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Indonesian volcano erupts again, spewing ash cloud
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s mount Semeru erupted twice yesterday, belching a massive column of ash into the sky followed by a flow of lava that sent hundreds of rescuers fleeing in panic. The highest mountain on the island of Java erupted earlier this month, killing at least 48 and leaving a dozen people missing.Rescuers were digging through the mud and volcanic debris when ash-which reached 4.5 kilometers from the peak-and lava flow from the latest...
This handout photo shows rescue workers evacuating residents from their flooded homes amid heavy rains brought by Super Typhoon Rai in Cagayan de Oro City, on the southern island of Mindanao.—AFP
Tens of thousands flee as super typhoon hits the Philippines
This handout photo shows rescue workers evacuating residents from their flooded homes amid heavy rains brought by Super Typhoon Rai in Cagayan de Oro City, on the southern island of Mindanao.—AFPMANILA: Thousands of people in the Philippines fled their homes and beachfront resorts as Super Typhoon Rai slammed into the country yesterday, with a charity warning the storm could hit coastal communities “like a freight train”.Rai is the...
FULGHAM: Members of the Amish community repair a destroyed barn in Fulgham, Kentucky, on Wednesday five days after tornadoes hit the area. —AFP
Extreme weather hits US as Biden vows aid to tornado-hit Kentucky
FULGHAM: Members of the Amish community repair a destroyed barn in Fulgham, Kentucky, on Wednesday five days after tornadoes hit the area. —AFPFULGHAM, US: Kentuckian Sam Stone pondered the rickety remnants of his modest rural home Wednesday, and while he expressed gratitude to be alive after a monster tornado, recovery has been a test of self-reliance — with no official assistance five days on.His roof was torn off, walls blown out, and...
YANGON: Hundreds of Myanmar villagers have fled to Thailand after junta troops clashed with an ethnic rebel group, officials told AFP yesterday.
Hundreds flee to Thailand as Myanmar junta fights rebels
YANGON: Hundreds of Myanmar villagers have fled to Thailand after junta troops clashed with an ethnic rebel group, officials told AFP yesterday.YANGON: Hundreds of Myanmar villagers have fled to Thailand after junta troops clashed with an ethnic rebel group, officials told AFP yesterday. Fighting between Karen National Union (KNU) and the military broke out on Wednesday in the town of Lay Kay Kaw near the Thai border-the first such clashes in...
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said armed groups from the Amhara region were responsible for a recent surge in horrific abuses in the long-contested western part of Tigray.
Rights groups sound alarm over new wave of violence in Ethiopia
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said armed groups from the Amhara region were responsible for a recent surge in horrific abuses in the long-contested western part of Tigray.NAIROBI: Security forces allied to Ethiopia’s army are rounding up and killing Tigrayan civilians in a fresh wave of ethnic violence in the country’s brutal war, two rights groups said yesterday.Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said armed groups...
KUWAIT: Zain officials with the students at the company’s main headquarters in Shuwaikh.
Zain shares its leading experience in media and PR with KU students
KUWAIT: Zain officials with the students at the company’s main headquarters in Shuwaikh.KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, hosted students of media and public relations studies from Kuwait University at its main headquarters in Shuwaikh. The company shared its leading experience in media and public relations with the students, introducing them to its Corporate Communications and Relations Division and the overall...
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Defense Minister visits military personnel
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah commended his ministry’s personnel and civilians prioritizing the public interest and safeguarding public funds. While meeting the ministry’s generals and senior executive and financial officials at a northern military base late Wednesday, the Ministry of Defense said in a press statement yesterday.Sheikh Hamad Jaber highly commended the enduring and...
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Show highlights ‘Poetry in Mubarak Kiosk’
KUWAIT: Ali Al-Masoudi stands in front of the Mubarak Kiosk.KUWAIT: Writer and poet Ali Al-Masoudi presented a TV program named ‘Poetry in Mubarak Kiosk’. The program, aired on Kuwait TV, presents Kuwait’s history and the events it experienced through poetry, while focusing on one certain period and one more precise place.The time period is the era of Mubarak the Great who founded the modern State of Kuwait during his reign which lasted...
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Education and travel still facing curbs in Kuwait
After nearly two years of curfews, lockdowns, closures and shutdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic, things have (mostly) returned to normal in Kuwait. Shops and restaurants are operating as usual (with precautionary measures), staff at private firms and government institutions have fully returned to work and COVID cases have fallen drastically. While everything seems to be hunky-dory, two aspects of daily life are still mired in...
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We need bigger theatres
Last week, the 21st Kuwait Theatre Festival concluded, with great success for all the shows held over 10 days. After two years of not holding theatrical shows due to the pandemic, cultural activities are being held in Kuwait again. People were excited to attend the festival as they missed such activities for a long time. The festival was organized by the National Council for Culture, Arts, and Letters (NCCAL), and the shows were open to the...
KUWAIT: Bahrain’s flag adorn the Central Bank of Kuwait’s building in celebration of the Kingdom’s national day.
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KUWAIT: Bahrain’s flag adorn the Central Bank of Kuwait’s building in celebration of the Kingdom’s national day.
BELPER, UK: A woman receives a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Babington Hospital in Belper yesterday as the UK steps up the country’s booster drive to fight a “tidal wave” of Omicron. — AFP
France bans most UK travel
BELPER, UK: A woman receives a dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at Babington Hospital in Belper yesterday as the UK steps up the country’s booster drive to fight a “tidal wave” of Omicron. — AFPPARIS/BRUSSELS: France said yesterday it would ban non-essential travel to and from Britain in a bid to curb the lightning spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, which is forecast to quickly become the dominant risk for strained hospital...
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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
Stampede at India religious event kills 116
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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
Zionist jamming disrupts Lebanon ground, air traffic
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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
Arabs reaffirm Zionist boycott
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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