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Sonia Ibidhi, tastes some petals in the greenhouse of her small farm where she produces edible flowers, in the northwestern Tunisian coastal town of Tabarka.-AFP

Market for edible flowers blossoms in Tunisia

Sonia Ibidhi, tastes some petals in the greenhouse of her small farm where she produces edible flowers, in the northwestern Tunisian coastal town of Tabarka.-AFPA Tunisian entrepreneur growing edible flowers says she is surprised by the appetite for her homegrown product in the North African country and hopes to see a "new culinary culture" bloom. Sonia Ibidhi, a 42-year-old journalist, turned to organic farming of the niche but in-demand...

An Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) flies at the Purace National Natural Park in Purace, Colombia.-AFP photosn

Scientists and indigenous people unite to save Colombian condor

An Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) flies at the Purace National Natural Park in Purace, Colombia.-AFPRosendo Quira silently shakes a medicinal plant to attract a condor to the bait. The bird of prey glides through the clouds over Colombia towards a mountain pass some 3,200 meters above the sea. As this scene plays out, a hidden camera clicks into gear to record the ritual. Amongst a group of some 300 volunteers, many of them indigenous people...

This handout illustration obtained yesterday shows a reconstruction of the steppe mammoths that preceded the woolly mammoth, based on the genetic knowledge we now have from the Adycha mammoth. – AFP n

World's oldest DNA sequenced from mammoths

This handout illustration obtained yesterday shows a reconstruction of the steppe mammoths that preceded the woolly mammoth, based on the genetic knowledge we now have from the Adycha mammoth. – AFPPARIS: Teeth from mammoths buried in the Siberian permafrost for more than a million years have yielded the world's oldest DNA ever sequenced, according to a study published yesterday, shining the genetic searchlight into the deep past. Researchers...

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Autopsy offers new clues 3,600 yrs after pharaoh's murder

CAIRO: A handout picture released yesterday shows a CT scan performed on the mummy of ancient Egyptian King Seqenenre-Taa-II. - AFPCAIRO: A high-tech study has offered new clues into the killing of a pharaoh who ruled Egypt over three millennia ago, the antiquities ministry said yesterday. Seqenenre Tao II, "the Brave", reigned over southern Egypt some 1,600 years before Christ. He famously led Egyptian troops against the Hyksos, a dynasty of...

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334 Indians died due to COVID-19 in Kuwait in 2020

KUWAIT: Indian Ambassador Sibi George speaks during an open house at the Indian Embassy yesterday.By Sajeev K PeterKUWAIT: In 2020, 334 Indians died due to COVID-19 out of 1,279 deaths of Indians registered in Kuwait, Indian Ambassador Sibi George told an open house at the Indian Embassy yesterday. Addressing community members, he said the embassy registered 572 more death cases in 2020 than the 707 cases in 2019.Deaths due to natural causes...

RIYADH: Kuwait's Foreign Minister Dr Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad delivers to his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saud (left) a letter from His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. - KUNAn

Kuwaiti Foreign Minister hands Amir's letter to Saudi King

RIYADH: Kuwait's Foreign Minister Dr Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad delivers to his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saud (left) a letter from His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. - KUNARIYADH: A letter from His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was delivered by Kuwait's Foreign...

KUWAIT: Officials walk outside the Directorate General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) new building yesterday. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikhn

Minister inaugurates new DGCA building

KUWAIT: Officials walk outside the Directorate General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) new building yesterday. - Photo by Fouad Al-ShaikhKUWAIT: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) new building is a qualitative leap in modernizing the infrastructure of the aviation sector in the country, said Minister of State for Services Affairs and Minister of State for Housing Dr Abdullah Marafi yesterday.In a statement on the sidelines of the...

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US Ambassador visits Jahra Nature Reserve

KUWAIT: As part of wider cooperation efforts between the Environment Public Authority and the Embassy of the United States of America, the Director General of the Public Authority for the Environment, Sheikh Abdullah Al-Hamoud Al-Sabah and Deputy Director General of Technical Affairs, Dr Abdullah Al-Zaidan, hosted US Ambassador Alina Romanowski at the Jahra Nature Reserve yesterday.Romanowski was briefed about the reserve's biodiversity and the...

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Interior ministry official, US Commander discuss cooperation

KUWAIT: Kuwait Ministry of Interior Undersecretary Lt Gen Essam Al-Naham discussed areas of joint cooperation with Commander of the US Naval Forces Central Command Vice Admiral Samuel Paparo yesterday.Joint strategic security partnership, maritime cooperation and the importance of bilateral relations between the Kuwait Coast Guard and the US Navy were amongst the addressed topics, read a ministry press release.Meanwhile, the US Vice Admiral...

KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Hmoud Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace yesterday. - KUNA n

Amir commends ministry of health's frontline workers

KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Health Minister Sheikh Dr Basel Hmoud Al-Sabah at Bayan Palace yesterday. - KUNAKUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday commended government authorities' efforts, namely the ministry of health, whose healthcare workers are on the frontline in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. HH the Amir made the remarks during a reception of Health...

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Trump urges Reps to dump McConnell

Donald Trump Mitch McConnellWASHINGTON: Donald Trump urged Republican senators Tuesday to dump Mitch McConnell as their leader in the Senate following his withering criticism of the former US president after his impeachment trial. In his most extensive comments...

GUNEYYAMAC, Turkey: Doctors and nurses from the Bahcesaray public hospital vaccination team arrive at this village to vaccinate elderly residents on Feb 15, 2021. – AFP n

Fighting vaccine fears high up in Turkey mountains

GUNEYYAMAC, Turkey: Doctors and nurses from the Bahcesaray public hospital vaccination team arrive at this village to vaccinate elderly residents on Feb 15, 2021. – AFPIMAMLI, Turkey: Turkish doctor Sergan Saracoglu faces the twin hurdles of a snowstorm in the mountains and local fears of vaccines as he chases after alarmed villagers with a metal case full of needles. "She had a positive attitude," the doctor says after finally tracking down a...

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KUWAIT: Kuwaitis walk inside the Avenues Mall, the country’s largest shopping centre. The Public Authority for Civil Information (PACI) issued the latest detailed statistics on population and employment at the end of June 2024. The data shows that total population in Kuwait reached 4.919 million people. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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DHAKA: Anti-government protestors display Bangladesh's national flag as they storm Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's palace on Aug 5, 2024. - AFP

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