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Fowler snaps four-year win drought with playoff victory
WASHINGTON: Rickie Fowler sank a birdie putt from just inside 12 feet on Sunday to win a playoff for the PGA Rocket Mortgage Classic title and snap a four-year win drought. Fowler defeated fellow American Collin Morikawa, a two-time major champion, and Canada's Adam Hadwin to capture his first victory since the 2019 Phoenix Open and his sixth PGA triumph overall. "It's just nice to have this one out of the way," Fowler said. "I'm obviously going...
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Duplantis attempts world record, dominates Stockholm pole Vault
STOCKHOLM: Pole vault star Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis, watched by his mother, attempted a world record, and climate protesters added “an 11th hurdle” in the rain-hit Diamond League event in Stockholm on Sunday. The pole vault was delayed for two hours by the wet weather, as the sound system in Stockholm’s venerable Olympic Stadium, played “Let the Sunshine In” from the musical Hair. When it started, Duplantis, the reigning Olympic and...
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South Koreans get younger as traditional age system dropped
Lee Jung-hee was set to turn 60 next year but South Korea dropped its traditional age counting system, so the Seoul-based housewife just got a year younger—and she’s thrilled. South Korea is the last East Asian country to officially still use a method of calculating age that determines babies are aged one at birth, counting their months in the womb as their first year of life. Under that system everyone gets a year older with the turn of the...
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US actor David Corenswet cast as next Superman
Rising US star David Corenswet will become the latest actor to don Superman’s famous red cape, director James Gunn confirmed Tuesday. The 29-year-old, best known as the lead of recent Netflix series “Hollywood,” will take on the iconic role for “Superman: Legacy,” due in 2025 from Warner Bros. The news was first reported by various Hollywood trade publications, which also revealed that Rachel Brosnahan, star of multiple Emmy-winning...
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Meet the French luthier making music out of mushrooms
Leave mushroom spores in a mold for a couple weeks and they’ll bloom into a puffy material akin to brie, says Rachel Rosenkrantz, a sustainability-minded guitar-maker innovating with biomaterials. Once her mycelium, the root-like structure of fungus that produces mushrooms, mimics the rind of a soft-ripened cheese Rosenkrantz dehydrates it into a lightweight, biodegradable building material—in this case, the body of a guitar. The musician...
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Twitter restricts number of posts users can read
NEW YORK: Elon Musk announced Saturday that Twitter would temporarily restrict how many tweets users could read per day, in a move meant to tamp down on the use of the site’s data by artificial intelligence companies. The platform is limiting verified accounts to reading 10,000 tweets a day. Non-verified users — the free accounts that make up the majority of users — are limited to reading 1,000 tweets per day. New unverified accounts would...
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ANGER SEETHES IN FRANCE
PARIS: The grandmother of the French teenager whose fatal shooting by police has sparked several nights of unrest issued a plea for calm Sunday as the home of the mayor of a Paris suburb was attacked with a burning car in a new flaring of violence. The government of President Emmanuel Macron has been battling five nights of violent protests since 17-year-old Nahel M was shot dead in the Paris suburb of Nanterre on Tuesday by an officer during a...
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Space telescope targets universe’s dark mysteries
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER: Europe’s Euclid space telescope blasted off Saturday, kicking off a first-ever mission to shed light on two of the universe’s greatest mysteries: Dark energy and dark matter. “I can tell you, I’m so thrilled, I’m so excited to see this mission up in space,” European Space Agency (ESA) Director General Josef Aschbacher said after the launch. The telescope successfully took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at...
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Kuwait launches central college admission portal
KUWAIT: Kuwait has launched the first stage of a central college admission portal in a bid to revamp online services and overhaul information and educational infrastructure, the education minister announced. The move is part of an integrated program of applications that would contribute to applying a digital registration system involving a central admission portal for higher education institutions, Dr Hamad Al-Adwani said in a press statement....
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Environment authority continue campaigns to protect local beaches
KUWAIT: Environment Public Authority inspectors are carrying out campaigns against violations at beaches around Kuwait and on the country’s islands. The crackdowns, carried out in cooperation with environmental police since the middle of June, are meant to spread awareness among the public on the importance of keeping local beaches clean.EPA Acting Director General Samira Al-Kandari warned in a statement that the fine for littering reaches up...
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Childhood cancer has 80% recovery rate if detected early: Doctor
KUWAIT: The National Campaign for Cancer Awareness (CAN) Chairman Dr Khalid Al-Saleh urged mothers to check their children for early symptoms of cancer, noting that the recovery rate could reach over 80 percent in cases of early detection. The statement came as CAN representatives, along with Kuwait Social Association and Kuwait Society for Preventing Cancer and Smoking, visited cancer patients at Kuwait Cancer Control Center (KCCC) and National...
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Foreign Minister discusses oil, science on tour
VIENNA: Kuwait’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, now on a visit to the Republic of Austria, met on Friday with OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al-Ghais to discuss cooperation between Kuwait and the organization. They reviewed the latest regional and international geopolitical developments and their impacts on the global oil market as well as the challenges related to climate change.Sheikh Salem highlighted...
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Minister of Public Works Dr Noura Al-Meshaan is pictured during a meeting in the presence of a number of representatives of the concerned authorities. - KUNA
New airport project to support Kuwait’s economic growth
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The sun sets behind electricity pylons in this file photo. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Kuwait’s electricity crisis persists amid power cuts
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Ministers address traffic congestion
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KUWAIT: Chief of the Kuwaiti Army Staff Lt Gen Bandar Al-Muzain inspects the 15th Armored Brigade and the 94th Mechanized Brigade – KUNA
Kuwait army chief affirms forces as ultimate deterrent
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Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Jassim Al-Budaiwi and President of the European Council Charles Michel. - KUNA
European Council strengthens GCC ties, seeks to prevent Middle East escalation