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KANDAHAR: A helicopter flies above supporters gathered yesterday to celebrate the US withdrawal of all its troops out of Afghanistan. — AFP

Taleban stage parade as Biden defends pullout

KANDAHAR: A helicopter flies above supporters gathered yesterday to celebrate the US withdrawal of all its troops out of Afghanistan. — AFPKABUL: The Taleban yesterday paraded some of the military hardware they captured during their takeover of Afghanistan, hours after US President Joe Biden defended his decision to end the two-decade war. The Islamist hardliners are celebrating Monday’s final withdrawal of US troops as a historic victory...

KUWAIT: A photo showing a general view of a padel playground in Kuwait. —KUNA

Padel attracts Kuwait youth amid pandemic

KUWAIT: A photo showing a general view of a padel playground in Kuwait. —KUNAKUWAIT: Young people in Kuwait have become growingly interested in the padel sport amid the ramifications of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic worldwide, mainly health restrictions and precautions. Padel is a racquet sport that combines between tennis and squash. Padel is typically played in doubles in an enclosed court that is smaller than the size of a...

KUWAIT: Members of the Kuwait Anti-Doping Committee’s board of directors attend their first meeting yesterday. —KUNA

Kuwait seeks anti-doping regulations through national committee

KUWAIT: Members of the Kuwait Anti-Doping Committee’s board of directors attend their first meeting yesterday. —KUNAKUWAIT: The Kuwait Anti-Doping Committee would seek to develop clear policies, prepare regulations and basic systems for anti-doping in sports, striving to establish fair principles in competitions, said an official.In a statement to reporters yesterday after presiding over the first meeting of the committee’s board of...

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Huawei Kuwait honors Olympic medalist Rashidi

KUWAIT: Huawei Consumer Business Group honored the Olympic athlete Abdullah Al-Rashidi on the occasion of winning the bronze medal in the skeet competition at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. This honor comes over pride in the accomplishment he achieved and the efforts he made to attain this and to raise the flag of Kuwait in this global forum. Huawei Consumer Business Group seeks to honor national competencies and capabilities of sports to enrich...

LONDON: Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (L) and Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) tour with Director General, Tom Drew (C) on a visit to The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Crisis Centre at the Foreign Offices in London, to see how they are supporting and monitoring the ongoing evacuations in Afghanistan. —AFP

PM Johnson says UK owes ‘huge debt’ to Afghan refugees

LONDON: Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (L) and Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) tour with Director General, Tom Drew (C) on a visit to The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Crisis Centre at the Foreign Offices in London, to see how they are supporting and monitoring the ongoing evacuations in Afghanistan. —AFPLONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday said Britain owed “an immense debt” to Afghans who...

JEAN LAFITTE, Louisiana: A person wades through water while waiting for aid yesterday in Jean Lafitte, Louisiana. Jean Lafitte Mayor Tim Kerner has pleaded for help for residents of the small town, which is roughly 20 miles south of New Orleans. —AFP

New Orleans under curfew as US South tallies Hurricane Ida damage

JEAN LAFITTE, Louisiana: A person wades through water while waiting for aid yesterday in Jean Lafitte, Louisiana. Jean Lafitte Mayor Tim Kerner has pleaded for help for residents of the small town, which is roughly 20 miles south of New Orleans. —AFPNEW ORLEANS: Louisiana and Mississippi took stock Tuesday of the disaster inflicted by powerful Hurricane Ida, as receding floodwaters began to reveal the full extent of the damage along the US...

AUSTIN, Texas: File photo shows protesters march down Congress Ave at a protest outside the Texas state capitol on May 29, 2021 in Austin, Texas. A Texas law that bans abortion after six weeks, and makes no exception for rape or incest, took effect yesterday. —AFP

6-week abortion law takes effect in Texas

AUSTIN, Texas: File photo shows protesters march down Congress Ave at a protest outside the Texas state capitol on May 29, 2021 in Austin, Texas. A Texas law that bans abortion after six weeks, and makes no exception for rape or incest, took effect yesterday. —AFPWASHINGTON: A Texas law that bans abortion after six weeks, and makes no exception for rape or incest, took effect yesterday after the Supreme Court did not act on an emergency...

LOS ANGELES, California: In this photo illustration, a man looks at a website which sells gun kits or “ghost guns,” August 31, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. — AFP

California declares war on ‘ghost guns’

LOS ANGELES, California: In this photo illustration, a man looks at a website which sells gun kits or “ghost guns,” August 31, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. — AFPLOS ANGELES: California is declaring war on “ghost guns”-weapons kits sold on the internet without any system of control-with Los Angeles on Tuesday becoming the latest city to move to outlaw them. City councilors in the metropolis-the second largest in the United...

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Singapore premier awarded $275,000 in defamation damages

Lee Hsien LoongSINGAPORE: Singapore’s prime minister was awarded more than a quarter of a million dollars in damages yesterday after winning defamation suits against a news website editor and writer, the latest libel cases brought by the leader. Critics say such lawsuits are among a range of tactics employed by the tightly regulated city-state to silence dissent. Terry Xu, chief editor of the Online Citizen Asia, and a writer for the site were...

KABUL: A Taleban fighter (C) walks past shoppers along Mandawi market in Kabul yesterday a day after the US pulled all its troops out of the country to end a brutal 20-year war — one that started and ended with the hardline Islamist in power. — AFP

Turning from Afghanistan, US sets focus on China

KABUL: A Taleban fighter (C) walks past shoppers along Mandawi market in Kabul yesterday a day after the US pulled all its troops out of the country to end a brutal 20-year war — one that started and ended with the hardline Islamist in power. — AFPWASHINGTON: After two decades of focus on Afghanistan, the United States’ withdrawal this week allows the country to shift its concentration to the east, where superpower rival China is now the...

ULAANBAATAR: A teacher speaks to students during a class at the beginning of the new semester in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia yesterday, after schools and kindergartens were closed since January 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. — AFP

Mongolian pupils go back to school and end long education exile

ULAANBAATAR: A teacher speaks to students during a class at the beginning of the new semester in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia yesterday, after schools and kindergartens were closed since January 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. — AFPULAANBAATAR: Guiding her younger brother from their yurt on the outskirts of Ulaanbaatar, 15-year-old Urangoo Basandorj could barely contain her excitement for yesterday’s return to school, as...

ISMAILIA, Egypt: In this file photo from the Egyptian port of Ismalia, 120 kilometers northeast of Cairo, shows the largest container ship in the world, Danish flag Edith Maersk, crossing the Suez Canal. —AFP

Global sea freight sector grapples with a shortage of container ships

ISMAILIA, Egypt: In this file photo from the Egyptian port of Ismalia, 120 kilometers northeast of Cairo, shows the largest container ship in the world, Danish flag Edith Maersk, crossing the Suez Canal. —AFPLONDON: Global sea freight was severely disrupted by the COVID crisis but is now recovering and prompting a boom in new container ship orders as the industry grapples with a shortage of vessels. Shipping companies, buoyed by soaring...

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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.

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SINGAPORE: World chess champion Gukesh Dommaraju signs an autograph during a meet and greet session in Singapore. Indian teen prodigy Gukesh became the youngest undisputed world chess champion on December 12 after beating China’s Ding Liren in the final match of their series in Singapore. - AFP

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