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BUDAPEST: United States' gold medal winner Lilly King is flanked by Russia's silver medal winner Yuliya Efimova, left, and United States'nbronze medal winner Katie Meili, right, during the ceremony for the women's 50-meter breaststroke final during the swimming competitionsnof the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, yesterday. - AFPnn

King breaks women's 50m breaststroke world record

BUDAPEST: United States' gold medal winner Lilly King is flanked by Russia's silver medal winner Yuliya Efimova, left, and United States'bronze medal winner Katie Meili, right, during the ceremony for the women's 50-meter breaststroke final during the swimming competitionsof the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, yesterday. - AFPBUDAPEST: Lilly King of the United States claimed her second world record this week in winning the...

NEW DELHI: In this photograph taken on July 20, 2017 a cow stands amidst the traffic on a road. - AFP

No room at the inn for India's 'sacred' cows

NEW DELHI: In this photograph taken on July 20, 2017 a cow stands amidst the traffic on a road. - AFPBAWANA: Revered by most Indians, cows are at the centre of political battles and 'lynch mob' attacks, but they are being abandoned in growing numbers and turned away by shelters that cannot cope. The Sri Krishna Gaushala on the outskirts of New Delhi is typical of shelters for homeless cows across India-struggling to keep up with...

PHILADELPHIA: This file photo shows a cable box on top of a television set in Philadelphia.-AP

Why you still can't ditch your cable box

PHILADELPHIA: This file photo shows a cable box on top of a television set in Philadelphia.-APNEW YORK: Not that long ago, the clunky cable box looked like it was on its way out. The federal government was pressuring cable companies to open up their near-monopoly on boxes to more competition, and industry leader Comcast promised apps that could render some boxes obsolete. That was then. Today, the vast majority of customers still need to rent a...

Jazeera Airways unveils new brand identity

KUWAIT: A general view of the headquarters of Kuwaiti carrier Jazeera Airways in Kuwait City, bearing the new company logo on the facade. - Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Celebrating the start of a new era, JAZEERA Airways, a leading Kuwaiti carrier operating regionally and internationally, officially revealed its renewed corporate logo and advanced website upgrades (Jazeeraairways.com) as the advent of its various upcoming launches to meet...

SHANGHAI: Laborers work at a new property development under construction on the busy Nanjing Road shopping street in Shanghai.

PPP projects have entered the 'fast lane,' says China

SHANGHAI: Laborers work at a new property development under construction on the busy Nanjing Road shopping street in Shanghai.BEIJING: China's public-private partnership (PPP) project construction has entered the "fast lane" and will become a unified, standardized, transparent market, a government research office said. As of the end of June, there were 13,554 projects nationwide with investment of 16.3 trillion yuan ($2.4 trillion), according to...

BALTIMORE: In this June 5, 2017 file photo, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks. - AP

Clinton lost, but Republicans still want to investigate her

BALTIMORE: In this June 5, 2017 file photo, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks. - APWASHINGTON: Democrat Hillary Clinton lost the 2016 election to President Donald Trump, but some Republicans in Congress are intensifying their calls to investigate her and other Obama administration officials. As investigations into Russian meddling and possible links to Trump's campaign have escalated on both sides of the Capitol, some Republicans...

PYONGYANG: In this April 17, 2017, file photo, a North Korean school boy looks up from his computer screen at the Sci-Tech Complex. - AP

In N Korea, a generation gap grows behind propaganda

PYONGYANG: In this April 17, 2017, file photo, a North Korean school boy looks up from his computer screen at the Sci-Tech Complex. - APPYONGYANG: She dances beneath portraits of two smiling dictators, a modern young woman in a central Pyongyang plaza who twirls to music calling on North Koreans to die for their leader. When she speaks, a torrent of reverence tumbles out for North Korea's ruling family, as if phrases had been plucked at random...

NAIROBI: In this file photo taken on June 26, 2017 shows Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta (R), flanked by Deputy President William Ruto, gesturing during the unveiling of the Jubilee Party's manifesto. - AFP

Kenyan police end siege at home of deputy president

NAIROBI: In this file photo taken on June 26, 2017 shows Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta (R), flanked by Deputy President William Ruto, gesturing during the unveiling of the Jubilee Party's manifesto. - AFPNAIROBI: Elite Kenyan security forces yesterday killed a man at the home of Deputy President William Ruto, ending a 20-hour siege that left one officer dead and another wounded, security officials said. Ruto and his family were not at the...

ISTANBUL: Protesters wave Turkish and Palestinian flags as they hold placards reading 'Our hearts beat for Jerusalem' during a demonstration yesterday. Thousands of supporters of a conservative Turkish party rallied to protest against measures taken by Israel in Jerusalem and to show solidarity with the Palestinians. - AFP

Aqsa showdown rare win for Palestinians

ISTANBUL: Protesters wave Turkish and Palestinian flags as they hold placards reading 'Our hearts beat for Jerusalem' during a demonstration yesterday. Thousands of supporters of a conservative Turkish party rallied to protest against measures taken by Israel in Jerusalem and to show solidarity with the Palestinians. - AFPJERUSALEM: Though it was well past midnight, as news filtered through that Israeli police were removing the remaining new...

MOSUL: Iraqis shop at a market in Mosul's eastern Gogjali neighborhood. - AFP

Mosul markets both fear and hope for the future

MOSUL: Iraqis shop at a market in Mosul's eastern Gogjali neighborhood. - AFPMOSUL: Iraqi merchants and shoppers jostle in the lively open-air market of Gogjali on the eastern edges of Mosul, their voices often drowned out by the honking horns of cars. "Mosul will never be the same again," sighs Yunes Abdullah, a 60-year-old former soldier who set up a stall to repair televisions and other electrical appliances. Merchants and shoppers in...

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Kuwaitis can visit Turkey without visa

ANKARA: Kuwaitis will no longer need an entry visa to visit Turkey, it was announced in Ankara. A resolution by the Turkish cabinet came into effect yesterday, after being published in the official gazette, providing for the exemption of Kuwaiti citizens from visas to enter Turkey, the Anadolu news agency said. A Kuwaiti visitor can then enter Turkey visa-free for 90 days. Up to 180,000 Kuwaitis visited Turkey in 2016, and 30,000 during the...

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Kuwait launches aid campaign for Palestinians

KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti charity on Sunday kicked off a humanitarian initiative to support development in Jerusalem's sacrosanct Al-Aqsa mosque. Chairman of Kuwait's International Islamic Charitable Organization (IICO) Dr Abdullah Al-Matouq hailed the endeavor as an effort to protect holy Islamic sites and to tackle unemployment through providing jobs. He revealed that the campaign was comprised of projects that run the gamut from educational and food...

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