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DOMBOSHAW, Zimbabwe: Danai Bvochora, a poultry farmer, arranges eggs at her market stall after transporting them on her renewable energy electrical tricycle which is designed for a rural off road environment such as her home in Domboshawa.- AFP
Solar electric tricycles give Zimbabwean women a lift
HARARE: For years, selling eggs was a joyless business for Danai Bvochora, as most of the money she made went to cover minibus fares to the market in a rural area of Zimbabwe. That was until an earth-brown solar-powered electric tricycle changed her life. "We used to carry loads on our heads before. The tricycle has lessened the burden," said the 47-year-old from Domboshava, about 40 kilometer (25 miles) north of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare.She...
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Huawei MateBook X Pro: The elegant, flagship laptop
KUWAIT: Current laptop designs are reliable, absolutely, but do they fully match up to the needs of global consumers? Laptops are central to the way we work and, increasingly, to the way we conduct our private lives, yet current offerings fail to take account of the growing appetite for choice and innovation. Ultimately, it is the ability to respond to current consumer trends and to break away from the standard mould which makes Huawei's new...
OAKLAND: In this file photo taken on April 06, 2011, foreclosure signs sit on the porch of a foreclosed home in Oakland, California. US households have continued to take on more debt, in part to deal with soaring prices, a report showed on August 2, 2022.- AFP
US loan delinquencies creep up amid high debt loads: Report
WASHINGTON: US households have continued to take on more debt, in part to deal with soaring prices, a report showed Tuesday, while cases of borrowers unable to pay loans are creeping up in a troubling sign of things to come. Facing the biggest surge in inflation in more than four decades, which is squeezing families trying to make ends meet, the New York Federal Reserve Bank's latest report shows credit card balances in the April-June quarter...
BIRMINGHAM: Australia's Emma McKeon (top) competes to win and take the gold medal in the women's 50m freestyle swimming final at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre.- AFP
Pool queen McKeon makes history; Kiplimo dances to 10,000m victory
BIRMINGHAM: Australian swim star Emma McKeon made Commonwealth Games history by winning her 19th medal as Jacob Kiplimo raced to victory in the 10,000m on the first day of track and field. McKeon pulled one ahead of shooters Michael Gault and Phil Adams and fellow swim star Chad le Clos, who has endured a nightmare Games in Birmingham.The 30-year-old South African had looked set to take the record himself when he came to Birmingham but so far he...
MIAMI GARDENS: Tua Tagovailoa #1 of the Miami Dolphins directs a drill during training camp at Baptist Health Training Complex in Miami Gardens, Florida. - AFP
Dolphins punished, stripped of 2023 first-round NFL Draft pick
NEW YORK: The NFL stripped the Miami Dolphins of their 2023 first-round NFL Draft pick and punished owner Stephen Ross on Tuesday for tampering with star quarterback Tom Brady and rival coach Sean Payton. The penalties were handed down after the conclusion of a six-month probe by independent investigator Mary Jo White on allegations of tampering and tanking games. "The investigators found tampering violations of unprecedented scope and severity,"...
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Kuwait Gymnastics Federation prepare national teams
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait Gymnastics Federation announced a plan to prepare the national team for the upcoming events starting with the Arab Men and Women Championship in Algeria in September. Chairman of the Board of KGF Fahad Al-Soula said the Girls Rhythmic Gymnastics team will travel to Kazakhstan to join a training camp for 23 days in preparation for the Arab Championship. The delegation will be headed by member of women committee...
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Martyrs Karting Championship
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Al-Qurain Martyrs Karting Championship was concluded earlier in the week at Al-Kout Mall tracks following a very strong competitions. The event was held by Amiri Diwan Secretary, Director of the Martyr's office Salah Al-Oufan and Kuwait Karting Club Treasurer Yousuf Al-Kandary and families of Beit Al-Qurain Martyrs. Results of the event were as follows:In the Junior Girls Category: Suad Al-Zanki (First); Noura Al-Azmi...
This photo shows mahjong tile artisan Cheung Shun-king posing in his under-the-stair shop, Biu Kee Mahjong, in the Yau Tsim Mong District of Hong Kong.— AFP photos
Hong Kong mahjong carver among the last of his kind
Eyebrows furrowed in careful concentration as he chisels images and Chinese characters onto mahjong tiles, 70-year-old Cheung Shun-king is one of the last craftsmen of his kind in Hong Kong. Hand carving playing tiles for the popular Chinese game used to be a source of income for many, but the introduction of much cheaper machine-made sets whittled away at their customer base and turned their work into a rarity. Cheung’s family alone used to...
Iraqi photographer Samira Mazaal speaks during an interview at her studio in the city of Amarah in Iraq's southeastern Maysan province.- AFP photos
Focus on Samira, celebrity snapper of southern Iraq
She's southern Iraq's celebrity photographer, a former political prisoner who has spent more than 60 years behind the lens documenting people and places and defying convention. Samira Mazaal is 77 and still going strong more than half a century after turning to photography to feed her family -- because she had no choice."Peasants, intellectuals, I've photographed them all," says the mother of two, her black hijab framing a face lined by life. "I...
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Apple TV+ counts its 'Luck' as fallen 'Toy Story' exec makes comeback
Like all good animated family movies, "Luck" has a thoroughly optimistic premise: that no matter how hopeless or dire your circumstances may seem, something good will eventually come of it. Apple TV+ will be hoping the same is true for John Lasseter, the former Pixar guru who resigned under a cloud of #MeToo harassment claims, and later became head of the new Skydance Animation."Luck" is that studio's first film, available to stream Friday, which...
(From left to right) Dane DiLiegro, Ben Rosenblatt, Dakota Beavers, Jhane Myers, Amber Midthunder, Dan Trachtenberg, Stormee Kipp, Patrick Aison and Michelle Thrush attends the Prey Premiere at Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles, California.- AFP photos
Comanche warriors take spotlight in 'Predator' prequel 'Prey'
Having battled mighty heroes across time and space, the invisible extraterrestrial hunters of the "Predator" films have a new-or rather, old-foe in an 18th-century female Comanche warrior. Prequel film "Prey," out Friday on Hulu in the United States, is perhaps the most unlikely direction yet for the "Predator" franchise, which first hit screens with Arnold Schwarzenegger's 1987 action classic.Since then, the bloodthirsty trophy-hunting creatures...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah poses for a group photo after receiving His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and members of his Cabinet at Bayan Palace. - KUNA
Parliament dissolved over 'threats to national unity'
By B IzzakKUWAIT: A few hours after swearing-in the new Cabinet, Crown Prince Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah yesterday issued an Amiri decree dissolving the National Assembly less than 20 months after its election, paving the way for holding snap polls within two months. Invoking constitutional powers delegated to him by HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah in November, the Crown Prince cited prolonged political disputes, giving priority...
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Kuwait importers worry over new customs regulations, extra costs
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PIFSS denies newspapers and social media reports
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GAZA: A Palestinian child injured in a Zionist strike reacts as she is carried to Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Aug 21, 2024. - AFP
Zionists kill dozens in Gaza