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SEPANG: Ducati Lenovo’s Italian rider Francesco Bagnaia speeds ahead of Ducati Gresini Racing’s Italian rider Enea Bastianini and Repsol Honda’s Spanish rider Marc Marquez during the MotoGP Malaysian Grand Prix motorcycle race on October 23, 2022. – AFP

Now I can relax!: Bagnaia on brink of MotoGP title after Malaysia win

SEPANG: Francesco Bagnaia declared he could relax at last after winning a dramatic Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix on Sunday to put him on the brink of a first MotoGP world championship. The Italian's champagne remains on ice, however, after rival Fabio Quartararo finished third to take the battle to the season's final race at Spain's Valencia in two weeks. Bagnaia would have clinched the title had Quartararo finished outside the podium places at...

Journalists work at the office of Echo of Moscow radio. – AFP photos

Liberal ‘Echo of Moscow’ radio returns, from Berlin

Taken off-air shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the liberal Echo of Moscow radio station has found a new home in Berlin from where it has resumed the fightback against President Vladimir Putin’s propaganda. “Ekho Moskvy” radio, considered one of the last independent voices in Russia, in early March joined the ranks of media outlets forced to halt operations in the face of an unprecedented crackdown by the Kremlin over coverage...

Employees stand at the entrance of a TikTok booth at the Messe fairground during the 23rd Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt am Main on October 22, 2022. This year’s edition of the Frankfurt Book Fair takes place until October 23 at the Messe Frankfurt fairground. – AFP photos

Literature finds unlikely partner on social media platform TikTok

Best-selling German author Sarah Sprinz's series of young adult books has received a boost from an unlikely quarter: a community of literary enthusiasts on social media platform TikTok. The #BookTok trend has exploded in recent times, with a growing number of readers posting reviews and engaging with writers, while authors use it to promote their works.To some, it seems counter-intuitive - a platform known for short and often light-hearted videos...

LONDON: Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss delivers a speech outside 10 Downing Street on Oct 20, 2022 to announce her resignation. - AFP

British PM Truss quits, Conservatives in chaos

LONDON: British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday announced her resignation just six crisis-filled weeks after taking office, becoming the shortest-lived premier in UK history. Her Conservative party detailed a rapid process to elect a new leader on Oct 28, setting a high bar of 100 nominations among its MPs for candidates - which might block any comeback by former premier Boris Johnson.The race will be effectively limited to three candidates...

PITTSBURGH: US President Joe Biden greets a carpenter as he arrives to speaks about rebuilding the nation's infrastructure at the Fern Hallow Bridge on Oct 20, 2022. – AFP

Biden campaigns in Pennsylvania as midterms near

PITTSBURGH: US President Joe Biden touted the rebirth of American infrastructure and manufacturing Thursday in a Pennsylvania trip aimed at boosting Senate hopeful John Fetterman, whose closely watched race could be key to avoiding a Democratic wipeout in the midterms. Biden touched down first in Pittsburgh, where he plugged his signature infrastructure package with a tour of a newly repaired bridge, ahead of an evening fundraiser with Fetterman...

HEBRON: Zionist soldiers scuffle with a Palestinian during clashes in this flashpoint city in the occupied West Bank on Oct 20, 2022. - AFP

Strike after Palestinian man killed

RAMALLAH: Shops, offices and schools were closed across the occupied West Bank on Thursday as Palestinians went on strike to protest the Zionist entity's killing of a Palestinian man. Udai Tamimi, who had been on the run since a fatal shooting this month of military policewoman Noa Lazar at a checkpoint in Zionist-annexed east Jerusalem, was killed late Wednesday after he fired at Zionists on the edge of a settlement.With the West Bank largely...

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Winter Wonderland Kuwait set for Dec 1 opening

KUWAIT: Winter Wonderland Kuwait is set to launch on December 1, 2022, the Touristic Enterprises Company announced. The event has 28 rides for visitors of all ages, in addition to various activities and a theater with a capacity for 1,200 people, it added. Shaab Park, which is currently not in use, was selected as the location for Winter Wonderland Kuwait because it has the infrastructure needed for such an event.About the selection of the site,...

KUWAIT: Cars are seen during a heavy dust storm in this June 2022 file photo. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Experts warn Kuwait can no longer ignore effects of climate change

By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences and Kuwait Aid Network organized on Wednesday a panel discussion on climate change and the quality of life in Kuwait. "Countries around the world have committed to reducing their carbon emissions and limit their effect on climate change. In Kuwait, we can no longer ignore its effects. As a country, we have already experienced its effects on our coastal settlements," Municipal...

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Information minister congratulates KJA chief on FAJ VP post

KUWAIT/CAIRO: Kuwait's Minister of Information and Culture and State Minister for Youth Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi on Wednesday congratulated Kuwait Journalists Association Chairman Adnan Al-Rashed on his election as Vice President of the Federation of Arab Journalists. The minister regarded the move a result of the distinction and high reputation of Kuwaiti journalism in the Arab region.Information Ministry spokesman Anwar Murad said Mutairi...

KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Women and Children’s Affairs Mai Al-Baghli visits the social care and shelter department.

Social affairs minister visits departments

KUWAIT: Minister of Social Affairs and Women and Children's Affairs Mai Al-Baghli has started inspection visits of various departments in the ministry, starting with the social care and shelter department. The minister assured she will review all the department's needs and make up for anything missing in the support of social responsibility and the rights of all involved in social and family care services.She also promised to support all needs of...

NEW YORK: Kuwaiti Diplomatic Attache Rashed Al-Abhoul addresses the UN session. - KUNA

Kuwait reiterates at UN keenness to promote, protect human rights

NEW YORK: Kuwait reiterated its keenness to promote and protect human rights through the inclusion in the constitution of many articles and texts that comply with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, along with the relevant international charters and agreements. This was in Kuwait's statement delivered Thursday by the Diplomatic Attache Rashed Al-Abhoul before the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee during the discussion of the item...

VIENNA: Kuwait's Attorney General Bader Al-Massad attends the UN meeting. - KUNA

Kuwait calls for synergy to fight human trafficking

VIENNA: Kuwait on Wednesday called for global collective action to combat the alarming spread of crimes of trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants and to eliminate all forms and manifestations of this phenomenon. States also must have their national strategies to serve as a cornerstone for eliminating this global phenomenon, Kuwait's Attorney General Bader Al-Massad said during his participation in a UN meeting to review the...

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US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris waves as she arrives to speak on the fourth and last day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 22, 2024. - Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the partyís nomination for president today at the DNC which ran from August 19-22 in Chicago. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP)

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