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HANOI: Photo shows bags with the logos of international fashion brands for sale outside a store in Hanoi. - AFP

Vietnam cracks down on fake goods as US tariffs loom

HANOI: Since the United States accused Vietnam of being a hub for counterfeit goods, Tran Le Chi has found it increasingly hard to track down her favorite fake Chanel T-shirts, Gucci sunglasses and L...
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ABK Kuwait-Egypt reports strong results for first quarter of 2025

RIO DE JANEIRO: Manoki Indigenous people take part in a demonstration in front of the hotel where an auction organized by Brazil’s Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency (ANP) is taking place, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on June 17, 2025. - AFP

Brazil sells rights to oil, gas blocks near Amazon river mouth

LOS ANGELES: Demonstrators gather to protest against sweeping new travel ban announced by US President Donald Trump, outside the Tom Bradley International Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport. - AFP

Transatlantic airfares slump as West Europeans skip US travel

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan International Airline (PIA) aircraft prepares to take off for Paris at the Islamabad International Airport in this file photo. – AFP

Pakistan’s PIA sale draws interest from leading companies

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Weyay Bank offers KNPC cashback for SELECT cardholders

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Gulf Bank empowers female employees with monthly WOW sessions

TOKYO: An electronic quotation board displays the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on June 17, 2025. - AFP

Oil prices rally, stocks slide as traders track Zionist-Iranian crisis

VIGO: (File photo) A woman uses her phone's torch while she walks her dog as the street lies in complete darkness during a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France, in Vigo. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said authorities were not ruling out any cause for the widespread blackout across the Iberian pensisula. – AFP

Miscalculation by Spanish power grid operator REE led to massive blackout

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Gulf Bank empowers female employees with monthly WOW sessions

KUWAIT: As part of its continued commitment to empowering women and enhancing their role within the Bank and the broader banking industry, Gulf Bank is carrying on with its monthly Women of Wisdom (WOW) sessions - an internal initiative designed spe...
TOKYO: An electronic quotation board displays the Nikkei Stock Average on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on June 17, 2025. - AFP

Oil prices rally, stocks slide as traders track Zionist-Iranian crisis

LONDON: Oil prices jumped and stocks mostly fell Tuesday after US President Donald Trump abruptly departed G7 talks to monitor the conflict between Zionist entity and Iran and called for Tehran residents to evacuate. Investors’ optimism the previo...
VIGO: (File photo) A woman uses her phone's torch while she walks her dog as the street lies in complete darkness during a massive power cut affecting the entire Iberian peninsula and the south of France, in Vigo. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said authorities were not ruling out any cause for the widespread blackout across the Iberian pensisula. – AFP

Miscalculation by Spanish power grid operator REE led to massive blackout

MADRID: Spain’s power grid operator REE miscalculated its power capacity needs on the day that a surge in voltage caused a massive blackout across the Iberian peninsula in April, a government investigation has concluded. REE did not have enough th...
Alshaya and Alta beauty team pose for a group photo.

Ulta Beauty, Alshaya Group to open stores in Kuwait and Dubai

KUWAIT: Leading international retail franchise operator Alshaya Group and the largest US specialty beauty retailer, Ulta Beauty, confirmed additional details regarding their franchise partnership, first announced in January. Alshaya and Ulta Beauty ...
TOKYO: A man waits on his bicycle to cross the road in front of the Bank of Japan (BoJ) headquarters complex in central Tokyo on June 16, 2025. - AFP

Bank of Japan holds rates, will slow bond purchase taper

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan kept interest rates unchanged Tuesday and said it would taper its purchase of government bonds at a slower pace, as trade uncertainty threatens to weigh on the world’s number four economy. The central bank has spent many y...
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KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah donates blood at the Central Blood Bank on June 17, 2025. —KUNA
Kuwait beefs up readiness
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GAZA: Palestinians injured in Zionist fire as they gathered near a food aid centre receive care at Khan Yunis' Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip on June 17, 2025. - AFP
Zionists kill 59 Gazans trying to get food aid
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TEHRAN: Smoke from an explosion move over southwest Tehran. Iran’s state broadcaster was briefly knocked off air by a Zionist airstrike and explosions rang out across Tehran.- AFP
Zionist air terror reigns over Iran
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HAIFA: A Zionist woman carries a baby next to a girl in front of a building hit during an Iranian missile strike on June 17, 2025. - AFP
Trump threatens Khamenei as Zionist-Iran air war rages
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KUWAIT: A Himalayan Vulture (Gyps himalayensis) is seen in Kuwait in this photo captured by Omar Al-Shaheen.
Rare Himalayan vulture spotted in Kuwait for first time