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TRIPOLI: Children study by the light of candlesticks at night in a flat in Libya's capital Tripoli. - AFPn
War-weary Libyans yearn for end to daily blackouts
TRIPOLI: Children study by the light of candlesticks at night in a flat in Libya's capital Tripoli. - AFPTRIPOLI: Walk down any commercial street in the Libyan capital Tripoli and the pavements will be lined with generators ready to spring into action whenever the mains electricity supply cuts out. In the decade since the NATO-backed overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, repeated outbreaks of fighting have caused heavy damage to the power distribution...
MOSUL, Iraq: A shopkeeper sits at wholesale foodstuffs store at the Cornish shopping street in Iraq's second city of Mosul, in the northern Nineveh province. - AFPn
Iraq's Mosul struggles to rebuild without funds
MOSUL, Iraq: A shopkeeper sits at wholesale foodstuffs store at the Cornish shopping street in Iraq's second city of Mosul, in the northern Nineveh province. - AFPMOSUL: Iraqi shopkeeper Ahmad Riad is busy again serving customers at a Mosul market four years after the city was destroyed in battles against jihadists, but he still awaits war reparations. "Life has gradually resumed," said Riad, who runs a shop selling rice, pasta and tins of...
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Twitch video gamers rise up against 'hate raids'
NEW YORK: This picture courtesy of @chonkikage shows a self portrait of video game streamer Chonki in New York on August 26, 2021. Chonki has been one the victims of the phenomenon of "hate raids" -- barrages of racist, sexist and homophobic abuse. - AFPSAN FRANCISCO: Night after night, video game streamer RekItRaven watches as their feed is inundated with abusive messages. Hate raided, yet again. In recent months the phenomenon of "hate raids"...
In this picture Harry Hakuei Kosato, Director Kikkoman India Private Limited, poses with a bottle of Kikkoman Soy Sauce in Mumbai.-AFP photosn
Japanese giant wants soy sauce to be the 'ketchup of India'
In this picture Harry Hakuei Kosato, Director Kikkoman India Private Limited, poses with a bottle of Kikkoman Soy Sauce in Mumbai.-AFP photosEvery dish tastes better with a dash of soy sauce, even dessert: that's the ambitious pitch of Japanese food giant Kikkoman, hoping to persuade Indians to use it in curries, sweets and everything in between. Convincing 1.3 billion people to add a staple of East Asian cuisine to their butter chicken and...
British film actor Michael Caine is handed the Crystal Globe Award for the Outstanding Artistic Contribution to the World of Cinema by the president of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Jiri Bartoska, during the opening of the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) in Karlovy Vary.-AFP photosn
Serbian film wins top prize at Czech festival
British film actor Michael Caine is handed the Crystal Globe Award for the Outstanding Artistic Contribution to the World of Cinema by the president of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Jiri Bartoska, during the opening of the 55th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) in Karlovy Vary.-AFP photos'As Far As I Can Walk', a film by Serbian director Stefan Arsenjevic, won the Crystal Globe award at the Karlovy Vary Film...
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The many takes on Princess Di
Testament to the bottomless public appetite for the British royals and their most tragic figure, no less than three new portrayals of Princess Diana are on the way in the coming months. "The Crown" returns to Netflix next year to cover her final terrible years, while a Broadway musical about the princess opens in November. Before all that, Kristen Stewart will take on the role that has made and broken careers in "Spencer", which premieres at the...
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West proceeding with divorce
Kim Kardashian West and Kanye WestKim Kardashian West and Kanye West are not calling off their divorce. The 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' star surprised fans at Kanye's listening party for his new album 'DONDA' when she appeared in a white wedding gown and recreated her marriage to the rapper, but sources insist it was all for show and not part of a renewal of vows or the pair rekindling their romance. A source told People magazine: "They...
TOKYO: Brazil's Maciel Santos (center) competes with South Korea's Lee Yong-jin (not pictured) in the boccia individual BC2 class during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on Saturday. - AFPn
Afghan Paralympians in tears while Brits light up Super Sunday
TOKYO: Australia's Lauren Parker (top) and Kendall Gretsch of the USA race to the finish line in the women's triathlon PTWC at Odaiba Marine Park during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Afghanistan's athletes were in tears when they finally arrived at the Tokyo Paralympics, officials said, as Britain's wheelchair rugby team won one of 63 golds up for grabs on Super Sunday. Afghanistan's Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain...
TOKYO: Brazil's Maciel Santos (center) competes with South Korea's Lee Yong-jin (not pictured) in the boccia individual BC2 class during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on Saturday. – AFPn
No game for old men: The precision art of Paralympic boccia
TOKYO: Brazil's Maciel Santos (center) competes with South Korea's Lee Yong-jin (not pictured) in the boccia individual BC2 class during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games at Ariake Gymnastics Centre in Tokyo on Saturday. – AFPTOKYO: Boccia sounds remarkably simple. Throw one or more of six colored balls closer to a white target ball, or jack, than your opponent. Simple? Think again. This sport is a combination of chess, snooker and bowls where...
LIVERPOOL: Chelsea's German head coach Thomas Tuchel (left) speaks with Chelsea's French-born Senegalese goalkeeper Edouard Mendy (right) after the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on Saturday. – AFPn
Tuchel praises 10-man Chelsea's response as 'world turned upside down' at Liverpool
LIVERPOOL: Chelsea's German head coach Thomas Tuchel (left) speaks with Chelsea's French-born Senegalese goalkeeper Edouard Mendy (right) after the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on Saturday. – AFPLIVERPOOL: Thomas Tuchel believes Chelsea showed the resilience that can make them Premier League champions in frustrating Liverpool for 45 minutes with a man down in a...
BAGHDAD: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (left) appears in a group photo taken on the sidelines of the Baghdad Conference for Partnership and Cooperation in Baghdad yesterday. - KUNAn
No regional stability without stable Iraq: Kuwait's Premier
BAGHDAD: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (left) appears in a group photo taken on the sidelines of the Baghdad Conference for Partnership and Cooperation in Baghdad yesterday. - KUNABAGHDAD: The region can never witness stability as long as Iraq remains unstable, Kuwait's Prime Minister said, noting that support for Iraq would entail bolstering its sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity,...
KUWAIT: This file photo shows a dust storm in Kuwait. - KUNAnnn
Climate change reality necessitates urgent national, global response
KUWAIT: This file photo shows a dust storm in Kuwait. - KUNAKUWAIT: Record heatwaves in the US, Canada, Russia and some European countries, wildfires in nations like Greece, Turkey, and Lebanon, as well as rising sea levels in regions like East Antarctica all point to a common perpetrator: climate change. What used to sound like a problem for future generations is occurring right here and now and according to international organizations, such as...
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MoI: No transactions without biometrics
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Sheikh Salem Al-Ali passes away
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Iran rejects calls to ‘stand down’
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GAZA: People inspect the damage in Gaza City's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood following Zionist bombardment on August 11, 2024. — AFP
US orders nuclear submarine to Mideast
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Kuwait mourns Al-Sabah Family patriarch, KNG Chief Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah