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XIAMEN: In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and China’s President Xi Jinping shake hands as they pose for a photo during a meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Xiamen in southeastern China’s Fujian Province. — AP
Modi, Xi meeting on relations constructive
XIAMEN: In this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and China’s President Xi Jinping shake hands as they pose for a photo during a meeting on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Xiamen in southeastern China’s Fujian Province. — APXIAMEN, China: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed yesterday their countries need to make more efforts to improve...
TEHRAN: Syria’s Omar Alsoma, left, vies for the ball with Iran’s Morteza Pouraliganji during their Round 3 - Group A World Cup qualifier at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran, yesterday. — AP
S Korea qualifies for World Cup, Syria goes to playoff
TEHRAN: Syria’s Omar Alsoma, left, vies for the ball with Iran’s Morteza Pouraliganji during their Round 3 - Group A World Cup qualifier at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran, yesterday. — APTASHKENT: South Korea overcame a troubled campaign to qualify for next year’s World Cup yesterday, while war-torn Syria kept its dream alive. A goalless draw away to Uzbekistan was enough for South Korea on the final day of Asian group games. Syria...
STUTTGART: Germany’s Mario Gomez scores his side’s sixth goal during the World Cup Group C qualifying soccer match between Germany and Norway in Stuttgart, Germany, Monday. — AP
Germany thrash Norway, while England survive Slovakia scare
STUTTGART: Germany’s Mario Gomez scores his side’s sixth goal during the World Cup Group C qualifying soccer match between Germany and Norway in Stuttgart, Germany, Monday. — APPARIS: Germany fired six past Norway while England fought back after an early scare to beat Slovakia in European World Cup qualifying on Monday. Timo Werner scored a double in Germany’s 6-0 rout of the Norwegians in Stuttgart to leave Joachim Loew’s world...
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Positive performance for Kuwait, Saudi; MENA bearish
.KUWAIT: Kuwait Financial Centre "Markaz" recently released its Monthly Market Research report. In this report, Markaz examines and analyzes the performance of equity markets in the MENA region as well as the global equity markets for the month of August 2017.Markaz report stated that the performance of MENA markets were negative in the month of August. Kuwait (weighted) and Saudi Arabia market indices were the region's top performer gaining 4.2...
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Saudi, Kuwait remain firm, other markets drop
Click to view largerKUWAIT: GCC markets witnessed mixed performance during August-17 due to factors specific to each market along with the normal seasonal profit booking before the Eid holidays. Saudi Arabia and Kuwait witnessed positive returns during the month primarily on the back of expectations of these markets qualifying for the FTSE's secondary emerging markets index in a review later in September. As a result, both the markets witnessed...
DANAN, Ethiopia: Ethiopian women wait in line to receive food aid due to drought conditions in the Danan district of the Somali region of Ethiopia, which hasn’t seen significant amounts of rain in the past three years.
Ethiopia faces worst drought in years as millions at risk
'The aid we are receiving is not enough to feed ourselves and our animals' DANAN, Ethiopia: Ethiopian women wait in line to receive food aid due to drought conditions in the Danan district of the Somali region of Ethiopia, which hasn’t seen significant amounts of rain in the past three years.DANAN, Ethiopia: Men, women and children in this remote region of Ethiopia scramble to receive food aid and feed their rail-thin cattle as a huge cloud of...
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Stephen King inspired 'It' filmmakers to become storytellers
In this combination photo, author Stephen King appears at a book promotion event in Paris in 2013, left, and filmmaker Seth Grahame-Smith appears at the "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" premiere in New York in 2012.In 1989, when Stephen King had already published more than 20 books, three teenagers were discovering his horror novel "It," a 1,100-page epic about a group of adolescent outcasts and a shapeshifting villain who most often manifests...
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Straight outta Colombia: Nun raps for pope
Fellow nuns of Maria Valentina de los Angeles, of the ‘Comunicadoras Eucaristicas del Padre Celestial’ (Eucharistic Communicators of the Celestial Father) congregation, perform during the recording of a music video at a convent on the outskirts of Cali, Colombia. — AFP photosA Colombian nun-turned-rapper in sports sneakers will perform for Pope Francis when he visits her country this week. Maria Valentina de los Angeles is one of a group...
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Nobel peace prize to Aung San Suu Kyi
KUWAIT: A housemaid waits at an office for domestic workers in a commercial complex in Kuwait City in this July 14, 2016 file photo. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Embassies, agencies wary of new maid recruiting company
Al-Durra promises to lower cost of hiring domestic helpers KUWAIT: A housemaid waits at an office for domestic workers in a commercial complex in Kuwait City in this July 14, 2016 file photo. — Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: A government-backed recruitment agency for domestic helpers in Kuwait is mooted to lower fees and clean up the industry. But embassies of countries with large populations of domestic helpers here as well as private...
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India scraps bank guarantee clause for maid recruitment
KUWAIT: The government of India has scrapped with immediate effect the $2,500 bank guarantee measure that was enforced earlier for recruitment of Indian female domestic workers for Kuwait, a press release issued by the Indian Embassy in Kuwait said. The cancellation of the policy measure brings an end to a two-year-old dispute between Kuwait and India.The Indian government had mandated in Nov 2014 that every employer who wanted to recruit an...
KUWAIT: Fence collapses at one of the locations in Salmiya amid leftover waste by a contractor. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Municipality sets up hotline to receive complaints
KUWAIT: Fence collapses at one of the locations in Salmiya amid leftover waste by a contractor. — Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatThe Municipality is in charge of clearing waste and garbage in public places. But if it is construction debris or other waste in large quantities left over by companies, it is then their responsibility - whether it's the contractor or the owner - to remove it. Unfortunately, many negligent companies dump their waste...
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This undated imageshows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple) cultured in the laboratory. - AFP
Mpox global health emergency, Kuwait monitoring situation
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NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honor to mark the country's Independence Day, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2024. -AFP
Modi renews push for common civil code for India
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VARANASI: Medical students shout slogans and hold posters as they protest the rape and murder of a young medic from Kolkata, in Varanasi on August 15, 2024. -- AFP
Protests sweep India over rape and murder of doctor
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KUWAIT: People watch pearl diving boats as they arrive at the main beach at the end of the 33rd annual pearl diving festival. Pearl-diving trips are held annually under the patronage of the Kuwaiti Amir in order to keep traditions alive.
Pearl diving trip winds up
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Columbia president resigns months after campus Gaza demos