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KUWAIT: Bader and Mohammad Al-Mailam with other riders.

Murruzzu wins showjumping championship

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Italian rider Antonio Murruzzu won Alsaqb Equestrian Club showjumping championship following tough competition with other riders in the fifth and main round at a height of 135 cm in 58.50 seconds without faults. Rider Abdallah Al-Awadhi won second, third and fifth places while rider Shaker Al-Kazemi won fourth and Rakan Al-Hasawi won sixth place.Chairman of Alsaqb Club Mohammad Al-Mailam and Chairman of Messilah...

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KFA hopeful for Kuwait football

KUWAIT: Chairman of Kuwait Football Association (KFA) Abdullah Al-Shaheen hoped the new marks the true return of Kuwait football, and that the participation of Kuwait is successful in the Khaleeji Zain 25 Gulf Cup and achieve ambitions and hopes. "We welcomed the new year as our national team is participating in the Gulf Cup with a new look. We hope to receive full support during the championship, so that the participation achieves its goals, and...

LONDON: Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean striker Son Heung-Min vies with Aston Villa's English defender Ezri Konsa during their English Premier League football match at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Jan 1, 2023. - AFP

Lowly Forest frustrate Chelsea

NOTTINGHAM: Graham Potter admitted Chelsea's disappointing 1-1 draw at Nottingham Forest underlined the lack of consistency that threatens to shatter their hopes of qualifying for the Champions League. Raheem Sterling put Chelsea ahead in the first half at the City Ground on Sunday. But Ivory Coast defender Serge Aurier levelled after the break and Chelsea were fortunate to escape without an embarrassing defeat after Forest dominated for long...

EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey: Gary Brightwell #23 of the New York Giants is stopped by the Indianapolis Colts on a kickoff return at MetLife Stadium on Jan 1, 2023. - AFP

Brady sparks Bucs into NFL playoffs; Giants join them

WASHINGTON: Tom Brady threw for three touchdowns and ran for another to lift Tampa Bay into the NFL playoffs on Sunday while the New York Giants also booked a post-season berth. Seven-time Super Bowl champion Brady, 45, completed 34 of 45 passes for 432 yards and scored on a 1-yard touchdown run with 1:58 remaining as the Buccaneers beat Carolina 30-24. Mike Evans made 10 catches for 207 yards-including touchdown grabs of 30, 57 and 63 yards from...

BRASILIA: Brazil's President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (L), his wife Rosangela da Silva (2-L), his Vice-President-elect Geraldo Alckmin (R) and his wife Maria Lucia Ribeiro Alckmin, make their way to the National Congress for their inauguration ceremony, in Brasilia. – AFP

Lula vows to rebuild, reunify Brazil

BRASILIA: Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office Sunday for a third term as Brazil's president, vowing to fight for the poor and the environment and "rebuild the country" after far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro's divisive administration. The 77-year-old veteran leftist, who previously led Brazil from 2003 to 2010, took the oath of office before Congress, capping a remarkable political comeback for the metalworker-turned-president less than five...

KUWAIT: The CBK headquartes.

CBK: Six Kuwaiti banks join GCC cross-border payment system

KUWAIT: Six local banks have joined the GCC Cross-border Payment System (AFAQ) in the State of Kuwait, the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) announced on Monday. This came following its efforts to develop the cross-border payment systems and deploy advanced technologies with the aim to enhance efficiency, minimize reliance on the financial systems and external payment platforms and reduce cost, the CBK’s Governor Basel Al-Haroon said in a press...

URENA: Colombian Trade Minister German Umana (L) and Tachira State Governor Freddy Bernal greet each other at the Atanasio Girardot International Bridge -formerly known as Tienditas bridge- which connects Urena in Venezuela with Cucuta in Colombia, after the two countries officially reopened their shared land border. - AFP

Venezuela, Colombia finalize border reopening after settling dispute

URENA: Venezuela and Colombia reopened the last stretch of their shared border Sunday after settling a diplomatic dispute that had kept it closed for years. Cars honked and passengers waved flags as vehicles with license plates from the two South American countries traversed the Atanasio Girardot bridge-previously blocked by shipping containers amid high tensions.Also known as Tienditas, the bridge was the final step necessary for a full...

TAIPEI: Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen (C) speaks during a press conference next to Vice President William Lai (2nd L), Premier Su Tseng-chang (2nd R), Secretary General of National Security Council Wellington Koo (L) and Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng (R) at the presidential office in Taipei. – AFP

China's air incursions into Taiwan zone doubled in 2022

TAIPEI: China's warplane incursions into Taiwan's air defence zone nearly doubled in 2022, with a surge in fighter jet and bomber sorties as Beijing intensified threats towards the island democracy. Self-ruled Taiwan lives under constant threat of invasion. Communist Party rulers claim the island as part of China's territory and have vowed to seize it one day.Relations have been icy for years under President Xi Jinping, China's most assertive...

LAS VEGAS: In this file photo taken on January 10, 2020 attendees walk through the Las Vegas Convention Center on the final day of the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. - AFP

AI infused everything on show at CES gadget extravaganza

LAS VEGAS: The latest leaps in artificial intelligence in everything from cars, robots to appliances will be on full display at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) opening Thursday in Las Vegas. Forced by the pandemic to go virtual in 2021 and hybrid last year, tens of thousands of show-goers are hoping for a return to packed halls and rapid-fire deal-making that were long the hallmark of the annual gadget extravaganza. "In 2022, it was a...

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Global airlines adopt 'wait and see' approach as China slowly reopens

LONDON: The world's airlines are taking a cautious approach to China's reopening, reluctant to immediately change up schedules and divert planes from other routes despite the internal pent-up demand for international travel. Scheduled flights into China during January, February and March are up no more than 2.9 per cent this week compared to last week, according to aviation data provider Cirium. That's fewer than 100 more flights each month....

Members of the Playaz Inc play musical instruments as they practice at a school in Mitchells Plain near Cape Town, ahead of the upcoming Cape Town Minstrels Parade. – AFP photos

Trumpets and colors return to Cape Town carnival

A tambourine in hand and a pacifier in his mouth, two-year-old Thaakir Buzic is ready to join brightly colored bands parading through the streets of Cape Town, in South Africa. About 20,000 performers divided in dozens of troupes are to march in the city centre on Monday while playing music and dancing for the annual Cape Town Minstrel carnival. Also known as "Tweede Nuwe Jaar" ("Second New Year"), the celebration, which returns after a two-year...

Senior weaver working at Ramses Wissa Art Center for 60 years.— KUNA

Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Center: Egypt’s traditional craft, worldly talents

Egyptian Artist and Architect Ramses Wissa Wassef had not anticipated when he created his art center for textiles, in Harrania district of Giza in the 1950s, that his small town students would turn into world-renowned artists. Wassef cultivated the innate creative prowess of the little children when he began to teach them the art of weaving on the loom, in a pioneering attempt to protect the Egyptian heritage as he saw the detrimental effect of...

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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