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Ukraine urges evacuations while Russia claims gains
KHARKIV: Ukraine urged civilians near the northeastern front line to evacuate on Thursday as Russia ramped up an assault to capture the territory already once seized during the conflict. Kupiansk and the surrounding areas of Ukraine’s Kharkiv region were liberated by Kyiv’s forces last September, but Moscow has since pushed back on the region. “Given the difficult security situation and the increasing amount of shelling by Russian terrorist...
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Ecuadoran presidential candidate shot dead after campaign rally
QUITO: A popular Ecuadoran presidential candidate was shot dead while leaving a rally in the nation’s capital on Wednesday, prompting President Guillermo Lasso to declare a state of emergency and blame the assassination on organized crime. Fernando Villavicencio, a 59-year-old anti-corruption crusader who had complained of receiving threats, was murdered as he was leaving a stadium in Quito after holding a campaign rally, officials said. Lasso...
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Philippine director puts women at the ‘heart’ of drug war film
Widows and mothers are at the “heart” of a gritty documentary by Philippine filmmaker Sheryl Rose Andes, who turns the camera on women left behind by former president Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly drug war. More than 6,000 people were killed in police anti-drug raids during Duterte’s six-year term, which ended in June 2022, government data shows. Rights groups estimate the real figure was in the tens of thousands, mostly poor men living in...
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Saudi Pro League kicks off
RIYADH: The Saudi Pro League kicks off on Friday amid unprecedented attention on Saudi football following a year of high-profile transfers. Clubs in the oil-rich Gulf state have lured global stars, with Karim Benzema, Jordan Henderson and Sadio Mane among those following in Cristiano Ronaldo's footsteps. Last month Al-Hilal made a 300-million-euro ($328 million) bid for Kylian Mbappe, though the Paris Saint-Germain striker reportedly refused to...
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Man City begin bid for Premier League history
MANCHESTER: Manchester City kick-off the new Premier League season at Burnley on Friday to begin their bid to become the first side to ever win four consecutive English top-flight titles. Arsenal appear best-placed to capitalize if City's grip on the English game is to come to an end and will expect to get off to a flier at home to Nottingham Forest on Saturday. Liverpool and Chelsea face an early test of how they will bounce back from...
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Biden targets China as he touts manufacturing revival at home
BELEN, US: President Joe Biden on Wednesday moved to restrict US investment in Chinese technology during a multi-state tour of the Southwest to tout his push to revive American manufacturing after decades of decline. The executive order directs the Treasury Department to restrict certain US investments in China in sensitive high-tech sectors including semiconductors, quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI). The restrictions, which are...
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Russian CB halts currency purchases as ruble tumbles
MOSCOW: The Russian central bank said it would no longer purchase foreign currency on the domestic market from Thursday, as it sought to prop up the ruble, at its lowest level against the dollar since March 2022. “The Bank of Russia has decided that, from 10 August through 31 December 2023, it will not buy foreign currency in the domestic market,” the central bank said in a statement late Wednesday. “This decision is aimed at reducing...
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Emmys postponed until January over Hollywood strikes
The Emmy Awards have been postponed by almost four months, organizers said Thursday, as crippling strikes by Hollywood’s actors and writers drag on with no resolution in sight. Television’s equivalent of the Oscars had been due to take place this September, but will now be held in mid-January next year, broadcaster Fox and the Television Academy wrote in a statement. “We are pleased to announce that the 75th Emmy Awards will now air on...
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Hollywood’s video game craze takes meta turn with ‘Gran Turismo’
Ever since the huge successes of “The Super Mario Bros Movie,” “Uncharted” and “The Last Of Us,” films and TV shows adapted from video games have been all the rage in Hollywood. But when Neill Blomkamp received a call from Sony asking if he wanted to direct a movie based around its super-serious, hyper-realistic racing game series “Gran Turismo,” he was initially confused. “I almost wanted to read the screenplay just to...
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One giant step: Moon race hots up
Russia’s plan to launch its lunar lander on Friday is the latest in an international push to return to the Moon that includes the world’s top powers but also new players. Technology, science and politics are all essential factors in the Moon race. Here is the latest: China’s great leap China is pursuing plans to send a crewed mission to the Moon by 2030 and plans to build a base there. The world’s second-largest economy has invested...
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Saudi embassy resumes work in Iran after 7 years
TEHRAN/RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Tehran has resumed operations, state media in Iran reported Wednesday, following a thaw in ties seven years after the mission was closed. Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to resume diplomatic relations and reopen their respective embassies following a China-brokered deal announced in March. The long-time regional rivals severed ties in 2016 after Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran were attacked during...
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The temperature the human body cannot survive
PARIS: Scientists have identified the maximum mix of heat and humidity a human body can survive. Even a healthy young person will die after enduring six hours of 35-degree Celsius warmth when coupled with 100 percent humidity, but new research shows that threshold could be significantly lower. At this point sweat — the body’s main tool for bringing down its core temperature—no longer evaporates off the skin, eventually leading to...
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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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US ambassador Karen Sasahara
US media roundtable: Spotlight on US-Kuwait military, economic ties
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TRIPOLI: Libya's Central Bank headquarters in Tripoli. -- AFP
Libya central bank head flees country over ‘threats’