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Summer means suffering: how workers survive intense Gulf heat
DUBAI: Like millions of other migrant laborers in the Gulf, one of the world’s hottest and driest regions, construction worker…
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Allies ‘won’t splinter’, Biden vows at G7
ELMAU CASTLE, Germany: World powers on Sunday agreed to ban gold exports from Russia, kicking off a G7 meeting aimed…
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Egypt tries man over murder of female student
MANSOURA, Egypt: A trial began Sunday for an Egyptian man accused of stabbing a woman to death in a public…
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At least 18 students score 100% as Kuwait announces high school results
KUWAIT: At least 18 students, including a Kuwaiti student, graduated from high school with a full mark. The Ministry of…
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China still searching for next Yao Ming, 20 years after NBA debut
BEIJING: Basketball Hall of Famer, business magnate, cultural ambassador – no Chinese athlete carries a richer legacy than Yao Ming,…
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Squash player’s switch to UK shows Egypt’s athlete exodus
CAIRO: Egyptian squash player Mohamed El-Shorbagy was called a traitor and a sellout when he announced this month he had…
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New US abortion reality takes shape
WASHINGTON: Abortion rights defenders fanned out across America Saturday for a second day of protest against the Supreme Court’s thunderbolt…
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Spain says deadly migrant rush ‘attack’ on its territory
MADRID: The Spanish prime minister on Saturday described a deadly migrant rush on the enclave of Melilla from Morocco as…
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Village life left in ruins after deadly Afghan quake leaves tens of thousands homeless
AKHTAR JAN, Afghanistan: Village life has always been tough for Afghans in the rugged mountains of the east, but compared…
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Russia tightens economic grip on southern Ukraine
BERDYANSK: Little appears to have changed for Alexei Andrusenko, the head of a foundry in Ukraine’s southern city of Berdyansk,…
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Europe aviation industry frets despite strong summer start
ROME: Air traffic is booming this summer, but after European vacations are over will passenger demand hold up? The question…
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Energy shock tests G7 climate resolve
ELMAU CASTLE: Leaders of the Group of Seven rich nations will be under pressure to stick to climate pledges in…
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