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Kuwait satisfied with successful Munich security conference: Foreign Minister
MUNICH: Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah meets with his Saudi Arabia counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah. - KUNA photos MUNICH: Kuwait contributed successfully to recent talks involving global leaders and security chiefs in the German city of Munich, the country's Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah said yesterday. Kuwait's participation in the Munich Security Conference was vigorous as it expressed its...
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Kuwaitis join Outer Space Team in simulated mission to Mars
Ghanem Al-Otaibi and Dr Rawan Al-Shammari. UTAH: This February, the Outer Space Team performed the second simulated mission to Mars. Ghanem Al-Otaibi and Dr Rawan Al-Shammari were selected after a very competitive process to represent Kuwait in an international team simulating a mission on Mars. Otaibi is the crew astronomer while Shammari is the Health Safety officer. The crew consists of people with five other nationalities (India, Canada,...
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Al-Abdulrazzaq crowned Aquabike world champion
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: World Champion Yousef Al-Abdulrazzaq took the first place in the sitting professional's category of Aquabikes, followed by UAE's Marcus Jorgensen and France's Jeremy Perez was third, at the conclusion of the first round of the Aquabike World Championship of 2020 season.The championship concluded on Saturday at the Marina beach, organized by Kuwait Sea Sports Club under the patronage of HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah...
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KUWAIT: Kuwaiti rider Mohammed Al-Khobaizi takes part on his horse 'Femke' in the Amir's Cup showjumping competition at the Hunting and Equestrian Club on Saturday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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'Sustainability' the buzzword at Asia's biggest air show in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Solar panels on the roof of the Changi Exhibition centre, where the Singapore Airshow is being held, in Singapore. - AFP SINGAPORE: From an emissions-reducing model jet that looks like something from a sci-fi movie to electric aircraft and sustainable fuel, the aviation industry is ramping up efforts to go green as consumer pressure grows. In an era when teen climate activist Greta Thunberg opts to travel on an eco-friendly boat and...
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Haya Al-Houti: The Kuwaiti talented fashion designer
Haya Al-Houti is a Kuwaiti fashion designer that was able with her distinguished talent, to reach world status in a record time. It is a journey of success that caused a quality move in the fashion world that impressed elegance experts with her unique creativity, so it was hard to distinguish between her designs and International fashion collections. Al-Houti inherited the love of color mixing and drawing from her artist father, her talent came...
Members of the media wait near the Diamond Princess cruise ship, with people quarantined onboard due to fears of the new COVID-19 coronavirus, at the Daikaku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama port on February 16, 2020. - The number of people who have tested positive for the new coronavirus on a quarantined ship off Japan's coast has risen to 355, the country's health minister said. (Photo by Behrouz MEHRI / AFP)
Avoid crowds over coronavirus, Japanese health minister warns
KATSUURA: Members of the media wait near the Diamond Princess cruise ship, with people quarantined onboard due to fears of the new COVID-19 coronavirus, at the Daikaku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama port yesterday. - AFP TOKYO: Japan's health minister yesterday urged the public to avoid crowds and "non-essential gatherings", including notoriously packed commuter trains, to prevent the new coronavirus from spreading in the country. Katsunobu...
South Korean director Bong Joon-ho (centre R) walks past the media upon his arrival at Incheon airport, west of Seoul, on February 16, 2020 after his film Parasite won the Oscar for Best Picture. - Bong's movie Parasite -- about the widening gap between rich and poor -- became the first non-English-language film to win Hollywood's biggest prize on February 10, prompting celebrations in South Korea. (Photo by Ed JONES / AFP)
'Parasite' director Bong Joon-ho gets hero's welcome in South Korea
South Korean director Bong Joon-ho (center right) walks past the media upon his arrival at Incheon airport, west of Seoul, yesterday after his film Parasite won the Oscar for Best Picture.-AFP "Parasite" director Bong Joon-ho was greeted with cheers and applause as he returned to South Korea yesterday after his historic four-Oscar win. About 300 reporters and fans were waiting to greet Bong as he arrived at the Incheon International Airport....
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 13, 2017 a person shows an App that will allow to vote for a referendum in Italy's northern region of Lombardy to request more autonomy from central government, in Milan. - West Virginia's disabled residents and overseas military personnel will be able to vote by smartphone in the US presidential election this year, the latest development in a push to make balloting more accessible despite persistent security fears. Rising interest in electronic voting has heightened concerns among security experts who fear these systems are vulnerable to hacking and manipulation that could undermine confidence in election results. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP)
Smartphone voting stirs interest-and security fears
MILAN: A person shows an App that will allow to vote for a referendum in Italy's northern region of Lombardy. West Virginia's disabled residents and overseas military personnel will be able to vote by smartphone in the US presidential election this year, the latest development in a push to make balloting more accessible despite persistent security fears. - AFP WASHINGTON: West Virginia's disabled residents and overseas military personnel will...
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China death toll passes 1,600
PURI: Indian artist Sudarsan Pattnaik puts some final touches as he makes a sand sculpture depicting people wearing protective facemasks with a message reading 'United against corona virus' at Puri beach in Puri yesterday. - AFP BEIJING: The number of new cases from China's coronavirus epidemic dropped for a third consecutive day yesterday, as the World Health Organization chief warned it was "impossible" to predict how the outbreak would...
Iraqi protesters take cover amid clashes with security forces at al-Khilani square in the capital Baghdad on February 16, 2020 during ongoing anti-government demonstrations. (Photo by SABAH ARAR / AFP)
Rocket attack hits near US embassy in Iraq capital
BAGHDAD: Iraqi protesters take cover amid clashes with security forces at Al-Khilani square in the capital Baghdad yesterday during ongoing anti-government demonstrations. - AFP BAGHDAD: Multiple rockets hit an Iraqi base hosting American troops near the US embassy yesterday, the latest in a flurry of attacks against US assets in the country. "The Coalition confirms small rockets impacted the Iraqi base hosting (coalition) troops in the...
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UK post-Brexit rules to 'turn off tap' of low-skilled foreign labor
MUNICH: France's President Emmanuel Macron (left) listens to the chairman of the Munich Security Conference Wolfgang Ischinger during the 56th Munich Security Conference (MSC). Macron said France was growing 'impatient' with the lack of German response to its push to strengthen the European Union after Brexit. - AFP LONDON: Britain will "turn off the tap" of foreign, low-skilled labor and require all skilled workers wishing to come to the...
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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.
Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system
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Kuwait's fencer Yusuf Al-Shamlan
Shamlan leaves Olympic Games
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
Girl Up Kuwait: Young trailblazers give girls a voice
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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Kuwaiti pilots learn to fly Turkish Bayraktar drones