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Amy Winehouse's last concert dress to go under the hammer
A collection of Amy Winehouse dresses and her drum set are displayed at Julien's Auctions in Beverly Hills, California.—AFP photosThe dress that singer Amy Winehouse wore for her final performance was auctioned this weekend in California, as part of a trove of memorabilia from the soul diva's life. Winehouse wore the green and black bamboo print at a concert in Belgrade in 2011. A month later, on July 23, she was dead from acute alcohol...
Online Afghan humor: Laughter as resistance against Taleban
Afghan Hafiz Afzali, 34, sits in front of a computer screen at his home and models 3D characters for his Youtube videos, in Espoo, Finland.—AFP photosWhen a Taleban militant meets Afghan pop star Ayrana Sayeed, he tries to charm her. "If you marry me, I will have a beard and a moustache and tanks. And I will build you a nightclub!" The scene, completely unimaginable in real life with the singer now based in exile after fleeing in the wake of...
Brazil bids shocked goodbye to country star Mendonca
A military firefighter brigade truck carrying the remains of Brazilian singer Marilia Mendonca leads the funeral cortege to the Cementerio Parque Memorial, in Goiania, state of Goias, Brazil.—AFP photosThousands of people flooded the hometown of late Brazilian country music star Marilia Mendonca Saturday to pay an emotional tribute to the beloved singer, a day after she was killed in a plane crash at age 26. Mendonca, a Latin Grammy-winning...
Start me up: Stones superfan jumps as US travel ban ends
Die-hard Rolling Stones fan Elisabeth Zours poses with an autographed LP album of the legendary British rock band, in Berlin.—AFPElisabeth Zours saw her first Rolling Stones show in East Berlin in 1990, just after the fall of the Wall, and nothing was ever quite the same again. Since then, barely a year has passed without the German office manager catching the still spry rockers on stage somewhere in the world-that is, until the pandemic and...
Saad grabs skeet gold in Crown Prince tourney as Olympian Rashidi finishes third
KUWAIT: A group photo of the winners in the men’s and juniors’ competitions with the tournament’s organizers.By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait's Olympic bronze medalist Abdullah Al-Rashidi finished third in the men's skeet competition of HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah shooting tournament which concluded on Saturday. Rashidi, who had won a bronze medal in the same category during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in...
Battle the algorithms: China's delivery riders on the edge
BEIJING: Food delivery drivers for online shopping platform Meituan standing in formation before starting their work along a street in Beijing. - AFPBEIJING: Handing over a piping hot meal at exactly the time promised, Chinese food delivery driver Zhuang Zhenhua triumphantly tapped his job as complete through the Meituan app-and was immediately fined half of his earnings. A glitch meant it inaccurately registered him as being late and he...
Airlines gear up for travel surge as US reopens
LOS ANGELES: A view of the airline ticket counters at the Los Angeles Airport. - AFPNEW YORK: Airline reservations to the United States took off immediately after the White House announced the country would reopen to all vaccinated international voyagers starting next week, compelling a welcome-if challenging-industry pivot. The long-awaited US move to welcome back international travelers-which takes effect Monday-follows 18 months of...
Startups eye post-pandemic 'tele-health' revolution
LISBON: Attendees take part in the Web Summit in Lisbon in this November 3 file photo. - AFPLISBON: From mental health apps to a helmet that can shock a patient's brain remotely, startups at this year's Web Summit are betting on a major shift towards "tele-medicine" as the world emerges from the pandemic. Using technology to treat patients virtually was a major theme at one of the world's largest tech conferences, which returned to Lisbon this...
KIPCO announces a net profit of KD 16.5m for first 9 months of 2021
Faisal Al-AyyarKUWAIT: KIPCO - the Kuwait Projects Company (Holding) - has announced a net profit of KD 16.5 million ($54.7 million) for the first nine months of 2021, an increase of 43 per cent compared to KD 11.5 million ($38.1 million) reported for the same period of 2020, after restatement. For the third quarter (the three months ended September 30, 2021), the company recorded a net profit of KD 13.3 million...
Gulf Bank launches new AJYAL Tech Program for technology enthusiasts
Salma Al-Hajjaj and Hashem BehbehaniKUWAIT: Gulf Bank is launching its new AJYAL Tech program, a comprehensive coding and digital technology learning journey for Kuwaiti youth who have a passion for technology. The bank is currently accepting applications both from within the bank and beyond, and is encouraging all those who have majored in technology fields or who are passionate about technology to apply.The new program is part of Gulf Bank's...
Man City outclass crisis-hit Man Utd
MANCHESTER: Manchester City's Belgian midfielder Kevin De Bruyne makes an attempt during the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Manchester City at Old Trafford yesterday. - AFPLONDON: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is under renewed pressure after Manchester United were outclassed 2-0 by Manchester City yesterday, while Burnley ended Chelsea's winning streak in the Premier League. Eric Bailly's own goal and Bernardo Silva's...
Aussies, England into T20 semis, South Africa out
SHARJAH: England's Dawid Malan plays a shot during the ICC men's Twenty20 World Cup cricket match between England and South Africa at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium yesterday. - AFPDUBAI: Australia booked their Twenty20 World Cup semifinal spot after South Africa failed to limit England to fewer than 131 runs in their Super 12 clash and bowed out yesterday. South Africa posted a challenging 189 for two with Rassie van der Dussen hitting an unbeaten...
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