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KEF congratulates Endurance riders
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Chairman of Kuwait Equestrian Federation (KEF) Masoud Jouhar Hayat congratulated the Endurance riders for their outstanding performance at the World Endurance Championship that was held in Buthaib village in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Rider Heba Al-Yaeesh ended in tenth position, while rider Khalid Al-Emran was able to complete the race.Hayat said "the achievements did not stop here as rider Ali Jassim Al-Kharafi was able to win...
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Kuwait's Gymnastics team wins four gold
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait's Rhythmic Gymnastics team won four gold and two silver medals at the Amsterdam World Gymnastics Championship. 10-year-old Raya Al-Qassar performed at high standard in the mace, ring and general individual events - winning three gold medals while Nabila Al-Kharafi won the gold medal and two silver medals in the mace and individual events. Kuwait's team includes Coach Victoria from Ukraine and players Lamar...
DUBAI: Russia's Daniil Medvedev serves to Serbia's Novak Djokovic (not pictured) during their ATP Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship semi-final match in Dubai, on March 3, 2023. - AFP
Medvedev ends Djokovic win streak, sets up Rublev's final
DUBAI: Daniil Medvedev appears to have returned to his best form as he ended Novak Djokovic's undefeated 15-0 start to the season with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over the world number one on Friday. After briefly dropping outside the top 10 for the first time since July 2019, Medvedev has stormed back into that elite ranking bracket, winning his last 13 matches - within an 18-day period - to set up an all-Russian Dubai final against defending champion...
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Nets overwhelm Celtics 115-105; Jokic triple-double fuels Nuggets
LOS ANGELES: The Brooklyn Nets stunned the Boston Celtics 115-105 on Friday, rallying from a 28-point deficit to beat the Eastern Conference contenders on their home floor in the biggest comeback win of the NBA season. Mikal Bridges scored 38 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Cameron Johnson, celebrating his 27th birthday, added 20 points for Brooklyn, who have struggled since the February trade departures of stars Kyrie Irving and Kevin...
French shoe designer Christian Louboutin poses with two of his creations during a photo session in Paris.— AFP photos
Louboutin on 30 years of red obsession
It was 30 years ago that Christian Louboutin borrowed his assistant's nail varnish to fix a problematic sole and inadvertently created a design that would make him globally famous. It was 1993 and Louboutin, then 30, was examining a pink and purple shoe prototype. The black sole was too dominant, he felt, and so called for his assistant. "I took the nail polish and erased the black. I wasn't thinking to add the red," he recalled to AFP in his...
In this file photo New Zealand's ballet dancer and first soloist of the Paris Opera Ballet Hannah O'Neill, poses during a photo session in Paris.— AFP
New Zealand dancer among two new 'stars' of Paris Opera Ballet
The Paris Opera Ballet named New Zealand's Hannah O'Neill and France's Marc Moreau on Thursday as their two new star dancers, the former a rare non-French dancer in the world's oldest ballet company. O'Neill, 30, is the one of a handful of foreigners to reach the highest "etoile" status at the elite and world-renowned company, which has only in recent years opened up their ranks to non-French dancers.Unlike the Royal Ballet in London or the New...
A handout picture shows oils from the Mount of Olives being mixed with essential oils and blessed in Jerusalem by the Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III, to become Chrism Oil, which will be used in the Coronation of King Charles III. – AFP photos
Coronation oil for Charles III consecrated in Jerusalem
Olive oil, fragrant rose and orange blossom: the special "chrism" or holy anointing oil for the coronation of Britain's King Charles III has been blessed in Jerusalem's Old City. Friday's ceremony was carried out at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where Christians believe Jesus was buried. "The chrism oil which will be used to anoint His Majesty The King on May 6 2023 has been consecrated in Jerusalem," Buckingham Palace said in a statement....
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MP asks about injuries, fights, water use during celebrations
By B IzzakKUWAIT: MP Khalil Al-Saleh on Thursday sent questions to three ministers inquiring about the number of people admitted to hospitals during the National and Liberation Day celebrations, which were criticized this year as being chaotic. Another lawmaker called on the government to organize the celebrations in a civilized manner based on a well-prepared program.In his questions to Health Minister Ahmad Al-Awadhi, MP Saleh asked about the...
DUBAI: People watch the launch of NASA and SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 mission to the International Space Station at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) on March 2, 2023. - AFP
Rocket carrying UAE astronaut blasts off for ISS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off on Thursday to the International Space Station carrying two NASA astronauts, a Russian cosmonaut and the second Emirati to voyage to space. The SpaceX Dragon Crew-6 mission launched at 12:34 am (0534 GMT) Thursday from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, a livestream of the launch showed. The launch had been scrubbed on Monday just minutes before liftoff...
Rescuers give a dog water after it was rescued from a collapsed building on March 1, 2023, 23 days after last month's deadly earthquake. - AFP
Rescuers save dog 3 weeks after quake
ISTANBUL: Rescuers pulled a dog alive from a collapsed building in southern Turkey three weeks after last month's 7.8-magnitude deadly earthquake, local media reported on Thursday. The teams from a local municipality in central Turkey saved Aleks the dog on Wednesday and delivered him to Haytap, a Turkish animal protection association in the city of Antakya. A video from DHA news agency shows rescuers reaching between two large concrete slabs and...
NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting on March 2, 2023. – AFP
Blinken meets Lavrov at G20 riven by rifts
NEW DELHI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged his Russian counterpart to end the Ukraine war on the sidelines of G20 talks on Thursday, in their first face-to-face contact since the invasion. Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke briefly at the meeting of the world's top diplomats in New Delhi, which failed to reach a joint final declaration after objections from Moscow and Beijing."I told the foreign minister what I...
BAKU: Kuwait's Foreign Minister meets with Azerbaijan counterpart. - KUNA photos
Foreign Minister delivers speech at NAM summit
BAKU: Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Al-Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah led the Kuwaiti delegation to the Non-Aligned Movement Contact Group summit currently held in the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku on Thursday. The summit discusses means of backing joint international efforts to curb the economic, security and health repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic.In the speech,...
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MELBOURNE: Women walk past signage advertising Australian universities in the central business district oin this June 10, 2020 file photo. - AFP
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