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Kuwait Airways' direct flight from Kuwait to Manchester helps students
MANCHESTER: Kuwaiti students on scholarships to the UK, specifically in Manchester, have stressed out due to the lack of direct flights in the past years, as this destination serves hundreds of students on scholarships in Manchester. On Wednesday, KUNA held separate interviews with scholarship students, as they agreed that the direct flight on Kuwait Airways will help students on scholarship to the UK, precisely Manchester and its neighboring...
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Kuwait unveils 3rd GCC Games mascot
KUWAIT: The Supreme Organizing Committee of the third GCC Games hosted by Kuwait from 13 to May 31, featuring around 1,700 male and female players, revealed the mascot of the tournament. The mascot is a model of the Fennec fox (Al-Hesni) that is inspired by the Kuwaiti environment, Fatima Hayat, the committee member and head of the Women's Sports Committee, told reporters. The fox was chosen as a msacot because it is one of the wild animals that...
STRASBOURG: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a debate regarding economic sanctions against Russia, during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on May 4, 2022. – AFP
EU targets Russian oil and Patriarch in new sanctions
STRASBOURG: The European Union’s executive unveiled Wednesday plans for a gradual ban on Russian oil imports as part of a raft of new sanctions to punish Moscow for invading Ukraine.The European Commission also proposed slapping sanctions on Russia’s biggest bank and the targeting of Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church. If approved by member states, the oil ban would be the EU’s toughest move yet against the Russian...
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US businesses struggled to hire in April amid low unemployment
WASHINGTON: US private businesses saw surprisingly weak hiring in April, a survey showed Wednesday, amid low unemployment that’s made their quest to find workers even more difficult.Payroll services firm ADP reported private employment rose 247,000 last month, considerably less than expected and down from March’s upwardly revised total. The survey is considered a preview of the government jobs report due out Friday, and could foreshadow weak...
MUMBAI: A vendor speaks on a mobile phone as he waits for customers at a fruit stall in Mumbai on May 4, 2022. –AFP
Inflation prompts surprise India interest rate hike
NEW DELHI: India's central bank announced a surprise interest rate hike on Wednesday, as Asia's third-biggest economy reels from galloping inflation in the wake of the Ukraine war. The announcement came hours before the US Federal Reserve was expected to undertake its largest rate hike in two decades in response to accelerating inflation in the world's biggest economy.This could spark capital outflows from emerging markets such as India.In its...
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US trade deficit hits highest on record as imports soar
WASHINGTON: A surge in imports of goods and services in March drove the US trade gap to the highest level ever recorded, with huge increases in purchases of autos, computers, furniture and clothing, the government reported Wednesday. The trade deficit jumped more than 22 percent to $109.8 billion, as the double-digit increase in imports to an all-time high of $351.5 billion outstripped the more modest gain in exports, the Commerce Department...
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Ukrainian tartan proves a hit in Scotland
KEITH, Scotland: At a tartan workshop in northeast Scotland, machines slowly unwind miles of the familiar crisscross patterns of fabric in green, red, black, blue and white. But one chequered design at the Macnaughton Holdings' giant factory in Keith stands out for its unconventional colors: yellow and royal blue.For a few weeks now, the Great Scot company, a client of the firm, has been weaving its "Ukraine Forever Tartan", to raise funds for...
In this picture taken March 9, 2022, rapper Eva B gestures during an interview with AFP on the rooftop of a building in Lyari district in Karachi. Pakistan's breakthrough rapper Eva B has racked up millions of views online, but walking through the labyrinthine streets of her Karachi neighbourhood, she is anonymous. — AFP
Behind the veil: The double life of Pakistan rapper Eva B
KARACHI: Pakistan's breakthrough rapper Eva B has racked up millions of views online, but walking through the labyrinthine streets of her Karachi neighborhood, she is anonymous. Her hair covered with a hijab and a veil falling below her eyes, she evades the attention of fans and detractors."It’s funny that people don’t recognize me, they play my songs but when I'm in front of them they don't know it’s me," the 22-year-old told AFP from a...
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Flamingo massacre: Fox kills dozens of birds at US National Zoo
A wild fox that breached an enclosure at Washington's National Zoo killed 25 flamingos and one duck before escaping, the facility said Tuesday, one month after a rabid fox went on a biting spree near the Capitol. Birdkeepers arrived early Monday to discover the carnage and spotted a fox inside the flamingo yard, the Smithsonian National Zoo said.Staff "are devastated and mourning the loss of 25 American flamingos and one Northern pintail duck...
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Comedian Dave Chappelle attacked during LA show
Comedian Dave Chappelle was assaulted on stage while delivering a stand-up set in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, according to the Hollywood Reporter magazine.The comedian was performing at the "Netflix Is A Joke" comedy festival at the city's Hollywood Bowl venue when he was attacked, the publication said, citing video footage of the incident shared on social media.The footage showed an unidentified person appearing to tackle the comedian -- who...
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Amber Heard has PTSD from partner violence: doctor at Depp trial
Actress Amber Heard suffers from post traumatic stress disorder as a result of "intimate partner violence" from her former husband, "Pirates of the Caribbean" star Johnny Depp, a psychologist testified on Tuesday. Dawn Hughes, a clinical and forensic psychologist, also said that Depp suffered from "obsessive control" and "obsessive jealousy" issues towards Heard during their "highly volatile" relationship.Hughes was the first witness to take the...
In this picture taken on April 23, 2022, farmer MM Jinasena works in a paddy field in Tissamaharama, Hambantota district.—AFP
‘No harvest’: Sri Lanka’s ruling clan sees support from farmers wilt
COLOMBO: Farmers were once big supporters of the Rajapaksas, but a bungled fertilizer ban withered their crops along with their backing for Sri Lanka’s previously powerful and popular political clan.President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s government last year outlawed agricultural chemical imports in a desperate—and ultimately doomed—bid to conserve foreign currency and avoid a debt default. It was portrayed by Rajapaksa as a push for Sri Lanka to...
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