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OMAHA: A image of Warren Buffett towers over Berkshire Hathaway shareholders as they visit and shop at company subsidiaries in Omaha at the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting. —AP
Thousands of people fill arena to hear from Warren Buffett
OMAHA: A image of Warren Buffett towers over Berkshire Hathaway shareholders as they visit and shop at company subsidiaries in Omaha at the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting. —APOMAHA: Listening to Warren Buffett never gets old to the thousands of Berkshire Hathaway shareholders who filled an arena Saturday to listen to the billionaire investor at the company's annual meeting.More than 30,000 people came to Omaha to hear Buffett and...
CALIFORNIA: In this file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa talks with the committee’s ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California. — AP
Senator cites fee she says FBI paid for hacking tool
CALIFORNIA: In this file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa talks with the committee’s ranking member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California. — APWASHINGTON: Sen Dianne Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Senate committee that oversees the FBI, said publicly this week that the government paid $900,000 to break into the locked iPhone of a gunman in the San Bernardino, California, shootings, even though the...
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New cure for Gulf’s thalassemia sufferers
DUBAI: Most of the Gulf's thalassemia sufferers can now be cured of the debilitating blood disease through a safe and effective bone marrow transplant procedure performed in the United States, said one of the world's leading pediatric hematologists, ahead of International Thalassemia Day on 8 May. Thalassemia is a genetic blood disease, common across the wider Middle East and South Asia, in which victims are not able to make enough hemoglobin - a...
AFAR IRDOOD, Ethiopia: Men mine salt from the Danakil Depression in Afar, Ethiopia. Every morning, hundreds of men converge on a dry lakebed in a remote corner of Ethiopia, where they cleave the ground open with hand axes to extract salt, just as their fathers and grandfathers once did. — AFP
Ethiopia deadly landslide sparks land rights battle
AFAR IRDOOD, Ethiopia: Men mine salt from the Danakil Depression in Afar, Ethiopia. Every morning, hundreds of men converge on a dry lakebed in a remote corner of Ethiopia, where they cleave the ground open with hand axes to extract salt, just as their fathers and grandfathers once did. — AFPADDIS ABABA: Aworar Meka had been living and working at the Reppi rubbish dump in Addis Ababa for only one month when tragedy struck. A giant landslide at...
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Blake Lively wore 200 carats of jewelry to this year's Met Gala
Blake LivelyThe 29-year-old actress turned heads at the star-studded bash in New York on Monday as she adorned a gold, embellished Versace gown with a blue feathered train, which she paired with 130 carats of Lorraine Schwartz sapphire accessories, including an 82 carat pair of Burma earrings and a 50-carat triple sapphire ring, all of which are believed to be worth over $3.5 million, as well as a 50-carat diamond ring. The American jeweler...
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Everybody is holding his breath
Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (C) vies with Villarreal's midfielder Rodrigo Hernandez (R) and Villarreal's Italian midfielder Roberto Soriano during the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs Villarreal CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on May 6, 2017. / AFP / LLUIS GENE
Barca trio combine to down Villarreal
Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (C) vies with Villarreal's midfielder Rodrigo Hernandez (R) and Villarreal's Italian midfielder Roberto Soriano during the Spanish league football match FC Barcelona vs Villarreal CF at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona on May 6, 2017. / AFP / LLUIS GENEBARCELONA: Barcelona's formidable front three of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar all scored as the champions beat Villarreal 4-1 on Saturday to...
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Saudi Arabia, US in talks on billions in arms sales
  F-15 fighter jetWASHINGTON: Washington is working to push through contracts for tens of billions of dollars in arms sales to Saudi Arabia, some new, others in the pipeline, ahead of US President Donald Trump's trip to the kingdom this month, people familiar with the talks told Reuters. Saudi Arabia is Trump's first stop on his maiden international trip, a sign of his intent to reinforce ties with a top regional ally.The United States has been...
(FILES) This file photo taken on January 27, 2017 shows Hamas leader Ismail Haniya greeting supporters upon his return to Gaza City, after performing the Hajj pilgrimage. Ismail Haniya was elected as the new head of Hamas on May 6, 2017, the Hamas news agency announced. / AFP / MOHAMMED ABED
Haniya elected leader of Hamas
(FILES) This file photo taken on January 27, 2017 shows Hamas leader Ismail Haniya greeting supporters upon his return to Gaza City, after performing the Hajj pilgrimage. Ismail Haniya was elected as the new head of Hamas on May 6, 2017, the Hamas news agency announced. / AFP / MOHAMMED ABEDGAZA CITY: Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas elected ex-Gaza Strip chief Ismail Haniya as its new leader yesterday, days after revising its founding...
Army soldiers patrol near Trocadero plaza with the Eiffel Tower in the background in Paris, France, Saturday, May 6, 2017. Voting for France's next president starts in overseas territories and French embassies abroad, as a blackout on campaigning descends so that voters can reflect on whether to entrust their country's future to independent Emmanuel Macron or far-right populist Marine Le Pen. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Macron target of massive email hack
Army soldiers patrol near Trocadero plaza with the Eiffel Tower in the background in Paris, France, Saturday, May 6, 2017. Voting for France's next president starts in overseas territories and French embassies abroad, as a blackout on campaigning descends so that voters can reflect on whether to entrust their country's future to independent Emmanuel Macron or far-right populist Marine Le Pen. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)PARIS: France's election...
EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / The body of the victim of an explosion lies at the scene of an explosion as Philippines police officers examine the site in Quiapo in Manila on May 6, 2017. Two explosions in the Philippine capital on the night of May 6 killed at least two people and injured four others, police and witnesses said. The blasts occurred in the same area in Quiapo, where there are big slums, within two and a half hours of each other, according to police and an AFP photographer who witnessed the second explosion. / AFP / NOEL CELIS
Twin blasts in Manila kill 2
MANILA: The body of the victim of an explosion lies at the scene of an explosion as Philippines police officers examine the site in Quiapo in Manila on May 6, 2017. Two explosions in the Philippine capital on the night of May 6 killed at least two people and injured four others, police and witnesses said. The blasts occurred in the same area in Quiapo, where there are big slums, within two and a half hours of each other, according to police and...
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Russian employee flees with $166m!
Muna Al Fuzai A Russian employee stole public funds and fled Kuwait after she transferred about $166 million to her accomplices. This report was published by Al-Jarida daily two days ago and angered many Kuwaitis. It was also trending on social media over the weekend. I need to say here that the Kuwaiti prosecution is still investigating the matter, with May 21 set for consideration of the case. So the court has not issued its final word...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Sheikh Salem Al-Ali passes away
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BELFAST: Protestors attend a "unity over division" protest called to oppose an anti immigration demonstration in Northern Ireland on Aug 9, 2024. - AFP
N Ireland violence shocks Muslims amid sectarianism
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GAZA: People inspect the damage in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood following Zionist bombardment on August 11, 2024. — AFP
US orders nuclear submarine to Mideast
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DHAKA: A Hindu shopkeeper (left) helps a woman put on a traditional conch shell bangle at a shop selling traditional prayer items in Shakhari Bazar, a Hindu majority area, in Dhaka on August 9, 2024. — AFP
Misinformation from India, vandalism frighten Hindus in Bangladesh
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Kuwait mourns Al-Sabah Family patriarch, KNG Chief Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah