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Gunmen execute nine in Burundi capital - Rwanda accuses Burundi leaders of committing 'massacres'
NAIROBI: Gunmen executed nine people in Burundi's capital hours before police launched house-to-house searches for weapons yesterday, amid international fears of fresh bloodletting in the central African nation. Hundreds of police and soldiers ringed the opposition flashpoint Mutakura district of the capital Bujumbura early yesterday to start a widely feared crackdown on "enemies of the nation." Residents said security forces were carrying out...
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Saudi Arabia executes 3 Iranian drug traffickers
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia yesterday executed three Iranians convicted of drug trafficking, the interior ministry said, bringing to 145 the number of death sentences carried out in the kingdom this year. The three convicts had attempted to "smuggle a large amount of hashish by sea" into Saudi Arabia, the ministry said in a statement published on the official SPA news agency. They were executed in the eastern port city of Dammam, it said. Saudi...
MARIB: Armed Yemeni tribesmen from the Popular Resistance Committees, supporting forces loyal to Yemen’s Saudi-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, fire from a tank in the area of Sirwah, West of Marib city. —AFP
Yemen fighting kills more than 50
MARIB: Armed Yemeni tribesmen from the Popular Resistance Committees, supporting forces loyal to Yemen’s Saudi-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, fire from a tank in the area of Sirwah, West of Marib city. —AFPADEN: More than 50 people were killed in Yemen in the past two days in fighting pitting an Arab coalition against Houthi fighters backed by troops loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, medical sources and residents said...
LONDON: Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, right, and Leader of the opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn (centre) with SNP representative Angus Robertson, left, attend the Remembrance yesterday ceremony at the Cenotaph in London yesterday. — AP
Cameron to give strongest warning over likely EU exit - British PM warns European leaders on reform
LONDON: Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, right, and Leader of the opposition Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn (centre) with SNP representative Angus Robertson, left, attend the Remembrance yesterday ceremony at the Cenotaph in London yesterday. — APLONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron will this week give his strongest warning yet that he might back Britain leaving the EU unless other European leaders agree to his demands for reform...
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Death toll from Pakistan factory collapse hits 44
LAHORE: Nearly five days after a Pakistani factory collapsed, the death toll has reached 44, rescue officials said yesterday, in one of the country's deadliest industrial accidents in recent years.More than 100 injured survivors were pulled from the rubble after the factory collapsed on Wednesday night, but no one had been recovered alive since Friday night, said Dr Zulfiqar Ahmad, the executive district officer health Lahore. It was unclear...
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Myanmar junta votes in 'military country' - Win of democracy candidates could inflict a blow to USDP
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar: President Thein Sein, the archrival of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, voted yesterday in Myanmar's grandiose capital, built from scratch by the military and symbolic of its half-century of iron-fisted rule over the impoverished Southeast Asian nation.A not-unlikely victory by democracy candidates in this bastion of soldiers and civil servants would inflict a humiliating blow to Thein Sein's military-backed Union...
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DOHA: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde (center) poses for a group photograph with finance ministers during the the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) finance ministersnmeeting held in Doha yesterday. —AP
Adapt to oil price drop, IMF chief urges Gulf - Lagarde expects crude prices to remain low for years
DOHA: International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde (center) poses for a group photograph with finance ministers during the the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) finance ministersmeeting held in Doha yesterday. —APDOHA: International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde warned yesterday that global energy prices could remain low for years and urged Gulf countries to adjust their budgets. Speaking in Qatar's capital Doha...
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Investment for the individual and government
What is Investment?Investment is vital for customers, corporations and even governments; it is a strategy of planning to maximize income. Most large corporations reforecast their investment on a quarterly basis. Like consumers, governments also have to utilize and pay for the things they want or need. Having a budget or an investment plan is essential because it can help people and governments achieve prosperity.When Forbes recently released a...
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Toyota Prius takes center-stage on the Toyota stand at the Tokyo Motor Show
Toyota presented its vision for the future of mobility at this year's Tokyo Motor Show, where three very different new concept cars were revealed. While some of the vehicles represent the development and commercialization of groundbreaking new technologies, others seek to explore and strengthen the emotional bond between car and driver. The Tokyo Motor Show started on October 29th and concluded yesterday.Toyota's commitment to advanced powertrain...
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Alibaba to take over China’s YouTube
BEIJING: Billionaire Jack Ma's Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba announced an estimated $4.8 billion deal to take over video streaming service Youku Tudou as it seeks to spread its online empire.Alibaba is snapping up Youku Tudou, China's equivalent to YouTube, in the latest of a string of acquisitions as it sets its sights far beyond its core eBay-style transactions business.In a "definitive merger agreement", Alibaba will pay $27.60 in cash per...
Honoree James Turrell speaks onstage at LACMA 2015 Art+Film Gala Honoring James Turrell and Alejandro G Inarritu, Presented by Gucci at LACMA in Los Angeles, California. — AFP photos
Sam Smith is a no-show at LACMA's Art + Film Gala
Honoree James Turrell speaks onstage at LACMA 2015 Art+Film Gala Honoring James Turrell and Alejandro G Inarritu, Presented by Gucci at LACMA in Los Angeles, California. — AFP photosThe sick Grammy winner was to be the featured performer at the glitzy event, which honored filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and artist James Turrell. The writing is on the wall: Sam Smith didn't show up for his scheduled performance last night at LACMA's fifth...
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BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Mohamed Shia Al-Sudani poses with ministers and delegates from the region, including Kuwaiti Deputy PM and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah, attending an anti-drug trafficking conference on July 22, 2024. - AFP
Iraq becoming major drug conduit
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Undersecretary of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Higher Education, Lamia Al-Melhem holds talks with the Omani Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Innovation, Dr Rahma Al-Mahruqiya. - KUNA
Kuwait, Oman discuss education, research
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The Petrochemical Industries Company (PIC) CEO Nadia Al-Hajji. KUNA
Petrochemical Industries Co.: KD 39 mln net profit 2023-24 fiscal year
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KOLKATA: Students take part in a demonstration in Kolkata on July 22, 2024, demanding an end to government crackdowns against protesters in Bangladesh. — AFP
Bangladesh students suspend protests
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Councilmembers approve projects and specifications