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'The Flash' star Ezra Miller seeking treatment for mental health
Ezra Miller, the troubled star of Warner Bros' major upcoming superhero movie "The Flash," is seeking treatment for mental health issues after a string of high-profile controversies, the actor said. The 29-year-old, who has already appeared as the key DC Comics character in several blockbuster films including "Justice League," was charged this month with felony burglary in Vermont, and earlier this year was charged with disorderly conduct...
Childhood cut short: Honduran boy, 12, wielding barber's shears
Eduardo Espinal runs his own barber shop from a small zinc-roofed building in Honduras, opening the doors at 8:00 am for a 12-hour workday. He is 12 years old. When it's quiet, he plays hide-and-seek or football with his friends. He has not been to school since last year. Though it is illegal in Honduras for children under 14 to work, Eduardo is one of tens of thousands who do so in the poverty- and crime-plagued Central American country.In 2021,...
Amazon tribe go behind the camera in Nat Geo film 'The Territory'
When Covid-19 reached Brazil's Amazon, and an indigenous tribe sealed off its borders, director Alex Pritz found an innovative way to finish his documentary-he handed the cameras over to the Uru-eu-wau-wau themselves. "The Territory," to be released by National Geographic on Friday, follows the plight of some 200 hunter-gatherers who live in a protected area of rainforest, surrounded and encroached upon by aggressive and illegal settlers, farmers...
Kuwaitis demand speedy justice over bedoon issue
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Thousands of Kuwaitis are demanding basic rights for the country's stateless bedoon community. Under the hashtag #Kuwaitis_demand_solution_for_ bedoon, more than 5,000 tweets have started to trend on Twitter. People are alarmed due to the rise of unjust actions toward bedoons in Kuwait.Activist Khaled Al-Awadi affirmed that Kuwaiti citizens are demanding a solution for their bedoon brethren. "It is unreasonable that a...
Saudi Crown Prince washes Holy Kaaba
RIYADH: On behalf of Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman bin Abdulaziz had the honor of washing the Holy Kaaba. A number of princes, senior ulema, governors, government officials and custodians of the house also took part in the tradition, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) said on Tuesday.In a video shared by SPA on Twitter, the Crown Prince was seen carrying a cloth and cleaning the inner walls....
'Extreme heat belt' to cover US by 2053
WASHINGTON: An area of intensely warm weather - a so-called "extreme heat belt" - with at least one day per year in which the heat index hits 52 Celsius, is expected to cover a US region home to more than 100 million people by the year 2053, according to a new study. The research, carried out by nonprofit First Street Foundation, used a peer-reviewed model built with public and third-party data to estimate heat risk at what they called a...
The lost seats
By Yousuf Al-Azmi read to distance ourselves from the center of ignorance, not to reach the knowledge space." - Abbas Mahmoud Al-Aqqad Something funny goes by many people without notice - the issue of the tribal seat, sectarian seat or family seat. The truth of the matter is no more than a scam, a tool to lure a collective feeling of fear of losing something that does not exist in reality. In societies where education and culture is low,...
Ten more people accused of participating in illegal elections
KUWAIT: Investigations continued Tuesday on illegal primaries held in the second electoral district, where 10 people were arrested including officers and a Saudi citizen, as total charges reached 25. "The prosecution is now holding nine Kuwaiti nationals including the head of a committee that organized the illegal election in the second district," sources told Kuwait TimesAs for the 10 newly accused persons, it is reported their names were on the...
Japanese prime minister to visit Kuwait this month
KUWAIT: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit Kuwait this month in a trip which includes Qatar and the UAE. "Kishida will discuss through these visits the issue of stabilizing oil prices in the global market in the aftermath of the Russia-Ukraine war. He will also be pursuing the issue of natural gas with Qatar to increase production," according to Japanese newspaper Nikkei Asia.The meeting will include issues that will be discussed at...
Customs foil attempt to smuggle banned substance
KUWAIT: Airport customs officers foiled an attempt to smuggle 140 kg of mitragynine (kratom) into the country. The banned substance arrived from an Asian country. The suspected smugglers were arrested and referred to relative authorities, the General Administration of the Customs said in a statement.
Stores closed for forgery
KUWAIT: Commerce and Industry Ministry inspectors closed a store in Hawally for printing stickers and placing them on products to alter the country of origin, as well as stickers of counterfeit goods carrying famous trademarks. Meanwhile, ministry inspectors closed three Salmiya stores for selling counterfeit goods carrying labels of famous brands. Large quantities of clothes were confiscated in the operation, the ministry said in a statement.
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