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LONDON: Operations returned to normal on Sunday after two days of lengthy delays at English Channel Port Dover

Operations return to normal at English Channel port of Dover

LONDON: Officials at the English Channel port of Dover on Sunday said operations had returned to normal, after two days of lengthy delays blamed on post-Brexit border checks. Frustrated holidaymakers were forced to wait for hours to reach the port and board ferries to France on Friday and Saturday, at the start of the busy summer getaway. The UK government blamed France for failing to adequately staff their border posts at the port, prompting a...

EUGENE: Emmanuel Kipkurui Korir of Team Kenya crosses the finish line to win gold in the Men's 800m Final on day nine of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 23, 2022.- AFP

Korir, Pichardo add world titles to Olympic crowns

EUGENE: Kenya's Emmanuel Korir and Pedro Pichardo of Portugal added world titles to their respective Olympic crowns on Saturday, but there was injury heartbreak for Canada's Damian Warner in the decathlon. Two other gold medalists from last year's Tokyo Games had a mixed bag, Indian Neeraj Chopra having to content himself with silver in the men's javelin, but Dutch runner Sifan Hassan leaving Eugene medal-less after finishing sixth in the women's...

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Kuwait wins 3 medals at Arab Swimming tourney

ALGIERS: Kuwaiti national swimming team won a silver medal and two bronze medals on Saturday in the fourth and final day of the Arab Swimming Championships and clinched third place in the overall ranking of the tournament. The tournament, hosted by the city of (Oran) in western Algeria, witnessed the talented Kuwaiti swimmer Ali Al-Zamil, who managed to win the silver medal and second place in the 100-m backstroke with a time of 56.96 seconds....

KUWAIT : Iraq's Muntadher Naser Ali (left) and KSA's Abdulaziz Al-Atbi compete during the third day of the Kuwait International Boxing Championship at the Kuwait Boxing Hall in the Sabah Al-Salem district on the outskirts of Kuwait city on July 23, 2022. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait's boxers shine at boxing tournament

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait 1st International Boxing Tournament will be concluded on Monday with final bouts in the seven Olympic weights in the presence of Chairman Kuwait Boxing Federation Mohammad Mansi, board members and heads of delegations. Boxers from Europe, Africa and Asia seek to win the most gold medals to enable their teams take first place in the championship.Boxers from the three continents showcased their best in most of...

ORLANDO: Oleksandr Zinchenko of Arsenal has a shot blocked by Reece James of Chelsea during the Florida Cup match between Chelsea and Arsenal at Camping World Stadium on July 23, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. - AFP

Arsenal thrash Chelsea 4-0 in a friendly match

MIAMI: Gabriel Jesus continued his impressive pre-season form with another goal as Arsenal thrashed Chelsea 4-0 in a friendly in Florida on Saturday. Jesus, who only joined Arsenal from Manchester City earlier this month, took his goal tally to four goals in three games for his new club in a clinical win for the Gunners in front of 63,811 fans at Orlando's Camping World Stadium.It was another encouraging performance for Mikel Arteta's side, who...

LACAPELLE-MAR: Jumbo-Visma team's Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey cycles during the 20th stage of the 109th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 40,7 km individual time trial between Lacapelle-Marival and Rocamadour on July 23, 2022. - AFP

Vingegaard survives 'heart attack' slip to virtually wrap up Tour de France

ROCAMADOUR: Jonas Vingegaard survived the "heart attack" of a near fall on Saturday's individual time-trial to virtually wrap up the Tour de France and now only needs to cross the Champs-Elysees finish line in Paris on Sunday to guarantee the champion's yellow jersey. Team Jumbo's Vingegaard tops the overall standings 3min 34sec ahead of two-time defending champion Tadej Pogacar, while Geraint Thomas of Ineos Grenadiers, the 2018 winner, stands...

ESTAHBAN: People stand on a bridge above a river, after flooding caused by heavy rainfall in southern Iran's Estahban county, that reportedly killed at least 21 people. - AFP

More than 20 killed in south Iran floods

TEHRAN: Flooding in southern Iran has killed at least 21 people and left others missing following heavy rainfall in the largely arid country, state media reported on Saturday. "Twenty-one people were killed and two are still missing," in the floods that affected several towns in and around Estahban county in the southern province of Fars, Hossein Darvishi, provincial head of the Red Crescent Society, was quoted as saying by state TV.Videos posted...

ODESSA: Ukrainian rescuers work outside a house destroyed following a Russian airstrike in a village in the Odessa region, amid the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. - AFP

Russian missiles hit Odessa port, key to grain deal

KYIV: Russian missiles struck Ukraine's key Black Sea port of Odessa Saturday, officials said, in an attack Kyiv described as a "spit in the face" of a deal signed by the warring neighbors a day earlier to resume grain exports blocked by the conflict. Two cruise missiles hit terminal infrastructure, regional authorities said on social media, casting a shadow over the landmark agreement hammered out over months of negotiations aimed at relieving a...

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Main takes from Trafficking in Persons report

By Atyab Al-Shatti week was rampant with discussions over the US state's department issuance of the Trafficking in Persons report 2022. The report on Kuwait highlighted several stories of human trafficking and visa trade that went viral in the country which were also reported by national and international media channels such as the suspicious Bangladeshi MP act which involved visa trade. Another case was the lack of shelters for male victims...

SHANGHAI: Consul General Mishal Al-Shamali is seen at the new premises of Kuwait's Consulate General in Shanghai. - KUNAn

Kuwaiti diplomat opens new premises of Consulate General in Shanghai

SHANGHAI: Consul General Mishal Al-Shamali recently opened the new premises of the Consulate General of the State of Kuwait in Shanghai city, east China. Speaking to the press on the sidelines of the ceremony, he expressed gratitude to the Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry, the Foreign Affair Office of Shanghai People's Government and the Shanghai Municipality for the limitless support to the diplomatic mission."The restrictions related to the novel...

A landmark archeological site in Al-Ula.

Al-Ula, land of civilizations and world's largest open museum

RIYADH: Al-Ula Governorate, situated to the northwest of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is located in an area rich with a history of living evidence and cultural backgrounds that were formed by successive civilizations dating back to more than 200,000 years ago. Al-Ula has been a destination for journeys of travelers and explorers and is still one of the most important locations for historical explorations due to what it enjoys of antiquities....

KUWAIT: An aerial view of Kuwait City shows the capital's landmark buildings and the Green Island touristic site. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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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

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