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US actor Chris Pratt attends Universal's (The Super Mario Bros Movie) special screening at the Regal LA Live in Los Angeles.
'Super Mario' is year's first film to pass $1 bn globally
Los Angeles: "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" easily held its first-place position on North American movie screens this weekend while its accumulated global total pushed past the $1 billion mark, analysts said Sunday.The video game-based film earned an estimated $40 million for the Friday-through-Sunday period in the United States and Canada for a domestic total so far of $490 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported.With overseas...
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Four dead after ultralight planes collide in Spain
Madrid: Two ultralight aircraft collided near an aerodrome in northeastern Spain on Sunday, killing four passengers, regional authorities said.Firefighters found one plane on fire in a wooded area near the Moia aerodrome north of Barcelona after being alerted by a witness who saw it lose altitude and crash, the regional government of Catalonia said."Once the fire was extinguished, firefighters found two lifeless bodies inside the ultralight...
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
UN chief, envoys in key talks on Afghanistan crisis
Doha: UN chief Antonio Guterres will gather international envoys at a secret location in Doha on Monday in an increasingly desperate bid to find ways to influence Afghanistan's Taliban rulers.Considered the world's biggest humanitarian crisis by the United Nations, Guterres's quandary has been deepened by the Taliban administration's move to stop girls going to school and most women from working, even for UN agencies.The Taliban government, which...
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Iran's President Raisi to visit Syria on Wednesday
Tehran: Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi will go to Damascus on Wednesday at the official invitation of the Syrian president for a "very important" two-day visit, state media reported."Dr Raisi's trip to Damascus next Wednesday is a very important trip due to the changes and developments that are taking place in the region," IRNA state news agency on Sunday quoted Iran's ambassador to Syria, Hossein Akbari, as saying.The visit comes against the...
This picture taken on April 29, 2023, shows forest officials transporting 'Arikomban' the wild elephant, at Idukki district in India's Kerala state.
India captures rice-raiding elephant after six killed
Idukki: Indian forest officials have tranquillised and relocated a rice-loving wild tusker elephant that killed at least six people, media reports said.The male elephant -- dubbed Arikomban, or "rice-tusker" -- was infamous for raiding shops for rice and grains in the southern state of Kerala.On Saturday, a team of 150 forest officials caught the elephant, which resisted its captors even after being hit with five tranquilliser shots, the Indian...
His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Kuwait Crown Prince receives Interior Minister
His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace on Sunday First Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister and Acting Defense Minister Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Sabah.
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UK touts 'very successful' Sudan airlift after final flight
London: The UK vowed Sunday to maintain support for Britons trapped in Sudan but said conditions had grown too dangerous to continue evacuation flights.The final Royal Air Force (RAF) flight left the Wadi Saeedna airfield north of Khartoum late on Saturday, four hours behind schedule, taking to 1,888 the number of Britons and their relatives evacuated since Tuesday."The evacuation that we've conducted is the longest and largest evacuation of any...
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Philippine leader travels to US to bolster ties amid China tensions
Manila: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos left Manila on Sunday for a visit to the United States as he seeks to bolster ties with Washington amid growing tensions with China in the disputed South China Sea.Marcos's visit comes as the United States had called on Beijing to stop "provocative and unsafe conduct" in the disputed waterway after a recent near-collision with a Philippine coast guard vessel.Marcos begins his four-day trip with a...
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Gas leak kills 11 in India
Amritsar: A gas leak killed 11 people in India, an official said Sunday, in the latest deadly industrial accident in the vast developing economy of 1.4 billion people.The gas leak happened in Giaspura, an industrial area of Ludhiana in the northern state of Punjab.The official, who asked not to be named, said they had yet to ascertain what kind of gas leaked or the source of the leak."Eleven dead and four in hospital. Rescue operation is on," the...
Sheikha Al-Zain submits credentials as new Kuwaiti Amb. in Washington
Sheikha Al-Zain submits credentials as new Kuwaiti Ambassador in Washington
Washington: Sheikha Al-Zain Al-Sabah submitted her credentials as the new Ambassador of Kuwait to the United States during a meeting with US President Joe Biden, said a statement on Sunday.The Kuwaiti Embassy in the Washington, in a statement obtained by KUNA, indicated that Ambassador Sheikha Al-Zain Al-Sabah conveyed greetings from His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal...
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Armed robbers hit Paris Bulgari jewellery store
Paris: Armed robbers raided the Bulgari luxury jewellery store on the swanky Place Vendome in central Paris in broad daylight Saturday, fleeing with a haul of unknown value, police and prosecutors said.Three people on two motorbikes entered the store in the popular tourist district at around 1:45pm local time (1145 GMT), a police source said, citing preliminary information.The scale of the damage and the loot they got away with is still being...
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Nikki Haley, others struggle to gain 2024 ground on Trump
Laconia: Nine months before the first 2024 US presidential primary, Donald Trump's onetime UN envoy Nikki Haley is barnstorming early-voting New Hampshire, one of several Republicans scrambling to dent the huge poll lead of the nomination front-runner.With Trump's legal setbacks mounting, Americans are bracing for a parade of contenders positioning themselves as more moderate, less bombastic alternatives to the former president taking another...
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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