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Marvel at crossroads with 'Black Widow' big-screen return
In this file photo President of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige (left) and US actress Scarlett Johansson present the movie "Black Widow" on stage during the Marvel panel in Hall H of the Convention Center during Comic Con in San Diego, California. — AFPTwo years ago, after a blistering and unprecedented streak of billion-dollar-grossing movies, the Marvel superhero films took what was meant to be a short hiatus. When that big-screen...
A national flag and portraits of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are pictured in the village of Maalula north of the Syrian capital Damascus. — AFP photosn
Syria village with language of Jesus prepares for returning pilgrims
A national flag and portraits of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are pictured in the village of Maalula north of the Syrian capital Damascus. — AFP photosIn the ancient Syrian village of Maalula, whose residents still speak the language of Jesus, volunteers rake stones and scrub graffiti in preparation for the return of Christian pilgrims after years of war. Nestled among towering cliffs in the mountains north of Damascus, Maalula is one of...
KUWAIT: A man receives a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-thru inoculation site at the Jaber Causeway on Monday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
Kuwait mobile vaccination units immunized 60K workers in 17 days
KUWAIT: A man receives a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at a drive-thru inoculation site at the Jaber Causeway on Monday. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: At least 60,000 people have received anti-COVID vaccine during the fourth phase of the mobile vaccination campaign, Dr Dina Al-Dhabib, head of the mobile vaccination units, said on Tuesday. This phase commenced on June 21 to vaccinate workers at gas stations, security and guard companies, public...
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Kuwait Airways increases flights to London to thrice per week
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) announced yesterday increasing weekly flights to London to three starting July 10. The corporation said on its Twitter account that the flights would be organized on Saturdays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. KAC resumed operations to the British capital in the middle of the past month at a rate of a single flight a week. It has re-arranged flights to Geneva, Munich and Frankfurt effective July...
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Audit Bureau spares treasury hefty sums
KUWAIT: Kuwait Audit Bureau's keen eye on finances of authorities and bodies under its supervisory jurisdictions resulted in saving up to KD 1.08 billion ($3.5 billion) that could have been wasted over the past four years. Yousef Al-Fozan, the bureau assistant undersecretary for overseeing accounts and financial affairs, said in a statement, yesterday, marking its 57th anniversary that the department, in line with its thrifty policy, spared the...
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Kuwait reports 1,585 COVID cases, 10 deaths
DOHA: Kuwait's Minister of Public Works Rana Al-Fares meets with Qatari Minister of Municipal and Environment Affairs Abdullah Al-Subaie. - KUNAn
Kuwait, Qatar ministers discuss boosting cooperation
DOHA: Kuwait's Minister of Public Works Rana Al-Fares meets with Qatari Minister of Municipal and Environment Affairs Abdullah Al-Subaie. - KUNADOHA: Kuwait's Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology and Minister of Public Works Rana Al-Fares and Qatari Minister of Municipal and Environment Affairs and Acting Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Abdullah Al-Subaie discussed on Tuesday means of increasing cooperation...
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NBK says managed pandemic crisis 'capably and efficiently'
KUWAIT: The "KON" social entrepreneurship program launched by LOYAC in partnership with National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) as a platinum sponsor, hosted a seminar in which Emad Al-Ablani, GM - Group Human Resources at National Bank of Kuwait gave a lecture on "Crisis Management and Lessons Learnt from the Pandemic".Ablani said that NBK exhibited exemplary management of a crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic's scale and complexity. In an early response...
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Airport capacity increased to 5,000 arrivals, 67 flights daily
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) said it increased the daily capacity of operation for arrivals to 5,000 passengers yesterday as it prepares for the expected influx of residents who have been barred from returning to Kuwait since early March. Expatriates have been allowed to return to the country from August 1 provided they have valid residencies and have taken two doses of vaccines approved by Kuwait.DGCA...
PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haitian President Jovenel Moise and First Lady Martine Moise are seen at the National Palace in this May 23, 2018 file photo. - AFP nn
Haiti president assassinated, wife wounded
PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haitian President Jovenel Moise and First Lady Martine Moise are seen at the National Palace in this May 23, 2018 file photo. - AFPPORT-AU-PRINCE: Haiti President Jovenel Moise was assassinated and his wife wounded early yesterday in a gun attack at their private residence, tipping the impoverished and crisis-hit Caribbean nation into a renewed state of political uncertainty. Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph declared a "state...
ISMAILIA: The Panama-flagged MV 'Ever Given' container ship sails near a felucca along Egypt's Suez Canal yesterday. - AFP n
Megaship heads out of Suez Canal after Egypt deal
ISMAILIA: The Panama-flagged MV 'Ever Given' container ship sails near a felucca along Egypt's Suez Canal yesterday. - AFPISMAILIA, Egypt: The megaship MV Ever Given which blocked the Suez Canal for six days in March headed out of the waterway yesterday as Egypt and the vessel's Japanese owners signed a final compensation deal. The ship weighed anchor and began sailing north from near the central canal city of Ismailia towards the Mediterranean...
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'Tragedy king' Dilip Kumar dies aged 98
Dilip KumarMUMBAI: Dilip Kumar, one of Bollywood's most accomplished and respected film stars, died yesterday aged 98, sparking tributes from across Indian and Pakistani cinema, politics, sport and even animal rights. Alongside Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor, Kumar was one of three names who dominated Indian cinema's golden age from the 1940s to the 1960s, enjoying a career spanning more than 50 years and nearly 60 films.Nicknamed "The Tragedy King" -...
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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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Drilling Rig (Oriental Phoenix)
Marine region a ‘promising area’ for hydrocarbon resources: KOC
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PARIS: Gold medallists USA pose during the podium ceremony after the women's gold medal basketball match against France during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena on Aug 11, 2024. - AFP
US pip China in medals table as Games end
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Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Investment Khalid Al-Falih
Saudi Cabinet approves new investment law