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Mayweather to fight YouTube star Logan Paul June 6
Floyd Mayweather (left) and Logan Paul.LOS ANGELES: Former world welterweight king Floyd Mayweather said Tuesday he will face off against YouTube personality Logan Paul in an exhibition bout at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium on June 6. "Logan Paul and I are going to fight at Hard Rock Stadium. Mayweather Promotions, Fanmio and Showtime will team up to give you an epic event," Mayweather wrote on Instagram.A separate post from Mayweather Promotions...
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Meet Basque chef Elena Arzak and her 3-star 'sea-rooted' cuisine
Chef Elena ArzakFrom the fourth generation of one of Spain's most celebrated culinary families, Elena Arzak has won plaudits for taking traditional Basque cuisine in a new direction. After years working at her family's 19th-century eatery on the northern Spanish coast, her constantly evolving, research-based approach to cooking and experimentation with flavors won her international recognition as the world's top female chef. Now, nearly a decade...
This picture shows music student Wang Zhaoxue showing the “blind box” toys she collected, during an interview at her home in Beijing.n
'Blind box' craze grips China's youth and mints toymakers a fortune
This picture shows music student Wang Zhaoxue showing the “blind box” toys she collected, during an interview at her home in Beijing. - AFPTiny unicorns and cartoon girls in clown costumes line the shelves of Wang Zhaoxue's study in Beijing-tokens of China's mania for "blind boxes" that has made fortunes for toymakers and even caught the attention of those in power. The 18-year-old music student is one of the legions of young Chinese hooked...
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Animated toppling of dystopia takes Arab streaming world by storm
These photos show a man watching "Alephia 2053", an Arabic-language animated feature, on YouTube at his office in Beirut. — AFP"Alephia 2053", an Arabic-language animated feature set in a bleak future, has struck a chord in a region all too familiar with autocratic rule and bold, bloody resistance. Released on YouTube on March 21, a decade after the Arab Spring uprisings, the Lebanese-made thriller has already garnered more than eight million...
In this file photo Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (left), and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex leave after attending the Endeavour Fund Awards at Mansion House in London.—AFP n
Prince Harry, Meghan and Bidens to appear at vaccine benefit concert
In this file photo Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (left), and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex leave after attending the Endeavour Fund Awards at Mansion House in London. — AFPBritain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan will co-chair a fundraising concert urging more vaccinations that will air May 8, which the Bidens will also participate in, event organizers announced Tuesday. Along with US president Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden,...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet's meeting. - KUNAn
Health Minister makes positive remarks during Cabinet meeting
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet's meeting. - KUNAKUWAIT: The Cabinet on Monday held its weekly session at Seif Palace under chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. Following the session, Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah stated that the Minister of Health Sheikh...
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Universities study resumption plan to include blended learning
Minister Dr Mohammad Al-FaresKUWAIT: Minister of Oil and Minister of Higher Education Dr Mohammad Al-Fares said on Monday that the plan of resuming study at universities includes blended learning, which means both online and regular education. In a press statement, the minister said that separating the Ministry of Education from the Ministry of Higher Education aimed at upgrading education levels at the two ministries and giving further...
KUWAIT: Margaret Al-Sayer, Founding director of KACCH and BACCH with Hessa Hussain Al-Najadah, Manager - Public Relations at Burgan Bank and Leena Al Bassam, Officer - Public Relations at Burgan Bank.n
Burgan Bank celebrates 20 years of partnership with KACCH, BACCH
KUWAIT: Margaret Al-Sayer, Founding director of KACCH and BACCH with Hessa Hussain Al-Najadah, Manager - Public Relations at Burgan Bank and Leena Al Bassam, Officer - Public Relations at Burgan Bank.KUWAIT: Since its establishment in 1977, Burgan Bank has sought to influence a positive change in the community. Stepping beyond its banking activities, Burgan Bank's initiatives contribute to the achievement of its social responsibility's strategy...
KUWAIT: Opposition Members of Parliament wait for the session to start after occupying the front row of the National Assembly chamber reserved for ministers at the Abdullah Al-Salem Hall yesterday.- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatnn
Govt boycotts Assembly as MPs occupy ministers' seats
KUWAIT: Opposition Members of Parliament wait for the session to start after occupying the front row of the National Assembly chamber reserved for ministers at the Abdullah Al-Salem Hall yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy B IzzakKUWAIT: Opposition MPs yesterday occupied the front row of the National Assembly chamber reserved for ministers, triggering a government boycott of the session and forcing the speaker to adjourn meetings until...
JERUSALEM: Palestinian protesters wave the national flag outside the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City Monday.-AFPn
HRW: Israel committing 'apartheid'
JERUSALEM: Palestinian protesters wave the national flag outside the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City Monday. - AFPJERUSALEM: Human Rights Watch said yesterday that Israel is committing the crime of "apartheid" by seeking to maintain Jewish "domination" over Palestinians and its own Arab population, an explosive allegation Israel firmly rejected. Currently under investigation by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes,...
MARIB, Yemen: Fighters loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed government walk at a position near the frontline against the Houthi rebels in Yemen's northeastern province of Marib Monday.-AFPn
Saudi destroys bomb-laden boat off Red Sea port
MARIB, Yemen: Fighters loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed government walk at a position near the frontline against the Houthi rebels in Yemen's northeastern province of Marib Monday. - AFPRIYADH: Saudi forces yesterday destroyed an explosive-laden boat off the coast of the Red Sea port of Yanbu, the defense ministry said. "A bomb-laden unmanned (vessel) was intercepted and destroyed this morning," the ministry said in a statement, published by the...
TEHRAN: In this file photo, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif addresses the media.-AFPn
Iran warships 'approached' 2 US vessels
TEHRAN: In this file photo, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif addresses the media. - AFPDUBAI: Warships from Iran's elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps "aggressively" approached two American vessels in Gulf waters earlier this month, the US navy said yesterday, the first tense incident this year. This comes amid talks in Vienna between Iran and major powers on the mechanics of a US return to a landmark 2015 nuclear deal abandoned...