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WASHINGTON: In this file photo taken on April 9, 2018, US President Donald Trump shakes hands with National Security Advisor John Bolton during a meeting with senior military leaders at the White House. — AFP

Judge allows release of Bolton’s book

WASHINGTON: In this file photo taken on April 9, 2018, US President Donald Trump shakes hands with National Security Advisor John Bolton during a meeting with senior military leaders at the White House. — AFP WASHINGTON: A US judge refused Saturday to block the release of a tell-all book in which President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor describes him as corrupt and incompetent. With John Bolton’s book already widely...

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It is amazing how people of the same community respond to crises and urgent matters. Some people run into their homes and lock the doors behind them, while others go out in the open checking what is going on and see how they can help. We as human beings must be aware that to live, we must cooperate, because each one of us relies on the person next to him!Can someone build a structure without a plan? Is it not necessary to see an engineer to...

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Top US prosecutor who probed Trump allies fired

Geoffrey Berman WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: A stand-off over the independence of one of the country’s most important prosecutor’s offices ended on Saturday when Geoffrey Berman agreed to step down as US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, the office that had been investigating President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph Giuliani.Berman’s confirmation of his departure came after Attorney General William Barr told him he had...

TULSA, Oklahoma: US President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at the BOK Center on Saturday. — AFP

Latam virus cases pass two million

TULSA, Oklahoma: US President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign rally at the BOK Center on Saturday. — AFP TULSA: Coronavirus infections in Latin America surged past two million on Saturday, with worst-hit Brazil home to nearly half of the cases as the virus accelerates its spread in the region. Europe, which has endured months of lockdowns to slow the virus but at a crippling economic cost, was set to further ease restrictions with Spain...

READING: A delivery rider talks to a police officer securing a police cordon in central Reading on Saturday following a stabbing incident at Forbury Gardens park. — AFP

3 killed in Britain stabbing rampage

READING: A delivery rider talks to a police officer securing a police cordon in central Reading on Saturday following a stabbing incident at Forbury Gardens park. — AFP READING, United Kingdom: Three people were killed and three seriously injured when an assailant went on a stabbing rampage in a park filled with people relaxing in the southern English city of Reading on Saturday, police said. The Thames Valley Police said they had launched a...

BEIJING: People wearing face masks queue to take a swab test during mass testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Beijing yesterday. — AFP

Beijing reports 22 new virus cases as millions tested

BEIJING: People wearing face masks queue to take a swab test during mass testing for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Beijing yesterday. — AFP BEIJING: China’s capital reported 22 new cases of the coronavirus yesterday after a mass testing effort that has collected more than two million samples in a race to contain a new outbreak.The fresh cluster in Beijing has raised fears of a resurgence of the virus in China, which had largely brought the...

This undated picture released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Saturday shows North Koreans preparing anti-Seoul leaflets at an undisclosed location in North Korea. — AFP

N Korea vows to send anti-South leaflets amid rising tensions

This undated picture released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Saturday shows North Koreans preparing anti-Seoul leaflets at an undisclosed location in North Korea. — AFP SEOUL: North Korea pledged to push ahead with its campaign to send propaganda leaflets into South Korea, saying it is not bound to any inter-Korean agreements, state media said yesterday.Tension has been rising after North Korea blew up a...

MADRID: Valladolid´s Spanish midfielder Kike Perez (R) and Atletico Madrid’s Spanish midfielder Vitolo jump for the ball during the Spanish League football match between Atletico Madrid and Real Valladolid at the Wanda Metropolitan stadium in Madrid on June 20, 2020. — AFP

Atletico Madrid eye Champions League as Getafe stumble again in race for top four

MADRID: Valladolid´s Spanish midfielder Kike Perez (R) and Atletico Madrid’s Spanish midfielder Vitolo jump for the ball during the Spanish League football match between Atletico Madrid and Real Valladolid at the Wanda Metropolitan stadium in Madrid on June 20, 2020. — AFP A goal from substitute Vitolo with nine minutes remaining gave Diego Simeone’s side the three points. They now have 52 points and a four-point edge over Getafe in their...

BRIGHTON: Arsenal’s French-born Ivorian midfielder Nicolas Pepe (2L) scores the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Arsenal at the American Express Community Stadium in Brighton, southern England. —AFP

Arsenal stunned by Brighton late show

BRIGHTON: Arsenal’s French-born Ivorian midfielder Nicolas Pepe (2L) scores the opening goal during the English Premier League football match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Arsenal at the American Express Community Stadium in Brighton, southern England. —AFP LONDON: Neal Maupay played the villain twice over for Arsenal as the Frenchman netted a vital stoppage time winner for Brighton, while Wolves closed on the top four with a 2-0 win...

KOLKATA: Indian citizens of Chinese origin holding placards and Indian flags shout slogans in support of the Indian army during an anti-China demonstration in Kolkata’s Chinatown on Saturday. —AFP

Indian minister claims China lost 40 soldiers

KOLKATA: Indian citizens of Chinese origin holding placards and Indian flags shout slogans in support of the Indian army during an anti-China demonstration in Kolkata’s Chinatown on Saturday. —AFP MUMBAI: China lost at least 40 soldiers in a clash with India at their disputed border this week, a federal government minister has said, as the nuclear-armed countries remained locked in confrontation on the frontline yesterday. China has not said...

KUWAIT: Fishing boats docked in the Shamlan Harbor in Sharq, as the Central Bank’s building is seen in the background. —Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

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KUWAIT: Fishing boats docked in the Shamlan Harbor in Sharq, as the Central Bank’s building is seen in the background. —Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur’s Ivorian defender Serge Aurier (L) vies with Manchester United’s Scottish midfielder Scott McTominay (R) during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. —AFP

Penalty denies Man Utd in draw at Tottenham

LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur’s Ivorian defender Serge Aurier (L) vies with Manchester United’s Scottish midfielder Scott McTominay (R) during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. —AFP LONDON: Bruno Fernandes’s penalty salvaged a 1-1 draw for Manchester United at Tottenham as the Red Devils had another late spot-kick overturned by a VAR review on...

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DAMASCUS: Syria's interim prime minister Mohammad Al-Bashir addresses worshippers during Friday prayers at Umayyad Mosque on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP (See Page 5)

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KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Crown Prince of Jordan Al-Hussein bin Abdullah II at Bayan Palace on Dec 15, 2024. - Amiri Diwan

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DAMASCUS: People chat at a pub on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP

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SEATTLE: Kuwait's Undersecretary of Finance Aseel Al-Munifi and Microsoft's Executive Vice President of Public Sector Angela Heise sign a memorandum of understanding during a meeting in the presence of officials. — KUNA

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DAMASCUS: People react as they search for their missing relatives among bodies recovered at the Saydnaya prison, at the morgue of the Damascus Hospital, also known as the Mujtahid Hospital, on Dec 15, 2024. - AFP

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