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Nobel-winning lithium battery inventor John Goodenough dies at 100
John Goodenough, who shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing the lithium-ion battery that revolutionized modern life, has died at the age of 100, the University of Texas announced. Goodenough died on Sunday, said the university, where he worked as an engineering professor. The US scientist’s contributions to the development of lithium-ion batteries paved the way for smartphones and a fossil fuel-free society.“John’s legacy...
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Pompeii fresco shows pizza precursor—but hold the cheese
Even the ancient Romans liked their pizza. Archaeologists in Pompeii said Tuesday they had found depicted on an ancient fresco the precursor to the modern-day pizza—but without the cheese and tomatoes. The 2,000-year-old painting—discovered in the middle of a half-crumbled wall during recent digs at the sprawling archaeological site—depicts a silver platter holding a round flatbread, alongside fresh and dried fruits such as pomegranates and...
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Which is longer, Amazon or Nile? New quest aims to settle old debate
What’s the longest river in the world, the Nile or the Amazon? The question has fueled a heated debate for years. Now, an expedition into the South American jungle aims to settle it for good. Using boats run on solar energy and pedal power, an international team of explorers plans to set off in April 2024 to the source of the Amazon in the Peruvian Andes, then travel nearly 7,000 kilometers (4,350 miles) across Colombia and Brazil, to the...
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Party time for booming menswear in Paris
Menswear is where the party is happening in fashion at the moment, and the latest Paris Fashion Week was one of the most flamboyant ever. As labels see unprecedented growth in the men’s sector, labels were keen to splash out on attention-grabbing events in the week that ended Sunday. It was also a season of sunny colors and plenty of skin on show, balanced by the continued influence of military styles. Afterparties for allPharrell Williams set...
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Japan kabuki star arrested over mother’s suicide
One of Japan’s best-known kabuki actors was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of assisting his mother’s suicide, police said, after both parents were found unconscious at his home last month. Last month, Ennosuke Ichikawa “allegedly made a 75-year-old woman take sleep-inducing pills at his home and die of psychoactive drug addiction, thereby assisting in her suicide,” Tokyo police told AFP.The 47-year-old is a star of the classical form of...
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Will AI really destroy humanity?
The warnings are coming from all angles: artificial intelligence poses an existential risk to humanity and must be shackled before it is too late. But what are these disaster scenarios and how are machines supposed to wipe out humanity? Paperclips of doomMost disaster scenarios start in the same place: machines will outstrip human capacities, escape human control and refuse to be switched off. “Once we have machines that have a...
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Mel Brooks, Angela Bassett to receive honorary Oscars
Veteran US comic Mel Brooks, who turns 97 this week, will receive an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement, more than half a century after he won for best original screenplay for “The Producers,” the Academy said Monday. Brooks—a prolific actor, producer and lyricist—memorably sent up Adolf Hitler in his seminal satire “The Producers,” exposed racial bigotry in “Blazing Saddles,” and lampooned horror flicks in “Young...
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Egypt’s economic growth under renewed pressure
KUWAIT: Egypt’s economic situation has come under renewed pressure so far in 2023. Economic reforms have paused just months after the IMF approved the $3 billion loan deal in December 2022. The pound is back to being tightly managed and fixed at EGP30.9/$1 versus 38-40 on the unofficial market, while the authorities have so far been unable to execute any substantial privatization deals due to difficulties including asset valuation.The...
ZVECAN: Hundreds of ethnic Serbs gather outside Zvecan town hall, in northern Kosovo, on May 31, 2023. Tensions remained high after violent clashes earlier this week between ethnic Serbs and NATO-led peacekeepers over the recent appointment of elected Albanian Mayors in the town. – AFP
NATO-led peacekeepers step up security after Kosovo clashes
ZVECAN: NATO-led peacekeepers stepped up security around a town hall in northern Kosovo on Wednesday, where hundreds of ethnic Serbs gathered again at the scene of clashes earlier this week that left more than 80 people injured. NATO has decided to deploy hundreds of reinforcements to strengthen Kosovo’s international peacekeeping mission (KFOR) after Monday’s violence in the town of Zvecan. Hundreds of ethnic Serbs rallied outside Zvecan’s...
SEOUL: A man watches a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul on May 31, 2023. North Korea launched its purported spy satellite, the South's military said, prompting confusion in Seoul as the city briefly issued an evacuation warning in error. – AFP
N Korea spy satellite crashes into sea
SEOUL: North Korea attempted to launch a spy satellite Wednesday but it crashed into the sea after a rocket failure, with the South Korean military retrieving part of the likely wreckage in a potential intelligence bonanza. North Korea does not have a functioning satellite in space and leader Kim Jong Un has made developing a military spy satellite a top priority for his regime, despite UN resolutions banning its use of such technology. Pyongyang...
PARIS: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic plays a backhand return to US Aleksandar Kovacevic during their men’s singles match on day two of the Roland-Garros Open tennis tournament at the Court Philippe-Chatrier in Paris.- AFP
French sports minister slams Djokovic message on Kosovo
PARIS: France’s sports minister condemned Novak Djokovic on Wednesday after he wrote a message saying Kosovo was at the “heart of Serbia” following his victory in the opening round of Roland Garros. The Belgrade-born tennis superstar scrawled “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia. Stop the violence” on a camera on Monday in Paris amid clashes between ethnic Albanians and Serbs in the territory. Kosovo, mostly populated by Muslim ethnic...
ROME: Juventus fans cheer prior to the Italian Serie A football match at the Olympic stadium in Rome. – AFP
Juve escape an additional Serie A points deduction
ROME: Juventus escaped an additional Serie A points deduction but agreed to pay a fine of more than 700,000 euros ($751,000) for lying about players foregoing wages during the COVID-19 pandemic after a plea bargain approved Tuesday by the Italian Football Federation tribunal. The plea deal, which Juventus had requested, brings to an end a series of cases in Italy’s sporting courts involving the Turin club. Last week they were given a 10-point...
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ADDIS ABABA: Pedestrians walk past old Lada cars parked and ready to carry goods in the vicinity of a busy market in Addis Ababa. – AFP photos
The last of Ethiopia’s Soviet-era Lada cars
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KUWAIT: Kuwait’s new Amir HH Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah salutes as he swears in before lawmakers as the country’s 17th Amir, at the Kuwaiti parliament, on December 20, 2023 in Kuwait City. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Amir’s first year leading Kuwait drives development and unity
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KUWAIT: Cabinet ministers convene for their weekly meeting on Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium. — KUNA
Cabinet approves MoU with China to accelerate Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port
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Floating diwaniya on a yacht trip.
Kuwait’s hidden appeal
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A design of a bridge with the sea stretching on both sides.
Vision for a sustainable Kuwait