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Esports club joins global federation
Abdullah Al-AliKUWAIT: The Kuwait Esports Club has recently joined the Global Esports Federation (GEF) as a fully recognized member; the latest achievement as the club continues to achieve successes at the international level. KEC received confirmation from the leadership of GEF on the status of their membership, and a welcoming message of support and cooperation for the development and advancement of electronic sports at the global...
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Firemen rescue Asian family in Rumaithiya
KUWAIT: Firefighters working on the scene of the collapse in Rumaithiya.KUWAIT: Firefighters rescued an Asian family after their house in Rumaithiya collapsed early yesterday, Kuwait Fire Force (KFF) said. The building fell down because construction workers nearby failed to put support pillars causing its collapse, KFF Department of Public Relations said in a press statement. Firefighters rushed to the scene and rescued the three-member Asian...
The National Assembly
Opposition plans another motion to remove Speaker
The National AssemblyBy B IzzakKUWAIT: Opposition MPs yesterday began another attempt aimed at the removal of Assembly Speaker Marzouk Al-Ghanem for calling guards into the chamber as several lawmakers called on HH the Premier to resign. Leading opposition MP Shuaib Al-Muwaizri said yesterday that he began collecting signatures of MPs on a motion calling for sacking the speaker for allowing the guards into the hall and for breaching the...
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US warns of consequences if Navalny dies
Alexei NavalnyWASHINGTON: The United States yesterday warned Russia of "consequences" if the hunger-striking Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison, as the opposition politician's team called for mass protests across Russia to help save his life. A day after Navalny's doctors said Vladimir Putin's most prominent critic could die "any minute", US President Joe Biden's national security advisor said Washington had warned the Kremlin that it...
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Europe on alert over 'Russia spying'
LONDON: Ambassador of Russia to the UK Andrei Kelin (left) talks during a pre-recorded interview with British journalist Andrew Marr. Britain said yesterday that it "stands in full support of our Czech allies" after Prague expelled 18 Russian diplomats identified as secret agents of the Russian intelligence service. - AFPPARIS: Three years after the mass expulsion of Russian diplomats from the West over the poisoning of Sergei Skripal, Moscow's...
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minnesota: The Rev Jesse Jackson visits demonstrators protesting outside the Brooklyn Center police station Saturday.?AFPn
Calls for US police reform at fresh protest over Daunte Wright killing
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minnesota: The Rev Jesse Jackson visits demonstrators protesting outside the Brooklyn Center police station Saturday. - AFPBROOKLYN CENTER, US: High-ranking Congress member Maxine Waters called for an overhaul of policing in the United States as she joined the seventh consecutive night of protests in a Minneapolis suburb over the death of Daunte Wright, a young Black man shot dead by a white policewoman. The 20-year-old was...
JAKARTA: Indonesian cyclists take part in a rally to show their their support for democracy in Myanmar near the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta.-AFPn
Myanmar shadow government wants ASEAN crisis talks invite
JAKARTA: Indonesian cyclists take part in a rally to show their their support for democracy in Myanmar near the Myanmar embassy in Jakarta. - AFPYANGON: Myanmar's shadow government yesterday urged Southeast Asian leaders to give it a seat at the table during crisis talks next week, and not to recognize the military regime that seized power in a February coup. Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing is expected to join a special ASEAN summit on Myanmar on...
In this file photo taken on May 6, 2001, the grandmother (left) of Massinissa Guermah, a teenager who was shot dead by the police while in their custody on April 20, demonstrates with family members and friends of the teenager, to mark his 20th birthday, in Beni-Douala, near Tizi Ouzou, the capital of Kabylie. - AFPn
Berbers mark 20 years since 'Black Spring' protests
In this file photo taken on May 6, 2001, the grandmother (left) of Massinissa Guermah, a teenager who was shot dead by the police while in their custody on April 20, demonstrates with family members and friends of the teenager, to mark his 20th birthday, in Beni-Douala, near Tizi Ouzou, the capital of Kabylie. - AFPALIGIERS: Twenty years ago, an Algerian teenager's death in police custody in the heartland of the North African country's Berber...
WILMINGTON, Delaware: US President Joe Biden leaves his cart after a round of golf at Wilmington Country Club Saturday.-AFPn
Biden hits the golf course for first time in presidency
WILMINGTON, Delaware: US President Joe Biden leaves his cart after a round of golf at Wilmington Country Club Saturday. - AFPWILMINGTON: President Joe Biden played golf for the first time in his presidency Saturday, hitting the fairways in his home city of Wilmington-and taking a page from his golf-obsessed predecessor Donald Trump's book. The Democrat's motorcade swept into the Wilmington Country Club for the unannounced outing around lunch...
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Kyrgyzstan pushes poisonous root as virus cure
BISHKEK: A vendor sells the indigenous Aconitum soongaricum root known locally as "Issyk-Kul root" at a bazaar. - AFPBISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan is using a poisonous root as a treatment against the coronavirus despite health warnings as the country battles a new wave of infections. The health ministry unveiled the remedy at a news conference on Friday, claiming the impoverished country's leader used the herb to cure "thousands" of sick...
SEVILLE: A handout picture released by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) shows Barcelona's players celebrating with the trophy at the end of the Spanish Copa del Rey (King's Cup) final football match between Athletic Club Bilbao and FC Barcelona at La Cartuja stadium in Seville on Saturday. - AFP n
Sensational Messi scores twice as Barcelona win Copa del Rey
SEVILLE: A handout picture released by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) shows Barcelona's players celebrating with the trophy at the end of the Spanish Copa del Rey (King's Cup) final football match between Athletic Club Bilbao and FC Barcelona at La Cartuja stadium in Seville on Saturday. - AFPMADRID: Lionel Messi scored twice, including a stunning solo goal, as Barcelona blew away Athletic Bilbao to win the Copa del Rey on Saturday,...
LONDON: Chelsea's German head coach Thomas Tuchel (right) celebrates with Chelsea's German defender Antonio Rudiger after the English FA Cup semi-final football match between Chelsea and Manchester City at Wembley Stadium in north west London on Saturday. - AFPn
Chelsea end Man City's quadruple quest to reach FA Cup final
LONDON: Chelsea's German head coach Thomas Tuchel (right) celebrates with Chelsea's German defender Antonio Rudiger after the English FA Cup semi-final football match between Chelsea and Manchester City at Wembley Stadium in north west London on Saturday. - AFPLONDON: Chelsea ended Manchester City's quest for a historic quadruple of trophies as Hakim Ziyech's goal earned a 1-0 win to take the Blues into the FA Cup final on Saturday. A damaging...