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Visitors interact with the ‘Giant Billiard’, an art installation by Austrian architect/artist group Haus-Rucker-Co, originally staged in 1970 and recreated at Arken Museum of Modern Art in Ishoj, near Copenhagen. – AFP photos

‘Human billiards’ installation rolls into Danish museum

What might appear to be a bouncy game of giant-sized billiards is actually the recreation of a playful 1970s art installation, on display at a museum on the outskirts of Copenhagen. Three large, inflatable balls bob across a white, bouncy castle-style mattress. Visitors young and old run, jump, pass or stumble in an anarchic explosion of energy rarely seen in hushed museum halls.Arken Museum of Modern Art, about 15 kilometers (nine miles)...

In this file photo Kanye West attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 92nd annual Oscars at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. – AFP

Instagram, Twitter restrict Kanye West accounts over posts deemed anti-Semitic

Instagram and Twitter said they have restricted the accounts of US rapper Kanye West over posts slammed as anti-Semitic. A spokeswoman for Twitter told AFP on Sunday that West’s account was locked due to a violation of the social media platform’s policies. And a spokesperson for Instagram parent Meta told AFP the group had deleted content—without specifying which posts—from West’s account for violating its rules. Instagram also...

Saudi yoga instructor Nada, and another woman exercise by pole dancing at a local gymnasium in the capital Riyadh.— AFP photos

Saudi instructor breaks stigma by embracing pole dancing

When yoga instructor Nada took up pole dancing, the backlash in deeply conservative Saudi Arabia was both harsh and quick, and she has struggled to overcome the fallout ever since. Family and friends in the capital Riyadh told her the grueling form of exercise-a test of strength and coordination involving acrobatic movements on a vertical pole-was "so wrong". Pole dancing as a form of exercise has been tainted by its association with the seedy...

DOHA: Photo shows a view of the Hilton Doha Hotel in the Qatari capital Doha, which will serve as the base camp for the Croatia national team during the 2022 World Cup. - AFP

Hey big spenders: Qatar woos the rich with luxury World Cup

DUBAI: With deluxe match packages selling for thousands of dollars and five-star hotels doing a brisk trade, a sheen of glamour coats Qatar's World Cup despite football's working-class roots. A penchant for luxury in the energy-rich Gulf state, which has one of the world's highest GDPs per head, has rubbed off on an unusually high-end edition of a tournament for the masses. If you're able to spring $4,950 for a VIP ticket to a group game, you can...

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Do we need a quota for women in the parliament?

By Fajer Ahmed are celebrating the comeback of women to the Kuwaiti parliament, after a lengthy absence. Two women were elected in the Kuwaiti parliament last week, and although this makes us celebrate the return of women to the parliament, data shows that this is 4 percent of the total Kuwaiti parliament members, making Kuwait the 185th country (7th from last) in the world with the least number of women representatives in the...

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Decree delaying Assembly opening becomes effective

By B IzzakKUWAIT: An Amiri decree which postponed the opening meeting of the National Assembly until Oct 18 was published on Sunday in the official gazette Kuwait Al-Youm, which means it has become effective. Some constitutional experts said the use of the article to postpone the Assembly's opening session is correct. Government spokesman Tareq Al-Mazrem said on Twitter the postponement was based on article 106 of the constitution that allows HH...

This handout picture shows an angelim vermelho tree, the highest tree found in the Amazon rainforest, in the region of Jari River on Sept 17, 2022. - AFP

Scientists reach tallest tree ever found in Amazon

RIO DE JANEIRO: After three years of planning, five expeditions and a two-week trek through dense jungle, scientists have reached the tallest tree ever found in the Amazon rainforest, a towering specimen the size of a 25-storey building. The giant tree, whose top juts out high above the canopy in the Iratapuru River Nature Reserve in northern Brazil, is an angelim vermelho (scientific name: Dinizia excelsa) measuring 88.5 m tall and 9.9 m around...

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No work permit renewals mulled for unneeded jobs

KUWAIT: The Civil Service Commission will launch a plan next year to review documents related to expatriate workers, as many unneeded jobs are expected to be scrapped. "The CSC will begin a three-step plan which aims to review expatriates' documents and support government measures that aim to fix the population imbalance, deport violating workers, ensure active work permits are valid and hold accountable citizens involved in visa trading,"...

KUWAIT: Lord Mayor of London, Vincent Keaveny with Ambassador Belinda Lewis. — KUNA

Lord Mayor of London: Scope for enhanced Kuwait-UK economic ties

KUWAIT: Vincent Keaveny, Lord Mayor of London said that UK's relations with Kuwait are "longstanding", through cooperation that dates far back, particularly on the economic, financial and investment related spectrums. Brexit has allowed the UK to refocus and rethink its trade and investment strategy and to unearth ways to revitalize these ties with the wider Gulf Cooperation Council, the Lord Mayor told KUNA in an interview. The global COVID-19...

GENEVA: Ambassador Nasser Al-Hayen during the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council. – KUNA

Kuwait underscores alignment to international laws at UNHRC

GENEVA: Kuwait, during its participation in the 51st session of the UN Human Rights Council, has emphasized on the necessity of adopting stances based on international laws and balanced policies.The Kuwaiti delegation during the session, followed closely on the deliberations that had lasted for four weeks, contributing effectively to the tasks discussed among the political and regional groups, said Ambassador Nasser Al-Hayen, Kuwait's Permanent...

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Kuwait reiterates support for global rule of law

NEW YORK: Kuwait has renewed its adherence to international resolutions and conventions for boosting the rule of law and ensuring developmental progress globally. The official Kuwaiti stance came in a statement made by the diplomatic attache Bandar Faisal Al-Fegaan in front of the sixth committee of the United Nations General Assembly during a session on the rule of law at the national and international levels."The sovereignty law nowadays faces...

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131 kg of drugs seized

KUWAIT: The public relations department at the interior ministry has announced that the Kuwait coast guard and the anti-drug department has seized 131 kgs of hashish."After initial investigations, the smugglers confessed to the crime and legal procedures have now been initiated against them," the public relations department at the interior ministry said. The department warns that it will punish anyone who attempts to bring illegal substances in...

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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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Kuwait opens medical center in Hadhramaut

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