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A message to every mother and father
By Dr Khalid Al-Saleh United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) published statistics about reading in the world, including that Americans read around 11 books a year. But for us Arabs, every 20 of us read one book a year, that means that every American reads what 220 Arabs read. This information and much more has been coming to us since decades, and was dealt with by many educated Arabs since the start of the...
KUWAIT: The Failaka archeological sites. - KUNA
NCCAL denies allegations of looting in Failaka
KUWAIT: National Council for Culture Arts and Literature (NCCAL) General Secretary Dr Essa Al-Ansari affirmed Monday that the council is observing its duty in protecting the archeological sites of Kuwait, denying allegations of sites in Failaka being tampered with. This came in press statement in response to social media claims about foreign visitors looting sites on Failaka Island.Ansari explained that the sites are surrounded by a fence,...
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35 million people suffer from drug use disorders: Dr Saleh
KUWAIT: The General Secretariat of the Arab Federation for the Prevention of Drug Dr Khalid Al-Saleh said Monday that 35 million addicts around the world suffer from drugs use disorders. This came during a workshop organized by the General Secretariat, entitled "Obstacles and solutions for field studies of drugs in the State of Kuwait", attended by a number of experts and specialists from Kuwait. In a press statement, Dr Saleh, who chaired the...
BAKHMUT, Ukraine: A local resident walks outside her building, partialy destroyed as a result of a night airstrike, in the town of Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, on June 13, 2022, amid Russia's military invasion launched on Ukraine. - AFP
Ukraine forces pushed back from key city
KRAMATORSK, Ukraine: Ukraine said Monday its forces had been pushed back from the centre of key industrial city Severodonetsk, where President Volodymyr Zelensky described a fight for "literally every metre". The cities of Severodonetsk and Lysychansk, which are separated by a river, have been targeted for weeks as the last areas still under Ukrainian control in the eastern Lugansk region.Regional governor Sergiy Gaiday said Monday Russian forces...
MOSCOW: File photo, shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) talking to former Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov at his office in Moscow's Kremlin. - AFP
Ex-PM says Putin 'out of it', Ukraine war could last two years
PARIS: He was Vladimir Putin's first prime minister but Mikhail Kasyanov never in his worst nightmares imagined that his former boss would unleash a full-scale war on Ukraine. Speaking to AFP in a video interview, Kasyanov, Russia's prime minister from 2000 to 2004, said he expected the war could last up to two years but he was convinced Russia could return to a democratic path. The 64-year-old, who championed close ties with the West as prime...
BANGKOK, Thailand: File photo taken on May 12, 2022, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the youngest daughter of former Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, attends a Pheu Thai Party (PTP) campaign event in Bangkok. - AFP
Thaksin's daughter takes Shinawatra brand to new Thailand generation
BANGKOK: She has half a million followers on Instagram, leads a glamorous lifestyle and describes herself as the "little girl" of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra-one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern Thai history. The 35-year-old Paetongtarn Shinawatra, youngest of billionaire tycoon Thaksin's three children, is now launching herself into the country's deeply divided political scene ahead of a national election due by...
DOHA: FIFA president Gianni Infantino (center), FIFA referees committee chairman Pierluigi Collina (left), and Irish Foootball Association CEO Patrick Nelson attend the 137th International Football Association Board (IFAB) meeting in the Qatari capital Doha on June 13, 2022. - AFP
FIFA approves 5 substitutes
DOHA: Football's rules body on Monday said that five substitutes would be permanently introduced for all top games and that a 3D offside detector is closer to being introduced for this year's World Cup. FIFA president Gianni Infantino said the substitute change, which was started in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, followed "strong support from the entire football community".He said after the annual meeting of the International Football...
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Kuwait National Disabled Athletics team shines
By Abdelllatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait National Disabled Athletics team returned home Sunday after participating in France International Championship - one of the Disabled Athletics Grand Prix events - with seven various medals. Runner Faisal Al-Rajihi won three gold and one silver medals, while his teammate Faisal Surour won the silver medal in shot put event. Abdallah Al-Enezi won silver and bronze medals in wheelchairs running.Chairman of the...
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Gulf Handball Cup: Najma beat Mudhar
By Abdelllatif SharaaKUWAIT: The 38th Gulf Handball Cup Winners Championship ended on Sunday with Bahrain's Najma team beating Saudi Arabia's Mudhar 39-24 in the final match. Director General of Public Authority for Sport Dr Humoud Fulaiteh, Deputy Chairman of the International Handball Association, Treasurer of Asian Association Bader Al-Thiyab, Kuwait Club Chairman Khalid Al-Ghanim, and heads of participating delegations were present at the...
PARIS: Poland’s Iga Swiatek poses with the Suzanne-Lenglen trophy during a photocall at the Pont de Bir-Hakeim in Paris after winning the 2022 Roland-Garros Open tennis tournament. – AFP
Djokovic slips to third as Medvedev tops rankings
PARIS: Daniil Medvedev returned to the top of the ATP rankings on Monday, ahead of Alexander Zverev, with Novak Djokovic slipping out of the top two for the first time in nearly four years. The 26-year-old Russian, who was surprisingly beaten by Tim van Rijthoven in the final at 's-Hertogenbosch on Sunday, briefly occupied the number one spot for two weeks at the end of February and the beginning of March. But with Djokovic losing in the...
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Diwan releases statement on World Day Against Child Labor
KUWAIT: Dr Siham Al-Furaih, Vice President of the National Diwan for Human Rights and Chairman of the Permanent Committee for Child Rights, stated on the World Day Against Child Labor, that it is a phenomenon many societies suffer from. What proves this is that the relevant international organizations indicated that there are 218 million working children and many of them work full time. It is a global fact that varies in strength from one society...
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Tectonic plate movements behind Kuwait tremor: KOC
KUWAIT: State-owned Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) on Monday cited the movement of tectonic plates as the trigger of a magnitude 5 earthquake that struck the country earlier this month, ruling out that the tremor was man-made. Hydraulic fracturing to produce oil and gas has often been mentioned as a possible cause of the quake, said a KOC statement, underling that such a production method is seldom linked to seismic activity.Citing a preliminary...
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