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Kuwait Amir accepts Sisi's invitation to visit Egypt
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah reads a letter from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, as he meets Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday at Bayan Palace Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry, who handed him a letter from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah...
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Amir, Crown Prince meet senior state officials
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. - Amiri Diwan and KUNA photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received yesterday at Bayan Palace His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. His Highness the Amir also received National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem. Furthermore,...
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Students' return to class pending health authorities' approval
KUWAIT: Kuwait hopes to have a return of students to schools by the start of the second semester if health officials approve of that scenario, a senior Education Ministry official hinted yesterday. Acting Education Ministry Undersecretary Faisal Al-Maqseed held a meeting with Assistant Undersecretary for Public Education Usama Al-Sultan, directors of all education zones and supervisors of all school subjects to discuss various issues.Maqseed...
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Diabetes in Gulf extremely high: Endocrinologist
Dr Waleed Al-Dhahi KUWAIT: Endocrinologist and President of Kuwait Diabetes Society Dr Waleed Al-Dhahi said the prevalence of diabetes in the Gulf is extremely high, and could be the highest in the world. He said the best medicine for a diabetic patient is to exercise and reduce the amount of food intake.Dhahi, who spoke on the occasion of World Diabetes Day, said there is a link between diabetes and the severity of viral infections due to a...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 13, 2018 US actor Tom Cruise arrives for the UK premiere of the film Mission: Impossible - Fallout in London. - Far from being wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic, Britain's film and television industry is enjoying a blockbuster run thanks in large part to a surge in online streaming. Attracting global production teams to spectacular landscapes, gothic castles and state-of-the-art studios in the UK, the nation's film industry has enjoyed big growth in recent years -- also thanks to tax breaks. (Photo by Anthony HARVEY / AFP)
UK film industry in rude health despite virus horror
In this file photo US actor Tom Cruise arrives for the UK premiere of the film Mission: Impossible - Fallout in London.-AFP photos Far from being wiped out by the coronavirus pandemic, Britain's film and television industry is enjoying a blockbuster run thanks in large part to a surge in online streaming. Attracting global production teams to spectacular landscapes, gothic castles and state-of-the-art studios in the UK, the nation's film...
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Chileans channel street rage into art at protest museum
People visit the Social Uprising Museum, which exhibits street art pieces regarding the protests against the Chilean government of Sebastian Pinera in Santiago.-AFP photos Awash with multicolored posters, angry graffiti and other symbols of protest-metal shields, tear gas cartridges-Santiago's Museum of Social Uprising is aiming to keep alive the memory of months of deadly demonstrations that have left a lasting mark on Chile. Months of...
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Canon ME extends partnership with Al-Bahar Group in Kuwait
KUWAIT: Canon Middle East (CME), a provider of imaging technologies and services, has expanded its partnership with Mohamed Abdulrahman Al-Bahar Group, one of the pioneering trading houses in the Gulf, to provide an ecosystem of innovative business-to-business imaging products and solutions in Kuwait.The extended partnership, which was announced during a virtual roundtable held in the presence of Anurag Agrawal, Managing Director, Canon Middle...
(Files) In this file picture taken on March 25, 2017 an EU flag and a Union flag held by a demonstrator is seen with Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) and the Houses of Parliament as marchers taking part in an anti-Brexit, pro-European Union (EU) enter Parliament Square in central London, ahead of the British government's planned triggering of Article 50 next week. (Photo by Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)
Post-Brexit borders to divide EU, UK citizens
In this file picture taken on March 25, 2017 an EU flag and a Union flag held by a demonstrator is seen with Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) and the Houses of Parliament as marchers taking part in an anti-Brexit, pro-European Union (EU) enter Parliament Square in central London, ahead of the British government's planned triggering of Article 50 this week. - AFP BRUSSELS: From January 1 British and EU citizens will be confronted with the reality of...
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Japan finds luring business from Hong Kong may be tough
TOJYO: While Tokyo is capital of the world's number-three economy and offers attractive incentives such as tax breaks, it also has a number of stumbling blocks Japan is hoping to lure businesses considering relocating from Hong Kong, but it faces some tough obstacles, and competition. - AFP TOKYO: Tokyo is on a charm offensive, hoping to lure firms in Hong Kong spooked by protests and a controversial security law imposed by China. But the city...
In this picture taken on October 7, 2020, residents walk in front of the Kapoor mansion, the more than 100-year-old ancestral home of late Indian Bollywood icon Raj Kapoor in Peshawar, which authorities in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province plan to restore and turn into a museum. - Tucked away near the centuries-old Storytellers' Bazaar, the decaying Pakistani mansions once home to Bollywood superstars are being brought back to life as Peshawar emerges from years of Islamist militancy. (Photo by Abdul MAJEED / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY PAKISTAN-INDIA-HERITAGE-ENTERTAINMENT-FILM-BOLLYWOOD,FOCUS BY SAJJAD TARAKZAI
Hope for Bollywood stars' dilapidated homes in Pakistan
In this picture residents walk in front of the Kapoor mansion.-AFP photos Tucked away near the centuries-old Storytellers' Bazaar, the decaying Pakistani mansions once home to Bollywood superstars are being brought back to life as Peshawar emerges from years of Islamist militancy. The ancestral homes of Golden Age heroes Raj Kapoor and Dilip Kumar in the northwestern city are symbols of its link to the world's largest film industry, but have...
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Bangladeshi teen wins children's prize for online fight
In this handout picture released by the KidsRights Foundation Sadat Rahman holds his trophy after being awarded with the International Children's Peace Prize 2020, in the Hague.-AFP photos A Bangladeshi teenager made an impassioned plea Friday for stronger global action against cyberbullying and online crime involving children as he received a prestigious global children's award. Sadat Rahman, 17, won the 2020 KidsRights International Children's...
Pole position winner Racing Point's Canadian driver Lance Stroll celebrates after the qualifying session at the Intecity Istanbul Park circuit in Istanbul on November 14, 2020 ahead of the Turksish Formula One Grand Prix. (Photo by Clive Mason / POOL / AFP)
Lance Stroll ends Mercedes' streak
ISTANBUL: Pole position winner Racing Point's Canadian driver Lance Stroll celebrates after the qualifying session at the Intecity Istanbul Park circuit in Istanbul yesterday ahead of the Turkish Formula One Grand Prix. - AFP ISTANBUL: Lance Stroll upstaged Formula One's title-chasing Lewis Hamilton yesterday when he grabbed the first pole position of his career at the Turkish Grand Prix, the Canadian saying "it feels really good right now". The...
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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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Shereeda Al-Maousherji
CSC’s faceprint attendance rule sparks debate
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DHAKA: Anti-Discrimination Student Movement held a rally at Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka on August 3, 2024, to demand justice for the victims killed in the recent countrywide violence during anti-quota protests. -- AFP
Bangladesh students call for nationwide civil disobedience
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Stop smoking, Quit smoking for health.
Many smokers quit as ‘chests cannot stand two fires’
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Late Information Minister Bader Al-Ya'agoub checking the damage.-KUNA
Invasion could not confiscate KUNA’s will, national role