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GAZA: Palestinians bury relatives killed in a Zionist airstrike in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Nov 20, 2024. - AFP
US vetoes Gaza truce; Hezbollah ready for long war
RIO DE JANEIRO: Leaders pose for a group photo after the third session of the G20 Leaders' Meeting on Nov 19, 2024. - AFP
Biden makes it into G20 photo as summit ends
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OPEC to COP29: Oil gift from God
BAKU: OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al-Ghais on Wednesday told the COP29 climate summit in Baku that crude oil and natural gas were a gift from God, and that global warming talks should focus on cutting emissions not picking energy sources. The com...
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The Zionist entity’s carte blanche
By Nejoud Al-Yagout Recently, in Amsterdam, there were clashes between Zionist football hooligans and Palestinians. Depending on which news network you believe, the blame was thrust on either the Zionists or the Palestinians. Interestingly enough, a...
Keep smiling
By Hassan T Bwambale World Kindness Day is an international observance of kindness every November 13. It was introduced in Japan in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement. A smile is among the acts of kindness. Smiling has a great effect on a person’...
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BAKU: Activists hold a silent protest inside the COP29 venue to demand that rich nations provide climate finance to developing countries, during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku.- AFP
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Wealthy nations pledge ‘no new coal’ at COP29
?ASAN SHAMI: Moaz Fadhil, 53, sits at the Hasan Shami village in northern Iraq, which was damaged during the 2014 attacks by Islamic State (IS) fighters and the battles that followed, some 40 kilometers west of Arbil in northern Iraq. - AFP
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Iraqis face tough homecoming a decade after the reign of terror
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GAZA: Members of a Palestinian family, who fled their home in Beit Lahia on foot, receive medical attention upon their arrival at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on November 20, 2024.- AFP
Hospital chief decries ‘extreme catastrophe’ in north Gaza
GAZA: The World Health Organization expressed grave concern on Tuesday for hospitals still partly operating in war-stricken northern Gaza, where one hospital director described the situation as an “extreme catastrophe”. “We are very, very conc...
Visitors walking past a sign (left) promoting ChatGPT, a hugely popular language app that has sparked a rush in artificial intelligence technology, during the three-day 7th AI Expo, part of NexTech Week Tokyo 2023. -- AFP
Japan ramps up tech ambitions with $65bn for AI, chips
TOKYO: Japan is readying a $65-billion push in microchips and artificial intelligence aimed at reclaiming its status as a global tech leader and meeting the urgent challenges of its ageing, shrinking population. The 10-trillion-yen package, which la...
TOLUCA: Mexico’s forward #09 Raul Jimenez, forward #10 Alexis Vega and Honduras’ defender #14 Andy Najar fight for the ball during the National League of Concacaf quarterfinal second leg match between Mexico and Honduras on November 19, 2024. - AFP
Mexico join Canada in Nations League Final Four
MIAMI: Mexico left it late but overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficit with a 4-0 win over Honduras on Tuesday to reach the Final Four of the CONCACAF Nations League. ‘El Tri’ will face Canada in March’s semi-finals in Los Angeles after Jesse Marsc...
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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

DOHA: Kuwait’s Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Saud Al-Sabah called for intensifying coordination among Gulf countries in the face of what he described as...
KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Al-Yusuf Al-Sabah (left) cuts a ceremonial cake with Omani Ambassador to Kuwait Dr Saleh Al-Kharousi, in the presence of officials.– KUNA
Officials hail strong and deep-rooted Kuwait-Oman ties
TUNIS: President of Tunisia Kais Saied receives Kuwaiti Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Al-Yahya. — KUNA
Tunisian president receives Kuwaiti foreign minister
SILICON VALLEY: SACGC General Manager Neda Al-Daihani (left) shakes hands with an official from Plug and Play during a meeting where they signed a deal to support Kuwaiti startups. – KUNA
SACGC, US firm PNP sign MoU to support startups in Kuwait
JABALIA: Children sit in the back of a donkey cart as Palestinians displaced from shelters in Beit Hanoun cross the main Salaheddine road into Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on November 12, 2024. — AFP
Palestinian children greatest victims of Zionist crimes: Official
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RIO DE JANEIRO: Leaders pose for a group photo after the first session of the G20 Leaders' Meeting on Nov 18, 2024. - AFP
Biden out of the picture as world leaders gather
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Amir, Trump reaffirm strong ties
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A Ukrainian serviceman fires a self-propelled howitzer towards Russian positions at an undisclosed location near Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region on Nov 8, 2024. - AFP
Moscow lowers nuclear threshold
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KUWAIT: Cabinet ministers, led by Acting Prime Minister Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah (right) are seen during their weekly meeting on Tuesday. — KUNA
Cabinet approves appointments, supports violation removal efforts
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EU-GCC Business Forum to foster trade with Kuwait
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HLUKHIV: Ukrainian rescuers clean rubble of a destroyed dormitory building following a missile attack in Glukhiv, Sumy region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - AFP
Ukraine criticizes Western allies for embassy closures

