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In this picture members of the Indonesian heavy metal band Voice of Baceprot (VOB), guitarist and vocalist Firda Marsya Kurnia (left), drummer Euis Siti Aisah (center) and bassist Widi Rahmawati (right) pose for photos after a practice session in Jakarta. – AFPn
Indonesia's hijab headbangers trade village life for metal heaven
In this picture members of the Indonesian heavy metal band Voice of Baceprot (VOB), guitarist and vocalist Firda Marsya Kurnia (left), drummer Euis Siti Aisah (center) and bassist Widi Rahmawati (right) pose for photos after a practice session in Jakarta. – AFPIndonesia's hijab-wearing, headbanging VOB count some of rock music's biggest stars among their fans, but the all-female heavy metal band faced a tougher battle in winning over their...
Cannes film festival general delegate Thierry Fremaux (left) and French director of the Cannes film festival Pierre Lescure attend a press conference, in Paris, yesterday, to announce the Official Selection of the 74th Cannes Film Festival to be held from July 6 until July 17, 2021. — AFPn
Slew of auteurs and award-winners for reborn Cannes
Cannes film festival general delegate Thierry Fremaux (left) and French director of the Cannes film festival Pierre Lescure attend a press conference, in Paris, yesterday, to announce the Official Selection of the 74th Cannes Film Festival to be held from July 6 until July 17, 2021. — AFPA rich crop of past Palme d'Or winners and arthouse favorites are set to return to the Cannes Film Festival in July as organizers announced a bumper selection...
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California teen shoves bear to protect dogs in viral video
Don't try this at home: footage of a California teenager who shoved a large bear off her garden wall to protect her dogs has gone viral. Hailey Morinico said she was lucky to escape in one piece from the encounter with a black bear in Bradbury, northeast of Los Angeles, which was captured on home video surveillance. The footage has featured on US television networks and received almost 10 million "likes" on TikTok social media platform.Morinico...
Pastor Abraham Barberi poses for a portrait inside his church in Matamoros, Mexico. — AFPn
Migrants find safe haven with Mexico's hip-hop pastor
Pastor Abraham Barberi poses for a portrait inside his church in Matamoros, Mexico. — AFPOnce, Abraham Barberi was known as the "pastor of rappers," host of Christian hip hop concerts targeting young drug dealers in Mexico in hopes of putting them on a different path. Now, he is making headlines by caring for a new flock: more than 200 people from Central and South America who dream of crossing the Rio Grande and migrating to the United...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan photosn
Crown Prince briefs Amir on Saudi visit's results
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace yesterday. His Highness the Crown Prince briefed His Highness the Amir on the results of his latest visit to Saudi...
KUWAIT: HH the Amir's representative, Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah, attends the virtual GAVI summit yesterday. - KUNA nn
Kuwait vows $40m for Covax, approves sotrovimab drug
KUWAIT: HH the Amir's representative, Foreign Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah, attends the virtual GAVI summit yesterday. - KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday said it would pledge $40 million to a coronavirus vaccination program for poorer countries known as Covax, as part of efforts to push for fairer and more equitable access to the shots. Highlighting the complexities of the COVID-19 pandemic, HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber...
KUWAIT: An archive photo showing buildings in Kuwait City and nearby areas. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
Experts hope for rebound in Kuwait's real estate sector
KUWAIT: An archive photo showing buildings in Kuwait City and nearby areas. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Real estate experts hoped yesterday the real estate sector would rebound following devastating impacts caused by the coronavirus pandemic, which contributed to numerous vacancies after many expatriates were forced to leave Kuwait. They said demand started to pick up during the first five months of this year, and the housing sector was...
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Kuwait punishes wrongdoers on Qaruh island
Qaruh IslandKUWAIT: Environment Public Authority (EPA) recorded harmful acts on Qaruh island and examined status of surrounding coral reefs. Some persons were found using prohibited fishing tools and were penalized according to the environment protection law, EPA said in a press release yesterday. An EPA team, in coordination with the Coast Guards, surveyed the island and divers checked the nearby coral reefs that showed no symptoms of...
Image grab taken yesterday shows smoke billowing from the Iranian Kharg supply navy ship in the Gulf of Oman. (Right) Smoke billows from the site of a refinery fire in Tehran yesterday. - AFP n
Iranian naval vessel sinks after fire in Gulf of Oman
Smoke billows from the site of a refinery fire in Tehran yesterday. - AFPTEHRAN: One of Iran's largest naval ships sank yesterday after catching fire while on a "training mission" off a strategic port near the head of the Gulf, the navy said. Later yesterday, a fierce blaze broke out at a refinery in southern Tehran after a liquefied gas line leaked and exploded, the head of the capital's crisis team said on state television. More than an hour...
WASHINGTON: Activists take part in a protest outside of the Old Ebbitt Grill to call for a full minimum wage with tips for restaurant workers on May 26, 2021. – AFP n
UN: Pandemic plunges 100m more into poverty
WASHINGTON: Activists take part in a protest outside of the Old Ebbitt Grill to call for a full minimum wage with tips for restaurant workers on May 26, 2021. – AFPGENEVA: The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed more than 100 million more workers into poverty, the UN said yesterday, after working hours plummeted and access to good-quality jobs evaporated. And the labor market crisis created by the pandemic was far from over, the UN's International...
CAIRO: Farida Ramadan Ali, a 50-year-old Egyptian transgender woman, speaks during an interview on March 17, 2021. - AFP n
Transgender woman battles for 'dignity'
CAIRO: Farida Ramadan Ali, a 50-year-old Egyptian transgender woman, speaks during an interview on March 17, 2021. - AFPCAIRO: Farida Ramadan, a transgender woman, overcame major hurdles to transition in conservative Egypt, but she is still fighting for her rights in a country where LGBTQ+ people face acute stigma. Wearing a colorful headscarf, kohl eyeliner and crimson red lipstick, Ramadan, now in her fifties, told AFP that when she was...
KUWAIT: A group photo of diplomats during their visit to Al-Shagaya Renewable Energy Park yesterday. - KUNAn
Ambassadors visit Kuwait's renewable energy complex
KUWAIT: A group photo of diplomats during their visit to Al-Shagaya Renewable Energy Park yesterday. - KUNAKUWAIT: The US Ambassador to the State of Kuwait along with envoys of European countries based in the country yesterday visited Al-Shagaya Renewable Energy Park, run by Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), in Jahra, north of Kuwait City. KISR said in a statement the delegation grouped the US Ambassador to the State of Kuwait...
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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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