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Handout photo released in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by O Globo TV of contestants from Brazil's Big Brother (BBB) reality television show. -AFP n
'Big Brother' still huge in Brazil, 21 seasons on
Handout photo released in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by O Globo TV of contestants from Brazil's Big Brother (BBB) reality television show. -AFP photosBrazilian TV is perhaps best known for its "telenovelas," but another kind of show has been captivating the country and holding a mirror up to its changing face for 21 seasons: reality franchise "Big Brother Brazil." "BBB," as it is affectionately known, is a cultural phenomenon in Brazil, with...
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Netflix, 'Lupin' and EU rules spark a TV revolution
"Lupin", a French reboot set in postcard Paris, has made Omar Sy a global star and fulfilled a long-lost dream for Europeans: the confidence to take on Hollywood. But, in a devilish twist worthy of the gentleman thief himself, the leap forward for European productions comes thanks to Netflix, a quintessentially American success story. Netflix is investing massively to become a global television player, but when it comes to making shows in Europe,...
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Kuwait gives $2 billion in bonuses to frontline COVID-19 workers
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Cabinet on Monday approved a draft law to pay frontline workers fighting the coronavirus pandemic a total of KD 600 million ($1.99 billion) in special bonuses for their efforts and sacrifices to tame a local outbreak that has killed 1,298 people as of Monday.The green-lit draft law will now be submitted to His Highness the Amir, pending its passage through parliament, Foreign Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs...
KUWAIT: The remains of a missing Iraqi are handed over to an Iraqi delegation yesterday. - KUNA
Kuwait returns remains of missing Iraqi
KUWAIT: The remains of a missing Iraqi are handed over to an Iraqi delegation yesterday. - KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait handed over to Iraqi authorities the remains of a missing Iraqi found in February on Boubyan Island, Chairman of the Foreign Ministry's Prisoners and Missing Committee Rabee Al-Adsani said yesterday. Adsani told KUNA on the sidelines of the handover ceremony that this cooperation came from Kuwait's keenness to deal transparently with...
KUWAIT: A fire guts tires in a dump in Salmi yesterday.
Salmi tire dump fire 'deliberate'
  KUWAIT: A fire guts tires in a dump in Salmi yesterday.KUWAIT: A fire that occurred in the tire dump in Salmi yesterday was deliberate, Kuwait Fire Force (KFF) announced. Firemen from the Shaqaya, vocational Jahra and backup fire stations had brought the blaze under control after isolating the burning tires, KFF explained. No injuries were reported, it added, noting that Kuwait Municipality bulldozers were used in fighting the fire. "After...
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ACK offers diploma in nautical science
KUWAIT: The Maritime Department at the Australian College of Kuwait (ACK) announced that it has signed an agreement with the City of Glasgow College in the United Kingdom to offer a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Nautical Science. The HND in Nautical Science is a two-year program conducted over a period of four semesters.It was primarily designed for those intending to become licensed deck officers on merchant ships, but it also has a secondary...
KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah addresses the National Assembly yesterday. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
Govt takes oath, PM grilling deferred, MPs trade blows
KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah addresses the National Assembly yesterday. - Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatBy B IzzakKUWAIT: The National Assembly managed to hold its crucial session yesterday with just one vote over the quorum, allowing the new Cabinet to take oath. MPs later engaged in heated exchanges and blows to cap a day of political drama. Thirty-one opposition MPs who boycotted the session described the events...
Journalists look at a container ship navigating the Suez Canal yesterday, a day after the Ever Given cargo vessel was dislodged from its banks. – AFP n
One virus, one stuck ship spark global trade rethink
Journalists look at a container ship navigating the Suez Canal yesterday, a day after the Ever Given cargo vessel was dislodged from its banks. – AFPPARIS: A virus visible through only the most powerful microscopes and a huge container ship stuck in the Suez Canal visible from space highlight how fragile the "just-in-time" global trade system can be. Businesses no longer hold large stocks of materials and parts at great expense, instead they...
UMM QASR, Iraq: This picture taken on March 14, 2021 shows imported livestock waiting on the pier at the port of Umm Qasr. - AFP n
Jam puts focus on livestock sea transport
UMM QASR, Iraq: This picture taken on March 14, 2021 shows imported livestock waiting on the pier at the port of Umm Qasr. - AFPPARIS: The blockage of the Suez Canal has cast a light on a very delicate kind of cargo: The millions of livestock shipped each year in conditions denounced by animal rights groups. Countries from Australia to Romania and Uruguay export live animals in long voyages across the world. The journey can be deadly at times,...
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Kuwait registers 1,271 new COVID cases, 10 deaths
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Gulf Bank sponsors Hamad Alali's new Ramadan podcast
KUWAIT: Gulf Bank has announced it will be the title sponsor of "Stories With Hamad," the latest show hosted by social media influencer and personality, Hamad Alali. The new show is an audio and video storytelling podcast that aims to highlight a true story or event told by those who lived it over the course of 15-minute daily segments. The show is currently scheduled to air every day during Ramadan, right after iftar, and on both ATV and...
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KFH campaign encourages staff to get vaccinated
Talal AlmutairiKUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) has launched a campaign under the theme "Take your vaccine" to encourage its employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19 in accordance with standard procedures. The campaign includes different promotions, gifts and prizes aimed at motivating employees to take the vaccine, reflecting the bank's keenness on the health of its employees and their families as well as the health of society...
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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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ALDERSHOT: Protesters hold placards during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists near a hotel housing asylum seekers in Aldershot on August 4, 2024. — AFP
Musk fans flames of anti-Muslim riots, spars with UK govt
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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