KYIV: Ukraine on Wednesday called on its Western allies not to fuel tension inside the country, after a string of embassies in Kyiv announced they would close, citing the threat of...
TALOQAN: Afghan men at seen at bookshops along a street in Taloqan, capital of Takhar province. Checking imported books, removing texts from libraries and distributing lists of banned titles—Taleban authorities are working to remove ‘un-Islamic’ and anti-government literature from circulation. - AFP
Taleban clearing ‘un-Islamic’ books from the shelves
MANTONG: A member of Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) handles a Myanmar military's unexploded landmine in Mantong town, northern Shan State.- AFP
Myanmar led world in landmine victims in 2023: Monitor
CAMPINAS: Transgenic Aedes aegypti mosquitos are seen in containers at a laboratory of biotech company Oxitec, in Campinas, 100 km from Sao Paulo, Brazil. – AFP
Djibouti experiments with GM mosquito against malaria
GAZA: Members of a Palestinian family, who fled their home in Beit Lahia on foot, receive medical attention upon their arrival at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on November 20, 2024.- AFP
Hospital chief decries ‘extreme catastrophe’ in north Gaza
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Premier Padel meet & greet at the new Volvo shoroom
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How does adoption work in Kuwait?
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Kuwait first little Heroes, powered by IKEA
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Visitors walking past a sign (left) promoting ChatGPT, a hugely popular language app that has sparked a rush in artificial intelligence technology, during the three-day 7th AI Expo, part of NexTech Week Tokyo 2023. -- AFP
Japan ramps up tech ambitions with $65bn for AI, chips

TOKYO: Japan is readying a $65-billion push in microchips and artificial intelligence aimed at reclaiming its status as a global tech leader and meeting the urgent challenges of...
AUSTIN: In this photo illustration, a Bitcoin chart is displayed on a cell phone.-- AFP
Bitcoin bursts past $94,000 for first time
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Trump names China hawk Lutnick as US commerce secretary
A VW Tiguan (top) and an ID.7 electric car inside the car storage tower at the Wolfsburg Volkswagen Plant, the worldwide headquarters of the Volkswagen Group, in Wolfsburg, Germany. -- AFP
VW union proposes $1.6bn of cuts, but no plant closures
General view during the third session of the G20 Leaders' Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 19, 2024. -- AFP
What the G20 decided on taxing the richest
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TOLUCA: Mexico’s forward #09 Raul Jimenez, forward #10 Alexis Vega and Honduras’ defender #14 Andy Najar fight for the ball during the National League of Concacaf quarterfinal second leg match between Mexico and Honduras on November 19, 2024. - AFP
Mexico join Canada in Nations League Final Four

