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Worker dies at bridge construction site

KUWAIT: Paramedics examine the victim’s body shortly after it was retrieved by firemen. KUWAIT: A worker died after he fell in a hole at a bridge’s construction site on the Sixth Ring Road yesterday. Firefighters retrieved the Arab man and handed him over to paramedics, who pronounced him dead on the scene. The body was moved to the coroner, and an investigation was opened to reveal the circumstances behind the incident. In other news,...

NEW YORK: Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland reaches for the ball from Novak Djokovic of Serbia in their Round Four Men’s Singles tennis match during the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York. —AFP

Wawrinka advances, Djokovic quits

Serena rolls ankle and US Open rival as Barty, Pliskova fallNEW YORK: Top-ranked defending champion Novak Djokovic retired from his US Open match Sunday after dropping the first two sets to Stan Wawrinka, sending the Swiss three-time Grand Slam champion into the quarter-finals. Djokovic, who won four of the past five Slam crowns and 16 overall, was in pain from a nagging left shoulder injury while 34-year-old Wawrinka, who also beat Djokovic in...

HAIFA: Israeli paramedics and soldiers evacuate a mock wounded comrade at a helipad in Ramban hospital in the Mediterranean city of Haifa as part of a deception operation of the Israeli army in order to mislead the leadership of Lebanon’s Shiite group Hezbollah. — AFP

Israel-Hezbollah tensions remain high

AVIVIM: An escalation between Israel and Hezbollah has ended after a brief exchange of fire, but tensions remained high along the Lebanese border yesterday after a series of accusations from the two enemies. Burnt fields could be seen in the border area and a new military checkpoint was set up outside the Israeli community of Avivim. Schools were however open and residents were returning to normal activity in Avivim, from where the Lebanese town...

DUBAI: Dubai residents relax near a shopping mall. The United Arab Emirates has announced plans to allow 100 percent ownership and visa incentives to foreigners, in a bid to attract investors to boost its slowing national economy. – AP

Dubai in push to rebalance bloated property market

DUBAI: Dubai's ruler announced yesterday the creation of a panel to address a glut in the property market, a key part of the economy but in decline for the past five years. The committee charged with rebalancing the industry will be headed by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum's son and deputy, Maktoum bin Mohammed, and include representatives of top property developers in Dubai. "Today, we formed in Dubai a higher committee for real estate...

ASSAM: Photo shows an under-construction detention centre for people who are not included in a ‘citizens register’ in Kadamtola Gopalpur village, in Goalpara district. — AFP

India govt defends citizenship register after UN criticism

GUWAHATI: India's foreign ministry has again defended a controversial citizenship register in northeast Assam after criticism from the United Nations, saying the almost two million people excluded from the list would not become "stateless". The National Register of Citizens (NRC) was drawn up by India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) - which also runs Assam state - saying it was necessary to detect "foreign infiltrators". Critics say it is...

LONDON: Anti-Brexit campaigner Steve Bray (left) and pro-EU protesters gather outside the cabinet office on Whitehall in London yesterday. — AFP

UK PM threatens Brexit rebels with party expulsion

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson threatened to expel rebel lawmakers from his Conservative Party if they thwart his Brexit plans by voting to prevent a no-deal exit from the European Union. Johnson's promise to leave the EU on Oct 31 with or without a divorce agreement has propelled the United Kingdom towards a constitutional crisis and a showdown with the 27 other members of the bloc, with an election one of the possibilities. ...

ISLAMABAD: A car carrying Indian diplomats is pictured as they leave the Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry building after meeting with an Indian spy Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav, a serving Indian naval officer and RAW operative. — AFP

Pakistan grants India access to alleged spy on death row

'Pakistan will ensure the meeting is free, fair, meaningful and effective'ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said it would grant consular access to an alleged Indian spy on death row Monday, weeks after the International Court of Justice called for a review of his sentence in a case that has stoked tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals. "Consular access for Indian spy Commander Kulbhushan Jadhav, a serving Indian naval officer and RAW operative, is being...

INDIALANTIC: A visitor takes pictures as a mandatory evacuation order goes into effect as Hurricane Dorian continues to make its way toward the Florida coast. — AFP

'Catastrophic' Dorian pounds Bahamas

'Our focus right now is rescue, recovery and prayer'PORT SAINT LUCIE: Monster storm Dorian came to a near stand-still over the Bahamas yesterday, prolonging the agony as surging seawaters and hurricane winds made a shambles of low-lying island communities and spurred mass evacuations along the US east coast. Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Minnis said reported "devastation is unprecedented" in the Abaco Islands, which on Sunday received the full...

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peace keepers patrol the border between Israel and Lebanon, in the Maroun Al-Ras area. — AFP

Israel 'ruse' in spotlight after Lebanon flare-up

Psychological warfare meant to "confuse Hezbollah"JERUSALEM: Israeli troops roll a comrade wrapped in apparent blood-stained bandages on a stretcher, but the dramatic scene shot after a flare-up with Lebanon's Hezbollah may not have been what it seemed. Reports of an alleged military ruse filled Israeli front pages yesterday, along with a photo of the soldier with mock wounds, purportedly as part of a plan to restore calm after Sunday's...

TURFFONTEIN: A South African looter takes items from an alleged foreign-owned shop during a riot in the Johannesburg suburb of Turffontein on September 2, 2019 as a part of a new wave of violence targeting foreign nationals. — AFP

Scores arrested in S Africa looting, anti-foreigner protests

JOHANNESBURG: South African police yesterday arrested more than 60 people following looting in Johannesburg and protests in the transport industry linked to a wave of anti-foreigner sentiment. At least 41 people were arrested after hundreds of people marched through Johannesburg's Central Business District (CBD), plundering shops and torching cars and buildings, the police said in a statement. The unrest started on Sunday when an old building in...

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In US, 84% of donor kidneys rejected at least once, says study

WASHINGTON: When a patient dies waiting for a kidney in the United States, they're generally considered the unfortunate victim of a growing donor shortage. But the reality is more troubling: in the vast majority of such cases, patients had multiple opportunities to receive a transplant, but the organs were declined by their transplant team. "What we found is 84 percent of kidneys in the US get turned down at least one time, which is crazy,"...

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Lukaku sends Inter Milan top after racist abuse at Cagliari

Inter win their second from two league matches to sit ahead of champions JuventusMILAN: Italian football was involved in another racism storm on Sunday as Romelu Lukaku was targeted by monkey chants before putting Inter Milan top of Serie A with the winning penalty in their 2-1 triumph at Cagliari. Lukaku -- a 65 million euros ($73 million) summer signing from Manchester United-- was preparing to take the spot-kick in the 71st minute in Sardinia...

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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

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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

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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

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