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Badrya Darwish I read an article a few days ago written by Reem Al-Lougayan. She touched on a key topic, and I share her concern. Reem wrote about the phenomenon of fake beggars plaguing the streets of Kuwait. She said that a few men show up at traffic lights in cleaners' uniforms with brooms and dustpans pretending to be street sweepers. But in fact they are begging. The funny thing is that these 'cleaners' are showing up at night! I...
China Premier Li Keqiang,rear right, and Afghanistan Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah, rear left, applaud while Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani, left, and China Foreign Minister Wang Yi exchange documents during signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, May 16, 2016. (Kim Kyung-Hoon, Pool Photo via AP)
Afghanistan backs Beijing stance on South China Sea
China Premier Li Keqiang,rear right, and Afghanistan Chief Executive Officer Abdullah Abdullah, rear left, applaud while Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani, left, and China Foreign Minister Wang Yi exchange documents during signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, May 16, 2016. (Kim Kyung-Hoon, Pool Photo via AP)BEIJING: Yesterday China said landlocked Afghanistan has expressed support for Beijing's...
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2016 photo, Moderator Megyn Kelly waits for the start of the Republican presidential primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa. Donald Trump says people who are bullied ìgotta get over itî and fight back. Itís a message he delivers to Megyn Kelly, the Fox News anchor who sat down with him for an interview months after he savaged her on Twitter and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
Trump talks to Megyn Kelly about bullying, ex rebuts NYT story "gotta get over it"
FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2016 photo, Moderator Megyn Kelly waits for the start of the Republican presidential primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa. Donald Trump says people who are bullied ìgotta get over itî and fight back. Itís a message he delivers to Megyn Kelly, the Fox News anchor who sat down with him for an interview months after he savaged her on Twitter and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)WASHINGTON: Months after he savaged her on...
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma (L) speaks with Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir (R) during the swearing in ceremony of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni as newly elected President in Kampala on May 12, 2016. nMuseveni 71, won February's election though the result has been challenged by opposition leaders, one of whom has been held under house arrest for most of the weeks since. More than a dozen heads of state, including Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta and Sudan's Omar al-Bashir, attended the swearing-in ceremony, the fifth since Museveni took power in 1986 at the head of a rebel army. / AFP PHOTO / GAEL GRILHOT
Port Elizabeth, the S.Africa city that has Zuma quaking
P South Africa's President Jacob Zuma (L) speaks with Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir (R) during the swearing in ceremony of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni as newly elected President in Kampala on May 12, 2016.Museveni 71, won February's election though the result has been challenged by opposition leaders, one of whom has been held under house arrest for most of the weeks since. More than a dozen heads of state, including Kenya's Uhuru...
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Delay of development projects fault of executors: Minister - Many government projects moving forward
KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Minister of State for Development and Planning Hind Al-Subaih (left) speaks during the Municipal Council’s reform and development committee meeting yesterday. — Photo by Fouad Al-ShaikhKUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Minister of State for Development and Planning Hind Al-Subaih said that more than 70 percent of the delay in planned development projects was due to executors...
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Kerry in Saudi Arabia for talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud on May 15, 2016 in the Saudi Red Sea city of Jeddah as Washington and Riyadh consult with each other ahead of another week of high-stakes diplomacy on the Syria conflict.-AFPJEDDAH: US Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday held talks with Saudi Arabia's King Salman about the conflicts in Syria, Libya and Yemen, ahead of international meetings this coming...
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Palestinians mark Nakba with sirens, marches
Palestinians act in a play enacting "Nakba" or Catastrophe day in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, May 15, 2016. Palestinians marked the 68th anniversary of their displacement following the Israeli declaration of independence in 1968. -APRAMALLAH: Palestinians yesterday marked the anniversary of their uprooting almost seven decades ago with sirens and low-key marches. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were driven out in the...
A police sniffer dog and handler on the pitch at Old Trafford stadium after today's final match of the season between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth was abandoned due to a suspect package being found inside the stadium. Sunday May 15, 2016. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP) UNITED KINGDOM OUT - NO SALES - NO ARCHIVES
Device blown up at Old Trafford - Fans evacuated as Man United finale abandoned
A police sniffer dog and handler on the pitch at Old Trafford stadium after today's final match of the season between Manchester United and AFC Bournemouth was abandoned due to a suspect package being found inside the stadium. Sunday May 15, 2016. - APMANCHESTER: Army experts blew up an "incredibly lifelike explosive device" at Old Trafford yesterday after tens of thousands of fans were evacuated from the stadium ahead of Manchester United's...
TOPSHOT - Arsenal's French striker Olivier Giroud (C) celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Aston Villa at the Emirates Stadium in London on May 15, 2016. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications. n / AFP / Ian Kington / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications.
Giroud sinks Villa, lifts Arsenal to second
TOPSHOT - Arsenal's French striker Olivier Giroud (C) celebrates scoring his team's second goal during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Aston Villa at the Emirates Stadium in London on May 15, 2016. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. AFP LONDON: Olivier Giroud's...
United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed speaks during a press conference on May 15, 2016 at the information ministry in Kuwait City. The UN special envoy to Yemen held talks with the country's warring parties in a bid to break an impasse. / AFP / YASSER AL-ZAYYAT
UN envoy optimistic as Yemen talks continue - 'Difficult matters' remain unresolved
United Nations Special Envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed speaks during a press conference on May 15, 2016 at the information ministry in Kuwait City. The UN special envoy to Yemen held talks with the country's warring parties in a bid to break an impasse. -AFPKUWAIT: The UN special envoy to Yemen said yesterday he is optimistic about achieving a peaceful settlement in the war-torn country, but admitted "difficult matters" remain...
FILE - In this Tuesday, March 22, 2016 file photo, Boris Johnson arrives for a meeting at Downing Street in London. Ex-London Mayor Boris Johnson has compared the European Unionís aims to those of Adolf Hitler, arguing that the 28-nation bloc is creating a superstate that mirrors the attempt of the Nazi leader to dominate the European continent. Johnsonís remarks in The Sunday Telegraph on Sunday, May 15 elicited outrage on the part of those campaigning to remain in the EU ahead of a June 23 vote on whether to stay or go. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)
EU trying to emulate Hitler, says UK's Boris Johnson - By trying to create a superstate
FILE - In this Tuesday, March 22, 2016 file photo, Boris Johnson arrives for a meeting at Downing Street in London. Ex-London Mayor Boris Johnson has compared the European Unionís aims to those of Adolf Hitler, arguing that the 28-nation bloc is creating a superstate that mirrors the attempt of the Nazi leader to dominate the European continent. Johnsonís remarks in The Sunday Telegraph on Sunday, May 15 elicited outrage on the part of those...
FILE - In this May 3, 2016, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in New York. Trump is now his party's presumptive nominee, but in many ways, he's breaking the Republican mold. On a handful of issues, from trade to national defense, Trump has the potential to run to the left of likely Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. And on others, from taxes to social security, he sounds an awful lot like a Democrat. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Trump's history with women, says Brexit won't affect him - As the race nears end, the hopeful is examined even more
FILE - In this May 3, 2016, file photo, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in New York. Trump is now his party's presumptive nominee, but in many ways, he's breaking the Republican mold. On a handful of issues, from trade to national defense, Trump has the potential to run to the left of likely Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. And on others, from taxes to social security, he sounds an awful lot like a Democrat. -...
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