade unaffected by Ukraine war and sanctions
ISTANBUL: At the gates of the Black Sea, trade is in full swing as freighters and oil tankers sail from the heart of Istanbul to Russian and Ukrainian ports. Just after the Russian offensive in Ukraine on February 24 and the first Western sanctions, the largest vessels of international companies plying on these waters were replaced by smaller ships. The total number of ships on the route remains around the pre-war level of 40,000, according to...
France's forward Karim Benzema warms up prior to the UEFA Nations League - League A Group 1 first leg football match between France and Denmark at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris, on June 3, 2022. (Photo by Franck FIFE / AFP)
Benzema drops appeal over 'sex tape'
PARIS: Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema has dropped an appeal against a one-year suspended sentence for complicity in a bid to blackmail former France teammate Mathieu Valbuena with a sex tape, his lawyer said Saturday. Benzema was sentenced in November 2021 and fined 75,000 euros ($82,000) over the 2015 extortion attempt that shocked French football and saw him exiled from the French national team for five-and-a-half years.The Real Madrid star...
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GAZA: A medic checks a wounded child at Nasser Hospital following Zionist bombardment of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Aug 20, 2024. - AFP
Blinken meets Sisi as Hamas slams Biden
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GCC’s justice ministries discuss judicial matters, discrimination, crimes