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Winter is coming

KUWAIT: Astronomer and historian Adel Al-Saadoun said the winter Marbaaniya season (40 days) will start tomorrow and end on Feb 14, adding it has the name Marbaaniya because it is 40 days long. Marbaaniya is one of the year's 12 seasons, starting with Suhail and ending with "Kalbain. Saadoun said Marbaaniya is divided into two periods - the first is of 20 days and continues till Dec 27, and the second from Dec 28 until Feb 14, adding the second...

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Indian rape victim set ablaze on way to court

Outrage mounts over crimes against women AMRITSAR: Activists from Shiv Sena Taksali shout slogans as they burn effigies of ‘rapists’ to protest against the alleged rape and murder of a 27-year-old veterinary doctor in Hyderabad, during a demonstration yesterday. — AFP LUCKNOW: A 23-year-old rape victim was set ablaze by a gang of men, including the alleged rapist, as she made her way to court in the northern India yesterday, police said,...

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US exchanges ambassadors with Sudan after 2 decades

Washington welcomes new reformist civilian leader WASHINGTON: Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok (right) meets House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel on Capitol Hill on Wednesday. — AFP WASHINGTON: The United States said Wednesday it would name an ambassador to Sudan for the first time in 23 years as it welcomed the country's new reformist civilian leader. The United States hailed early steps taken by Prime Minister Abdalla...

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Khamenei orders Iran unrest victims treated as 'martyrs'

TEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader has agreed that people killed in nationwide unrest last month who had no role in fomenting it should be treated as "martyrs" with their families compensated. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's decision marked a significant softening of position by the Iranian authorities towards those killed during the protests that erupted on November 15 following a surprise hike in fuel prices. He was responding to a report on the protests...

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Dems to draft impeachment articles

Pelosi says no one is above the law as Trump fumesWASHINGTON: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told congressional leaders yesterday to draft articles of impeachment against Donald Trump, saying the president's abuse of power "leaves us no choice but to act". By asking the House Judiciary Committee chairman to draw up the charges, Pelosi, the top congressional Democrat, signaled that a formal impeachment process against the 45th president is all but...

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24 hours in shadow of brutal Mexico violence

Bloodshed unleashed by 'drug wars'MEXICO CITY: As Mexico struggles to stop the bloodshed unleashed by its "drug wars", the violence casts a long shadow over ordinary life for many Mexicans. On Nov 22, AFP deployed a team of photo and video journalists across the country to document the daily brutality for 24 hours. These are their reflections on covering the deadly onslaught gripping the country, where more than 250,000 people have been murdered...

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Vaping linked to rare lung disease

PARIS: Doctors treating a patient with a rare lung disease usually caused by exposure to industrial metals say it may instead be the first case linked to vaping. Electronic cigarettes are sold as safer alternatives to traditional tobacco products and as aids to stop smoking. But they have been implicated in a growing number of recent deaths and health alerts, especially in the United States. Researchers at the University of California San...

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Indonesian faints during whipping

GOH, Indonesia: An Indonesian man faints after he was whipped in public on charges of engaging in sexual relations in Aceh yesterday. —AFP IDI, Indonesia: An Indonesian man who fainted as he was being whipped for pre-marital sex yesterday was revived to receive the rest of his punishment before being rushed to hospital. Despite international condemnation, public flogging is common for a range of offences banned under local Islamic law in the...

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Peloton exercise bike's latest TV advert draws scathing reaction

With the latest ad portraying a woman thanking her husband for giving her an exercise bike for Christmas, social media users have heaped ridicule on Peloton Interactive. "Nothing says 'maybe you should lose a few pounds' like gifting your already rail thin life partner a Peloton," one Twitter user said, as others piled on to scorn the commercial, which is set in a large, richly furnished home. Many note that Peloton bicycles are worth at least...

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Red carpet, no cinema; Gaza film festival forced outdoors

Palestinians watch a film during the opening ceremony of the Red Carpet Human Rights Film Festival in Gaza-Karama Palestine, in front of the abandoned Cinema Amer building in Gaza City. The festival’s 5th edition takes place between December 4 and 11, and will show a selection of 45 human rights-themed films in the Gaza Strip as well as in the West Bank and Jerusalem. — AFP Photos In the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, without a cinema for 30...

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Birdcages and pearls galore at Chanel’s craft-heavy fashion show

Chanel turned little gilded birdcages into handbags on the catwalk in Paris on Wednesday, at an annual “Metier D’Art” fashion showcase of its most intricate craftwork that also included lacy creations and shiny tweed suits. The French couture house recreated the Parisian apartment where founder Coco Chanel lived in the early 1900s and where collections were once presented, as models strutted down a reconstruction of its famed winding...

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 23, 2007, shows the Saudi Aramco oil facility in Dammam, 450 kms east of Riyadh. - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is expected on November 3, 2019 to formally launch a long-anticipated stock offering of Saudi Aramco, a person close to the matter said on November 1, 2019. The Aramco stock listing, a key component of bin Salman's overall agenda, will offer a small fraction of the petroleum giant. (Photo by HASSAN AMMAR / AFP)

Saudi Aramco pursues war cover after attacks

Aramco looking to buy insurance against war, terror attacksLONDON: Saudi Aramco is looking to buy insurance against war and terror attacks after a damaging drone and missile attack on some of its oil facilities in September, two sources said. Aramco, the world's largest oil company, has been looking for cover from insurers including those based at Lloyd's of London and elsewhere in the London market, they added. The firm is seeking cover for...