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LONDON: West Ham United’s Polish goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski jumps to stop the ball during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and West Ham United at the Emirates Stadium in London on December 26, 2022. – AFP

Arsenal open up 7-point lead, beat West Ham 3-1

LONDON: Arsenal opened up a seven-point lead with a 3-1 win over West Ham as the Premier League returned on Monday, while Newcastle climbed up to second thanks to an impressive 3-0 victory at Leicester. Liverpool also made a winning return from the World Cup break by beating Aston Villa 3-1 and Harry Kane bounced back from his heartbreak in Qatar by scoring in Tottenham's 2-2 draw at Brentford. Arsenal's momentum towards a first league title...

DIYARBAKIR: Orhan Ayaz, former mayor of the People's Democratic Party (HDP) poses for a photograph during an interview in Diyarbakir. - AFP

Kurds seek 'courageous' candidate in Turkey's election

DIYARBAKIR: Bullet marks reveal the spot where a rights lawyer was shot in the head at the height of clashes in the southeastern Turkish city of Diyarbakir between Kurdish militants and security forces in 2015. Much of the Kurdish-majority city of over one million had to be rebuilt after the street battles, in which Tahir Elci, the president of the local bar association, died near a famous mosque.But the wounds still fester as Turkey heads into...

Argentine tattooist Tebi Cobra Vucinovich works on a tattoo of Argentina's forward Lionel Messi kissing the FIFA World Cup trophy on the leg of Ariel Sacchi at Ds Tattoo Shop in Buenos Aires on Dec 23, 2022. – AFP photos

More than skin deep: Fans line up for Messi tattoos

Fans of the Argentine team that claimed football's ultimate prize in Qatar this month are lining up in Buenos Aires for tattoos of victorious captain Lionel Messi and the World Cup trophy. "For the next two weeks, I have (appointments) exclusively related to the World Cup," tattoo artist Esteban Vucinovich told AFP in the capital. "Some had already made an appointment for tattoos of snakes or skulls, but they are changing it to Messi or the Cup....

Danny Cortes, a street miniature artist, shows his miniature of an icebox in the Brooklyn borough of New York City on Dec 19, 2022. – AFP photos

New York artist turns tiny hip-hop street scenes into profitable business

With his nimble fingers and child-like enthusiasm, Danny Cortes re-creates in miniature the hip-hop-infused street scenes of a gritty New York. But what began as a hobby has since brought him fame in the rap community and profitable sales even at Sotheby’s prestigious auction house. “We are adults, but we never stopped being kids,” the 42-year-old artist tells AFP. “Who doesn’t like toys? Who doesn’t like miniatures?”As he spoke...

KABUL: Marwa, a student speaks during an interview with AFP at her home in Kabul. Marwa was just a few months away from becoming the first woman in her Afghan family to go to university -- instead, she will watch achingly as her brother goes without her.— AFP

'Proud and strong': Solo protest against Taleban university ban

KABUL: An 18-year-old Afghan student endured Taleban taunts and insults at the weekend as she staged a solo protest against the ban on women attending university. "For the first time in my life, I felt so proud, strong and powerful because I was standing against them and demanding a right that God has given us," Marwa told AFP, asking not to be further identified.Women-led protests have become increasingly rare in Afghanistan since the Taleban's...

A boy walks on a boat left lying on the dried-up bed of a section of Iraq's receding southern marshes of Chibayish in Dhi Qar province on June 28, 2022. — AFP

The end is nigh? Climate, nuke crises spark fears of the worst

WASHINGTON: For thousands of years, predictions of apocalypse have come and gone. But with dangers rising from nuclear war and climate change, does the planet need to at least begin contemplating the worst? When the world rang in 2022, few would have expected the year to feature the US president speaking of the risk of doomsday, following Russia's threats to go nuclear in its invasion of Ukraine."We have not faced the prospect of Armageddon since...

INDIANAPOLIS: Austin Ekeler #30 of the Los Angeles Chargers scores a touchdown against the Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium on December 26, 2022. – AFP

Chargers thrash Colts to clinch NFL playoff berth

LOS ANGELES: The Los Angeles Chargers are headed back to the NFL playoffs for the first time since 2018 after a 20-3 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Monday. The Chargers clinched an AFC wild card berth, aided by defeats for the New York Jets, New England Patriots and Las Vegas Raiders earlier in the week. It will be their first post-season appearance under head coach Brandon Staley and with star quarterback Justin Herbert, who was drafted...

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Nadal, Djokovic kickstart bid for supremacy in Australia

SYDNEY: Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal kickstart their 2023 campaigns this week in Adelaide and Sydney respectively, with the superstar veterans and great rivals eyeing up yet more Australian Open glory. With the pair sharing 43 Grand Slam titles between them-Djokovic has 21 and Nadal 22 - the scene is set for an epic showdown at Melbourne Park in January. Nadal is the defending Australian Open champion and Djokovic is a nine-time...

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Arab Masters Tournament 'competitive'

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: The 2nd Arab Masters Tennis Tournament was up to expectations, exciting and competitive. Tunisians Aziz Dougaz and Iskandar Al-Mansouri defeated their Jordanian opponents Abdullah Shelbayeh and Mousa Al-Kotop 6/3 - 6/3 in the final match of the doubles. Shelbayeh and Benjamin Hassan from Lebanon qualified for the final singles match to be played on Wednesday at Sheikh Jaber Al-Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah International...

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Burgan Bank sponsors fourth competition of Kuwait Equestrian Tour

KUWAIT: Burgan Bank has sponsored the fourth competition of the Kuwait Equestrian Federation (KEF) Tour for the 2022-2023 showjumping season, which was held at the Kuwait Riding Center (KRC) venue. The sponsorship falls under the umbrella of the Bank's comprehensive social responsibility program which focuses on promoting and reinforcing the sports culture in Kuwait.On the first day of the league's third competition, equestrian Abdullah Al-Awadhi...

An Urgo employee shows the type of severe wounds that could be treated by the artificial skin developed by the French dressing manufacturer as part of the Genesis project at the Urgo site in Chenove, eastern France, on Dec 16, 2022. – AFP photos

Dressing 'revolution' seeks artificial skin for burn victims

Far from the humble sticking plaster, medical firms and researchers are seeking to create the "ultimate dressing" - artificial skin they hope will revolutionise the treatment of severe burns. For the last 18 months, researchers from the French firm Urgo have been working towards achieving this Holy Grail of wound treatment, which would save serious burn victims from the painful and repeated skin grafts they currently endure.The 100-million-euro...

This handout composite image by NASA/ESA shows the dawn of a new era in astronomy has begun as the world gets its first look at the full capabilities of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. – AFP

Webb telescope promises new age of the stars

The James Webb Space Telescope lit up 2022 with dazzling images of the early universe after the Big Bang, heralding a new era of astronomy and untold revelations about the cosmos in years to come. The most powerful observatory sent into space succeeded the Hubble telescope, which is still operating, and began transmitting its first cosmic images in July. "It essentially behaves better than expected in almost every area," said Massimo Stiavelli,...

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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.

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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

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