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In this file photo US media personality Kim Kardashian West arrives to attend the amfAR Gala in New York.-AFPn
Kim Kardashian caught up in ancient Roman statue smuggling row
In this file photo US media personality Kim Kardashian West arrives to attend the amfAR Gala in New York. - AFPKim Kardashian found herself caught up in an unlikely international art smuggling row Tuesday involving an ancient Roman sculpture that was imported to California under her name. US prosecutors last week called for the statue fragment-which was seized at a Los Angeles port in 2016 -- to be forfeited and returned to Italy, citing an...
Handout picture released by the Venezuelan Presidency press office showing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (right) shaking hands with US actor Steven Seagal during a meeting at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas.-AFP photosn
Action star Steven Seagal gifts sword to Venezuela's Maduro
Handout picture released by the Venezuelan Presidency press office showing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (right) shaking hands with US actor Steven Seagal during a meeting at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas. - AFPHollywood action star Steven Seagal, known for dropping in on tough guy leaders like Russia's Vladimir Putin, paid a visit to Venezuela's leftist president Nicolas Maduro to give him the gift of a samurai sword. The...
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Mali woman gives birth to nine babies
A Malian woman gave birth to nonuplets in Morocco on Tuesday and all nine babies are "doing well", her government said, although Moroccan authorities had yet to confirm what would be an extremely rare case. Mali's government flew 25-year-old Halima Cisse, a woman from the north of the poor West African state, to Morocco for better care on March 30. She was initially believed to have been carrying septuplets.Cases of women successfully carrying...
Ghana Afropop musician, Stonebwoy, sings during a recording session at his studio in his house in Accra, Ghana.-AFP photosn
Afrobeats put Ghana back on international music scene
Ghana Afropop musician, Stonebwoy, sings during a recording session at his studio in his house in Accra, Ghana. - AFP photosOn Saturday night at the Purple Pub in Ghana's capital Accra even the pandemic and an official shutdown of bars and clubs can't stop the music. In the bustling Osu district, early revelers laze on plastic chairs emptying local beers as speakers cranked to full volume drown out their voices. After midnight, the chairs empty,...
In this file photo US singer-songwriter Billie Eilish poses on the red carpet on arrival for the BRIT Awards 2020 in London.n
Billie Eilish to headline 2021 Governors Ball
In this file photo US singer-songwriter Billie Eilish poses on the red carpet on arrival for the BRIT Awards 2020 in London. - AFPBillie Eilish, Post Malone and A$AP Rocky will headline New York's 2021 Governors Ball festival, with Megan Thee Stallion and J Balvin also slated to perform, organizers announced Tuesday. The music festival normally held in late spring is set for September 24-26, with organizers hopeful widespread vaccinations will...
In this file photo US rapper Post Malone and the Red Hot Chili Peppers perform onstage during the 61st Annual Grammy Awards on February 10, 2019, in Los Angeles.-AFP n
Red Hot Chili Peppers sell song catalog for $140 mn: Billboard
In this file photo US rapper Post Malone and the Red Hot Chili Peppers perform onstage during the 61st Annual Grammy Awards on February 10, 2019, in Los Angeles. - AFPThe Red Hot Chili Peppers are the latest high-profile act to sell their music publishing rights, in a deal reportedly worth $140-150 million struck with the British investment firm Hipgnosis. Industry tracker Billboard cited anonymous sources in first reporting the sale of the...
KUWAIT: People queue up to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the makeshift Kuwait Vaccination Center in Mishref's Kuwait International Fairground yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
Kuwait govt briefed on measures to prevent entry of Indian variant
KUWAIT: People queue up to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the makeshift Kuwait Vaccination Center in Mishref's Kuwait International Fairground yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Minister of Health Dr Basel Al-Sabah briefed the Cabinet during its weekly meeting on the latest developments of the global situation of the coronavirus (COVID-19) especially in light of the spread of India's mutant strain. He also informed the...
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5-day Eid holiday from Wednesday
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Civil Service Commission said yesterday that Eid Al-Fitr public holiday will start on Wednesday, May 12, and will end on Sunday May 16 irrespective of whether or not Wednesday marks the first day of Eid.The decision for the five-day break applies to all ministries, government agencies and bodies along with public sector institutions, according to a statement issued by the Commission. Public sector institutions will return to...
NEW DELHI: Kuwaiti Ambassador to India Jassem Al-Najem (left) and Joint Secretary, Gulf, at the Indian External Affairs Ministry Ambassador Vipul pose for a picture outside a plane carrying medical aid from Kuwait to India. - KUNA photosn
Kuwaiti military aircraft carrying emergency aid arrives in New Delhi
NEW DELHI: Kuwaiti Ambassador to India Jassem Al-Najem (left) and Joint Secretary, Gulf, at the Indian External Affairs Ministry Ambassador Vipul pose for a picture outside a plane carrying medical aid from Kuwait to India. - KUNA photosNEW DELHI: The first Kuwaiti military flight carrying emergency medical aid from Kuwait Red Crescent Society arrived in New Delhi yesterday. Kuwaiti Ambassador Jassem Al-Najem said that this emergency support is...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah in a group photo during his visit to the Land Forces in northern Kuwait. - KUNAn
Prime Minister visits Kuwait Land Forces
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah in a group photo during his visit to the Land Forces in northern Kuwait. - KUNAKUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah on Monday paid a visit to the Land Forces in northern Kuwait. The Premier was accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Sabah, Foreign Minister and Minister of State for...
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Minister signs KD 2.7m optical fiber maintenance contract
Dr Rana Al-FaresKUWAIT: The Minister of Public Works and Minister of Communications and Information Technology Dr Rana Al-Fares signed a maintenance contract for fiber optic devices for the first and second stages at the ministry which is worth about KD 2.7 million ($9.2 million).The undersecretary assistant for Communications and Support Services Sector at the Ministry, Engineer Manea Al-Ajmi, said in a press statement that the ministry has...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosn
Kuwait Amir, Crown Prince meet Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photosKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace yesterday. His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah also received His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad at Bayan...
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GAZA: Palestinians surround bodies lying on the ground at the Al-Maamadani hospital after they were killed in a Zionist strike on a school used as a refuge by displaced Palestinians in Gaza City on Aug 8, 2024. - AFP
Iran says Zionists seeking war
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DHAKA: Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus (center) takes the oath of office as the chief adviser of Bangladesh's new interim government, administered by President Mohammed Shahabuddin (left) on August 8, 2024. - AFP
Yunus sworn in as Bangladesh leader
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Abdullah Al-Sanousi
Digital nomads: New-age employees freely roaming around ever-changing job market
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Minister of Information and Bahrain's Minister of Tourism sign an executive program of tourism cooperation agreement for 2024, 2025, and 2026. – KUNA photos
Kuwait and Bahrain ink executive program for tourism cooperation
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KUWAIT: Workers take shelter from the sun under a tree in Kuwait City amidst a heatwave. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
‘Inadequate’ heat protection for Gulf migrant workers