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Netherlands tame South Africa
SYDNEY: The Netherlands secured a spot in the Women's World Cup quarter-finals by ending South Africa's historic run with a 2-0 win in Sydney on Sunday, ahead of a blockbuster last-16 showdown between holders the United States and Sweden. The Dutch, runners-up in 2019, will now face Spain in the last eight but they suffered some anxious moments in front of 40,000 fans in Sydney and had goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar to thank for making several...
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Ireland overpower Italy
DUBLIN: Caelan Doris scored two tries while Jack Conan suffered an injury scare as Ireland overpowered Italy 33-17 in their opening Rugby World Cup warm-up match in Dublin on Saturday. Back-row Conan left the field shortly before half-time and was later pictured in a protective boot on the bench. Full-back Jimmy O'Brien and scrum-half Craig Casey were also withdrawn for treatment to give Ireland coach Andy Farrell further cause for concern as his...
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American top seeds Pegula and Fritz suffer semi-final defeats
WASHINGTON: American top seeds Jessica Pegula and Taylor Fritz suffered semi-final defeats at the Washington Open on Saturday but Coco Gauff kept the star spangled banner flying by earning a place in Sunday's final. Greek fourth seed Maria Sakkari upset top seed Pegula to capture her third victory in 26 hours and she will face another home favorite in the final after Gauff defeated Russian Liudmila Samsanova, the defending champion, in straight...
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Tunisian brand turns sea plastic into green couture
The two men in bright overalls rooting for plastic on a Tunisian beach do so to make a living, but also in the knowledge that they are helping the environment. What they do not know is that the waste will become part of a synthetic plastic fibre used to make blue denim cloth to create a dress for the eco-friendly fashion label Outa. The pair are among around 15 “barbeshas”, or informal rubbish collectors, taking part in the Kerkennah Plastic...
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Icon Grandmaster Flash leads the Bronx in 70s-style hip-hop jam
As a teenager Grandmaster Flash began pioneering the turntable-as-instrument, playing the now iconic Bronx block parties that gave birth to hip-hop and revolutionized music. On Friday, he was back home, commemorating 50 years of the genre with a performance that had New Yorkers born in the mid-20th century reliving their youth—and hip-hop’s. “This is not a concert—this is a jam!” Flash, now in his 60s, shouted from the stage, as...
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Pianist dedicates music to Indigenous people who inspired him
Romayne Wheeler sits at his grand piano overlooking Mexico’s Copper Canyon and plays music inspired by the mountains and remote Indigenous communities that he now dedicates his life to helping. The 81-year-old California-born composer no longer lives in the cave where he slept with his solar-powered portable piano after arriving several decades ago in the Sierra Tarahumara in northwestern Mexico. But he feels as close as ever to the nature and...
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Freddie Mercury’s private collection goes on show in UK
From fanciful costumes and working drafts of “Bohemian Rhapsody” to ashtrays and art, hundreds of items Freddie Mercury owned go on show in Britain on Friday before being sold next month. Sotheby’s has transformed its central London gallery to resemble the Queen frontman’s former home in the UK capital for the month-long exhibition, ahead of its six-stage sale of the more than 1,400 lots. The singer-songwriter, who died in 1991, had...
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Kuwait rejects Lebanon minister’s ‘stroke of a pen’ funding comment
KUWAIT: Kuwait strongly condemns recent statements by Lebanon’s Minister of Economy and Trade Amin Salam regarding its foreign aid policy, Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said in a statement on Saturday. Salam had made an appeal to Kuwait on the anniversary of the Beirut blast on Aug 3 to fund the rebuilding of the wheat silos that were destroyed by the explosion. The silos located in Beirut Port were built in the late...
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Visit Visas could return under new conditions
KUWAIT: Official sources revealed that the Ministry of Interior will issue new conditions regarding family visas at the end of this year. Family visas have been suspended for over a year ago, in implementation of ministerial directives to re-evaluate the mechanisms for their issuance and applying new mechanisms that prevent visitors overstaying their permit. Sources told Kuwait Times they expect the new conditions to be publicized in...
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Boarding schools: An option to make students stand out
By Zaid AboobackerKUWAIT: Many students think about moving abroad for university, but very few are aware of the options for spending their senior years of high school abroad. High school students are venturing abroad to study in different countries. This journey allows them to break away from familiar surroundings and explore diverse cultures, academic environments and new opportunities.From traditional boarding schools to unconventional learning...
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Zionists kill 2 Palestinian teenagers
BURQAH: Mourners on Saturday attended the funeral of a Palestinian killed by Zionist settlers in the occupied West Bank, after the UN warned of a dramatic spike in such cases. The Palestinian health ministry in a statement late Friday announced the death of Qusai Jamal Maatan, 19, saying he was “shot dead by settlers in the village of Burqa”, east of Ramallah. At the funeral procession, Maatan was wrapped in a black and white keffiyeh head...
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Khan jailed after graft conviction
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan was sent to jail for three years Saturday after a court in the capital found him guilty of graft, a move likely to bar him from standing in elections due later this year. Some small, scattered protests by his supporters broke out across the country after police arrested the former international cricket star at his home in the eastern city of Lahore. Anyone convicted of a criminal offence is...
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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’