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LONDON: People walk over Westminster Bridge wrapped in Union flags, towards the Queen Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) and The Houses of Parliament. - AFP

British economy slows as Brexit weighs on spending

Housing prices fall as consumers rein in spendingLONDON: Britain's economy slowed in the first three months of the year as concerns about the UK's exit from the European Union spurred inflation and forced consumers to rein in spending.The economy expanded 0.3 percent from the previous quarter, below the 0.4 percent that was expected and less half the 0.7 percent it grew at the end of 2016, the Office for National Statistics said Friday. The pound...

The surgery was conducted at the Monash Chidren's Hospital after a part of the third leg was already cut off in Bangladesh. (Photo: AFP)

Bangladeshi girl with 3 legs ‘walks, runs’ after surgery

The surgery was conducted at the Monash Chidren's Hospital after a part of the third leg was already cut off in Bangladesh. (Photo: AFP)SYDNEY: A toddler born with three legs-because body parts of a twin had grown inside her-was returning home to Bangladesh on Friday after complex and rare surgery in Australia enabled her to walk and run, her doctor said. Three-year-old Choity Khatun was given little prospect of survival until she was brought...

VANCOUVER: Gravity founder Richard Browning fields questions about his personal flight suit at a TED Conference in Vancouver, Canada. —AFP

British inventor takes flight in ‘Iron Man’ suit

VANCOUVER: Gravity founder Richard Browning fields questions about his personal flight suit at a TED Conference in Vancouver, Canada. —AFPVANCOUVER: British inventor Richard Browning lifted off from the shore of Vancouver Harbor on Thursday in a personal flight suit that inspired references to comic superhero 'Iron Man.' Using thrusters attached to his arms and back, Browning flew in a circle and hovered a short distance from the ground,...

This image released by Netflix shows Katherine Langford in a scene from the series, ‘13 Reasons Why,’ about a teenager who commits suicide. — AP

13 Reasons sparks criticism of teen suicide depiction

This image released by Netflix shows Katherine Langford in a scene from the series, ‘13 Reasons Why,’ about a teenager who commits suicide. — APIt's a scene as painful to watch as it is graphic: A 17-year-old girl climbs into a bathtub with a razor. We see her slice into her skin, we see the blood pour out, hear her cry and struggle to breathe. Then she is still. The suicide of the heroine in Netflix's new popular series "13 Reasons Why"...

Director Philippe Lioret, center, attends a panel discussion during Colcoa French Film Festival day 4 in Los Angeles, California. — AFP

LA's French film fest debuts stunning Nazi escape tale

Director Philippe Lioret, center, attends a panel discussion during Colcoa French Film Festival day 4 in Los Angeles, California. — AFPJoseph Joffo's childhood came to an end at the age of 10, when his father gave him and his brother 5,000 francs each and instructions to flee Paris and escape the Nazis. The boys were told they must never let anyone know they were Jews as they went on the run-by foot, train and ferry-from Hitler's feared SS...

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Popular Indian rapper speaks during the press conference yesterday in Kuwait. — Photo by Sajeev K Peter

Badshah takes Kuwait music lovers by storm

Popular Indian rapper Badshah speaks during the press conference yesterday in Kuwait. — Photo by Sajeev K PeterPopular Indian rapper Badshah took music lovers in Kuwait by storm on Friday evening at the Shaheed Park open air ground with his pulsating vocal range of rap delivery. Performing during the musical show presented by Indian Youth Society Kuwait, Badshah kept all spellbound. "Rap in India is a small genre compared to other music...

Photos show Al-Muttaba neighborhood. — KUNA Photos

Al-Muttaba neighborhood - an old area still remembered by Kuwaitis

Photos show Al-Muttaba neighborhood. — KUNA PhotosKUWAIT: Some areas around the world might be long gone or have completely shifted their landscapes, but the memories of these places remain in the hearts and minds of people who lived in them. Al-Muttaba neighborhood is one these areas that is still engraved in Kuwaiti memory despite the passage of time. Some say that the neighborhood, in the eastern part of what is known now as Kuwait City,...

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Trapped in the car; Girl attacked in chalet

KUWAIT: A citizen was trapped in his car after colliding with a concrete barrier on King Faisal road near Qurtuba area. Shuhada Rescue team rushed to the scene and freed the injured man took him to Amiri Hospital.Girl attacked in chaletThree Kuwaitis, a Saudi, Omani and a bedoon attacked a girl in a chalet for unknown reasons. Two Egyptians who attempted to help the girl were also beaten up mercilessly. The girl was screaming for help with...

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Life is expensive!

Muna Al Fuzai A recent local report said that there is a possibility of a hike in product prices in supermarkets during Ramadan. According to this report, the increase will range between 20 to 35 percent according to the type of commodity. This significant increase in prices during Ramadan will affect everyone. This is an issue that must be considered seriously. There are no increases in salaries, rents are high, school fees and other fees...

Jeri Al-Jeri

Turkey and America - twins?

Jeri Al-Jeri It is impossible to have perfectly identical twins - however, similarities between Americans and Turks are closer than we expect. In her twenties, a zestful young American engineer named Kathrine Branning embarked to work on a world-class engineering project and booked her tickets without hesitation to travel to the other side of the world - the Muslim world. She did so after learning that the Turkish government was investing a...

Ghaleb Sarmini

The future of plastics

Ghaleb Sarmini 2016 was an amazing year for the sciences, especially after a Japanese team discovered a new bacterium that is about to turn the world into a more eco-friendly place. Although plastic is not very eco-friendly, the world manufactures around 300 million tons each year, which is used almost in everything. If we look around, we have plastic everywhere around us. But a lot of organizations and big companies are trying to...

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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah

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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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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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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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