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Elie Saab shows Spring 2024 ready-to-wear collection at Paris Fashion Week
Saudi model Amira Al-Zuhair had all eyes on her as she walked the runway for famed Lebanese designer Elie Saab as he showcased the label’s Spring 2024 ready-to-wear collection at Paris Fashion Week on Saturday.Saudi model Amira Al-Zuhair presents a creation for Elie Saab during a show as part of the Paris Fashion Week Womenswear Spring/Summer 2024 in Paris.The model showcased two unique-but-breezy looks on the runway for the collection titled...
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Beatboxers battle in Britain as global community grows
Beatboxers from Britain and beyond have been showcasing their skills at a nightclub in Birmingham, central England, with an influx of newcomers meeting each other for the first time since the pandemic. “A lot of people started battling online and... now we’re out of lockdown, they’ve come into the beatbox scene and started enjoying the community,” explained Vic Brown, of New Urban Era, which organised last weekend’s event in...
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New film on historical Native American murders reflects universal themes: Scorsese
Martin Scorsese, best known for his action-packed thrillers and gangster epics, now depicts an investigation into the murders of Native Americans in his latest film, "Killers of the Flower Moon", which previewed in New York on Wednesday. Adapted from a nonfiction book of the same name, "Killers of the Flower Moon" tells the true story of the 1920s murders and disappearances of members of Osage Nation on oil-rich lands in the central US state of...
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Mass absence affects schools, workplaces before holiday
By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: Following the announcement by the Civil Service Commission that Thursday would be a holiday on the occasion of Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) birthday, Kuwait experienced on Wednesday an unusual absence of traffic jams that typically congest the streets. This smoother flow of traffic, particularly in the early morning hours, was a result of many students and employees choosing to begin their holiday one day early. This mass...
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Kuwait promotes UN’s sustainable goals for 2030
NEW YORK: Kuwait affirmed exerting more efforts to achieve development in different fields for all categories of society. The remarks were made by the third secretary of Kuwait’s permanent delegation to the UN, Wafiqa Al-Mulla, during her speech at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly in front of the UN’s Third Committee on Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Issues on Saturday. Al-Mulla called for international cooperation to achieve...
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Raising a generation of ‘digital clones’
By Soha KassabKUWAIT: Welcome to the virtual conformity era! Individuals are becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish from crowds as social media culture continues to engulf the minds and lives of the younger generation at an alarming rate. Is it possible that we are witnessing a transition in which originality and individuality are being erased, raising a generation of digital clones? Long gone are the days when society’s youth proudly...
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The identity puzzle of Kuwaiti youth
In today’s interconnected world, understanding our own identity is crucial. A recent study by Sam Mejias, Rania Al-Nakib, Abdullah Al-Khonaini and Rana Khazbak delved into this topic, asking young people in Kuwait to describe themselves. Students, mostly Kuwaiti and from both public and private schools, were posed with a thought-provoking question: “Who are you?” They were tasked with picking five words that best describe them. The...
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Experts urge healthy lifestyle, Kuwait marks World Heart Day
KUWAIT: Despite the huge advancement in medical science, cardiovascular diseases have become more prominent due to poor lifestyle choices, eating habits, and a lack of physical activity. While that might be discouraging for many, countries around the globe, including Kuwait, will observed World Heart Day on September 29, an event that promoted awareness of heart diseases and ways to counter them. According to the World Health Organization (WHO),...
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Kuwait records outstanding achievements in urology
KUWAIT: The president of the Kuwaiti Urology Association, Dr Dalim Al-Hajri, confirmed that Kuwait has recorded outstanding achievements in the field of urology and medicine that attract the attention and follow-up of regional and international medical conferences. This was stated in a telephone call with the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) on Saturday during his attendance at the 20th Annual Conference of the Asian Society of Urology, which kicked off...
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Kuwait organizes training on radioactive materials
KUWAIT: The Kuwait Cancer Control Center announced that Kuwait will host a regional training course on the production and quality checks of positron radioactive materials associated with radioactive fluorine in cooperation with the Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The chairman of the board of nuclear medicine departments and head of the nuclear medicine department at the center, Dr. Abdulreda Abbas, told the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that the...
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Red Crescent Society extends humanitarian mission in Morocco
MARRAKESH: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) said that its current mission in Morocco, to aid those affected by the recent devastating earthquake, is an extension of Kuwait’s long history of providing relief aid and part of its humanitarian duty. Speaking to KUNA on this issue, Deputy KRCS chairman Anwar Al-Hasawi said that society was willing to extend its humanitarian arms further to reach more people affected by natural disasters or...
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Crown Prince congratulates Amir on three years of rule
KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah marked the third year since assuming office on Sept 29, 2020, where Kuwait witnessed a new era of constant developments. After 14 years of the late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s rule, HH Sheikh Nawaf, who was then the Crown Prince, took his constitutional oath before the National Assembly as the 16th Amir of the State of Kuwait. HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf received a...
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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’