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Saad Al-Tamimi Ramadan football tournament
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Saad Al-Tamimi Ramadan football tournament continued for the second day as 64 teams kicked it off the event at Masseila fields in Sabah Al-Salem area on Thursday. The teams include several former national team players and artists. Competitions were highly competitive. Participating teams lauded the organization and level of the tournament which saw many professional and international players. Capitano team Shaaban...
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‘Your health in your steps 3’
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Tomooh Sports Club in cooperation with Kuwait Special Olympics launched the health sports program themed “your health in your steps 3” during the month of Ramadan and will continue until the middle of April with 30 players participating. The program’s idea relies on counting the number of steps the player takes during the competition period by using a special smart watch that was handed to the players.There is...
A meatball made from flesh cultivated using the DNA of an extinct woolly mammoth is presented at NEMO Science Museum.n
Meatball from extinct mammoth unveiled by food tech firm
Food scientists on Tuesday unveiled a giant meatball made from lab-grown flesh of an extinct woolly mammoth, saying the protein from the past showed the way for future foods. The glistening meatball was displayed under a glass bell jar by Australian-based cultivated meat firm Vow at the NEMO science museum in the Dutch capital Amsterdam.But it is not ready to be eaten just yet, with the thousands-of-years-old protein requiring safety testing...
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DNA reveals mixed ancestry of medieval Swahilis
The first DNA recovered from members of the medieval Swahili civilisation has revealed that Africans and Asians were intermingling along the East African coast more than a thousand years ago, a study said Wednesday. The authors of the study said it confirms ancient oral histories about the shared ancestry of Swahili people, as well as settling a "longstanding controversy" from colonial times about how much Africans contributed to the...
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Tarantino says script finished on his final film
Cult film director Quentin Tarantino said on Wednesday he has finished the script for what will be his "last" movie. The US director of hit films including "Kill Bill", "Inglourious Basterds" and "Pulp Fiction" said he expected shooting to start on his 10th film later in the year."I have finished the script of what will end up being my last movie," the 60-year-old said while being questioned by Thierry Fremaux, director of the Cannes Film...
A model holds a 10.57 carat vivid pink diamond, with an estimated value of moe than 5 million US dollars, during a press preview at Sotheby's in New York City.- AFP photos
Rare pink diamond worth $35 mn set for auction in New York
A rare, vividly rosy-purple diamond, called the Eternal Pink and valued at $35 million, is set to be auctioned off by Sotheby's as part of its Magnificent Jewels sale in New York in June. The 10.57-carat stone is being marketed as the most valuable purplish-pink diamond ever brought to auction, with the highest ever pre-auction price per carat estimate, according to Sotheby's."Its refined lines combined with the intensity of its color earn it a...
MANAMA: Workers work on the construction site of the Golden Gate towers at Bahrain Bay on March 25, 2023. — AFP
Big facelift as Bahrain bids to join Gulf boom
MANAMA: With a multibillion-dollar economic revamp in full swing, Bahrain is vying to keep pace with its Gulf neighbors after more than a decade beset by political unrest. It’s a difficult path for the island nation that is a neighbor to gas-rich Qatar and connected by a causeway to Saudi Arabia, a key ally and the world’s biggest oil exporter. The United Arab Emirates, another regional powerhouse with well-developed trade, tourism and...
(FILES) This file photo taken on December 13, 2022 shows the exterior of a 787 Dreamliner at the Boeing manufacturing facility in North Charleston, South Carolina. - Undeterred by a crowded Gulf market, Saudi Arabia is going all in on an aggressive aviation expansion, with a massive jet order and the launch of a new national carrier. (Photo by Logan Cyrus / AFP)
Saudi moves in on aviation market in Gulf
RIYADH: Undeterred by a crowded Gulf market, Saudi Arabia is going all in on an aggressive aviation expansion, with a massive jet order and the launch of a new national carrier. The project aligns with a bid to remake the once closed-off kingdom as a business and tourism magnet, but analysts say that even with official backing, its path to success is complicated.This month Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman unveiled Riyadh Air, the new airline...
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Marking Ramadan at Camp Arifjan
KUWAIT: Muslim US army soldiers perform Maghrib prayers led by Kuwaiti cleric Mohammad Al-Naqwi at the end of the day's fast during the holy month of Ramadan at a chapel tent at Camp Arifjan on March 28, 2023. KUWAIT: Photos show Muslim US army soldiers breaking their fast and performing the Maghreb prayer at the end of the day’s fast during the holy month of Ramadan at the US Camp Arifjan, about 60 kilometers south of Kuwait City, on March...
KUWAIT: A picture shows the National Assembly (parliament) building in Kuwait City. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Assembly panels finalizing election commission law
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The National Assembly’s legal and legislative committee on Wednesday discussed in a meeting a draft law calling to establish an independent higher election commission to oversee parliamentary polls. Rapporteur of the panel MP Hisham Al-Saleh, a member of the court-reinstated Assembly, said the committee will vote on the draft law in a meeting on Sunday.He said the draft legislation states that the commission board will...
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KIA sells €1.4bn Mercedes stake
KUWAIT: Kuwait Investment Authority, the country’s sovereign wealth fund, has sold shares worth about €1.4 billion ($1.5 billion) in Mercedes-Benz Group AG — roughly a quarter of its stake — after the carmaker’s stock almost quadrupled over the last three years. KIA will own around 53 million shares after the share placement of about 20 million shares, which is part of an effort to diversify its portfolio, according to a statement.The...
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5,400 people from Kuwait apply for asylum abroad
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: A report conducted by Arabian Gulf Center for Studies and Research (CSRGULF) – the first think tank in Kuwait – revealed 5,400 people residing in Kuwait have applied for asylum since 2018 to foreign countries, most notably the United Kingdom, Canada, United States and European countries such as France, Germany and Scandinavian countries, while Iraq and the United Arab Emirates were the top Arab destinations.The report...
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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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The hidden cost of fast fashion
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Committee seeks unified procedures for joining army, MoI, NG