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GENEVA: The UN's World Meteorological Organization said that continued rising greenhouse gas emissions would result in more extreme weather and wide-ranging impacts on the environment, the economy and humanity.n

Greenhouse gas levels reach new record high: UN

GENEVA: The UN's World Meteorological Organization said that continued rising greenhouse gas emissions would result in more extreme weather and wide-ranging impacts on the environment, the economy and humanity.GENEVA: Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached record levels last year, the United Nations said yesterday in a stark warning ahead of the COP26 summit about worsening global warming. The UN's World Meteorological...

Jassim Mustafa Boodain

Gulf Bank records KD 27.5 million in net profit for first 9 months of 2021

Jassim Mustafa BoodaiKUWAIT: Gulf Bank K.S.C.P. has announced its financial results for the first nine months of 2021. The bank recorded a net profit of KD 27.5 million for the nine months ended 30 September 2021, an increase of 50 percent compared to a net profit of KD 18.4 million for the prior period. The bank recorded an operating income of KD 125.5 million for the nine months ended September 2021, an increase of 8 percent compared to the...

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ABK gains strong momentum with a net profit of KD 21.1m

George RichaniKUWAIT: Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait (ABK) reported a net profit of KD 21.1 million for the nine month period ended 30th September 2021 against a net loss of KD 7.9 million incurred in the corresponding period in 2020. EPS was at 9 fils compared to loss per share of 9 fils in 2020. Operating Income for the current period was KD 116.4 million, up 13 percent over the same period last year, while operating profits increased to KD 62...

HOUSTON: The Houston Astros celebrate after defeating the Boston Red Sox 5-0 in Game Six of the American League Championship Series to advance to the World Series at Minute Maid Park on Friday in Houston, Texas. - AFPn

Astros seek redemption with World Series win over Braves

HOUSTON: The Houston Astros celebrate after defeating the Boston Red Sox 5-0 in Game Six of the American League Championship Series to advance to the World Series at Minute Maid Park on Friday in Houston, Texas. - AFPWASHINGTON: With a cheating scandal tainting their 2017 baseball crown, the Houston Astros seek a measure of redemption when they face the Atlanta Braves in the 117th World Series starting today. The host Astros will send Dominican...

DOHA: The match between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in action during the final Asian qualifiers for the world cricket championship yesterday. - KUNAn

Kuwait loses to Saudi in Asian cricket qualifiers

DOHA: The match between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in action during the final Asian qualifiers for the world cricket championship yesterday. - KUNADOHA: Kuwait's National Cricket team lost to its Saudi counterpart yesterday in ICC Men's T20 world cup Asian qualifier match. Kuwait scored 146-8 in twenty overs, while Saudi team scored 149-6 with six balls remaining yesterday.The match was quite thrilling and competitive as the two teams were...

BEIJING: This picture shows a general view of the Yanqing National Sliding Center during the IBSF Bobsleigh Int'l Sanctioned Race, part of a 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games test event in Beijing yesterday. - AFPn

China battles new COVID outbreak with eye on Winter Olympics

BEIJING: This picture shows a general view of the Yanqing National Sliding Center during the IBSF Bobsleigh Int'l Sanctioned Race, part of a 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games test event in Beijing yesterday. - AFPBEIJING: Tens of thousands of people in northern China were under strict stay-at-home orders yesterday as authorities sought to stamp out a growing COVID outbreak in the run-up to the Beijing Winter Olympics. Officials in the Chinese...

DUBAI: Pakistan's team captain Babar Azam (center) and his teammate Mohammad Rizwan (left) react following their victory as India's captain Virat Kohli looks on during the ICC men's Twenty20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Sunday. - AFPn

Proud to have made history against India: Pakistani captain Babar

DUBAI: Pakistan's team captain Babar Azam (center) and his teammate Mohammad Rizwan (left) react following their victory as India's captain Virat Kohli looks on during the ICC men's Twenty20 World Cup cricket match between India and Pakistan at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Sunday. - AFPDUBAI: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam yesterday said he and his players were 'proud' to have made history by beating India for the first time...

Moin (left) and Mustapha Abu Hassira display Fresh fish at Roma fish restaurant owned by the Abu Hassira family in Gaza City.-AFP photos n

Gaza fish restaurants thrive far from the foodie trail

Moin (left) and Mustapha Abu Hassira display Fresh fish at Roma fish restaurant owned by the Abu Hassira family in Gaza City.-AFP photosThe Gaza Strip might be off-limits for foreign foodies but the coastal Palestinian enclave is brimming with seafood restaurants, many owned by one local family whose culinary hook is their matriarch's spicy fish tajine. Munir Abu Hasira arrives at the Gaza port's fish market at daybreak, but holds back as...

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Michael Jordan sneakers sell for nearly $1.5 million, an auction record

A pair of sneakers worn by NBA superstar Michael Jordan early in his career sold for nearly $1.5 million on Sunday, setting a record price at auction for game-worn footwear, Sotheby's said. The white leather shoes with the red Nike swoosh and soles were worn by the iconic player in the fifth game of his rookie season with the Chicago Bulls, when Nike's Jordan-affiliated brand was only just taking off as a sensation both on and off the court."The...

A girl pays respects near a photo of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was accidentally killed by a prop gun fired by actor Alec Baldwin, at a memorial table during a candlelight vigil in her memory in Burbank, California.—AFP photosn

Hollywood gathers for Baldwin shooting victim vigil

A girl pays respects near a photo of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was accidentally killed by a prop gun fired by actor Alec Baldwin, at a memorial table during a candlelight vigil in her memory in Burbank, California.—AFP photosShell-shocked friends and colleagues of Halyna Hutchins gathered Sunday to pay tribute to the cinematographer who was killed when Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a movie set. Anguish and anger were on display...

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'Friends' actor James Michael Tyler dies

In this file photo actor James Michael Tyler attends the Central Perk Pop-Up Celebrating The 20th Anniversary Of "Friends" in New York City.—AFPActor James Michael Tyler who played coffee shop manager Gunther on the hit sitcom "Friends" died Sunday at age 59, US media reported. Tyler died at his home in Los Angeles after battling prostate cancer that he was first diagnosed with in 2018, according to a representative."The world knew him as...

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'Dune,' on big and little screens, tops N America box office

New sci-fi thriller "Dune," a classic that almost demanded big-screen treatment, topped the North American box office this weekend with a take estimated at $40.1 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. Yet that solid three-day showing for Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of the Frank Herbert opus came even as studio Warner Bros. released the film simultaneously for small-screen streaming via HBO Max, an increasingly common...

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BAGRAM: Taleban military vehicles parade to celebrate the third anniversary of their takeover of Afghanistan at Bagram Air Base on Aug 14, 2024. - AFP

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KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah preside over a Cabinet weekly meeting on Tuesday at Bayan Palace. - KUNA

Cabinet mourns Sheikh Salem Al-Ali

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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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You are what you eat: Connection between diet and body odor