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MIAMI GARDENS: Jannik Sinner of Italy and Hubert Hurkacz of Poland pose at the trophy ceremony during the final of the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday in Miami Gardens, Florida. - AFPn

Poland's Hurkacz beats Italian teen Sinner to win Miami Open

MIAMI GARDENS: Jannik Sinner of Italy and Hubert Hurkacz of Poland pose at the trophy ceremony during the final of the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday in Miami Gardens, Florida. - AFPMIAMI: Poland's Hubert Hurkacz defeated Italian teenager Jannik Sinner in straight sets to win the Miami Open and claim the first ATP Masters title of his career on Sunday. The 26th-seeded Hurkacz, who had eliminated four higher-ranked players en route to...

LONDON: Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah (center) jumps over a challenge from Arsenal's Brazilian defender Gabriel (right) during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium in London on April 3, 2021. - AFPn

Salah can prove loyalty to Liverpool in Real Madrid showdown

LONDON: Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah (center) jumps over a challenge from Arsenal's Brazilian defender Gabriel (right) during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Liverpool at the Emirates Stadium in London on April 3, 2021. - AFPLONDON: Mohamed Salah can silence the critics who question his loyalty to Liverpool by avenging the most painful moment of his career when the Egypt star faces Real Madrid in...

MADRID: Real Madrid's French coach Zinedine Zidane stands in the rain during the Spanish League football match between Real Madrid CF and SD Eibar at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium in Valdebebas on the outskirts of Madrid on April 3, 2021. - AFPn

Fallen giants seek revival as Real Madrid, Liverpool battle again

MADRID: Real Madrid's French coach Zinedine Zidane stands in the rain during the Spanish League football match between Real Madrid CF and SD Eibar at the Alfredo di Stefano stadium in Valdebebas on the outskirts of Madrid on April 3, 2021. - AFPMADRID: Liverpool's last dance with Real Madrid ended in painful defeat, with Mohamed Salah's shoulder dislocated by Sergio Ramos dragging him to the ground and goalkeeper Loris Karius left apologizing to...

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Arab boxers to make pro debut in July

Khalid Al-FajjiBy Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Director General of Kuwait Sport Promotion (KSP) said world boxing will see a unique sports event when three Arab boxers will make their professional debut on July 17 in the Spanish city of La Coruna in cooperation with the professional boxers association in the north of Spain, in their first step as professional boxers.Khalid Al-Fajji, whose company is organizing the event, said 13 boxers from Europe...

SINGAPORE: People take pictures beside the pond of the ArtScience Museum against the city skyline in Singapore.-AFPn

Facing pressure at home, Chinese tech giants expand in Singapore

SINGAPORE: People take pictures beside the pond of the ArtScience Museum against the city skyline in Singapore. - AFPSINGAPORE: Chinese tech giants are expanding in Singapore as they face a crackdown at home and growing pressure in other key markets-but they may struggle to find talent in the city-state. Messaging-and-gaming behemoth Tencent is opening a hub and TikTok owner ByteDance is on a hiring spree after establishing a regional HQ, while...

SEOUL: A South Korean flag (center) and LG flags flutter in front of the headquarters of LG Electronics in Seoul yesterday.-AFPn

LG to close down smartphone business

SEOUL: A South Korean flag (center) and LG flags flutter in front of the headquarters of LG Electronics in Seoul yesterday. - AFPSEOUL: LG Electronics, South Korea's second-largest appliance firm after Samsung, is closing down its mobile phone business, the company said yesterday, after the division lost billions in recent years. The firm was once considered a pioneer of the Android operating system, collaborating with Google on the Nexus series...

