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Foreign Minister receives credentials of new ambassadors
KUWAIT: Foreign Minister and Acting Defense Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah receives a copy of the credentials of the new Dutch Ambassador to Kuwait Laurens Westhoff. - KUNA photos KUWAIT: Foreign Minister and Acting Defense Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah received yesterday the new Dutch Ambassador to Kuwait Laurens Westhoff, new Sudanese Ambassador Abdulmunem Al-Ameen, and new Austrian Ambassador...
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Kuwait participates in World Cleanup Day
KUWAIT: Chief of the Al-Nowair initiative Sheikha Intisar Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah announced a cleaning Kuwait campaign, marking World Cleanup Day, next Saturday in Jahra and Ahmadi governorates. In a statement, Sheikha Intisar said Kuwait's participation at the world Cleanup Day is the first of its kind, as it will enhance Kuwait's environmental position internationally.Last year, 20.1 million people participated in this global campaign from 180...
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Woman drowns at Khairan Resort
KUWAIT: A 29-year-old Ethiopian woman drowned while swimming at Khairan Resort beach, said security sources, noting that the body was referred to forensics. A case was filed for investigations to reveal the circumstances behind the incident.Reckless driver arrestedA Kuwaiti was arrested for obstructing traffic flow, reckless driving, driving under the effect of drugs, possessing drugs, resisting arrest and attempting to escape from a...
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Any journey starts with a step
By Abdellatif Sharaainterested in fighting anything that harms my fellow human beings, I read publications of all types, especially as they speak about something new. I am an optimistic person by nature and what I went through in my life proves it, so a statement by the CEO of a leading tobacco company raised my hopes that first the cigarette as we know will be extinct, then the so-called alternatives will go into the history books once and...
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Crises pile up in Sudan as prices soar
KHARTOUM: An international package of support for the poorest households in Sudan has been delayed, leaving the government racing to stave off more economic turmoil. -- Reuters KHARTOUM/CAIRO: Saleha Adam had hoped things would get better after the ousting of Sudan's veteran leader Omar Al-Bashir, and that more food and aid might start flowing into her ramshackle camp on the outskirts of Khartoum. But a year and a half on, prices are still...
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Oil demand set for slow recovery: IEA
PARIS: With novel coronavirus cases surging in many parts of the world and more people working from home, the recovery in global oil demand is likely to be slow in the coming months, the IEA said yesterday. --Reuters PARIS: With novel coronavirus cases surging in many parts of the world and more people working from home, the recovery in global oil demand is likely to be slow in the coming months, the IEA said yesterday as it lowered its...
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UK jobless rate rises for first time since COVID lockdown
LONDON: Commuters wearing masks are seen on a London Underground tube. Britain's unemployment rate rose for the first time since the coronavirus lockdown began in March. - Reuters LONDON: Britain's unemployment rate rose for the first time since the coronavirus lockdown began in March but data published yesterday also suggested the increase in joblessness was, so far at least, not surging. The unemployment rate increased to 4.1 percent in the...
Chelsea's German striker Timo Werner (L) tackles Brighton's English defender Lewis Dunk during the English Premier League football match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Chelsea at the American Express Community Stadium in Brighton, southern England on September 14, 2020. (Photo by Glyn KIRK / POOL / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No video emulation. Social media in-match use limited to 120 images. An additional 40 images may be used in extra time. No use in betting publications, games or single club/league/player publications. /
Clinical Chelsea sink Brighton
BRIGHTON: Chelsea's German striker Timo Werner (left) tackles Brighton's English defender Lewis Dunk during the English Premier League football match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Chelsea on September 14, 2020. - AFP BRIGHTON: Frank Lampard believes Chelsea are already showing the benefits of his £200 million ($257 million) spending spree as they kicked off their Premier League campaign with a 3-1 win at Brighton on Monday. Blues boss...
