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Yavi takes charge in Hangzhou as Hadadi’s long reign ends
HANGZHOU: Bahrain’s untouchable world title holder Winfred Yavi surged to the Asian Games 3,000m steeplechase gold medal on Monday, as Iranian veteran Ehsan Hadadi’s 17-year reign as discus champion came to an end. Yavi was in a league of her own at the Hangzhou Olympic Stadium, defending her title in a new Games record 9min 18.28sec to back up the 1,500m gold she won on Sunday.It was the highlight of a night where the titles were split...
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Bayern's 'thin' squad faces Champions League test as injuries bite
BERLIN: Injury-hit Bayern Munich travel to Copenhagen on Tuesday in the Champions League, facing a depth problem which is effectively of their own making. Injuries kept first-teamers Serge Gnabry and Matthijs de Ligt out of Bayern’s 2-2 draw at RB Leipzig. Gnabry will miss weeks with a broken arm while De Ligt also looks set to miss Tuesday’s match.Combine the duo’s absence with injury clouds hovering above remaining centre-backs Dayot...
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Kuwait beat Qatar in Asian qualifiers for Cricket World Cup
DOHA: Kuwait’s cricket team won Monday over Qatar’s national team, with a score of 130-129 in the Asian competition hosted by Doha, which qualifies for the 2024 Cricket World Cup in the US. Kuwait’s team achieved its third victory in these qualifiers, raising its score to six points. Before today’s match, it achieved two consecutive victories against the Qatari and Maldivian teams, while it lost to the Saudi team.In a statement to KUNA,...
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Europe regain Ryder Cup to extend USA 30-year wait
ROME: Tommy Fleetwood enjoyed the winning moment as Europe regained the Ryder Cup from a battling United States on Sunday, wrapping up a 16.5-11.5 victory despite a belated American singles charge. The USA remain without a win on European soil since 1993 while neither team have lifted the trophy away from home in 11 years. With Europe needing half a point to get over the line, Fleetwood moved 2-up against Rickie Fowler with two holes to play...
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India ready to raise curtain on Cricket World Cup
NEW DELHI: India target a third World Cup when cricket’s global showpiece gets underway on Thursday with the country buoyed by a growing, international self-confidence and with a sport which unites and divides the sub-continent like no other on the verge of joining the Olympic elite. The epic tournament features 10 nations playing 48 matches over 46 days at 10 different venues. However, the build-up has been far from smooth after arch-rivals...
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IMF: Climate goal reliant on private sector investment
WASHINGTON: The private sector must drastically increase its climate-related investments, most crucially in developing countries, for the world to reach net zero carbon by 2050, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a report published Monday. To attain the 2050 goal, $2 trillion would need to be invested annually by 2030, according data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) cited in the report. But this is far above the estimated...
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Indonesia launches Southeast Asia’s first high-speed rail
JAKARTA: Indonesia launched Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway on Monday, a delayed, multibillion-dollar project backed by China that President Joko Widodo hailed as “a symbol of our modernization”. With a top speed of 350 kilometers (220 miles) per hour, the bullet train “Whoosh” can get between the capital Jakarta and Bandung in 45 minutes. The 140 km journey would previously have taken about three hours by train.“The...
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NBK wins Brandon Hall Group Bronze Excellence Award 2023
KUWAIT: National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) received the coveted Brandon Hall Group Bronze Medal for its excellence in the “Best Advance in Compliance Training” category, acknowledging its outstanding training and development programs. Brandon Hall Group employed an extensive set of criteria to select the winners of the 2023 Excellence Awards. These criteria were developed based on an assessment of the success of the compliance training in...
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Green groups target TotalEnergies over Tanzania, Uganda projects
NANTERRE, France: Four environmental groups have taken legal action against French giant TotalEnergies on claims of “climaticide” over a controversial oil project in Tanzania and Uganda, their lawyers said Monday. The groups—Darwin Climax Coalitions, Sea Shepherd France, Wild Legal and Stop EACOP-Stop Total—filed their action on September 22, saying that TotalEnergies “must no longer continue to knowingly, freely and with impunity fuel...
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CAN launches annual awareness campaign
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Since its establishment in 2006, Cancer Aware Nation (CAN) has been initiating its campaigns in the month of October, which Chairman Dr Khalid Al-Saleh has aptly named the “blessed month”. On Sunday, CAN hosted a press conference to launch this year’s activities centered around breast cancer awareness under the theme “your health is your capital”. The event was held under the patronage of Social Affairs and...
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Dhaman ready to render integrated health services
KUWAIT: Official sources said Dhaman Health Hospitals Company said it is ready to render its integrated health services before the end of the year for those working in the private sector. Dhaman Health Hospitals Company opened two large hospitals with a capacity of 660 beds as well as 12 centers for primary health care. Arabi Company won 26% of the strategic share, while the government owns 24%.The remaining 50% is for the citizens, which the...
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PAAET and KJA organize training program on media
KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) and the Kuwait Journalists Association (KJA) organized a joint training programon media. There were lectures from a group of lecturers who specialized in the field of media, with the participation of 25 trainees. Engineer Jalal Al-Tabtabaei, deputy director general of the applied training sector, underlined the joint training program between the commission and the Journalists...
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KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Noura Al-Mashaan and a Chinese delegation visit the site of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project on Boubyan Island on Aug 31, 2024. – KUNA
Minister, Chinese delegation visit Mubarak Port
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Guests and dignitaries gather at Marina Hotel to celebrate the 102nd anniversary of Turkey's Victory Day.
Kuwait-Turkey defense partnership bolsters regional peace and security
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Kuwait Times Summer Program students pose for a group photo with Kuwait Times/Kuwait News and Gulf Bank teams. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Gulf Bank and Kuwait Times successfully conclude 3rd edition of Summer Program
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US ambassador Karen Sasahara
US media roundtable: Spotlight on US-Kuwait military, economic ties
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TRIPOLI: Libya's Central Bank headquarters in Tripoli. -- AFP
Libya central bank head flees country over ‘threats’