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BRASILIA, Brazil: Elizangela Santos, a 35-year-old receiving cancer treatment, rubs the chin of a Schnauzer dog named Paola in her bed.

Dogs provide therapy in a Brazilian hospital

BRASILIA, Brazil: Elizangela Santos, a 35-year-old receiving cancer treatment, rubs the chin of a Schnauzer dog named Paola in her bed.BRASILIA, Brazil: Each week, patients at the Support Hospital of Brasilia receive visits from a special breed of therapist: dogs trained to help them recover from disease or injury. Big and small, from German shepherds to Shih Tzus, the dogs get into bed with some patients to snuggle during the 15-minute visits....

SAKARAHA, Madagascar : Malagasy workers from an informal Sapphire mine seep soil through a strainer in the waters of a river looking for gems on the outskirts of Sakaraha, Madagascar.-AFP photos

Fortune hunters flock to Madagascar's sapphire mines

'Just digging the hole itself takes time, almost two weeks' SAKARAHA, Madagascar : Malagasy workers from an informal Sapphire mine seep soil through a strainer in the waters of a river looking for gems on the outskirts of Sakaraha, Madagascar.-AFP photosBETSINEFE, Madagascar: The dusty figure is lowered slowly into the ground like a bucket into a well, armed with just a crowbar, a shovel and an old, unreliable headlamp.In the surrounding...

LAS VEGAS: Faraday Future’s FF91 electric car on display at the 2017 Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday. —AFP

The car of the future: Getting to know you

Latest automotive technology on display at CES LAS VEGAS: Faraday Future’s FF91 electric car on display at the 2017 Consumer Electronic Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday. —AFPLAS VEGAS: The car of the future doesn't just want to drive you. It wants to know you. The automotive technology showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show over the past week was in part about self-driving vehicles, but also about personalizing the driving...

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Turkey's tourism takes big hit after extremist attacks

People walk at the Arasta Bazaar in the historic Sultanahmet district in Istanbul, one of the city’s main tourist attractions.The once bustling Grand Bazaar in Istanbul is astonishingly quiet. The shops and restaurants in the city's trendy Istiklal Street are all but empty of foreign customers and the hotels in the upscale Nisantasi district are nearly deserted. Turkey's economy is suffering in the face of a string of extremist attacks -...

A bride and groom are showered with money as they dance during a wedding

Egyptians throw parties to save in 'money pools'

A bride and groom are showered with money as they dance during a weddingAs belly dancers sway to the music of an Egyptian band playing at a young girl's birthday party, the guests count their cash to add to the pot. Microphone in hand, master of ceremonies Hassan El-Agami announces that one of the attendees has contributed 5,000 Egyptian pounds (260 euros, $274), an unusually large amount. But the money in the pot is not for the young girl-it is...

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KUWAIT: Suspected visa violators are detained in this file photo as Ministry of Interior intensifies crackdown on illegals. — MOI

MPs call for deporting 100,000 expats annually

Deportations surge as 29,000 expelled in 2016KUWAIT: Well-informed security sources said that 29,000 expats had been deported in 2016 - almost 80 expats daily - which indicates deportation has been accelerated more than ever. The sources added that the reasons for deporting those expats varied between residency law violations and criminal violations such as traffic law violations, felonies and crimes.According to the report in Al-Qabas daily, the...

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Increase in medical fees

Muna Al Fuzai Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi announced new increases in fees for health services by mid-February. The new price list released by the ministry of health shows a significant increase in fees for those who enter Kuwait on visit visas. Local newspapers published the list of the new charges. This issue has two sides. Firstly, the state has the right to refuse to be a center of free treatment for non-residents and temporary...

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Information Ministry lists details of banned, restricted commercial ads

Law became effective after being published in official gazetteKUWAIT: The Ministry of Information released the following law which became effective after it was published in Kuwait Al-Youm - the state's official gazette - recently. It regulates the process of advertising in the local media in terms of banned topics. The list includes banning tobacco ads, prohibition politically or religiously motivated advertisements, and requiring a ministry...

Foul meat found in Shuwaikh warehouse

Foul meat found in Shuwaikh warehouse

Foul meat found in Shuwaikh warehouseKUWAIT: Ministry of Commerce and Industry inspectors managed to seize 4,500 tons of meat unfit for human consumption, which were found inside a company's warehouse in Shuwaikh. The meats were about to be distributed to various restaurants and central markets, said Eid Al-Rasheedi, the ministry's Assistant Undersecretary for Commercial Control and Consumer Protection. "After sending samples to Ministry of...

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MP slams minister over 'marginal state' comment

Airport passengers' capacity up by 5 percent MP Riyadh Al-AdasaniKUWAIT: MP Riyadh Al-Adasani stressed that His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah should hold his Cabinet members accountable for their responsibilities and to respect diplomatic norms when making statements affecting foreign relations. "We do appreciate our historic relations with Egypt, but we do not accept Justice Minister Dr Faleh Al-Azab making a...

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KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah holds talks with senior defense ministry officials on Aug 7, 2024. - KUNA

Kuwait army alert, govt prepared

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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.

A forgotten courtesy: The silent struggle of Kuwait’s expatriates

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PARIS: Bangladesh's finance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is escorted by French police personnel as he arrives at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport on Aug 7, 2024, enroute to Bangladesh, where he is set to lead a caretaker government. - AFP

Yunus: Get ready to build Bangladesh

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The second phase of the Avenues Roads Project, the exit leading to the Fifth Ring Road towards Jahra and the opposite U-turn. – KUNA photos

Second phase of roads project leading to The Avenues mall opened

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Video grab taken from a video footage shows rescuers helping a person out of a hotel that partly collapsed on August 7, 2024 in Kroev, western Germany, killing one person and burying eight others. - A floor in the hotel in Kroev, a town some 110 kilometres (68 miles) west of Frankfurt, collapsed for unknown reasons, police said in a statement. Of the 14 people inside at the time, five managed to get out. — AFP

One dead, several buried in German hotel collapse