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WOLLONGONG: Belgium’s Wout van Aert competes in the men’s road race cycling event at the UCI Road World Championship in this file photo. – AFP
Devilish duo clash again in cycling's cobbled hell
PARIS: Belgian favorite Wout van Aert is banking on a collective challenge to bitter rival Mathieu van der Poel in Sunday's Paris-Roubaix bike race, dubbed the "Hell of the North", which could be raced in treacherous conditions. The grueling 256.6km race features 29 sections of rough-hewn cobbled sections which are so notorious they are given a star rating of 1-5 for danger. These cobbles cause crashes galore and riders choose bikes depending on...
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Three new Star Wars films on the way
Three new Star Wars movies are in the making, studio executives announced Friday, including the first film in the cinematic universe to be directed by a woman. Pakistan-born Oscar-winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is leaping from the Marvel universe to the Star Wars galaxy to direct a new film set 15 years after the end of the last movie.She will direct British actor Daisy Ridley as she returns to the role of Rey, the heroine of the last trilogy,...
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US rapper Coolio died from fentanyl overdose
Coolio, the US rapper best known for the 1995 hit "Gangsta's Paradise", died last year from an accidental fentanyl overdose, the Los Angeles County Coroner said on Thursday. The Grammy-winning musician, whose real name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr, died in September 2022 at a friend's house in Los Angeles.At the time of his death at the age of 59, the rapper was suffering from heart disease and asthma, and had recently taken phencyclidine, or PCP -- a...
Catholic devotees take part in a Holy Burial procession during Good Friday in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. - AFP photos
Guatemala Holy Week unfolds under new UNESCO heritage status
Thousands of Guatemalan worshippers wearing black hoods and purple tunics funnel slowly through the streets of Antigua carrying images of Jesus over a multicolored carpet of flowers and scented sawdust as somber music rings out. Guatemala's Holy Week celebrations, which mix Mayan rituals with Catholic religious fervor, were given UNESCO heritage status in November, bringing special meaning to this year's Good Friday processions being carried out...
Cuban actress Luz Maria Collazo gestures next to a poster of the Russian-Cuban film (Soy Cuba)(I Am Cuba) in which she starred, during an interview with AFP at her flat in Nuevo Vedado, in Havana.--AFP photos
'I've been lucky': Cuba's first black model reflects on career
Luz Maria Collazo was Cuba's first black model, a virtuoso of modern dance and star of the film "Soy Cuba" (I am Cuba) -- a flop in its time now considered a classic. Sixty years after it was filmed, Collazo looks back with mixed feelings on a career of ups and downs marked by racism, revolution and resilience. Aged 79, Collazo claims to have a "very bad memory," which she seeks to refresh with the help of envelopes bulging with photos, publicity...
BEIJING: Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (left) shakes hands with Saudi Foreign Affairs Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang (center) during a meeting in Beijing on April 6, 2023. — AFP
Saudi and Iran vow to bring security, stability in Mideast
BEIJING: Top diplomats from Middle East rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia met in Beijing on Thursday, pledging to work together to bring “security and stability” to their turbulent region following a surprise China-brokered deal. In a joint statement released after talks between Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan, the two sides vowed to continue to work together to improve ties. “The...
JERUSALEM: Zionist security forces are seen during the expulsion of worshipers from Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City. — AFP
Concern, criticism after Zionists storm Jerusalem mosque
JERUSALEM: Global criticism and concern mounted after Zionist police clashed with Palestinians inside Islam’s third-holiest site, sparking a military exchange of rockets and air strikes, with fears of further escalation. Two more rockets were fired late Wednesday from the Gaza Strip towards Zionist entity, the army and witnesses said, and fresh altercations broke out at Al-Aqsa mosque during the Jewish Passover and the Muslim holy month of...
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Disability census to help the disabled join workforce
KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Disability Affairs will prioritize determining the number of people with disabilities in Kuwait as the next step towards building a strategy to integrate them into the job market, said the authority’s director. The number of people with disabilities currently registered with the authority amount to three percent of Kuwait’s total population, the Director General of the Public Authority for Disability Affairs...
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UNHCR, Arab Fund ink MoU
KUWAIT: The UN Refugee Agency and Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development signed Thursday a memo of understanding (MoU) for helping refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) and host communities in Middle East and North Africa. The deal mainly aims at promoting cooperation between the agency and the fund by facilitating humanitarian response to aid vulnerable refugees, Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for...
KUWAIT: The College of Higher Education at Kuwait University welcomed the visiting experts Prof Rashid Ansari from the University of Illinois and Prof Ashraf Ibrahim from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
KU receives visiting profs
KUWAIT: The College of Higher Education at Kuwait University welcomed the visiting experts Prof Rashid Ansari from the University of Illinois and Prof Ashraf Ibrahim from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Prof Rashid Ansari will rate the Electrical Engineering Master's Program while Prof Ashraf Ibrahim will rate the medical laboratory sciences, along with the attendance of interim assistant dean of higher education Dr Suroor...
KUWAIT: Pigeons take cover under the shade of trees on the seafront of Kuwait City. The Meteorological Department predicts that the weather will be hot during the day and moderate-to-cold at night with chances of scattered light rains and thunderstorms in the evening. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Hot weather predicted
KUWAIT: The Meteorological Department predicted that the weather will be hot during the day and moderate-to-cold at night with chances of scattered light rains and thunderstorms in the evening. The weather forecast controller at the Meteorological Department, Abdulaziz Al-Qarawi, told the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that the country is affected by a shallow air thermal that causes a rise in temperatures. He stated that the weather will be inclined...
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NBK distributes dates and water to drivers before Iftar
KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) distributed dates and water at different intersections and bus stops in Kuwait before iftar time. The campaign is a part of NBK’s annual Ramadan Program “Do Good Deeds in Ramadan”. The campaign aimed to raise awareness at reducing accidents, speeding and committing traffic violations during the holy month of Ramadan, especially during the run up to iftar at different areas including Adailiya area,...
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17th female minister marks significant milestone in Kuwait’s political history
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GUBA, Ethiopia: This general view shows the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, Ethiopia.--AFP
Ethiopia says mega-dam on Blue Nile doubles electricity output
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Committee seeks unified procedures for joining army, MoI, NG