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White tiger cub Yanek plays with her mother at the National Zoo in Havana. — AFPn

Havana Zoo introduces Yanek, a rare white tiger, Cuba's first

White tiger cub Yanek plays with her mother at the National Zoo in Havana. — AFPA Havana zoo has introduced the country's first-ever white Bengal tiger, a rare type not known to exist in the wild. Mother Fiona gave birth to four cubs-including white tiger Yanek-at the National Zoo of Cuba in March; but only now, it said, are the cubs independent enough to be presented to the public as they play and swim in their special zoo pool. "We are very...

Noam Tamir, Founder & CEO of TS Fitness coaches Benny Maidenbaum at TS Fitness.n

New Yorkers seek to shed pandemic pounds

Noam Tamir, Founder & CEO of TS Fitness coaches Benny Maidenbaum at TS Fitness. - AFPAs fitness-conscious New York emerges from the pandemic, many residents are hitting the gym to get back in shape, but without putting too much pressure on themselves after the psychological stresses of the past 15 months. Thirty-year-old Benny Maidenbaum comes from a family of sportsmen and said he's always been "very active." Basketball twice a week and...

In this file photo A Sotheby’s employee holds a 1933 Double Eagle Coin during the “Three Treasures – Collected by Stuart Weitzman,” a dedicated live auction, of three treasures from the personal collection of the fashion designer and collector. – AFP n

US gold coin sells for record $18.87m at Sotheby's auction

In this file photo A Sotheby’s employee holds a 1933 Double Eagle Coin during the “Three Treasures – Collected by Stuart Weitzman,” a dedicated live auction, of three treasures from the personal collection of the fashion designer and collector. – AFPA 1933 US gold coin that was never issued after Franklin D. Roosevelt removed America from the gold standard sold for a record $18.87 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York Tuesday. The...

In this file photo French writer Emmanuel Carrere poses for a photograph in Paris. — AFP n

French writer Emmanuel Carrere wins top Spain literature prize

In this file photo French writer Emmanuel Carrere poses for a photograph in Paris. — AFPCelebrated French writer Emmanuel Carrere was awarded Spain's prestigious Princess of Asturias prize for literature yesterday, one of the most important awards in the Spanish-speaking world. Carrere, a leading exponent of "autofiction" where writers fictionalize their own lives, is known for a string of books including "L'adversaire" (The Adversary, 2000),...

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Pandemic shakes up rankings of world's most liveable cities

The pandemic has shaken up the rankings of the world's most liveable cities, a study released yesterday showed, with metropolises in Australia, Japan and New Zealand leaping ahead of those in Europe. Auckland tops The Economist's annual survey of the world's most liveable cities in 2021 followed by Osaka and Tokyo in Japan, Adelaide in Australia and Wellington in New Zealand, all of which had a swift response to the COVID pandemic."Auckland rose...

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Lupin' back to steal the show on Netflix

Five months after it became the first major streaming hit of 2021, "Lupin" will return Friday with fans desperate to see how Omar Sy's gentleman-burglar escapes the latest cliffhanger. Netflix delivered only the first five episodes of the show in January, inspired by the cat-and-mouse novels of Maurice Leblanc from the early 20th century, because the pandemic interrupted filming last year.Sy plays Assane Diop, a fan of the novels who uses the...

In this file photo US rapper Lil Nas X poses with the Song of the Year Award in the press room during the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.-AFP n

MTV Video Music Awards set for September 12 in New York

In this file photo US rapper Lil Nas X poses with the Song of the Year Award in the press room during the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. - AFPThe MTV Video Music Awards will take place on September 12 in New York, the channel announced Tuesday-the latest news that live entertainment is coming back in the city as it emerges from the pandemic. MTV has yet to announce which artists will perform at the...

Food delivery riders make their way into a McDonald’s outlet in Bogor, to buy the new BTS-meal deal for hungry fans in the K-Pop mad country, causing more than a dozen McDonald's outlets to temporarily shuttered over virus fears. — AFPn

McDonald's BTS-meal frenzy sparks virus closures in Indonesia

Food delivery riders make their way into a McDonald’s outlet in Bogor, to buy the new BTS-meal deal for hungry fans in the K-Pop mad country, causing more than a dozen McDonald's outlets to temporarily shuttered over virus fears. — AFPMore than a dozen Indonesian McDonald's outlets were temporarily shuttered yesterday over virus fears as the chain's new BTS meal deal sparked frenzied buying from fans in the K-pop mad country. Jakarta and...

KUWAIT: Opposition MPs occupy ministers' seats at the National Assembly yesterday, which led the government to boycott the session. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn

Crisis deepens as govt again boycotts Assembly session

KUWAIT: Opposition MPs occupy ministers' seats at the National Assembly yesterday, which led the government to boycott the session. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy B IzzakKUWAIT: The government yesterday boycotted a regular National Assembly session for the third straight time because opposition MPs sat in seats reserved for Cabinet ministers prompting the speaker to cancel the session. Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem said he was informed by the...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Premier Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet's weekly meeting. - KUNAnn

Health Minister warns of COVID situation's 'instability' in Kuwait

KUWAIT: His Highness the Premier Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet's weekly meeting. - KUNAKUWAIT: Minister of Health Sheikh Dr Basel Al-Sabah briefed ministers on the latest developments of the spread of the coronavirus on the global and regional levels. During the Cabinet's weekly meeting on Monday, Sheikh Dr Basel said that the number of infections has reached 173 million so far all over the world, the death toll hit...

KUWAIT: DGCA President Sheikh Abdullah Ali Al-Sabah (right) and Indra representative in Kuwait Yahya Al-Shaibani sign the contract. - KUNAn

Kuwait signs deal to provide communication devices for new airport tower

KUWAIT: DGCA President Sheikh Abdullah Ali Al-Sabah (right) and Indra representative in Kuwait Yahya Al-Shaibani sign the contract. - KUNAKUWAIT: The Directorate General for Civil Aviation signed yesterday a KD 9.2 million ($30 million) contract with Spain's Indra company to provide communication equipment for the new tower at Kuwait International Airport. According to the contract, Indra will also transfer standby navigation devices at the...

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Kuwait Airways releases its social media activity report

Eisa Al-HaddadBy Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) released its report on its role on social media during a year of the pandemic. As social media became more important during the lockdowns and curfews imposed last year, public and private institutions started participating in COVID-19 awareness campaigns.KAC, as part of its social responsibility, participated in social awareness through its official accounts on social...

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People walk past a poster of slain Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran's capital Tehran on August 10, 2024, amid regional tensions during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. - AFP

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