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Uber adds 'valet' car rentals as it looks to rev rides
SAN FRANCISCO: Uber on Wednesday added valet delivery of rental cars as part of a suite of offerings as it aims to be "one-stop-shop" for post-pandemic venturing out or dining in. As COVID-19 vaccines make it safer for people to move about, Uber aims to be a hub for summoning rides, running errands, or renting vehicles."Uber wants to be and is the one-stop shop for getting to where you need to be," Uber engineer Adib Roumani said on a video...
DUNDEE, Canada: Canadian Paul-Maurice Patenaude, who runs a cross-border parcel drop-off and pick-up service out of his centuries-old house, poses for a photograph on April 23, 2021. - AFP nn
Border parcel business thrives during pandemic
DUNDEE, Canada: Canadian Paul-Maurice Patenaude, who runs a cross-border parcel drop-off and pick-up service out of his centuries-old house, poses for a photograph on April 23, 2021. - AFPDUNDEE, Canada: The Canada-US border has been closed since the start of the pandemic more than a year ago, but not for Paul-Maurice Patenaude who operates a parcel handoff service from his house, which straddles the international boundary. "I am both in Quebec...
LA MATANZA, Argentina: Women serve food at a soup kitchen in the Puerta de Hierro neighborhood in La Matanza municipality on April 12, 2021. - AFP n
In Buenos Aires shantytowns, COVID sends poverty soaring
LA MATANZA, Argentina: Women serve food at a soup kitchen in the Puerta de Hierro neighborhood in La Matanza municipality on April 12, 2021. - AFPLA MATANZA, Argentina: Before the coronavirus pandemic, Daisy Garcia used to serve meals to around 80 people at a soup kitchen in a poor slum on the outskirts of the capital Buenos Aires. Now she distributes meals for almost 1,000. "We never, never imagined it would come to this," said the...
Youths take part in a training session of Egypt's combative sport of 'tahtib' (stick-fighting), at a sporting club in the Rihab suburb on the eastern outskirts of the capital Cairo.-AFP photosn
Ancient Egypt martial art enthusiasts eye Olympic status
Youths take part in a training session of Egypt's combative sport of 'tahtib' (stick-fighting), at a sporting club in the Rihab suburb on the eastern outskirts of the capital Cairo. - AFP photosEgypt's tradition of tahtib (stick fighting), popular at festivities and dating back at least 5,000 years, has become a modern martial art that enthusiasts hope will eventually make it to the Olympics. French-Egyptian Adel Paul Boulad, who for some 15...
This handout photo courtesy of Sotheby's shows the black high-top Yeezys worn by rapper Kanye West during the 2008 Grammy Awards. -AFP photosn
Sotheby's sneaks up on younger market via sneaker sales
This handout photo courtesy of Sotheby's shows the black high-top Yeezys worn by rapper Kanye West during the 2008 Grammy Awards. -AFP photosSotheby's is staging its first international dedicated sneaker sale, seeing the boom in a formerly niche market as a way to attract younger clients into the world of auctions. Fine art, jewellery and antiques might be the more traditional stock in auction house trade, complete with a packed room and...
French designer Yves Saint-Laurent poses at his office at La Boetie street in Paris on September 22, 1961.n
A year on, Saint Laurent continues rebellion against fashion calendar
French designer Yves Saint-Laurent poses at his office at La Boetie street in Paris on September 22, 1961. - AFPIt has been a year since Saint Laurent broke away from the traditional fashion calendar, and with its latest collection again presented as an online film Wednesday, many wonder if the old schedules will ever return. The pandemic accelerated an existing trend of major fashion houses questioning whether the punishing rhythm of endless...
In this file photo taken on April 29, 2011 Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, look at each other as they come out of Westminster Abbey following their wedding ceremony, in London.-AFP photosn
Royal future: William and Kate celebrate 10 years of marriage
In this file photo taken on April 29, 2011 Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, look at each other as they come out of Westminster Abbey following their wedding ceremony, in London. - AFP photosPrince William and his wife Kate mark a decade of marriage yesterday, with the popular couple increasingly seen as the British monarchy's future as other senior royals age or recede from view. Second-in-line to the throne...
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From Miami and Havana, singers take aim in battle of song
Alexander Delgado (left) and Randy Malcom (right) of Cuban reggaeton duo "Gente de Zona", pose for a photo during an interview with AFP ahead of their Miami concert at Marine Stadium in Key Biscayne, Florida. - AFPAn ideological battle is being waged over Cuba's communist government between musicians in Havana and Miami, with political slogans set to reggaeton, salsa and rap. The latest volley will be fired on Sunday when hip hop duo Gente de...
Zeljko Ilicic, the owner of Old Hill sanctuary, leads a horse.n
Stable genius: Serbia's unlikely savior of horses
Zeljko Ilicic, the owner of Old Hill sanctuary, leads a horse.Pasha was once a mighty stallion who starred in movies, modeled for magazines and won carriage races. Now, the 24-year-old is spending his dotage in Serbia's only sanctuary for horses. The former champ-a lightly dappled greyish white Lipizzan-struggles to walk these days but still keeps up with his nine stable-mates at the Staro Brdo shelter in central Serbia. The sight of...
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Thanks, Dr Basel
By Badrya Darwish guys! It's been a long time since I've written, for several reasons that do not concern the public. But today I was compelled to break my silence and write about something I felt I should comment on. As all of you know, we are all depressed and suppressed and highly stressed. It's been a year and a half, guys, where the whole world is not living in a normal way. The stress of the pandemic, the stress of politics in the...
KUWAIT: Zain Kuwait's Chief Corporate Communications and Relations Officer Waleed Al-Khashti and Kuwait Food Bank Vice Chairman Meshal Al-Ansari with the Kuwait Food Bank team.n
Zain continues to spread happiness during Ramadan
KUWAIT: Zain Kuwait's Chief Corporate Communications and Relations Officer Waleed Al-Khashti and Kuwait Food Bank Vice Chairman Meshal Al-Ansari with the Kuwait Food Bank team.KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, continues to spread happiness during the holy month of Ramadan by delivering 'Machla' (food supplies) in collaboration with its strategic partner, the Kuwait Food Bank. The initiative aims at continuously...
KUWAIT: These pictures provided by Kuwait's Environmental Voluntary Foundation show examples of the demilitarized zone's biodiversity. - KUNA n
Northern demilitarized zone has varied wild animals, birds: Foundation
KUWAIT: These pictures provided by Kuwait's Environmental Voluntary Foundation show examples of the demilitarized zone's biodiversity. - KUNA photosKUWAIT: Kuwait's Environmental Voluntary Foundation affirmed the importance of preserving the demilitarized zone in the northern border with Iraq, as it has a unique diversity of various wild animals and plants. Head of birds' club at the foundation Khaled Al-Ghanem said on Tuesday that preserving...
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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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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
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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