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Zain hosts Ramadan iftar banquet for personnel at Nuwaiseeb Border Port

KUWAIT: Zain, Kuwait’s leading digital service provider, hosted a special Ramadan iftar banquet for personnel operating at Nuwaiseeb Border Port. The step comes in recognition of the great efforts exerted by the Ministry of Interior and Customs personnel during the Holy Month. The banquet was attended by Head of Nuwaiseeb Border Port, Colonel Yousef Al Muhaini, and Zain Kuwait’s Chief Corporate Affairs and Relations Officer, Waleed Al...

BUCHA: Handout picture shows (L-R) Prime Minister of Slovakia Eduard Heger, President of Moldova Maia Sandu, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, Prime Minister of Slovenia Robert Golob and Prime Minister of Croatia Andrej Plenkovic carrying candles to the place of mass grave at the St. Andrew and Pyervozvannoho All Saints church in the Ukrainian town of Bucha. – AFP

Zelensky vows to defeat ‘Russian evil’

BUCHA: President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed Friday to defeat Russia, speaking alongside European leaders in Bucha one year after Moscow’s troops withdrew from the Ukrainian town that has become synonymous with war crimes allegations. Russian President Vladimir Putin meanwhile unveiled a new foreign policy doctrine in which the West poses an “existential” threat to Moscow and the Kremlin lies at the centre of a broader Russian civilisation....

MOSCOW: A Russian law enforcement officer gestures outside the Lefortovsky court after Evan Gershkovich, US journalist working for the Wall Street Journal detained in Russia. – AFP

Biden tells Russia to release Wall Street Journal reporter

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Friday called for Russia to release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is being held on espionage charges, while rebuffing a call from the paper's editorial board to expel Russian journalists from the United States. Asked by White House reporters what his message was to Russia regarding Gershkovich, a US citizen, Biden said: "Let him go."The Wall Street Journal's board of opinion editors called...

GUATEMALA CITY: Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen (L) and Guatemala's President Alejandro Giammattei arrive to deliver a joint statement at the Culture Palace in Guatemala City on March 31, 2023.—AFP

After contentious US visit, Taiwan’s president arrives in Central America

GUATEMALA CITY: Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in Guatemala Friday on a visit to shore up ties with dwindling allies following a trip to the United States that angered China. Tsai’s visit to Guatemala and its Central American neighbor Belize comes after Honduras became the latest country to cut diplomatic ties with Taipei in favor of Beijing. The president had stopped in New York on the way, and has announced plans to meet US House...

KARACHI: Mourners carry the coffin of a stampede victim for his funeral in Karachi on April 1, 2023. At least 11 people were killed in a crowd crush in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi on March 31 as a Ramadan alms donation sparked a stampede in the inflation-hit nation. – AFP

At least 11 killed in Pakistan Ramadan donation stampede

KARACHI: At least 11 people were killed in a crowd crush in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi Friday as a Ramadan alms donation sparked a stampede in the inflation-hit nation, police said. Pakistan has been wracked by economic turmoil for months, with the rupee crumbling and staple food prices shooting up nearly 50 percent as the country battles a balance of payments crisis which has forced it into bail-out talks with the International...

MANTA, Italy: A photo taken on March 31, 2023 in Manta, near Turin, shows a computer screen with the home page of the artificial intelligence OpenAI web site, displaying its chatGPT robot.—AFP

Italy blocks AI chatbot ChatGPT

ROME: Italy said on Friday it was temporarily blocking ChatGPT over data privacy concerns, becoming the first western country to take such action against the popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. The country’s Data Protection Authority said US firm OpenAI, which makes ChatGPT, had no legal basis to justify “the mass collection and storage of personal data for the purpose of ‘training’ the algorithms underlying the operation of the...

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NBK focus is on maintaining leadership in delivering innovative products: Al-Fulaij

KUWAIT: Salah Al-Fulaij, Chief Executive Office of the National Bank of Kuwait, Kuwait, said that NBK’s proactive digital transformation strategy and expansion of its digital infrastructure will continue to drive growth going forward. During an interview with “The Banker” magazine, Al-Fulaij stated that digital transformation is perceived as a springboard for regional growth and expansion, with a special focus on young demographics and...

OXFORD, UK: Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks as he gives a television broadcast interview during a visit to the UK Atomic Energy Authority, Culham Science Centre near Oxford, west of London, on March 30, 2023. – AFP

Mixed reception to UK’s plan to join trans-Pacific trade pact

LONDON: The UK’s announcement that it will soon join 11 other countries in a major Asia-Pacific trade partnership—the country’s biggest post-Brexit trade deal to date—earned a mixed reception on Friday. Britain will be the first new member since the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) was created in 2018, and the first European country in the bloc.The trade grouping will include more than 500...

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Ramadan Football Tournament kicks off in style

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Teams of Lusil, Al-Omar, Bu-Saud, Lemon Line, reached the semi-final of Saad Al-Tamimi Ramadan Football Tournament which started on Thursday with 64 teams in the presence of Amiri Diwan Advisor Sheikh Faisal Al-Humoud Al-Malik Al-Sabah and many sport, media and show business personalities including former Kuwait National Football Team Saad Al-Houti, Actor Abdelrahman Al-Aqel, former players Khalid Al-Shimmari, Waleed...

MANCHESTER: Manchester City’s German midfielder Ilkay Gundogan (2nd left) turns to celebrate after scoring their third goal during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Liverpool on April 1, 2023. – AFP

Haaland-less City pound Liverpool

MANCHESTER: Manchester City coped without the injured Erling Haaland to keep the Premier League title race alive by coming from behind to thrash Liverpool 4-1 on Saturday. Goals from Julian Alvarez, Kevin De Bruyne, Ilkay Gundogan and Jack Grealish moved the defending champions back to within five points of Arsenal at the top of the table.City and Liverpool have finished as the top two in four of the past five Premier League seasons, but the Reds...

MIAMI GARDENS: Jannik Sinner of Italy celebrates match point against Carlos Alcaraz of Spain during the semifinals of the Miami Open on March 31, 2023 in Florida. – AFP

Sinner to end Alcaraz’s reign sets up final with Medvedev

MIAMI GARDENS: Italy’s Jannik Sinner turned on the style to end Carlos Alcaraz’s hopes of the “Sunshine Double” and his reign as world number one, triumphing 6-7 (4/7), 6-4, 6-2 in their Miami Open semi-final on Friday. Sinner will meet Russian Daniil Medvedev in Sunday’s final while Alcaraz will lose his number one ranking to Novak Djokovic. Medvedev reached his fifth straight ATP Tour final with a 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 6-3 win over fellow...

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Titans’ Rahul Tewatia reacts after hitting a boundary that lead to his team’s win in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket match between Gujarat Titans and Chennai Super Kings on March 31, 2023. - AFP

Holders Gujarat Titans beat Super Kings by five wickets

AHMEDABAD: Opener Shubman Gill smashed 63 as holders Gujarat Titans beat Chennai Super Kings by five wickets in the Indian Premier League opener in front of more than 100,000 fans in Ahmedabad on Friday. Chasing 179 for victory, Gujarat rode on Gill's 36-ball innings to achieve their target with four balls to spare at the world's biggest cricket stadium and their home ground. The 16th edition of the money-spinning T20 tournament began with a...

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