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KUWAIT: Qadisiya players celebrate after their win in Kuwait's Women Indoor Football Championship.n
Qadisiya upset Fatat Club in Women's football
KUWAIT: Qadisiya players celebrate after their win in Kuwait's Women Indoor Football Championship.KUWAIT: With only 20 seconds remaining in the match, Qadisiya's player Abrar Al-Hamadi scored a goal against Fatat Club securing the first win for her team in Kuwait's Women Indoor Football Championship with a final score of 3-2. Meanwhile, Kuwait defeated Arabi 5-1 in the second match of the day in the tournament's best-of-three playoffs'...
KANSAS CITY: Michael Wheeler, also know as KC Superman, poses in front of a Kansas City Chiefs display at Union Station in downtown Kansas City ahead of Super Bowl LV against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday in Kansas City, Missouri. – AFPn
Slimmed-down Super Bowl week kicks off as virus threat remains
KANSAS CITY: Michael Wheeler, also know as KC Superman, poses in front of a Kansas City Chiefs display at Union Station in downtown Kansas City ahead of Super Bowl LV against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday in Kansas City, Missouri. – AFPLOS ANGELES: The final countdown to the Super Bowl got off to a low-key start on Monday with a virtual opening night media event, as the specter of COVID-19 hovered over the US sporting showpiece. With just...
TAMPA: In this file photo taken on December 20, 2019 OJ Howard #80 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers works with assistant defensive line coach Lori Locust before the game against the Houston Texans at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. – AFPn
Diversity driving Bucs, Brady into Super Bowl
TAMPA: In this file photo taken on December 20, 2019 OJ Howard #80 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers works with assistant defensive line coach Lori Locust before the game against the Houston Texans at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. – AFPLOS ANGELES: If the Tampa Bay Buccaneers upset the odds and defeat the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl, it will be a victory for diversity as well as Tom Brady. Brady may understandably hog the...
RAWALPINDI : Pakistan's captain Babar Azam (right) and teammates take part in a practice session at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on yesterday ahead of their second Test match between Pakistan and South Africa. - AFPn
Pakistan eye first Test series win over South Africa in 17 years
RAWALPINDI : Pakistan's captain Babar Azam (right) and teammates take part in a practice session at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi yesterday ahead of their second Test match between Pakistan and South Africa. - AFPRAWALPINDI: New-look Pakistan will look to end a 17-year wait for a series win against South Africa and leapfrog the Proteas in the rankings in the second Test starting tomorrow. Victory would be poignant for Pakistan,...
This file photo shows actress Tina Fey (left) and Amy Poehler (right) arriving for the 71st Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills. -AFP photosn
Golden Globe noms set tone for Hollywood's pandemic awards season
This file photo shows actress Tina Fey (left) and Amy Poehler (right) arriving for the 71st Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills. -AFP The unveiling of the Golden Globes nominations today will jumpstart a Hollywood awards season like no other, with pandemic-related theater closures and blockbuster delays expected to boost smaller, stay-at-home movies like Netflix's "The Trial of the Chicago 7" and "Mank." The...
In this file photo actor Dustin Diamond poses for a portrait during the 2007 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.-AFP n
'Saved by the Bell' star Dustin Diamond dies of cancer at 44
In this file photo actor Dustin Diamond poses for a portrait during the 2007 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.-AFPUS actor Dustin Diamond, best known for playing the nerdy Screech on the hit TV series "Saved by the Bell," died Monday, his agent said, just weeks after being diagnosed with an aggressive cancer. He was 44. "He was diagnosed with this brutal, relentless form of malignant cancer only three weeks ago. In that time, it managed...
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Evan Rachel Wood accuses Marilyn Manson of 'horrifically' abusing her
(From left to right) Actor Jim Sturgess, musician Marilyn Manson, actress Evan Rachel Wood and actress T.V. Carpio attend the after party for a special screening of "Across The Universe" at Bette in New York City.-AFP"Westworld" star Evan Rachel Wood on Monday accused goth industrial rocker Marilyn Manson of being a "dangerous man" who subjected her to years of abuse starting when she was a teenager. The American actor, who began working in...
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar: A soldier stands guard on a blockaded road to Myanmar's parliament yesterday after the military detained the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the country's president in a coup. - AFP n
Myanmar military seizes power, Suu Kyi detained
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar: A soldier stands guard on a blockaded road to Myanmar's parliament yesterday after the military detained the country's de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and the country's president in a coup. - AFPYANGON: Myanmar's military seized power in a bloodless coup yesterday, detaining democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and imposing a one-year state of emergency. The intervention ended a decade of transition from outright...
DUBAI: This picture taken yesterday shows a view of the downtown Dubai skyline. - AFP n
Dubai creates 'space court'
DUBAI: This picture taken yesterday shows a view of the downtown Dubai skyline. - AFPDUBAI: Dubai announced yesterday the creation of a "space court" to settle commercial disputes, as the UAE - which is also sending a probe to Mars - builds its presence in the space sector. The tribunal will be based at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Courts, an independent British-inspired arbitration center based on common law.Space law is...
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N Korean envoy told daughter to 'find freedom'
SEOUL: A senior North Korean diplomat who was acting ambassador to Kuwait told his daughter they were going to defect to the South while pretending to drive her to school, Ryu Hyun-woo told media yesterday. "Come with Mom and Dad to find freedom," Ryu recalled telling his daughter in an interview with CNN.The teenager was "shocked" at the sudden suggestion that would change their lives, but responded "okay", he said - and he took them instead to...
KUWAIT: Workers of Kuwait's health ministry transport a crate containing a shipment of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine doses upon its arrival in Kuwait yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
Kuwait receives 200,000 doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
KUWAIT: Workers of Kuwait's health ministry transport a crate containing a shipment of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine doses upon its arrival in Kuwait yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Health (MoH) announced that 200,000 doses of the UK-based AstraZeneca with the University of Oxford vaccine against COVID-19 arrived in the country at dawn yesterday. In a press statement, Assistant Undersecretary for Drug and Food...
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Court 'electronic announcements' goes into effect
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: From February 1, 'electronic announcements' by the Ministry of Justice went into effect. The parties involved in a lawsuit will be informed about their case through three types of electronic announcements instead of the traditional method of the courier of the court delivering the announcement.Based on ministry decree 26/2021 on the conditions and procedures of the electronic announcement, this announcement can be made...
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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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