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Duathlon competition to be on January 20th

KUWAIT: Players (of both genders) from Defense and Interior ministries, National Guard and Fire Force will participate for the first time (in Kuwait and Gulf) in the Duathlon - an athletic event consisting of a running leg - followed by a cycling leg and ends with another running leg race to be held on January 20th in Araifjan area.Chairman of Kuwait Triathlon Club Rashid Al-Kandari said the first participation of the uniformed athletes in the...

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Tomooh Sports Club delegation in Saudi for walkathon

KUWAIT: A delegation from Tomooh Sports Club travelled to Saudi Arabia for the 11th walkathon Championship. The event was organized by Al-Oun Center in Jedda from 13th to 16th December. The delegation is headed by the Club's secretary General Sadeeqa Al-Ansari and has 5 male and female athletes.Al-Ansari said Tomooh Club is keen on participating in this event to give "the athletes an opportunity to interact and compete with others and to...

Sheikha Naema Al-Ahmad

First International Women Handball tournament

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Salwa Al-Sabah Club First International Women Handball tournament began yesterday at the Club's hall and will continue until December 18th. The event was organized in cooperation with Kuwait Handball Association which provided the referees to officiate the tournament. Teams from Oman, Kuwait (Fatayat Al-Oyoun and Salwa Al-Sabah), Egypt (Ahli) and Bahrain teams are participating.The tournament is the first to be held in...

(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 20, 2020 South Korean K-pop boy band BTS member Jin poses for a photo session during a press conference on BTS new album 'BE (Deluxe Edition)' in Seoul. - BTS star Jin starts his mandatory South Korean military duty on December 13, 2022, the first band member to enlist since their hiatus announcement this year left fans heartbroken and wondering if this was the end for the K-pop juggernaut. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)

Jin from BTS begins military service, marking end of an era

YEONCHEON, South Korea: BTS star Jin started his mandatory South Korean military duty on Tuesday, the band's first member to enlist since a hiatus announcement this year left fans heartbroken over the K-pop juggernaut's uncertain future. The septet is widely considered the country's biggest-ever cultural phenomenon, selling out stadiums around the world and dominating the charts while raking in billions and building a global legion of fans known...

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Employees in META feel robots should be more widely used

KUWAIT: According to Kaspersky research, employees in the META region believe that the better robots become at different tasks, the fewer jobs will remain for humans. The majority of employees (78 percent) believe that robots should be more widely used across different industries, however, many fear robot hacking.Today robotics are used together with industrial control systems and other information technology to handle production processes,...

VIENNA: Spectators needing a walking aid attend a concert specifically tailored to people living with dementia at the Wiener Musikverein in Vienna. -- AFP

'Everything is allowed': Vienna's dementia-friendly concerts

VIENNA: The elegant audiences for its world-famous New Year's Concert with the Vienna Philharmonic may be the epitome of buttoned-up reserve, all tailcoats and taffeta. But the gilded columns of Vienna's grand old Musikverein are now home to concerts where something very different happens-where older people, often living with dementia, can let it all hang out and just go with the music."People can get carried away, they can dance and sing, which...

OITA, Japan: In this file photo, children play a video game in Oita. From Super Mario to Final Fantasy, Japan has long been synonymous with gaming, but some experts and parents fear a growing addiction problem is going unaddressed. -- AFP

Video game hub Japan confronts problem of addiction

From Super Mario to Final Fantasy, Japan has long been synonymous with gaming, but some experts and parents fear a growing addiction problem is going unaddressed. While nearby nations like China and South Korea have imposed drastic restrictions on youth gaming in recent years-with mixed results-some Japanese families feel they are being left to deal with the issue on their own.Each month, a group meets in Tokyo to swap stories and strategies for...

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Something to phone home about: E.T. model goes up for auction

LOS ANGELES: The original animatronic model used to bring big-eyed alien E.T. to life in Steven Spielberg's tear-jerker movie is up for auction. The extra-friendly extra-terrestrial, whose glowing finger and childlike innocence melted hearts in 1982, became a touchstone of cinema history as audiences welled up over the creature's bond with an Earthling-and his desperate desire to go home again.Now the model Spielberg's team used to create movie...

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Oil Minister Bader Al-Mulla attends the 109th meeting of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) on Dec 12, 2022. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

OAPEC coordinates stances of members on climate talks

KUWAIT: The Council of Ministers of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) convened its 109th meeting in Kuwait on Monday under the chairmanship of Syrian Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources Bassam Tohme. The ministerial meeting discussed the relationship between the OAPEC's Secretariat and Arab companies affiliated to the organization, as well as the budget of FY 2023, OAPEC Secretary General Ali Sabt ben Sabt said.The...

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Amir heads to Italy on private visit

KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is seen off at the airport by HH the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and senior officials as he leaves on Monday for Italy on a private visit. - KUNA

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Top court hands death sentence to Farah's killer

KUWAIT: The court of cassation, headed by Abdullah Al-Jassem, canceled a ruling by the court of appeal and sentenced the killer of Kuwaiti woman Farah Akbar to death by hanging. The body of Akbar, a 32-year-old mother of two, was left outside a hospital on April 20, 2021 after she was snatched in broad daylight by the convict, a Kuwaiti defense ministry soldier.On June 3, 2022, the court of appeal, headed by Nasr Al-Haid, overturned the criminal...

NICOSIA: A person checks a mobile phone on Dec 12, 2022, displaying a tweet about the execution of Majidreza Rahnavard in Iran. - AFP

Iran defies outcry with second protest execution

PARIS: Iran on Monday executed a second man in connection with protests that have shaken the regime for almost three months, defying an international outcry over its use of capital punishment against those involved in the movement. Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, had been sentenced to death by a court in the city of Mashhad for killing two members of the security forces with a knife, and wounding four other people, the judiciary's Mizan Online news...

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Four new ministers in Cabinet

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Khalifa Abdullah Dhahi Al-Ajeel Al-Askar
Minister of Commerce and Industry

Biographies of the new ministers

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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