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KUWAIT: Arabian Gulf street during sunset. — Photo by Athary Al-Sabti (KUNA)
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British PM loses majority ahead of Brexit showdown
LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday lost his working majority in parliament ahead of a showdown with rebel MPs over Brexit that could lead to a snap election within weeks.Johnson condemned a plan by lawmakers to block his Brexit strategy as "surrender" and said it would undermine his intention to negotiate a new divorce deal with the EU.He said the move by opposition MPs and members of his Conservative party to try to delay Brexit...
TEHRAN: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani addresses parliament in the capital yesterday. In an address to parliament, Rouhani ruled out holding any bilateral talks with US, saying the Islamic republic is opposed to such negotiations in principle. - AFP
Iran rules out direct US talks
TEHRAN: President Hassan Rouhani yesterday ruled out holding any bilateral talks with the United States and threatened to further cut Iran's commitments to a nuclear deal within days. Iran and three European countries - Britain, France and Germany - have been trying to save the landmark agreement reached in 2015 and meant to limit Tehran's nuclear program after the US pulled out last year. But French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian cautioned...
Iraqi mine clearers working for Halo Trust, a non-profit organisation specialised in mine removal, scan agricultural and industrial fields on August 25 near Iraq’s Baiji, an oil-rich region ravaged by fighting against the Islamic State group in 2014. — AFP
In Iraq's Baiji, mines turn farms into killing fields
BAIJI: One man lost his uncle. Another is mourning for two sons. Farmers and herders in Iraq's Baiji say mines left by the Islamic State group turned their beloved orchards into killing fields. The improvised explosive devices, planted by jihadists trying to fend off Iraqi troops in 2015, have also discouraged scores of families from returning to their battered farming towns around Baiji, in the north of the country. "Daesh's ghosts are still...
MANILA: Scavengers collect garbage from a dumping site near the US housing and recreational complex in Manila.—AFP
Poverty worsens Philippines' plastics crisis
'It's likely the garbage will still be there when my son grows up'MANILA: Armed with gloves, rubber boots and a rake, "Mangrove Warrior" Willer Gualva, 68, comes to Freedom Island in the Philippines almost every day to stop it being engulfed by trash. No one lives on the island, yet each morning its shores are covered in garbage, much of it single-use sachets of shampoo, toothpaste, detergent and coffee that are carried out to sea by the rivers...
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India human traffickers escaping punishment
CHENNAI: Less than 1% of Indians charged with slavery offences during the past decade were convicted, research showed yesterday, as anti-slavery campaigners called for tougher action on human traffickers to stop them preying on people. Out of 429 people charged with involvement in 198 trafficking cases in the states of West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh from 2008 until 2018, three convictions were made, according to research by anti-slavery advocacy...
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Cancer - leading 'cause of death' in rich countries
PARIS: Cancer has become the leading cause of death in rich nations, overtaking heart disease, according to the results of two landmark, decade-long global surveys of health trends released yesterday. Heart disease remains the leading cause of mortality among middle-aged adults globally, accounting for more than 40 percent of deaths, the data showed. It was thought to have been responsible for around 17.7 million deaths in 2017. But in richer...
JOHANNESBURG: Zulu residents of the Jeppe Men Hostel scream waving batons in the Johannesburg CBD yesterday after South Africa’s financial capital was hit by a new wave of anti-foreigner violence. — AFP
South Africa battles fresh xenophobic violence
JOHANNESBURG: South African police fired rubber bullets and patrolled parts of Johannesburg yesterday after the financial capital was hit by a new wave of anti-foreigner violence. Rocks, bricks and rubber bullets lay strewn across the empty streets of Alexandra after mobs plundered the township overnight, burning and looting shops in their path. AFP photographers in Alexandra said police presence remained heavy and officers were still firing...
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Bangladesh bans phone access in Rohingya camps
COX'S BAZAR: Bangladesh on Monday ordered operators to shut down mobile phone services to almost one million Rohingya refugees living in camps in the country's southeast, an official said. The move follows an outbreak of violence in recent weeks at the camps, most of whose residents fled into Bangladesh from Myanmar's Rakhine state two years ago following a military crackdown on the Muslim Rohingya minority. It also comes after none of the...
MANILA: Photo shows a couple at Manila Bay. For well-off people like politician Pantaleon Alvarez, getting out of a bad marriage in the Philippines is pricey but feasible—but for the nation’s poorest and most vulnerable citizens it is nearly impossible. - AFP
Top Philippine court refuses to legalize gay marriage
MANILA: A landmark case to legalise gay marriage was rejected by the Philippines' highest court yesterday, but LGBT advocates in the deeply Catholic nation vowed to push their battle in the legislature. Lead plaintiff Jesus Falcis had said the current law was a violation of his rights, but in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court threw out his case primarily on technical grounds. Government lawyers argued Falcis had never tried to get married,...
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Can Kuwait and Saudi Arabia unlock oil production in the neutral zone?
Al-Falih eyes an agreement with Kuwait before end of 2019KUWAIT: Kuwait has moved to further expand its energy sector, after officials resumed talks with their Saudi Arabian counterparts on oil production in the Partitioned Neutral Zone (PNZ).On July 24 Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's minister of state for energy affairs, visited Kuwait to discuss technical points related to reopening upstream activity in the zone between the two...
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Dubai economic slump to persist to 2022: S&P
DUBAI: A slowdown in Dubai's economy since 2014 is forecast to carry on through 2022 due to low oil prices, fallout from the US-China trade war and political turmoil, Standard and Poor's said yesterday. Growth in the Middle East's most diversified economy has also been impacted by a deterioration in the key real estate and tourism sectors, the international ratings agency said in a report. Dubai faces high public debt amounting to around $124...
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HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrives in Scotland on the personal invitation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland on Jan 14, 2025. - Amiri Diwn photos
Amir’s visit to UK boosts ties
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AYRSHIRE: Britain's King Charles III holds an audience with His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, at Dumfries House, Cumnock, on January 15, 2025. - AFP
Kuwait's Amir visits UK King in Dumfries House
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Taxes will target commodities harmful to human health: Kuwait's Finance Minister
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SCOTLAND: His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is welcomed by Lord-Lieutenant Iona MacDonald, representative of King Charles for the Ayrshire area upon his arrival in the United Kingdom. — Amiri Diwan photos
Amir’s landmark visit to UK chance to expand ties: Envoy