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stc reports KD 213.8m revenue and KD 23.8m net profit for nine months
Dr Mahmoud Ahmad AbdulrahmanKUWAIT: Kuwait Telecommunications Company (stc), a world-class digital leader providing innovative services and platforms to customers, enabling the digital transformation in Kuwait, announced its financial results for the nine-month period ended 30 September 2021. On this occasion, Dr Mahmoud Ahmad Abdulrahman - stc's Chairman, stated: "Driven by the global direction towards digitization and the corporate...
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Archaeologists in Mexico find 1,000-year-old Mayan canoe
A well-preserved Mayan canoe, estimated to be about 1,000 years old, has been found in Mexico during construction work on a major rail link, the country's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) said. A team of INAH underwater archaeologists found the pre-Hispanic vessel between the southern states of Yucatan and Quintana Roo in a cenote-underground rivers that are common in the Yucatan Peninsula and sacred to the Maya people. It...
An aerial view shows the Libyan town of Ghadames, a desert oasis some 650 kilometers (400 miles) southwest of the capital Tripoli, during an organized tour for tourists in the town.—AFP photosn
Libya welcomes back tourists after years of war
An aerial view shows the Libyan town of Ghadames, a desert oasis some 650 kilometers (400 miles) southwest of the capital Tripoli, during an organized tour for tourists in the town.—AFP photosLibya has hosted its first group of foreign tourists in a decade, with an excursion to an oasis town deep in the desert previously off-limits to visitors due to years of war. French traveller Jean-Paul, who first visited Libya more than a decade ago, was...
In this file photo US actor Alec Baldwin attends DreamWorks Animation’s “The Boss Baby: Family Business” premiere at SVA Theatre in New York City.—AFP nn
Baldwin shooting armorer has 'no idea' why live rounds present
In this file photo US actor Alec Baldwin attends DreamWorks Animation’s “The Boss Baby: Family Business” premiere at SVA Theatre in New York City.—AFPThe armorer responsible for weapons on the film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a cinematographer has "no idea" why there were live rounds present, her lawyers said Friday. The statement is the first public comment from 24-year-old Hannah Gutierrez-Reed since Halyna Hutchins' death...
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Thousands mourn south Indian film star Puneeth Rajkumar
Puneeth RajkumarThousands of bereaved cinema fans thronged the streets of Bangalore on Friday after the sudden death of regional Indian film star Puneeth Rajkumar from a heart attack at just 46. The actor, known as "Powerstar" for his action roles in the Kannada-language film industry, was admitted to hospital on Friday morning with chest pains and died shortly afterwards.Prime Minister Narendra Modi led tributes, tweeting that a "cruel twist of...
View of the Magic Castle, in Hollywood, California.—AFP photosn
She-zam! Women show why magic has been missing a trick
View of the Magic Castle, in Hollywood, California.—AFP photosSitting behind a card table in the secretive Magic Castle, Kayla Drescher widens her eyes and nods exasperatedly when asked about being called a "female magician." "Yes, I am very, very sick of being asked what it's like to be a woman in this industry," she says. "'Female magician' feels like I'm being placed in a subcategory of magic... I'm being placed in a metaphorical box, not...
KUWAIT: This file photo shows vehicles driving through rain on a highway in Kuwait. The photo is used for illustration purposes only. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikhn
Kuwait braces for rains after scorching summer
KUWAIT: This file photo shows vehicles driving through rain on a highway in Kuwait. The photo is used for illustration purposes only. - Photo by Fouad Al-ShaikhKUWAIT: After a summer of searing heat and record temperatures, Kuwait is bracing for the arrival of the rainy season. Relevant state bodies have been making preparations for weeks, with memories of the 2018 floods still fresh in many people's minds, when the equivalent of around three...
Kuwait's Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Khaled Saleh Al-Sabah presents a memento to Major General Andrew Roe, Chief Executive and Commandant of the Defense Academy of the United Kingdom.n
Kuwait Army Chief meets UK's Defense Academy Commander
Kuwait's Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Khaled Saleh Al-Sabah presents a memento to Major General Andrew Roe, Chief Executive and Commandant of the Defense Academy of the United Kingdom.KUWAIT: Kuwait's Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Khaled Saleh Al-Sabah discussed yesterday with Major General Andrew Roe, Chief Executive and Commandant of the Defense Academy of the United Kingdom and accompanying delegation joint military...
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Millions of users use KFH Quran App on smart phones
KUWAIT: The Holy Quran application, launched by Kuwait Finance House (KFH) on iOS and Android, stands as an added value that deepens the identity of the organization and contributes to the spread of the holy book of Allah. Also, it provides easy memorization and recitation process of the Holy Quran and highlights the meanings and interpretations of verses. The application has achieved an unprecedented and tremendous demand worldwide. Millions of...
DOHA: Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem and his delegation meets with Speaker of Qatari Shura Council Hassan bin Abdullah Al-Ghanem and several council members. - KUNAn
Kuwait's Speaker holds talks with Qatari counterpart
DOHA: Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem and his delegation meets with Speaker of Qatari Shura Council Hassan bin Abdullah Al-Ghanem and several council members. - KUNADOHA: Kuwait's National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem and his accompanying delegation held yesterday a meeting with Speaker of Qatari Shura Council Hassan bin Abdullah Al-Ghanem and several council members. During the meeting, Ghanem congratulated the Qatari...
KUWAIT: Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah writes a note in the book of condolences at the South Korean Embassy yesterday. - Amiri Diwan photon
Kuwaiti minister offers condolences on Korean ex-president's demise
KUWAIT: Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah writes a note in the book of condolences at the South Korean Embassy yesterday. - Amiri Diwan photoKUWAIT: Minister of Amiri Diwan Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah visited yesterday the South Korean Embassy in Kuwait to convey His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's condolences on the demise of former Korean President...
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Dead girl's mother allegedly used to abuse her children
KUWAIT: The father of the girl whose body was recently found nearly five years after she passed away came forward to police and alleged that the victim's mother used to physically abuse her before the two separated. Kuwait police opened an investigation into the case in which a woman is accused of keeping her daughter's body inside their apartment for five years. The case was first brought to police's attention when a Kuwaiti man told Salmiya...
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This undated imageshows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple) cultured in the laboratory. - AFP
Mpox global health emergency, Kuwait monitoring situation
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VARANASI: Medical students shout slogans and hold posters as they protest the rape and murder of a young medic from Kolkata, in Varanasi on August 15, 2024. -- AFP
Protests sweep India over rape and murder of doctor
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Kuwait Society for Relief’s second relief plane. - KUNA photos
Kuwait sends relief planeload to Sudan
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KUWAIT: People watch pearl diving boats as they arrive at the main beach at the end of the 33rd annual pearl diving festival. Pearl-diving trips are held annually under the patronage of the Kuwaiti Amir in order to keep traditions alive.
Pearl diving trip winds up
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NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honor to mark the country's Independence Day, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2024. -AFP
Modi renews push for common civil code for India