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NYON: In this file photo taken on March 15, 2019, the UEFA Champions league trophy is exhibited ahead of the draw for the Champions league quarter-final draw, at the House of European football in Nyon. - AFPnn

New Champions League format from 2024

NYON: In this file photo taken on March 15, 2019, the UEFA Champions league trophy is exhibited ahead of the draw for the Champions league quarter-final draw, at the House of European football in Nyon. - AFPMONTREUX: UEFA on Monday confirmed that a new format for the Champions League will be introduced from 2024 with the number of clubs in the group stage increasing from 32 to 36, despite an earlier announcement that 12 major clubs were planning...

A pedestrian walks past a wall mural depicting a person wearing a protective mask in Mumbai yesterday.-AFP n

Do we need masks outdoors? Experts weigh in

A pedestrian walks past a wall mural depicting a person wearing a protective mask in Mumbai yesterday.-AFPIt's a familiar sight in some US cities like Washington, New York and San Francisco: people walking on the street, riding bikes or sitting in parks with their masks on even when they're far away from others. Certain states, like Maine, have kept in place outdoor mask mandates for hiking trails and beaches. So where does the evidence lie? And...

The Boeoegg, a symbolic snowman, is seen burning over the Devil's Bridge during the Sechselaeuten (Ringing of the six o'clock bells) festival near Andermatt, central Switzerland.-AFP photosn

Swiss blow up huge snowman in mountains for first time

The Boeoegg, a symbolic snowman, is seen burning over the Devil's Bridge during the Sechselaeuten (Ringing of the six o'clock bells) festival near Andermatt, central Switzerland. - AFP A giant snowman brandishing a pitchfork exploded in a blaze of fireworks atop a pyre on a snowy mountain pass named Devil's Bridge on Monday, the first time the spring festival ceremony has been held outside the Swiss city of Zurich. That the snowman effigy named...

Iranian luthier Fatemeh Moussavi gives a oud to master player and instructor Hamid Khansari at her workshop in the capital Tehran.-AFP photosn

Oriental lute makes comeback on Iran music scene

Iranian luthier Fatemeh Moussavi gives a oud to master player and instructor Hamid Khansari at her workshop in the capital Tehran. - AFP photosThe Oriental lute is making a comeback in Iran after decades in the shadows as musicians reconnect with an instrument integral to Arab and Turkish musical tradition in a fragmented region. Known as the oud in Arabic, it is commonly called the barbat in Persian, although some would argue the instruments...

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Downton Abbey will return for sequel

Downton Abbey is to return in a sequel due to be released this Christmas, producers told US media. The first Downton Abbey film, based on the hugely popular British TV series, was released in 2019. Reassuring diehard fans, producers said Monday that much of the original cast-including Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Michelle Dockery and Elizabeth McGovern-will return. And they will be joined by new faces, with Hugh...

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'Tipping point': Oscars filmmakers hail disability progress

In this file photo Director and Producers Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham attend the "Crip Camp" Premiere during the 2020 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theatre in Park City, Utah. - AFP This year, the Oscars will feature a best picture contender about a drummer with hearing loss, a nominated documentary exploring a hippie camp for disabled youths, and a nod for the first film ever to star a deafblind actor. It's a step forward for...

In this file photo US singer/songwriter Taylor Swift arrives for Billboard's 2019 Woman of the Year at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.-AFP n

Stalker-plagued Taylor Swift has break-in at New York home

In this file photo US singer/songwriter Taylor Swift arrives for Billboard's 2019 Woman of the Year at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. - AFPAn alleged stalker of pop superstar Taylor Swift was arrested after she suffered a break-in at her New York apartment, police said Monday. Hanks Johnson, 52, was charged with criminal trespassing after police responded to an emergency call on Saturday, reporting that someone was breaking into Swift's...

This handout photo taken April 14, 2021, and received from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Philippine coast guard ship BRP Cabra (MRRV-4409), in center, along with coast guard-manned Bureau of Fisheries boats, patrol an area in the South China Sea. - AFPn

Scores test positive for COVID on India flight to Hong Kong

This handout photo taken April 14, 2021, and received from the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Philippine coast guard ship BRP Cabra (MRRV-4409), in center, along with coast guard-manned Bureau of Fisheries boats, patrol an area in the South China Sea. - AFPHONG KONG: At least 53 passengers on a flight from New Delhi to Hong Kong have tested positive for coronavirus, authorities said yesterday, as the financial hub introduced an emergency ban on...

In this file photo, former US Vice President Walter Mondale walks outside the US Senate chamber in the US Capitol January 3, 2018 in Washington, DC. - AFPn

Former US VP Walter Mondale dies at 93

In this file photo, former US Vice President Walter Mondale walks outside the US Senate chamber in the US Capitol January 3, 2018 in Washington, DC. - AFPWASHINGTON: Former US Vice President Walter Mondale, a liberal icon who famously told voters to expect a tax increase should he win the presidency, died Monday, US media reported. He was 93 years old. No cause was given for Mondale's death, according to reports citing a statement from his...

The Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Kuwait announced yesterday that the embassy is resuming the processing of documents for the deployment of Filipino domestic helpers to Kuwait. ¨C AFPn

Manila ban on domestic helpers lifted

The Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Kuwait announced yesterday that the embassy is resuming the processing of documents for the deployment of Filipino domestic helpers to Kuwait. - AFPBy Ben GarciaKUWAIT: After the recent approval by the Philippine's Department of Labor and Employment Secretary Silvestre Bello III to resume sending Filipino domestic helpers to Kuwait, the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Kuwait announced the...

LIVERPOOL: Anti-European Super League posters hang outside Anfield stadium, home of English Premier League football club Liverpool, in Liverpool, north west England yesterday. - AFPn

European football in crisis after Super League launch

LIVERPOOL: Anti-European Super League posters hang outside Anfield stadium, home of English Premier League football club Liverpool, in Liverpool, north west England yesterday. - AFPPARIS: Plans for a breakaway Super League announced by twelve of European football's most powerful clubs plunged European football into an unprecedented crisis yesterday, with threats of legal action and possible bans for players, as UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin...

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured in this shot as it hovered over the Martian surface yesterday. –AFPn

Mars copter succeeds in first flight

NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter captured in this shot as it hovered over the Martian surface yesterday. –AFPWASHINGTON: NASA successfully flew its tiny helicopter Ingenuity on Mars early yesterday, the first powered flight on another planet and a feat a top engineer called "our Wright brothers' moment." At 3.34 am Eastern Time (0734 GMT), the four pound (1.8 kilogram) rotorcraft lifted off, hovered 10 feet (three meters) above the Martian...

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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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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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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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Kuwaiti Ambassador to China Jasem Ibrahem Al-Najem with Standing Committee of National Committee of Political Consultative Conference member Cai Guanxin.

China highlights growing investment opportunities in Kuwait