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LONDON: Denmark's striker Pernille Harder (left) is challenged by Spain's defender Maria Leon during the UEFA Women's Euro 2022 Group B football match between Denmark and Spain at Brentford Community Stadium in west London on July 16, 2022. - AFP
Spain beat Denmark to set up Euro 2022 quarter-final against England
LONDON: Spain set up a quarter-final meeting with England at Euro 2022 after Marta Cardona's late goal secured a 1-0 win over Denmark on Saturday. A first defeat since 2019 to Germany in their second group game meant Jorge Vilda's side needed a point to avoid an early exit. La Roja were made to endure a nervous night at the Brentford Community Stadium until Cadona's 89th minute looping header made sure of their place in the last eight.Spain's...
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Sheikh Ahmad Al-Sabah elected President of ATF
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: The Arab Tennis Federation General Assembly elected Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Abdallah Al-Sabah as President of ATF for its next term 2022-2026 during its meeting held in Kuwait. Also Kuwait's candidate for Secretary General Faleh Al-Otaibi was also elected. Dr Salma Mouelhi (from Tunisia) was picked as Vice-President for Africa and Ayman Azmi Vice-President from Egypt. Raymond Salem (Lebanon) was elected Vice President...
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Kuwait Disabled Table Tennis team in Thailand
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait National Disabled Table Tennis team left for Thailand to participate in Thailand Open International Championship to be held July 18th until 21st, with more than 12 countries and more than 45 players of both genders participating. Kuwait is participating in the team, singles and doubles competitions. Head of the delegation Saad Al-Ajmi said the disabled table tennis team seeks to get the best results in the...
This aerial view shows a healthy palm tree grove near the Shatt Al-Arab in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.-AFP photos
Iraq's date palms: Rescuing a national icon
Thousands of young date palms, Iraq's national symbol, form lines that extend from the edge of the desert near the central city of Karbala and into the horizon. Iraq's prized trees are central to a push aimed to preserve a long-threatened ancestral culture, whose fruit historically presented prosperity across the Arab world. "The date palm is the symbol and pride of Iraq," says Mohamed Abul-Maali, commercial director at the Fadak date...
A team of Forcados attempt to grab the bull's head with bare hands during Portuguese-style bloodless bullfights hosted by the Turlock Pentecost Association at the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds in Turlock, California.-AFP photos
California's Portuguese community keeps bullfighting alive without bloodshed
Just like any other Portuguese bullfight, the elegant rider deftly guides his horse around the charging bull's horns, before bending down to plant a bandarilha in its spine. Except that no blood is spilled-the small spear is velcro-padded, and sticks to a cushion attached to the bull's back-and most of the spectators' cheers are in English.The scene takes place in Turlock, a small town in the heart of rural California, where tens of thousands of...
Iraqi oud player Naseer Shamma
Stars return to Tunisia music fest after COVID break
Ivorian reggae singer Alpha Blondy, Nigeria's CKay and K-pop band B.I.G are among the stars lined up for Tunisia's Carthage music festival which opens Thursday, after a two-year COVID-imposed recess. The 56th Festival International de Carthage, one of North Africa's most prestigious music events, is returning under the slogan "we're coming back to life, we're breathing art". Nigeria's CKayThe 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled as the pandemic...
JEDDAH: (Left to right) Asaad bin Tariq Al-Said, Omani Deputy Prime Minister for International Relations and Cooperation Affairs and the Special Representative of the Sultan; UAE President Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan; Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi; Bahrain's King Hamad Bin Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa; US President Joe Biden; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman; Jordan's King Abdullah II; Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani; Kuwait's Crown Prince Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah; and Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa Kadhemi pose for the family photo during the at a hotel in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah on July 16, 2022. - AFP
Kuwait seeks nuke-free Mideast, promotes security and stability
JEDDAH: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Saturday delivered Kuwait speech to the Jeddah Security and Development Summit, which gathered the leaders of the GCC states, United States, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq.Welcoming the other leaders, His Highness the Crown Prince conveyed to them the greetings of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. He thanked Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz and...
KSAR EL KEBIR, Morocco: A forest ranger sprays water from a hose on a forest fire near Ksar El-Kebir, in the Larache region.- AFP
Morocco forest fires rage; 1 dies
LARACHE: Fires ravaging remote mountain forests in northern Morocco have killed at least one person and forced the evacuation of more than 1,000 families, officials said. Fanned by strong winds, the fires that broke out on Wednesday have destroyed 1,600 hectares of woodland in the provinces of Larache, Ouezzane, Taza and Tetouan, the authorities said."The body of a person suffering from multiple burns has been found" amid one of the blazes in the...
His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attends the Jeddah Security and Development Summit.
Jeddah Summit coincides with accelerated exceptional regional challenges: Crown Prince
JEDDAH: Representative of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Saturday delivered Kuwait's speech to the Jeddah Security and Development Summit, which gathered the leaders of the GCC states, the United States, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq. Welcoming the other leaders attending, His Highness the Crown Prince conveyed to them the greetings of His Highness...
JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz receives US President Joe Biden as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman looks on behind, at Al-Salman Palace in the Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah.- AFP
US won't 'walk away' from Mideast, Biden tells Arabs
JEDDAH: President Joe Biden assured Arab leaders the United States would remain fully engaged in the Middle East on Saturday, as he wrapped up his first tour of the region since taking office. "We will not walk away and leave a vacuum to be filled by China, Russia or Iran," Biden said during a summit in Jeddah, on the Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia.US ties to Gulf powers in particular have been roiled by multiple issues in recent years, notably...
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Women in media, important part of Kuwait development vision
KUWAIT: Women, in any society, play an important role in the overall development of their countries and such fact is very true when it came to Kuwaiti women. Women in media are considered as a great asset to Kuwait's 2035 Vision for development due to their role in reflecting women contributions to the whole progress of the country. Journalism and media in Kuwait had definitely saw women contributing extensively to all sorts of printed, visual...
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Skukuzations, an ongoing legal challenge
By Atyab Al-Shatti are considered one of most essential economic mechanisms for the country to regulate levels of liquidity in the banking market. The skukuzations is the sister mechanism for the Central Bank to monitor and supervise the work of Islamic banks, and therefore the law gave the Central Bank the legal authority to issue "finance skukuzations" methods that comply with the Islamic sharia according to article 95 sub-article 3 of the...
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