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KUWAIT: A serene view of the beach alongside Gulf Road. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
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Reef balls, made from a mixture of cement, sand and crushed oyster shells, form the South Bay Native Oyster Living Shoreline Project, are seen near the Chula Vista Wildlife Refuge in Chula Vista, California.— AFP photos
To save California coasts, scientists turn to the humble oyster
There are no pearls growing on the oyster reefs in San Diego Bay, but scientists hope they will yield an even more valuable treasure: protection against coastal erosion wrought by rising sea levels. Thousands of the tiny mollusks have begun growing on the artificial reefs dropped in the bay as part of a plan to mitigate damage in California's far south. "We look at numerous different ways to help combat sea-level rise, and these reef balls are...
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Hounded at home, China's video game firms welcomed in Europe
China is investing billions in Europe's video game industry, but analysts have warned that there could be trouble along the road unless regulators start to take stricter notice. Europe is embroiled in long-running disputes with Beijing over trade, environment, education, raw materials, intellectual property-but so far video games are not part of the fight. As Beijing tightens up on the video game industry at home, China's tech giants are looking...
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Izzy the Frenchie has become Izzy the entrepreneur
Izzy the Frenchie is soon to be Izzy the NFT. Known as "the Joan Rivers of the pet influencer community" and followed by a whopping 1 million (and growing) Instagram users, French bulldog Isabella, aka Izzy, is about to enter Web3 with an NFT drop. "Iconic Izzys" will be a generative drop comprising of 10,000 unique NFT designs of Izzy, crafted by Doge Pound, the brains behind the "OG Doge" and "Doge Pound Puppies" NFT collections, amassing an...
A Buckingham Palace handout image shows Britain's Camilla, Queen Consort posing with a collection of Paddington teddy bears in the Morning Room at the Clarence House, in London.— AFP
UK royals donate Paddingtons to kid's charity
More than 1,000 Paddingtons and other teddy bears left by mourners following Queen Elizabeth II's death are being donated to a leading children's charity, Buckingham Palace said Saturday. Barnardo's will receive the professionally cleaned toys in the coming weeks after they were left outside royal residences in London and Windsor, along with a sea of flowers, after Elizabeth died on September 8.The late monarch was patron to Barnardo's for three...
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Some MPs announce they will try to hold Assembly session
KUWAIT: A number of MPs said they will go to the National Assembly on Sunday in a bid to hold the new parliament's opening session, which they claim the government had delayed for a week in violation of the constitution. Around 14 MPs said publicly they will go to the Assembly, adding they are trying to resolve a constitutional crisis that may lead to dissolving the Assembly by the court.Many MPs and constitutional experts insist that the...
TEHRAN: This image grab from video made available on Oct 15, 2022 shows Iranian students rallying at the University of Science and Culture. – AFP
Iranians pour onto streets in fresh protests
PARIS: Angry demonstrators took to streets across Iran again Saturday despite Internet cuts, as the protest movement sparked by Mahsa Amini's death in custody entered a fifth week. The 22-year-old died on Sept 16, three days after falling into a coma following her arrest by Iran's notorious morality police for an alleged breach of the Islamic republic's strict dress code for women.Young women have been at the forefront of the biggest wave of...
AMASRA, Turkey: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the funeral of Ramazan Ozcelik, who lost his life during an explosion in a coalmine, in Makaraci village on Oct 15, 2022. – AFP
41 killed in mine blast in Turkey
AMASRA, Turkey: Rescuers on Saturday found the body of the last missing miner at a coal mine in northern Turkey, bringing the death toll to 41 from a methane blast the previous day. The blast ripped through the mine near the small coal mining town of Amasra on Turkey's Black Sea coast shortly before sunset on Friday.Shortly after his arrival at the site on Saturday afternoon, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the last missing person...
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Supervision of domestic workers law is lacking
By Atyab Al-Shatti transparent implementation of law 68 of 2015 seems to be impossible within the current circumstances that do not include any mechanisms to ensure that employers are granting domestic helpers their rights, considering the fact that private houses and residences cannot be inspected. From human trafficking to sexual, physical and verbal abuse are the most common violations and crimes committed against domestic workers. On...
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Female cancer warriors prove their strength as they recover
By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: In cooperation with Al-Fatat Sport Club and the National Cancer Awareness Campaign (CAN) to raise awareness of breast cancer in Pink October, a friendly football match was held on Friday between white and pink teams, which included female cancer survivors, ending 7-0 in favor of the survivors' pink team.A campaign was launched by CAN titled "Your Health is a Crown". Hessa Al-Shaheen, Member of CAN's Board of Directors,...
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Depressed people need support of loved ones
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: An expatriate female student died after falling from the second floor of Kuwait University's College of Science at its campus in Shadadiya last week. The university announced in a statement that preliminary investigations indicated that suicide cannot be ruled out. Suicide is a desperate attempt to escape suffering. But survivors of suicide often say the intention is not recognized. They all start getting suicidal thoughts...
A catheter operation funded by Rahma International Society for Syrian refugees in Jordan.
Kuwait charity offers medical aid to Syrian refugees in Jordan
AMMAN: Kuwait's Rahma International Society announced Saturday a medical relief campaign to help Syrian refugees in Jordan and conduct catheter surgeries on 32 patients with donations worth $100,000. The operations were performed at Al-Kindi Hospital with support of the Kuwaiti Embassy in Jordan, the society said in a press statement. Supervisor of the campaign Dr Abdullah Al-Ajmi said it is the eighth campaign carried out in collaboration with a...
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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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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