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National Guard launches unified crisis center

KUWAIT: Kuwait National Guard launched an integrated center for operations, security system and crisis management on Wednesday. Lieutenant General Hashim Al-Rifai, Undersecretary of the Kuwait National Guard said that the center will connect with other state bodies including ministries to ensure a prompt and effective response to crisis situations.He also conveyed to the audience the greetings of the ceremony's patronize and chief of the National...

A night view of the Liberation tower and Al-sharhaan mosque. – Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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BARCELONA, Spain: Protesters take part in a demonstration in support of Iranian women in Barcelona following the death of Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini in Iran. – AFP

Iran schoolgirls take lead in protests

PARIS: Iranian schoolgirls have come to the fore in protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, removing their hijabs and staging sporadic rallies in defiance of a lethal crackdown by the security forces. Amini, 22, was pronounced dead days after the notorious morality police detained the Iranian Kurd last month for allegedly breaching the Islamic republic's strict dress code for women.Anger flared at her funeral and spread to become the biggest wave...

Thailand’s Piyarat Kaljareuk (right) walks on the red carpet during the opening ceremony of the 27th Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) at the Busan Cinema Center in Busan on October 5, 2022. – AFP photos

Asia's biggest film festival back in top form in 2022

Movie stars, directors and fans descended on South Korea's port town of Busan Wednesday as Asia's largest film festival returned at full power post-pandemic, with an Iranian film opening the event. Top Korean actors and Asian stars including Hong Kong's legendary Tony Leung are set to attend the Busan International Film Festival, which opened with a red carpet event and will run until October 14. South Korea has cemented its status as a global...

In this file photo, actors Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt arrive at the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. – AFP

Pitt 'choked' one child, hit another in Jolie plane fight

Brad Pitt allegedly hit one of his children in the face and choked another during a fight with Angelina Jolie on a private plane, according to court papers filed Tuesday in the United States by his ex-wife. The former couple, once one of Hollywood's highest profile pairings, have been embroiled in a lengthy dispute over their marriage, custody of their six children and shared assets, including a French winery. In papers lodged in a Los Angeles...

ANTELIAS: Lebanese MP Cynthia Zarazir is pictured inside Byblos Bank Antelias branch north of Beirut demanding access to her savings and refusing to leave the bank without her money, on October 5, 2022. – AFP

Lebanese lawmaker frees over $8,500 in trapped bank deposits

BEIRUT: A Lebanese lawmaker entered a bank branch, accompanied by lawyers, and freed more than $8,000 in trapped dollar deposits on Wednesday to pay for surgery, her lawyer said. Cynthia Zarazir, who was elected to parliament in May, is the latest in a growing number of angry depositors who have forced Lebanese lenders to unlock savings trapped under informal capital controls imposed in the face of an unprecedented financial crisis.Zarazir,...

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Xi's 'Chinese Dream' flickers in one Beijing neighbourhood

BEIJING: Wu has staked out his patch of the Chinese Dream. Married with a second child on the way, he has a Beijing apartment and a car paid for by a tech job with a comfortable salary. He has even jumped the fence of China's restrictive residency rules to move from eastern Shandong province to the capital, near the middle-class neighbourhood of Shangdi."Things are going pretty well," the fresh-faced thirty-something says with a smile. His...

SADR CITY, Iraq: A technician checks the oil on the dipstick of one of the fuel-based electricity generators in a battery in the eastern Sadr City suburb of Iraq's capital Baghdad.— AFP

Europe fears an energy crisis, but power crisis a long reality in Iraq

SADR CITY: Europe may fear an energy crisis over the coming winter, but for Iraqis an unstable power supply and frequent blackouts have been a reality during decades of war and turmoil. The Middle Eastern country is rich in oil, but endemic corruption and devastating conflict have taken a heavy toll on its infrastructure and forced most of its 42 million people to adapt. The noise of privately owned generators can be heard all over the country...

Musk offers to 'close Twitter buyout deal' at original price

SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk on Tuesday offered to push through with his buyout of Twitter at the original agreed price, as a trial over his efforts to withdraw from the deal loomed. The world's richest man said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that he sent Twitter a letter vowing to honor the contract. The latest twist in the long-running saga came ahead of the high-stakes court battle launched by Twitter in an attempt to hold...

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Enzymes in worm spit may help ease plastic pollution

PARIS: Enzymes found in the saliva of wax worms can degrade one of the most common forms of plastic waste, according to research published Tuesday that could open up new ways of dealing with plastic pollution. Humans produce some 400 million tons of plastic waste each year despite international drives to reduce single-use plastics and to increase recycling.Around a third is polyethylene, a tough plastic thanks to its structure, which...

KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets caretaker Prime Minister HH Sheikh Ahmad Al-Nawaf Al-Sabah on Oct 4, 2022. - KUNA photos

Crown Prince meets former premiers before naming PM

By B IzzakKUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah continued on Tuesday political consultations in order to name a prime minister following the elections, by meeting with the caretaker premier and three ex-prime ministers.He met HH Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, and spoke on phone with HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. HH the Crown Prince also met with caretaker...

KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Ali Al-Mousa takes a selfie with Kuwaiti engineers at Darwaza Abdul Razzaq on Oct 4, 2022.

Mousa launches renovation of Darwaza square

KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works, Minister of Electricity and Water and Renewable Energy Ali Al-Mousa announced the Public Authority for Roads and Transportation (PART) has started renovation work at the Darwaza Abdul Razzaq intersection in Kuwait City and the surrounding area, which have been closed since November 2020."Based on the commissioning by the Cabinet for PART to carry out maintenance works, we coordinated with concerned authorities to...

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SAN ANTONIO, Chile: A worker checks a car following the arrival of a Chinese ship with an import of cars, at the Port of San Antonio, in Valparaiso region, Chile. -- AFP

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STOKE MANDEVILLE: Britain’s Helene Raynsford, and Britain’s Gregor Ewan, light the torch of President of the International Paralympic Committee Andrew Parsons, lit from the cauldron, during the Paralympic torch-lighting ceremony at Stoke Mandeville in Aylesbury, central England on August 24, 2024. - AFP

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