MIAMI: Mexico left it late but overturned a 2-0 first-leg deficit with a 4-0 win over Honduras on Tuesday to reach the Final Four of the CONCACAF Nations League. ‘El Tri’ will...
Sheikha Naima Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kholoud Rida AlFeeli and Hessa Hussain Al-Najadah take a group photo with the women’s team at Salwa Al-Sabah Sport Club.
Burgan Bank sponsors women handball and volleyball teams
MALAGA: Spain’s Rafael Nadal waves during a tribute to his career at the end of the quarter-final doubles match between Netherlands and Spain during the Davis Cup Finals on November 19, 2024. - AFP
‘Eternal’ Nadal leaves legacy
BOSTON: Evan Mobley #4 of the Cleveland Cavaliers is blocked as he shoots against Al Horford #42 of the Boston Celtics during the third quarter of the Emirates NBA Cup on November 19, 2024. - AFP
Tatum stars as Celtics end Cavs unbeaten start
Spain's tennis player Rafael Nadal
A fine bromance: Nadal’s epic rivalry with Federer
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This file photo shows the world's first satellite made from wood, named LignoSat, developed by scientists at Kyoto University and logging company Sumitomo Forestry, during a press conference in Kyoto.
World’s first wooden satellite launched into space
Sheikh Mohammad Al-Sabah, President of AAIOT, with the Oracle team during the signing of the agreement.
AAIOT signs strategic agreements with Oracle and RIT at GITEX 2024
Czech Republic student, 19-year-old Denisa Lacinova (left) and Irish student, 22-year-old Harry Odife, are pictured through the monitor of a camera in the media room at the South East Technological University (SETU) in Carlow, eastern Ireland where a new course has started in Content Creation and Social Media. --AFP photos
‘Serious business’: Influencer degree launches in Ireland
(From left) Matt Ondler, CTO of Axiom Space, Lorenzo Bertelli Prada Group Chief Marketing Officer and Russell Ralston, Executive Vice President, EVA Program Manager of Axiom Space attend a press conference of Prada and Axiom Space, as part of the presentation of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit designed and developed for the Artemis 3 lunar mission in collaboration with Prada, at the MiCo Convention Centre in Milan, northern Italy, on October 16, 2024. --AFP photos
The astronaut wears Prada as Axiom unveils new spacesuit
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Is life possible on a Jupiter moon? NASA goes to investigate
Sheikh Mohammad Al-Sabah, President of AAIOT, with the Oracle team during the signing of the agreement.
AAIOT signs strategic agreements with Oracle and RIT at GITEX 2024
Czech Republic student, 19-year-old Denisa Lacinova (left) and Irish student, 22-year-old Harry Odife, are pictured through the monitor of a camera in the media room at the South East Technological University (SETU) in Carlow, eastern Ireland where a new course has started in Content Creation and Social Media. --AFP photos
‘Serious business’: Influencer degree launches in Ireland
(From left) Matt Ondler, CTO of Axiom Space, Lorenzo Bertelli Prada Group Chief Marketing Officer and Russell Ralston, Executive Vice President, EVA Program Manager of Axiom Space attend a press conference of Prada and Axiom Space, as part of the presentation of the Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit designed and developed for the Artemis 3 lunar mission in collaboration with Prada, at the MiCo Convention Centre in Milan, northern Italy, on October 16, 2024. --AFP photos
The astronaut wears Prada as Axiom unveils new spacesuit
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Is life possible on a Jupiter moon? NASA goes to investigate
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Marine biologist Anne Hoggett inspecting and recording bleached and dead coral around Lizard Island.
Parts of Great Barrier Reef suffer highest coral mortality on record

Parts of the Great Barrer Reef have suffered the highest coral mortality on record, Australian research showed Tuesday, with scientists fearing the rest of it has suffered a...
African Penguins walk on the beach at the Boulders penguin colony.
‘Critically endangered’ African penguins just want peace and food
Mountmakers specialists work on assembling the skeleton of an Apatosaurus’ dinosaur named “Vulcain”, displayed at the Dampierre castle prior to an auction in Dampierre-en-Yvelines, south of Paris, on July 10, 2024. --AFP
Dinosaur skeleton fetches €6 million in Paris sale
A herd of Elephants consisting mainly of females and their young arrive at a watering pond for a drink at the Ngutuni Wildlife Conservancy on the outskirts of Voi town in Taita Taventa County.--AFP photos
Bees help tackle elephant-human conflict in Kenya
White truffles are on sales at the truffle fair of Alba.
White truffles, Italy's gold, menaced by climate change
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Women of the "Hojuelas de Miel" beekeepers association use a brush to remove bees while harvesting honey.
How climate funds helped Peru’s women beekeepers stay afloat
Ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov from the Mariinsky Ballet performs during a dress rehearsal of 'Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux' at the Saddlers Wells theatre in London, on October 15, 2008. --AFP
Funeral of famed Russian ballet star set for Thursday
This file photo shows visitors trying out the latest Dragon Ball game during the preview day for the annual Tokyo Game Show at Makuhari Messe in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan’s manga powerhouse ‘Dragon Ball’ turns 40
A man takes photos of the artwork 'Resting Place II' by British artist Antony Gormley.
Sculptor Gormley hopes art can be bridge to China despite curbs
(From left to right) Pakistani education activist and producer Malala Yousafzai, US actress Jennifer Lawrence, producer Justine Ciarrocchi and director Sahra Mani attend the Los Angeles premiere of "Bread and Roses" at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.--AFP photos
Phone documentary details Afghan women’s struggle under Taleban government
Ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov from the Mariinsky Ballet performs during a dress rehearsal of 'Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux' at the Saddlers Wells theatre in London, on October 15, 2008. --AFP
Funeral of famed Russian ballet star set for Thursday
This file photo shows visitors trying out the latest Dragon Ball game during the preview day for the annual Tokyo Game Show at Makuhari Messe in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture.
Japan’s manga powerhouse ‘Dragon Ball’ turns 40
A man takes photos of the artwork 'Resting Place II' by British artist Antony Gormley.
Sculptor Gormley hopes art can be bridge to China despite curbs
(From left to right) Pakistani education activist and producer Malala Yousafzai, US actress Jennifer Lawrence, producer Justine Ciarrocchi and director Sahra Mani attend the Los Angeles premiere of "Bread and Roses" at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.--AFP photos
Phone documentary details Afghan women’s struggle under Taleban government