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Kuwait an increasingly important partner to the EU: Ambassador Tudor
By Dr Cristian Tudor, Ambassador of the European Union to the State of KuwaitAs Kuwait and the EU emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, the outlook on the future of our bilateral relations is excellent in all fields: political, economic, social and cultural. In just a few days from now, we will mark the first anniversary of the establishment, on July 14, 2019, of a fully-fledged EU Delegation in Kuwait.On that occasion, the Minister for Foreign...
Muna Al-Fuzai
US and GCC
By Muna Al-Fuzaithe US presidential election campaign, a wave of public anger against racism and the coronavirus pandemic, many of us are following analyses, statements and predictions published in the American media, especially since Gulf countries' interests are closely linked with American policy, and perhaps today this is stronger than ever. The big question is what the 2020 US presidential election means for the Middle East and the Gulf...
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Be a pioneer, entrepreneur
By Abdellatif Sharaathe newscast two days ago, I saw a segment about a man who was not able to sit around and be idle during the pandemic, and as the prominent rule was to stay at home, an idea came across his mind to recycle and make use of things that are usually discarded and thrown away. The man collected used tires and empty oil barrels in his backyard and started to paint them. Then he asked city officials if he can use his creations to...
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Photo of the Day
KUWAIT: A bird flies over the sun as it rises yesterday morning. - Photo by Islam Al-Sharaa
Caroline Pozzo di Borgo (R) talks about a painting inside the Forbin castle as the building prepares to host a street art exhibition in Marseille, southern France, on June 28, 2020. (Photo by Christophe SIMON / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION
New York graffiti artists showcased in French chateau
Caroline Pozzo di Borgo (right) talks about a painting inside the Forbin castle.Caroline Pozzo di Borgo (right) talks about a painting by Rammellzee. When New York graffiti artists spray painted their colourful and subversive work on subways in the 1980s, it was an illegal activity done only in the dead of night. Three decades later, their work is on show in a lavish sixteenth century manor that belonged to a French aristocratic family in the...
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Touch The Sky: Kanye West announces 2020 presidential run
In this file photo taken on December 13, 2016 singer Kanye West and President-elect Donald Trump speak with the press after their meetings at Trump Tower in New York. - AFP Kanye West, the entertainment mogul who urges listeners in one song to “reach for the stars, so if you fall, you land on a cloud,” claimed Saturday he is challenging Donald Trump for the US presidency in 2020. “We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God,...
Bayern Munich's German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer raises the German Cup (DFB Pokal) trophy as he and his teammates celebrate winning the final football match Bayer 04 Leverkusen v FC Bayern Munich at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin on July 4, 2020. (Photo by Michael Sohn / POOL / AFP) / DFB REGULATIONS PROHIBIT ANY USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS AS IMAGE SEQUENCES AND QUASI-VIDEO.
Bayern win 20th German Cup title
BERLIN: Bayern Munich's German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer raises the German Cup (DFB Pokal) trophy as he and his teammates celebrate winning the final football match Bayer 04 Leverkusen v FC Bayern Munich at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. - AFP BERLIN: Robert Lewandowski passed the 50-goal mark this season as Bayern Munich completed the double with a 4-2 victory over Bayer Leverkusen behind closed doors to win a 20th German Cup on Saturday....
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 19, 2018 Juventus' goalkeeper from Italy Gianluigi Buffon reacts as he leaves the pitch for his last game with Juventus team during the Italian Serie A football match Juventus versus Verona, at the Allianz Stadium in Turin. - The legendary Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon should become on July 4, 2020 the sole holder of the record for the number of games played in Serie A with 648 appointment with Italian football team Juventus. (Photo by MARCO BERTORELLO / AFP)
Buffon breaks Serie A appearances record as Juve move seven points clear
TURIN: (File photo taken on May 19, 2018 Juventus' goalkeeper from Italy Gianluigi Buffon reacts as he leaves the pitch for his last game with Juventus team during the Italian Serie A football match Juventus versus Verona, at the Allianz Stadium in Turin. -- AFP MILAN: Gianluigi Buffon set a new Serie A appearances record on Saturday as Juventus beat Torino 4-1 in the Turin derby to move seven points clear at the top of the table after nearest...
DETROIT, MICHIGAN - JULY 04: Matthew Wolff of the United States plays his shot from the 16th tee during the third round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic on July 04, 2020 at the Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Michigan.   Gregory Shamus/Getty Images/AFP
Wolff fires 64 to lead Rocket Mortgage Classic by three strokes
DETROIT: Matthew Wolff of the United States plays his shot from the 16th tee during the third round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic at the Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Michigan. - AFP WASHINGTON: American Matthew Wolff had nine birdies in an eight-under 64 to take a three-shot lead at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, where Bryson DeChambeau bombed his way up the leaderboard. The 21-year-old Wolff, who is seeking his second USPGA Tour title, eagled...
(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 05, 2020, an aerial view of a crude oil storage facility is seen   in Cushing, Oklahoma. - Although crude prices have rebounded from coronavirus crisis lows, oil execs and experts are starting to ask if the industry has crossed the Rubicon of peak demand. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP)
Big Oil confronts terminal demand decline
In this file photo, an aerial view of a crude oil storage facility is seen in Cushing, Oklahoma. Although crude prices have rebounded from coronavirus crisis lows, oil execs and experts are starting to ask if the industry has crossed the Rubicon of peak demand. - AFP PARIS: Although crude prices have rebounded from coronavirus crisis lows, oil execs and experts are starting to ask if the industry has crossed the Rubicon of peak demand. The...
Palestinian workers wearing masks against Covid-19 lineup for a security check at the entrance to Israel's Mishor Adumim industrial zone nearby the Maale Adumim settlement in the West Bank east of Jerusalem, on July 1, 2020. - The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said it could begin the process to annex Jewish settlements in the West Bank as well as the strategic Jordan Valley from today. The plan -- endorsed by Washington -- would see the creation of a Palestinian state, but on reduced territory, and without Palestinians' core demand of a capital in east Jerusalem. (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
Annexation to fuel West Bank real estate boom
Palestinian workers wearing masks against Covid-19 lineup for a security check at the entrance to Israel's Mishor Adumim industrial zone nearby the Maale Adumim settlement in the West Bank east of Jerusalem. –AFP ARIEL, Palestinian Territories: In the Jewish settlement of Ariel, Perri Ben Senior can't wait for Israel to annex this part of the occupied West Bank, hoping it will be a boon for her real estate firm. With its 20,500 residents, a...
A worker paints the ceiling of MGR central railway station after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Chennai on June 18, 2020. - The epidemic has badly hit India's densely populated major cities and Chennai in the south has ordered a new lockdown from June 19 because of a surge in cases. (Photo by Arun SANKAR / AFP)
India opens vast rail network to private players
CHENNAI: A worker paints the ceiling of MGR central railway station in Chennai. India has opened up its vast railway sector to private companies, allowing firms to operate trains on certain routes, in a bid to boost its stuttering, virus-hit economy. - AFP MUMBAI: India has opened up its vast railway sector to private companies, allowing firms to operate trains on certain routes, in a bid to boost its stuttering, virus-hit economy. The...