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PARIS: Pro-Palestinian activists hold a Palestinian flag and placards reading 'Gaza: Emmanuel Macron must act', 'Gaza: Ceasefire' and 'Gaza: Stop the bloodshed' after pouring red paint into the Fontaine des Innocents during a demonstration on May 28, 2025. - AFP
Paris fountain flows red to slam Gaza bloodbath
Artist's rendering of the Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial in Washington.
Work begins on Desert Storm and Shield memorial
TOKYO: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah is welcomed on arrival in the Japanese capital on May 28, 2025. - KUNA
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Crown Prince in Japan on key visit
TOKYO: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and his accompanying delegation arrived in Japan on an official visit Wednesday. HH the Crown Prince was received by Japanese Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director-Gene...
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The environmental destruction of Gaza
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How binary thinking reshapes our world
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Rising colon cancer cases highlight urgent need for awareness
Cancer remains one of the most pressing health and social challenges confronting modern societies, with colorectal cancer emerging as a significant concern in Kuwait. According to recent health statistics, colon cancer ranks as the most common type ...
Kuwait humanitarian legacy rings loud on the global stage
By Dr Nermin Yousef Al-Houti These are not mere words, but a commitment to documenting the proud legacy of Kuwait — the “Bride of the Gulf.” Writing history is not merely the act of narration; it is the preservation of achievements and milesto...
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CIUDAD JUAREZ: Silvia Rocio Delgado Garcia, candidate for criminal judge for the state of Chihuahua, hands out campaign flyers next to the Paso del Norte international bridge in Ciudad Juarez. Delgado Garcia was part of the defense of Joaquin Guzman Loera, known as ‘El Chapo,’ leader of the Sinaloa cartel, while he was held at the Federal Center for Social Readaptation (Cefereso) No 9 in Ciudad Juarez. - AFP
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How Mexico’s cartels recruit kids, groom them into killers
GAZA: Palestinians carry the body of a man killed in a Zionist airstrike in the Saftawi neighborhood west of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip.- AFP
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France navigates rocky path to recognizing a Palestinian state
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A render of the Messila Beach project (plage 2).
Messila Beach project opening set for coming months
KUWAIT: The Messila Beach Project (Plage 2) has entered its final stages, with its official opening scheduled in the coming months, officials confirmed Wednesday. Speaking to Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) during an inspection tour on Wednesday, Sheikh S...
KUWAIT: His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah meets with DCO Secretary-General Deemah Al-Yahya during her visit to Kuwait. — KUNA photos
Kuwait in talks to chair committee to combat digital misinformation
KUWAIT: Kuwait is in discussions to lead a multilateral committee to combat digital disinformation, aiming to unify Digital Cooperation Organization (DCO) member states’ efforts in countering fake news and safeguarding digital content integrity, M...
KUWAIT: Brigadier General Ali Al-Wuhaib honors Zain Kuwait CEO Nawaf Al-Gharabally.
MoI recognizes Zain for empowering national security cadres
KUWAIT: Zain received a special recognition from the Ministry of Interior for its role in supporting the graduation ceremony of the 47th class of cadet officers at Saad Al-Abdullah Academy for Security Sciences. The recognition comes as part of Zain...
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ABU DHABI: A delegation from Kuwait’s Committee for Regulating Humanitarian and Charitable Work, pose for a photo during their visited the United Arab Emirates. — KUNA
Kuwait reviews UAE, Saudi models as part of charity sector overhaul

ABU DHABI/RIYADH: A delegation from Kuwait’s Committee for Regulating Humanitarian and Charitable Work, led by Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs Dr Khaled...
A render of the Messila Beach project (plage 2).
Messila Beach project opening set for coming months
KUWAIT: His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah meets with DCO Secretary-General Deemah Al-Yahya during her visit to Kuwait. — KUNA photos
Kuwait in talks to chair committee to combat digital misinformation
KUWAIT: Brigadier General Ali Al-Wuhaib honors Zain Kuwait CEO Nawaf Al-Gharabally.
MoI recognizes Zain for empowering national security cadres
The delegation poses for a group photo with Kuwait Times and Kuwait News staff members. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Keeta team visits Kuwait Times and Kuwait News
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KUALA LUMPUR: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah and leaders pose for a group photo at the 2nd ASEAN-GCC Summit (left) and ASEAN-GCC-China Summit (right) on May 27, 2025. - AFP photos
Deeper ASEAN, GCC, China ties eyed
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KUWAIT: A high-level multi-party parliamentary delegation from India speaks at the press conference. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Indian parliamentary delegation praises Kuwait’s peace efforts
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KUWAIT: Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Saud Al-Sabah honors Undersecretary of the Ministry of Interior, Lieutenant General Sheikh Salem Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. — KUNA
Sheikh Salem Al-Nawaf’s vision praised as his tenure nears end
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NABLUS: Mourners carry the body of 32-year-old Palestinian Mahmoud Al-Kharraz, who was killed in a Zionist army raid, during his funeral in the occupied West Bank on May 27, 2025. - AFP
Zionists loot gold and foreign exchange shops in West Bank
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WASHINGTON: A parade float and delegation from the Kuwaiti Embassy take part in events and ceremonies commemorating Memorial Day on May 26, 2025. – KUNA
Kuwait Embassy joins US Memorial Day celebrations
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PARIS: Pro-Palestinian activists hold a Palestinian flag and placards reading 'Gaza: Emmanuel Macron must act', 'Gaza: Ceasefire' and 'Gaza: Stop the bloodshed' after pouring red paint into the Fontaine des Innocents during a demonstration on May 28, 2025. - AFP
Paris fountain flows red to slam Gaza bloodbath

