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KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem is seen in a group photo on the sidelines of the conference. - KUNA photosn

Kuwaiti lawmaker applauds national diplomacy for serving nation's causes

KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem is seen in a group photo on the sidelines of the conference. - KUNA photosMADRID: Kuwaiti MP Salman Al-Hlailah, currently in Spain taking part in the 143rd Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) conference that began Friday, praised Kuwait's parliamentary diplomacy noting its paramount role for backing the State policies. MP Hlailah, Secretary of the Kuwaiti Parliamentary Caucus, affirmed in remarks...

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser al-Mohammad Al-Sabah (right) meets Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri in Kuwait City on Thursday. - KUNA photosn

Iran official visits Kuwait, UAE ahead of nuke talks

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah (right) meets Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri in Kuwait City on Thursday. - KUNA photosABU DHABI: A senior Iranian official visited Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates last week, state media said, days before he heads for talks with world powers on his country's nuclear program. The visit by Ali Bagheri, Tehran's chief nuclear negotiator, is the first to Gulf...

KUWAIT: Vehicles drive along a highway as Kuwait City's skyline is seen. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

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KUWAIT: Vehicles drive along a highway as Kuwait City's skyline is seen. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool's Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk (second right) celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's fourth goal during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Southampton at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England yesterday. - AFPn

Liverpool rout Saints, Arsenal cruise

LIVERPOOL: Liverpool's Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk (second right) celebrates with teammates after scoring his team's fourth goal during the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Southampton at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England yesterday. - AFPLONDON: Liverpool crushed Southampton 4-0 yesterday to put pressure on Premier League leaders Chelsea, while Arsenal got back on track with a 2-0 win over Newcastle as Eddie...

'From Rwanda to Hollywood': Kigali style goes global

Ysolde Shimwe, co-creator of Uzuri K&Y shoe brand, speaks during an interview at the factory in Kigali. - AFP photosMatthew Rugamba knew his Rwandan fashion label had arrived when Junior Nyong'o, the brother of Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o, attended the world premiere of "Black Panther" in a three-piece suit designed by him. Hours after the glitzy event in Los Angeles, the website for Rugamba's brand House of Tayo exploded as enquiries flooded in...

Photo shows a craniograph and skull measurement at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) during the temporary exhibition 'Human Zoo The age of colonial exhibitions' in Tervuren. - AFP photosn

'Human zoos' were vectors for racism, Belgian exhibition shows

Photo shows a craniograph and skull measurement at the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) during the temporary exhibition 'Human Zoo The age of colonial exhibitions' in Tervuren. - AFP photosIn the late 19th to early 20th centuries, recreated African villages were set up across Europe as amusement parks that served to extol the supposed cultural superiority of colonizing empires. They were also powerful vectors for racist stereotyping, as a...

Bollywood actors and cast members (left to right) Rajat Kapoor, Aahana Kumra, Ayush Mehra, Soni Razdan posing for pictures with director Shaad Ali (top) during the promotion of the Indian drama web series 'Call My Agent: Bollywood' which is based on the French TV series 'Dix Pour Cent', in Mumbai. - AFP n

'Love and hate': Bollywood in spotlight of 'Call My Agent' spinoff

Bollywood actors and cast members (left to right) Rajat Kapoor, Aahana Kumra, Ayush Mehra, Soni Razdan posing for pictures with director Shaad Ali (top) during the promotion of the Indian drama web series 'Call My Agent: Bollywood' which is based on the French TV series 'Dix Pour Cent', in Mumbai. - AFPThe director behind a biting look at India's entertainment industry says the backroom dealings and bold personalities of Bollywood have proven a...

In this file photo, US-born dancer and singer Josephine Baker performs during her show for the Franch-US gala at Versailles Castle, outside Paris. - AFP n

Josephine Baker to be first black woman immortalized in Pantheon

In this file photo, US-born dancer and singer Josephine Baker performs during her show for the French-US gala at Versailles Castle, outside Paris. - AFPJosephine Baker, the French-American dancer, singer and actress who mesmerized France with performances mocking colonialism and later joined the French Resistance, will become the first black woman to be immortalized in France's Pantheon mausoleum Tuesday. Baker will be just the sixth woman to...

ROME: French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi shake hands as they hold a joint press conference after signing the Quirinal Treaty between Italy and France. - AFPnnn

Italy, France sign 'historic' treaty

ROME: French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi shake hands as they hold a joint press conference after signing the Quirinal Treaty between Italy and France. - AFPROME: France and Italy on Friday drew a line under recent tensions and signed a new treaty to formalise their relations, against the background of a European Union in flux. French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi put...

LYON: A patient receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty) COVID-19 vaccine, in the Lyon Gerland vaccination center, yesterday. - AFPnnn

Europe scrambles for COVID control with boosters, jabs for children

LYON: A patient receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty) COVID-19 vaccine, in the Lyon Gerland vaccination center, yesterday. - AFPPARIS: Europe scrambled to regain control over a resurgent coronavirus as governments urged adult boosters and jabs for young children in a sign of growing unease over a pandemic that has killed 1.5 million people on the continent. Berlin, Paris and Lisbon were among capitals weighing tighter COVID...

BISHKEK: A man sits in a car near a campaign poster of candidates in the upcoming parliamentary election in Bishkek. - AFPnn

Kyrgyzstan detains 15 in 'coup plot' before vote

BISHKEK: A man sits in a car near a campaign poster of candidates in the upcoming parliamentary election in Bishkek. - AFPBISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan: Security services in Kyrgyzstan said Friday they had arrested 15 people in connection with an alleged coup plot as tensions build ahead of parliamentary elections this weekend. The poor, mountainous nation of 6.5 million people has seen repeated political chaos since gaining independence with the collapse...

JOHANNESBURG: Travellers queue at a check-in counter at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg yesterday, after several countries banned flights from South Africa following the discovery of a new COVID-19 variant Omicron. - AFPnn

South Africa calls travel bans 'draconian and unjustified'

JOHANNESBURG: Travellers queue at a check-in counter at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg yesterday, after several countries banned flights from South Africa following the discovery of a new COVID-19 variant Omicron. - AFPJOHANNESBURG: South Africa's health ministry on Friday attacked a global rush to impose travel bans to slow the spread of a new COVID variant as "draconian," unscientific and contrary to WHO advice. The new strain,...

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EL KFOUR: Lebanon: People inspect the damage to a building after a Zionist airstrike in the southern town of Kfour, in the Nabatiyeh district, on August 17, 2024, amid the ongoing cross-border clashes between Zionist troops and Hezbollah fighters. – AFP

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KUWAIT: His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Dr Imad Mohamed Al-Ateeqi (center) is greeted by Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (second right) and other officials. — KUNA

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VIENNA: Ambassador to Austria in Vienna Talal Al-Fassam is seen during his visit to the Austrian company. — KUNA

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