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Russia: Oil production cuts ‘in interests’ of energy markets

MOSCOW: The Kremlin said Monday oil output cuts by Russia, Saudi Arabia and other major producers that have caused prices to soar are “in the interests” of global markets. The surprise move on Sunday came as oil prices have cooled in recent months after soaring last year following the start of the conflict in Ukraine. “It is in the interests of global energy markets for world oil prices to remain at a good level,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry...

HEREFORD, US: Susan Burns and her husband John Burns pose for a photo in the front yard of their home, which has been in the family since 1890, across from land that has been leased for solar energy production in Hereford, Missouri. — AFP

In rural America, mega solar projects get a frosty welcome

FULTON, US: From her century-old home, Susan Burns has watched the sun set over her cousin’s field every day for 75 years. Now her cousin has agreed to have solar panels installed on the field, and an unhappy Burns finds herself in a fight. Huge solar farms are being planned in this corner of Missouri, and as in other rural areas of the United States, residents sometimes are yanking the welcome mat. Foreseeing vast expanses of solar farms...

NEWCASTLE: Newcastle United’s English midfielder Anthony Gordon (left) vies with Manchester United’s Portuguese midfielder Bruno Fernandes (right) during the English Premier League football match on April 2, 2023. — AFP

Newcastle go 3rd, down United

LONDON: Newcastle avenged their League Cup final loss against Manchester United as Joe Willock and Callum Wilson clinched a 2-0 win that lifted the Magpies into third place in the Premier League on Sunday. Eddie Howe's side were beaten 2-0 by United at Wembley five weeks ago in their first major final for 24 years. But Newcastle might swap silverware for a lucrative Champions League berth and second half goals from Willock and Wilson at a raucous...

NAPLES: Napoli’s Italian forward Matteo Politano (right) reacts after colliding with AC Milan’s Portuguese for-nward Rafael Leao during the Italian Serie A football match between on April 2, 2023.— AFP

Milan slam brakes on Napoli title charge with four-goal thumping

MILAN: AC Milan hammered runaway Serie A leaders Napoli 4-0 on Sunday in an incredible performance which slammed the brakes on their opponents’ charge to a first league title in over three decades. Rafael Leao outshone Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in the battle of the wing wizards with a brilliant brace while Brahim Diaz and Alexis Saelemaekers netted the other goals for the rampant defending champions who move up to third. The biggest win of the...

MIAMI GARDENS: Daniil Medvedev of Russia holds the Butch Buchholz Trophy after defeating Jannik Sinnernof Italy during the Mens Finals of the Miami Open on April 02, 2023. — AFP

Medvedev claims 4th ATP title of the year

MIAMI GARDENS: Russian Daniil Medvedev claimed his fourth ATP title of the year with an emphatic victory over Italy’s Jannik Sinner in the final of the Miami Open on Sunday. Sinner had upset world number one and defending champion Carlos Alcaraz in Friday’s semi-final, but the 21-year-old struggled in the heat against the fourth seed Medvedev, who triumphed 7-5, 6-3. The win was Medvedev’s 19th career ATP title and his fifth in a Masters...

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'Dungeons & Dragons' finds North America moviegoers are game

"Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves" scorched the competition in North American theaters this weekend with an opening take estimated at $38.5 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday. The Paramount and eOne film, based on the popular role-playing game, also took in some $33 million abroad, a key audience given its cost of $150 million, said David A.Gross of Franchise Entertainment Research. "Foreign is where 'Dungeons &...

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Brand Finance: Boubyan fastest growing brand in Kuwait at 33% growth rate

KUWAIT: Boubyan Bank made a new achievement that adds to its successes over the past years, as the bank was ranked on the list of the top 10 most valuable and strongest Kuwaiti brands in terms of valuation for 2023, in addition to being ranked the fastest growing at a growth rate of 33 percent as per Brand Finance, the international brand-valuation consultancy.Mr. Adel Al-Majed, Vice-Chairman & Group Chief Executive Officer of Boubyan Bank Group,...

In this photo a man smokes a cigarette outside the Ghost House cafe, owned by Ghost Radio station host Jack Watcharaphonat, in Bangkok.

Ghosts in their machines: Thai livestream spooks a new generation

It is almost midnight, and above a semi-abandoned Bangkok shopping centre, Ghost Radio is on air. Rapid-fire comments ping across the studio's screens as thousands tune in online to hear callers describe their encounters with Thailand's supernatural. Belief in spirits runs deep in the kingdom, which has a celebrated canon of ghosts from individuals like Mae Nak, a woman who haunted her village after dying in childbirth, to more sinister creatures...

A visitor looks at “Arican Masks”, an acrylic painting. — AFP photos

Basquiat-Warhol: A rare artistic duo, reunited in Paris

There are vanishingly few great collaborations in the annals of fine art. For a brief moment in the 1980s, Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat showed the world how it was done. It started with a bang. Warhol, 54, met Basquiat, 22, for lunch in October 1982 and took a polaroid of them together. Basquiat took it to his studio and returned just two hours later with a portrait.Warhol was stunned by its brilliance. Soon they were working together on...

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas: This handout satellite image captured and released on April 1, 2023 shows a view of Little Rock after the passing of a tornado on March 31, 2023. – AFP

Deadly storms and tornadoes sweep across US

WASHINGTON: The death toll from a major storm system that has lashed the south-central and eastern United States with devastating winds and destructive tornadoes rose to at least 26 by Sunday, officials said. Tennessee, one of the hardest-hit states since the storms began Friday, initially had seven weather-related fatalities, but the toll there later rose to nine, according to Memphis-based news channel WREG. Scenes of devastation were left in...

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Ghanem calls for first session of Assembly after court ruling

By B IzzakKUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem has sent out invitations to MPs and the government to attend a regular session of the Assembly, the first since the constitutional court reinstated the house in a landmark ruling two weeks ago. According to the invitation, the first item on the agenda of Tuesday’s meeting is reading an Amiri decree forming the new Cabinet and allowing unelected ministers to take the oath to become...

KUWAIT: A housemaid waits at an office for domestic workers at a commercial complex in this 2016 file photo. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Workers at risk due to new absconding report system: Lawyer

By Faten OmarKUWAIT: New legal procedures regarding complaints against domestic workers absconding from sponsors’ houses are harmful to both workers and sponsors, lawyer Mohammad Al-Jasem told Kuwait Times. As sponsors are increasingly complaining about their domestic workers escaping due to the increased workload during Ramadan, Jasem called on people to know their rights, while also considering the worker’s situation.“A person who is...

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