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Lviv, Ukraine: Displaced Ukrainians have lunch at the Resurrection New Athos Monastery in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv. – AFPn

Canada urges citizens to leave Russia

MONTREAL, Canada: Canada called Saturday on its nationals to avoid all travel to Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine and on Canadians in Russia to leave the country. In an update to its travel advice, the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommended that its nationals "avoid all travel to Russia due to the impacts of the armed conflict with Ukraine.""If you are in Russia, you should leave while commercial means are still available," the...

KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh: File photo shows, Mohib Ullah (C), a leader for the Rohingya community, addresses a ceremony organised to remember the second anniversary of a military crackdown that prompted a massive exodus of people from Myanmar to Bangladesh, at the Kutupalong refugee camp. – AFPn

Rohingya boat with dozens of children lands in Aceh

BIREUN, Indonesia: A boat carrying more than one hundred Rohingya refugees, including dozens of children, landed on the coast of Indonesia's westernmost province Aceh early yesterday, police said. The vessel, which sailed from a Rohingya camp in Bangladesh, arrived shortly after 3:00 am on a beach in Bireun district. It was carrying 114 people, including 58 men, 21 women and 35 children aged under 15 years old, police said. "We will conduct a...

Lebanese fashion designer Elie Saab acknowledges the audience at the end of the Elie Saab Fall-Winter 2022-2023 collection fashion show during the Paris Womenswear Fashion Week, in Paris.—AFP photosn

Elie Saab's darker side feature at Paris Fashion Week

The Lebanese designer, famous for his va-va-voom silhouettes and pastel palette, went in a darker direction on Saturday. Crowning the trend of black, Elie Saab experimented with eyelets this season.The golden holes teemed over black pantsuits. The V-neck - another autumn trend - was also featured, first on floaty black silk gowns, and then as a scallop shape, which scooped out the torso with a beautiful Grecian gold hem. Shoulders were rounded or...

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Mexico's women police squad on protest frontline

MEXICO CITY: At a police station in Mexico City, women train with riot gear in preparation for an International Women's Day march in one of the countries hardest hit by gender-based violence. The squad of 500 officers is tasked with ensuring the demonstrations that draw thousands of women do not block roads or damage public property. Although their work usually involves tense confrontations with fellow women, they feel united with the feminist...

LOS ANGELES: Austin Reaves #15 of the Los Angeles Lakers drives to the basket during the game against the Golden State Warriors on March 5, 2022. - AFPn

Brilliant LeBron scores 56 as Lakers down Warriors

LOS ANGELES: LeBron James produced a 56-point masterpiece as the Los Angeles Lakers snapped their four-game losing streak with a thrilling 124-116 win over the Golden State Warriors on Saturday. James delivered his highest single-game points tally since joining the Lakers in a pulsating battle with the Warriors, who themselves are in a mini-slump that now runs to four straight defeats.A see-saw game at the Lakers' newly renamed Crypto.com Arena...

TOKYO: Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge crosses the finish line to win the men's category in the Tokyo Marathon 2021 yesterday. - AFPn

Kipchoge wins Tokyo marathon in fourth-fastest time in history

TOKYO: Kenya's double Olympic champion Eliud Kipchoge said he would aim for "one thing at a time" after narrowly failing to beat his own world record in a dominating performance at the Tokyo marathon yesterday. Kipchoge won the race in 2hr 2min 40sec, the fourth-fastest time in history, to give him victories in four of the world's six major marathons.But Kipchoge was unable to beat the 2:01.39 he clocked at the 2018 Berlin marathon, hindered...

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Russia banks turn to China after Visa, Mastercard suspension

MOSCOW: Russian banks said yesterday they planned to issue cards using China's UnionPay system after Visa and Mastercard moved to suspend operations in Russia over Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine. Russian Visa and Mastercard bank cards will no longer be valid abroad, and cards issued abroad will no longer work in Russia, the global payments companies announced Saturday.Major Russian lenders Sberbank and Alfa Bank said they are working...

LAGOS: Nigerians are struggling with yet another round of fuel scarcities.n

As Ukraine pushes oil over $100, Nigerians see mixed blessings

LAGOS: Weaving in between the Lagos traffic, hawkers selling plantain snacks and water more recently offer drivers another treat: jerry cans filled with petrol to help with fuel shortages. Petroleum-producing nations may be reaping extra revenue since Ukraine's crisis pushed oil prices above $100 a barrel, but Nigerians this week were struggling with yet another round of fuel scarcities. President Muhammadu Buhari says Africa's top producer has...

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ECB reckons with impact of war on eurozone's doorstep

FRANKFURT: Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has added an extra layer of complexity to the decisions facing European Central Bank policymakers as they meet on Thursday. Already managing record inflation figures and a fragile recovery from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, members of the bank's 25-member governing council now have to reckon with the impact of war on the edge of the eurozone.The pace of consumer price...

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Huawei launches new MatePad in Kuwait

KUWAIT: Huawei Consumer Business Group (BG) yesterday announced the launch of the new Huawei MatePad, a new-generation smart office mid-range educational tablet powered by HarmonyOS 2. Featuring a 10.4inch 2k full view display and 4 speakers that are tuned by Harman Kardon for an immersive sound experience. The tablet is also compatible with the HUAWEI M-Pencil Package (2nd generation) and offers consumers multiple smart features to get tasks...

VALLETTA: President of Malta George Vella meets Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem. - KUNA photosn

Maltese President meets Kuwait's Assembly Speaker

VALLETTA: President of Malta George Vella met Friday with the visiting Speaker of Kuwait's National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanem. Ghanem conveyed to the Maltese President the greetings of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and their wishes of further progress and prosperity for Malta. On his part, President Vella asked the National Assembly Speaker...

NEW YORK: Kuwaiti MP Dr Obaid Al-Mutairi (right) with UNSC President Lana Nusseibeh and Kuwait's Permanent Representative to the UN Mansour Al-Otaibi. - KUNAn

Kuwaiti lawmaker meets UN officials on delisting citizens from UN sanctions

NEW YORK: Visiting Kuwaiti MP Dr Obaid Al-Mutairi discussed yesterday with a number of UN officials, ways and efforts to delist names of a number of Kuwaiti citizens from UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions list. Mutairi said that the visiting Kuwaiti delegation met separately with UN Security Council Ombudsman Secretary Richard Malanjum, in his first meeting since he assumed his UN position. The meeting covered issues regarding requests to lift...

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Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC)

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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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

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JAHRA: Part of the Al-Shagaya Concentrated Solar Power Project is seen in this photo taken from the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research website.

KAPP shortlists companies for Dabdeba, Shagaya

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Interior Minister orders removal of violations in Failaka