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Myanmar’s leader cuts 6 years from Suu Kyi 33-year jail term
YANGON: Myanmar reduced ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s 33-year prison sentence by six years in a partial pardon on Tuesday, as the junta struggles to quell bloody resistance to its rule. The country has been ravaged by violence in the two years since Suu Kyi was deposed in a coup and hit with 19 criminal cases ranging from corruption to breaching COVID-19 rules. There have been concerns for the 78-year-old Nobel laureate’s health...
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England demolish China 6-1
AUCKLAND: Lauren James scored twice and played a starring role as European champions England swept past shellshocked China 6-1 on Tuesday and into a Women's World Cup last-16 clash with Nigeria. It equaled England's biggest-ever World Cup victory and booked them top spot in Group D, while consigning the Asian champions to their earliest-ever exit. Meanwhile, holders the United States squeezed into the last 16 of the Women's World Cup on Tuesday...
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Brazil Women's World Cup hopes hang in the balance
MELBOURNE: Football legend Marta was moved to tears Tuesday as the Brazilian reflected on her career and legacy on the eve of what could be her final Women's World Cup appearance. Brazil face Jamaica in Melbourne in their final group match on Wednesday knowing they must win to guarantee they stay in the tournament in Australia and New Zealand. The 37-year-old Marta - nicknamed "Pele in a skirt" by the late football great - has already said this...
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World Athletics chief defends championships host Budapest
PARIS: World Athletics president Sebastian Coe has defended the choice of Hungary's capital Budapest to host this month's world championships and also said the sport's latest doping case was actually a reason to celebrate. Hungary's far-right Prime Minister Viktor Orban is strongly opposed to what he calls the European Union's "offensive" and last month the US ambassador to Hungary blasted him for opportunistically stirring up hatred against gay...
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Greek islanders dismayed by plan to scale up fish farming
POROS, Greece: On the sunny quay of the picturesque Greek island of Poros, veteran fisherman Spiros Papaioannou makes no bones about imminent plans to expand fish farming. “We don’t want them on our island,” the rubber-booted man in his seventies grumbled while cleaning his nets. “We fishermen are going to be chased away, that’s for sure,” he said. Greek-Spanish group Avramar, which presents itself as the world’s leading producer of...
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Kuwait’s real estate activity eases in Q2 2023 on softening demand
KUWAIT: Real estate sales fell in Q2 2023, in a further sign of a market slowdown amid high residential valuations and rising borrowing costs. Sales dropped across all segments on a year-on-year basis, and we expect activity to remain soft during the remainder of 2023. Meanwhile, the government’s recent efforts in resolving the housing crisis could help in reducing the number of outstanding applicants over the medium-to-long term. Overall sales...
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China imposes export curbs on critical metals, drones
BEIJING: Chinese controls on exports of two metals critical to making semiconductors came into force on Tuesday, a day after Beijing imposed curbs on the foreign sales of some drones. The Biden administration has in recent months stepped up measures to restrict Chinese companies’ access to the most advanced semiconductors. China, which seeks to become self-sufficient in semiconductor design, says those measures are aimed at maintaining US...
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NBK offers privilege customers unmatched banking experience
KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) is keen to provide Privilege Banking Customers with unmatched experience comprising an array of top-notch banking products and services and a variety of offers that are relevant to their unique lifestyle. To this end, the bank introduced an exceptional range of luxury services and offers that meet their needs and expectations during the summer and holidays. In this context, NBK announced providing privilege...
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Record-breaking mountaineer Kristin Harila ready for a normal life
Newly minted world record-breaker Kristin Harila is done with 8,000-metre mountains and ready for a "normal life" after achieving her goal of giving women a rare role model in extreme climbing. The 37-year-old Norwegian and her Nepali guide Tenjin "Lama" Sherpa became the fastest people to summit the world's 14 highest mountains after reaching the top of mighty K2 in Pakistan's Himalayas on Thursday. Together they completed the feat in three...
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New Gap chief executive boosted Barbie as Mattel president
US clothing chain Gap announced Wednesday that it tapped as its next CEO Richard Dickson, the current Mattel president who has been credited with reinvigorating Barbie. Gap, which owns its namesake stores as well as Old Navy, Banana Republic and Altheta, said Dickson will take reins of the company on August 22. Gap’s press release described Dickson as a “lead architect in a global corporate transformation that has reinvigorated Mattel’s...
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‘Barbenheimer’ memes spark anti-nuclear anger in Japan
Internet memes referencing the films “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” have sparked anger online in Japan, the only country to ever have been attacked in wartime with nuclear weapons. One film is about a wildly popular children’s doll and the other is a biopic about J Robert Oppenheimer, one of the creators of atomic weapons. Memes shared on social media combined images from both, with one showing a cheering Barbie on the shoulders of...
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‘Pee-wee Herman’ actor Paul Reubens dies aged 70
Paul Reubens, the US comic who became famous in the 1980s for playing eccentric man-child Pee-wee Herman, and later infamous for his arrest at an adult theater, has died aged 70. Reubens passed away Sunday after a six-year battle with cancer which he had not publicly disclosed, according to a statement on the actor’s official social media accounts. “Last night we said farewell to Paul Reubens, an iconic American actor, comedian, writer and...
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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’