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Plus-size movement reshapes fashion in Brazil
Defying the fashion world's narrow stereotype of beauty, Brazilian plus-size designer Amanda Momente poses confidently for the camera, wearing the clothing label she founded after failing to find other options that fit. More than half of all adults in Brazil are overweight, but Momente is part of a growing movement of entrepreneurs, activists and models who are fed up with a fashion industry they say fails to fit their needs and shames them for...
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Virginia Museum will return ‘Wounded Indian’ statue to Boston
After a decades-long ownership dispute, the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Va, will give the 19th-century work back to a Boston organization founded by Paul Revere. A poignant life-size statue of a wounded American Indian, long the subject of a tug of war between a Virginia museum named for Walter P. Chrysler and a Boston organization founded by Paul Revere, will be sent back to Boston in the wake of an investigation by the F.B.I., the Boston group...
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Indian movies vilifying Muslims spark fear ahead of polls
With free tickets and false claims, “The Kerala Story” is one of a slew of polarizing films sparking concern Bollywood is churning out cultural propaganda to bolster support for India’s ruling party ahead of elections.The trailer for the anti-Muslim box office hit claims to depict “innocent girls trapped, transformed and trafficked for terror”, while declaring it was “inspired by many true stories”. A fictitious tale of a Hindu...
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The Killers apologize after inviting Russian fan on stage in Georgia
US rock band The Killers apologized on Wednesday after they invited a Russian fan on stage during a concert in the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia, drawing boos from the crowd. Since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, Georgia has hosted thousands of Russians fleeing mobilization and a crackdown on dissent back home, leading to some tension in the small Caucasus country.Moscow and Tbilisi went to war in 2008 and a fifth of Georgian territory has been...
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35 killed in Russia fuel station blast
MOSCOW: At least 35 people were killed in an explosion that created a huge fire ball at a fuel station in Russia’s remote Caucasus republic of Dagestan, spurring condolences from President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. Images distributed by the emergencies ministry showed burnt-out cars silhouetted by the massive blaze and rescue workers in helmets attempting to put out the fire and clear rubble. Government ministries said 35 people had died and...
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Taleban mark two years since return to power
KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taleban government on Tuesday marked the second anniversary of their return to power, with supporters celebrating as critics denounced ever-tightening restrictions on women’s rights. Flags of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan — the Taleban’s formal name for the country — fluttered across the capital Kabul, which fell on Aug 15, 2021, after the US-backed government collapsed and its leaders fled into exile. In the...
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PM suspends ‘exceptional’ wages
KUWAIT: MP Jenan Bushehri said on Tuesday she was officially informed that HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah has suspended the so-called “exceptional salaries” given to ministers and senior government officials. She said the prime minister has ordered authorities to accelerate studying the issue of the salaries of retired people and also the issue of the so-called “strategic payroll alternative”, a new wide-scale wage...
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Kuwait workers hit 3m, Indians top workforce
KUWAIT: The total number of workers in Kuwait’s labor force, including domestic workers, increased during the first 7 months of 2023 to around 3 million by the end of July 2023, compared to 2.79 million workers by the end of Dec 2022. Excluding domestic workers, the number of workers in the government and private sectors rose by around 39,000 in the first 7 months of 2023, from 2.036 million workers by the end of Dec 2023 to 2.075 million by...
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Security operatives arrest drug 21 suspects, seize firearms, cash, pills
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Internal Affairs said that the criminal investigation department and the General Directorate of Criminal Investigations have arrested 21 people of different nationalities (in 14 separate cases) for being in possession of illicit drugs, 790 psychotropic pills, 171 bottles of wine, firearms, and huge sums of money.The General Directorate of Security Relations and Information of the Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday...
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6,075 students approved for next academic year
KUWAIT: The secretary general of the Council of Private Universities, Adel Al-Bader, announced the approval of the Minister of Electricity, Water, and Renewable Energy and the Acting Minister of Education, Dr. Jassim Al-Ostad, to accept 6,075 students in the internal missions plan for the next academic year (2023-2024).Al-Bader announced the accreditation of admission for bachelor and diploma programs for students with a high school diploma or...
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Awqaf launches grand Quran competition
KUWAIT: Acting Secretary General of the General Secretariat of Awqaf Hanan Ali announced on Tuesday the launch of the 26th edition of Kuwait Grand Competition for Memorizing and Recitation of the Noble Quran for 2023 under the patronage of HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. “The competition was launched under the title ‘Maknoon’, inspired by Surat Al-Waqiah of the Holy Quran,” Ali said.She stressed the secretariat is...
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Kuwait safe haven for migrating birds
KUWAIT: Migrating birds make a crucial stop in Kuwait during its fall migration, which makes the country a safe haven for these kind of creatures, said Kuwaiti Environmental Lens (KEL) on Tuesday. KEL's head Rased Al-Haji told KUNA that there were a huge number of birds making this sort of a natural pit stop on their fall journey, revealing that some 415 kinds of migrating birds of 60 spices could be seen this time of the year.Al-Sauoo birdThe...
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KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Noura Al-Mashaan and a Chinese delegation visit the site of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project on Boubyan Island on Aug 31, 2024. – KUNA
Minister, Chinese delegation visit Mubarak Port
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Guests and dignitaries gather at Marina Hotel to celebrate the 102nd anniversary of Turkey's Victory Day.
Kuwait-Turkey defense partnership bolsters regional peace and security
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Kuwait Times Summer Program students pose for a group photo with Kuwait Times/Kuwait News and Gulf Bank teams. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Gulf Bank and Kuwait Times successfully conclude 3rd edition of Summer Program
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TRIPOLI: Libya's Central Bank headquarters in Tripoli. -- AFP
Libya central bank head flees country over ‘threats’
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US ambassador Karen Sasahara
US media roundtable: Spotlight on US-Kuwait military, economic ties