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KUWAIT: Al Kharafi Activity Centre for Kids with Special Needs holds a ‘Girgean Around the Globe’ celebration. – Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Al Kharafi Activity Centre holds ‘Girgian Around the Globe’ event

By Ghadeer GhloumKUWAIT: Al-Kharafi Activity Centre for Kids with Special Needs held a ‘Girgian Around the Globe’ celebration to support differently-abled people by giving them an opportunity to be included in the activities and celebrations that happen around them and to give them a chance to show their capabilities and special talents.The center chose to celebrate Girgian to encourage original Kuwaiti traditions that are blended with good...

BEIJING: French President Emmanuel Macron (3rd-L) visits the Red Brick Museum in Beijing on April 5, 2023. – AFP

Macron says China has ‘major role’ to play in path to Ukraine peace

BEIJING: French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday that China had a “major role” to play in finding a path to peace in Ukraine, as he kicked off a three-day visit to Beijing. Speaking at a gathering of the French community in Beijing ahead of a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday, Macron said France would seek to work with China “in this shared responsibility for peace and stability” in Ukraine.“China, with its...

KAHRAMANMARAS: A man walks past an electoral poster of Turkey's Republican People's Party (CHP) in the quake-hit city of Kahramanmaras on April 4, 2023, two months after the 7.8 magnitude devastating earthquake of February 6. – AFP

Quake anger ebbs in Erdogan stronghold ahead of vote

KAHRAMANMARAS: Latif Dalyan offers shirts and sweatpants at knock-down prices to Turkey’s earthquake victims from a storefront surrounded by piles of debris. The last person the 58-year-old shopkeeper wants to blame for his ruined city’s troubles is the country’s president. “If there is one man who can make this country stand up again, it is Recep Tayyip Erdogan,” Dalyan said near the February quake’s epicentre in the city of...

BANGKOK: Pheu Thai Party candidate Paethongtarn Shinawatra arrives for the first day of the constituencies candidates registration for the upcoming general election, in Bangkok. – AFP

Thai opposition confirms Thaksin’s daughter as prime minister candidate

NONTHABURI: Thailand’s main opposition Pheu Thai party confirmed on Wednesday the daughter of billionaire ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra as one of its candidates to be prime minister in the kingdom’s upcoming election. Paetongtarn Shinawatra, a 36-year-old with a jet-setting lifestyle and half a million Instagram followers, stands in stark contrast to her establishment rivals, two strait-laced former army chiefs with a combined age of 146. A...

KUWAIT: Mohammad Al-Saqer (center) addresses the general assembly meeting at KCCI on Wednesday. – Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Private sector holds the key to Kuwait’s future: KCCI chief

KUWAIT: Chairman of Kuwait Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Mohammad Al-Saqer said “the disappointment that Kuwait is currently experiencing is the most bitter, deepest and oppressive since the disaster of the invasion”, adding “the economic scene, as usual, is forgotten and neglected due to the dominance of political issues, and may exceed the political situation in pain, oppression and frustration.”Saqer pointed out in his speech...

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Musk dethroned from Forbes’ ‘Billionaires List’

WASHINGTON: Elon Musk is no longer the richest man on Forbes‘ annual “World’s Billionaire’s List.” Following his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, Musk’s wealth has declined to be worth $180 billion which is $39 billion than his wealth last year. Surpassing Musk this year is LVMH chairman, Bernard Arnault. Arnault secures the top spot earning more $211 billion in the past year, which is more than $50 billion of his wealth in the...

LONDON: A worker checks the stock inside Taj Stores in east London. Ramadan, which is celebrated globally and by the nearly 4 million Muslims in England and Wales, is affected by inflation in the UK hovering above 10 percent. – AFP

Soaring prices dampen UK Ramadan festivities as cost-of-living crisis bites

LONDON: Despite the enticing produce in their windows, Muslim-owned retailers on east London’s Brick Lane are unusually quiet as a cost-of-living crisis bites into Ramadan earnings. The historic street is the hub of London’s Bangladeshi community, and normally a vibrant destination for shoppers during the Islamic holy month, which in Britain started on the evening of March 22. But this year, Muslim and other customers are paring back on...

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NIC: Wataniya Investment Fund distributes cash dividends of 24 fils to unit-holders

KUWAIT: As part of its efforts to serve its clients, improve the level of its services and provide a broader range of investment solutions to be the preferred investment choice, National Investments Company, one of the leading investment companies in Kuwait and the region in terms of performance and assets under management, announced in a press statement that a decision has been made to distribute cash dividends to the unit-holders of its...

NEW DELHI: Delhi Capitals’ Mitchell Marsh (right) appeals successfully against the Leg Before Wicket (LBW) decision of Gujarat Titans’ Vijay Shankar (left) during the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans on April 4, 2023. – AFP

No jet lag as Miller steers Gujarat to top of IPL table

NEW DELHI: David Miller hit an unbeaten 31 to power holders Gujarat Titans to their second straight IPL victory on Tuesday, hours after he flew in from South Africa for the T20 tournament. Miller put on an unbeaten stand of 56 with young Indian talent Sai Sudharsan (62) as Gujarat chased down a target of 163 to defeat hosts Delhi Capitals by six wickets. Gujarat were in early trouble after an excellent spell of fast bowling by South African...

TURIN: Inter Milan’s forward Romelu Lukaku (center) argues with Juventus’ midfielder Juan Cuadrado from Colombia during the Italian Cup semi-final first leg football match between Juventus and Inter Milan on April 4 2023.- AFP

Inter, Juventus draw 1-1 in fiery cup clash

TURIN: Romelu Lukaku netted a last-gasp leveler in Inter Milan’s dramatic 1-1 draw at Juventus on Tuesday which left their Italian Cup semi-final all square after the first leg. Belgium striker Lukaku rolled in from the penalty spot deep in stoppage time to keep both teams level ahead of the second leg in Milan later this month, before then being sent off following his celebrations in front of the home fans. Lukaku, who was already on a booking...

LONDON: Chelsea’s French defender Wesley Fofana (left) vies with Liverpool’s Brazilian striker Roberto Firmino during the English Premier League football match between Chelsea and Liverpool on April 4, 2023. — AFP

Troubled Chelsea held by Liverpool

LONDON: Chelsea wasted a host of chances to beat Liverpool as the troubled Blues were held to a 0-0 draw on Tuesday in their first Premier League match since Graham Potter's sacking. Potter was axed on Sunday after the former Brighton manager's disastrous reign climaxed with a wretched home defeat against Aston Villa. Chelsea are seeking their third permanent manager of the campaign, with Potter hired in September following Thomas Tuchel's shock...

Homeless people await a meal donated by Brazilian chef Carlos Alberto da Silva, known as Nego Breu, and his team at the Lapa neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. - AFP photos

Brazil favela chefs say poor should eat well, too

Brazilian chef Ana Lucia Costa is putting the finishing touches on an exquisite dish of marinated pork loin with lime and ginger, preparing to serve around 100 diners. But this is no upscale Rio de Janeiro restaurant. She is cooking in her small shack in Rocinha, Rio's biggest favela, for people who would probably go hungry without her. Costa runs one of 52 "solidarity kitchens" launched in Brazil by Gastromotiva, a charitable organization that...

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