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Kuwait Airways resumes commercial flights to Madinah on Wednesday
KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) said Sunday it would resume commercial flights to Madinah in Saudi Arabia at a weekly rate of two flights - on Sunday and Wednesday, as of August 17. The weekly rate will increase to three flights on Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday, as of September 13, according to a KAC statement. The Madinah destination is highly important for the Muslim travelers willing to visit the holy sites in the city, it noted,...
DUBAI: People walk up the stairs toward a bridge during a sand storm in the Gulf emirate of Dubai, on August 14, 2022. -- AFP
'Avoid driving': dust alerts as storms return to UAE
DUBAI: Large parts of the United Arab Emirates were hit by dust and sandstorms on Sunday as authorities urged caution on the roads and battened down for expected heavy rain. Homes and landmarks in major cities were caked in a fine layer of brown dirt and visibility plunged in the latest adverse weather following a series of choking dust storms around the Middle East. On Saturday, Abu Dhabi's official media office urged motorists to "avoid driving...
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Neymar scores brace, Mbappe on target in PSG victory
PARIS: Neymar continued his outstanding start to the season with a brace while Kylian Mbappe marked his return to the team with a goal but also had a penalty saved as Paris Saint-Germain trounced Montpellier 5-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday.Neymar rolled in a spot-kick to put PSG 2-0 up at the break on a hot night at the Parc des Princes after Falaye Sacko's own goal had put them ahead.The Brazilian then headed in his second and PSG's third shortly...
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New-look Barca frustrated by Rayo in season opener
MADRID: Barcelona were held 0-0 by Rayo Vallecano in their opening game of the La Liga season and had captain Sergio Busquets sent off late on.The Catalans had 21 shots on goal and the majority of possession at the Camp Nou but were unable to break the deadlock.Barca boss Xavi started close-season signings including defender Andreas Christensen, winger Raphinha and striker Robert Lewandowski, who were only able to feature after being registered...
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Champions Milan off to winning start, Dumfries steals show for Inter
MILAN: AC Milan got off to a winning start in their Italian title defence with a hard-fought 4-2 win over Udinese on Saturday as Denzel Dumfries' stoppage-time strike earned Inter Milan a late win at Lecce.Champions Milan bounced back from going behind with less than two minutes on the clock to claim the three points thanks to two goals from Ante Rebic, a Theo Hernando penalty and a strike from Brahim Diaz.The margin of defeat was harsh on...
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Man Utd battered by Brentford as Man City, Arsenal maintain perfect start
MANCHESTER: Manchester United suffered an embarrassing 4-0 thrashing by Brentford to sink to the bottom of the Premier League on Saturday, while Manchester City went top as the champions rolled over Bournemouth 4-0.Arsenal also have a maximum six points from two games after Gabriel Jesus starred in their 4-2 win over Leicester.As soaring temperatures across England meant water breaks were introduced at all this weekend's Premier League games,...
nDOHA: Staff work at the Aspire security command centre for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, near Khalifa International stadium in Doha, where operation and security teams will be able to monitor all the stadiums during the World Cup. - AFP n
Qatar's ground control on red alert for World Cup disasters
DOHA: Facing a bank of screens that look like NASA mission command, technicians counting down to the World Cup in Qatar control the temperature, gates, 15,000 cameras and much more in the eight stadiums. The Aspire control and command centre will monitor all stadiums at once, as Qatar pulls out all the technical stops to keep an eye on the anticipated one million plus visitors from the moment they get off the plane to moment they leave.Qatar has...
DUISBURG: A partially loaded inland vessel with containers moves along the Rhine river at low water level in Duisburg, western Germany.—AFPnn
Rhine drops below crucial level, hits river transport
FRANKFURT: The Rhine river in Germany on Friday fell below a key waterline level used as a reference for judging its accessibility for shipping. The water dropped below the 40-centimetre (15.7-inch) reference level in Kaub, a noted bottleneck for shipping where the Rhine runs narrow and shallow.That level is considered necessary for much of the transport along the river.But it fell to 38 cm in the early evening in Kaub, about 30 kilometers (18...
LONDON: In this file photo taken on May 12, 2022 a customer pays for his fruit and vegetables with a ten pound sterling note, at a trader's market stall in London. -- AFP
UK economy closes in on recession
LONDON: Britain's economy shrank in the second quarter, official data showed Friday, as the country heads towards recession under a new prime minister. UK gross domestic product dropped 0.1 percent in the April-June period after a rise of 0.8 percent in the first quarter, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement. The Bank of England (BoE) expects the economy to enter a year-long recession by the end 2022 as Britons endure a...
OULED ESSI MASSEOUD, Morocco: A herd of sheep walk over cracked earth at Al-Massira dam in Ouled Essi Masseoud village, some 140 kilometers (85 miles) south from Morocco's economic capital Casablanca amidst the country's worst drought in at least four decades. -- AFP
Drought tightens its grip on Morocco
RABAT: Mohamed gave up farming because of successive droughts that have hit his previously fertile but isolated village in Morocco and because he just couldn't bear it any longer."To see villagers rush to public fountains in the morning or to a neighbor to get water makes you want to cry," the man in his 60s said. "The water shortage is making us suffer," he told AFP in Ouled Essi Masseoud village, around 140 kilometers (87 miles) from the...
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Kuwait's prolonged divorce cases turn women into easy victims
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Several women have complained about the long process of divorce in Kuwait. Divorce cases have risen in recent years, according to the Central Statistical Bureau. It revealed the period from 2017 to 2021 witnessed the highest increase, with 8,041 cases only in the last year. Lawyer Ahmed Al-Turki said the numbers remain variable and some cases take more than a year, explaining the woman is the only victim in such cases, and...
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Govt open to women quotas in Assembly polls
KUWAIT: A proposal made earlier by the Speaker of the dissolved National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanem to amend the electoral law to set a quota for women in each constituency in parliamentary elections is very close to government approval after it was studied by the Cabinet's legal committee, which approved it and placed it on the government's agenda. Sources said the proposal calls to allocate one or two seats to women in each electoral district,...
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This handout picture provided by the Iranian president's office shows President Ebrahim Raisi chairing a cabinet meeting in Tehran on April 2, 2024.--AFP
Iran mourns president Raisi’s death in helicopter crash
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KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah chairs a Cabinet meeting on May 19, 2024. – KUNA
Nod to Civil Service Council, citizenship investigation panel
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Tareq Al-Bannai
Kuwait demands action on POWs, UN urges urgency
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A handout picture shows Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a meeting with his Azeri counterpart ahead of the inauguration ceremony of a dam jointly built by Iran and Azerbaijan on the Aras River on May 19, 2024. - AFP
Intense search as Iran president’s helicopter missing after ‘accident’
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People walk past a housing complex under construction in Beijing on May 17, 2024. -- AFP
China offers to buy up commercial real estate to boost market