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TOKYO: Fans watch as atheletes compete in the women's individual triathlon competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPn
'Can't help but cheer': Some in Japan warm to Olympics
TOKYO: Fans watch as atheletes compete in the women's individual triathlon competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo yesterday. – AFPTOKYO: After months of opposition, some in Japan are warming to the pandemic-hit Olympics, with fans defying authorities to cheer athletes on public roads and rushing to snap up Games merchandise. It hasn't hurt that Japan's athletes have enjoyed a gold rush in the first...
Members of the Japanese senior cheerleading squad “Japan Pom Pom” take part in a practice in Tokyo as the city hosts the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. — AFP photos n
Pompom girls: Japan seniors find joy in cheerleading
Members of the Japanese senior cheerleading squad “Japan Pom Pom” take part in a practice in Tokyo as the city hosts the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. — AFP photosCheering is frowned upon at the virus-postponed Olympics, but training continues at a Tokyo gym for an energetic squad of cheerleaders whose average age is 70. To the beat of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off", Fumie Takino, 89, twirled and waved her pompoms as her fellow cheerleaders...
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Henri Vernes, prolific writer of French adventure novels, dies
This file photo taken in Brussels on February 24, 2012 shows Belgian scriptwriter Henri Vernes, creator of the comic strip "Bob Morane", posing with his book "Memoires" during an interview. — AFPHenri Vernes, the prolific Belgian author of popular French-language adventure and science fiction novels, has died at the age of 102, his publisher announced Monday. The creator of the French adventurer Bob Morane who featured in 200 novels that sold...
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Britney Spears files to replace her father as guardian
Britney Spears has launched a legal bid to remove her father from a controversial guardianship controlling her finances and replace him with an independent accountant, according to court documents filed Monday. Mathew Rosengart, who was appointed as the pop star's attorney this month, had pledged to move swiftly to remove Jamie Spears after the singer delivered two emotional testimonies to a Los Angeles court labeling the conservatorship as...
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Kazuo Ishiguro among 13 contenders for 2021 Booker Prize
Kazuo IshiguroBritish author Kazuo Ishiguro could win his second Booker Prize after judges Tuesday named him among 13 finalists on this year's longlist for one of literature's most prestigious awards. Ishiguro, who first landed the prize in 1989 with "The Remains Of The Day" as well as the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017, was nominated for his latest novel "Klara And The Sun". He joins several other previously shortlisted or winning writers...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Chairman of the Municipal Council Osama Humoud Al-Otaibi. - Amiri Diwan photon
Kuwait's Amir receives call from King Abdullah inquiring about his health
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Chairman of the Municipal Council Osama Humoud Al-Otaibi. - Amiri Diwan photoKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday received a phone call from King Abdullah II of Jordan, inquiring about his health. The Jordanian Monarch wished His Highness the Amir lasting wellbeing and the State of Kuwait further progress and prosperity.His...
KUWAIT: Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait Mohammad Al-Hashel speaks during a symposium to launch the 9th Financial Stability Report for 2020 at the bank's headquarters yesterday. - AFP n
Central Bank chief calls for reforms
KUWAIT: Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait Mohammad Al-Hashel speaks during a symposium to launch the 9th Financial Stability Report for 2020 at the bank's headquarters yesterday. - AFPKUWAIT: Kuwait needs urgent reforms to put its finances on a more sustainable footing, as monetary tools are not sufficient to address structural challenges, the governor of the Central Bank said yesterday. "There is an urgent need for economic reforms, and...
Kuwait's Abdullah Al-Rashidi poses with his bronze medal.
BNK Automotive gifts Volvo to Kuwait's Olympic medalist
Kuwait's Abdullah Al-Rashidi poses with his bronze medal.KUWAIT: BNK Automotive, the official dealer of Volvo in Kuwait, announced gifting a brand-new Volvo vehicle to Kuwait's skeet shooter Abdullah Al-Rashidi after he won a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Monday.BNK Automotive President Bader Al-Kharafi congratulated Rashidi "on this great achievement that deserves all praise," announcing that the company would gift the car to...
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Most COVID curbs lifted, gatherings still banned
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The Cabinet yesterday decided to mostly return to pre-COVID-19 times, allowing all commercial activities to operate without restrictions as of today, after a significant decline in the number of new coronavirus cases. Government Spokesman Tareq Al-Mazrem said all commercial activities will from today operate as per the decisions and regulations of the Municipality and ministry of commerce and industry, which was the case before...
TUNIS: Tunisian security officers hold back protesters outside the parliament building yesterday following a move by the president to suspend the country's parliament and dismiss the prime minister. - AFP n
Tunisia president ousts govt amid political turmoil
TUNIS: Tunisian security officers hold back protesters outside the parliament building yesterday following a move by the president to suspend the country's parliament and dismiss the prime minister. - AFPTUNIS: Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked the defense minister yesterday, a day after ousting the prime minister and suspending parliament, plunging the young democracy into constitutional crisis in the midst of a pandemic. Street clashes...
TOKYO: Philippines' gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz stand on the podium for the victory ceremony of the women's 55kg weightlifting competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo International Forum yesterday. - AFP n
Weightlifter Diaz wins first Olympic gold for Philippines
TOKYO: Philippines' gold medalist Hidilyn Diaz stand on the podium for the victory ceremony of the women's 55kg weightlifting competition during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Tokyo International Forum yesterday. - AFPTOKYO: Weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz made history yesterday when she became the first athlete from the Philippines to win an Olympic gold medal. The 30-year-old Rio 2016 silver medalist from the southern city of Zamboanga realized...
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After COVID jab, BioNTech eyes malaria vaccine
FRANKFURT: Germany's BioNTech, which developed a coronavirus vaccine with US giant Pfizer in record time, said yesterday it aimed to start trialing a malaria vaccine next year using the same breakthrough mRNA technology. If successful, the vaccine could be a crucial step in the fight against the mosquito-borne disease, which kills more than 400,000 people a year - mainly young children in Africa."We will do whatever it takes to develop a safe and...
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His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah
Sheikh Salem Al-Ali passes away
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BELFAST: Protestors attend a "unity over division" protest called to oppose an anti immigration demonstration in Northern Ireland on Aug 9, 2024. - AFP
N Ireland violence shocks Muslims amid sectarianism
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DHAKA: A Hindu shopkeeper (left) helps a woman put on a traditional conch shell bangle at a shop selling traditional prayer items in Shakhari Bazar, a Hindu majority area, in Dhaka on August 9, 2024. — AFP
Misinformation from India, vandalism frighten Hindus in Bangladesh
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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