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Alfaris: KFH major supporter of youth and students
KUWAIT: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) has participated in the first students' fair held at the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET). The participation confirms KFH's keenness to be present in all events that support the educational process, while it enhances the bank's strategy in achieving sustainable development by focusing on the youth and developing their capabilities.The 2-day fair was held for the first time under the...
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Colombian devoted to 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'
An entire library dedicated to just one book: Colombian Jorge Ivan Salazar has collected copies of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by compatriot author Gabriel Garcia Marquez for 16 years. Salazar has 379 editions of Garcia Marquez's masterpiece in nearly 50 languages, including a first edition printed in 1967: "my favorite".The 59-year-old civil engineer said when he was first made to read the book as a school kid, he did not enjoy it. Many...
BARISAL, Bangladesh: Women wade through a waterlogged street following cyclone Sitrang, in Barisal. – AFP
28 dead in Bangladesh cyclone, millions without electric power
DHAKA: Bangladesh rescue workers found the bodies of four missing crew of a dredger boat, taking the death toll from Cyclone Sitrang to 28 as millions remained without power, officials said Wednesday. Cyclones—the equivalent of hurricanes in the Atlantic or typhoons in the Pacific—are a regular menace in the region but scientists say climate change is likely making them more intense and frequent.Cyclone Sitrang made landfall in southern...
LISBON: Benfica's Portuguese midfielder Rafa Silva (center) scores his team's fourth goal in spite of Juventus' Italian defender Leonardo Bonucci (left) and Juventus' Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny during the UEFA Champions League 1st round day 5, Group H football match on October 25, 2022. - AFP
Juventus crash out of Champions League; Chelsea, PSG book last 16
PARIS: Juventus were knocked out of the Champions League in the group stage for the first time in nine years on Tuesday but Chelsea, Paris Saint-Germain, Benfica and Borussia Dortmund all secured qualification for the knockout stage with one group game to spare. A 4-3 defeat away to Benfica in Portugal sealed the fate of a Juventus side who have been in decline in Europe for several seasons and have now lost four of their five matches in Group...
PERTH: Australia’s Aaron Finch (right) and Marcus Stoinis bump gloves during the ICC men’s Twenty20 World Cup 2022 cricket match between Australia and Sri Lanka at Perth Stadium on October 25, 2022.- AFP
Devastating Stoinis powers Australia to victory over Lanka
PERTH: Marcus Stoinis smashed an unbeaten 59 off 18 balls to power Australia to a seven-wicket win over Sri Lanka and reinvigorate their Twenty20 World Cup defense on Tuesday. Chasing 158 for victory, the hosts needed Stoinis's rapid-fire knock to achieve their target with 21 balls to spare in Perth and bounce back from their opening-day hammering to New Zealand. Stoinis brought up his fifty in 17 balls, the fastest for an Australian in a...
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Third annual shooting championship begins
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT:  HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah third annual shooting championship begins on Thursday, with the Juniors Air Pistol and Rifle at the Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Complex and the ranges of Kuwait Shooting Sport Club branch in Jarha. This declares the start of the new season of the Kuwait Shooting Federation and Club (2022-2023) with a large participation by club shooters as well as the...
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Huawei nova 10 Series: Blending fashion, technology
KUWAIT: The Huawei nova 10 Series was designed to stay in sync with the fashionable lifestyles and trending aesthetics of the young. The nova moniker of the series is derived from the Latin word "novas", signifying that every rising star is born to shine, akin to the passion of youth when chasing their dreams of a better future. Created on the foundation of innovative technology, every generation of the HUAWEI nova Series strives to represent the...
Customers queueing to buy iPhones at an Apple store in Hangzhou in China's eastern Zhejiang province. China's latest COVID-19 cases include an outbreak at a factory in the central city of Zhengzhou which is known as the largest producer of iPhones in the world. - AFP
China COVID curbs hit production at world's biggest iPhone factory
BEIJING: Millions of people in China were under tight COVID restrictions on Wednesday as sporadic outbreaks across the country prompted business closures and disruption at the world's largest iPhone factory. China is the last major economy welded to a zero-COVID strategy, persisting with snap lockdowns, mass testing and lengthy quarantines in a bid to keep infections to a minimum.But fast-spreading virus variants have challenged that approach in...
BERLIN: In this file photo taken on March 07, 2022 container ship Dagmar leaves the harbor of Hamburg on the river Elbe, while the building of the Elbphilharmonie concert hall (right) is seen in the background, in Hamburg, northern Germany.— AFP
Germany allows controversial Chinese stake in Hamburg port
HAMBURG: Germany's coalition government on Wednesday allowed a Chinese firm to buy a reduced stake in a Hamburg port terminal, after Chancellor Olaf Scholz resisted calls to ban the controversial sale outright over security concerns. Under the compromise agreed by Scholz's cabinet, Chinese shipping giant Cosco will be allowed to buy a stake "below 25 percent" in the Tollerort container terminal owned by HHLA, the economy ministry said in a...
PHOENIX: Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors lays up a shot against Chris Paul #3 of the Phoenix Suns during the second half of the NBA game at Footprint Center on October 25, 2022.- AFP
Suns overpower Golden State 134-105 in hard-fought clash
LOS ANGELES: Devin Booker scored 34 points as the Phoenix Suns overpowered Golden State 134-105 in a hard-fought clash that saw Warriors star Klay Thompson ejected for the first time in his career. Booker produced another 30-point scoring exhibition for the third straight game as the Suns laid down an early marker against the defending NBA champions. The 25-year-old Phoenix talisman was also at the center of a third-quarter skirmish with Thompson...
KUWAIT: MPs are seen during a session of the National Assembly on Oct 25, 2022. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Assembly delays budget approval till next week
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The National Assembly on Tuesday decided to postpone the debate over the state budget for the 2022/2023 fiscal year after the government withdrew the reports following strong objections from MPs. Head of the Assembly budgets committee MP Adel Al-Damkhi said he will meet Finance Minister Abdulwahab Al-Rushaid to discuss remarks and comments made by lawmakers during the session. During the debate, Damkhi asked MPs to send written...
LONDON: Britain's King Charles III greets incoming Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during an audience at Buckingham Palace on Oct 25, 2022. - AFP
New UK PM Sunak unveils top team
LONDON: Rishi Sunak on Tuesday became Britain's third prime minister this year and the first person of color to lead the former imperial power, vowing to overcome economic crisis provoked by the "mistakes" of Liz Truss's calamitous 49-day tenure. In his first order of business, Sunak retained Jeremy Hunt as chancellor of the exchequer, bidding to keep financial markets on side after Truss's budget plans shocked investors, and also retained her...
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Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by the Zionist entity's Iron Dome air defense system over the Upper Galilee region on August 23, 2024. — AFP
Airlines fly over Afghanistan as Middle East skies become risky
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TARIM, Yemen: The Terkait Medical Center includes eight medical clinics and related departments. - KUNA photos
Kuwait opens medical center in Hadhramaut
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Kuwait Fire Force closes 20 shops
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Palestinian senior medical students attend to patients. – KUNA photos
Kuwait to send Palestinian med students to Gaza