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Matis indigenous Tumi Malhopa teaches Tikuna indigenous people to light a fire without a lighter in San Martin de Amacayacu, Colombia.— AFP photos

Indigenous film bringing cross-border Amazon tribes together

In Colombia's Amazon jungle, indigenous people of different nations, ethnicities and languages have come together to find a single voice in cinema to tell their own stories, rather than let outsiders do it. One recent week, in the community of San Martin de Amacayacu in southern Colombia the local Tikuna tribe was joined for the first time by the Matis people of Brazil for a crash course on film. "We didn't know how to operate a camera so what...

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New Giacometti museum set for Paris in 2026

A new museum and school dedicated to artist Alberto Giacometti will open in Paris in 2026, bringing together the world's largest collection of his work, his foundation announced on Monday. The new museum will take over a 6,000-square-metre (64,600-square-foot) space at the former Invalides train station and its underground annexes. It will have a permanent collection and feature a rotation from the 10,000 works created by Giacometti (1901-1966),...

Alex Jeffrey, one of the three full-time timekeepers in Britain's Houses of Parliament, explains the renovation of the building's clock mechanism ahead of the return of the bell called Big Ben in London.— AFP photos

Bong! Big Ben's back in Britain

Getting up close to Big Ben requires earplugs, and ear defenders over them to be safe. When the 13.7-tonne bell sounds, the vibration hits you in the chest. After a five-year restoration project, the world-famous ringer is back with a bong. The Great Clock towering above Britain's Houses of Parliament is resuming daily operations following the painstaking renovation of more than 1,000 moving parts. When the clock's five cast-iron bells including...

Ahmad Al-Saadounn

Speaker proposes bill to resolve nationality issues

By B IzzakKUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Ahmad Al-Saadoun on Sunday presented a draft law that aims to resolve problems of Kuwaiti citizenship applicants, including the decades-old plight of stateless people or bedoons. Saadoun’s draft legislation addresses three main groups - people who applied for Kuwaiti nationality to the Higher Nationality Commission at the Cabinet, and applicants through the Martyrs’ Office at the Amiri Diwan...

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Residency, visit visa curbs eyed; fees to increase

KUWAIT: Informed sources said it was agreed between members of the parliamentary interior and defense committee and Interior Minister Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled Al-Sabah to hold a meeting at the end of the month to discuss the new residency law, new mechanisms to grant visit visas and the rules of issuing residency permits.Sources said Sheikh Talal told MPs he is ready to attend the meeting, adding the government's amendments to the new residency law...

Artist’s rendition of the container park where World Cup matches will be broadcast. - KUNA

TEC sets up World Cup viewing site

KUWAIT: Touristic Enterprises Company announced on Sunday the launch of a "container park" on the beach off Blajat Street where the public can watch matches of the 2022 World Cup and enjoy a variety of entertainment and sports activities and musical performances. TEC Chairman Mohammad Al-Saqqaf said in a statement while inspecting the project's construction site that the park will have recreational games for adults and youngsters, in addition to...

ISTANBUL: A forensic team of the crime scene investigation police work after a strong explosion shook the busy shopping street of Istiklal on Nov 13, 2022. – AFP

Six killed in 'terror' blast in Istanbul

ISTANBUL: An explosion tore through a busy Istanbul shopping street on Sunday, killing six and wounding dozens in what Turkey's president said bore the signs of a terror attack. Police cordoned off an area around Istiklal, where crowds were dense on Sunday afternoon, and helicopters flew over the city center as sirens sounded. "I was 50-55 meters away, suddenly there was the noise of an explosion. I saw three or four people on the ground,"...

Catherine Cortez Masto

Dems celebrate Senate win over distraught Reps

WASHINGTON: Democrats celebrated Sunday a stunning victory to hold the US Senate, leaving Republicans in disarray and providing a critical base of political and legislative support for the remainder of Joe Biden's presidency. Although the fate of the lower House of Representatives is still up in the air, retaining control of the upper chamber in a midterm election many predicted they would lose by a wide margin is, in itself, a major triumph."I...

DENPASAR, Indonesia: US President Joe Biden disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival on the resort island of Bali on Nov 13, 2022. – AFP

Biden arrives in Bali for G20, Xi summit

NUSA DUA, Indonesia: US President Joe Biden arrived in Indonesia's Bali on Sunday for a summit of the world's 20 largest economies and a high-stakes meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The US leader said he expects to establish "red lines" in Washington's fraught relations with Beijing in his first face-to-face talks as president with Xi. The superpower sit-down will come on the sidelines of the G20 summit from Monday, the biggest gathering...

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Suad Al-Sabah first woman to receive Al-Quds Shield

KUWAIT: Al-Quds Fund and Endowment granted the Al-Quds (Jerusalem) Shield to Sheikha Suad Al-Sabah in appreciation of her support for charitable and development projects in Jerusalem, and for her honorable struggles and positions in support of the Palestinian cause. This came during the visit of a delegation from the Al-Quds Fund and Endowment to Kuwait, headed by Chairman Munib Rashid Al-Masri, Vice President Michel Al-Sayegh, President of...

KUWAIT: Arab Media Forum inaugurates the “Roqay Club” at the National Library. — Photos by YassernAl-Zayyat

Arab Media Forum forms Roqay Club

By Faten OmarKUWAIT: The Arab Media Forum inaugurated the "Roqay Club" at the National Library on Saturday, sponsored by the ministry of information, to support the media and cultural scene in Kuwait. "We aim to shed light and support media and cultural events and activities and to create a platform that aims to provide opportunities for media professionals, intellectuals and youth to find training and qualification opportunities to show their...

Dr Anas Al-Yousef

40% of type 2 diabetics prone to kidney disease

KUWAIT: Around 40 percent of type 2 diabetes patients and 30 percent of type 1 patients are likely to develop chronic kidney disease, internal medicine and nephrology consultant and President of Kuwait Nephrology Association Dr Anas Al-Yousef said on Sunday. Dr Yousef, speaking to KUNA, explained that the disease is detected through finding protein in urine samples, which reveals decreased kidney efficiency to around 60 percent.To avoid such...

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Palestinian senior medical students attend to patients. – KUNA photos

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