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Saudi debuts women’s camel beauty contest
RUMAH, Saudi Arabia: Saudi women, in a first for the conservative kingdom, have paraded their camels in a beauty pageant for the prized “ships of the desert”. “I hope today to reach a certain social standing, inshallah (God willing),” said Lamia Al-Rashidi, 27, who participated at the weekend contest in the Rumah desert northeast of the capital Riyadh. The event, part of the prestigious King Abdelaziz Festival, was previously a men-only...
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Swedish lab eyes poisoned chalice in malaria fight
STOCKHOLM: Cages meshed over with women’s tights and crawling with mosquitoes are stashed in a Swedish laboratory. Every day, researchers feed them beetroot juice laced with deadly toxins, part of a grand plan designed to fight malaria. With hopes of field trials delayed repeatedly by the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers in Sweden still believe they have found the secret to a new environmentally friendly way of killing off the Anopheles species...
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Sudan security forces fire tear gas as thousands protest coup
KHARTOUM: Security forces fired tear gas yesterday as thousands rallied in Sudan's capital Khartoum and other cities, witnesses said, keeping up pressure on the military following a coup 11 weeks ago. The coup, led by army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan on October 25, derailed a power-sharing transition between the military and civilians that had been painstakingly established in the wake of longtime autocrat Omar-al-Bashir's ouster in...
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Concern grows for teen held by Zionist entity
AL-JALAZUN REFUGEE CAMP: Palestinian teenager Amal Nakhleh’s first name means “hope” in Arabic, but his parents are in despair because he is chronically ill and one of the few minors held without charge by the Zionist entity. “Since his arrest last year I have only seen him twice, including last week when he told me he wanted to go on hunger strike,” journalist Moammar Nakhleh said of his 17-year-old son. “This scares me because he...
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US ready to talk missiles, military exercises with Russia: Official
WASHINGTON: The United States is ready to discuss with Russia the two countries' missile systems and military exercises, in talks that could begin as early as yesterday in Geneva, a senior White House official said Saturday. US and Russian diplomats are meeting in Switzerland to try to defuse tensions as Washington and Europe accuse Moscow of preparing a new invasion of its neighbor Ukraine."There are some areas... where we think it might be...
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Democrats mourn US senator Harry Reid
LAS VEGAS: A Who's Who of the Democratic Party mourned late senator Harry Reid on Saturday as a giant of a bygone era in Washington politics, when even bitter opponents found a way to get things done. The memorial service in Las Vegas was attended by President Joe Biden, former president Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Kamala Harris.Speakers recalled Reid, who died last month at...
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Colombian dies publicly under new euthanasia policy
CALI, Colombia: Victor Escobar decided to die and to do so publicly, becoming one of the first Latin Americans to end their life without suffering from a terminal disease, under a ground-breaking court ruling in Colombia.Hours before dying on Friday, 60 year old Escobar celebrated what he called victory in his two-year battle with a lung ailment that left him unable to breathe on his own. "Little by little, it becomes everyone's turn. So I do not...
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Army clears roads around snow-bound Pakistan town after deadly blizzard
KULDANA, Pakistan: Army rescuers yesterday cleared routes around a Pakistan hill town sheltering thousands of tourists after 22 people died in vehicles trapped by heavy snow. The resort town of Murree, around 70 kilometres (45 miles) northeast of Islamabad, was inundated with tourists and daytrippers last week after unusually heavy snow turned it into a winter wonderland.But a blizzard from Friday onwards felled trees and blocked narrow roads...
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Brazil cliff collapse kills at least seven
RIO DE JANEIRO: At least seven people were killed and three were missing after a cliff collapsed onto boats carrying tourists on a lake in Brazil, authorities said Saturday. Rescue teams including a dive squad and members of the Brazilian Navy rushed to Furnas Lake in Minas Gerais state, where panicked tourists had watched helplessly as a large rock fragment broke off a ravine and plunged atop three boats.The latest official toll is "seven dead...
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Kuwait sets record for fourth straight day as daily cases near 3,000 mark
By Ahmad JabrKUWAIT: Kuwait reported 2,820 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, setting a new record in daily infections for the fourth straight day as the country battles a new wave of the disease. Meanwhile, health authorities reported two new deaths yesterday after recording two days of zero mortalities, and the first time to register more than one death in a single day in months. The last time Kuwait registered two deaths in one day was on September...
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Al-Dousary's camel ranked first at Crown Prince's racing festival
KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince's annual camel racing festival, held under the patronage of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, came to a close yesterday as the camel owned by Nawaf Al-Dousary won the trophy. The camels owned by Hussein Al-Dawwas and Saleh Al-Ajmi came second and third respectively in the 8-kilometer race. Representative of His Highness the Crown Prince, Governor of Hawalli Ali Al-Asfar...
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Kuwait pursues relief in Yemen as part of seven-year campaign
KUWAIT: The State of Kuwait, via its various associations, has pursued relief and humanitarian aid to people suffering from deprivation of basic needs in Yemen as part of the 'Kuwait by Your Side' campaign, which has been ongoing for seven years. The Kuwaiti Humanitarian Relief Society overhauled and furnished two high-level schools in the Yemeni city of Taiz; the first such venture by the association this year in the war-stricken country, as...
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Crackdown on visa violators
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Kuwait expands ‘open door’ policy to virtual domain
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HATHRAS, India: Policemen carry a person who died in a melee during a sermon in Uttar Pradesh state on July 2, 2024. - AFP
Stampede at India religious event kills 116
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Minister of Municipal Affairs Dr Noura Al-Mashaan and Head of the Municipal Council Abdullah Al-Mahari inspect the Darwazat Abdulrazzaq project. – KUNA photos
Darwaza Abdulrazzaq project set to reopen
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Interior cracks down on residency violators