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NBK, KRCS distribute cooling devices to families in need
KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) and Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) have distributed essential electric cooling devices to unprivileged families in Kuwait. The campaign aims to offer a refreshing summer for low-income families facing hard weather conditions. The campaign is a way of showing appreciation and solidarity to those families.Yaqoub Al Baqer, NBK Public Relations Senior Manager, expressed his sincere appreciation to Kuwait Red...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah presides over the Cabinet meeting. – KUNA photos
Cabinet holds extraordinary session, commends all election stakeholders
KUWAIT: The Cabinet held an extraordinary session on Wednesday at Bayan Palace under chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. Following the session, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Dr Khaled Al-Fadhel said the ministers were briefed by First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Interior and Acting Minister of Defense Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah as well as by Minister of Justice, Minister...
MIAMI: Jamal Murray #27 of the Denver Nuggets battles for the ball against Haywood Highsmith #24 and Caleb Martin #16 of the Miami Heat during the fourth quarter in Game Three of the 2023 NBA Finals on June 07, 2023. – AFP
Nuggets overcome Miami Heat
MIAMI: Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray dominated the Miami Heat, both making triple-doubles as the Denver Nuggets took a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals with a 109-94 win in game three on Wednesday. Two-time NBA Most Valuable Player Jokic scored 32 points with 21 rebounds and 10 assists, an unprecedented triple-double combination in an NBA Finals game. Murray scored 34 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and 10 assists - completing his own triple-double with...
Inter Milan's Bosnian forward Edin Dzeko
City old boy Dzeko caps career with Champions League final
MILAN: Edin Dzeko has the chance to crown his career with the biggest prize in football, his former club Manchester City standing in the way of a Champions League triumph which no-one would have expected when he signed for Inter Milan two years ago. Now 37 years old and coming to the end of his time as an elite striker, Dzeko has had an Indian summer at Inter since arriving from Roma two years ago. He was brought in as a cheap replacement for...
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Kuwait gymnastics team participate in Pharaohs Cup championship
KUWAIT: Kuwait's rhythmic gymnastics girls team are participating in the Pharaohs Cup championship, which started Wednesday in Cairo, Egypt, with great ambitions to make yet more new achievements for Kuwait’s gymnastics sport. Kuwait’s team left for Cairo on Thursday to participate in the championship that will continue until Monday.The delegation is headed by the presidents of Kuwait and the Arab Gymnastics Federations. The delegation (with...
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Kuwait to take part in Special Olympics
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: In a grand ceremony at the historic temple Zappeion Megaron in Athens, and in the presence of Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Greece witnessed the kindling of the flame of the 15th Special Olympics World Games Berlin 2023, to be held in the German capital from June 17th until June 25th. 7000 athletes from 170 countries will be participating.They will compete in 26 Olympic games. Kuwait is participating with a...
PARIS: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates his victory over Russia’s Karen Khachanov during their men’s singles quarter final match on June 6, 2023. – AFP
Djokovic and Alcaraz in era-defining Open duel
PARIS: Having battled through 59 encounters with Rafael Nadal over 16 years of epic rivalry, Novak Djokovic faces the Spanish legend's heir apparent Carlos Alcaraz at the French Open in a match laced with era-defining potential. Djokovic will be playing a 45th Grand Slam semi-final on Friday; for Alcaraz, it will be just his second. With Roger Federer retired and Nadal nursing a hip injury until next year, 36-year-old Djokovic has the...
HATVAN: A Hungarian aid worker delivers a food donation to a family whose members suffer from Multiple sclerosis in Hatvan, 60km from Budapest. At 24.5 percent in April, inflation in Hungary was three times the EU average of 8.1 percent, with energy and food price inflation at 42 and 38 percent respectively. – AFP
‘Savings running out’: High inflation hits Hungarians
BUDAPEST: Antal Palya looks for the cheapest cuts of chicken at a Budapest market. Others in Hungary, home to the European Union’s highest inflation rate, now need food aid. For some in the middle-class, even poverty looms. “We dip into our savings to get by, but they’re running out,” Palya, a 58-year-old mechanic, said while shopping at the Bosnyak square market. Others shoppers also said they now worry, for the first time, about how to...
MUMBAI: An Indian policeman walks through the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)nhead office in Mumbai yesterday.-AFPn
India holds interest rates as inflation eases
MUMBAI: India on Thursday kept interest rates on hold for its second-straight meeting, citing easing inflation pressures, but warned about an uncertain global outlook. The benchmark repurchase rate was left at 6.50 percent by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), bank governor Shaktikanta Das announced in a webcast, in line with expectations. “The Monetary Policy Committee decided to remain focused on withdrawal of accommodation to ensure that...
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Saudi cuts output at OPEC+ meet in bid to support prices amid softer demand
KUWAIT: At the recently concluded OPEC+ ministerial meeting, after two days of intense negotiations, Saudi Arabia surprised with its announcement of an additional, unilateral crude production cut of 1 mb/d next month. The move adds to an agreement by OPEC+ to extend existing production cuts of around 3.6 mb/d, including at least 1.2 mb/d of voluntary cuts, beyond 2023 to end-2024. Also notable is the UAE’s securing of a 200 kb/d increase to its...
US radio personality Big Boy (left) and Sekyiwa Shakur, sister of US rapper Tupac Shakur, pose for a photo during Tupac's Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony in Hollywood, California. - AFP photos
California Love: Tupac honored with star in Hollywood
Slain rap legend Tupac Shakur was honored with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame on Wednesday, almost three decades after the best-selling artist was gunned down in a drive-by shooting. The ceremony paid tribute to a rapper who died at age 25 after a brief but spectacular career, in which he went from backup dancer to self-styled gangsta and one of the most influential figures in hip-hop.“It fills my heart with honor to stand here today...
Junior 'Des Affaires' (right) and Obed 'Banque de Sang' (left) rap in the recording studio of the cultural centre Mokili na Poche in Kinshasa.-- AFP photos
In DR Congo’s capital, homeless teens pin future on rap
Life on the streets is grim and desperate, says “Business,” a homeless teen in DR Congo’s capital Kinshasa. “Your body ends up worn out,” he says, describing a doomed path to limbo, ending up like “a prostitute grandmother, something which isn’t supposed to exist.” A 19-year-old with big ambitions, “Business”—a rough translation of his French street name—is one of several dozen homeless youths who have found refuge in rap....
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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