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British ambassador’s family adopt dog
British Ambassador to Kuwait Belinda Lewis and her husband Anthony Galvin talked on and off for several months before deciding to adopt a dog. Galvin had had a dog before, and so had some understanding of the demands and requirements they have for just basic needs (walking, feeding, playing, bathroom, grooming, sitters during vacation). But the family needed to find out a lot more information about having a dog in Kuwait and traveling...
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Strike-hit German stunt performers train kids during filming freeze
Ten-year-old Nathaniel squeezes his eyes shut, straightens his back and sucks in his breath as he plunges backward from the reinforced steel roof of a stunt car. The stacked blue mats that catch his fall release a loud hiss as two burly men give the blond primary school pupil high-fives for his successful first attempt at being an action hero. While the actors' and writers' strikes in Hollywood freeze up film production around the world, stunt...
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Hollywood strikes sap glamour of Venice Film Festival
Historic Hollywood strikes have robbed the Venice Film Festival of some of its usual glitz as it launched its 80th edition Wednesday, but a raft of big-name—and controversial—directors are keeping the film world buzzing. The world’s longest-running film festival was due to start with “Challengers”, a tennis romance with one of the biggest stars of her generation, Zendaya. But it was replaced at the last minute by an Italian war drama,...
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Kuwait Times and Kuwait News host ‘Fursan Al-Sena’a Program’ students
By Ghadeer GhloumKUWAIT: Kuwait Industries Union organized a visit to Kuwait Times and Kuwait News for its students from the “Fursan Al-Sena’a Program”, in collaboration with LOYAC. The students were welcomed by PR and CSR Manager PR Jana Alnaqeeb. Kuwait Times Deputy Editor-in-Chief Abdullah Boftain, who is also partner and manager of Kuwait News, accompanied the students to print house, which is a hub of creativity, ideas and...
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Crown Prince sponsors celebration marking 70th ‘versary of Kuwait Investment Office in London
LONDON: Under the patronage and presence of HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, an event was held on Tuesday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of the Kuwait Investment Office in London, at Lancaster House in the British capital. HH the Crown Prince arrived at the venue and was warmly welcomed by Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Oil and Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investment Dr Saad...
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KUWAIT-UK TIES HAILED
LONDON: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah paid a visit on Tuesday to British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the Prime Minister's Office in London. HH the Crown Prince conveyed the greetings of HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Sunak expressed his happiness with this visit, stressing the strength of the historical...
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Australian doctors find live parasitic worm in woman’s brain
SYDNEY: A parasitic roundworm typically found in snakes was pulled “alive and wriggling” from a woman’s brain in a stomach-churning medical first, Australian doctors said Tuesday. Baffled doctors performed an MRI scan on the 64-year-old Australian woman after she began suffering memory lapses, noticing an “atypical lesion” at the front of her brain. It was an eight-centimeter roundworm, called Ophidascaris robertsi, which researchers...
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Sudan army chief visits Egypt amid Darfur violence
CAIRO: Sudan’s army chief on Tuesday visited Egypt on his first trip abroad since the outbreak of war in April, with the latest violence killing dozens of civilians in battle-scarred Darfur. As Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan headed for talks with key ally Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, medics and witnesses said 39 civilians were killed, most of them women and children, in shelling of Nyala, Sudan’s second city in South Darfur state where...
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Florida braces for Hurricane Idalia
GAINESVILLE , US: Residents along Florida’s west coast were under orders to evacuate Tuesday ahead of Hurricane Idalia’s arrival, as forecasters said the storm was strengthening over an exceptionally warm Gulf of Mexico and would likely become “extremely dangerous” before landfall. Idalia, which the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said had become a Category 1 hurricane overnight, was churning Tuesday morning hundreds of miles off...
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Australia advance at Basketball World Cup as France salvage pride
OKINAWA: Australia beat Japan to battle into the next round of the Basketball World Cup on Tuesday, while Germany, the Dominican Republic, Lithuania and Canada all advanced with perfect records. Italy, Montenegro and Latvia joined them in the next phase, while France salvaged a measure of pride after their shock early exit with a hard-fought win over Lebanon. Australia needed to beat Japan after their narrow loss to Germany on Sunday and they...
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KSSC celebrates win, qualification of Mudhaf for Olympics
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait Shooting Sport Club (KSSC) celebrated the win of shooter Khaled Al-Mudhaf and his qualification for the Paris 2024 Olympics in the presence of Honorary President of Kuwait Shooting Sport Club Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah, Deputy Director General of Public Authority for Sport Bashar Abdullah, Head of Kuwait Delegation to Paris Olympics Fatima Hayat and Kuwait Shooting Sport Club President Duaij...
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NBA stars rip sprint king Noah Lyles over ‘world champ’ claims
WASHINGTON: American NBA stars ripped world sprint king Noah Lyles on social media for comments saying he is offended when teams declare themselves “world champions” for winning an NBA crown. US sprint star Lyles won the 100- and 200-meter titles and helped the US 4x100 relay capture gold at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest.But Lyles said he is offended when US sports league champions like those in the NBA declare themselves...
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KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Noura Al-Mashaan and a Chinese delegation visit the site of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project on Boubyan Island on Aug 31, 2024. – KUNA
Minister, Chinese delegation visit Mubarak Port
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Fatemah Al-habib, founder of Qesati, hosting the event.
Kuwaiti athlete shares her story of perseverance en route to Olympics
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Guests and dignitaries gather at Marina Hotel to celebrate the 102nd anniversary of Turkey's Victory Day.
Kuwait-Turkey defense partnership bolsters regional peace and security
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Kuwait Times Summer Program students pose for a group photo with Kuwait Times/Kuwait News and Gulf Bank teams. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Gulf Bank and Kuwait Times successfully conclude 3rd edition of Summer Program