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BUENOS AIRES: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) and Argentina's President Javier Milei wave on the balcony of the Casa Rosada government palace after a meeting in Buenos Aires, on July 5, 2025. -- AFP

Modi, Milei meet in Argentina ahead of BRICS summit

BUENOS AIRES: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Argentine President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires on Saturday, urging the expansion of New Delhi’s preferential trade deal with South America’s Mercosur bloc. The bilateral talks with Milei ar...

HUNT, Texas: A volunteer looks for missing people following severe flash flooding on July 6, 2025. - AFP

Desperate search for missing girls as Texas floods kill 68

HUNT, Texas: Rescuers in Texas raced against time Sunday to find dozens of missing people, including children, swept away by flash floods that killed at least 68, as forecasters warned of new deluges. Local Texans joined forces with disaster officia...

COMFORT, Texas: Boerne Search and Rescue teams prepare deployment routes along the Guadalupe River on July 4, 2025 in Comfort, Texas. (Right) Laeighton Sterling (right) and Nicole Whelam observe flood waters from the banks of the Guadalupe River.-- AFP

Texas flood toll mounts to 24

KERRVILLE, US: Rescuers were desperately searching for at least 20 girls missing from a riverside summer camp, officials said Friday, after torrential rains caused a “catastrophic” flash flood that killed at least 24 people as it swept through s...

SANTIAGO: A meteorologist sits in front of screens at the Meteorological Directorate of Chile (DMC) in Santiago on July 3, 2025. -- AFP

Record cold grips Argentina, Chile and Uruguay

SANTIAGO, Chile: A polar air mass has brought record low temperatures to Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, causing at least 15 deaths and forcing governments to restrict gas supplies and activate emergency shelters. The three South American countries ha...

Starlink-equipped drone narco-sub seized in Colombia

BOGOTÁ, Colombia: The Colombian navy on Wednesday announced its first seizure of an unmanned narco-submarine equipped with a Starlink antenna off its Caribbean coast. The vessel was not carrying drugs, but the Colombian navy and Western security so...

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KUWAIT: Minister of Communications Omar Al-Omar meets the executive committee of the Sahel app. - KUNA

Sahel embodies digital vision

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KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy . — KUNA

Kuwait and UK bolster ties

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QIC receives the prestigious (p) ‘AAA’ ESG rating from MSCI ESG Research.

Qatar Insurance Group earns MSCI’s highest ESG rating