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French Oscars turn political over virus shutdown
French film producer Sidonie Dumas accepts the Best Feature Film award on behalf of French actor and film director Albert Dupontel for the movie "Adieu les cons" (Bye Bye Morons) next to French film producer Catherine Bozorgan (left) and Belgian actress Virginie Efira (right) during the 46th edition of the Cesar Film Awards ceremony at The Olympia concert venue in Paris on Friday. - AFPThere was a fiercely political air at France's annual...
In this file photo taken on June 3, 2019, CFDA Fashion Icon Award recipient US singer Jennifer Lopez and fiance former baseball pro Alex Rodriguez arrive for the 2019 CFDA fashion awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City. - AFP n
J-Lo, A-Rod split
In this file photo taken on June 3, 2019, CFDA Fashion Icon Award recipient US singer Jennifer Lopez and fiance former baseball pro Alex Rodriguez arrive for the 2019 CFDA fashion awards at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City. - AFPSinger Jennifer Lopez and former New York Yankees baseball star Alex Rodriguez have called off their engagement, US media reported on Friday. Lopez, 51, and Rodriguez, 45, had been a couple for nearly four years and...
This file picture shows Dutch Lou Ottens - the inventor of the cassette tape - posing during a photo session in Eindhoven on Jan 23, 2013. - AFP n
Father of the cassette tape dies at 94
This file picture shows Dutch Lou Ottens - the inventor of the cassette tape - posing during a photo session in Eindhoven on Jan 23, 2013. - AFPTributes rolled in Friday after Dutch engineer Lou Ottens, credited with inventing the audio cassette tape and helping create the compact disc, died at the age of 94. Created by Ottens while working for electrical giant Philips, cassettes made music truly portable for the first time and allowed a...
KUWAIT: Officials sign a KD 2.5 million contract to develop the Mubarakiya market yesterday. - KUNAn
Kuwait Municipality inks KD 2.5m deal to develop Mubarakiya market
KUWAIT: Officials sign a KD 2.5 million contract to develop the Mubarakiya market yesterday. - KUNAKUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality signed a KD 2.5 million contract to develop the Mubarakiya market yesterday in the presence of Minister of State for Municipal Affairs and Minister of Housing Affairs Shaya Al-Shaya. In a statement to reporters on the sidelines of the signing, Minister Shaya stressed that the development process will continue to make the...
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WCSS organizes webinar on gender equality
Anne Claire LegendreBy Ben GarciaKUWAIT: On the occasion of International Women's Day, the Women's Cultural and Social Society in Kuwait organized a webinar on gender equality on Monday. Speakers included Dr Tarek El-Sheikh, United Nations Secretary General Representative and Resident Coordinator in Kuwait, Anne Claire Legendre, Ambassador of France to Kuwait, Miguel Angel Isidro, Ambassador of Mexico to Kuwait and Sharifa Al-Khamis, Board...
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Assembly panel presses govt over multibillion-dinar profits
The National AssemblyBy B IzzakKUWAIT: The National Assembly's budgets committee yesterday pressed government agencies, including Kuwait Petroleum Corp, to transfer to government coffers billions of dinars of profits they had "illegally" retained. Head of the committee MP Bader Al-Mulla said the panel meeting was supposed to be attended by the prime minister and the ministers of finance and oil, but they apologized at the last minute and sent...
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks during a virtual call to congratulate the NASA JPL Perseverance team on the successful Mars landing in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 4, 2021. - AFP n
No drama Biden quietly triumphs in first weeks
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks during a virtual call to congratulate the NASA JPL Perseverance team on the successful Mars landing in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 4, 2021. - AFPWASHINGTON: Joe Biden hasn't done a press conference, maintains a vanilla Twitter presence, and, as detractors love to repeat, is the oldest man to become US president. Yet in under 50 days, the quiet veteran is racking up...
ATHENS: A woman sits in front of closed stores in central Athens yesterday as Greece is under lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. – AFP n
Vaccinated, COVID negative tourists can visit Greece by May
ATHENS: A woman sits in front of closed stores in central Athens yesterday as Greece is under lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. – AFPATHENS: People who are vaccinated against COVID-19, have antibodies or test negative can travel to Greece this summer, Tourism Minister Harry Theocharis said on Tuesday. Tourism is a major income earner for Greece, which has led calls for an EU-wide vaccination certificate to help unlock travel.The industry...
LONDON: In this file photo taken on June 26, 2018, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II pose for a picture during the Queen's Young Leaders Awards Ceremony at Buckingham Palace. – AFP  n
Royal family contests racism claims
LONDON: In this file photo taken on June 26, 2018, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Britain's Queen Elizabeth II pose for a picture during the Queen's Young Leaders Awards Ceremony at Buckingham Palace. – AFP  LONDON: Britain's royal family has begun a fight back against explosive racism claims made by Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, indicating the couple's comments will not go unchallenged as the...
GAZIANTEP, Turkey: Syrian refugee Dalaa Hadidi, 10, poses during an interview on Feb 26, 2021. - AFP n
Child refugees dream of Syria they never knew
GAZIANTEP, Turkey: Syrian refugee Dalaa Hadidi, 10, poses during an interview on Feb 26, 2021. - AFPGAZIANTEP, Turkey: Mohammad is five years old, Areej six and Dalaa 10. Syrian refugees in Turkey, these children have inherited a yearning for a country they know little to nothing about. More than 3.6 million Syrians have found shelter from the decade-long conflict in neighboring Turkey, including around 1.5 million children under the age of 15,...
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Proposal to open playgrounds for prayer in Ramadan
KUWAIT: Government sources said the Cabinet sent a proposal to the health ministry to open football fields to allow performing taraweeh and qiyam prayers during the holy month of Ramadan instead of in mosques. The sources said this proposal was presented by the Public Authority for Manpower to the Cabinet, which referred it to the health ministry. - Al-Anbaa
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Bird flu found in some poultry farms in Kuwait
KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources announced yesterday the presence of bird flu in some poultry farms in Kuwait. PAAAFR Spokesman Talal Al-Daihani said in a press statement that the authority has taken veterinary health measures and implemented an emergency plan to curb bird flu. - KUNA
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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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GAZA: In this March 25, 2017 photo, Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar (right) and Ismail Haniyeh attend the funeral of slain Hamas official Mazen Faqha in Gaza City. - AFP
Hamas names Sinwar new chief
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WEYMOUTH: A police officer restrains a protester during a 'Enough is Enough' demonstration called by far-right activists in Weymouth, on the southwest coast of England where the Bibby Stockholm migrant accommodation barge is moored, on August 4, 2024. — AFP
No end in sight for UK riots
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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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Senior military officers discuss security issues