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SANTIAGO: Chilean president-elect Gabriel Boric (C) waves surrounded by supporters on arrival to deliver a speech, following the official results of the runoff presidential election, in Santiago. — AFP
Chile elects Boric as president
SANTIAGO: Chilean president-elect Gabriel Boric (C) waves surrounded by supporters on arrival to deliver a speech, following the official results of the runoff presidential election, in Santiago. — AFPSANTIAGO: The streets of Santiago erupted in celebration Sunday after leftist millennial Gabriel Boric became Chile’s youngest-ever president-elect with an unexpectedly large victory over his far-right rival in a polarizing race. Boric, 35,...
KUWAIT: An aerial view showing a plane and a bird flying over Kuwait yesterday. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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KUWAIT: An aerial view showing a plane and a bird flying over Kuwait yesterday. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
ADELAIDE: Australia appeal for a decision against England batsman Stuart Broad (3rd right) on the final day of the second Ashes cricket Test match in Adelaide yesterday. — AFP
Battling England succumb as Australia clinch second Test
ADELAIDE: Australia appeal for a decision against England batsman Stuart Broad (3rd right) on the final day of the second Ashes cricket Test match in Adelaide yesterday. — AFPADELAIDE: Australia ground down a battling England to win the second Test in Adelaide yesterday and go 2-0 up in the Ashes series, leaving the visitors’ dreams of winning back the hallowed urn in tatters. England resumed day five of the pink ball Test in deep trouble at...
MADRID: Real Madrid’s Belgian forward Eden Hazard (center) fights for the ball with Cadiz’s Argentinean goalkeeper Jeremias Ledesma (left) during the Spanish league football match between Real Madrid CF and Cadiz CF on December 19, 2021. — AFP
Hazard returns but Madrid fail to find a way past Cadiz
MADRID: Real Madrid’s Belgian forward Eden Hazard (center) fights for the ball with Cadiz’s Argentinean goalkeeper Jeremias Ledesma (left) during the Spanish league football match between Real Madrid CF and Cadiz CF on December 19, 2021. — AFPMADRID: Eden Hazard started for the first time since September on Sunday but Liga leaders Real Madrid were denied an 11th consecutive victory as they were held to a frustrating goalless draw with...
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Liverpool held 2-2 as Son rescues Spurs in thriller
LONDON: Liverpool’s Portuguese striker Diogo Jota (left) heads towards goal during the English Premier League football match between Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on December 19, 2021. — AFPLONDON: Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp claimed referee Paul Tierney has a “problem” with him after Tottenham’s Son Heung-min punished Alisson Becker’s blunder to rescue a thrilling 2-2 draw on Sunday. Klopp’s side...
ABU DHABI: In this file photo, Spain’s Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Canada’s Denis Shapovalov (unseen) during the third-place play-off match of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship. Rafael Nadal said he has tested positive for COVID-19. — AFP
Nadal tests positive for COVID-19 in latest blow
ABU DHABI: In this file photo, Spain’s Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Canada’s Denis Shapovalov (unseen) during the third-place play-off match of the Mubadala World Tennis Championship. Rafael Nadal said he has tested positive for COVID-19. — AFPMADRID: Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal said yesterday he had tested positive for COVID-19, which puts in doubt his participation in the Australian Open next month where he was expected to make...
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is helped to disembark from a helicopter as he arrives at Zhezkazgan airport after returning from the International Space Station (ISS) on the Soyuz MS-20 space capsule, in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan yesterday. —AFP
Japan space tourists return to Earth after 12 days on ISS
Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa is helped to disembark from a helicopter as he arrives at Zhezkazgan airport after returning from the International Space Station (ISS) on the Soyuz MS-20 space capsule, in Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan yesterday. —AFPA Japanese billionaire returned to Earth yesterday, after 12 days spent on the International Space Station where he made videos about performing mundane tasks in space including brushing teeth and...
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Yemeni separated conjoined twins return home from Jordan
SANAA: Conjoined twin boys from war-torn Yemen who were successfully separated in surgery in Jordan returned to the capital Sanaa this month, the UN children’s agency said yesterday. Ahmed and Mohammed were born on Dec 16 last year, joined at the chest and abdomen, in Sanaa, the country’s rebel-held capital, UNICEF said. They were transported to Jordan after urgent calls for their medical evacuation and surgery.The twins were separated in...
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Over 700,000 flock to Saudi Arabia’s top music festival
RIYADH: Record crowds of over 700,000 revelers flocked to Saudi Arabia’s MDLBeast Soundstorm music festival, authorities said yesterday, at the end of the four-day event in the oil-rich desert kingdom. The electronic music festival comes as Saudi’s leaders are pushing efforts to change its conservative image and diversify its economy, only a few years after the country lifted a ban on music and dancing.International entertainers and musicians...
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Philippines typhoon death toll hits 375
SURIGAO CITY, Philippines: The death toll from the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year surged to 375 on Monday, as desperate survivors pleaded for urgent supplies of drinking water and food. The Philippine Red Cross reported “complete carnage” in coastal areas after Super Typhoon Rai left homes, hospitals and schools “ripped to shreds”. The storm tore off roofs, uprooted trees, toppled concrete power poles, smashed wooden...
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Lira plunges again after Erdogan cites Islam to defend rate cuts
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s troubled lira nosedived yesterday after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan cited Muslim teachings to justify not raising interest rates to stabilize the currency. Erdogan has pushed the central bank to sharply lower borrowing costs despite the annual rate of inflation soaring to more than 20 percent.Economists believe the policy could see consumer price increases reach 30 percent or higher in the coming months. But Erdogan said...
KHARTOUM: A wounded Sudanese protester falls on the pavement after security forces fired tear gas during a rally yesterday to mark three years since the start of mass demonstrations. — AFP
Sudan police fire tear gas as scores rally
KHARTOUM: A wounded Sudanese protester falls on the pavement after security forces fired tear gas during a rally yesterday to mark three years since the start of mass demonstrations. — AFPKHARTOUM: Tens of thousands of Sudanese protesters rallied yesterday for a civilian-led transition to democracy, three years since the start of mass demonstrations that led to the ouster of veteran strongman Omar Al-Bashir. Security forces fired tear gas...
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DAMASCUS: Syria's interim prime minister Mohammad Al-Bashir addresses worshippers during Friday prayers at Umayyad Mosque on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP (See Page 5)
Syria too exhausted for Zionist conflict amid Hezb warning
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Kuwait, US reaffirm strong ties
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KUWAIT: Exam proctors search students before they enter the exam hall to take their final exams in this file photo. — KUNA
MoE forms new exam printing press committee after violations found
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KUWAIT: Health Minister Ahmad Al-Awadhi poses for a photo with a delegation from the University of Houston during their visit to Kuwait.
MoH taps University of Houston for medical scholarships, training
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LYON: A photo shows containers being loading and unloading onto barges on the Rhone at the Edouard Herriot Port in Lyon, eastern France. A new French cargo fret shipowner CMA-CGM is established in the port of Lyon. - AFP
Credit ratings agency hands France surprise downgrade