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Kuwait hammer Pakistan 4-0
NEW DELHI: Kuwait won against Pakistan 4-0 in the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship Group A match held in the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in the southern Indian city of Bangalore on Saturday. Kuwait’s Hassan Hamdan netted the first goal after in the tenth minute ten while Mubarak Al-Faneeni scored the second and third goals in the 17th and 46th minutes.Eid Al Rashedi netted the last goal in the 69th minute. The Kuwaiti team...
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Kuwait’s Al-Azmi wins silver medal
RABAT: Kuwaiti Athlete Abdulrahman Al-Azmi on Friday snatched the silver medal of the javelin throwing contest in the Arab Athletics Championship currently held in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh. Al-Azmi made a new personal record after scoring 71.84 meters, giving Kuwait its second medal in the championship after a gold medal won on Wednesday by runner Yaqoub Al-Youha in the 110-meter hurdles competition.In a statement to KUNA, the Kuwaiti...
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Kuwait’s team participates in medical sports program
BERLIN: Kuwait Special Olympics participates in a medical sports program during the summer global games of the 16th edition of the Special Olympics World Games (Berlin 2023) held in the German capital.The medical examination program is one of the prime activities of the international event, with medical teams following up on health of athletes from 170 states, totaling 7,000. Medics measure blood pressure for participants in Berlin 2023.The...
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World watches with concern as mutiny unfolds in Russia
PARIS: Countries around the world were on Saturday closely watching events unfolding in Russia, where a mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group posed the most serious challenge yet to President Vladimir Putin’s long rule. Here is what governments and analysts are saying about the extraordinary situation taking place in nuclear-armed Russia: Ukraine Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Wagner mutiny showed Russia was weak....
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All five on Titanic sub dead after catastrophic implosion
BOSTON: All five people aboard a submersible that went missing near the wreck of the Titanic died—likely in an instant—when their vessel suffered what the US Coast Guard said Thursday was a “catastrophic implosion” in the ocean depths. The somber announcement ended a multinational search-and-rescue operation that captivated the world since the tiny tourist craft disappeared in the North Atlantic four days ago.Rear Admiral John Mauger told...
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Greece eyes Mitsotakis win
ATHENS: Sipping her four-euro ($4.36) freddo in a suburban Athens cafe, Maria N. says she has no illusions about how Greece’s national election on Sunday is going to turn out. “I’m not even sure I’m going to vote, the outcome is foregone,” the doctor says. With opinion polls giving him a lead of around 20 percentage points, conservative leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis is almost assured of winning a second straight four-year term. But he...
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With an eye toward China, Biden goes all-in for Modi
WASHINGTON: Laser-focused on countering China, US President Joe Biden has embraced Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he has few other world leaders, casting aside any concerns about the Hindu nationalist’s authoritarian streak. Biden offered Modi the full pomp of a state visit with two dinners—one intimate and one gala—a meeting with top CEOs, and a long list of concrete takeaways including agreements on US engines for India’s new...
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First Kuwaiti in NCAA Division I
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti rising star Hashem Asad has committed to Georgetown University where he will suit up for the prestigious college's basketball team this fall. By joining the Hoyas, Asad will become the first Kuwaiti player to compete in the NCAA Division I, which gives players a great chance to join the NBA in the future. The 18-year-old most recently competed for Kuwait Club's U-19 basketball team. College basketball offers the highest level of...
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Crusaders win Super Rugby final, claim 7th straight title
HAMILTON: The Canterbury Crusaders claimed a seventh straight title with a 25-20 win over the Waikato Chiefs in the Super Rugby Pacific final Saturday on coach Scott Robertson’s swansong. The Chiefs led 20-15 early in the second half, but the Crusaders fought back with Codie Taylor grabbing a converted try before Richie Mo’unga slotted a late penalty. This was Robertson’s final match with the Crusaders before leaving to coach the All Blacks...
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Bradley joins McCarthy atop leaderboard at Championship
NEW YORK: Keegan Bradley birdied five straight holes in a seven-under-par 63 on Friday to join Denny McCarthy atop the leaderboard at the US PGA Tour Travelers Championship, where Rory McIlroy was among those in the mix. McCarthy, who led by two after a 10-under-par first-round 60, followed up with a five-under-par 65 at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. Bradley blistered the back nine to join him on 15-under-par 125 - a 36-hole...
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Big tech quietly rolling out services for disabled users
PARIS: Buried beneath the hype of the artificial intelligence revolution, big tech is quietly rolling out services for disabled people that it hopes will push a greater transformation for customers. Apple and Google are leading the field, harnessing the sensors and cameras of their best-selling smartphones that allow users to edit, enhance and improve their photos and audio. Among the latest announcements, Apple unveiled its Live Speech feature...
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Big ideas, small steps at climate finance summit
PARIS: A global climate summit has wrapped up with leaders agreeing that the international financial system was woefully inadequate in an era of global warming, after taking a number of small steps to helping debt-burdened developing nations. While host country France pitched the conference as a consensus-building exercise, leaders were under pressure to produce clear outcomes from the two-day meeting as economies stagger under growing debt after...
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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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Watercolor painting depicting Edaida.
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Ministers address traffic congestion
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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