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ANKARA: Women hold up banners and shout slogans as they protest against the closure case filed against ‘We Will Stop Femicide Platform Association’ in Ankara on April 16, 2022. - AFP

Hundreds rally against threat to close Turkish women's rights group

ANKARA: Hundreds of people demonstrated on Saturday in several Turkish cities including Istanbul and Ankara against a move to close one of the country's most respected women's rights groups. "It is not possible to stop our fight. We are not going to allow the closure of our association," the secretary-general of We Will Stop Femicide, Fidan Ataselim, told AFP.An Istanbul prosecutor on Wednesday filed a lawsuit aimed at shutting down the...

DNIPRO: People displaced by the war in Ukraine eat lunch at a former maternity hospital turned shelter for internally displaced people in Dnipro. - AFP

Russians flee Putin regime to join Ukraine refugees in Zionist entity

REHOVOT: The moment Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, Russian filmmakers Anna Shishova-Bogolyubova and Dmitry Bogolyubov knew they had to leave Moscow. "We were the next on the list," the couple told AFP in their borrowed flat in Rehovot, a quiet Zionist city 20 kilometers south of Tel Aviv. Once you're on the list of alleged "foreign agents", you face a life of "self-censorship or, sooner or later, prison", said Bogolyubov, who directed the...

KUWAIT: A scene from an old market full of activity. (Source: Photo album of the KOC in 1970s. Prepared by Mahmoud Zakaria Abu Alella, heritage researcher at the Ministry of Information)

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PARIS: Activists of the climate change action group Extinction Rebellion block the Paris Grand Boulevard during a demonstration in Paris, on Saturday. – AFP

Climate activists disrupt traffic in London, Paris

PARIS: Several hundred activists from the Extinction Rebellion activist group on Saturday blocked major roads in central Paris and London, disrupting traffic to protest "inaction" on climate change from world leaders. Around 300 meters (980 feet) of a main thoroughfare in central Paris was taken over by activists over the Easter weekend, with some of them moving in hay bales and cement-filled containers to block traffic.Extinction Rebellion...

KEY WEST, US: Tourists wait at the Southernmost Point Buoy in Key West, Florida.—AFP

Cruise ships at center of dispute in Florida's idyllic Key West

KEY WEST: The island-city of Key West off the southern tip of Florida invites visitors to stroll slowly, enjoy turquoise waters and take in the sunset. But according to some residents, that idyllic peace is endangered-by lumbering, tourist-filled cruise ships. The huge vessels bring thousands of visitors every day to the small city of 26,000 inhabitants, whose quaint, often pastel-colored Victorian homes line leafy, walkable streets. Following a...

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China Eastern resumes Boeing 737-800 flights

BEIJING: China Eastern Airlines resumed flying Boeing 737-800 aircraft on Sunday, flight tracking data showed, just weeks after it grounded 223 planes over a crash that killed 132 people. Flight MU5843, operating the 800 variant of the 737, departed the southwestern city of Kunming at 9:58 am local time (0158 GMT) and landed in Chengdu at 11:03 am, according to Flightradar.com.The three-year-old jet later returned to Kunming from Chengdu, with...

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Biden to name Michael Barr for key Fed role

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate Michael Barr for the key position of vice chair for supervision of the Federal Reserve, one month after his first pick dropped out. Barr's nomination will have to be confirmed by the Senate. "Michael brings the expertise and experience necessary for this important position at a critical time for our economy and families across the country," Biden said in a statement....

DETROIT: In this file photo, a GMC Hummer EV on an assembly line at the General Motors Factory ZERO electric vehicle assembly plant in Detroit, Michigan. - AFP

Automaker rebound boosts US industrial production in March

DETROIT: US industrial production climbed in March as automakers shifted into gear despite the ongoing semiconductor shortage, the Federal Reserve said. Industrial production climbed 0.9 percent last month, the Fed said, more than expected and pushing the metric of industry output to an annualized rate of 8.1 percent for the first quarter. Motor vehicles and parts production jumped 7.8 percent and fueled a 0.9 percent gain in overall...

SAN FRANCISCO: Otto Porter Jr #32 of the Golden State Warriors and Bones Hyland #3 of the Denver Nuggets go for a rebound during Game One of the Western Conference First Round NBA Playoffs at Chase Center on April 16, 2022. - AFP

Warriors win as Curry returns to action

SAN FRANCISCO: Golden State's Stephen Curry made a triumphant return from a left foot sprain on Saturday as the Warriors, led by Jordan Poole's 30 points, routed Denver 123-107 in an NBA playoff opener. All-Star guard Curry, sidelined since March 16 with the injury, had 16 points on 5-of-13 shooting from the floor (3-of-6 from 3-point range) with three rebounds, four assists and a steal over 22 minutes off the bench as the host Warriors took a...

LONDON: Manchester City's Dutch defender Nathan Ake heads the ball next to Liverpool's Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk during their English FA Cup semifinal match at Wembley Stadium on April 16, 2022. - AFP

Quadruple-chasing Liverpool reach FA Cup final, ending Man City's treble bid

LONDON: Jurgen Klopp hailed one of Liverpool's "best ever" performances as the quadruple chasers reached the FA Cup final with a "special" 3-2 win against Manchester City on Saturday. Klopp's side kept alive their bid to win all four major trophies in a single seasons thanks to Ibrahima Konate's opener and Sadio Mane's double at Wembley.Liverpool were three goals up by half-time as they tore City apart with a scintillating display that Klopp...

MANCHESTER: Manchester United's Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates with teammates after scoring his third goal during the English Premier League football match against Norwich City at Old Trafford on April 16, 2022. - AFP

Ronaldo hat-trick saves Man Utd as Spurs, Arsenal lose

MANCHESTER: Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick as Manchester United claimed a 3-2 win over Norwich on Saturday to take advantage of defeats for Arsenal and Tottenham in the race for a place in next season's Champions League. Spurs' winning run was brought to an abrupt halt by a 1-0 home defeat by Brighton, while the Gunners were beaten 1-0 at Southampton to slump to a third consecutive loss.Ronaldo's 50th club hat-trick tempered a revolt among...

WALNUT, California: Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica crosses the finish line of the women's 100m dash semifinals during the Mt SAC Relays Elite Division & USATF Golden Games at Hilmer Lodge Stadium on April 16, 2022. - AFP

Thompson-Herah posts fastest 100m of 2022

LOS ANGELES: Jamaica's two-time Olympic gold medallist Elaine Thompson-Herah clocked the fastest 100m in the world this year at 10.89sec at the Golden Games at Walnut, California. Thompson-Herah, running her first outdoor 100m of the season, won her semifinal heat in the meeting east of Los Angeles with a favorable wind of 1.6 meters per second.She opted out of the final, which was won by American Twanisha Terry in a wind-aided 10.77sec....

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This photograph taken in 1967 shows French actor Alain Delon accompanied by his wife Nathalie Delon. --AFP photos

Alain Delon: Women he loved and left

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Schools reopening amid extreme heat sparks concerns

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The sun sets behind electricity pylons in this file photo. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait swelters amid power cuts

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KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah receives India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Aug 18, 2024. — KUNA

India looks to upgrade bilateral ties with Kuwait: Dr Jaishankar

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MEW: Power cuts in high-consumption Industrial areas in Kuwait