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BEIRUT, Lebanon: Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh gestures during an interview with AFP at his office in the capital Beirut Monday. —AFP

CB: Lebanon needs $12-15 billion to kickstart recovery

BEIRUT, Lebanon: Lebanon’s Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh gestures during an interview with AFP at his office in the capital Beirut Monday. —AFPBEIRUT: Lebanon needs to receive 12 to 15 billion dollars from its partners to kickstart its economic recovery and shore up fast-diminishing foreign currency reserves, Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh said yesterday. Lebanon is grappling with an unprecedented economic crisis branded by the...

EDIRNE, Turkey: Tourists shop in a bazaar in Edirne, near Bulgaria border in Turkey. —AFP

Foreign shoppers swarm Turkey after lira crash

EDIRNE, Turkey: Tourists shop in a bazaar in Edirne, near Bulgaria border in Turkey. —AFPEDIRNE, Turkey: The sea of Bulgarian buses parked outside a market in Turkey’s historic city of Edirne betrays the scale of the currency crisis impeding President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s path to a third decade of rule. The mosque-filled city on Turkey’s western edge was an early capital of the Ottoman Empire when it was expanding across the Middle...

SURIGAO CITY, Philippines: In this handout photo taken on December 20, 2021 and received from Greenpeace yesterday, residents queue up to receive relief goods at a village in Surigao city, surigao del norte province, days after super Typhoon Rai devastated the city. —AFP

Troops race to deliver aid to Philippine typhoon survivors

SURIGAO CITY, Philippines: In this handout photo taken on December 20, 2021 and received from Greenpeace yesterday, residents queue up to receive relief goods at a village in Surigao city, surigao del norte province, days after super Typhoon Rai devastated the city. —AFPLOBOC, Philippines: Troops raced yesterday to deliver food and water to typhoon-ravaged islands of the Philippines as charities appealed for aid to help hundreds of thousands...

XIAN, SHAANXI, China: A medical worker takes a sample from a resident to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Xi’an, in China’s northern Shaanxi province yesterday, after the detection of more than 40 new cases raised concerns of wider transmission ahead of a busy travel season. —AFP

China’s Xi’an tests millions as COVID cases rise

XIAN, SHAANXI, China: A medical worker takes a sample from a resident to be tested for the COVID-19 coronavirus in Xi’an, in China’s northern Shaanxi province yesterday, after the detection of more than 40 new cases raised concerns of wider transmission ahead of a busy travel season. —AFPBEIJING: The Chinese city of Xi’an began testing millions of residents for the coronavirus yesterday after the detection of more than 40 new cases...

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia: People walk past cars partially submerged in floodwaters in Shah Alam, Selangor yesterday, as Malaysia faces massive floods that have left at least 14 dead and more than 70,000 displaced. —AFP

14 dead, 70,000 displaced in worst Malaysian flooding

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia: People walk past cars partially submerged in floodwaters in Shah Alam, Selangor yesterday, as Malaysia faces massive floods that have left at least 14 dead and more than 70,000 displaced. —AFPSHAH ALAM, Malaysia: The Malaysian military used boats yesterday to distribute food to desperate people trapped in their homes after massive floods, as the death toll rose to 14 with over 70,000 displaced. Days of torrential rain...

This undated photo obtained from US President Joe Biden’s Twitter account shows the Biden’s new German Shepherd ‘Commander.’ —AFP

Biden introduces new first pup, 'Commander'

This undated photo obtained from US President Joe Biden’s Twitter account shows the Biden’s new German Shepherd ‘Commander.’ —AFPA welcome, furry distraction from political morass and flagging approval ratings has arrived at the White House, with Joe Biden introducing the residence’s newest inhabitant Monday - a German shepherd puppy named “Commander.” “Welcome to the White House, Commander,” Biden tweeted along with a...

TRABZON: Trabzonspor’s players pose prior the Super league football match between Trabzonspor and Hatayspor at the Medical Park Stadium in Trabzon. —AFP

Unfancied Trabzonspor take Turkish football by storm

TRABZON: Trabzonspor’s players pose prior the Super league football match between Trabzonspor and Hatayspor at the Medical Park Stadium in Trabzon. —AFPTRABZON: Trabzonspor supporter Samet Kordali is “100 percent sure” that his unfancied club from Turkey’s Black Sea coast will finally lift the first title of his lifetime. And when that day comes at the end of the season in May, the northeastern city of Trabzon “will be on fire”,...

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Indian fined for wanting PM’s face cut from vaccine drive

Narendra ModiNEW DELHI: An Indian man went to court to complain about Prime Minister Narendra Modi promoting himself as the face of the nation’s COVID vaccination drive-but walked away yesterday with a fine for wasting the judge’s time.The Hindu nationalist leader has been the focus of a massive advertising blitz touting his government’s triumphs in fighting the pandemic despite nearly 500,000 Indians dying of COVID-19. His visage has been...

LONDON: A group photo of participants in the GCC-UK talks. —KUNA

Kuwait foreign minister heads delegation at UK-GCC talks

LONDON: A group photo of participants in the GCC-UK talks. —KUNALONDON: Kuwait’s Foreign Minister and State Minister for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah headed yesterday the Kuwaiti delegation partaking in the joint talks between the GCC and the United Kingdom in London. The talks focused on GCC-UK ties and ways to enhance them in various fields, including political, economic, investment and others, Kuwait’s...

KUWAIT: A group photo taken on the sidelines of the workshop.

KRCS, OCHA discuss climate change, ways to alleviate risks of natural disasters

KUWAIT: A group photo taken on the sidelines of the workshop.KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) and United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Kuwait (OCHA) held yesterday a workshop on international humanitarian affairs, emergency preparedness and climate change. The two-day workshop aims to exchange experiences in order to protect and manage the environment, avoid disasters and reduce their effects. In a...

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Filipinos celebrate Christmas after two-year hiatus

A general view of the audience.By Ben GarciaKUWAIT: The Philippine Embassy in Kuwait along with its attached agencies, namely the Department of Labor and Employment and the Department of Social Welfare and Development, held an event yesterday to celebrate Christmas with the Filipino community in Kuwait at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Farwaniya.There are around 230,000 Filipino workers in Kuwait, the majority of whom are domestic helpers. Many of those...

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10-day home quarantine for arrivals, 3 if PCR negative

By B IzzakKUWAIT: The Cabinet yesterday imposed a 10-day home quarantine on all arriving passengers starting from Sunday, Dec 26, as the number of new coronavirus cases reported in the country increased slightly. At an extraordinary meeting, the Cabinet decided that passengers arriving in Kuwait must carry a certificate of a negative PCR test conducted within 48 hours instead of 72.Arrivals must then undergo home quarantine for 10 days, but the...

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HATHRAS, India: Policemen carry a person who died in a melee during a sermon in Uttar Pradesh state on July 2, 2024. - AFP

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BEIRUT: Lebanese Uber driver Hussein Khalil shows his GPS jammed geolocation as Gaza's southern city of Rafah, as he sits in his vehicle in Beirut's Hamra Street on June 11, 2024.- AFP

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GAZA: Displaced Palestinians from areas in east Khan Yunis flee after the Zionist army issued a new evacuation order for parts of the city and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 2, 2024. - AFP

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NAVI MUMBAI, India: Billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani (front third left) along with his family attends a mass wedding ceremony at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai on July 2, 2024. -- AFP

Ambanis celebrate son’s nuptials with mass wedding