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Italy's 'Motor Valley' proves fertile ground for supercars
MODENA, Italy: If Tuscany has Chianti, the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna has "Motor Valley", an area that boasts one of the highest concentrations of luxury sports cars and motorbikes in the world. The so-called Land of Motors, covering around 1,000 sq km of prime agricultural land roughly between Bologna and Modena, is home to Lamborghini and Ferrari, Maserati and Ducati, in addition to less well-known brands.Every year - with a hiatus for...
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Traditional Kuwaiti food items still present in Ramadan meals
KUWAIT: Traditional Kuwaiti foods are still present on the Ramadan iftar tables although Kuwaitis have enriched their meals with diverse foods brought from other communities, amid menus' globalization in the digitally connected world. Chef Munira Al-Hay said in an interview that the Ramadan menu continues to include traditional foods eaten since many years ago. Old cuisines made from wheat and ground wheat such as "herees and jereesh" and the...
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Tsunami threat recedes from huge Pacific volcanic eruption
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The tsunami threat around the Pacific from a huge undersea volcanic eruption began to recede Sunday, while the extent of damage to Tonga remained unclear.Satellite images showed the spectacular eruption that took place Saturday evening, with a plume of ash, steam and gas rising like a mushroom above the blue Pacific waters. A sonic boom could be heard as far away as Alaska.In Tonga it sent tsunami waves crashing...
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NASA begins process of bringing new space telescope into focus
NASA on Wednesday embarked on a months-long, painstaking process of bringing its newly launched James Webb Space Telescope into focus, a task due for completion in time for the revolutionary eye in the sky to begin peering into the cosmos by early summer.Mission control engineers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, began by sending their initial commands to tiny motors called actuators that slowly position and fine-tune...
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Microsoft has discontinued all Xbox One consoles
Microsoft has stopped manufacturing all Xbox One consoles. The software giant originally discontinued the Xbox One X and digital Xbox One S ahead of the Xbox Series X launch, then quietly stopped manufacturing the Xbox One S at the end of 2020, leaving retailers to sell out their remaining stock.“To focus on production of Xbox Series X / S, we stopped production for all Xbox One consoles by the end of 2020,” says Cindy Walker, senior director...
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Prince Andrew loses military titles and patronages
Prince Andrew will stop using the style His Royal Highness in an official capacity, a royal source said.The duke's roles will be given to other Royal Family members, the source added.It comes as he faces a civil case in the US over claims he sexually assaulted a woman when she was 17, which he has consistently denied.On Thursday evening, a source close to Prince Andrew said he would "continue to defend himself" against Virginia Giuffre's...
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Delta CEO says 8,000 employees have tested positive for Covid in last 4 weeks
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said about 8,000 of its 75,000 employees tested positive for Covid-19 over the last four weeks, absences that marred the company’s financial results during a busy holiday travel season.Delta reported a loss for the quarter and forecast another for the first three months of the year because of the fast-spreading omicron variant, but predicted travel would begin to rebound again in late February.A series of winter...
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Kuwait’s Crown Prince urges new Cabinet to bear responsibilities and achieve development
KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday at Bayan Palace His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, who took the constitutional oath as well as the new Cabinet. The Cabinet includes Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Ahmad Mansour Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime...
KUWAIT: The participants in a group photo.
Kuwait, EU, international partners discuss women's empowerment solutions
KUWAIT: The participants in a group photo.KUWAIT: The General Secretariat of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development (GSSCPD), the Delegation of the European Union to the State of Kuwait, UNDP, UN Women, Al-Hamra Real Estate Company and the Women's Research and Studies Center at the College of Social Sciences at Kuwait University, supported by Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, convened a high-level event which served as a platform...
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Economic growth to pick in Bahrain, Oman and Qatar in 2025
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KUWAIT: Kuwait's Air Force Commander Brig Gen Pilot Mohammad Al-Hamdan cuts a cake with officials at the event. – KUNA
Kuwait air force commander hails ties with Italy
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DOHA: Public Works Minister Noora Al-Mashaan (second left) poses for a photo with GCC officials. — KUNA
More than 8m people to use GCC railway by 2045
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VADLURU: Villagers celebrate the election result of Donald Trump and JD Vance inside a temple in the ancestral village of Usha Vance's parents, wife of US Senator JD Vance.
Indian villagers proud as Trump wins election