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JEJU: Aerial photo shows a tombstone of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's maternal great grandfather that translates as 'Ko Yong-ok. Born in 1876 and laid to rest in 1945 in Jeju', near other tombstones also bearing the Ko family name, relatives of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un through his mother, Ko Yong Hui, at a remote area on the resort island of Jeju. - AFP

Graveyard sheds light on Kim Jong Un's South Korean heritage

JEJU, South Korea: North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has threatened Seoul with fiery destruction, but as a remote graveyard on a resort island shows, he has closer links to the South than he might like to admit. At a cemetery in a hard-to-find corner of South Korea's Jeju island, there are 13 tombstones bearing the Ko family name-Kim's relatives through his mother, Ko Yong Hui.Jong Un is the third member of the Kim family to rule North Korea,...

CASABLANCA: Wydad's midfielder Yahya Jabrane (center) lifts the trophy as he celebrates with his teammates after winning the CAF Champions League Semi-Final between Egypt's Al-Ahly and Morocco's Wydad AC on May 30, 2022. - AFP

Wydad become African champions

CASABLANCA: Zouhair El Moutaraji was the two-goal star as Wydad Casablanca defeated Egyptian outfit Al Ahly 2-0 on Monday to win the CAF Champions League and complete a Moroccan club double in Africa this season. Renaissance Berkane won the second-tier CAF Confederation Cup on May 20 and will face Wydad for the CAF Super Cup.Wydad coach Walid Regragui promoted El Moutaraji from the bench for the title decider and it proved a masterstroke as he...

Chelsea's new owner Todd Boehly

Chelsea’s new owner Boehly eyes success after takeover

LONDON: Chelsea’s new owner Todd Boehly promised to build on the team’s “remarkable history of success” after the American completed his takeover of the Premier League club on Monday. Boehly’s consortium agreed a deal to buy Chelsea from Roman Abramovich for £4.25 billion ($5.3 billion) on May 7 and the sale has now been officially rubber-stamped.“We are honoured to become the new custodians of Chelsea Football Club. We’re all in,...

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Gulf Games: Kuwait grabs 87 medals

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwaiti fencer Abdulaziz Al-Shatti won the gold medal of the Epee style on Monday, to raise his country's tally of medals to 87 in the 3rd Gulf Games. These include 32 gold medals, 24 silver and 31 bronze. Bahrain took the second position with 59 medals, including 20 gold, 21 silver and 18 bronze. The UAE was third with 46 medals (18 gold, 16 silver and 12 bronze). Qatar came fourth with 49 medals (14 gold, 20 silver...

COLOMBO: Students from the faculty of medicine and sciences takes part in an anti-government demonstration demanding the resignation of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country's crippling economic crisis, in Colombo. – AFP

Bankrupt Sri Lanka hikes taxes

COLOMBO: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Tuesday announced steep, across-the-board tax hikes to shore up revenue as the country suffers its worst economic downturn and seeks an IMF bailout. The value-added tax (VAT) applied on almost all goods and services was raised from 8.0 percent to 12 percent with immediate effect, while corporate taxes were also increased from 24 to 30 percent.The personal income tax exemption threshold was lowered from 3.0...

The EU’s Eurostat data agency said that the increase in consumer prices in the 19 countries that use the euro reached 8.1 percent compared to the year before, up from 7.4 percent in April.

Eurozone inflation soars to new record over Ukraine war

BRUSSELS: Eurozone inflation accelerated to another record high in May, data showed Tuesday, as the war in Ukraine stoked energy and food prices and threatened to flatline the economy. The EU's Eurostat data agency said that the increase in consumer prices in the 19 countries that use the euro reached 8.1 percent compared to the year before, up from 7.4 percent in April.The uninterrupted rise in prices heaped pressure on the European Central Bank...

CARDIFF, UK: CEO of the British Starling bank Anne Boden poses for photographs at the bank's offices in Cardiff, Wales.-AFP

Starling bank's Anne Boden takes fintech out of London

LONDON: Gazing out from the new offices of online bank Starling, Anne Boden sees the familiar, modest surroundings of the Welsh capital Cardiff rather than the skyscrapers of London's City financial district. "We have great universities in Cardiff, and we have great talents here, we're using that talent to create something that's really special for the customers," say Boden. Boden is the head of Starling, which has just opened the Cardiff site,...

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Real Housewives TV franchise lands in Dubai

The Real Housewives reality television franchise is landing in Dubai, to mixed reactions among residents of the emirate long known as a playground for the rich. Six women, only one of whom is Emirati, star in Bravo TV's "The Real Housewives of Dubai", which premieres on Wednesday, amid criticism that the show does not reflect reality on the ground in the emirate.Much like the Real Housewives series filmed in Beverly Hills, Atlanta and New Jersey,...

Thespians act out a scene in a historic play that was banned for years and its authors, including the celebrated literary, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, imprisoned but after more than four decades, Kenya's most famous play is finally home at the Kenya Cultural Centre, Nairobi.—AFP photos

Kenya's most famous play comes home after 45-year wait

It was banned for years and its authors-including the celebrated Ngugi wa Thiong'o-imprisoned, but after more than four decades, Kenya's most famous play is finally home. As the lights dim and a hush settles over the Nairobi audience, the theatre explodes into song and actors dance down the aisle. It is a scene few could have imagined. Although "Ngaahika Ndeenda" ("I Will Marry When I Want") occupies a special place on the Kenyan stage, the...

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'Princess of the Wall of Death': Indonesian daredevil defies gravity and stereotypes

Karmila Purba revs her motorbike under the lights of an Indonesian night carnival and rides up horizontally inside a wooden cylinder called Satan's Barrel, drawing gasps from spectators looking down into the drum. With a smile on her face, Purba delights onlookers as she fearlessly pings around the bowl in Bogor, West Java, spreading her arms to collect tips waved by those above. The gravity-defying daredevil is among a handful of women that...

An aerial picture shows the inauguration of a skatepark, a first in Libya, in the capital Tripoli.—AFP photos

Boards against boredom: Libya rolls out first skatepark

Libyan Mohamed Abderraouf put a foot on his board and launched himself across Tripoli's first skatepark, a welcome break in the conflict-battered capital with few facilities for bored young people. "I can't describe the joy," said the 18-year-old, who bought his first skateboard in 2020 and had only been able to practice on street corners-until now. "I'm going to come a couple of times a week." The free, open-air facility opened over the weekend...

The National Assembly

Speaker calls for emergency session over pensioners' grant

By B IzzakKUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem said on Monday the Assembly office has decided to hold an emergency session on June 14 over the KD 3,000 grant to retired Kuwaitis. The speaker said he will coordinate with the caretaker government and send out invitations for the session. The government decided to pay each retired Kuwaiti a grant of KD 3,000 around two months ago, but could not convene the Assembly to approve the...

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GAZA: Friends and relatives mourn over the body of photojournalist Ibrahim Muhareb, who was killed as he was covering the advance of Zionist forces north of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip the previous day, at Al-Nasser Hospital on Aug 19, 2024. - AFP

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KUWAIT: Inmates line up at the new deportation center in Sulaibiya.

New deportation center opens