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Kuwait's first sustainable fashion conference launches May 31

In partnership with Gulf Bank, 3oud.com is launching OUD Fashion Talks, the first sustainable fashion conference in Kuwait. The conference is set to take place from May 31 to June 1 at the Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Center and will highlight the work of a group of international and Kuwaiti designers, as well as a large number of fashion investors, interested parties and specialized journalists. The conference will be held under the...

Maria Nissan, an environmental activist and artist, creates an installation from plastic waste collected from the streets, in the Jordanian capital Amman.-AFP photos

Jordan's plastic trash turned into art with a message

Jordan-based artist Maria Nissan is on a mission: to rid the world of single-use plastics and to raise public awareness about the environmental scourge through eye-catching art. One of her best-known murals graces the side of a building in the capital Amman, a giant work made from more than 2,000 plastic bottles, almost 1,000 shopping bags and over 150 hookah pipe hoses. A US citizen of Iraqi origin, Nissan said she became enchanted with Amman...

Swedish film director Ruben Ostlund (fourth right) poses on stage with his trophy, surrounded by fellow winners (from left) British director and screenwriter Gina Gammell, Chinese director Jianying Chen, South Korean director Park Chan-Wook, Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski, Swedish director Tarik Saleh, South Korean actor Song Kang-Ho, French actor and President of the Jury of the 75th Cannes Film Festival Vincent Lindon, Iranian actress Zar Amir-Ebrahimi and French film director Claire Denis at the end of the Closing Ceremony of the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France.—AFP photos

Brutal class satire 'Triangle of Sadness' wins Cannes Palme d'Or

A viciously sharp satire about class conflict, with an already-infamous vomiting and pooping scene, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, the second time Swedish director Ruben Ostlund has won the prize. "Triangle of Sadness" puts Ostlund among a select group of two-time winners of the top prize at Cannes. He first scooped the Palme in 2017 for "The Square".Now firmly established as cinema's king of cringe, Ostlund, 48,...

The National Assembly

15-year iqama for investors; 10 years for property owners

By B IzzakKUWAIT: The National Assembly’s interior and defense committee yesterday approved sweeping amendments to the foreigners’ residency law, under which investors would for the first time get residency for 15 years, while owners of real estate and children of Kuwaiti women will get iqamas valid for 10 years. Rapporteur of the panel MP Saadoun Hammad said the committee discussed the government-sponsored amendments and approved them, and...

TEHRAN: Iranian women lift portraits of Revolutionary Guards colonel Sayyad Khodai during his funeral procession at Imam Hussein Square on May 24, 2022. – AFP

One dead in Iran defense research unit 'accident'

TEHRAN: Iran said Thursday an engineer was killed in an "accident" at a defense research unit in an area near Tehran that hosts a military complex previously scrutinized by the UN nuclear watchdog. The Wednesday evening incident came days after a colonel in the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological arm of Iran's military, was shot dead near his home in east Tehran.Iran's arch foe the Zionist entity told the United States it was behind the...

Two Polish Mi-24 helicopter gunships fly overhead as troops from Poland, USA, France and Sweden take part in the DEFENDER-Europe 22 military exercise, in Nowogrod, Poland on May 19, 2022. (Photo by Wojtek RADWANSKI / AFP)

Is Ukraine the attack helicopter's grave?

PARIS: Is the war in Ukraine sounding the death knell for attack helicopters? The large number destroyed has sparked a debate among experts over whether the aircraft are under-performing or being used poorly by Russian forces. Saturated with anti-aircraft defenses, both long-range systems and short-range missiles that can be carried and launched by a soldier (Manpads), the skies above Ukraine are deadly for helicopters.The numerous videos on...

DOHA: Akbar Al-Baker (third left), Qatar's Tourism Minister and CEO of Qatar Airways, gives a press conference regarding preparations for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup on May 26, 2022. - AFP

Qatar braces for 200K daily World Cup passengers

DOHA: Qatar expects up to 200,000 air passengers a day during the World Cup, authorities said Thursday, with airlines across the Gulf organizing scores of shuttle flights to bring fans in. In a major operation to cope with the four-week long football tournament, Akbar Al-Baker, tourism minister and the Qatar Airways chief executive, said some routes to countries not involved in the 32-nation tournament would be halted and others reduced.Baker...

WHITE SANDS, New Mexico: Boeing and NASA teams work around Boeing's CST-100 Starliner spacecraft after it landed at White Sands Missile Range's Space Harbor on May 25, 2022. - AFP

Boeing Starliner completes key mission to ISS

WASHINGTON: Boeing's Starliner capsule returned to Earth Wednesday in the final step of a key uncrewed test flight to prove itself worthy of providing rides for NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. The gumdrop-shaped spaceship landed in a puff of sand at 4:49 pm local time (2249 GMT) in the New Mexico desert, wrapping up a six-day mission crucial to restoring Boeing's reputation after past failures."Just a beautiful touchdown in...

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Crown Prince sends greetings to Amir

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received a cable from his brother His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah in which he greeted him on returning back to the country safely after private leave.His Highness the Crown Prince praised God Almighty for His Highness the Amir's safe return, and wished him good health and the country of Kuwait further security and stability....

KAC CEO Ma'n Razouqi presenting a memorial shield to Akbar Al-Baker Qatar, Airways Group Chief Executive.

Kuwait Airways partners Qatar Airways to fly WCup fans

KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways, the national flag carrier, signed a deal with its Qatari peer on Thursday to fly the football fans to and from Qatar during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Under the deal, KAC will operate 20 flights a day as from November 21, including 10 departures from Kuwait and 10 arrivals, KAC's Board Chairman Ali Al-Dakhan said in a press release."Those daily direct flights to and from the State of Qatar will be run around the clock...

Military officials from the GCC states, Jordan, Iraq, and Britain.

Kuwait military partakes in 'Dragon Group' meeting

KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti military took part in the annual Dragon Group meeting in the United Kingdom alongside top military brass from the GCC states, Jordan, Iraq, and Britain. A statement from the Kuwaiti Defense Ministry indicated Thursday that Kuwait's Army Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Fahad Al-Turiji and the accompanying delegation represented Kuwait at the meeting.During the event, the involved parties discuss ways to enhance military and...

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White Palace hosts high-ranking South Korean delegation

KUWAIT: Sheikh Mubarak Abdullah Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah hosted at the White Palace a high-level South Korean business delegation, headed by South Korean Ambassador to Kuwait Chung Byung-ha. The visiting delegation represented various sectors in South Korea. Sheikh Mubarak welcomed the delegation saying "Kuwait and South Korea have deep rooted relations, and there are certainly growing opportunities on means of boosting the bilateral trade, commercial...

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

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