PARIS: French activists dyed a Paris fountain red Wednesday to symbolize what they called the “bloodbath” of Palestinians in Gaza. Activists from Oxfam and Amnesty...
Artist's rendering of the Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial in Washington.
Work begins on Desert Storm and Shield memorial
TOKYO: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah is welcomed on arrival in the Japanese capital on May 28, 2025. - KUNA
Crown Prince in Japan on key visit
PARIS: A French police officer drives a police car next to a scooter on a street in Paris. France has foiled the latest in a spate of kidnapping plots targeting cryptocurrency entrepreneurs, and detained more than 20 people.- AFP
France foils crypto kidnapping plot, arrests over 20
OTTAWA: Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla wave as they depart from Macdonald-Cartier International Airport in Ottawa, Canada on May 27, 2025. – AFP
King Charles says Canada is ‘strong and free’
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Stockholm 2025 collection
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Kuwait bans graduation ceremonies outside school
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NBK & VISA partner with harrods
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KT EATS
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DAMASCUS: A man holds two pineapples at a stall that sells fruits, some of which were not available while deposed president Bashar Al-Assad was in power, like kiwi, mango and pineapple, in the Shalaan Market in the Syrian capital Damascus on May 26, 2025. (Right) A customer checks a mango at a stall that sells fruits. – AFP photos
Imported fruits back in Syria

DAMASCUS: After decades of poverty and isolation under the Assad dynasty, imported fruits like pineapples, kiwis and mangoes are available again in Syria’s bustling markets,...
JAKARTA: Residents living in a densely populated neighborhood walk along a street as they look for lunch at food stalls serving ready-to-eat meals in Jakarta.- AFP
Nuclear option: Indonesia seeks to grow energy, cut emissions
NEVADA: Attendees walk past a sign during The Bitcoin Conference at The Venetian Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada, on May 27, 2025. - AFP
Banks tiptoe toward crypto, awaiting more green lights from US regulators
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NIC awarded Kuwait's Best Investment Bank
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Celebrating a year of leading with purpose and pioneering sustainability in finance
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INDIANAPOLIS: Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers attempts a lay up against the New York Knicks during the third quarter in Game Four of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2025 NBA Playoffs at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on May 27, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana. - AFP
Indiana on pace to reach NBA Finals

