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Kitchen robot in Riga cooks up new future for fast food

A photo shows an exterior view of the Roboeatz eatery with the company's logo in Riga. – AFP photosA pasta order comes in and the robotic arm springs into action at the Roboeatz eatery in Riga. After five minutes of gyrations, a piping hot plate is ready. The Riga cafe, located under a crumbling concrete bridge, is designed in such a way that customers can observe the robotic arm at work. It also has a seating area, although most customers...

In this file photograph Fatu (background), 19, and her mother Najin, 30, two female northern white rhinos, the last left on the planet, graze in their secured paddock at The Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Nanyuki, some 147kms north of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. — AFP n

Scientists create embryos to save northern white rhino

In this file photograph Fatu (background), 19, and her mother Najin, 30, two female northern white rhinos, the last left on the planet, graze in their secured paddock at The Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Nanyuki, some 147kms north of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. — AFPScientists working to bring back the functionally extinct northern white rhino announced they had successfully created three additional embryos of the subspecies, bringing the total to...

This undated handout picture released by the National Gallery of Australia shows the historical group portrait of a Gujarati family. — AFP photosn

Australia to return 'stolen' art to India

This undated handout picture released by the National Gallery of Australia shows the historical group portrait of a Gujarati family. — AFP photosAustralia will return 14 artworks to India, including at least six believed to have been stolen or illegally exported, the National Gallery announced yesterday. The Canberra gallery identified the works-which include sculptures, photographs and a scroll-as either stolen, looted or of unknown origin....

This photograph shows a view of the Supertrees at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore. — AFP photosn

From grey to green: World cities uprooting the urban jungle

This photograph shows a view of the Supertrees at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore. — AFP photosFrom lettuces farmed on New York's skyline to thick corridors of trees occupying once desolate Colombian roadsides, green initiatives are running wild in cities around the world. At a time when coronavirus lockdowns have amplified the need for nature in urban areas, AFP has gathered images and footage of projects optimizing precious city space....

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In Spain, Iberian lynx claws back from brink of extinction

Veterinarian Yasmin El Bouyafrouri watches an X-ray of a lynx at the Iberian Lynx breeding centre of "El Acebuche" at the Donana Natural Park in Huelva. - AFPAt a nature reserve in southern Spain, four baby Iberian lynxes sleep peacefully beside their mother, part of a captive breeding program that has brought the species back from the brink of extinction. The El Acebuche breeding center at the Donana National Park, home to one of Europe's...

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Count your blessings

By Shakir Reshamwala yet another year of coronavirus restrictions, including curfews, lockdowns, closures and travel curbs, Kuwait is beginning to return to some semblance of normalcy. Residents will start arriving to the country from August and schools are set to reopen in September, while commercial activities have gone back to their regular hours of operations. Of course, some precautionary health measures are still in place, like...

KUWAIT: A picture showing old buildings in Kuwait City, as skyscrapers are seen in the horizon. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikhn

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KUWAIT: A picture showing old buildings in Kuwait City, as skyscrapers are seen in the horizon. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets US Secretary of State Antony, in presence of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan photon

Kuwait's Amir receives US State Secretary

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets US Secretary of State Antony, in presence of His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan photoKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday the visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the delegation accompanying him. The reception took place in presence of His Highness the...

KUWAIT: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) and US Ambassador to Kuwait Alina Romanowski tour Kuwait's National Assembly with Parliament Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem (center) in Kuwait City yesterday. - AFPn

Blinken tours Kuwait's parliament building

KUWAIT: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) and US Ambassador to Kuwait Alina Romanowski tour Kuwait's National Assembly with Parliament Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem (center) in Kuwait City yesterday. - AFPKUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem yesterday received visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the delegation accompanying him. According to Al-Dustour news network, the meeting saw the discussion of bilateral...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. - KUNAn

Prime Minister meets US State Secretary

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah meets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. - KUNAKUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah received yesterday the visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the delegation accompanying him. Blinken was escorted by Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah. -...

KUWAIT: Kuwait's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah meets the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. - KUNAn

Kuwait, US discuss bolstering bilateral relations

KUWAIT: Kuwait's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah meets the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. - KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah and the US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken held talks yesterday at the Foreign Ministry's headquarters. Both sides discussed...

KUWAIT: World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus speaks (left) during a joint press conference with Kuwait Minister of Health Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah in Kuwait on Wednesday. - KUNAn

WHO chief lauds Kuwait's support for the organization

KUWAIT: World Health Organization Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus speaks (left) during a joint press conference with Kuwait Minister of Health Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah in Kuwait on Wednesday. - KUNAKUWAIT: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus has praised Kuwait's backing for the organization and vulnerable world countries in countering the coronavirus pandemic."Thank you once again, Your Excellency, for...

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