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KUWAIT: Aerial view shows private boats sailing at night in Gulf waters, off the shore of Kuwait City. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
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KUWAIT: UAE Ambassador Matar Al-Neyadi and embassy staff attend the celebration. - KUNA
UAE Embassy celebrates National Day
KUWAIT: The UAE Embassy in Kuwait marked Friday the country's 51st National Day with a festival under the auspices of and in the presence of Ambassador Matar Al-Neyadi and the embassy staff. Speaking to KUNA on the sidelines of the festival, Neyadi said the UAE celebrates on Dec 2 its National Day, adding "our country's journey has moved towards progress and development through bright years full of achievements, with a clear vision towards the...
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Sports necessary to build healthy communities
NEW YORK: Kuwait affirmed at an international forum the necessity of sports to build sound communities. The Kuwaiti view was expressed by the diplomatic attache of the Kuwaiti mission Mubarak Saleh Abdullah during a session of the UN General Assembly discussing "sports for peace and development". Kuwait's participation in this discussion emanates from its strong conviction in sports' role for evolving societies, cementing bonds among nations and...
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Doctor warns against harmful effects of e-cigs
By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: A study conducted by Ronald Reagan Medical Center at the University of California revealed using electronic cigarettes or vapes just once or for the first time can affect the health greatly. Researchers have monitored a significant increase in the levels of what is known as “oxidative stress” in people after they underwent a first smoking session. The study also showed that vaping in general can cause brain damage,...
This image released by the US Geological Survey (USGS) on November 29, 2022, shows an aerial photograph of the dominant fissure 3 erupting on the Northeast Rift Zone of Mauna Loa in Hawaii. - AFP
Hawaii volcano sprays fountains of lava
LOS ANGELES: Fountains of lava and rivers of molten rock were spewing from the world's biggest volcano Friday, as the first eruption there in almost four decades showed no signs of abating. Two fissures on Mauna Loa were venting huge volumes of viscous rock and gases from deep within the Earth, in a thunderous display of the power of nature.Vulcanologists said they were watching lava flows heading towards a highway on Hawaii's largest island,...
RUMAYLAN, Syria: US forces patrol near the countryside of Rumaylan (Rmeilan) in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province near the Turkish border, on December 2, 2022. – AFP
US-led coalition forces resume regular patrols in northeast Syria
RMEILAN, Syria: A US-led coalition fighting jihadists resumed regular patrols in Kurdish-held areas of northeast Syria on Friday after earlier Turkish air strikes, an AFP correspondent and a Kurdish military source said. Patrols were reduced following the Turkish strikes that began on November 20 in Kurdish-controlled areas of Syria and Iraq, in response to a deadly Istanbul bombing that Ankara blamed on Kurdish groups.The Kurds denied...
NEW DELHI: In this photograph taken on November 5, 2022, Dr Mayank Singh performs a hair transplant surgery at Crown hair transplant clinic in New Delhi. - AFP
Hair transplant fad turns deadly in India
NEW DELHI: All that balding Indian television executive Athar Rasheed wanted was to look handsome and get married. But the 30-year-old's seemingly harmless hair transplant went fatally wrong. Women have been judged on their appearance for millennia, but in an increasingly materialistic Indian society, men are also feeling pressure to look young and presentable for fear of losing their social standing.More and more prematurely balding men are...
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Journalists bowling tournament
KUWAIT: Chairman of Kuwait Bowling Club Sheikh Talal Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah was pleased with the brotherly spirit that was seen during the first Journalists Bowling Tournament, though competition was hard and participants had outstanding technical levels.Al-Mohammad said the tournament will be held annually in recognition by the Board of the Directors of the Journalists efforts in covering sports events, and he wished all success in future...
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Kuwait's 20th Rapid Chess Championship
KUWAIT: 62 players competed in Kuwait's 20th Rapid Chess Championship which was organized by Kuwait Union of Chess on Friday under the patronage and presence of Sheikh Mubarak Al-Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. Syrian player Rami Talab won the first place, Egyptian Amer Saad second, Yousuf Ahmad third, Ahmad Abdullatif fourth, Ahmad Noureddein fifth, Dennis from Philippines sixth, Rosebird Avera from Philippines seventh, Rabei Mohammad from Egypt...
KLUHYNO-BASHKYRIVKA, Ukraine: Local residents look at a residential building damaged by a missile attack in the village of Kluhyno-Bashkyrivka, Kharkiv region, on December 2, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. – AFP
G7, EU agree oil price cap to reduce Russia war funding
BRUSSELS: The G7 and EU on Friday agreed a $60-per-barrel price cap on Russian oil in an attempt to deny the Kremlin of war resources, as President Vladimir Putin said more strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure were "inevitable". The price cap, previously negotiated on a political level between the G7 group of wealthy democracies and the European Union, will come into effect with an EU embargo on Russian crude oil from Monday.The embargo will...
DOHA: Brazil's forward #18 Gabriel Jesus (L) fights for the ball with Cameroon's midfielder #08 Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (R) during the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group G football match between Cameroon and Brazil at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha. – AFP
Cameroon stun favourites Brazil but go out of World Cup
DOHA: Vincent Aboubakar headed in a stoppage-time winner and was then sent off as Cameroon claimed a memorable 1-0 victory over favourites Brazil at the World Cup on Friday, but still failed to go through to the last 16.Aboubakar, who had come in to captain Rigobert Song's team, connected with a cross from substitute Jerome Ngom Mbekeli to break the deadlock in the 92nd minute at Doha's Lusail Stadium. He was booked for removing his shirt in the...
DOHA: Uruguay's forward #09 Luis Suarez reacts at the end of the Qatar 2022 World Cup Group H football match between Ghana and Uruguay at the Al-Janoub Stadium in Al-Wakrah, south of Doha. – AFP
Suarez heroics not enough as Uruguay, Ghana both exit WCup
DOHA: Uruguay crashed out of the World Cup on Friday despite beating Ghana 2-0 after South Korea scored a late winner in the other Group H match to leapfrog the South American side. Giorgian De Arrascaeta netted twice in quick succession in the first half, with 35-year-old Luis Suarez having a hand in both goals.However, Suarez finished the match on the bench in tears as the news came in of South Korea's last-gasp victory over Portugal, which...
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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
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