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Kuwait University makes progress in international ranking

KUWAIT: Kuwait University announced Thursday that it achieved a significant improvement in the indicators of the Times Higher Education ranking in its latest edition for the year 2023. In a press release, the university said that it achieved this improvement through the continuous and tireless pursuit to reach the highest levels of academic and research quality. This indicator is one of the most prestigious international rankings in the field of...

OSLO: (L to R) Turkey's Permanent Representative to NATO Zeki Levant Gumrukcu, Britain's Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs James Cleverly, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Sweden's Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom attend an informal meeting of NATO Foreign Affairs Ministers at The Oslo City Hall in Oslo. – AFP

NATO debates ‘security’ for Ukraine

OSLO: NATO foreign ministers meeting in Oslo Thursday debated providing security guarantees to Ukraine after its war with Russia ends, as the alliance looks to narrow divisions over Kyiv’s push to join the bloc. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February last year has galvanised the Western military alliance set up almost 75 years ago to face off against the Soviet Union. But with just over five weeks to a summit of NATO leaders in...

BRASILIA: File phot shows Brazilian senator and former president (1990-1992), Fernando Collor de Mello, speaks during the impeachment vote against Brazil's suspended President Dilma Rousseff, at the Senate in Brasilia, on August 31, 2016. -- AFP

Brazil ex-leader gets nearly 9 years in jail for corruption

BRASILIA: Brazil’s Supreme Court sentenced former president Fernando Collor de Mello to eight years and 10 months in prison for corruption on Wednesday, part of the fallout from the country’s sweeping Car Wash graft investigation. The high court had convicted Collor of taking 20 million reais ($4 million) in bribes as a senator from 2010 to 2014 in exchange for arranging contracts for a construction company with a subsidiary of state-run oil...

WASHINGTON: US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks during a news conference following Senate Republican policy luncheons at the US Capitol in Washington. Congressional leaders were racing to secure backing for a cross-party deal to raise the US debt limit and avert a first-ever default as they faced a growing backlash from conservatives ahead of a crucial Wednesday evening vote. – AFP

US House votes to avert debt default

WASHINGTON: US lawmakers voted Wednesday to raise the national borrowing limit as a crucial first step to averting a catastrophic default, greenlighting a pact struck between Washington’s warring parties after weeks of brinkmanship and fraught backroom deal-making. Hammered out between Democratic President Joe Biden and the Republicans in the House of Representatives, the measure suspends the debt ceiling through 2024, slightly cutting...

BEIJING: Tesla CEO Elon Musk (L) shaking hands with China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang during a meeting in Beijing. Elon Musk met Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing, the ministry said, as the Tesla CEO embarks on his first trip to China in more than three years. – AFP

Chinese fans welcome ‘Comrade Musk’

BEIJING: Lavish meals, gushing praise and memes about “Comrade Musk”—China showered the Tesla CEO with admiration during his whistlestop tour of the country this week. The mercurial magnate is a controversial figure in the West but widely admired in China, where Tesla’s electric vehicles have become a staple of middle-class urban life. His visit was welcomed by Zhu Qi, a Tesla owner from the central city of Changsha who said she...

Street vendor Nguyen Thi Vinh sells mangosteens in Hanoi.

Street sellers struggle as Hanoi sweats through heatwave

Covered from head to toe to keep herself cool, Vu Thi Phuong pushes a trolley of coffee, lime juice and ice around Hanoi in the burning sun. Thousands of street vendors, mostly women, in Vietnam’s capital have had no choice but to work through a series of heatwaves that have struck the north of the country in recent weeks. Scientists say global warming is exacerbating adverse weather, and Vietnam is just one of many countries across South and...

Freddie Mercury of Queen, portrait for Japanese music magazine 'Music Life', Tokyo, Japan , 1985.

Freddie Mercury’s draft lyrics for Queen hits unveiled

A trove of Freddie Mercury’s previously unseen handwritten draft lyrics for some of Queen’s biggest hits goes on show Thursday in New York, ahead of their sale in London later this year. The manuscripts include working drafts for “Bohemian Rhapsody”—which Mercury initially planned to call “Mongolian Rhapsody”—“Don’t Stop Me Now” and “Somebody to Love”. “In scope, quality and exceptional provenance, the collection of...

(From left) Tunisian actress Hend Sabri, Tunisian actress Ichraq Matar, Tunisian actress Nour Karoui, Tunisian actress Tayssir Chikhaoui, Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania, actress Eya Chikahoui, Tunisian actress Olfa Hamrouni and Tunisian actor Majd Mastoura pose during a photocall for the film 'Les Filles D’Olfa' (Four Daughters) at the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes.

Saudi Arabia’s growing cinema soft power

Accompanying Naomi Campbell on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival last week was one of cinema’s most powerful men—and he represents a country where cinemas were banned until five years ago. Mohammed Al Turki, 36, heads Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Foundation, his name splashed all over posters and movie credits at the world’s biggest cinema gathering on the French Riviera. The foundation, formed two years ago, holds its own annual...

BUDAPEST: Sevilla’s players celebrate with the trophy after winning the UEFA Europa League final football match between Sevilla FC and AS Roma in Budapest, Hungary on May 31, 2023. – AFP

Sevilla in seventh heaven

BUDAPEST: Sevilla found their Europa League magic formula on Wednesday, beating Roma 4-1 on penalties in Budapest to make it a perfect seven out of seven in finals in the competition. The game finished 1-1 following extra-time after Paulo Dybala’s opener was earlier cancelled out by an own goal from Roma defender Gianluca Mancini. A bad-tempered but gripping match went to a shootout at a raucous Puskas Arena, with Sevilla goalkeeper Yassine...

PARIS: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic celebrates after winning against Hungary’s Marton Fucsovics at the end of their men’s singles match on day four of the Roland-Garros Open tennis tournament on May 31, 2023. – AFP

'Is what I stand for,' Djokovic insists as Kosovo row rages

PARIS: Novak Djokovic defiantly insisted on Wednesday "it's something I stand for" regarding the controversy over his explosive comments about Kosovo earlier this week at the French Open. On Monday, the 22-time Grand Slam champion wrote "Kosovo is the heart of Serbia. Stop the violence" on a TV camera after his first match at Roland Garros. "I would say it again, but I don't need to because you have my quotes," he said after making the third...

Barcelona's Spanish forward Claudia Pina

Barcelona, Wolfsburg face off in Champions League final

BARCELONA: Barcelona face Wolfsburg in the Champions League final on Saturday, aiming to assert themselves early as the decade’s dominant force in women’s football, as Lyon did in the 2010s. The Catalan giants have both immense quality and huge support, but securing a second triumph in Eindhoven is essential to keep writing history, and prove a worthy adversary for the French side on a longer timeline. Lyon are the reigning champions after...

KUWAIT: Kuwait SC were crowned champion of basketball league 2022-2023. – KUNA photos

Kuwait SC crowned the basketball champions

KUWAIT: Kuwait SC defeated Kazma 104-85 in the final of 2022-2023 season of the Kuwaiti Division I Basketball League on Wednesday, thus claiming the title of the championship for the 14th time. Throughout the game, hosted by Kuwait Basketball Association, Kuwait SC put Kazma on the defensive and was able to win their third showdown running. The champions maintained their advantage, ending the first half with a 53-38 lead, and then expanded their...

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