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MONTERREY: USA's players celebrate with the trophy after winning the 2022 CONCACAF women's championship final football match against Canada, at the BBVA Bancomer stadium in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon State, Mexico on July 18, 2022.- AFP

USA win CONCACAF title, book 2024 Olympic berth

MONTERREY: The United States qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics on Monday by defeating Tokyo Olympic champions Canada 1-0 in the CONCACAF W Championship final. Alex Morgan scored from the penalty spot in the 78th minute to seal victory as the reigning world champions avenged their upset loss to the Canadians in last year's Olympic semi-finals. Morgan rifled a left-footed spot-kick into the bottom right corner of the goal after Canadian...

Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu

'No sadness' as skating great calls time on storied career

TOKYO: Japan's two-time Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu said he felt "no sadness" after retiring from competition aged 27 on Tuesday, bringing the curtain down on one of the sport's most glittering careers. The soft-spoken "Ice Prince" became the first man to win back-to-back Olympic titles in 66 years and is a national icon who is followed around the world by adoring fans.But he said the time was right to bow out after finishing...

In this file photo German actress Anke Engelke (left) speaks near a giant portrait of Iranian dissident director Jafar Panahi as the President of the Berlinale International Jury Darren Aronofsky (center) holds the Golden Bear for Best Film going to Panahi for his film Taxi during the closing ceremony of the 65th International Film Festival Berlinale in Berlin.-AFP photos

Jafar Panahi: Jailed Iranian director who won hearts in Europe

Acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi, jailed as part of a crackdown on the country's filmmakers, for years defied a ban on his work to carry on making deeply human tales of Iran's social and cultural struggles that won a loyal following abroad. The ingenuity he demonstrated in getting his films made and smuggled out of Iran to foreign distributors and film festivals became the stuff of legend.A year after being handed a 20-year ban on...

PARIS: France's President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron welcome UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan for a working lunch at the Elysee presidential Palace in Paris, on July 18, 2022.- AFP

France, UAE leaders hold talks

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron hosted United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan for lunch in Paris on Monday, with increased diesel supplies on the menu for their official talks. The UAE has emerged as a key partner for Western countries as they scramble for energy supplies worldwide to replace imports from sanction-hit Russia.Sheikh Mohamed, also known as MBZ, was on his first overseas state visit since taking...

BREST: A pharmacy lighted sign shows the temperature off 44 degrees in Brest, western France, on July 18, 2022. The historical temperature record was beaten early on July 18, 2022 afternoon in Brest.- AFP

UK, France face heat apocalypse

LONDON: Britain and France went on heatwave alert on Monday facing record temperatures as southwest Europe wilted under a scorching sun and ferocious wildfires devoured more forests. Forecasters in Britain warned of havoc in a country unprepared for the onslaught of extreme heat that authorities said was putting lives at risk. The mercury was set to rise to 38 Celsius in London Monday - not far below Britain's all-time record of 38.7C - and could...

TAQTAQAH: A worker is seen at an oil refinery near the village of Taq Taq, in the autonomous Iraqi region of Kurdistan. Iraq's oil wealth is rekindling tensions between federal authorities and the autonomous Kurdish region, in a row that could compromise the lifeline industry and keep investors away, analysts say. - AFP

Iraq oil dispute sharpens Kurd tensions

BAGHDAD: Iraq's oil wealth is rekindling tensions between federal authorities and the autonomous Kurdish region, in a row that could compromise the lifeline industry and keep investors away, analysts say. The long-simmering dispute came to a head in February - at a time of political deadlock in Baghdad - when the federal supreme court ordered Kurdistan to hand over oil extracted from its territories to the federal authorities.Then earlier this...

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InterNations 2022 index lists Kuwait as worst place for expats

KUWAIT: A global index has listed Kuwait as the worst place for expats based on a survey it did for 2022 and covered only 52 countries around the world. Kuwait not only ranks last in the Expat Insider 2022 survey overall, but also in the bottom 10 of each index, reads the report published by InterNations.Kuwait is rated worst in terms of Quality of Life and Ease of Settling In (52nd for each): for example, expats are unhappy with the natural...

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Psychologist warns mental illnesses lead to suicide more than drug abuse

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: Kuwait has recorded an increase in suicide cases since the start of the pandemic, while most people who committed suicide were young people and Bidoons (stateless) as well as expatriates, according to official statistics. The statistics indicate that the total number of people who took their lives in Kuwait during the period between 2015 to the end of 2021 was about 620 suicides. While Indian residents ranked the highest...

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Kuwait may allow helpers' transfer in case of dispute

KUWAIT: Interior Ministry and Public Authority for Manpower (PAM) are discussing a request from Domestic Help Offices Union (DHOU) in Kuwait to allow helpers transfer from one employer to another in case of a labor dispute, and if the helper wishes to work for another employer.The step would help protect the worker's right as guaranteed by law, and that deportation should not be the first step to be taken - rather there should be serious steps to...

TOKYO: South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin (L) and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (R) attend a meeting in Tokyo on July 18, 2022. - AFP

South Korean envoy visits Japan in bid to mend ties

TOKYO: South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin kicked off a three-day visit to Japan on Monday as the two nations explore ways to warm their icy ties, seen as the worst in decades. Relations between the two neighbours have long been overshadowed by bitter memories of Japan's brutal colonial rule of the Korean peninsula between 1910 and 1945.Newly elected South Korean leader Yoon Suk-yeol has made active efforts to improve his ties with Japan,...

KYIV, Ukraine: Ukrainian servicemen carry coffin of a fellow officer nicknamed Fanat during his funeral in Kyiv on July 18, 2022.— AFP

Russian shelling kills 6 in Donbas as Zelensky replaces security chief

KYIV: Russian shelling in battle-scarred east Ukraine on Monday left six dead, Kyiv said, as the country was reeling from President Volodymyr Zelensky's decision to sack two senior law enforcement officials. EU foreign ministers were convening meanwhile to discuss toughening sanctions against Moscow and the bloc's foreign policy chief warned of the "life and death" consequences of Russia's blockade of Ukrainian Black Sea grain exports.Rescue...

KUWAIT: An archive photo showing a general view of Kuwait City and its suburbs.

Open residence, real estate for expats, companies urge

By Chidi EmmanuelKUWAIT: In line with Kuwait's 2035 vision, which is aimed at transforming Kuwait into a financial and trade hub regionally and internationally, and becoming more attractive to investors, a recent report revealed that companies are asking the Kuwait government to allow foreigners to own and invest in real estate and in turn offer them permanent residency permits. The proposal called for granting a long-term residency permits so...

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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