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Britney Spears asks to end father's guardianship in order to marry
Britney Spears and Sam AsghariBritney Spears has asked a judge to end her father's guardianship at a hearing next week so that she can get married with a prenuptial agreement, a petition filed by her lawyer said Wednesday. The US pop singer, who has described the controversial 13-year arrangement that gives Jamie Spears control of her affairs as "abuse," recently announced her engagement to boyfriend Sam Asghari. Jamie Spears filed a petition...
Billie Eilish performs onstage during the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.—AFP n
Billie Eilish, BTS, Elton John in concert for climate action, vaccines
Billie Eilish performs onstage during the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.—AFPSome of the biggest names in pop, from Billie Eilish to BTS and Elton John, will lend their star power to Global Citizen Live on Saturday for a round-the-world event to raise awareness on climate change, vaccine equality and famine. Concerts staged in New York, Paris, Lagos, Rio, Sydney, Mumbai and more will be broadcast...
US actor Johnny Depp receives the Donostia Award for his career, in the 69th San Sebastian Film Festival in the northern Spanish Basque city of San Sebastian.—AFP n
Johnny Depp says 'no one is safe' from cancel culture
US actor Johnny Depp receives the Donostia Award for his career, in the 69th San Sebastian Film Festival in the northern Spanish Basque city of San Sebastian.—AFPNobody is safe from the "instant rush to judgement" handed out by today's cancel culture, Hollywood star Johnny Depp said Wednesday at a Spanish film festival where he was accepting a lifetime achievement award. Depp, who last year lost a libel case against a British newspaper that...
Viewers wait for the first screening of Somali films at The Somali National Theatre in Mogadishu which has been opened for the first time to public after its inauguration in 2020.—AFP n
'Historic night' as Somalia screens first film in 30 years
Viewers wait for the first screening of Somali films at The Somali National Theatre in Mogadishu which has been opened for the first time to public after its inauguration in 2020. — AFPSomalia hosted its first screening of a movie in three decades under heavy security on Wednesday, as the conflict-ravaged country hopes for a cultural renewal. Built by Chinese engineers as a gift from Mao Zedong in 1967, the National Theatre of Somalia has a...
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Kuwait Times celebrates 60 years since its founding
Yousuf Saleh Al-AlyanOn September 24, 1961, Kuwait Times published its first issue, ushering in a modern era of Kuwait journalism and establishing the first English-language daily in the Arabian Gulf. Kuwait Times was founded by Yousuf Saleh Al-Alyan, who was also president and founding member of the Kuwait Journalists Association.Established just after Kuwait's independence and the start of the country's development renaissance - coupled with a...
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A witness to Kuwait's history in the making
By Jamie Etheridge came to Kuwait in 2004 to serve as the managing editor of Kuwait Times. At that time, there was great optimism here due to the ouster of the Saddam regime in Iraq. Everywhere I went, people predicted that Kuwait would soon flourish like neighboring Dubai, grow a booming economy and open to the world after years under the sword of Damocles posed by its northern neighbor. The period of optimism quickly morphed,...
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Senior Kuwait Times staff look back
I joined Kuwait Times in June 1983 and started working in the computer department to operate the image setter. There were five other colleagues with me of various nationalities. I worked in this department till 1985, then shifted for a few months to the advertising dept. Then I went to the US. I came back to Kuwait in the same year and worked in the reception until the brutal Iraqi invasion in 1990. After the liberation of the country,...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan photosn
Kuwait Amir congratulates Saudi Arabia on National Day
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent a cable of congratulations yesterday to the Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud on his country's National Day. In the cable, His Highness praised the kingdom's blessed development and civil...
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New system links job titles to academic qualifications in Kuwait
KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) added a new section to its website which classifies job titles according to the academic qualifications job holders are required to have. And while the new system only specifies the academic level a job holder must have to be hired for any given job, Al-Qabas Arabic daily reported yesterday quoting informed sources that under the new qualification system, work permits can only be issued or renewed...
IRBIL: Consul General of Kuwait in Irbil Dr Omar Al-Kandari lays the foundation stone of a center for registration of refugees and IDPs in Irbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region, North Iraq, yesterday. - KUNAn
Kuwait finances UNHCR project in Iraq's Irbil
IRBIL: Consul General of Kuwait in Irbil Dr Omar Al-Kandari lays the foundation stone of a center for registration of refugees and IDPs in Irbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region, North Iraq, yesterday. - KUNAIRBIL: Consul General of the State of Kuwait in Irbil Dr Omar Al-Kandari laid yesterday the foundation stone of a center for registration of refugees and IDPs in Irbil Governorate, Kurdistan Region, North Iraq. The project, belonging to the...
NEW YORK: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. - KUNA photosn
Prime minister meets Bangladeshi counterpart
NEW YORK: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. - KUNA photosNEW YORK: His Highness the Amir's Representative, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah met Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on fringes of the UN General Assembly 76th session on Tuesday. The two senior officials discussed bilateral relations and issues of...
NEW YORK: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah participates in the 14th ministerial meeting of the Global Governance Group (3G). - KUNAn
Kuwait Foreign Minister joins 3G meeting
NEW YORK: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah participates in the 14th ministerial meeting of the Global Governance Group (3G). - KUNANEW YORK: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah yesterday participated in the 14th ministerial meeting of the Global Governance Group (3G) at the invitation of Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan....
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