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NEW DELHI: Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (right) and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi arrive for a photo opportunity before their meeting at the lawns of the Hyderabad House in New Delhi yesterday. - AFPn

Japan PM visits India for 'candid' talks on Ukraine

NEW DELHI: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrived in India yesterday with officials in Tokyo predicting "candid discussions" about New Delhi's unwillingness to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Unlike fellow members of the Quad alliance -- Japan, Australia and the United States -- India has abstained in three UN votes deploring Moscow's actions, calling only for a halt to the violence.Earlier this month in a four-way call of Quad...

MYKOLAIV, Ukraine: A picture taken yesterday shows the body of a Ukrainian soldier covered with a sheet next to the military school hit by Russian rockets the day before, in Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine. Ukrainian media reported that Russian forces had carried out a large-scale air strike on Mykolaiv, killing at least 40 Ukrainian soldiers at their brigade headquarters. - AFPnn

UK warns against post-Ukraine reset with Putin

LONDON: The West must not try to "normalize relations" with Russian President Vladimir Putin after his invasion of Ukraine, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said yesterday, calling the crisis a "turning point for the world". "There are some around the world... who say that we're better off making accommodations with tyranny... I believe they are profoundly wrong," the British leader told his Conservative Party's Spring conference in...

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania: The site of the lorry-bus collision in which 23 people have died near Dar es Salaam on Fridayn

Tanzania bus, lorry collision kills at least 23

DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania: At least 23 people have died after a bus crashed into a lorry in eastern Tanzania on Friday, the police said. "The death toll is now 23" after one of those injured died, said police head of operations and training Liberatus Sabas.A police chief in the eastern region of Morogoro, Fortunatus Muslim, said the accident occurred in Melela Kibaoni, some 200 kilometers (120 miles) west of the coastal city and economic hub Dar es...

INDIAN WELLS, United States: Iga Swiatek, of Poland, hits a backhand return at the Indian Wells tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California. – AFPnn

Swiatek, Sakkari set up Indian Wells WTA title clash

INDIAN WELLS, United States: Maria Sakkari ended Paula Badosa's bid for a repeat title at Indian Wells on Friday, beating the defending champion to set up a final clash with former French Open winner Iga Swiatek. Greece's Sakkari triumphed 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 to end Badosa's bid to become the first woman since Martina Navratilova in 1990-91 to win back-to-back Indian Wells titles.Poland's Swiatek beat two-time Grand Slam winner Simona Halep 7-6 (8/6),...

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Amir's International Shooting Grand Prix to be launched today

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah International Shooting Grand Prix will be launched today in the presence of His Highness the Amir representative, Farwaniya Governor Sheikh Mishal Jaber Al-Abdallah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex.Secretary General of Kuwait and Arab Shooting Federations Obaid Munahi Al-Osaimi said in a statement that Chairman...

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Fatat basketball team defeat Salwa Al-Sabah

KUWAIT: Fatat Basketball team defeated Salwa Al-Sabah 84-49 in their match that was held at the federation's hall at Sheikh Saad Al-Abdallah complex in the second round of the Women's Basketball League. The second match saw Qurain club defeat Oyoun in a landslide 84-2.The first match had a competitive first half as Salwa Club players kept up with their opponents, but the third and fourth quarters had Fatat tighten up their defense and attacked...

Eaman Al-Roudhan with Zain and Cisco executives at Barcelonan

Zain partnering with Cisco to deploy routed optical networking in Kuwait

BARCELONA, MWC: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, is working with Cisco to deploy Routed Optical Networking in Kuwait, delivering the most advanced and cost-effective solutions to its enterprise customers. The announcement was made during Zain's participation at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. The agreement was attended by Zain Kuwait CEO Eaman Al-Roudhan, Zain Kuwait Chief Enterprise Business Officer...

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Telegram booms as Russia's digital landscape shrinks

MOSCOW: The Telegram messaging app has become a go-to platform since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, despite concerns over its data security and defenses against misinformation. It has benefitted from the gap left by Russia's blocking of Facebook and Instagram, offering a platform for mass messaging in a way similar to social media. The platform also provides one of the last windows on Russia, but also an open channel to the horrors facing an...

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Last apps standing?: Telegram, WhatsApp duck Russia bans

WASHINGTON: Chat platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram have avoided being blocked by Russia-unlike some of the world's biggest social networks-in a tenuous tolerance that experts warn could end suddenly. Years of tension between Moscow and US-based Facebook and Twitter erupted into confrontation after the invasion of Ukraine, with the platforms targeting state-tied media and then finding themselves restricted in Russia. YouTube, which has barred...

COLOMBO: An opposition activist wears a mask depicting Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa as he protests along with others against rising living costs, at the entrance of the president's office in Colombo. - AFPnn

Sri Lanka secures $1bn Indian lifeline as IMF signals support

COLOMBO: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka has secured a billion-dollar credit line from India to buy urgently needed food and medicine, officials said Friday, as the IMF confirmed it would discuss a possible bailout. The South Asian nation is suffering its worst economic crisis since independence in 1948, with crippling shortages of essentials and fears it will default on its foreign debt or ask bondholders to take a "haircut" on repayments.India and Sri...

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Bitcoin to the rescue: Cryptocurrencies' role in Ukraine

WASHINGTON: Cryptocurrencies have taken on an unprecedented role in the war in Ukraine, helping the government raise millions of dollars to fund its fight against the Russian invasion. Why has Ukraine turned to cryptocurrencies, and how is the nascent crypto industry changing its reputation and having an impact amid the clouds of war?How much crypto has been raised?At the outset of the conflict, Ukrainian officials posted addresses for two crypto...

Geeta Devi (right), senior journalist of ‘Khabar Lahariya’ (Waves of News), interviews a woman who she says was abandoned by her husband, while reporting in Banda district, Uttar Pradesh state. – AFP photosn

Oscar spotlight shines on India's rural women journalists

An all-women team of smartphone-toting, low-caste reporters who chronicle India's hardscrabble heartland may give the cinema-mad country its first Oscar-winning film, after their own story became a critically lauded documentary. The journalists of "Khabar Lahariya" (Waves of News) have built a huge following across Uttar Pradesh, a northern state with more people than Brazil, covering a beat that runs from cow thefts to sexual violence and...

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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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Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait

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EL KFOUR: Lebanon: People inspect the damage to a building after a Zionist airstrike in the southern town of Kfour, in the Nabatiyeh district, on August 17, 2024, amid the ongoing cross-border clashes between Zionist troops and Hezbollah fighters. – AFP

Hezbollah reveals its military muscle

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Interior Minister orders removal of violations in Failaka

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KUWAIT: His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Dr Imad Mohamed Al-Ateeqi (center) is greeted by Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (second right) and other officials. — KUNA

Oil minister returns to Kuwait after treatment in Turkey