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Messi’s Argentina remain perfect
MONTEVIDEO: Lionel Messi scored two goals as Argentina extended their perfect start to South American qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday with a 2-0 victory over Peru. The Inter Miami star took his international goal tally to 106 with strikes in the 32nd and 42nd minutes at Lima's Estadio Nacional. Messi's first-half brace left reigning world champions Argentina on top of the South American qualifying table with 12 points from four...
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WHO says AI can transform healthcare if understood properly
Artificial Intelligence has the potential to transform health treatment but rapid roll-out without fully understanding how AI performs could end up harming patients, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The WHO said AI held great promise for healthcare but also came with challenges, notably around privacy and the potential to entrench existing problems. The United Nations’ health agency issued a new publication detailing some of the...
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‘Rocky’ sidekick actor Burt Young dead at 83
US actor Burt Young, a former boxer who earned an Oscar nomination for his breakout role as Sylvester Stallone’s sidekick in the smash hit “Rocky” film series, has died at 83. Stallone, who starred as the boxer Rocky Balboa in the iconic Hollywood franchise, on Wednesday hailed his “dear friend” Young as an “incredible man” and artist. “I and the World will miss you very much...RIP,” wrote the “Rocky” star on...
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Iran police arrest ‘main killer’ of director Mehrjui
Iranian police arrested the “main killer” of director Dariush Mehrjui who was stabbed to death along his wife at the weekend, Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday. The 83-year-old, associated with the Iranian new wave of cinema, and his wife Vahideh Mohammadifar, a 54-year-old screenwriter, were killed Saturday at their home in Karaj, a city in Alborz province west of Tehran.“The main killer who was among those arrested by the police was...
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Long-banned Alsatian finally allowed in French schools
In a school in eastern France, teacher Sandra Cronimus greets her pupils every morning with a lusty "Guede morje!" She is speaking Alsatian, the German dialect spoken widely in Alsace, a wealthy border region that France and Germany have fought over three times since 1870. Long forbidden, the language that legendary Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger grew up speaking, is now being taught for the first time in French state schools. "Clap your hands if...
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Hong Kong sticks a fork in disposable plastic products
Need a plastic fork at a Hong Kong restaurant? Come April 22, Earth Day, customers will have to start reaching for more eco-friendly cutlery, according to a bill passed Wednesday by the city’s legislature. Plastic waste is the finance hub’s second-largest source of municipal solid waste, with the average amount disposed a day totaling 2,331 tons in 2021 -- a weight equivalent to nearly 70 adult humpback whales. The city on Wednesday passed...
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ANGER BOILING OVER
By Ghadeer Ghloum and AgenciesKUWAIT: Kuwait on Tuesday strongly condemned and denounced the Zionist occupation forces’ barbaric airstrike on the Baptist Al-Ahli Hospital in the Gaza Strip, where hundreds of innocent civilians were killed. For the past two days, Kuwaitis have been protesting in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance in Irada Square. The occupation forces targeting of hospitals and public facilities is a violation of...
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GCC vows $100m in Gaza aid, OIC slams Zionist ‘impunity’
MUSCAT/JEDDAH: The Gulf Cooperation Council on Tuesday announced $100 million in emergency aid for the Gaza Strip, as the Zionist entity bombards targets in the enclave during its war against Hamas militants. After an extraordinary meeting in Muscat, the bloc’s foreign ministers pledged “an urgent humanitarian relief operation” with “relief aid worth $100 million”. The top diplomats of the six GCC countries — Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman,...
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Protests across Muslim world on ‘day of rage’
BEIRUT: Thousands rallied across the Arab and Muslim world on Wednesday to protest the deaths of hundreds of people in a strike on a Gaza hospital that they blame on the Zionist entity, despite its denials. Condemnation was widespread across the region and angry crowds gathered after calls from Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah movement and Palestinian factions for a “day of rage”. “Death to America, death to (the Zionist entity),”...
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Biden hugs Bibi, blames Palestinians
TEL AVIV: US President Joe Biden delivered unequivocal US backing for the Zionist entity in person on Wednesday, supporting his ally’s stance that Palestinian militants were behind a deadly rocket strike on a Gaza hospital that has inflamed anger across the Middle East and beyond. Arab countries blamed the Zionist entity, which has rained bombs on Gaza since the Oct 7 attack by Hamas fighters, with protests in Muslim countries from Egypt to...
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World conflicts ‘strengthen’ China ties with Russia: Putin
BEIJING: Russian leader Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that world conflicts “strengthen” his country’s relations with China, after talks with Xi Jinping that celebrated their nations’ deepening political and economic ties. Putin, on his first trip to a major global power since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, met his “old friend” Xi in Beijing on the sidelines of a major forum in an event overshadowed by conflict in the Middle East.At a...
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Gazans massacred in hospital strike
GAZA: For tens of thousands of families in Gaza, hospitals became a refuge from seemingly endless Zionist shelling. Then came the strike Tuesday night on Ahli Arab hospital in central Gaza, which the health ministry in the Hamas-ruled territory said killed at least 471 people and over 300 wounded, some in critical condition. The ministry, which blamed the Zionists for the strike, said Ahli Arab was sheltering not only hundreds of sick and...
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KUWAIT: Photo shows a view of Kuwait streets. There are numerous reasons why people may choose to reside in a particular location. These reasons can be influenced by personal preferences, lifestyle choices, opportunities, family considerations, and more. – Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Why expats, Kuwaitis live in certain areas
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Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Khan wins record third term as London mayor
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VANCOUVER, Canada: This combination of handout pictures shows the booking pictures of (from left) Karanpreet Singh, Kamalpreet Singh and Karan Brar, charged in relation to the homicide of Hardeep Singh Nijjar. -- AFP
Canada arrests three Indians over killing of Sikh activist
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Kuwaiti Permanent Representative to the UNESCO Ambassador Dr. Adam Al-Mulla participates in the event. – KUNA
Kuwait urges protecting cultural heritage from climate change impacts
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Canadian actor Ryan Gosling (left) and US-British actress Emily Blunt attend the premiere of "The Fall Guy" at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.--AFP photos
Hollywood stunt performers rev up ‘Fall Guy’ premiere