Bedouins prepare camels before they take part in a race in Egypt's South Sinai desert on September 12, 2020, after more than six month of hiatus due to the coronavirus outbreak. - Camel racing is a traditional sport in many Arab countries, most notably in the Gulf region, and in Egypt, bedouins of the South Sinai desert have kept up the tradition. But race events have been suspended since March following the COVID-19 outbreak, and orders only came down at the beginning of the month that they could resume this weekend. (Photo by Khaled DESOUKI / AFP)
Camel racing storms back in Sinai after virus hiatus
SOUTH SINAI, Egypt: Camels carrying jockeys on their backs, run on a dirt track during a race in Egypt's South Sinai desert, after more than six month of hiatus due to the coronavirus outbreak. - AFP photos SINAI: Spread out at the foot of a vast plateau in the Sinai desert, hundreds of excited Bedouins gathered to race their camels after a six-month break due to coronavirus. Shrouded in a vast sand cloud kicked up by the hump-backed beasts,...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 7, 2019, Chennai Super Kings cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni plays a shot during the 2019 Indian Premier League (IPL) first qualifier Twenty20 cricket match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. - Dhoni may have signed off from international duties but he'll be at the heart of the action in the Indian Premier League -- a tournament he helped inspire, and where he remains a towering figure. (Photo by ARUN SANKAR / AFP) / ----IMAGE RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - STRICTLY NO COMMERCIAL USE-----
Goodbye India, hello IPL: Singh Dhoni set to 'rule roost' in UAE
NEW DELHI: India's Mahendra Singh Dhoni may have signed off from international duties but he'll be at the heart of the action in the Indian Premier League-a tournament he helped inspire, and where he remains a towering figure. Dhoni, who has led the Chennai Super Kings to three titles and five runner-up finishes in the IPL's 12 editions, will feature in the opening match on Saturday against the Mumbai Indians, the defending champions.The game...
SAN DIEGO, CA - SEPTEMBER 13: Fernando Tatis Jr. #23 of the San Diego Padres is tagged out by Brandon Crawford #35 of the San Francisco Giants as he tries to get back to second base during the fifth inning of a baseball game at Petco Park on September 13, 2020 in San Diego, California. Today's game was to make up for Friday's postponed game. Denis Poroy/Getty Images/AFPn== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==
Padres pound Dodgers 7-2
SAN DIEGO: Fernando Tatis Jr #23 of the San Diego Padres is tagged out by Brandon Crawford #35 of the San Francisco Giants as he tries to get back to second base during the fifth inning of a baseball game at Petco Park on September 13, 2020. - AFP LOS ANGELES: Rookie Jorge Ona hit a tiebreaking double to left in the seventh, and the host Padres added four more runs in the inning after a pair of fielding miscues by Dodgers first baseman Max Muncy...
Israeli protesters gather during an anti-government demonstration outside the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on September 13, 2020, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over several corruption indictments and his handling of the coronavirus crisis, as he prepares to travel to the US. - The UAE and Bahrain will sign agreements to recognise Israel, on September 15.nUS President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are to sign the Abraham accords -- a reference to the common traditions of Islam, Judaism and Christianity -- at a White House ceremony. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP)
Netanyahu will not talk to Palestinians
TEL AVIV: Israeli protesters gather during an anti-government demonstration outside the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv on September 13, 2020, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over several corruption indictments and his handling of the coronavirus crisis, as he prepares to travel to the US. The UAE and Bahrain will sign agreements to recognise Israel, on September 15. -- AFP JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister...
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TEHRAN: Hamas leader Ismael Haniyeh (center) flashes the victory sign during a swearing in ceremony of the new president at the parliament in Tehran on July 30 2024. - AFP
HANIYEH ASSASSINATED
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KUWAIT: First Deputy PM and Defense and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Al-Sabah receives Dr Emad Yousef on July 31, 2024. - KUNA
MoI: No one above the law
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(File photo) Hamas senior leader Ismail Haniyah, standing in front of a portrait of the radical group's slain spiritual guide Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, addresses the crowd during rally by the radical group in the former Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim in the southern Gaza Strip, 16 September 2005. - The Palestinian militant group Hamas said on July 31, 2024, its political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an Zionist strike in Iran, where he was attending the inauguration of the country's new president, and vowed the act "will not go unanswered". — AFP
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Zionist strike
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Minister of Finance and Minister of State for Economic Affairs and Investment Dr Anwar Al-Mudhaf with Morocco's Ambassador to Kuwait Ali bin Issa. - KUNA
Kuwait’s investments in Morocco reach $1.5 bn