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The idea of married priests raises fears of Church split
The emotive issue could fracture the Catholic Church, Critics warnVATICAN CITY: An idea to fill empty pulpits in remote locations by allowing married men to become priests is bitterly dividing a Vatican assembly, with critics warning the emotive issue could fracture the Catholic Church. The hot-button topic of whether an exception can be made to the centuries-old custom of celibacy in places where there is a shortage of priests has dominated the...
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Racism and anti-Semitism have no place in Germany
Investigator tells German broadcaster: 'He planned to kill' HALLE: This online document obtained by AFP on 4chan platform shows pictures of hand-made weapons and munitions. The document appears to be by German killer Stephan Balliet according to SITE monitoring group. — AFP HALLE: Germany must crack down on hate, violence and hostility, Chancellor Angela Merkel said yesterday, a day after a gunman attacked a synagogue and killed two people...
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Malaysia must scrap ‘cruel’ death penalty
PETALING JAYA: Shamini Darshni Kaliemuthu (left) and Brian Yap, representatives from Amnesty International Malaysia, attend the launch of a report on the death penalty in Malaysia yesterday. — AFP KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police sometimes use torture to extract confessions from suspects in death penalty cases and their trials are often unfair, Amnesty International said yesterday, piling pressure on the government to abolish capital punishment....
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$14.02 bn promised for global fight against AIDS, TB, malaria
France offers to contribute an extra $60 million LYON: French president Emmanuel Macron (left) shakes hands with Global Fund managing director Peter Sands during a press conference at the end of the Global Fund meeting to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria yesterday. —AFP LYON: Governments, businesses and philanthropists pledged just over $14 billion yesterday to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, exceeding the target...
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Kashmir hotels empty or shut as tourist restrictions lifted
Internet and mobile phones remain cut off in most areasSRINAGAR: India lifted yesterday restrictions on tourists visiting Kashmir, but for hotels around the picturesque lake in Srinagar two months into a lockdown it was still far from business as usual. Authorities in early August had told holidaymakers to leave "immediately" over "terror threats" to a major Hindu pilgrimage, sending thousands scrambling for places on planes and buses. A few days...
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Burning love: Afghan Elvis's legacy endures, decades after death
Sporting a black quiff and sideburns, Ahmad Zahir sang of love and heartbreak in liberal 1970s Kabul-a city now plagued by war and suffering, but where the popularity of Afghanistan's "Elvis" remains undimmed 40 years after his death. Zahir-the son of a former prime minister with a penchant for brandy and his red Mercedes-rose to fame in an era when the capital hummed with Western tourists and women strolled through the streets in high heels....
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Japan student uses invisible ink to ace ninja report
A Japanese student aced an assignment on ninja culture by making her own invisible ink from soybeans in a stealthy move that impressed her professor. Eimi Haga, a member of Mie University's ninja club, turned in an essay on a visit to a museum about the nimble assassins with an attached message to heat it before reading. "I knew that I needed to take it home and put it above a stove," said Yuji Yamada, who teaches Japanese history, including...
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NBK reports 10.9% increase in 9M 2019 net profit
Nasser Musaed Abdulla Al-Sayer and Isam J Al-Sager KUWAIT: The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) announced its financial results for the 9-month period that ended on September 30, 2019. NBK reported a net profit of KD 302.2 million (USD 993.8 million), increasing by 10.9 percent compared to September 30, 2018 with total assets increasing by 6.6 percent to reach KD 28.9 billion (USD 95.1 billion). Performance highlights: 9M 2019 Operating income...
TOPSHOT - A destroyed installation in Saudi Arabia's Khurais oil processing plant is pictured on September 20, 2019. - Saudi Arabia said on September 17 its oil output will return to normal by the end of September, seeking to soothe rattled energy markets after attacks on two instillations that slashed its production by half. The strikes on Abqaiq ñ- the world's largest oil processing facility ñ- and the Khurais oil field in eastern Saudi Arabia roiled energy markets and revived fears of a conflict in the tinderbox Gulf region. (Photo by Fayez Nureldine / AFP)
Saudi Arabia says its oil output fell in Sept after attacks
LONDON: Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil exporter, told OPEC that the kingdom's oil production in September fell by 660,000 barrels per day (bpd) compared with August to 9.13 million bpd in the wake of attacks on its energy installations. Secondary sources said Saudi Arabia's oil production was even lower, falling month-on-month in September by 1.28 million bpd to 8.56 million bpd, OPEC's monthly report showed. The Sept. 14 attacks targeted...
MANILA: This general shot shows vehicles stuck in traffic in Manila.—AFP
World Bank trims 2019-2021 growth outlook for Philippines
MANILA: The World Bank yesterday cut its forecasts for economic growth in the Philippines for 2019 and the next two years, citing external problems, including the US-China trade war, and a slowdown in public investments. The global lender projected the Philippine economy would grow 5.8 percent this year and 6.1 percent next year, slower than the forecasts of 6.4% and 6.5 percent announced in April, which were also a reduction. The bank also...
TEHRAN: Iranian women cheer during the World Cup Qatar 2022 Group C qualification football match between Iran and Cambodia at the Azadi stadium in the capital Tehran yesterday. — AFP
Iranian women attend first soccer match in 40 years
TEHRAN: Iranian women entered the country's national stadium in Tehran yesterday after being able to purchase tickets for a national team game for the first time in 40 years. Women have been banned from watching men's games since shortly after the 1979 Islamic revolution with only a few exceptions made for small groups on rare occasions. But under pressure from world governing body FIFA and women's rights campaigners, Iranian authorities...
BANGKOK: File photo taken on August 4, 2019 Thailand’s Ratchanok Intanon hits a shot against China’s Chen Yufei during their women’s singles final match at the Thailand Open badminton tournament in Bangkok. — AFP
Thai badminton star cleared of doping as tests linked to meat
BANGKOK: Former badminton world champion Ratchanok Intanon bears "no fault" after testing positive for doping, the sport's governing body said yesterday, clearing the path for the Thai star to compete in the 2020 Olympics after another close brush with a possible suspension. The Badminton World Federation (BWF) said the women's world number 5 was found to be in violation of anti-doping regulations earlier this year. But Ratchanok, known as "May"...
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KUWAIT: Interior ministry officials have monitored and conducted several inspection campaigns across the country.
MoI continues crackdown on traffic, residency law violators
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LONDON: Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria wave as they pose on the steps of 10 Downing Street on July 5, 2024. - AFP
‘Restless’ Starmer seeks ‘reset’, axes Rwanda scheme
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Row erupts over foreign scholarships
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HATHRAS, India: Mourners gather as the deceased who died in a stampede during a sermon are kept at a mortuary at Hathras in India's Uttar Pradesh state on July 3, 2024. -- AFP
‘Miracles’ and hope: Fatal stampede spotlights India’s craze for godmen
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