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AR-RAYYAN, Qatar: Australia's forward Mathew Leckie and UAE's defender Khalifa Al-Hammadi vie for the ball during the FIFA World Cup 2022 playoff qualifier at Ahmad bin Ali stadium on June 7, 2022. - AFP
Australia coach wants more from team after World Cup playoff win
AL-RAYYAN, Qatar: Australia coach Graham Arnold warned his team they must improve to beat Peru and make it to a fifth straight World Cup after Ajdin Hrustic fired a late winner in a nerve-wracking 2-1 play-off victory over United Arab Emirates in Doha. The Eintracht Frankfurt midfielder's deflected volley in the 84th minute decided the feverish Asian playoff on Tuesday in the Ahmad bin Ali Stadium that will host seven games in the World Cup...
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Teams set to play handball cup semis
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: The 38th Gulf Handball Cup tournament will enter its decisive stage on Thursday with two semifinal matches. Kuwait Club, which lead group one, will play Saudi Arabia's Mudar, which is in second place in group two at 5:00 pm. At 7:00 pm, Bahrain's Najma will play Qatar's Al-Ahli. Kuwait Club on Tuesday defeated Al-Ahli 28-19 to collect 6 points and go on top of the standings. Al-Ahli is second with 4 points, UAE's...
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Futsal tourney sees final prelim rounds
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: The preliminary rounds of the fourth West Asia futsal tournament will conclude on Thursday. UAE play Bahrain at 4:00 pm, then Lebanon will play Oman at 7:30 pm in the third and final round in the second group. Oman and Lebanon are co-leaders of the group with 4 points each, followed by Bahrain in third with 2 points and pointless UAE in fourth and out of competition.Winning is a must for Oman, Lebanon and Bahrain,...
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Tennis tourney for seniors a success
KUWAIT: The Arab senior tennis tournament held in Amman concluded Tuesday under the patronage and presence of President of Arab and Kuwait Tennis Federations Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah. The tournament was organized by Jordan's tennis club in cooperation with Jordan's tennis federation at the Dunes Club in Amman.The final match and closing ceremony was attended by Secretary General of the Arab Tennis Federation Waleed Sami,...
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Winning shooters return to Kuwait
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: President of Kuwait and Arab Shooting Federations Duaij Khalaf Al-Otaibi along with Kuwait Shooting Club officials received the shooting delegation that arrived from Azerbaijan. Abdelrahman Al-Faiham, Talal Al-Rashidi and Nasser Al-Miqlid won the team trap gold medal. Talal Al-Rashidi also won the singles silver. Shooters Abdullah Al-Rashidi, Mansour Al-Rashidi and Abdelaziz Al-Saad won the bronze medal of the skeet...
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Kuwait Arts Association hosts 'Play Colorful Melodies' exhibition
By Nawara FattahovaOn the 55th anniversary of its foundation, the Kuwait Arts Association is hosting an exhibition by Kuwaiti artists titled 'Play Colorful Melodies' at its headquarters in Hawally. The weeklong exhibition opens daily for the public from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The 44 artworks displayed at the exhibition are the result of a workshop that was held recently. Twenty-three female Kuwaiti artists are presenting contemporary artworks. "All...
PARIS: OECD Chief Economist Laurence Boone speaks during a press conference to present the OECD Economic outlook at the OECD headquarters in Paris on June 8, 2022. - ADF
OECD sees lower world growth due to Ukraine war's 'hefty price'
PARIS: The OECD warned Wednesday that the world economy will pay a "hefty price" for Russia's invasion of Ukraine as it slashed its 2022 growth forecast and projected higher inflation. The Paris-based organization, which represents 38 mostly developed countries, is the latest institution to predict lower GDP growth due to the conflict, which has sent food and energy prices soaring.In its latest economic outlook, the Organization for Economic...
MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Shaktikanta Das (right) addresses a press conference in Mumbai on June 8, 2022. - AFP
India hikes interest rates 50 basis points to fight inflation
MUMBAI: India's central bank on Wednesday hiked rates for a second time in as many months, as Asia's third-largest economy reels from galloping inflation in the wake of the Ukraine war. The Reserve Bank of India raised its key repo rate by 50 basis points to 4.90 percent, a month after kicking off an aggressive monetary tightening cycle with a surprise 0.4 percentage point lift in May."The war in Europe is lingering and we are facing newer...
JAKARTA: Employees fry sliced tempe, a traditional Indonesian food made from fermented soybeans, at a home industry that produces chips in Jakarta.-AFP
Out of frying pan: Indonesians pay price of cooking oil crisis
JAKARTA: About three weeks after Russian troops invaded Ukraine, Indonesian housewife Liesye Setiana was forced to close her banana chip business as cooking oil supplies dried up across the country. Millions of consumers and small business owners in the world's fourth most populous nation have been rattled for months by skyrocketing cooking oil prices. As the war between the two major grain and sunflower seed producers sent jitters through...
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MeToo film movement shifts from rhetoric to action
As the MeToo movement evolves, the film industry is seeking practical ways to ensure its opposition to harassment and abuse is translated into tangible improvements. Campaign group Time's Up UK is the latest to offer a concrete initiative, announcing plans for a panel of experts to hear complaints, similar to standards authorities for doctors, teachers and other professionals. Currently, staff on movie productions often fear "that if they make a...
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Beloved Japanese manga ‘One Piece’ heads into final chapter
After 25 years and 490 million copies sold worldwide, the beloved Japanese manga “One Piece” is entering its final chapter, according to its creator Eiichiro Oda. The manga, which follows the adventures of the swashbuckling pirate Monkey D Luffy, has captivated millions of fans worldwide as its characters hunt for One Piece, the treasure coveted by all pirates. In a tweet on Tuesday, Oda announced he would be taking a month off from his usual...
Sergei Besov, the 45-year-old artist and the Partisan Press poster workshop founder, wearing a black T-shirt with a slogan reading “Fear is no reason not to act” makes a poster using an old manually-operated printing press in his workshop in Moscow.—AFP photos 
Against Type: Russian print artist makes posters for peace
Before the launch of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, printer Sergei Besov was part of a burgeoning art scene based out of a converted factory in northern Moscow. Using an old printing press with hefty wooden Cyrillic type and vintage red ink, Besov created nostalgia-tinged posters with updated Soviet-style slogans. More than three months after Russian forces moved into Ukraine in late February, Besov is still working, but these days his...
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