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Qiyam prayers held at Grand Mosque for first time in 3 years
By Shakir ReshamwalaKUWAIT: Nightly prayers were held at the Grand Mosque for the first time in three years early Tuesday after closures due to the COVID pandemic and maintenance work. Security personnel and volunteers maintained order as worshippers streamed into the mosque for the qiyam ul layl prayers, held in the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramadan. The first four rakats of tahajjud prayers were led by Sheikh Omar Al-Damkhi, while the...
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Kuwait must harness media's untapped potential like UAE, Saudi: Sheikha Abrar
America’s prominent news platforms such as Washington Daily, Yahoo Finance, Market Watch, and many other international renowned news platforms such as UK Times have highly praised the journey of Kuwaiti media entrepreneur and producer, Sheikha Abrar Khaled Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah, as a Kuwaiti Royal family member who is contributing to the Arab cinema and drama content through her company Abbey’s Productions, a Kuwait-based production house...
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Super Mario: Nintendo's decades of star power
Hollywood is having its second bash at sprinkling some movie magic on the "Super Mario Bros" video game franchise, three decades after the last attempt. The pint-sized plumber from Japanese game maker Nintendo has enjoyed 40 years of extraordinary popularity that has transformed the character into a truly global icon.The saviour Nintendo owes a lot to its moustachioed hero, created by a young game designer called Shigeru Miyamoto initially as the...
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The pianist who's been playing for more than 100 years
Colette Maze has been playing piano for more than a century, and is still drawing thousands of fans on social media. Born in June 1914, before the outbreak of World War I and when one of her favourite composers, Claude Debussy, was still alive, the French pianist practices four hours a day and is about to release her seventh album, "108 Years of Piano".From her apartment overlooking the Seine river in Paris, Maze moves cautiously between the...
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Has the flexible working hours' experiment failed?
The people of Kuwait rejoiced when the government rolled out before Ramadan a new flexible hours scheme to be applied in the public sector during the holy month. But all good hopes of shorter trips and smoother traffic came crashing down when the reality of the merciless traffic jams hit people hard as soon as Ramadan started.Motorists stuck in stand-still traffic during their daily 15-minute-turned-one-hour commute are left with plenty of time...
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8 fasting tips for people with diabetes during Ramadan
1. Drink 8 glasses of sugar-free fluidsTry to drink adequate fluids (choose sugar-free fluids) during suhoor and Iftar to replenish fluid loss during the day. Aim for 8 glasses a day.2. Get enough sleepOne of the things that you should never compromise on is the hours of sleep.3. Include probioticsA spoonful of yogurt after your suhoor meal can work wonders for your health. Not only will it soothe the stomach, but it will also prevent acidity,...
Zakat are charity taken for the poor few days before the end fasting in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Arabic characters translated: Holy Quran, the Holy book of Islam. Zakat Conceptual.
UN sees growing Islamic donations for refugee aid
The UN said Friday that its refugee operations were seeing swelling funding through a dedicated Islamic philanthropy platform aimed at collecting the charity payments required of Muslims under the religion.A day after the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the United Nations' refugee agency said it was increasingly able to channel obligatory donations under Islam to help fund its activities.Since it was first piloted in 2017, the UNHCR's...
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Escape-artist zebra back at zoo after Seoul adventure
A zebra that escaped its pen and roamed freely for hours through the South Korean capital, captivating the internet and sparking thousands of memes, is safely back at the zoo, officials told AFP Friday.The zebra spent three hours Thursday trotting along roads and dodging cars before he was finally cornered by park wardens. Sero, aged 3, was caught using a safety fence after he entered a narrow alleyway and tranquilised, with photographs posted on...
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How AI 'revolution' is shaking up journalism
Journalists had fun last year asking the shiny new AI chatbot ChatGPT to write their columns, most concluding that the bot was not good enough to take their jobs. Yet. But many commentators believe journalism is on the cusp of a revolution where mastery of algorithms and AI tools that generate content will be a key battleground. The technology news site CNET perhaps heralded the way forward when it quietly deployed an AI program last year to...
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Tony Blair: Putin can't use Iraq as justification for Ukraine
LONDON: Former UK prime minister Tony Blair is by turns pensive and defiant as he reflects on the upcoming anniversaries of two events that arguably defined the best and worst of his decade in power. Monday marks 20 years since Blair joined US president George W. Bush in launching an invasion of Saddam Hussein's Iraq, without a UN mandate and in defiance of some of the biggest demonstrations ever seen in Britain.For its many critics, the war was...
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Zain Great Idea recognized as ‘Ecosystem Enabler of the Year’ for the region
Zain, Kuwait’s leading digital service provider, announces that its innovative tech startup accelerator, Zain Great Idea, has been recognized with the E-Business Award from the prestigious Entrepreneur Middle East magazine. Zain’s program was awarded ‘Ecosystem Enabler of the Year’ during a recent awards ceremony in Dubai acknowledging the company’s ever-growing endeavors in accelerating the regional tech startups ecosystem and...
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BTS absence hurting global K-pop growth
Making megastars BTS do their South Korean military service is slowing the global growth of K-pop, the chairman of the septet's agency HYBE said Wednesday. The boyband are widely considered South Korea's biggest-ever cultural phenomenon, selling out stadiums around the world and dominating the charts while raking in billions for the country's economy and building a global legion of fans known as ARMYs.But all able-bodied men in South Korea must...
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Mohammad Al-Wasmi, Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs.
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OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al-Ghais.
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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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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.
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TUNIS: President of Tunisia Kais Saied receives Kuwaiti Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Al-Yahya. — KUNA
Tunisian president receives Kuwaiti foreign minister