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Bodybuilder A. Arokiasamy lifting a barbell at his gymnasium. - AFP photos

Mr Muscles: Malaysian bodybuilder still going strong at 72

Bodybuilder A. Arokiasamy lifting a barbell at his gymnasium. - AFP photosWorking out with ageing equipment in his modest gym, 72-year-old Malaysian bodybuilder A. Arokiasamy bench presses two dumbbells and then flexes his muscular arms. Despite his advancing years, the champion still pumps iron every day, and believes staying healthy with a vigorous routine is the best defense against the coronavirus.Arokiasamy got into bodybuilding after...

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New Hong Kong museum will not show Ai Weiwei's Tiananmen photo

Photo shows Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei.A picture of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei flipping a middle finger in Tiananmen Square will not be shown at the opening of a prestigious new museum in Hong Kong, an official said yesterday. Newly built on Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor, the M+ Museum aims to rival Western contemporary heavyweights such as London's Tate Modern and New York's Museum of Modern Art. The 60,000-square-metre...

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Oscars won't show in Hong Kong for first time since 1969

In this file photo US-China director Chloe Zhao poses during a photocall to present the movie "Songs My Brothers Taught Me" in the French northwestern sea resort of Deauville, during the 41th Deauville US Film Festival. - AFPThe Oscars will not be shown in Hong Kong for the first time in more than half a century, its local broadcaster confirmed yesterday, as doubts remained over whether Hollywood's top awards will air in mainland China. The...

A man sits in the late French ethnographer and filmmaker Jean Rouch's editing room at the Institute for Research in Human Sciences (IRSH) in Niamey.-AFP photosn

In troubled Sahel, memories of a cinematic golden age

A man sits in the late French ethnographer and filmmaker Jean Rouch's editing room at the Institute for Research in Human Sciences (IRSH) in Niamey. - AFP photosThe wall of a house in Torokorobougou, a district in the Malian capital Bamako, suddenly lights up as a black-and-white film starts to roll. The audience falls silent as the title of the documentary, "Sigui", flashes up on the screen. It's one of French director Jean Rouch's seminal...

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Megan Thee Stallion pays tribute to victims of spa shootings

Megan Thee StallionMegan Thee Stallion is helping donate $50,000 in honor of the victims of the Atlanta spa shootings. The 'Savage' hitmaker has teamed up with Fashion Nova and activist May Lee to make a donation to Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta - the only non-profit legal advocacy firm dedicated to protecting the civil rights of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders in the South East of America - after being left...

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Virtual technology parade of EGOV8 takes off tomorrow

His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-SabahKUWAIT: Organized by NoufEXPO, the 8th eGovernment Forum (EGOV8), which kicks off tomorrow, will be a remarkable technological event that comes after disruption due to the challenges and difficulties of COVID19. EGOV8 convenes during the next two days under the generous auspices of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.Dr Rana Al-Fares,...

KUWAIT: Information Ministry official Essam Al-Said inspects boxes in the back of a truck containing Kuwaiti archives seized during the Iraqi invasion in 1990, after their return by Iraqi authorities yesterday. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyatn

Iraq returns archives stolen from Kuwait

KUWAIT: Information Ministry official Essam Al-Said inspects boxes in the back of a truck containing Kuwaiti archives seized during the Iraqi invasion in 1990, after their return by Iraqi authorities yesterday. - Photos by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Kuwait received yesterday eight tons of documents and other items taken during the 1990 Iraq invasion led by Saddam Hussein, officials said. It is the third shipment that Kuwait has received since 2019,...

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Zain Platinum Sponsor of 8th eGovernment Forum

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced its platinum sponsorship of the eighth eGovernment Forum (EGOV8). The event, to be hosted by NoufEXPO in a virtual format, comes under the title 'Integrated eGovernment; an urgent post corona need'. EGOV8 runs from 30 - 31 March under the patronage of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah.This year, the forum comes in an all-virtual format...

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Internet service disruption case to prosecution

KUWAIT: Workers are seen at the site where the internet cable cuts were reported.KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works and Minister of State for Communication and Information Technology Affairs Rana Al-Fares on Saturday announced that an urgent complaint has been submitted to the Public Prosecution against those responsible for cutting cables supplying the internet earlier today and damaging it. In a press release, she added that perpetrators would...

KUWAIT: KES Chairman Abdullah Al-Ali with KFA Secretary Salah Al-Qanaie after signing the agreement.n

KES to represent Kuwait in int'l e-tournaments

KUWAIT: KES Chairman Abdullah Al-Ali with KFA Secretary Salah Al-Qanaie after signing the agreement.KUWAIT: Kuwait Football Association (KFA) signed a cooperation agreement with Kuwait Esports Club (KES) to represent the association to participate in e-tournaments locally, regionally and internationally. KES Chairman Abdullah Al-Ali said KFA receives invitations from international bodies to participate in e-tournaments, "and we as a club are...

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Opposition short of one vote to prevent govt from taking oath

The National Assembly.By B IzzakKUWAIT: Thirty-two lawmakers yesterday said they will boycott the National Assembly session tomorrow to prevent the new Cabinet from taking the oath of office, just one vote short of preventing the Assembly from meeting. For the session to be legal, an absolute majority of members - 33 - must attend the session, and so far opposition MPs said they have guaranteed that 32 lawmakers will not attend the session. If...

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Deaths in Egypt building collapse climb to 25

CAIRO: People and rescuers gather around the rubble of a building that collapsed in Gesr Suez, east of the Egyptian capital, on Saturday. - AFPCAIRO: Egyptian state media said yesterday that at least 25 people were killed in a 10-storey building collapse in Cairo the day before, revising the toll up as rescue operations continued. Al-Ahram newspaper said the number of injured in Saturday's incident in the capital's eastern Gesr Suez district...

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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