WASHINGTON: Tyrese Haliburton delivered his second career playoff triple double to power Indiana over New York 130-121 on Tuesday, lifting the Pacers one win from the NBA...
PARIS: Italy's Jasmine Paolini plays a backhand return to Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic during their women's singles match of the French Open at the Roland-Garros Complex in Paris on May 28, 2025. - AFP
Paolini advances through as Swiatek, Alcaraz eye French Open third round
MILAN: Inter Milan's coach Simone Inzaghi looks on during a training session as part of the club's media day ahead of the UEFA Champions League final match against Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), in Appiano Gentile, on May 26, 2025. - AFP
Inzaghi eyeing Champions League glory and legend status at Inter Milan
COMO: Inter Milan's defender Francesco Acerbi reacts after winning the match and to their second place in the Italian championship, following the Italian Serie A football match between Como 1907 and Inter Milan at the Giuseppe-Sinigaglia Stadium in Como, on May 23, 2025. - AFP
Rugged Acerbi, the symbol of Inter's bid to make history
LIVERPOOL: A discarded child's octopus soft toy, and a Liverpool flag lays in the road behind a police cordon on Water Street in Liverpool, north-west England on May 27, 2025. - AFP
More to life than football, Jurgen Klopp says after Liverpool parade crash
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A handout artist's impression shows the K2-18b super-Earth, a hycean world, such as exoplanet K2-18b which astronomers say they have found the strongest yet “hints” of the life outside this solar system. --AFP
Doubt cast on claim of 'hints' of life on faraway planet
KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Dr Noura Al-Mashaan holds a high-level meeting on Thursday with Minister of State for Communications Affairs Omar Al-Omar and Google Cloud’s General Manager of Data Analytics Sales Specialists.- KUNA
Kuwait Google Cloud explore AI and data analytics partnership
MOUNTAIN VIEW: Signs for the conference are plastered around Shoreline Amphitheater during Google's annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. -- AFP
OpenAI, Google and xAI battle for superstar AI talent
TAIPEI: Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang introduces the DGX Station Personal AI Supercomputer as he delivers the first keynote speech of Computex 2025 at the Taipei Music Center in Taipei on May 19, 2025. -- AFP
Nvidia unveils plan for Taiwan’s first ‘AI supercomputer’
File photos shows visitors walk at the booth of 'Lego Fortnite', an open world survival video game, developed and published by Epic Games in association with The Lego Group.--AFP
‘Fortnite’ unavailable on Apple devices worldwide
KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Dr Noura Al-Mashaan holds a high-level meeting on Thursday with Minister of State for Communications Affairs Omar Al-Omar and Google Cloud’s General Manager of Data Analytics Sales Specialists.- KUNA
Kuwait Google Cloud explore AI and data analytics partnership
MOUNTAIN VIEW: Signs for the conference are plastered around Shoreline Amphitheater during Google's annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. -- AFP
OpenAI, Google and xAI battle for superstar AI talent
TAIPEI: Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang introduces the DGX Station Personal AI Supercomputer as he delivers the first keynote speech of Computex 2025 at the Taipei Music Center in Taipei on May 19, 2025. -- AFP
Nvidia unveils plan for Taiwan’s first ‘AI supercomputer’
File photos shows visitors walk at the booth of 'Lego Fortnite', an open world survival video game, developed and published by Epic Games in association with The Lego Group.--AFP
‘Fortnite’ unavailable on Apple devices worldwide
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Irish ornithologist Sean Ronayne records the birds songs, and more precisely dawn chorus, at Glenbower wood, near Cobh, in the outskirts of Cork, southern Ireland.--AFP photos
In tune with nature: Expert sounds out all of Ireland's bird species

On a mission to record all of Ireland's bird species, many of which are dying out, Irishman Sean Ronayne calls his unique audio archive a tool to both raise alarm and bring...
A veterinarian treats a donkey at a donkey clinic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.--AFP photos
A free clinic for donkeys, vital to Ethiopia's economy
Ali Baloch (right), a mahout, preparing medicated meals for Madhubala and Malika, elephants who are diagnosed with tuberculosis, at the Safari Park in Karachi.
Jumbo task: 400 pills a day for elephants with TB in Pakistan
A member of staff holds a barocaloric material used by Barocal in their solid state cooling technology, at their headquarters in Cambridge.--AFP photos
UK lab promises air-con revolution without polluting gases
Dr. Raquel Gomez Pliego flips a tortilla at the Industrial Microbiology laboratory of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City.--AFP photos
Scientists in Mexico develop tortilla for people with no fridge
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Actors perform during a presentation of William Shakespeare's "King Lear".
Rocking 'King Lear' to draw young audience in Iran
Billie Eilish gives acceptance speech for the Artist of the Year award virtually at the 2025 American Music Awards.
Billie Eilish takes top prize at American Music Awards
Iranian director and screenwriter and producer Jafar Panahi poses with the trophy during a photocall after winning the Palme d'Or for the film "Un simple accident" (A Simple Accident) during the closing ceremony at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France.--AFP
Iran Cannes winner Panahi backs trucker strikes
A picture shows miniatures at the London Dollhouse Showcase in London.--AFP photos
In troubled world, grown-ups find joy in doll's houses
Employees of Halk Ekmek (Public bread, in Turkish) mix and cut dough in order to make Kulluoba breads.--AFP photos
Ancient bread rises again as Turkey recreates 5,000-year-old loaf
Billie Eilish gives acceptance speech for the Artist of the Year award virtually at the 2025 American Music Awards.
Billie Eilish takes top prize at American Music Awards
Iranian director and screenwriter and producer Jafar Panahi poses with the trophy during a photocall after winning the Palme d'Or for the film "Un simple accident" (A Simple Accident) during the closing ceremony at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France.--AFP
Iran Cannes winner Panahi backs trucker strikes
A picture shows miniatures at the London Dollhouse Showcase in London.--AFP photos
In troubled world, grown-ups find joy in doll's houses
Employees of Halk Ekmek (Public bread, in Turkish) mix and cut dough in order to make Kulluoba breads.--AFP photos
Ancient bread rises again as Turkey recreates 5,000-year-old loaf