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KUWAIT: Al Musaibeeh and Al Mithin with the recognized trainees.

Zain recognizes H&S Store Summer Program trainees

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, recognized the participants of the third H&S Store Summer Internship Program. The recognition came during the special event held at the company's main headquarters in Shuwaikh to celebrate 35 bright young people who successfully developed various valuable business and technical skills throughout 45 days during the summer season.The ceremony was held at the Zain Innovation Campus...

LONDON: Royal Navy Sailors walk ahead and behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard, as it travels on the State Gun Carriage of the Royal Navy from Westminster Abbey to Wellington Arch in London. – AFP

Britain cleans up after queen's funeral

LONDON: Flags on government buildings returned to full mast and an epic clean-up operation was underway on Tuesday as British public life resumed after the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, although the royal family remains in mourning for another week. Around a quarter of a million people queued round the clock to view the queen's coffin as it lay in state in the days leading up to the funeral, the UK government said. Liz Truss, appointed...

NABLUS: Palestinian protesters clash with Palestinian security forces in Nablus in the occupied West Bank on September 20, 2022, following the arrest of two members of the Islamist group Hamas. - AFP

Palestinian Authority arrest raid sparks deadly West Bank clashes

NABLUS: A rare operation by the Palestinian Authority security forces to arrest a Hamas member sparked clashes in the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday, killing one. A statement from the security forces confirmed the death of Firas Yaish and said they were "waiting for a medical report," on the circumstances of his killing.He was killed "in a place where no security personnel were present," forces spokesman Talal Dweikat said in a statement....

DABAYIN, Myanmar: Photo shows a young victim of an air strike on a school building in Depeyin township in Myanmar's northwest Sagaing region, a day after an attack on the village by a Myanmar military helicopter. – AFP

Eleven schoolchildren killed in Myanmar air strike: UNICEF

YANGON: At least 11 schoolchildren died in an air strike and firing on a Myanmar village, the United Nations children's agency said, an attack the country's junta said targeted rebels hiding in the area. Myanmar has been in chaos since the military seized power in a coup in February last year, with nearly 2,300 civilians killed in a crackdown on dissent according to a local monitoring group.The Sagaing region in the country's northwest has seen...

STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s central bank expects the country’s economy to shrink by 0.7 percent next year after previously forecasting growth.

Sweden central bank hikes rate sharply against inflation

STOCKHOLM: Sweden's central bank announced Tuesday a big interest rate increase to combat decades-high inflation ahead of more hikes expected by its peers in the United States and Britain later this week. The one-percentage-point increase, the biggest rise since the bank set an inflation target in 1993, surprised analysts who had expected a 0.75-percentage-point hike. It more than doubles the policy rate to 1.75 percent. Central banks worldwide...

WAXAHACHIE, US: Fourth-generation farmer Steve Patman opens the door to a cotton module builder after harvesting the crop from a 140 acre field in Ellis County, near Waxahatchie, Texas, on September 19, 2022. – AFP

Drought decimates Texas' key cotton crop

WASHINGTON: On Sutton Page's ravaged cotton fields, there is almost nothing left to pick. The Texas farmer managed to salvage maybe a fifth of his crop, but the rest was lost to the severe drought that has taken a steep toll across the region. This year, his harvest is "not well," he says, but in reality, the drought in northern Texas has proven to be a disaster, with most of Page's neighbors not even bothering to harvest their crop, leaving...

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CEO says IKEA digital magazine to enrich customer feedback

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: IKEA is celebrating life by creating extraordinary moments that happen in ordinary day-to-day situations. "We want to open up IKEA like we have done never before. Therefore, we launched our new digital magazine that will hopefully enrich the lives of people of Kuwait and will help attain a sustainable and better-balanced life at home," Marino Manganto, CEO of IKEA Al-Homaizi for Kuwait, Jordan and Morocco, told Kuwait...

ORCHARD PARK: Zack Moss #20 of the Buffalo Bills runs the ball against the Tennessee Titans during the third quarter of the game at Highmark Stadium on September 19, 2022 in Orchard Park, New York. - AFP

Bills maintain unbeaten start, thrash Titans 41-7

NEW YORK: Josh Allen threw four touchdowns as the Buffalo Bills maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a 41-7 rout of the Tennessee Titans on Monday. Bills quarterback Allen was at his swaggering best in an emphatic win for Buffalo, finishing with 317 passing yards from 26-of-38 completions. Three of Allen's touchdown passes were snaffled by receiver Stefon Diggs. "We know he is one of the greatest, if not the greatest receiver in the...

LUSAIL: A general view shows the Lusail Stadium, the 80,000-capacity venue which will host the FIFA World Cup final in December, on the outskirts of Qatar’s capital Doha.- AFP

Nations League games offer last chance to prepare for World Cup

PARIS: A hectic schedule of club football ahead of the World Cup is interrupted this week as national teams get a last chance to finetune their preparations before travelling to Qatar for the start of the tournament on November 20. Holding the World Cup in the middle of the European season is having major consequences for clubs but also for coaches of national teams.While domestic competitions bear the brunt of the upheaval to the calendar as...

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Joint program to promote Triathlon Sport in Kuwait

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait Triathlon Federation and Club officials met with Education Ministry Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Development and Activities Faisal Maqseed to discuss the launch of a joint program to promote the Triathlon Sport in the government schools. The Federation was represented by Chairman Rashid Al-Kandary, Treasurer Saad Al-Ali and Director General Rabiah Al-Hajiri. Al-Kandary said the meeting was fruitful...

SEATTLE: Breanna Stewart #30 of the Seattle Storm shoots against Kiah Stokes #41 of the Las Vegas Aces during the fourth quarter in Game Four of the 2022 WNBA Playoffs semifinals in this file photo.- AFP

USA target 11th women's basketball WCup crown

SYDNEY: Olympic champions USA tip off at the women's World Cup on Thursday with a new-look team missing some of their biggest stars, but even without Brittney Griner and Sue Bird the basketball powerhouse are strong favorites for a fourth straight title. Griner, a standout of their Tokyo Olympic winning team, continues to languish in a Russian prison while Bird and fellow long-time stalwart Diana Taurasi have retired.Breanna Stewart, Jewell Loyd,...

Indian paramilitary troopers walk in front of a multiplex cinema during its inauguration ceremony in Srinagar.— AFP photos

Movies back in Indian Kashmir, decades after cinema closures

Silver screens lit up in Indian-administered Kashmir for the first time in a generation at the opening of a new cinema on Tuesday, decades after an armed rebellion shuttered local movie halls. India has been fortifying its control over the strife-torn Muslim-majority region after a grinding conflict between security forces and insurgents fighting for independence or a merger with neighboring Pakistan. Most cinemas were shut down by rebel groups...

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Lynn Whyte at Kuwait Cancer Centre, receiving chemo treatment.

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KUWAIT: Rescuers work at a collapsed building in Jabriya on Aug 21, 2024. - KUNA

Minister vows legal action over Jabriya building collapse

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WARSAW: Polish President Andrzej Duda speaks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Belweder Palace on Aug 22, 2024. - AFP

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Ahmadi Governor Sheikh Humoud Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah speaks during the visit. - KUNA photos

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