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JERUSALEM: Zionist entity's Minister of Foreign Affairs Yair Lapid (C) takes part in a Knesset (parliament) session in Jerusalem. - AFP

Zionist entity heads towards snap election, Lapid poised to be PM

JERUSALEM: Zionist entity's parliament is expected to dissolve Wednesday, ending Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's year-long tenure and triggering a fifth election in less than four years that could see ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu reclaim power. Barring an 11th-hour shock agreement to save the coalition or form a new government within the existing parliament, Bennett's eight-party alliance is due to end by midnight, installing Foreign Minister...

Philippines' Ressa says 'business as usual' despite news outlet's shutdown order

MANILA: Philippine journalist Maria Ressa's news company Rappler was continuing to work "as usual", the Nobel Peace Prize winner said on Wednesday, after it was ordered to shut down by authorities ahead of President Rodrigo Duterte's last day in office. Ressa has been a vocal critic of Duterte and the deadly drug war he launched in 2016, triggering what media advocates say is a grinding series of criminal charges, probes and online attacks...

KUWAIT: A view of the sunset from a desert area in Kuwait. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh

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Sony launches PC gaming gear, expanding beyond PlayStation

Japan's Sony is launching a new brand that will offer PC gaming gear, the company announced Wednesday, as it tries to compete for a share of the lucrative gaming peripherals market. Sony is looking to expand beyond its flagship PlayStation console and boost revenue from other sectors, including PC and mobile gaming.The gaming peripherals market of items used by players was valued at $3.88 billion globally in 2019 according to Grand View Research....

This file photograph shows French paleontologist Yves Coppens posing at his home in Paris, while holding a head model of Lucy, a female australopithecus. – AFP

Early human ancestors one million years older than thought

The fossils of our earliest ancestors found in South Africa are a million years older than previously thought, meaning they walked the Earth around the same time as their East African relatives like the famous "Lucy", according to new research. The Sterkfontein caves at the Cradle of Humankind world heritage site southwest of Johannesburg have yielded more Australopithecus fossils than any other site in the world.Among them was "Mrs Ples", the...

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Netflix 'actively' working on ad-supported subscription

Netflix is "actively" working on building its cheaper, ad-supported deal, the company's French team said on Tuesday, but added there was no clear timeline. It was revealed last month that the streaming platform was planning to introduce a new cheaper subscription model by the end of the year that would break its taboo on advertising. That leak to the New York Times followed news that Netflix had lost 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter of...

In this file photo singer R Kelly leaves the Leighton Criminal Court Building after a hearing on sexual abuse charges in Chicago.

Singer R Kelly faces sentencing over sex crimes case

A US federal judge on Wednesday was set to sentence disgraced R&B singer R Kelly nearly a year after he was convicted of leading a decades-long effort to recruit and trap teenagers and women for sex. Prosecutors have urged the court to put the "I Believe I Can Fly" artist behind bars for at least 25 years, saying he still "poses a serious danger to the public."In September, a jury in Brooklyn federal court found the fallen superstar guilty on all...

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Saudi artists marvel at surprise patron: Their own rulers

In one of Saudi artist Ahmed Mater's best-known works, a silhouette of a gas pump morphs into a man holding a gun to his head-a clear critique of oil's damaging influence. Yet for several years, most Saudis couldn't see the piece, titled "Evolution of Man", as local curators deemed it too sensitive to show in the oil-reliant kingdom.Its inclusion in a recent exhibition in the capital Riyadh is just one sign of changing times. With Crown Prince...

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New Cabinet soon to deal with budgets, parliament dissolution

KUWAIT: A new Cabinet will be formed soon to deal with the budgets and dissolution of the parliament, a source told Kuwait Times. To deal with the constitutional procedures with regards to plans by the political leadership to dissolve the National Assembly, a ministerial source said the intention is to announce the appointment of a new prime minister, who could be HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah or someone else, to form a new Cabinet within a...

Hashem Behbehani

Kuwaiti artist addresses social, other topics through webcomics

By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Artist Hashem Behbehani is turning to alternative methods such as webcomics as a medium to express his ideas about politics and spread awareness where news stories have failed. Behbehani, 32, who works in IT healthcare at Dasman Diabetes Institute, creates extraordinary drawings to tell the story of Kuwait and be the voice of Kuwait. Kuwait Times spoke to Behbehani to learn more about his comic art. Some excerpts.Kuwait...

Yousuf Awadh Al-Azmi

Do we deserve democracy?

By Yousuf Awadh Al-Azmi ask all to realize the magnitude of the national responsibility that lies on your shoulders in the positive participation in the election process and be keen on selecting the strong and honest." - HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah I listened to the extraordinary speech of HH the Crown Prince (May Allah protect him), which is considered unprecedented in its frankness and being to the point,...

KUWAIT: An archive photo showing landmarks of Kuwait City and its residential suburbs.

Kuwait govt's hold over lands spurs real estate price increases: Unionist

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: A recent study indicated that the average citizen in Kuwait needs around 16 years to repay the amount of financing granted to buy a house in Kuwait in monthly installments to the government, according to Marmore Mena Intelligence, part of Kuwait Financial Center Company (Markaz).The housing issue has become a deep and complicated one, especially with the presence of around 140,000 housing requests in Kuwait in 2021, which...

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