ATHENS: People walk down Athens main commercial street on the first day of the reopening of retail stores yesterday amid the coronavirus pandemic. – AFPn

Greece reopens shops despite high infections

ATHENS: People walk down Athens main commercial street on the first day of the reopening of retail stores yesterday amid the coronavirus pandemic. – AFPATHENS: Greece yesterday relaxed a nationwide lockdown by opening most retail shops despite a high level of COVID-19 infections and fatalities. By allowing people to "decompress" outside their homes as the weather improves, the government hopes to also stem damage to the economy that has taken...

A picture shows a view of the Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC). - AFP photos

Main hall of Egypt's NMEC open for visitors

A picture shows a view of the Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC). - AFP photosIn a magnificent building with a pyramid structure resting on four columns on top, and with a vast yard overlooking a natural lake, the newly-opened National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) in Cairo highlight the Egyptian civilization from the Predynastic period to the modern age. Passing through the main door, visitors encounter a tube-like shiny hallway...

nIn this screengrab Aaron Sorkin accepts the Best Director Award for 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' during the Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine broadcast. - AFP photosn

Sorkin's 'Chicago 7' rallies Oscar bid with key SAG award

In this screengrab Aaron Sorkin accepts the Best Director Award for 'The Trial of the Chicago 7' during the Movies for Grownups Awards with AARP the Magazine broadcast. - AFP photos"The Trial Of The Chicago 7" was judged the year's best performance at the prestigious Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday-a verdict that strengthens the film's case for the Oscars later this month. Aaron Sorkin's courtroom drama based on 1968 US anti-war riots-and...

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NASA's Ingenuity helicopter dropped on Mars' surface

WASHINGTON: NASA's Ingenuity mini-helicopter has been dropped on the surface of Mars in preparation for its first flight, the US space agency said. The ultra-light aircraft had been fixed to the belly of the Perseverance rover, which touched down on the Red Planet on Feb 18. "MarsHelicopter touchdown confirmed!" NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory tweeted Saturday."Its 293 million mile (471 million km) journey aboard @NASAPersevere ended with the...

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Call for probe into lawmakers' 'illegal' income

The National Assembly.By B IzzakKUWAIT: Opposition lawmaker Saleh Al-Mutairi yesterday submitted a proposal calling to form a parliamentary committee to investigate allegedly illegal income and benefits of members of the National Assembly, suspected to be the price for taking certain political stances. Mutairi said that his proposal calls to investigate all local and foreign money transfers into the account of MPs and their close relatives since...

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Central Bank sees positive growth in 2021

Central Bank of Kuwait Governor Mohammad Al-HashelKUWAIT: Central Bank of Kuwait Governor Dr Mohammad Al-Hashel expects the country to witness "positive growth" during 2021, but conceded it will "take time" to return to pre-pandemic levels. "Encouragingly, early monetary, prudential and fiscal policy interventions since the outbreak of the pandemic have ensured that the country's productive capacity remains broadly unscathed, offering hopes of a...

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KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Interior and Defense Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah holds talks with senior defense ministry officials on Aug 7, 2024. - KUNA

Kuwait army alert, govt prepared

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Ahmed Al-Basat celebrating his birthday at the office.

A forgotten courtesy: The silent struggle of Kuwait’s expatriates

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PARIS: Bangladesh's finance pioneer Muhammad Yunus is escorted by French police personnel as he arrives at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport on Aug 7, 2024, enroute to Bangladesh, where he is set to lead a caretaker government. - AFP

Yunus: Get ready to build Bangladesh

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The second phase of the Avenues Roads Project, the exit leading to the Fifth Ring Road towards Jahra and the opposite U-turn. – KUNA photos

Second phase of roads project leading to The Avenues mall opened

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Video grab taken from a video footage shows rescuers helping a person out of a hotel that partly collapsed on August 7, 2024 in Kroev, western Germany, killing one person and burying eight others. - A floor in the hotel in Kroev, a town some 110 kilometres (68 miles) west of Frankfurt, collapsed for unknown reasons, police said in a statement. Of the 14 people inside at the time, five managed to get out. — AFP

One dead, several buried in German hotel collapse