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HONG KONG: Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee speaks to the media before an Executive Council meeting in Hong Kong on September 6, 2022. - AFP

Hong Kong court convicts 5 of sedition over children's books

HONG KONG: Five Hong Kong unionists were found guilty of sedition on Wednesday for producing a series of illustrated children's books that portrayed the city's democracy supporters as sheep defending their village from wolves. The convictions are the latest using a colonial-era sedition offence which authorities have deployed alongside a new national security law to stamp out dissent. The prosecution focused on members of a speech therapists'...

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Putin warns 'no gas, no oil' to countries that cap prices

MOSCOW: Russia will stop delivering oil and gas supplies to countries that introduce price caps, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. Capping prices, as some Western countries are considering, "would be an absolutely stupid decision," Putin told the Eastern Economic Forum in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok."We will not supply anything at all if it is contrary to our interests, in this case economic (interests)," he said. "No gas, no oil,...

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine: A family gather inside a bunker in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region on September 6, 2022. According to local authorities, gas supplies in the Donetsk and Lugansk region has been suspended because of heavy shelling in the region – AFP

Preparing for harsh winter in Ukraine's war-torn Donbas

KRAMATORSK, Ukraine: In a lush garden between two apartment blocks in the city of Kramatorsk, Oleskandr Matviyevsky chops dead trees into kindling. Everyone in this part of the city around 25 kilometers (16 miles) from the frontline, knows that winter will be harsh.The gas has been cut off and the fighting shows no signs of stopping, with soldiers around the city preparing for battle. Residents are stocking up on wood for the brick furnaces that...

BRUSSELS, Belgium: President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen gives a press conference on energy at EU headquarters in Brussels, on September 07, 2022. – AFP

EU chief proposes measures to face Russia war energy shock

BRUSSELS: The European Commission proposed a series of measures on Wednesday to control skyrocketing energy prices in Europe and punish Moscow for invading Ukraine, including a price cap on Russian gas. EU countries are scrambling to face up to a challenging winter ahead, with European consumers facing eye-watering heating bills with natural gas and electricity prices hovering at record levels.Friday's announcement by Russian energy giant Gazprom...

Students at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) pose with new electronic tablets in class, in Gaza City.- AFP photos

UN gives Gaza children tablets to connect with world

The United Nations said Wednesday it was helping connect Palestinian children in the blockaded Gaza Strip to the outside world by distributing tablets to hundreds of pupils. Children make up nearly half of Gaza's population of 2.3 million. Most of them have never been able to leave the coastal territory, which is ruled by the Islamist movement Hamas. Some 890 tablets are being handed out this week at schools run by UNRWA, the UN agency for...

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Real life, right now—photo app claims to capture authenticity

It’s not all sunsets and selfie smiles—people are flocking to a new social network app that calls on users to share true glimpses of their lives rather than cherry-picked moments. Once a day, BeReal simultaneously prompts users to take photos of what they are doing, giving them two minutes. The app uses front and rear facing cameras on phones, putting shared “selfies” into context. The app shuns software filters that add glossy special...

This handout combination of undated photographs released by University of St Andrews shows a chimpanzee drumming on a tree in Uganda’s Budongo Forest. Chimpanzees drummers puff out their chests and let out a guttural yell before stepping up to their kits and furiously pounding out their signature beat so that everyone can tell who is playing.— AFP

Roots rock: Chimpanzees drum to their own signature beats

The drummers puff out their chests, let out a guttural yell, then step up to their kits and furiously pound out their signature beat so that everyone within earshot can tell who is playing. The drum kit is the giant gnarled root of a tree in the Ugandan rainforest-and the drummer is a chimpanzee. A new study published Tuesday found that not only do chimpanzees have their own styles-some preferring straightforward rock beats while others groove to...

In this file photo Canadian singer Justin Bieber performing on stage at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris.— AFP photos

Justin Bieber scraps world tour over health issues

Justin Bieber said Tuesday he is once again taking a break from touring, months after revealing he'd been diagnosed with a syndrome that caused him partial facial paralysis. In June the 28-year-old megastar had pushed back the North American leg of his "Justice" tour due to Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, a complication of shingles. Bieber recently went back on the road, performing six live shows in Europe as well as the Rock in Rio festival in Brazil this...

US film directors Dayna Goldfine (left) and Dan Geller pose on the red carpet of the 48th Deauville US Film Festival in Deauville, western France. — AFP

Filmmakers dissect Leonard Cohen through 'Hallelujah'

A filmmaker duo retracing Leonard Cohen's life through his legendary anthem "Hallelujah" said they were so in awe of the Canadian singer that it took them years of preparation before tackling the documentary. Presenting "Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song" at the American Film Festival that opened at the weekend in Deauville, France, Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine told AFP they studied Cohen's personal notebooks, rare footage and even...

KUWAIT: Old and new buildings are seen in Hawally in this illustrative file photo. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Govt: Hawally might turn into another Jleeb

KUWAIT: A government report shows Hawally might turn into another Jleeb Al-Shuyouk in the next few years due to overpopulation. The infrastructure of the area cannot handle the growth in residents, which necessitates new projects to build designated cities to house thousands of workers currently residing in Hawally, Khaitan, Jleeb and Mahboula, which are overflowing with expatriate 'bachelors'.This overcrowding is a matter of social security for...

Yousuf Awadh Al-Azmi

Multinational oil companies

By Yousuf Awadh Al-Azmi "If you are given a command or position, keep the wicked away from you." - Socrates I think about the situation at the administration of Kuwait Oil Company, as far as discovery, exploration, refining, Seismic survey and other technical operations related to this matter are concerned, dealing with international companies, or the so-called intercontinental companies or multinational companies, and how the agreements...

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Government requests decrease in sectors

KUWAIT: In a bid to combat bureaucracy issues, better the working relations between government sectors and promote transparency, the government has asked its ministers, to decrease the number of sectors in their administration, by either canceling commissions or by merging sectors of a similar nature. Government sources have said that advanced global research indicate-smaller sectors and a lean hierarchical structure would help improve the...

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

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Kuwaiti artist Etaf Redefining music with a fusion of cultures and stories

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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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