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More than just football: Haiti WCup debut against all odds
MIAMI: When Haiti play England in Brisbane on their Women's World Cup debut this month it will mark the culmination of a long and arduous journey against adversity. While many teams in women's football fight for recognition and resources, the Haitians have had to overcome the additional challenges that have afflicted the Caribbean nation. Haiti is the Western Hemisphere's poorest country and for years been mired in a vicious cycle of chronic...
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Messi in Florida ahead of Inter Miami’s move
FORT LAUDERDALE: Argentine star Lionel Messi landed in Florida on Tuesday ahead of putting the final touches on his move to US Major League Soccer club Inter Miami. Argentine television footage showed Messi, with members of his family, walking off a private jet at a small, executive airport adjacent to Inter Miami's stadium in Fort Lauderdale. The World Cup winner is expected to put pen to paper on a two and a half year deal, reported to be worth...
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Dinosaur bones evoking Loch Ness monster to be auctioned: Sotheby’s
Two mounted dinosaur skeletons—one a fierce flying reptile of the kind seen in the “Jurassic Park” movies and the other evocative of the Loch Ness monster—will be auctioned off this month in New York, Sotheby’s said Tuesday. The latter, called Nessie after the legendary elusive beast plying the depths of a Scottish lake, is estimated to draw between $600,000 and $800,000, Sotheby’s said. A kind of dinosaur called a plesiosaur, it was...
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India shoots for the moon with latest rocket launch
India on Friday launches its latest attempt at an unmanned moon landing, the next frontier of a burgeoning, cut-price aerospace program rapidly closing in on the milestones set by global superpowers. If successful, the mission would make the world’s most populous nation only the fourth country after Russia, the United States and China to achieve a controlled landing on the lunar surface. The latest iteration of the Chandrayaan (“Mooncraft”)...
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Italian artist Pistoletto’s ‘Venus of the Rags’ destroyed in fire
One of Italian contemporary artist Michelangelo Pistoletto’s most famous works, “Venus of the Rags”, has been burnt to cinders in a suspected arson attack in Naples, authorities said Wednesday. The installation, in which a statue of the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility stands next to a vast pile of coloured, discarded clothes, was destroyed where it stood on display near the town hall in the southern Italian city.Naples Mayor...
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Biden thanks Erdogan for Sweden deal
VILNIUS, Lithuania: US President Joe Biden thanked his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday for his “courage” in dropping opposition to Sweden’s entry to NATO. At a meeting during the NATO summit in Vilnius, Biden celebrated the conclusion of a major diplomatic push to get Erdogan to stop blocking Sweden’s application. “I want to thank you for your diplomacy and your courage to take that on. And I want to thank you for...
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Canadian lake ground-zero for Anthropocene
PARIS: Scientists on Tuesday designated a small body of water near Toronto, Canada as ground-zero for the Anthropocene, the proposed geological epoch defined by humanity’s massive and destabilising impact on the planet. Layered sediment at the bottom of Lake Crawford — laced with microplastics, fly-ash spread by burning oil and coal, and the detritus of nuclear bomb explosions — is the single best repository of evidence that a new, and...
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Kuwait Cabinet ratifies 2023-2027 action plan
KUWAIT: The Cabinet on Monday ratified the government’s (2023-2027) action plan. Titled (Correcting The Course: Product-Based Economy And Sustainable Wellbeing), the five-pronged plan breaks down into a number of programs and projects - reflecting the government’s goals based on the state’s developmental plan, noted Deputy Premier Essa Al-Kanderi after the Cabinet’s session.This would contribute in accelerating pace of achievement, as...
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Higher Education prepares students for scholarships
KUWAIT: Under the patronage of Minister of Education Dr Hamad Al-Adwani, the Ministry of Higher Education held awareness lectures for students admitted to the annual scholarship plan for the year 2024/2023. The lectures were held in the presence of Acting Undersecretary of the Ministry of Higher Education Lamia Al-Melhem. They were held on Monday July 10 and Tuesday July 11, at the Kuwait University Conference Hall in Al-Shadadiya campus over...
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Sports committee discusses new plan to target violators
KUWAIT: The committee for the removal of equestrian encroachments at the Public Authority for Sports will begin work next week to remove all types of infringements in Ahmadi, Farwaniya and Jahra after stable owners violated laws. Khalifa Al-Tararwa, director of the follow-up and inspection department at the sports competitiveness sector at the Public Authority for Sports, and chairman of the committee, confirmed:“The Committee held its third...
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Wafra plant project on track for 2024 deadline: Official
KUWAIT: The CEO of the GCC Interconnection Authority Ahmed Al-Ibrahim announced on Tuesday that the construction of the Wafra plant project in the State of Kuwait are proceeding well according to schedule, expecting the project to be completed in December 2024. “The completion rate of construction and civil works, which includes the construction of concrete bases for electrical towers, reached 15 percent, while the completion rate of...
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Kuwait to distribute 100,000 copies of Quran in Sweden
KUWAIT: The General Authority for the Care of Printing and Publishing the Holy Quran and the Sunnah of the Prophet (PBUH) and their Sciences announced the printing of 100,000 copies of the Holy Quran translated into Swedish based on the directives of HH prime minister Sheikh Ahmed Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.The Chairman of the Authority, Dr Fahad Al-Daihani, said: “The Authority received the mandate to follow up the Minister of Information and...
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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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US ambassador Karen Sasahara
US media roundtable: Spotlight on US-Kuwait military, economic ties
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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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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