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International Women's Group holds Indonesian Cultural Day

KUWAIT: On the occasion of the 77th Anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia, the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Kuwait in cooperation with the International Women's Group held Indonesian Cultural Day on Tuesday, November 8th 2022, with the theme "The Beauty of Minangkabau". A total of approximately 60 invited guests including Lady ambassadors accredited to Kuwait, Head of Missions' Spouses, the members of...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: (Left to right) Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand's Prayut Chan-O-Cha, Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, US President Joe Biden, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesia's President Joko Widodo, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, Laos' Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh and Malaysia's lower house speaker Azhar Azizan Harun pose for pictures during the ASEAN-US summit as part of the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summits in Phnom Penh on November 12, 2022. - AFP

Biden to press Xi on North Korea

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia: US President Joe Biden arrived in Asia on Saturday vowing to urge Chinese leader Xi Jinping to rein in North Korea when they hold their first face-to-face meeting at next week's G20 summit. Biden met Southeast Asian leaders in Phnom Penh ahead of his encounter with his Chinese counterpart on Monday in Bali.The meeting between the two powers comes after a record-breaking spate of missile tests by North Korea sent fears...

ODESSA, Ukraine: Residents of Kherson temporarily living in Odessa, holding Ukrainian flags, celebrate the liberation of their native town in front of The Odessa National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre in Odessa, on November 12, 2022, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. - AFP

Flowers, mines greet Ukraine forces on road to Kherson

WARSAW: Smiles, flowers from local people and mines planted by the Russians greeted Ukrainian soldiers advancing on Kherson, a major city in the south liberated from Moscow's forces on Friday. "We see attractive, smiling faces, flowers, embroidered towels which we display on our vehicles," said Andriy Zholob, the commander of a medical unit currently about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Kherson."We see children running to meet us and greeting us,"...

CHARIKAR, Afghanistan: In this photograph taken on October 15, 2022, Sarah (right), 20, sits next to her sister Fatima, 19, during an interview with AFP in Charikar, Parwan province.– AFP

Banned from education, 'idle' Afghan girls are married off

CHARIKAR, Afghanistan: Thirteen-year-old Zainab should have been shopping for a new school uniform this autumn but, with no prospect of girls' schools reopening in Afghanistan, she was instead forced to pick out a wedding dress. Since the Taleban seized power in Kabul and banned teenage girls from education, many have been married off-often to much older men of their father's choice."I cried a lot and kept telling my father that the Taleban would...

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Zain announces 10 Kuwait-based tech startups going to Dubai

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, announced ten Kuwait-based tech startups that qualified to take part in the upcoming Dubai Roadshow, the first destination of the Regional Accelerator Program as part of the company's seventh Zain Great Idea tech startup accelerator program.Zain recently concluded Super Saturday, an event where participants presented their startups and outlined their strategic roadmaps to the judges...

LONDON: In this file photo taken on February 04, 2022 Shoppers walks past a clothing stall at a market in Walthamstow, east London. - AFP

More UK misery as economy contracts in third quarter

LONDON: Britain's economy shrank in the third quarter as inflation soars, official data showed Friday, likely confirming it is already in a recession, dealing a fresh blow to new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. The Bank of England has said the UK economy would also contract in the current final quarter, meaning the economy was in a recession that it warned could last until mid-2024.Friday's data comes ahead of the Conservative government's crucial...

BRUSSELS: European Commissioner for the Economy Paolo Gentiloni addresses media representatives as he gives a press conference on Autumn 2022 Economic Forecast at EU headquarters in Brussels on November 11, 2022. - AFP

EU warns of 'difficult months' as eurozone faces recession

BRUSSELS: The EU warned Friday the eurozone was set to fall into recession this winter as Brussels hiked inflation forecasts for 2022 and 2023 on the back of high energy prices. Europe is reeling from the economic shockwaves unleashed by Russia's war on Ukraine, which have fuelled a spike in energy costs and hit the wallets of consumers around the continent.The EU's executive arm said increased uncertainty and prices "are expected to tip" the...

AUCKLAND: Gianni Infantino, president of football’s world governing body FIFA, attends a press conference following the FIFA Council meeting in Auckland.- AFP

Direct Zionist entity-Qatar flights open to Palestinians

DOHA: Qatar has agreed to allow special direct flights from Zionist entity that will be open to both Zionists and Palestinian fans for the World Cup, FIFA announced. But the accord gave few details on how decades of hostility would be overcome so that Palestinians and Zionists can travel on the same charter jets to the first World Cup in an Arab nation. "Today's historic announcement provides a platform to improve relations across the Middle...

AUCKLAND: New Zealand celebrate with the trophy after winning the New Zealand 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup final match between New Zealand and England on November 12, 2022. – AFP

New Zealand thump England to win women's Rugby World Cup

AUCKLAND: New Zealand's running game trumped England's power to win a thrilling final of the women's Rugby World Cup 34-31 in Auckland on Saturday and retain their title in front of a record 40,000 crowd. It was a spectacular end to a tournament that has broken records for attendances and came after England played three-quarters of the game with 14 players.Winger Ayesha Leti-I'iga put the Black Ferns ahead with their sixth try and they held on at...

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Arab Badminton Championship ends in style

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: The Arab Badminton Championship that was held in Kuwait ended with Jordan winning the largest number of medals, following very strong competition from Egypt, Syria and Algeria, bearing in mind that Jordan had unprecedented success earlier by winning the West Asia Championship. Kuwait won two bronze medals in the women's U15 by Dalal Al-Awadhi and Mariam Sayyed Hashim, and in the U19 by Ghaliya Abdulraheem and Fowz...

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Ireland stun Kuwait Ice Hockey team

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait Women Ice Hockey team lost to Ireland 4-3 in the Kuwait International Women Ice Hockey Championship, while Colombia maintained their lead. Kuwait team did not perform as expected. Ireland did not win any match before now, but were able to win and snatch their first three points, while Kuwait remained third with six points.Kuwait will be in second place if they beat UAE in the final match. Meanwhile, Luxembourg...

Camels ridden by mechanical robots race to the finish during a six kilometer race at the 12th International Camel Race in Kebd February 14, 2012. According to organizers, camel jockeys were replaced by mechanical robots since 2005 due to international pressure because camel owners were found to be involved in human trafficking, buying children from countries like Pakistan and India for their smaller frame and lighter weight to ride on the camels. Since the ban on human jockeys, owners have continued to race their camels, controlling the whip with their remotes as they follow the race trackside in their jeeps. A total of about 500 participants took part in the five day tournament to compete for 65 Toyota Land Cruisers in addition to cash prizes. REUTERS/Stephanie McGehee (KUWAIT - Tags: ANIMALS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY) - RTR2XUHR

Qatar robo-jockey camel races hope to draw World Cup crowd

Sitting in a white all-terrain truck, Nasser Al-Marri watched his remote-controlled camel race across the Qatar desert and insisted that his sport makes football pale in comparison. But with Qatar bracing for the arrival of more than one million fans for the World Cup, the camel race track at Al-Shahaniya hopes to get a boost on the back of the world's most popular pastime."Camels are a part of us-they're our greatest passion," said the...

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