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India’s Modi visits UAE after Prophet Mohammed row
DUBAI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, just weeks after a top official’s remarks about the Prophet Mohammed set off anger in the Gulf. Modi shared an embrace with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who met the Indian leader at Abu Dhabi airport, according to a tweet by India’s foreign ministry spokesperson. “I am touched by the special gesture of my brother, His Highness Sheikh...
A zookeeper holds a four-month-old juvenile Komodo dragon, hatched in captivity as part of a breeding program for the endangered lizard, at the Surabaya Zoo in Surabaya, East Java province. — AFP photos
Indonesian zoo breeds dozens of endangered baby Komodo dragons
An Indonesian zoo has welcomed dozens of new baby Komodo dragons hatched in captivity in recent months as part of a breeding program, its director said Tuesday, offering hope for efforts to conserve the endangered species. The world’s largest living lizards are found only in Indonesia’s World Heritage-listed Komodo National Park and neighboring Flores, and just 3,458 adult and baby species are left in the wild according to estimates.The...
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Alec Baldwin to interview Woody Allen on Instagram live
Actor Alec Baldwin announced Monday he will chat live on Instagram with disgraced comedian and movie director Woody Allen. "I have ZERO INTEREST in anyone's judgments and sanctimonious posts here," said Baldwin, himself at the center of a scandal after a cinematographer was shot dead last year on a film set by a gun Baldwin was holding.The announcement of the interview, set for Tuesday, came just days after the release of "Zero Gravity," the...
In this file photo US Secretary of State John Kerry congratulates US artist Sam Gilliam during an Art in Embassies Medal of Arts Award event at the US Department of State in Washington, DC.—AFP photos
Sam Gilliam, US abstract artist, dies at 88
US abstract painter Sam Gilliam, who was the first Black artist to represent his country at the Venice Biennale fifty years ago, has died at the age of 88, his gallery said Monday. "Sam Gilliam was one of the giants of Modernism," said Arne Glimcher, the founder of the Pace Gallery in New York.He said Gilliam, who lived most of his life in Washington "was able to convey the shared torments and triumphs of life through the universal language of...
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First ever 'Africa Fashion' exhibition opens in London
Britain's most extensive exhibition of African fashion is set to open in London, showcasing designers past and present, as well as the continent's diverse heritage and cultures. "Africa Fashion", at the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum from Saturday, is also the country's first exhibition dedicated to the medium.Project curator Elisabeth Murray said the show will provide a "glimpse into the glamour and politics of the fashion scene". "We wanted...
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Kuwait govt seeks 'permanent' program unaffected by reshuffles
KUWAIT: A specialized government team has prepared a new permanent approach for the new government following the National Assembly elections, expected to take place before the end of the year, following an announcement by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah that the current Assembly will be constitutionally dissolved in the coming months, in the speech that was delivered by HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad...
RIYADH: Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf meets with the UN special envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg. - KUNA
GCC supports UN efforts to restore peace in Yemen
RIYADH: Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Dr Nayef Al-Hajraf affirmed on Monday Gulf States support to United Nations' efforts aiming to boost peace safety and security in Yemen. The secretariat added in statement this came during Dr Hajraf's meeting with the UN special envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg, at the GCC headquarters in Riyadh.The meeting handled discussion of the treaty announced by special envoy, and outcome of...
Dr. Khalid Al-Saleh
Wheel of time is the strongest
By Dr Khalid Al-Saleh journey between strength and weakness is similar to the human being's life cycle. It starts by relying on others, then comes the strength stage, followed by weakness, then life is over, to be reborn somewhere else. Nations have a similar cycle too. Nations that are strong today were weak in a previous era, while nations that were strong in the past are suffering from weakness and backwardness today. This is the life...
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Panel approves budget surplus as oil price soars
By B IzzakKUWAIT: The National Assembly's budgets committee approved on Monday the 2022/2023 fiscal budget, projecting a surplus for the first time in many years on the back of a sharp rise in oil prices, head of the panel said. MP Adnan Abdulsamad said revenues are estimated at KD 23.4 billion, a jump of 114 percent over the last fiscal year's estimates. Oil income is projected to make up 91 percent of all revenues, while non-oil income is...
LISBON: (From left) UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Portugal's President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa and Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama take part in the UN Ocean Conference at Altice Arena on June 27, 2022. - AFP
UN chief warns oceans in state of 'emergency'
LISBON: A long-delayed conference on how to restore the faltering health of global oceans kicked off in Lisbon on Monday, with the head of the UN saying the world's seas are in crisis. "Today we face what I would call an ocean emergency," UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told thousands of policymakers, experts and advocates at the opening plenary, describing how seas have been hammered by climate change and pollution.Humanity depends on...
QIROKARZIN, Iran: Iranian women weave the largest kilim in the world in the southern Fars province on June 25, 2022. - AFP
Iran weavers make world's largest kilim
TEHRAN: Iran announced Monday that weavers in the southern province of Fars had produced the world's largest kilim rug, measuring an enormous 105 sq m. The 7x15-metre kilim was the handiwork of seven expert weavers and three assistants in the town of Qirokarzin, said Mohammad-Jafar Ebrahimi, the local cultural heritage chief, as quoted on state television.He said it was commissioned by the energy-rich Gulf state of Qatar. Kilims, which are flat...
MANILA: This file photo taken on Oct 3, 2017 shows policemen looking at Nanette Castillo as she grieves beside the dead body of her son Aldrin on the street. - AFP
Fear, defiance for families of drug war dead
MANILA: Six years after four policemen burst into her Manila slum shack and shot dead her husband and teenage son, Mary Ann Bonifacio fears for her own life as she fights for justice. Bonifacio is pursuing the men in court in the hope of proving they unlawfully killed her loved ones - a rare example of officers tasked with carrying out Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war facing trial.Official data show more than 6,200 people have died...
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Kuwait importers worry over new customs regulations, extra costs
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Kuwait advances fiscal reforms
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Kuwait FM receives Chinese delegation
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GCC’s justice ministries discuss judicial matters, discrimination, crimes