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KUWAIT: The UK Minister for Asia and the Middle East Amanda Milling. - KUNA
UK Minister hails Kuwait as strategic partner
KUWAIT: The visiting UK Minister for Asia and the Middle East Amanda Milling on Wednesday commended the State of Kuwait as an important strategic partner in the region. The UK Minister said in a press statement that her country is seeking to strengthen its relations with Kuwait, speaking highly of its key role in resolving both Gulf and Lebanese crises, in addition to its humanitarian and development part in Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan and several...
KUWAIT: The Digital Transformation Showcase organized by the US Embassy in Kuwait in action. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Digital Transformation Showcase organized by US embassy in Kuwait
KUWAIT: The US Embassy in Kuwait launched its pilot Digital Transformation Showcase on Tuesday at the Radisson Blu Hotel, where four American technology companies pitched their latest innovations and services virtually to different Kuwait-based firms. The in-person audience included representatives from telecoms, banking, government, and education, among other key players in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector."This pilot...
An undated handout photo obtained from Khartoum’s Marshall Nature Reserve for exotic birds, shows a visitor posing for pictures with some of the protected birds in the capital Khartoum.—AFP photos
Sudan sanctuary offers haven for exotic birds
Tucked away east of Sudan’s capital Khartoum, a sanctuary of lush green vegetation has been a haven for dozens of exotic birds from far and wide. “I have a passion for birds,” said Akram Yehia, owner of the Marshall Nature Reserve which covers 400 square meters (4,300 square feet). “I wanted to create an ideal environment that simulates their natural habitat.” Yehia, 45, set up the huge caged aviary in his house’s front yard four...
112-year-old Venezuelan farmer Vicente Pérez gestures at his home in San Jose de Bolivar, Tachira state, Venezuela, on January 24, 2022.—AFP
Venezuelan becomes oldest living man
A 112-year-old Venezuelan farmer has been officially recognized as the oldest living man following the death of a Spaniard who was the previous holder of the title, Guinness World Records said Tuesday. Juan Vicente Perez was confirmed as the oldest living man in February, Guinness said in a statement on its website. He "has exceptional health and memory. He remembers his childhood, marriage, the name of his siblings, children and grandchildren,"...
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'Top Gun' and Russian dissident fire up Cannes
Tom Cruise was set to jet into Cannes on Wednesday with "Top Gun: Maverick" as a Russian dissident in the main competition showcases an alternative side to the world's top film festival. Cruise, last at Cannes 30 years ago, is tipped to make a spectacular entrance accompanied by a French Air Force aerobatic display team dazzling with a fly-past over the red carpet.Critics have treated the sequel to his superstar-making 1986 blockbuster to giddy...
Iranian film director and member of the Jury of the Official Selection Asghar Farhadi blows kisses as he arrives on stage during the Opening Ceremony of the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France.—AFP
Iran Oscar winner rejects plagiarism claims at Cannes
Iran's two-time Oscar winner, director Asghar Farhadi, gave a lengthy rebuttal of claims that he plagiarized his 2021  movie "A Hero" on Tuesday in Cannes. The 50-year-old director is part of the jury for the world's top film festival, a year after "A Hero" won its second-place Grand Prix. It emerged last month that Farhadi faces trial in Iran after a former student accused him of stealing the idea for the film, which follows an Iranian convict...
MANAMA: Cars drive on a highway in the Seef district during a dust storm in Bahrain's capital Manama, on May 17, 2022. - AFP
Thousands hospitalized as sandstorms hit Middle East
RIYADH: Sandstorms across the Middle East have delayed flights, closed schools and hospitalized thousands-a phenomenon experts say could worsen as climate change warps regional weather patterns. Saudi Arabia on Tuesday became the latest country blanketed with dust that slowed traffic and made iconic towers in the capital difficult to see from more than a few hundred meters away.Electronic signs along Riyadh's highways warned drivers to reduce...
BEIRUT: Electoral delegates for Lebanon's Shiite groups Amal (left) and Hezbollah sit in front of a polling station during Lebanon's parliamentary elections in Beirut.- AFP
Hezbollah, allies lose majority as reformists surge
BEIRUT: Shiite group Hezbollah and its allies lost their majority in Lebanon's parliament, official results showed Tuesday, while independents achieved a surprise breakthrough. Full results announced by the interior ministry two days after the election revealed that no bloc will control the 128-seat assembly, a deadlock observers fear could usher in a tense period of political jostling.The polls, the first since Lebanon was ravaged by its worst...
TRIPOLI: This picture taken in Libya's capital Tripoli shows a view of vehicles destroyed during fighting between forces loyal to the Tripoli-based Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah and rival forces of the Tobruk-based government.- AFP
Gunfights in Tripoli; rivals vie for power
TRIPOLI: Libya's capital was rocked early Tuesday by gunfights between backers of two rival administrations, threatening another escalation in the war-torn North African country. Supporters of a government endorsed by Libya's parliament and by an eastern-based military strongman had tried to move into the western city of Tripoli by force. That sparked pre-dawn clashes with armed groups supporting interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah.Hours...
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Kuwait part of COVID study that finds lying on abdomen doesn't cut ventilators' need
KUWAIT: Kuwait participated in an international scientific research study which concluded that lying on the abdomen in intensive care units for COVID-19 patients - one of the components of the treatment protocol - is not positive for reducing the need for ventilators or minimizing death chances, the Ministry of Health announced.Head of the Department of Anesthesia and ICU at Al-Amiri Hospital Dr Abdulrahman Al-Fares said Tuesday that the study,...
KUWAIT: Director of the Health Promotion Department at the Ministry of Health Dr Abeer Al-Bahouh (right) attends a function held as part of an awareness campaign on chronic diseases. - KUNA
Official stresses importance of health campaigns
KUWAIT: Director of the Health Promotion Department at the Ministry of Health Dr Abeer Al-Bahouh stressed on Monday importance of awareness campaigns to address chronic diseases and their causes to face the illnesses that many people suffer from. This came in statement on sidelines of an educational course held by the Health Promotion Department as part of the expanded campaign to raise awareness of chronic diseases. Chronic diseases are a global...
KUWAIT: Minister of Interior Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah offers condolences to UAE Ambassador to Kuwait Dr Matar Al-Niyadi. - KUNA photos
Kuwait Interior Minister expresses deep sorrow on UAE president passing
KUWAIT: First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Tuesday offered his condolences to UAE Ambassador to Kuwait Dr Matar Al-Niyadi and the embassy staff on recent demise of the UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.The ministry information department, in a statement, said Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf, in a note at the UAE mission headquarters, expressed deep consolation and sorrow on 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