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KUWAIT: Large screens displaying information about Kuwait in the country's pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. - KUNA photosnnnnn
Kuwait's Pavilion Expo 2020, extraordinary display of heritage
KUWAIT: Large screens displaying information about Kuwait in the country's pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai. - KUNA photosDUBAI: Kuwait's pavilion in Expo 2020 Dubai is an extraordinary representation of the Kuwaiti culture as it is abound with informative displays and enthralling exhibits. Kuwait chose its pavilion to take place in the sustainability sector and dubbed it 'New Kuwait .. New Opportunities for Sustainability' to reflect its commitment...
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GCC pavilions cultural ambassadors to the world
Kuwait's pavilion.DUBAI: Gulf countries, through their pavilions at Expo 2020 Dubai, act as cultural ambassadors to the world during this global exhibition that brings people closer together.UAE's pavilion. Saudi Arabia's pavilion. Qatar's pavilion. The GCC pavilions introduced their cultures, heritages and civilizations to those attending this prestigious event. The expo allocated additional special spaces for Gulf countries to highlight their...
KUWAIT: An optics specialist conducts a check as part of the campaign.nn
KRCS distributes eyewear to families in need
KUWAIT: An eye specialist conducts a check as part of the campaign.KUWAIT: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) announced yesterday the distribution of eyewear to families in need. This initiative came on the World Sight Day (WSD) celebrated annually on October 10. KRCS, in cooperation with optics companies, distributed the medical optics to 100 individuals, Deputy Chairman Anwar Al-Hassawi said. "We should spread awareness in the society on the...
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Squid Game: South Korea's latest cultural phenomenon
Handout images courtesy of Netflix show scenes from South Korea's "Squid Game". - AFP photosA dystopian vision of a polarized society, Netflix smash hit "Squid Game" blends a tight plot, social allegory and uncompromising violence to create the latest South Korean cultural phenomenon to go global. It features South Korea's most marginalized, including the deeply in debt, a migrant worker and a North Korean defector, competing in traditional...
ISTANBUL: Winner Mercedes' Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas (right) celebrates next to second-placed Red Bull's Dutch driver Max Verstappen during the podium ceremony after the Formula One Grand Prix of Turkey at the Intercity Istanbul Park in Istanbul yesterday. - AFPn
Bottas wins Turkish Grand Prix
ISTANBUL: Winner Mercedes' Finnish driver Valtteri Bottas celebrates next to second-placed Red Bull's Dutch driver Max Verstappen during the podium ceremony after the Formula One Grand Prix of Turkey at the Intercity Istanbul Park in Istanbul yesterday. - AFP photosISTANBUL: Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas claimed his first chequered flag of the season to win the Turkish Grand Prix yesterday as Max Verstappen reclaimed the lead in the title...
TURIN: Giorgio Chiellini (right) celebrates with teammates at the end of the UEFA Nations League third place football match between Italy and Belgium, at the Juventus Stadium, in Turin, yesterday. – AFPn
Italy beat Belgium to finish third in Nations League
TURIN: Giorgio Chiellini (right) celebrates with teammates at the end of the UEFA Nations League third place football match between Italy and Belgium, at the Juventus Stadium, in Turin, yesterday. – AFPTURIN: Italy claimed third place in the Nations League yesterday after beating Belgium 2-1 to bounce back from their world record unbeaten run being brought to an end. A superb volley from Nicolo Barella just after half-time and Domenico...
LAS VEGAS: Deontay Wilder (right) is knocked out by Tyson Fury in the 11th round during their WBC heavyweight title fight at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada. - AFPn
Fury knocks out Wilder to retain WBC crown in heavyweight classic
LAS VEGAS: Deontay Wilder (right) is knocked out by Tyson Fury in the 11th round during their WBC heavyweight title fight at T-Mobile Arena on Saturday in Las Vegas, Nevada. - AFPLAS VEGAS: Tyson Fury retained his WBC heavyweight crown on Saturday with a spectacular 11th-round knockout of Deontay Wilder as their trilogy fight delivered a boxing classic. In an epic battle in front of 15,820 fans at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, both fighters...
KUWAIT: A picture of taken by photographer Christina Monachan (Instagram: @heavenlyhuesbychristy) on October 9, 2021 shows the sunset as seen from the Marina Crescent.nn(To have your picture featured in the Kuwait Times' 'Photo of the Day' section, please send your horizontal, high resolution and unedited photos to local@kuwaittimes.com, along with the full name and Instagram account, in addition to a description showing the picture's location and date taken)nn
Photo of the Day
KUWAIT: A picture taken by photographer Christina Monachan (Instagram: @heavenlyhuesbychristy) on October 9, 2021 shows the sunset as seen from the Marina Crescent.
SEAHAM, UK: Coal dust is washed up on the beach at Seaham Harbor in Seaham, northeast England.-AFPnnn
Green energy springs from abandoned UK coalmine
SEAHAM, UK: Coal dust is washed up on the beach at Seaham Harbor in Seaham, northeast England.-AFPSEAHAM, UK: Dawdon coalmine in northeast England was abandoned three decades ago, but is being brought back to life as the unlikely setting for a green energy revolution. The carbon-intensive colliery, near the town of Seaham on the windswept northeast English coast, hauled coal from deep underground until its closure in 1991. Dawdon has long since...
WASHINGTON: In this file photo, International Monetary Funds (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva pauses while speaking about gender equality during the IMF and World Bank Fall Meetings in Washington, DC. -- AFPnn
IMF board to hear from law firm accusing Georgieva of misconduct
WASHINGTON: In this file photo, International Monetary Funds (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva pauses while speaking about gender equality during the IMF and World Bank Fall Meetings in Washington, DC. - AFPWASHINGTON: The IMF executive board will hear from a law firm whose investigators concluded that managing director Kristalina Georgieva manipulated data in favor of China while she held a senior role at the World Bank, a source...
MUMBAI: An Air India aircraft is pictured at a terminal of the airport in Mumbai on Saturday as the Indian government has agreed to sell the heavily-indebted Air India to the Tata conglomerate for 180 billion rupees ($2.4 billion).—AFPnn
Tata's deal marks end of a lengthy bid to privatize Air India
MUMBAI: An Air India aircraft is pictured at a terminal of the airport in Mumbai on Saturday as the Indian government has agreed to sell the heavily-indebted Air India to the Tata conglomerate for 180 billion rupees ($2.4 billion).—AFPMUMBAI: Indian giant Tata is buying back Air India, 89 years after founding it as Tata Air and half a century following its nationalization. The 180-billion-rupee ($2.4-billion) deal marks the end of a lengthy...
Zanzibar-born author Abdulrazak Gurnah poses for a photo call prior to attending a press conference, after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, in London on Oct 8, 2021. – AFP n
Nobel-winning writer Gurnah vows to keep talking migration
Zanzibar-born author Abdulrazak Gurnah poses for a photo call prior to attending a press conference, after he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, in London on Oct 8, 2021. – AFPNobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah on Friday pledged to keep speaking out on migration and other hotly-contested issues, branding Brexit "a mistake" and European governments' policies "inhumane". The 72-year-old novelist, whose decades-spanning body of work is...