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MELBOURNE: A homeless man walks past a sale sign in a store window in Melbourne’s central business district yesterday. Australia is heading for its first recession in nearly three decades after the economy shrunk in the January-March quarter.— AFP

Australian economy slips into recession
SYDNEY: Shoppers with face masks walk through a shopping district in central Sydney. Australia’s three decades of uninterrupted prosperity are coming to an abrupt end as the global coronavirus pandemic crashes one of its most lucrative sources of income – immigration. —AFP

Australia’s migrant boom ends abruptly
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Domestic travel, airline hubs the latest hit as virus curbs tighten
Shelves are empty of toilet rolls in a supermarket in Sydney on March 4, 2020. - Australia's biggest supermarket announced a limit on hand sanitisers and toilet paper purchases after the global spread of coronavirus sparked a spate of panic buying Down Under. (Photo by PETER PARKS / AFP)

Australian shops ration toilet paper amid coronavirus panic
Tourists on a guided tour arrive at a restaurant in London's China Town district, on February 4, 2020. - As the deadly 2019-nCov strain of coronavirus has spread worldwide, it has carried with it xenophobia -- and Asian communities around the world are finding themselves subject to suspicion and fear. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

Coronavirus spreads fear and racism
SYDNEY: Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan hits a return to Sloane Stephens of the US in their women’s singles second round match at the Sydney International tennis tournament in Sydney yesterday. — AFP

Halep and Stephens bundled out in Sydney International
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Mohammad Al-Wasmi, Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs.
Kuwait’s International Quran competition announces winners
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OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al-Ghais.
OPEC to COP29: Oil gift from God
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Automak’s founding members, including Group President Hussam Fawzi Al-Kharafi and CEO Ghazi Al-Omar, along with ROX Motor’s representatives, CEO and Co-founder Yan Feng, and Vice President Wu Yue, during the launch ceremony.
Automak launches ROX Motor in Kuwait with all-new ROX01 model
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DOHA: Kuwait’s Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah speaks at the 41st meeting of the Interior Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council. — KUNA photos
Interior minister calls for uniting GCC security efforts
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Committee strips Kuwaiti citizenship of 1,647 individuals