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DANZHAI, China: Ethnic minority members watch the opening session of the 20th Chinese Communist Party Congress on a screen in Danzhai, in China’s southwestern Guizhou province on October 16, 2022. – AFP

China delays release of economic data during key political meeting

BEIJING: China said Monday it will delay the release of economic growth figures, as the country's leadership gathers for a major meeting set to hand President Xi Jinping a historic third term in office. The announcement comes a day before analysts had expected Beijing to publish some of its weakest quarterly growth figures since 2020 with the economy hobbled by COVID-19 restrictions and a real estate crisis.The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)...

Attendees listen to information on an ancient irrigation canal dating back to Assyrian times, in the archaeological site of Faydeh (Faida) in the mountains near the town of the same name in the autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq, during the opening of the first phase of a planned archaeological park in Iraqi Kurdistan.— AFP photos

Iraq unveils archaeological park with ancient carvings

Authorities in northern Iraq on Sunday unveiled an "archaeological park" of 2,700-year-old carvings from the rule of the Assyrians, including showing kings praying to the gods. The 13 stunning monumental rock-carved bas-reliefs were cut into the walls of an irrigation canal that stretches for some 10 kilometers (six miles) at Faida in northern Iraq. The panels, measuring five metres (16 feet) wide and two meters tall, date from the reigns of...

In this file photo South Korean boy band BTS pose on the red carpet at the 28th Seoul Music Awards in Seoul.— AFP photos

BTS to fulfill military service obligations, agency says

The members of the K-pop supergroup BTS will enlist in the military, their agency said Monday, putting an end to a years-long debate on whether the stars deserved exemptions from mandatory service. All able-bodied South Korean men under the age of 30 must perform about two years of military service, mainly because the country remains technically at war with nuclear-armed North Korea. BTS are credited with generating billions for the South Korean...

His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah

New Cabinet formed with 11 new faces, two MPs

By B IzzakKUWAIT: An Amiri order was issued on Sunday naming the new Cabinet lineup, which included only three ministers from the outgoing Cabinet and 11 new faces, of whom two are MPs and two women. The new government has new ministers for oil, commerce and industry, foreign affairs, defense and electricity and public works.It saw the exit of former foreign minister Sheikh Ahmad Nasser Al-Sabah after he declined the post following objections...

BEIJING: China's President Xi Jinping gives a speech during the opening session of the 20th Chinese Communist Party's Congress at the Great Hall of the People on Oct 16, 2022. – AFP

Xi hails China's rise, demands unity at Congress

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping hailed China's rise as a global power and demanded unity around his leadership on Sunday, launching a Communist Party Congress that is set to rubber stamp his bid to rule for a historic third term. In an opening address to 2,300 delegates gathered at the Great Hall of the People, Xi promoted and defended a range of signature policies - including zero-COVID and his anti-corruption drive that has taken down rivals in...

MADRID: Real Madrid's French defender Aurelien Tchouameni falls during the Spanish League football match between Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona on October 16, 2022. - AFP

Unbeaten Madrid grab La Liga top spot, stun Barca in Clasico

MADRID: Reigning champions Real Madrid beat Barcelona 3-1 in the Clasico to overtake their fierce rivals at the top of La Liga on Sunday. Karim Benzema opened the scoring in the 12th minute by converting a rebound after Marc-Andre ter Stegen saved from Vinicius Junior, with Fede Valverde drilling home the second from the edge of the box before the break.Ferran Torres pulled one back for Barcelona in the final stages after good work by Ansu Fati,...

Attorney Fajer Ahmad

When to hire a lawyer?

By Fajer Ahmed assist clients when certain situations arise which require an expert's knowledge of the law, as well as critical and out of the box legal thinking. Lawyers' obligations also include protecting clients and ensuring that they get their rights as provided by the law. So, when is the right time to hire a professional lawyer? And what should we expect from a lawyer? Before hiring a lawyer, you should ask yourself the following...

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Unjustified price hike in eggs continues

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: It seems the war in Ukraine and the current global situation has become a legitimate excuse for any price increase in the market. In Kuwait, cooperative societies are sparring with local suppliers to maintain prices of essential products such as eggs, that have been witnessing unjustified price hikes, according to the Kuwait Consumer Protection Association. Meshaal Al-ManeeMeshaal Al-Mane, President of Kuwait Consumer...

KUWAIT: Members and officials of the administrative office of the Arab Military sports federation. - KUNA

Kuwait hosts Arab sports federation executive meeting

KUWAIT: Kuwait hosted on Sunday the 56th meeting of the administrative office of the Arab Military sports federation which saw the participation of 15 countries from the Arab world. In a statement, Defense ministry said that the meeting was inaugurated with a speech by Commander of the Kuwait Navy, Rear Admiral Khaled Al-Kandari. Al-Kandari conveyed the greetings of Kuwait Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Khaled Al-Saleh Al-Sabah, wishing...

KUWAIT: Diplomats and members of the DWC committee at the opening of the centre.

DWC visits center as part of awareness campaign

KUWAIT: Members of the Diplomatic Women's Committee (DWC) expressed their solidarity with the annual global campaign run by the World Health Organization in spreading awareness about breast cancer, by participating in the opening of the Arjan Riaya Specialized Hospital. The event saw the participation of several diplomatic attendees such as the Ambassador of Kenya as well as the spouses of other ambassadors, diplomats and representatives of...

FORTALEZA, Brazil: Brazilian President and presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro speaks to his supporters during a rally in Fortaleza, Ceara state, Brazil. – AFP

Brazil opposition slams Bolsonaro over remarks on young Venezuelans

SAO PAULO, Brazil: Brazil's opposition slammed President Jair Bolsonaro on Saturday as "depraved" for suggesting a group of Venezuelan girls that he visited in their home were prostitutes, as the country gears up for a presidential run-off. Bolsonaro will face left-wing former president Luis Inacio Lula da Silva in the second round of a presidential election on October 30, with the expectation of a close contest pushing both sides to intensify...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands: People take part in a rally on the Malieveld following the death of the Iranian Mahsa Amini in The Hague. Amini, 22, died September 16, 2022, three days after falling into a coma following her arrest in Tehran by the morality police for allegedly breaching the Islamic republic's strict dress code for women. - AFP

Iran protests: How far can they go?

TEHRAN: On an early autumn day in Tehran, the morality police arrested in a city park a 22-year-old Iranian woman who was in the capital on a family visit, bundled her into a van and drove her to the police station. The detention of Mahsa Amini on September 13 set in motion a chain of events that one month on has left Iran's clerical leadership under supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, 83, facing one of its biggest challenges since the 1979...

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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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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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Palestinian senior medical students attend to patients. – KUNA photos

Kuwait to send Palestinian med students to Gaza

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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