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NEW DELHI: Asha Devi, mother of the 2012 Delhi gang rape victim, along with people, holds candles and placards during a vigil on Dec 16, 2022 on the tenth anniversary of the heinous gang rape of the young woman. – AFP
Candlelight vigil held for 2012 Delhi gang-rape, murder victim
NEW DELHI: Scores of activists and campaigners held a candlelight vigil on Friday for Jyoti Singh, the young woman who was brutally gang-raped and murdered on a New Delhi bus 10 years ago. The horrific crime appalled India and the world and shone a spotlight on the scourge of sexual crimes against women. The crowd at the vigil, led by Singh's parents Asha Devi and Badrinath Singh, paid silent tribute and sought justice for the families of other...
DOHA: This combination of photos shows France’s forward #10 Kylian Mbappe (left) and Argentina’s forward #10 Lionel Mess in Lusail. Argentina will play France in the Qatar 2022 World Cup football final match in Doha on December 18, 2022. – AFP
Messi targets WCup glory against Mbappe's France
DOHA: Lionel Messi is hoping to crown his stellar career by leading Argentina to World Cup glory on Sunday but  Kylian Mbappe's history-chasing France are standing in his way. Qatar's World Cup has been tarnished by controversy off the pitch but it concludes with the electrifying prospect of a final between two of global football's powerhouses. France may need every hour available as kick-off looms after their camp was struck by illness, forcing...
WASHINGTON: Kyrie Irving #11 of the Brooklyn Nets falls into fans on the sidelines during the second half of the game at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC. - AFP
Nets cruise to fifth straight NBA victory; Celtics, Warriors beaten
LOS ANGELES: Brooklyn star Kyrie Irving drilled a buzzer-beating three-pointer to lift the Nets to fifth straight NBA victory on Friday as reigning champions Golden State and league-leading Boston both lost. Irving's step-back three-pointer gave the Nets a 119-116 victory over the Raptors in Toronto. Irving led the Nets with 32 points. Kevin Durant added 28 as Brooklyn notched their ninth win in 10 games.Brooklyn trailed by as many as 18 in the...
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Below Zero Ice Skating team grab 2nd place
KUWAIT: Below Zero Ice Skating Academy team succeeded in obtaining second place in the Asian figure Skating championship “Sub-Zero Bangkok Ice Skating International 2022,” sponsored by the Asian Ice Institute “ISIAsia.” The competition was held between 9-11 December 2022 with 500 skaters from 18 rink athletes from all over Asia and the Middle East.The team presented an exceptional and remarkable performance that dazzled the judges and the...
BRUSSELS: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a press conference at the end of the European Council Summit in Brussels. – AFP
EU studies ways to rival vast US subsidies on greener tech
BRUSELS: EU leaders tasked the European Commission with coming up with ways to vie with huge US subsidies on greener tech such as electric vehicles to protect the bloc's industrial base. "We will come forward in January with a state aid proposal that is not only faster and simpler, but even more predictable," commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said after a summit. The European bloc is unsettled by parts of the multi-billion-dollar US...
In this file photo US actress Angelina Jolie, gives a statement in Goudebou, a camp that welcomes more than 11,000 Malian refugees in northern Burkina Faso, on International Refugee Day. - AFP photos
Angelina Jolie steps down as UN refugees envoy
Angelina Jolie announced Friday that she is stepping down from her role as the UNHCR's special envoy after more than 20 years of working with the United Nations' refugee agency. The Hollywood actress, 47, has carried out more than 60 field missions with UNHCR, shining a spotlight on the plight of millions of people displaced from their homes over the past two decades. "After 20 years working within the UN system I feel it is time for me to work...
In this file photo Jane Fonda speaks at the handprint and footprint ceremony for Lily Tomlin, at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood.- AFP
Actress Jane Fonda says cancer in remission
US actress and activist Jane Fonda says her cancer is in remission, just three months after revealing her diagnosis. The Oscar winner, a prominent supporter of the Democratic Party, wrote on her blog on Thursday that she is no longer in treatment for non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. "Last week I was told by my oncologist that my cancer is in remission and I can discontinue chemo," the environmentalist, who turns 85 next week, wrote in a post entitled...
DOHA: Morocco’s players pray and thank the crowd after losing 2-0 in the Qatar 2022 World Cup semi-final match against France at the Al-Bayt Stadium in Al Khor on Dec 14, 2022. — AFP
World Cup final dream over, but Moroccans hail heroes
CASABLANCA: They may have fallen just short of reaching the World Cup final, but Moroccans on Wednesday hailed their team's historic run as it ended with a 2-0 defeat to reigning champions France. Despite the loss, ruler King Mohammed VI sent his "warm congratulations" to the whole team for having "honored the Moroccan people", according to the country's national news agency MAP. The king also conveyed a congratulatory message to French President...
GENEVA: WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gestures during a press conference on Dec 14, 2022. — AFP
WHO eyes end to COVID, mpox emergencies
GENEVA: The World Health Organization said Wednesday it hoped that COVID-19 would no longer be a public health emergency in 2023, as it urged China to share information that could pinpoint how the pandemic started. As the third anniversary of the original outbreak rolls around, the WHO said the virus was here to stay but would need managing alongside other respiratory illnesses.WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the weekly COVID death toll...
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Twitter suspends account tracking Musk's plane
SAN FRANCISCO: A Twitter account that tracked flights of Elon Musk's private jet was grounded on Wednesday despite the billionaire's talk of free speech. "Well it appears @ElonJet is suspended," creator Jack Sweeney tweeted from his personal @JxckSweeney account. The account was in action briefly later in the day, after Twitter sent out word that it updated its policy to prohibit tweets, in most cases, from giving away someone's location in real...
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5 MPs call for sex segregation at university
By B IzzakKUWAIT: Five MPs proposed on Thursday a draft law calling on the government to develop buildings and facilities at Kuwait University to ensure segregation of sexes at the university. The bill, signed by MPs Khaled Al-Tammar, Hamdan Al-Azemi, Osama Al-Shaheen, Mohammad Hayef and Hamad Al-Obaid, calls to complete the required works to implement segregation within five years.Meanwhile, National Assembly Speaker Ahmad Al-Saadoun invited...
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Kuwait college students launch anti-bias awareness campaign
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: College students launched an anti-bias awareness campaign on social media to end discrimination in the community. Kuwait Times spoke with the four friends who decided to spread awareness by posting stories of people who have experienced discrimination. The four students from the American University of Kuwait — Zahraa Al-Qattan, 17, majoring in systems engineering, Negin Kardani, 19, information systems, Judy Alnaimy, 18,...
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Brig Yousef Al-Ayoub
Over 65,000 iqama violators benefited from grace period
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Kuwait-based high school students secure patent for healthcare robot
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VIENNA: Representatives of OPEC member countries attend a press conference after the 45th Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee and the 33rd OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting in Vienna, Austria in this file photo. – AFP
OPEC+ faces moment of truth on planned output increase