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TOULOUSE: Photograph taken in Toulouse, on April 10, 2022 shows screens displaying TV shows showing the projected results after the close of polling stations in the first round of the French presidential election. - AFP

French Greens face crisis after failed presidential bid

PARIS: France's Green party were facing a financial and political crisis on Monday after a deeply disappointing presidential election saw their candidate finish sixth and struggle to put climate change on the national agenda. Yannick Jadot from the Europe Ecology-The Greens party (EELV) was eliminated in Sunday's first round with a score of around 4.6 percent, following a campaign that never gathered momentum.Under French campaign financing...

MEXICO CITY: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (L) and his wife Beatriz Gutierrez show their voter ID after voting at a polling station during the national consultation on the revocation of his mandate in Mexico City. – AFP

Mexican president wins recall vote marked by low turnout

MEXICO CITY, Mexico: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Sunday easily won a divisive referendum he promoted on whether he should step down or complete his term-a vote marked by low turnout. With an approval rating of nearly 60 percent, Lopez Obrador's presidency had never appeared seriously at risk, and the left-wing populist was himself one of the vote's biggest cheerleaders.The 68-year-old president, elected in 2018 for a six-year...

BUCHEON, South Korea: File photo shows South Korean single mother and activist Kim Do-kyung posing with a photo of her son after an interview with AFP at her home in Bucheon. - AFP

Abolish or rebrand? South Korea's feminist' ministry in crosshairs

SEOUL: South Korea's anti-feminist president-elect has vowed to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality. But actually getting rid of it will be tricky, experts say, and the incoming administration is already backing off its promise. Since it was set up in 2001, the department has been a driver of social progress for South Korean women -- for example, making it possible for single mothers to register their kids in their name.Along the way, it has...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: University students participate in a protest against high prices of supplies, postponement of presidential elections and an extension of the president's term in front of the people's representative council (DPR) in Banda Aceh on April 11, 2022.- AFP

Indonesia police fire tear gas at protesters

JAKARTA: Indonesian police deployed tear gas and water cannon against thousands of students protesting Monday against extending the presidential term limit, after rumours swirled for weeks about a potential change to the country's constitution.The Southeast Asian country's next election is in 2024 and President Joko Widodo would not be eligible to run as Indonesia places a two-term limit on its leader. But senior ministers and several political...

KUWAIT: The meat market on the early of 1960s. (Source: Collection of Ali Al-Rais, center of research and studies on Kuwait, 2017. Prepared by Mahmoud Zakaria Abu Alella, heritage researcher at the Ministry of Information)

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JAKARTA: This handout photo taken and released by Indonesian tech firm GoTo on April 11, 2022 shows (left to right) GoTo Group president Patrick Cao, co-founder William Tanuwijaya, group CEO Andre Soelistyo and co-founder Kevin Aluwi standing under a giant screen after the company's initial public offering (IPO) on the stock exchange in Jakarta. - AFP

Indonesian tech giant GoTo skyrockets on market debut

JAKARTA: Indonesia's biggest tech firm soared on its market debut Monday after a billion-dollar IPO that was the world's fifth-biggest this year, defying recent heavy weather for Asian tech stocks. GoTo, the largest digital ecosystem in the archipelago nation of 270 million people, was formed by the merger of ride-hailing company Gojek and e-commerce platform Tokopedia in May 2021.Clad in the signature black-and-green jacket of a Gojek driver,...

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Elon Musk no longer joining Twitter board

WASHINGTON: Elon Musk is no longer joining the board of Twitter, the CEO of the social media company said late Sunday, in a reversal less than a week after announcing the Tesla and SpaceX chief would be appointed. Musk was named to join the Twitter board after buying a major stake in the firm and becoming its largest shareholder. "Elon has decided not to join our board," Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal tweeted. "Elon's appointment to the board was to...

The World Bank building in Washington.

World Bank warns of bleaker economic outlook for Ukraine

WASHINGTON: The World Bank issued dire forecasts for Ukraine as Russia's invasion impacts both the country and its neighbors, warning in a report released Sunday of an even bleaker economic outlook if the conflict drags on. Ukraine's economy will collapse by 45.1 percent this year, the bank predicted, far worse than the 10 percent to 35 percent downturn the IMF projected last month. Russia will see an 11.2 percent decline in GDP, and the World...

FRANKFURT: In this file photo taken on December 16, 2021 European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde takes her protective face mask off to address a press conference following a meeting of the governing council of the ECB on the eurozone monetary policy in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany. - AFP

Ukraine crisis and high inflation risks loom over ECB meeting

FRANKFURT: European Central Bank governors meet Thursday to ponder record-high inflation and fresh economic uncertainty caused by the war in Ukraine, with policymakers signaling a willingness to take action sooner rather than later. At its last meeting in March, the ECB said it would accelerate the winding down of its bond-buying stimulus, with a view to ending the scheme in the third quarter. An interest rate hike-the ECB's first in over a...

MANCHESTER: Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah vies with Manchester City's French defender Aymeric Laporte during their English Premier League match at the Etihad Stadium on April 10, 2022. - AFP

Man City, Liverpool seek perfection

MANCHESTER: Pep Guardiola is demanding perfection from his Manchester City side to keep Liverpool at bay after a pulsating match between the Premier League title challengers finished all square. Sunday's 2-2 draw at the Etihad between the two outstanding sides of the current era was billed as a potential title decider even though each have seven matches still to play. The expectant crowd was treated to a feast of attacking football in Manchester...

VALENCIA: Barcelona's Gabonese midfielder Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang heads the ball and scores his team's first goal during the Spanish league football match against Levante at the Ciutat de Valencia stadium on April 10, 2022. – AFP

De Jong stoppage time header gives Barca victory over Levante

MADRID: Luuk de Jong headed in a 92nd-minute winner on Sunday as Barcelona prevailed in a five-goal thriller against Levante to return to second in La Liga. De Jong's late goal, his sixth in the league for Barca, proved the decisive moment in a 3-2 victory in Valencia but it was the introduction of the 19-year-old Pedri off the bench that turned the momentum of the contest.Asked if the team are too reliant on Pedri, Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez...

HAVANA: Cuban Olympic boxers Julio Cesar La Cruz and Roniel Iglesias take part in a training session at the Cuban National Boxing School on April 7, 2022. - AFP

Turning professional: Cuban boxers hope to land heavy blow

HAVANA: Spirits and expectations are high at Cuba's La Finca national boxing school, where training has intensified ahead of the "Los Domadores" national team's first professional contest since 1962. Cuba has long been a powerhouse of Olympic boxing, but participation in professional sport was barred by the late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.Over the decades, many pugilists fled Cuba and defected to pursue salaried careers. Then last week,...

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

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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