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Israeli-UAE joint song a YouTube hit
GIV'AT SHMUEL: Israeli singer Elkana Marziano sings along with a video clip of a song on which he worked in collaboration with Emirati artist Walid Aljasim (image on screen) in his home in this central Israeli city on Oct 15, 2020. - AFP JERUSALEM: The scene cuts from Dubai to Tel Aviv, the lyrics switch from Arabic to Hebrew to English and the song is a slightly kitsch electro-pop duet by artists who, for now, remain apart. The normalization of...
A handout picture released by the Guinness World Records on October 18, 2020 shows the world's largest coffee painting by Saudi artist Ohud Abdullah Almalki depicting founding fathers of Saudi Arabia and the UAE, the late King Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman (R) and the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, in Jeddah. - An artist from Saudi Arabia has created the world's largest coffee painting, the Guinness World Records announced today, making her the first Saudi woman to achieve a records title singlehandedly. The painting, called Naseej 1, is spread over 220 square meters in the city of Jeddah and is made out of seven connected cloths with approximately 4.5 kilogrammes of expired coffee powder. (Photo by - / Guinness World Records / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT AFP PHOTO /GUINESS WORLD RECORDS - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS -DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
Saudi makes world's 'largest coffee painting'
JEDDAH: A handout picture released by the Guinness World Records yesterday shows the world's largest coffee painting by Saudi artist Ohud Abdullah Almalki depicting the founding fathers of Saudi Arabia and the UAE. - AFP JEDDAH: A Saudi artist has created the world's "largest coffee painting", becoming the first woman from the country to achieve a record title single-handedly, the Guinness World Records announced yesterday. Ohud Abdullah Almalki...
Arminia Bielefeld's goalkeeper Stefan Ortega (2R) jumps for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match between DSC Arminia Bielefeld and FC Bayern Munich at the SchuecoArena in Bielefeld, western Germany, on October 17, 2020. - Bayern Munich's Thomas Muller celebrates scoring their first goal with Serge Gnabry (Photo by WOLFGANG RATTAY / POOL / AFP) / DFL REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND/OR QUASI-VIDEO
Bayern thump Arminia; Wolfsburg chalked up a 4th successive draw
BIELEFELD: Arminia Bielefeld's goalkeeper Stefan Ortega (2nd right) jumps for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga football match between DSC Arminia Bielefeld and FC Bayern Munich on October 17, 2020. - AFP BERLIN: Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Mueller both scored twice as Bayern Munich banished their early-season blues with a thumping 4-1 win over Bundesliga minnows Arminia Bielefeld on Saturday after a "crazy" first half....
ARLINGTON, TEXAS - OCTOBER 17: Enrique Hernandez #14 of the Los Angeles Dodgers attempts to throw out the runner against the Atlanta Braves during the second inning in Game Six of the National League Championship Series at Globe Life Field on October 17, 2020 in Arlington, Texas. Tom Pennington/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Arozarena named MVP as Rays reach World Series
ARLINGTON: Enrique Hernandez #14 of the Los Angeles Dodgers attempts to throw out the runner against the Atlanta Braves during the second inning in Game Six of the National League Championship Series at Globe Life Field on October 17, 2020. - AFP LOS ANGELES: The Tampa Bay Rays punched their ticket to their second World Series in franchise history with a 4-2 win over the Houston Astros in a decisive game seven of the American League Championship...
Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya beats the World Record (1:05:16) and wins the women's race of the 2020 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia, Poland, in October 17, 2020. (Photo by MATEUSZ SLODKOWSKI / AFP)
New record for Jepchirchir but Cheptegei misses out at world half-marathons
GDYNIA: Peres Jepchirchir of Kenya beats the World Record (1:05:16) and wins the women's race of the 2020 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia, Poland on October 17, 2020. - AFP GDYNIA: Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir lowered her own world record for an all-women's half marathon at the world championships in Gdynia on Saturday but serial record-breaker Joshua Cheptegei missed out on a medal in the men's race. The 27-year-old Jepchirchir,...
This photo taken on October 1, 2020 shows a staff member of government technology agency GovTech demonstrating the use of facial verification technology to access government services on a computer at a community centre in Singapore. - Singapore will become the world's first country to use facial verification in its national ID scheme, but privacy advocates are alarmed by what they say is an intrusive system vulnerable to abuse. (Photo by MARTIN ABBUGAO / AFP) / TO GO WITH Singapore-biometrics-rights,FOCUS by Martin Abbugao
Singapore face scan plan sparks fears
SINGAPORE: This photo taken on Oct 1, 2020 shows a staff member of government technology agency GovTech demonstrating the use of facial verification technology to access government services on a computer at a community center. – AFP SINGAPORE: Singapore will become the world's first country to use facial verification in its national ID scheme, but privacy advocates are alarmed by what they say is an intrusive system vulnerable to abuse. From...
