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Athletes in Kuwait turn to powerlifting for physical, psychological benefits
By Ahmad AliKUWAIT: Powerlifting is a sport that consists of performing three movements with a barbell — squat, bench press and deadlift. They are compound exercises, meaning they employ multiple muscles within the body, and are primarily strength focused. The sport has been seeing a tremendous amount of growth worldwide in recent years, notably in places such as New Zealand, France, Sweden and Canada, and Kuwait is no exception. In the last...
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Early intervention key to limiting obesity rates in Kuwait: Doctor
KUWAIT: Head of health enhancement administration at the Ministry of Health Dr Abeer Al-Bahouh affirmed that the rise in obesity rate in Kuwait, especially between the age of 18 to 29, calls for early intervention to fight obesity. In an interview with KUNA on Saturday, Dr Al-Bahouh noted that statistics have shown a prominent rise in obesity, making Kuwait become the number one country in the Arab World, with 77 percent of the total population...
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Modi feted in France, deals signed
PARIS: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was honored during France’s Bastille Day celebrations on Friday, which are taking place under tight security two weeks after riots swept the country. Around 45,000 police were deployed while firework sales have been banned as the government aims to prevent a repeat of the urban violence seen at the end of June following the police killing of a teenager. The annual Bastille Day festivities, which mark...
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Azerbaijan, Armenia hold talks as Russia proposes Moscow summit
BAKU: Azerbaijan and Armenia held a fresh round of EU-mediated peace talks Saturday, while Russia offered a summit in Moscow in an effort to reassert a lead role in the normalization process. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met in Brussels for talks aimed at resolving their decades-long conflict for the control of Armenian-populated Karabakh, the foreign ministry in Baku said in a statement. European...
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Heavy rains, floods, landslides leave 22 dead in South Korea
SEOUL: At least 22 people have died and 14 are missing after heavy rain caused flooding and landslides in South Korea, officials said Saturday, with thousands more ordered to evacuate their homes. South Korea is at the peak of its summer monsoon season and there has been heavy rainfall for the last three days, triggering widespread flooding and landslides, and causing a major dam to overflow. The interior ministry reported that 22 people had been...
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‘Like hell’: India coalfields burn
DHANBAD: Deadly fires have raged for a century in mines in India’s Jharkhand state, where Savitri Mahto is one of 100,000 people risking their lives shoveling coal to supply insatiable demand. “The land is charred because of the fires,” said Mahto, 22, illegally scavenging amid the flames on the edge of a vast commercial opencast mine for the dirty fossil fuel. “We live in fear every day”. Underground fires, which scientists believe...
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Crypto gets much needed boost after SEC court loss
NEW YORK: Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies rose in value on Friday after the US Securities and Exchange Commission was handed a setback in its legal campaign against the hard-hit sector. The increases came after a federal judge in Manhattan partially dismissed the SEC's case against the creators of the XRP cryptocurrency, Ripple Labs, who were accused of marketing their currency without first registering it with the Wall Street regulator. The...
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Boom of micro-apartment in Brazil’s most populated city
SAO PAULO: Lara Maia types on her laptop perched on a small desk occupying a gap between the fridge and wardrobe in her micro-apartment in Sao Paulo, Latin America’s most populated city. Behind her, the bed also serves as the couch. “I don’t need any more: I’m close to everything and I feel free to leave whenever I want with a few bags,” the 34-year-old computer scientist told AFP of the 16-square-meter (172-square-foot) apartment near...
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Gulf Bank announces Sharefa as the 20th AlDanah millionaire
KUWAIT: Following long moments of anticipation, amid a wide audience watching at the screens to discover the name of next millionaire, Gulf Bank has officially announced Sharefa Mohamad Ghloum Ashraf as this year’s lucky winner of the semi-annual draw prize of KD 1 million, on Thursday, July 13, 2023. The draw was broadcasted live in a grand ceremony at the Avenues Mall – in the presence of representatives of the Ministry of Commerce and...
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Vondrousova wins Wimbledon title
LONDON: Marketa Vondrousova became the first unseeded woman to win Wimbledon in the Open era as the Czech swept to a shock 6-4, 6-4 victory over Tunisia's Ons Jabeur in Saturday's final. As the first unseeded woman in the Wimbledon final in 60 years, Vondrousova was a heavy underdog against sixth-ranked Jabeur. But the 24-year-old upset the odds on Centre Court to win her maiden Grand Slam title at the second attempt after losing to Ash Barty in...
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Striking actors join picket lines as Hollywood shuts down
Actors took to picket lines outside studio headquarters from California to New York on Friday as movie and television production ground to a halt in the most serious Hollywood strike in decades. Hundreds of strikers marched with placards at the Netflix building on Los Angeles’ famed Sunset Boulevard, as well as at Disney, Paramount, Warner and Amazon premises, with passing drivers honking their horns in support. In New York, Jason Sudeikis and...
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Confusion over launch date for African Football League
JOHANNESBURG: CAF confirmed at a meeting of their top officials in Abidjan that the African Football League would kick off in October, but there is confusion over the starting date. FIFA president Gianni Infantino, a guest speaker in the Ivory Coast commercial capital, said the eagerly awaited debut of the club competition would be on Friday October 20. But the official CAF website said the eight-team first edition would kick off one day later,...
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Guests and dignitaries gather at Marina Hotel to celebrate the 102nd anniversary of Turkey's Victory Day.
Kuwait-Turkey defense partnership bolsters regional peace and security
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KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Noura Al-Mashaan and a Chinese delegation visit the site of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project on Boubyan Island on Aug 31, 2024. – KUNA
Minister, Chinese delegation visit Mubarak Port
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Kuwait Times Summer Program students pose for a group photo with Kuwait Times/Kuwait News and Gulf Bank teams. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Gulf Bank and Kuwait Times successfully conclude 3rd edition of Summer Program
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US ambassador Karen Sasahara
US media roundtable: Spotlight on US-Kuwait military, economic ties
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SUN VALLEY, US: Anderson Cooper walks with Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, after attending the morning session during the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. -- AFP
OpenAI and Meta flex muscles as competition in AI sector heats up