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BRASILIA: Supporters of Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro invade the National Congress on Jan 8, 2023. – AFP

Lula slams far-right 'terrorism'

BRASILIA: Brazilian security forces cleared protest camps Monday and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned "acts of terrorism" after a far-right mob stormed the seat of power in the capital, in chaotic scenes that triggered global shock. Hundreds of soldiers and police mobilized to dismantle an improvised camp outside the army's headquarters in Brasilia where some 3,000 supporters of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro had set up tents - used as...

ISMAILIA, Egypt: A tugboat pulls the Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier M/V Glory in the Suez Canal on Jan 9, 2023. – AFP

Suez traffic 'normal' after ship refloated

ISMAILIA, Egypt: Suez Canal maritime traffic was "normal" Monday after a cargo vessel carrying Ukrainian grain ran aground but was then refloated and towed away, said the Egyptian authority running the vital waterway. The incident involving the 225-m-long Marshall Islands-registered M/V Glory had briefly sparked fears of a repeat of a major 2021 blockage when the giant container ship Ever Given became diagonally wedged in the canal.That closure...

This file image shows a combination of two images released by the NASA Earth Observatory showing the size and shape of the ozone hole each year in 1979 (left) and in 2009. - AFP

Ozone layer healing but imperiled

PARIS: The ozone layer that shields life on Earth from deadly solar radiation is on track to recover within decades, but controversial geoengineering schemes to blunt global warming could reverse that progress, a major scientific assessment warned Monday. Since the mid-1970s, certain industrial aerosols have led to the depletion of ozone in the stratosphere, 11 to 40 km above Earth's surface.In 1987, nearly 200 nations agreed on the Montreal...

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Parliament to vote on city building firms

KUWAIT: The Kuwait's National Assembly will hold ordinary sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday to examine tabled items, most notable of which is second deliberation vote on draft law establishing town-construction companies on state-owned land plots.The session commences with a vote on MP recommendations submitted during 21 December special session, followed by a discussion of Audit Bureau report reviewing government budgets and final accounts. The...

KUWAIT: Motorists drive through wet roads as sporadic rains continued in Kuwait on Monday, disrupting vehicular traffic and public life. – Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat and Fouad Al-Shaikh

Heavy rains disrupt life as cold wave continues in Kuwait

By Faten OmarKUWAIT: The country witnessed heavy rain and strong winds on Monday with speeds exceeding 50 km per hour, according to Kuwait Meteorological Center. Dirar Al-Ali, a meteorological department observer, told Kuwait Times that rainfall will start to ease gradually from Tuesday noon, and chances of rain will gradually decrease during the day. Dirar Al-AliSporadic rains disrupted life in Kuwait on Monday even as motorists negotiated a...

RIYADH: French rally driver Sebastien Loeb is presented with a Cristiano Ronaldo Al Nassr Jersey by the Saudi football club's French head coach Rudi Garcia at the bivouac in the Saudi capital on Jan 8, 2023. – AFP

Ronaldo 'to earn €400m' in Saudi

NICOSIA: Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo will earn 200 million euros to promote Saudi Arabia's joint 2030 World Cup bid in addition to his club salary, a source close to his club told AFP Monday. The Portuguese superstar, 37, unveiled to thousands of Al Nassr fans in Riyadh last week, is by far the most famous player to sign for a club in Saudi or any other Gulf country. The oil-rich kingdom, along with Egypt and Greece, is considering a bid to host...

RAWALPINDI: Labourers pull carts loaded with grain sacks at a grocery market in Rawalpindi on January 9, 2023. – AFP

Pakistan asks IMF for restructuring 'pause'

GENEVA: Pakistan's prime minister on Monday asked the IMF for a pause in its demands for economic reforms before releasing more financial aid, as the country tries to rebuild after catastrophic floods. Shehbaz Sharif said he was trying to persuade the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to give Islamabad some breathing space as it tackles the "nightmarish" situation.The global lender wants Pakistan to withdraw remaining subsidies on petroleum...

LAS VEGAS: An attendee looks through a VR headset while sitting on a Moonbikes Motors SAS electric snowbike during CES Unveiled, ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), in Las Vegas, Nevada. - AFP

How farmers can save time, money and the environment

LAS VEGAS: Armed with a smartphone in today's ever more connected world, farmers can remotely monitor the health of their fields, the level of feed in their silos or even the aging of wine in barrels. Both start-ups and agro-industry giants are exhibiting such cutting-edge tools-tools to help farmers collect and analyze data and improve decision-making-at the huge CES electronics show in Las Vegas, which closed Sunday. Thus, Olivier Lepine, who...

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Second coming of once-banned conspiracy theorists after Twitter amnesty

WASHINGTON: A conspiracy theorist urging Americans to burn voting machines, an anti-Muslim activist posting a photo with a gun, a retired general who called for a coup-Elon Musk's Twitter has reinstated thousands of once-banned accounts. Twitter has turned into what campaigners call a cesspool of misinformation, hate-filled conspiracies and racial slurs amid what appears to be reduced content moderation in recent weeks following mass layoffs and...

KUWAIT: The cruise ship Artania MS is anchored at Kuwait Port on Monday. - KUNA

European cruise ship with tourists docks in Kuwait

KUWAIT: The cruise ship MS Artania, carrying around a thousand tourists from across Europe, docked in Kuwait on Monday as part of a tour of the wider Arab region, the country's ports authority said. KUWAIT: Officials pose for a group picture in fron of the cruise ship Artania MS.MS Artania’s pit stop in Kuwait is part of efforts to boost local 'maritime tourism,' said a Kuwait Ports Authority in a statement. It is in line with the national...

Dr. Khalid Al-Saleh

Corruption and reform

By Dr Khalid Al-Saleh frustration is not a new phenomenon and not limited to Kuwait people, as in every country of the world, there exists a group of people suffering from frustration and depression, as well as inability to achieve their ambitions. But in Kuwait, the frustration phenomenon took a public turn in the past year. The reason of frustration in Kuwait is corruption reports that revealed that Kuwait is rich, but despite this,...

KUNA's anti-drugs campaign 'drugs kill you'

Kuwait is fighting resolutely the scourge of drugs, says Al-Baghli

KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Ministry of Social Affairs is exerting all possible efforts to encounter and fight the scourge of drugs due to destructive impacts on the families and society, Minister of Social Affairs and Community Development May Al-Baghli said Monday.Speaking to KUNA, Al-Baghli, who doubles as Minister of State for Women and Children's Affairs, said that narcotics are threatening the families, and youth, so this danger should be fought by...

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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