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KUWAIT: Minister of Information and Culture, State Minister for Youth Affairs and Head of National Council for Culture, Arts and Literature (NCCAL) Abdulrahman Al-Mutairi holds a meeting on NCCAL's strategic plan.- KUNA
ILO thanks Kuwait for supporting its programs
GENEVA: The International Labor Organization (ILO) Director General Gilbert Houngbo has thanked Kuwait for supporting the ILO efforts and activities, especially in Arab countries and most notably its employment program in the Palestinian territories. Kuwait's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva Ambassador Nasser Al-Hain told KUNA that this expression of gratitude was made by Houngbo...
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Pandemic changes spending behavior of cafe customers
By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: After the pandemic, many things have changed in our lifestyles and our way of seeing the world. One of the things that has changed after the COVID pandemic is people's spending at cafes and buying coffee every day, as many are allocating a budget every month on this habit despite it costing them a lot, even as others have cut back.Ahmad Jassem said he visits coffeeshops three to four times a week, because he is looking for a...
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Caution urged amid increase in cases of respiratory illnesses
KUWAIT: The health ministry highlighted the importance of following medical instructions on ways to prevent sicknesses during this season, which witnesses an increase in respiratory illnesses. "There has been an increase of patients with respiratory illnesses with the start of this season at healthcare centers and emergency departments at hospitals," Health Ministry Spokesman Dr Abdullah Al-Sanad said during a press conference on Thursday."Most...
MUMBAI: Views of a mosque and cemetery off Charni Road, the final resting place of many prominent Kuwaiti residents of Bombay. — Photos by Shakir Reshamwala
A slice of Kuwait in Mumbai
By Shakir ReshamwalaMUMBAI: A leafy cemetery tucked behind a wall off a busy road in South Mumbai is the final resting place of many Kuwaitis who spent their entire lives in India. The names on the headstones of the gravesites, some decades old and others relatively recent, reveal a who's who of Kuwaiti merchants, diplomats and seafarers who called erstwhile Bombay their home.The upkeep of the cemetery and a mosque attached to it off Charni Road...
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ASCC: Partial solar eclipse on Tuesday
KUWAIT: The Abdullah AL-Salem Cultural Center announced that a partial solar eclipse will be visible in Kuwaiti skies on October 25. "The space museum will follow up and document the solar eclipse, as special eyeglasses will be provided to people who would like to see the event as part of the weekly space events," museum supervisor at the center Khaled Al-Jumaan said."The part eclipse will occur at 13:30 pm, peaking at 14:35 pm and will end on...
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Huawei's Super Charge Turbo: Great battery life
KUWAIT: Great battery life may not sound like the most attractive feature when it comes to making your next smartphone purchase. But it is arguably an essential feature for those who wish to get the most hours of usage out of their smartphones. This is especially true if you wish to move about freely without having to lug along a power bank everywhere you go.After all, even the most coveted camera features are meaningless if your phone is unable...
LONDON: A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss speaking during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons in London. - AFP
Truss becomes Downing Street's briefest PM
LONDON: Liz Truss is set to become the shortest-serving prime minister in Britain's history, after the public, MPs and the markets comprehensively rejected the self-styled heir to Margaret Thatcher. Truss succeeded Boris Johnson by selling to the Conservative rank-and-file a plan to turbo-charge economic growth through tax cuts, via increased borrowing.She accused her rival in this summer's Tory leadership race, Rishi Sunak, of "scaremongering"...
CAIRO: A person in Cairo looks on October 20, 2022 at a tweet about the reported death of 15-year-old Iranian girl Asra Panahi. The 15-year-old Iranian girl died last week after being beaten during a raid by the security forces on her school, a teachers' union said. –AFP
Iran schoolgirl dies after beating by security forces
NICOSIA, Cyprus: A 15-year-old Iranian girl died last week after being beaten during a raid by the security forces on her school, a teachers' union said, urging the authorities to stop killing "innocent" protesters.Asra Panahi died on October 13, after "plainclothes officers attacked" Shahed High School in the northwestern city of Ardabil, the Co-ordinating Council of Teachers Syndicates said. The pupils had been taken into town for an...
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia: Malaysia's Election Commission (EC) chairman, Abdul Ghani Salleh (C) speaks during a press conference in Putrajaya on October 20, 2022. Malaysia will hold elections on November 19, officials said. – AFP
Malaysia to hold snap national elections on November 19
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia: Malaysia will hold a snap election on November 19, officials announced Thursday, with the ruling party seeking to consolidate its comeback after its former leader was jailed for corruption.The United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), which ruled the country for more than 60 years, was voted out in 2018 over a massive graft scandal, but capitalised on disarray amongst its opposition to claw back to power in 2021.Prime...
Nigerian musician Femi Kuti, son of legendary afrobeat musician and activist Fela Anikulakpo-Kuti, performs on stage with his children at the New Afrika Shrine in Lagos. – AFP
Fela Kuti, who used 'music as weapon', honored in Paris
The son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti spoke of his father's bravery in using "music as a weapon" ahead of an immersive exhibition opening at the Paris Philharmonic on Thursday. "Instead of picking up a gun, music was the only tool he had. It was a weapon to use against authority, against colonisation and corrupt African governments," said Femi Kuti, 60, himself a hugely successful musician. The Paris Philharmonic is paying homage to Fela Kuti by...
British rapper Simbiatu Abisola Abiola Ajikawo aka Little Simz poses on the red carpet upon her arrival for the BRIT Awards 2022 in London.- AFP
London rapper Little Simz wins prestigious Mercury Prize
London rapper Little Simz on Tuesday won Britain's prestigious Mercury Prize for album "Sometimes I Might Be Introvert", beating off competition from "One Direction" singer Harry Styles, among others. The 28-year-old said she was "very, very overwhelmed" as she picked up the £25,000 (28,700 euros, $28,300) prize at the London ceremony, and paid tribute to her brother and collaborator Inflo."We created this album together, there were times in the...
ELCHE: Real Madrid’s French forward Karim Benzema controls the ball during the Spanish league football match between Elche CF and Real Madrid CF at the Martinez Valero stadium on October 19, 2022. – AFP
Ballon d'Or winner Benzema on target as Real crush Elche
ELCHE: Karim Benzema celebrated his Ballon d'Or win this week with a goal in Real Madrid's comfortable 3-0 win over Elche on Wednesday night, in which they also had three strikes disallowed for offside. Fede Valverde and Marco Asensio scored the other goals as the La Liga leaders cruised to victory. Benzema, though, was the star turn: he hit the back of the net three times in total but had two scratched off while David Alaba also had an effort...
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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
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Kuwait Fire Force closes 20 shops
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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)
Harris’ foreign policy muscular, nuanced on Gaza