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Mexico’s Copper Canyon train lures intrepid travelers
From the heartland of a notorious drug cartel to rugged mountains home to remote Indigenous communities, Mexico’s “El Chepe” train takes adventure-seeking travelers on a spectacular journey through the Copper Canyon. The Chepe Express, recognized by National Geographic as one of the world’s greatest rail trips, pulls out of Los Mochis in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, heading for the town of Creel in the mountains of Chihuahua. It was...
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Betrayal best served cold, and with mint-choc, in Thai politics
Betrayal is a beverage best served chilled in Thailand, as an innocuous chocolate-mint iced concoction takes the limelight—an unlikely symbol of the kingdom’s deep political divisions following May’s election. The country is deadlocked after the Move Forward Party (MFP), buoyed to victory by promises to end nearly a decade of army-backed rule, failed to get its reformist candidate elected PM, forcing it to bow out and allow coalition...
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Gaza open-air cinema a breath of fresh air for Palestinians
Gaza residents took their seats in front of a large projector screen set up on a sandy beach, a rare event in the Islamist-ruled blockaded enclave that has no operating cinemas. Over two weeks in summer, the “Cinema of the Sea” festival which ended Monday screened some 15 films, many of them with Palestinian actors or producers. Providing a respite from the heat, the waterfront “is the only outlet for the residents” in the impoverished...
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Tunisian singer says show cancelled over Palestinian concerts
A Tunisian singer who rose to prominence during the Arab Spring revolution in her homeland announced Wednesday an upcoming show in Tunisia had been cancelled for supposed “normalization” with Zionist entity. In July, Emel Mathlouthi performed in Zionist entity-annexed east Jerusalem, as well as in Bethlehem and Ramallah, both in the Zionist-occupied West Bank. She did not perform in the Zionist entity. Artists who perform in the Zionist...
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Scar tissue: Treating war’s marks on Ukrainians
A laser beam moved slowly over Sergiy Pryshchepa’s chest and stomach, treating numerous scars from burns he suffered when his car ran over an anti-tank mine close to Kyiv. The 34-year-old comes regularly to this private clinic in the Ukrainian capital for a program offering free treatment for civilians and military personnel with severe burns and scarring received in the war. Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Pryshchepa left...
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Trump indicted for trying to overturn 2020 US election
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump was indicted on Tuesday over his efforts to upend the results of the 2020 US election — the most serious legal threat yet to the former president as he campaigns to return to the White House. It is the third criminal indictment of the 77-year-old Trump since March and charges him with three counts of conspiracy and one count of obstruction. Trump, the frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is...
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Tunisia president dismisses premier
TUNIS: Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked Prime Minister Najla Bouden without explanation Tuesday night and replaced her with former central bank executive Ahmed Hachani, whom he tasked with overcoming the “colossal challenges” facing the cash-strapped North African country. No official explanation was given for Bouden’s dismissal, but several local media outlets highlighted Saied’s displeasure over a number of shortages, particularly...
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In warming world, is air-conditioned future inevitable?
WASHINGTON: They are ubiquitous in the Gulf and United States, controversial in Europe and coveted in South Asia. As heatwaves intensify across the world, air conditioning has taken center stage. For better or for worse, these power-hungry appliances are among the most common adaptations to a warming world. They have become a necessary tool for the survival of millions, according to experts. But while they bring immediate, life-saving relief, air...
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Kuwait’s largest budget passed
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The National Assembly on Wednesday passed the 2023/2024 budget, which is projecting the largest spending in the country’s history, most of it for wages and subsidies, as Speaker Ahmad Al-Saadoun called for reducing expats so that they will be equal with citizens. The budget projects spending at KD 26.2 billion and revenues at KD 19.4 billion, leaving a shortfall of KD 6.8 billion, mostly due to calculating oil proceeds at a...
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MoH stresses need to promote blood donation culture
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Health stressed the need to promote a culture of blood donation to save lives, and to recognize the value of voluntary blood donation to highlight noble human values by preferring others to oneself. In a statement to reporters Wednesday, on the sidelines of the inauguration of the blood donation campaign, “Together forever, wall of the homeland 8,” the Assistant Undersecretary of MoH for External Health Services...
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A day that will not be forgotten
August 2, 1990 is the day a neighbor attacked a neighbor, and overnight Kuwait was at the mercy of the aggressor, who did not care for old or young, and did not differentiate between male or female. They entered Kuwait, a small country that did not attack anyone and did not have any animosity with anyone. A peaceful country with peaceful people whose religion is Islam, while respecting other heavenly religions, as Almighty Allah said: “You...
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Film tells story of Iraqi invasion
KUWAIT: Al-Salam Palace Museum recalled the memory of the brutal Iraqi invasion of Kuwait through producing a film titled “Liberation”, coinciding with the 33rd anniversary of the invasion on Wednesday. The film presented the story of the Iraqi invasion and the epic of liberation led by the late Amir Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and his Crown Prince and Prime Minister at the time, Sheikh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, may God have...
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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’