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Eminem joins cast of 50 Cent's new drama
Eminem and 50 CentEminem has joined the cast of 50 Cent's upcoming new drama. The 'Lose Yourself' rapper will play FBI informant Rick Wershe - also known as White Boy Rick - in the Starz series 'BMF' (Black Mafia Family), which follows the real-life story of brothers Demetrius 'Big Meech' Flenory and Terry 'Southwest T' Flenory. In a statement, 50 Cent said: "I'm honored and appreciative of my good friend Em for supporting my new show 'BMF'."We...
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Singers in the dark: Syria 'power cut video' goes viral
A picture in Damascus shows the Safar Musical band, creators of the video for the song "Ya Weel Weely", which topped five million views on YouTube within days of its release and was shot entirely in a small room lit by battery-powered devices.—AFP photosIt's a typical Arabic song of forlorn love and heartache but it was power cuts that added low-lit romance to the music video of Syria's latest hit. In Damascus, the economic situation is worse...
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BTS producer becomes South Korea's best-paid employee
BTSThe producer behind K-pop sensation BTS was the highest-paid employee in South Korea in the first half of this year, reports said yesterday, outranking some of the country's richest business leaders. The trailblazing septet have reached global superstardom with their single "Dynamite" entering the Billboard Hot 100 at number one last year, making them the first South Korean act to top the US chart.They are credited with generating billions...
This picture shows Anson Kong (center), Lok Man Yeung (second right) and Tiger Yau (right) , members of Cantopop boyband Mirror, speaking with the media during an event at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. – AFP photosn
Mirror: The boy band bringing joy and local pride to Hong Kong
This picture shows Anson Kong (center), Lok Man Yeung (second right) and Tiger Yau (right) , members of Cantopop boyband Mirror, speaking with the media during an event at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. – AFP photosIn the middle of a Hong Kong shopping mall, hundreds of people are excitedly screaming and chanting. But this is not a recent democracy protest. Instead the crowd has gathered for the latest boy band frenzy sweeping the troubled...
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Taleban declare end to war, pardon everyone
Mullah Abdul Ghani BaradarKABUL: The Taleban said yesterday the war in Afghanistan was over and that all their opponents would be pardoned, as they held their first news conference since seizing power from the Western-backed government in Kabul. "War has ended... (the leader) has pardoned everyone," spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said, adding: "We are committed to letting women work in accordance with the principles of Islam."Shortly before he...
Image shows the inside of Reach 871, a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III flown from Kabul to Qatar on Aug 15, 2021. The plane safely evacuated some 640 Afghans. - AFP n
600+ Afghans cram into US military flight
Image shows the inside of Reach 871, a US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III flown from Kabul to Qatar on Aug 15, 2021. The plane safely evacuated some 640 Afghans. - AFPKABUL: A photo shows more than 600 Afghans - women, men, children and the elderly - sitting packed on the floor of a cavernous US military plane, part of a dramatic airlift hours after Kabul fell to the Taleban. The now-viral image, obtained and posted by the respected military news...
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Blinded Gaza boy dreams of school
GAZA: Palestinian pupil Mohammed Shaban sits alongside classmates at a school in Beit Lahia yesterday.GAZA: Eight-year-old Mohammed Shaban dreamed of returning to the classroom in Gaza for the start of the school year. But after an exploded missile blinded him in May, he is staying home. Mohammed used to attend school with his cousins and neighbors in the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. He is one of hundreds of children the United...
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Hospitals in Lebanon grapple with outages
BEIRUT: A pharmacist sits on a stretcher holding a sign reading "no gasoline = no ambulance" while others stands by holding signs reading "no electricity = no hospital" and "no vaccine = no treatment" as they stage a demonstration in the Achrafieh district on Monday. - AFPBEIRUT: Hospitals in the Akkar region of north Lebanon where a fuel tank explosion killed at least 28 people this week struggled to operate yesterday as life-threatening power...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet's meeting. - KUNAn
Kuwaiti ministries to limit public spending amid steps to address budget deficit
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet's meeting. - KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait's Cabinet has instructed all state bodies to limit spending to at least 10 percent as part of plans to address the country's budget deficit, ministers agreed on Monday. The measures also call to limit spending on local and internationally-held functions and exhibitions, travel expenses pertaining to overseas...
KUWAIT: In this August 1, 2021 file photo, people are seen shortly after arrival at Kuwait International Airport on the first day of allowing residents fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to re-enter Kuwait after a six-month ban. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
Stranded Kuwait-based workers struggle for re-entry
KUWAIT: In this August 1, 2021 file photo, people are seen shortly after arrival at Kuwait International Airport on the first day of allowing residents fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to re-enter Kuwait after a six-month ban. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy Ben GarciaKUWAIT: Residents stranded abroad are required to be fully vaccinated before they are allowed to enter Kuwait. They should also register and get certification from their governments...
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BSK celebrates festival of achievement and graduation 2021
KUWAIT: The British School of Kuwait's graduation class of 2021.KUWAIT: The British School of Kuwait (BSK) has celebrated the achievements of their Year 11-13 students with a glittering virtual graduation ceremony which premiered on social media recently. Following the national anthems of Kuwait and the United Kingdom, Year 13 student Abdelrahman Fares delivered a reading from the Holy Quran, and was followed by the first speech of the evening,...
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Kuwait Fire Force sends reinforcement teams to Algeria
KUWAIT: Kuwait Fire Force (KFF) announced yesterday that two Kuwaiti Air Force planes carrying two firefighting team with six machineries are heading to Algeria as reinforcements to help put out forest fires. The aid comes as per His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's instructions, said KFF's department of public relations and media in a statement.A chain of wildfires have recently raged out of control throughout several...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Sheikh Salem Al-Ali passes away
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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
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Iran rejects calls to ‘stand down’
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MoI: No transactions without biometrics