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Women's fencing success hailed
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Head of the women's committee at Kuwait Fencing Association Loulua Al-Ayoub said the achievement made by Kuwait's women team during the Arab Fencing Championship in Bahrain was due to hard and well-planned work over many years, coupled with support from the board of directors and Chairman Abdullah Al-Waalan, and cooperation between the association's technical committee lead by Abdelkareem Al-Shamlan and coach Diego...
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'Love hormone'? Not so fast, new study suggests
The "love hormone" oxytocin has long been thought key to behaviors including pairing up with a partner and nurturing offspring, but a new study in prairie voles is raising doubts. The research found that voles bred to lack functioning receptors for oxytocin were still able to form strong pairs, produce young and nurse-all behaviors previously believed to depend on the hormone.Prairie voles are one of the few mammals that mate for life, and are...
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Hollywood has become 'completely dysfunctional': Shyamalan
From "The Sixth Sense" to "Old", director M Night Shyamalan has had a unique string of hits, but these days he works outside the Hollywood studio system, which he says has grown "sick". Balancing art and commerce has always been the great game of Hollywood and few have played it as well as Shyamalan, who returns to cinemas next week with the apocalyptic horror tale, "Knock at the Cabin". Still just 52, he has been cranking out box office hits...
English actress Andrea Riseborough arrives for the BAFTA Tea Party at the Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles, California.-AFP
Academy launches probe after indie film's surprise Oscars nod
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Friday it was launching a review of Oscars campaigning, days after a small indie film surprised industry-watchers with a shock nomination to Hollywood's most prestigious awards. "To Leslie" had taken just $27,000 at the box office when star Andrea Riseborough's name appeared on the shortlist of nominees for Best Actress. Riseborough, who plays a Texas single mother struggling with alcoholism,...
Wooden tomb from Turkey with inscriptions and verses from Suwe Yunus, dating back to 14-15th century.
Al-Sabah Archaeological Collection... Bright cultural image for Kuwait
KUWAIT: Dar Al-Athar Al-Islamiyya’s journey began at the hands of the late Sheikh Nasser Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and his wife, Sheikha Hessa Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, who owned an archaeological collection that helped establish one of the best museums in Kuwait and the world exhibiting Islamic artifacts over the past 40 years. The museum includes a collection of pieces from across the Islamic world under the name “Al-Sabah Archaeological...
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Egypt unveils ancient 'secret keeper' tomb, golden mummy
Egypt unveiled Thursday a gold-laced mummy and four tombs, including of an ancient king's "secret keeper", discovered in the Saqqara necropolis south of Cairo. The vast burial site at the ancient Egyptian capital Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is home to more than a dozen pyramids, animal graves and old Coptic Christian monasteries. Archaeologist Zahi Hawass, Egypt's former antiquities minister, announced the latest discovery, dating from...
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Amiri order to accept government resignation
B IzzakKUWAIT: An Amiri order was issued on Thursday to accept the resignation of the government just three months after its formation as a result of disputes with the National Assembly. The order also asked the government to act as a caretaker government to run day-to-day urgent matters until a new cabinet is formed.The government submitted its resignation on Monday following a standoff with MPs who insisted to debate populist draft legislation...
JENIN, Palestinian Territories: An elderly Palestinians man mourns the death one of the 9 reported victims killed during a Zionist raid on the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp.- AFP
Zionist raid in West Bank kills 10 Palestinians
JENIN, Palestinian Territories:  Zionist forces in a West Bank raid killed ten Palestinians Thursday, officials in the occupied territory said. The bloodiest day in the West Bank in years erupted during a raid on the crowded refugee camp in the northern city of Jenin, where gunshots rang through the streets and smoke billowed from burning street barricades.The Palestinian health ministry said the death toll from the clashes rose to ten,...
JEJU, South Korea: This handout photo taken on January 25, 2023 and provided by the Korea Coast Guard shows coast guard members searching for missing people after a Hong Kong cargo ship sank off South Korea's southern island of Jeju. - AFP
6 Chinese among 8 dead after ship sinks near Japan
BEIJING: Eight people are dead, including six Chinese nationals, after a ship sank in waters off the coast of Japan, a Chinese diplomat and the Japanese coast guard said Thursday. The Jin Tian, carrying crew from China and Myanmar, sent a distress signal on Tuesday evening from a position around 110 kilometers (68 miles) west of the remote and uninhabited Danjo Islands in far southwestern Japan.The ship's captain used a satellite phone to tell...
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Using Ozempic for weight loss is unhealthy: Doctor
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: There has recently been a surging demand for Ozempic-which helps people with diabetes keep blood sugar levels in check-leading to a shortage. The popularity of the drug is not because of rising rate of diabetes, doctors say, but because of its weight loss benefits. Dr Waleed Al-DahiSpeaking to Kuwait Times, Dr Waleed Al-Dahi, consultant endocrinologist and head of the Kuwaiti Diabetes Association, said that using diabetes...
Dr Khaled Mahdi (left) and Francois Farah
Kuwait's social policies to focus on women, children
KUWAIT: Kuwait's social policy will give priority to the empowerment of women, supporting early-childhood and developing the education and health sectors, said Dr Khaled Mahdi, general secretary of the Higher Council for Planning and Development on Thursday.The lecture, titled "International Experiences in Building Social Policies to Enhance Economic Growth" was organized by the Kuwait Center for Public Policies. It explored modern mechanisms for...
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MoCI halts visitors for 262 services available on Sahel
KUWAIT: Minister of Commerce and Industry Mazen Al-Nahedh announced on Thursday the suspension of receiving auditors for 262 government services available on the unified government mobile application for electronic services, Sahel, by government agencies participating in the application."The suspension came based on the success of the application in being the basic building block in achieving the goals of digital transformation in accordance with...
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Kuwait-based high school students secure patent for healthcare robot
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KUWAIT: H the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah receives Qatari Minister of State for Energy Affairs and Managing Director and CEO of QatarEnergy Saad Al-Kaabi on Aug 26, 2024.
Kuwait signs 15-year Qatar gas deal
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KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, in the attendance of HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, receives HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah and four newly appointed ministers on Aug 26, 2024. – KUNA
Amir calls for good governance
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QUETTA: A man mourns the death of his father, who died in a separatist militant attack, at a hospital on Aug 26, 2024. - AFP
73 killed after militant attacks in Balochistan
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Cooperate and prioritize national interest, Amir tells new ministers