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NANTES: In this file photo taken on March 15, 2023 protesters hold a banner reading “who sows misery reaps anger” during a demonstration on 8th day of strikes and protests across the country against the government’s proposed pensions overhaul in Nantes. — AFP

Paris garbage workers to strike again

PARIS: A union representing Paris garbage workers announced another rolling strike is set to begin next week, just as piles of uncollected rubbish were disappearing from the streets of the capital. A three-week stoppage by refuse collectors last month to protest pension reforms left the city strewn with 10,000 tons of rubbish, with some trash heaps rising to more than two meters (six feet) high.The hard-left CGT, the largest public sector union,...

LIVERPOOL: Everton’s English defender James Tarkowski (left) fights for the ball with Tottenham Hotspur’s Argentinean defender Cristian Romero during the English Premier League football match on April 3, 2023. – AFP

Everton strike late to hold Tottenham

LIVERPOOL: Michael Keane’s stunning 90th minute equalizer struck dented Tottenham’s challenge for a top-four finish in the Premier League as Cristian Stellini’s caretaker spell in charge of Spurs started with a 1-1 draw at Everton. Harry Kane’s penalty looked set to take Tottenham third in the table after Abdoulaye Doucoure had been sent off for striking the Spurs striker in the face. But the numbers were levelled up when Lucas Moura also...

Saad Al-Tamimi

Padel tournament will kick off today

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Saad Al-Tamimi Padel tournament will kick off on Wednesday (9:00pm) and will continue until Friday at the Padel Academy courts near Kuwait Towers. The tournament will be divided into two parts - one for amateurs and the other for professionals to allow as many players as possible to participate in this Ramadan event.Winner of first place will have KD 3,000 (for the professionals), while second place will receive KD...

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Kuwait Shooting Sport Club lauds, honors shooters

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: In recognition of their achievements, Kuwait Shooting Sport Club held an honoring ceremony for its shooters who made international and Olympic achievements in 2021, 2022 and 2023 Monday evening at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex under the patronage of President of Asian Shooting Confederation, Honorary President of Kuwait Shooting Sport Club Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah.Sheikh Salman...

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Kuwait SC crowned champion

KUWAIT: Kuwait SC claimed on Monday the title of the Handball League for the 11th time running and the 13th in its history after beating Burgan 41-31. The result of the game raised Kuwait SC’s tally of points to 34, followed by Qadsia SC - 33 points. - KUNA

This file photo taken on May 4, 2022 shows a view of mountains near Longyearbyen, located on Spitsbergen island, in Svalbard Archipelago, northern Norway. — AFP

Scientists in Arctic race to preserve 'ice memory'

Scientists camped in the Arctic are set to start drilling to save samples of ancient ice for analysis before the frozen layers melt away due to climate change, mission organizers said on Monday. Italian, French and Norwegian researchers are in Norway's Svalbard archipelago in what they called a race against time to preserve crucial ice records for analyzing past environmental conditions -- planning to ship them all the way to the Antarctic for...

Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio testifies in corruption trial against Fugees member

Leonardo DiCaprio was in Washington Monday -- not to press lawmakers on his environmental causes or to film another blockbuster hit, but rather to testify in a political corruption trial featuring a 90s hip-hop star and a disgraced Malaysian financier. Pras Michel, a member of the US musical trio The Fugees, is facing charges for allegations of helping to secretly funnel money from Low Taek Jho -- the Malaysian businessman at the heart of the...

Jimin

BTS's Jimin first South Korean solo artist to top US songs chart

Jimin, a member of the K-pop supergroup BTS, has made history as the first South Korean solo artist to land the number one spot on the top US songs chart, Billboard announced Monday. The single "Like Crazy" debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 this week, bumping Miley Cyrus's "Flowers" out of the top spot, where it had reigned for eight weeks. "Jimin is the first South Korean soloist to score a No. 1 hit on the #Hot100, thanks to 'Like...

In this picture taken on March 12, 2023 in Amman, Italian priest Mario Cornioli and an Iraqi woman check an outfit at the atelier of ‘Rafedin’, a sewing project set up by Italians to help Iraqi refugee women in Jordan. — AFP photos

Iraqis in asylum limbo in Jordan fashion their future

In a Jordanian church, Sarah Nael sews a shirt for a project that has provided scores of women who fled violence in neighboring Iraq with skills to earn a living. Many of the women escaped the extreme violence carried out by the Islamic State group's self-declared "caliphate" that cut across swathes of Iraq and Syria, before they eventually ended up in Jordan -- where they found themselves without work. "Life here is very, very difficult -- if we...

Pablo Picasso

Is it possible to have too much Picasso?

Why can't the world get enough of Pablo Picasso? On the 50th anniversary of his death, it seems the appetite for the Spanish master is inexhaustible. Picasso's ceramics, Picasso's sculptures, Picasso and feminism, Picasso's use of white, celebrity photographs of Picasso... the list of exhibitions marking the half-century since his death on April 8, 1973 runs on and on."Picasso gobbles everything up, and still we are hungry for more," grandson...

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Ramadan food lure customers in Gaza’s markets

Markets in the Gaza Strip are distinguished with display of popular food and sweets in the holy month of Ramadan creating seasonal work opportunities for unemployed youth. Vendors fill their stands with the old Arab sweet qatayef and a variety of delicious-smelling food such as falafel, hummus and fatteh, in addition to various kinds of beverages such as the famous drink in the Middle East ‘jallab’. Many Palestinians favor the popular kinds...

Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Dr. Bader Al-Mulla

Kuwait says output cuts support stability as oil market surges

KUWAIT/LONDON: Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister and Oil Minister Bader Al-Mulla said that the voluntary reduction of production from countries participating in the OPEC+ agreement is a proactive move to bolster the stability of oil markets amid developments in global economic conditions and their accelerating effects. This was in Mulla's statement, which was conveyed through a statement by the ministry of oil, after he headed Kuwait's delegation...

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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