An Armenian soldier stands at the front line as troops hold positions on October 18, 2020, during the ongoing fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS / AFP)
Armenia, Azerbaijan truce breaks down within hours
An Armenian soldier stands at the frontline as troops hold positions yesterday during ongoing fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan. - AFP STEPANAKERT: Armenia and Azerbaijan accused each other of violating a new ceasefire yesterday, as they tried for the second time in a week to bring a halt to fighting over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The ex-Soviet neighbors agreed to a truce from midnight following a push by international...
TOPSHOT - People commute in a metro train, on October 17, 2020 in Paris, at the start of a nighttime curfew implemented to fight the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. - About 20 million people in the Paris region and eight other French cities were facing a 9 pm-6 am curfew from October 17, after cases surged in what has once again become one of Europe's major hotpots. (Photo by ABDULMONAM EASSA / AFP)
Paris under curfew as Europe battles soaring virus caseload
PARIS: People commute in a metro train on Saturday at the start of a nighttime curfew implemented to fight the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. - AFP PARIS: Millions of Europeans faced tough new coronavirus restrictions yesterday as governments stepped up efforts to slow the surge in infections, after the World Health Organization reported a "very concerning" 44-percent rise in European cases over one week. From Saturday evening, Paris and...
TOPSHOT - This picture taken on October 18, 2020 and released by the Vietnam News Agency on October 18, 2020 shows military personnel carrying a body recovered from the site of a landslide in central Vietnam's Quang Tri province. (Photo by STR / Vietnam News Agency / AFP)
Vietnam landslide kills 11 soldiers, 11 more missing
QUANG TRI, Vietnam: Military personnel carry a body recovered from the site of a landslide yesterday. - AFP HANOI: Eleven soldiers are dead and a frantic search is under way for 11 others after a huge landslide hit central Vietnam yesterday, as the country battles its worst flooding in years. Heavy rain has pounded the region for more than a week and at least 64 people have been killed in floods and landslides, according to Vietnam's disaster...
WILMINGTON, DE - OCTOBER 18: Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden arrives at St. Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church for Sunday mass on October 18, 2020 in Wilmington, DE. Later in the day, Biden will campaign in Durham, North Carolina. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Biden leads Trump, but can US polls be trusted this year?
WILMINGTON: Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden arrives at St Joseph on the Brandywine Roman Catholic Church for Sunday mass yesterday. – AFP WASHINGTON: Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election four years ago brought into question as never before the reliability of opinion polls. Can they be believed this time around?What do the polls say?With 16 days to go before the November 3 election, Democrat...
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks with senior members of parliament a day after her landslide election win, in Auckland on October 18, 2020. (Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP)
Ardern vows to deliver reform
AUCKLAND: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks with senior members of parliament a day after her landslide election yesterday. - AFP WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern vowed yesterday to "crack on" with delivering her vision following a landslide election victory, after a string of disasters frustrated reform in her first term. Ardern won a historic outright majority in Saturday's poll - the first since New Zealand...
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The traffic dilemma
By Abdellatif Sharaamust start by thanking Allah Almighty for being still alive on the face of this earth and still being able to hold a pen and move it to form words next to each other and come out with sentences that you read. No my friends, I am not a coronavirus survivor as I did not catch it - at least not yet - and I pray to God to spare me the agony. In fact I am a street wars survivor!I was driving in Salmiya when all of a sudden a...
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A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.
How Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait upended lives of expatriates
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ADDIS ABABA: Pedestrians walk on the newly built walkway in Addis Ababa. The Ethiopian birr weakened by 28 percent against the dollar this week after the central bank adopted a market-determined foreign exchange rate. – AFP
Ethiopian authorities crack down on price hikes after currency float
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KUWAIT: Oil wells were set ablaze by Iraqi troops. – KUNA
Kuwait marks 34th invasion anniversary, remembers support
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(Left) Iranians take part in a funeral procession for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Aug 1, 2024, ahead of his burial in Qatar. (Right) Hezbollah fighters and mourners carry the casket of slain top commander Fuad Shukr during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs on Aug 1, 2024. - AFP photos
Hamas, Hezbollah vow revenge
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Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story