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MUNICH: Bayern Munich players including Bayern Munich’s German defender Niklas Suele (center) celebrate with the trophy after the German first division Bundesliga football match between FC Bayern Munich and VfB Stuttgart in Munich, southern Germany on May 8, 2022. - AFP
Kalajdzic's equalizer spoils Bayern Munich title party
BERLIN: Austria striker Sasa Kalajdzic dampened spirits at Bayern Munich's Bundesliga title party on Sunday as Stuttgart held the champions to a 2-2 draw to keep their own survival hopes alive. Bayern were presented with the Bundesliga trophy in front of their own fans, but Kalajdzic's second-half equaliser means they have failed to win in the two games since claiming a tenth successive title last month.Bayern's players had already faced...
MUMBAI: A vegetable seller counts Indian rupee notes in Mumbai on May 9, 2022. The Indian rupee plunged to a fresh all-time low against the US dollar on May 9, as aggressive US monetary policy roiled sentiment and foreign investors continued to dump domestic stocks. – AFP
Indian rupee falls to new low on Fed action, inflation fears
MUMBAI: The Indian rupee plunged to an all-time low against the greenback on Monday, as US monetary policy tightening roiled sentiment and foreign investors continued to dump domestic stocks. Rising oil prices and a strengthening US dollar have weighed heavy on the rupee with a surprise rate hike by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last week doing little to stem capital outflows.The rupee fell past its previous record low of 76.98 against the US...
KUWAIT: A trader follows the market at the Boursa Kuwait in Kuwait City in this March 1, 2020 file photo. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Boursa Kuwait shares decline; Gulf mixed
KUWAIT: The Boursa Kuwait closed its trading on Monday with the general market index declining by 19.9 points to reach the level of 8,387.78 points, a decrease of 0.24 percent. The main market index rose by 6.9 points to reach 6,427.26 points, an increase of 0.11 percent, trading 130.6 million shares through 5,796 transactions worth KD 16.6 million (about $59.7 million).The primary market index edged lower by 31.08 points to reach 9,334.62, a...
QINGDAO, China: Immigration inspection officers check an oil tanker carrying imported crude oil at Qingdao port in China's eastern Shandong province on May 9, 2022. – AFP
China's April exports slump to lowest in two years as virus bites
BEIJING: China's export growth slumped in April to its lowest level in almost two years, customs data showed Monday, as a COVID resurgence shuttered factories, sparked transport curbs and caused congestion at key ports. The data shows the extent of growing damage to the world's second largest economy as millions are confined to their homes-particularly in key business hub Shanghai-to stamp out its worst COVID resurgence since the early days of...
This photo illustration shows pages from two pro-Beijing newspapers in Hong Kong filled with advertisements from leading companies and business figures praising the selection of incoming chief executive John Lee on May 9, 2022. - Western multinationals and local tycoons published newspaper adverts on May 9 congratulating John Lee on becoming Hong Kong's next leader, following a rubber-stamp selection process the day before condemned by critics as anti-democratic. (Photo by Peter PARKS / AFP)
Western multinationals, local tycoons congratulate Hong Kong's new leader
HONG KONG: Western multinationals and local tycoons published newspaper adverts congratulating John Lee on becoming Hong Kong's next leader, following a rubber-stamp selection process decried as anti-democratic by many major economies Monday. Lee, 64, a former security chief who oversaw the crackdown on Hong Kong's democracy movement, was anointed the business hub's new leader on Sunday in a near-unanimous vote by a small committee of Beijing...
PARIS: G7 leaders pose for a group photo at the Elysee Palace in Paris on May 8, 2022, on the 74th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
G7 countries pledge to phase out dependency on Russian oil
WASHINGTON: The G7 club of wealthy nations committed Sunday to phasing out its dependency on Russian oil and issued a scathing statement accusing President Vladimir Putin of bringing "shame" on Russia with his invasion of Ukraine. The statement from the Group of Seven-France, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Britain and the United States-did not specify exactly what commitments each country will make to move away from Russian energy.But it was an...
This undated photo shows one of the two statues of boxers found during the excavation campaign of 2014.—AFP photos
Two more statues of Iron Age boxers unearthed in Sardinia
Archaeologists in Sardinia have unearthed the torsos of two more limestone statues of boxers within the Iron Age necropolis of Mont'e Prama, Italy's culture ministry said Saturday. Culture Minister Dario Franceschini called the find at the archeological site in Cabras, western central Sardinia, an "exceptional discovery" that should shed more light on the ancient Mediterranean culture whose tombs and statuary have been slowly uncovered since the...
 Adorit Boutique owner Emma Inns pose for a portrait her dogs in Ottawa, Canada.—AFP photos
Canadian offices going to the dogs as work-from-home ending
Daisy moseys over to greet visitors, her tail wagging. She's listed as chief morale officer on Tungsten Collaborative's website, and is among the many pets joining their owners returning to Canadian offices after working from home through the pandemic. The 12-year-old Lab sniffs for treats. Before long, a Basset Hound named Delilah waddles over, offering up her belly for a rub, along with other four-legged colleagues Eevee the Greyhound and...
In this file photo taken on December 04, 1987, shows flowers and letters lay in front of the entrance of 20 rue Monsieur le Prince in Paris where Malik Oussekine died, killed by the police a year ago, on the fringe of a demonstration against the reform of the higher education system, best known as the Devaquet law. –AFP photos
Decades on, 'France's George Floyd' gets screen treatment
The name resonates deeply among French minorities as a symbol of police violence, but it has taken 35 years for the death of Malik Oussekine to be recounted on-screen. On the night of December 6, 1986, two police officers beat to death the 22-year-old French-Algerian on the sidelines of a student protest in Paris. He had not been involved in the demonstration, and his killing became a turning point-triggering weeks of unrest and leading to the...
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Saudi Arabia hosts the first virtual international yoga conference
For the first time in the Middle East, on June 1, Saudi Arabia will witness the launch of the first virtual conference to discuss and shed light on the therapeutic and scientific aspects of practicing yoga on the body and mind. The event will be hosted by the Saudi Yoga Committee in cooperation with the Singapore-based Asian Yoga Therapy Association.The conference is an extension of the committee's participation in the 100-day countdown campaign...
Benedict Cumberbatch attends the NY special screening of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness in New York City.—AFP photos
Huge opening for 'Doctor Strange' gives Hollywood a boost
"Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" enjoyed a blockbuster opening over the weekend, taking in an estimated $185 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. That represented the biggest opening weekend of the year, the second-biggest of the pandemic era and the 11th biggest all time, analysts said."This is another sensational Marvel opening, by Marvel's own dominant standard," said David A Gross of Franchise...
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Family visit visas to reopen this week
KUWAIT: An informed source told Kuwait Times issuance of family visit visas will resume this week after more than two years of suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic. This comes after the Cabinet scrapped almost all health restrictions before the Eid break.According to a report, visas are not being issued to nationals of Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Pakistan, Syria and Yemen. People of some other nationalities also cannot obtain...
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GAZA: Friends and relatives mourn over the body of photojournalist Ibrahim Muhareb, who was killed as he was covering the advance of Zionist forces north of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip the previous day, at Al-Nasser Hospital on Aug 19, 2024. - AFP
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KUWAIT: Inmates line up at the new deportation center in Sulaibiya.
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