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Musk restores some suspended Twitter accounts of journalists

San Francisco: Elon Musk has reinstated the Twitter accounts of several journalists who were suspended after he accused them of endangering his family, with some of those targeted tweeting Saturday they were back on the platform.Musk had drawn anger and warnings from the EU and United Nations after suspending the accounts of more than half a dozen prominent journalists from the New York Times, CNN and the Washington Post."The people have spoken....

Kuwait's racer Abdullah Al-Fadhel becomes world champion in Thailand Jet Ski Championship

Kuwait's Al-Fadhel becomes world champion in Thailand Jet Ski Championship

Kuwait: Kuwait's racer Abdullah Al-Fadhel was crowned world champion in Thailand Jet Ski Championship's PRO-Stock category as part of the third phase of the event supervised by the International Jet Sports Boating Association (IJSBA).In a statement on Saturday, Al-Fadhel expressed his utmost delight at winning the biggest title during his sports career.He added that the competition in which he also achieved the fourth place cup was strong,...

Activists from Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) shout slogans as they burn an effigy of Pakistani foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's over his remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during a demonstration in Amritsar on December 17, 2022.

India ruling party members burn effigies of Pakistan foreign minister

Bhubaneswar: Members of India's ruling party set fire to effigies of Pakistan's foreign minister on Saturday, following a war of words between the rival South Asian rivals at the United Nations.The nuclear-armed neighbours have had poisoned relations and fought several wars since independence from Britain 75 years ago.This week at the UN in New York, Indian Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar told Pakistan to "try to be (a) good neighbour", calling...

Ambassador Nawaf Al Enezi presents his credentials to the President of the European Council Charels Michel

Kuwait Amb. presents his credentials to Pres. of the European Council

Brussels"Kuwait's new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the European Union Nawaf Al-Enezi presented, on Friday evening, his credentials to the President of the European Union Charles Michel.Al-Enezi conveyed the greetings of His Highness the Amir and His Highness the Crown Prince, Kuwait Mission to the EU said in a statement received by KUNA.Ambassador Al-Enezi expressed his aspiration to work with the European side to strengthen...

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Teacher jailed in UK for stoking Zimbabwe violence

London: A teacher who encouraged the overthrow of Zimbabwe's government was jailed for four years on Friday under UK counter-terrorism laws.William Chinyanga, 52, live-streamed a series of speeches on his Facebook page in protest at the ZANU-PF government in early December 2019.He urged his audience to bomb petrol stations and fuel tankers, blow up bridges, torch police vehicles and attack security forces.The videos were reported to UK...

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Climate change fuelling cholera surge: WHO

Geneva: Climate change is fuelling a global cholera upsurge, the WHO said Friday, warning the situation was compounded by vaccine shortages and will only worsen unless it is stamped out soon.The World Health Organization is responding to cholera outbreaks in 29 countries, including Haiti, which has more than 1,200 confirmed cases, more than 14,000 suspected cases and more than 280 reported deaths.This week, Haiti received almost 1.2 million doses...

Death Stranding

Hit video game 'Death Stranding' to be made into movie

Tokyo: The acclaimed action game "Death Stranding" will be adapted for the silver screen, according to its Japanese creator Hideo Kojima, who will co-produce the film through his company.Kojima called the decision "a pivotal moment for the franchise" in a statement, three years after the video game's much-hyped 2019 release.US film production company Hammerstone Studios will make the film in tandem with Kojima Productions, which on Friday tweeted...

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Irish UN peacekeeper shot dead in south Lebanon

Aqibya: An Irish soldier of the UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon near the Israeli border was killed and three wounded after their convoy came under fire, Irish officials said Thursday.Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said he was "deeply shocked and very saddened" by the loss of life.The UN peacekeeping force UNIFIL said the "incident" happened near the village of Al-Aqbiya, just outside the force's area of operations in a strip along...

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Bank of England lifts interest rate to 14-year high

London: The Bank of England on Thursday hiked its interest rate by half a point to 3.5 percent, the highest level in 14 years, in a bid to cool sky-high inflation.The increase was the BoE's ninth in a row, while the amount matches a hike Wednesday by the Federal Reserve. The European Central Bank announces its latest rate decision at 1315 GMT."The labour market remains tight and there has been evidence of inflationary pressures in domestic prices...

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Shallow 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolts Taiwan

Taipei: A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan's eastern coast on Thursday and was followed by multiple lighter aftershocks, the island's weather bureau said, with shaking felt in the capital Taipei.The quake hit just after midday (0400 GMT) about 30 kilometres (19 miles) off the coast of Hualien County at a shallow depth of six kilometres.The US Geological Survey reported a lower 5.9-magnitude reading and a depth of 12 kilometres.The...

Electronic media professor at Kuwait University Dr. Mohammad Al-Otaibi

Kuwaiti academic: Media campaigns instrumental in countering drug addiction

Kuwait: Electronic media professor at Kuwait University Dr. Mohammad Al-Otaibi underlined role of media campaigns in raising awareness towards drug abuse, especially campaigns targeting social media platforms as they are the most widespread, reaching a wider segment of the youth.Al-Otaibi, interviewed by Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), said that campaigns whether on social media platforms, billboards on roads, on TV and radio channels or newspapers,...

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France beat Morocco 2-0 to set up World Cup final against Argentina

Doha: France beat Morocco 2-0 on Wednesday to set up a World Cup final showdown against Argentina and Lionel Messi.Theo Hernandez put the defending champions ahead in the fifth minute after Morocco failed to clear their lines and substitute Randal Kolo Muani doubled their lead in the 79th minute.

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BEIRUT: Lebanese Uber driver Hussein Khalil shows his GPS jammed geolocation as Gaza's southern city of Rafah, as he sits in his vehicle in Beirut's Hamra Street on June 11, 2024.- AFP

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NAVI MUMBAI, India: Billionaire tycoon Mukesh Ambani (front third left) along with his family attends a mass wedding ceremony at Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai on July 2, 2024. -- AFP

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