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Arsenal regain top spot as Man City stumble in title race
London: Arsenal regained pole position in the Premier League title race on Saturday as the Gunners fought back for a thrilling 4-2 victory at Aston Villa, while Manchester City were held to a damaging 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest.Just three days after surrendering first place with a 3-1 defeat against City, Arsenal bounced back in impressive style to move two points clear of the champions.With just minutes left at Villa Park, Mikel Arteta's side...
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UK pledges to provide Ukraine with long-range missiles
Munich: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged on Saturday to provide long-range weapons to Ukraine and to double the military support his country provides to the Kiev government.Sunak said in a speech during the 59th session of the Munich Security Conference that the time has come to "double military support to Ukraine so that it can defend its cities against Russian bombs and Iranian drones." The British official pledged that the government...
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Iranian TV says forced to quit London after regime threats
London: The independent network Iran International TV said Saturday it had been forced on UK police advice to shut down its London studios, after a "significant escalation in state-backed threats from Iran"."I cannot believe it has come to this," said the network's general manager, Mahmood Enayat, adding that 24-hour broadcasts were continuing from the station's offices in Washington."A foreign state has caused such a significant threat to the...
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China blasts US over 'hysterical' balloon claim
Munich: China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday blasted the US reaction to what Washington has called a Chinese spy balloon as "hysterical and absurd", in uncharacteristically strong remarks against the top Western power.Addressing a gathering of world leaders at the Munich Security Conference, Wang said President Joe Biden's administration has a "misguided" perception of Beijing.And he accused the United States of trying to "smear" the Asian...
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N. Korea ballistic missile appears to have landed in Japan's EEZ: PM
Tokyo: A suspected ballistic missile fired from North Korea on Saturday is believed to have landed within Japan's exclusive economic zone, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said."It appears the ballistic missile fired by North Korea landed within Japan's EEZ, west of Hokkaido," Kishida told reporters, after a Japanese defence official said the missile was expected to land around 200 kilometres (125 miles) west of Oshima island in northern...
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Zain Kuwait, ZainTech, and Microsoft collaborate to launch the National Cloud Initiative, empowering organizations in the country
Kuwait: Zain Kuwait, the leading digital service provider in the country, and ZainTech, the one-stop digital and ICT solutions powerhouse of Zain Group, announce a joint collaboration initiative with Microsoft to introduce a national cloud offering for public and private sectors in the country.All three entities have impressive cloud offerings regionally, and this latest alliance will see the development of a cloud environment combining...
Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell
Kuwait FM meets European top diplomats in Munich
Munich: Kuwait Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah met High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell on Friday on the sidelines of the 59th Munich Security Conference (MSC-2023).During the meeting, Sheikh Salem explained the stance of Kuwait on the issue of Schengen visa waiver for Kuwaiti nationals.Borrell, also Vice-President of the European Commission, showed understanding...
BILLINGS, Montana: This handout photo taken on Feb 1, 2023 and released on Feb 2 shows a suspected Chinese spy balloon in the sky over the US. - AFP
US ends search for debris from downed Chinese balloon
Washington: The United States has completed the search for debris from an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon it shot down earlier this month, the military's Northern Command said Friday."Recovery operations concluded February 16 off the coast of South Carolina, after US Navy assets assigned to US Northern Command successfully located and retrieved debris from the high-altitude PRC surveillance balloon," NORTHCOM said in a statement, referring...
Kuwaiti Ambassador to Germany Najeeb Al-Bader
Kuwait keen to attend Munich Security Conf.
Berlin: Kuwaiti Ambassador to Germany Najeeb Al-Bader said on Friday his country is keen on participating in Munich Security Conference 2023, which is due later today and lasts until Sunday.Speaking to KUNA, he said inviting the State of Kuwait to join the gathering reflects the international appreciation of its prominent role in international political, security and humanitarian causes.He added that a high-level Kuwaiti delegation, led by...
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UK accepts post-Brexit EU settlement scheme partly unlawful
London: Britain said on Thursday it would not appeal against a court ruling that parts of a Brexit scheme to protect the status of millions of Europeans living in the country is unlawful.Under the government's "EU Settlement Scheme", some five million Europeans have been granted temporary (pre-settled) or permanent (settled) status.But critics argue the policy is incompatible with the UK's Brexit deal with the European Union because it will...
Representatives of Palestinian universities that benefit from Kuwaiti initiative
Palestinian cmte: Kuwaiti charity covers loans of 770 Gazan students
Gaza: Kuwait's Bayt Al-Zakat (Alms House) Charity had covered loans of some 770-university students in the Gaza Strip, said a Palestinian charitable committee on Thursday.Al-Daraj Zakat committee's head Abdulqader Abu-Annour told KUNA that the project -- to cover the loan instalments for the students -- began this week and it was supervised by Kuwait's Society for Relief and representatives of several universities in the Gaza Strip.This current...
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Kuwait operettas ... beautiful musical form for nat'l celebrations
Kuwait: Researchers in Kuwaiti singing heritage said the national operetta genre is a prominent part of the country's national heritage that people of all ages remember and love.In a statement to KUNA on Thursday, researcher Saleh Al-Ghareeb said the word operetta is a smaller version of the word opera. It refers to a short musical play that includes dancing, he said.National operettas were launched in Kuwait in 1972, when maestro Saeed Al-Banna...
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ARBIL: A member of the population and housing department conducts a census in the capital of Iraq's autonomous northern Kurdish region on Nov 20, 2024. - AFP
Iraq’s population tops 45m in first census in 37 yrs
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MANAMA: Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Abdullah Al-Yahya delivers a letter to His Highness the Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Bahrain Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa.
Foreign Minister delivers GCC summit invitation to Bahrain’s King
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MANILA: Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos stands beside Vice President Sara Duterte (left) at the House of Representatives in Quezon City in this July 25, 2022 photo. - AFP
Marcos vows to fight back after Duterte threat
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Kuwaiti entrepreneurs participating in the ZGI program pose for a photo behind the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
Zain in Silicon Valley: Empowering Kuwaiti entrepreneurs to embrace the AI future
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Shop owner Ali Fakhro poses for a photo behind his counter at his Abu Khaled Sweets oriental pastry shop.
Germany goes nuts for viral pistachio chocolate