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Tomooh Sports Club win 2 gold, silver medals
KUWAIT: Athletes of Tomooh Sports Club for Mental Disabilities won two gold, one silver and on bronze medals in the first day of the Czech International Forum for the Disabled Athletics, that is organized by the Czech Paralympic Committee in Ostrava city from June 8th until the 11th. Secretary General of Tomooh club, Head of the delegation Sadeeqa Al-Ansari congratulated the leadership of the country for this achievement, describing the athletes...
VIRGINIA: Bryson DeChambeau of Crushers GC hits from the bunker into the 10th green during day three of the LIV Golf Invitational - DC at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia. – AFP
PGA loyalists, not LIV jumpers to receive equity shares in new firm
NEW YORK: Golfers who stayed loyal to the US PGA Tour, but not those who jumped to LIV Golf, will receive equity shares in a new for-profit entity, ESPN reported on Friday. Jimmy Dunne, a member of the PGA Tour policy board who helped broker the shocking deal between his group and the Saudi backers of LIV Golf, told ESPN that would be a way to reward players who stayed loyal to the PGA. Dunne, an investment banker and president of Seminole Golf...
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'AI doctor' better at predicting patient outcomes
Artificial intelligence has proven itself useful in reading medical imaging and even shown it can pass doctors' licensing exams. Now, a new AI tool has demonstrated the ability to read physicians' notes and accurately anticipate patients' risk of death, readmission to hospital, and other outcomes important to their care. Designed by a team at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the software is currently in use at the university's affiliated...
This illustration picture shows the AI (Artificial Intelligence) smartphone app ChatGPT surrounded by other AI App in Vaasa, on June 6, 2023. - AFP
US lawyer sorry over ChatGPT 'bogus' cases
What happened when a US lawyer used ChatGPT to prepare a court filing? The artificial intelligence program invented fake cases and rulings, leaving the attorney rather red-faced. New York-based lawyer Steven Schwartz apologized to a judge last week for submitting a brief full of falsehoods generated by the OpenAI chatbot. "I simply had no idea that ChatGPT was capable of fabricating entire case citations or judicial opinions, especially in a...
Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami poses during a photo session at the Gagosian art Gallery in Le Bourget, north of Paris on June 8, 2023. - AFP photos
Takashi Murakami loves and fears AI
Neo-pop art superstar Takashi Murakami has always embraced new technology and was an early adopter of crypto and NFTs, but even he admits fearing that AI might make him obsolete. Murakami, 61, has become a brand unto himself thanks to his loveable technicolour paintings that mix traditional Japanese art motifs with modern anime and manga. His paintings have sold for millions of dollars, led to fashion collaborations with Louis Vuitton and Kanye...
Two portraits painted by Francisco de Goya in 1799 depicting King Carlos IV of Spain and his wife Queen Maria Luisa of Parma are exhibited at the Galeria de las Colecciones Reales (Royal Collections Gallery), the new museum in Madrid, on June 7, 2023. - AFP photos
New Madrid museum showcases Spain's royal treasures
A new museum packed with hundreds of treasures collected by Spain's monarchs over the past five centuries is set to open in Madrid this month. Located just across from the Royal Palace, the Royal Collections Gallery, which opens on June 29, will showcase paintings, tapestries, furniture and elaborately decorated carriages. Most of the 650 works that will go on display have not previously been accessible to the public or were sitting in quiet...
American DJ Diplo performs.
Skies clear as New York's Gov Ball music fest kicks off
New York's Governors Ball kicked off Friday under clearer skies after days of wildfire-induced noxious smog blanketed the city and threatened to derail the annual music festival. As of Wednesday afternoon air quality in New York was clocking in as the worst in the world, according to an international monitor, as levels of pollution hung at hazardous levels well into the night. Even as the apocalyptic skies gave residents the illusion of living in...
BANGKOK: Workers move blocks of ice into a storage unit at a fresh market during heatwave conditions on April 25, 2023. – AFP
World warming at record 0.2C per decade
PARIS: Record-high greenhouse gas emissions and diminishing air pollution have caused an unparalleled acceleration in global warming, 50 top scientists warned Thursday in a sweeping climate science update. From 2013 to 2022, “human-induced warming has been increasing at an unprecedented rate of over 0.2 degrees Celsius per decade,” they reported in a peer-reviewed study aimed at policymakers. Average annual emissions over the same period hit...
NEW YORK: A person wearing a facemask takes photos of the skyline as smoke from wildfires in Canada cause hazy conditions in New York City on June 7, 2023. – AFP
Canada wildfires shroud New York in apocalyptic haze
NEW YORK: Smoke from Canadian wildfires shrouded New York in a record-breaking apocalyptic smog as cities along the US East Coast issued air pollution warnings and thousands evacuated their homes in Canada. The devastating fires have displaced more than 20,000 people and scorched about 3.8 million hectares of land in Canada, where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described this wildfire season as the country’s worst ever. More than 100 million...
RIYADH: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah heads the Kuwaiti delegation to a ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat Islamic State on June 8, 2023. – KUNA
Kuwait playing vital role in global anti-IS coalition
RIYADH: Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Al-Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah headed on Thursday the Kuwaiti delegation at the ministerial meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat Islamic State, co-hosted by Saudi Arabia and the United States in Riyadh with the aim of raising $601 million for a stabilization fund. During his speech at the meeting, Sheikh Salem noted that the coalition faces great expectations from the international community that...
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Saadoun to contest speaker’s post; first poll challenge filed
By B IzzakKUWAIT: Former National Assembly speaker Ahmad Al-Saadoun said late Wednesday he will contest the speaker’s post for the new Assembly. Saadoun, 89, was speaker of the 2022 Assembly which was nullified by the constitutional court on March 19, leading to Tuesday's polls, in which so-called reformists scored a landslide victory. Two MPs from the reformist group, Mohammad Al-Mutair, who was deputy speaker of the 2022 Assembly, and Marzouq...
Kuwait Red Crescent Society Chairman Dr Hilal Al-Sayer meets UN World Food Program Deputy Director for Gulf States Katrina Gallouzi. – KUNA photos
World Food Program hails Kuwait’s efforts
KUWAIT: The United Nations’ World Food Program (WFP) on Thursday heaped praise on Kuwait for the country’s contributions towards global humanitarian endeavors, hailing it as among the UN’s most indispensable partners.Kuwait never failed to provide “urgent and prompt” aid to some of the impoverished corners of the globe, WFP’s deputy director for Gulf Arab states Katrina Gallouzi told KUNA after talks with the country’s Red Crescent...
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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.
Kuwaiti mythical creatures that can still cast a spell
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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
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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