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Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi shoots the ball during the Spanish League football match between FC Barcelona and CA Osasuna at the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona, on November 29, 2020. (Photo by LLUIS GENE / AFP)
Barcelona trounce Osasuna 4-0
BARCELONA: Barcelona's Argentinean forward Lionel Messi shoots the ball during the Spanish League football match between FC Barcelona and CA Osasuna at the Camp Nou stadium yesterday. - AFP PARIS: Clubs across Europe continued to pay tribute to Diego Maradona yesterday with particularly poignant moments in Italy and Spain where the Argentine played. Maradona, who played two seasons for Barca, one for Sevilla and spent seven mostly glorious years...
In this picture taken on August 6, 2020, Champa Devi Tuladhar knits during an interview with AFP in Kathmandu. - Every winter, Lorina Sthapit and her cousins would warm their feet in woollen socks freshly knitted by their grandmother. As the brightly coloured pairs stacked up in her cupboard, the 31-year-old felt inspired to share the bundles of love with the world -- co-founding a crafts venture that not only sells such handmade products but also delves into the seldom-told lives of its mostly elderly female creators. (Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP) / To go with AFP story Nepal-gender-arts-lifestyle-elderly, INTERVIEW by Paavan MATHEMA
Handmade with love: Nepali takes grandma's socks to the world
In this picture Champa Devi Tuladhar knits during an interview with AFP in Kathmandu.-AFP photosDil Hera Tuladhar stitches a handmade shawl during an interview with AFP in Kathmandu. Every winter, Lorina Sthapit and her cousins would warm their feet in woolen socks freshly knitted by their grandmother. As the brightly coloured pairs stacked up in her cupboard, the 32-year-old felt inspired to share the creations with the world-co-founding a...
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US soap opera 'The Young and the Restless' hits 12,000th episode
In this file photo (from left) US actresses Amelia Heinle, Sharon Case and Camryn Grimes pose during a photocall for the TV soap opera "The Young and the Restless" during the 59nd Monte-Carlo Television Festival in Monaco.-AFP "The Young and the Restless," one of the longest-running TV soap operas ever filmed, marks another milestone next week with its 12,000th episode in the US. "Since 1973, 'The Young and the Restless' has been part of daily...
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Kuwait's Shooting Tournament ends in style
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Annual Shooting Tournament came to a conclusion Saturday at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex. Capital governor Sheikh Talal Al-Khalid Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah represented HH the Crown Prince during the closing ceremony which was attended by Deputy Director General of Public Authority for Sport Dr Saqer Al-Mulla, President of Arab and Kuwait Shooting...
TOPSHOT - Paris Saint-Germain's Brazilian forward Neymar fights for the ball during the French L1 football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Girondins de Bordeaux (FCGB) at the Parc de Princes stadium in Paris on November 28, 2020. (Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP)
Lyon see off Reims to climb to provisional 2nd in Ligue 1
PARIS: Paris Saint-Germain's Brazilian forward Neymar fights for the ball during the French L1 football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Girondins de Bordeaux (FCGB) at the Parc de Princes stadium on November 28, 2020. - AFP DECINES-CHARPIEU: Lyon continued their fine run of form with a 3-0 win over Reims in yesterday's early game which lifted them provisionally to second in Ligue 1. Karl Toko Ekambi, Bruno Guimaraes and Moussa...
Alaves' Spanish defender Ximo Navarro (L) vies with Real Madrid's Brazilian midfielder Casemiro during the Spanish League football match between Real Madrid and Deportivo Alaves at the Alfredo Di Stefano stadium in Madrid, on November 28, 2020. (Photo by PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU / AFP)
Real Madrid slump to 2-1 loss at home
MADRID: Alaves’ Spanish defender Ximo Navarro (left) vies with Real Madrid’s Brazilian midfielder Casemiro during the Spanish League football match between Real Madrid and Deportivo Alaves on November 28, 2020. – AFP MADRID: Real Madrid slumped to a 2-1 loss at home to Alaves in La Liga on Saturday as city rivals Atletico moved level with leaders Real Sociedad after extending their winning run to six matches. Lucas Perez scored a...
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Kuwait sees 231 new COVID-19 cases, three deaths
KUWAIT: Kuwait said yesterday that 231 new coronavirus infections were registered over the past 24 hours, raising the total to 142,426. Meanwhile, three fatalities were recorded over the same period, which upped the country's COVID-19 death toll to 878, the health ministry said. The ministry had earlier reported that 524 patients had recovered from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising total recoveries to 136,413. The number of people...
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Firefighters rescued 83 persons as heavy rains swept Kuwait
KUWAIT: Cars drive through rainwater pooled on a highway yesterday after heavy rainfall a day earlier. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh KUWAIT: Firefighters rescued a total of 83 people during heavy rains that hit Kuwait over the past two days, Kuwait Fire Force (KFF) said yesterday. The persons rescued were trapped in their vehicles in areas where rainwater has accumulated, most of which were in Al-Jahra governorate, the Public Relations and...
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Minister orders investigation over rain accumulations
KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works and the Minister of State for Housing Dr Rana Al-Fares inspects a site damaged by heavy rain. – KUNA KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works and the Minister of State for Housing Dr Rana Al-Fares formed yesterday a neutral and emergency legal and technical fact-finding committee to investigate the causes of water accumulations in some areas due to recent heavy rains in various parts of the country.In a press release,...
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Rain knocks down Kuwait Times tree
KUWAIT: The heavy rains and strong winds that hit Kuwait in the past couple of days have knocked down the longest-standing tree in Kuwait Times' premises. Planted in 1983 by General Manager Badrya Darwish, the tree has provided shade and shelter and welcomed all those who entered our premises.The tree had been a part of the newspaper's history, cut back and pruned over the years to branch out again and again. During the construction of the...
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74 former MPs among 321 candidates left in the fray
The National Assembly By B IzzakKUWAIT: As many as 74 former MPs are among 321 candidates left in the fray for the 50 National Assembly seats after withdrawals of candidacy closed for the Dec 5 elections. Of the 395 candidates who registered to contest the polls, 54 dropped out and an interior ministry commission disqualified 34 others, of whom 14 have so far been reinstated by the court. The final number of hopefuls could change after the court...
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Iran mulling response to assassination
MASHHAD, Iran: A handout picture shows servants of the holy shrine of Imam Reza praying around the coffin of Iran's assassinated top nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh during his funeral procession in this northeastern city. - AFP TEHRAN: Iran was weighing its response yesterday to the killing of its top nuclear scientist, which it blames on arch-foe Israel, as his body was taken to Shiite shrines ahead of being buried. Two days after Mohsen...
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(Left) Demonstrators brandish placards and flags of Palestine during a rally in Rabat on Aug 3, 2024, protesting the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. (Right) Protesters rally in London during the "National March for Gaza", calling to end the genocide, stop arming the Zionist entity and no Middle East war on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP photos
Fears of Middle East war grow
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MOGADISHU: Relatives carry the body of a woman killed during an attack on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP
Somalia beach attack kills 32
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LIVERPOOL: Police officers face protesters outside the Liver Building in Liverpool on August 3, 2024 during an 'Enough is Enough' anti-immigrant rally. — AFP
Fearful UK mosques on alert over far-right protests