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A photograph shows a general view of the Gold State Coach, at the Royal Mews, in Buckingham Palace, in London, which will be used for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. - AFP

No Harry, Meghan or Andrew on Queen's jubilee balcony

Queen Elizabeth's son Prince Andrew, her grandson Harry and his wife Meghan will not join her on the Buckingham Palace balcony for this year's Trooping the Color, royal officials said on Friday. Instead, the 96-year-old monarch has decided to limit numbers to working royals only for the traditional set-piece appearance after the military parade for her official birthday celebrations."Only those members of the royal family who are currently...

Mayu Iizuka, a virtual YouTuber who voices and animates a character called Yume Kotobuki, hosting a livestream at a studio in Tokyo. - AFP

Japan's virtual YouTubers make millions from fans

Mayu Iizuka sheds her soft-spoken personality and starts cackling, screaming and waving wildly in a makeshift studio in Tokyo as her avatar appears on a livestream before hundreds of fans. Virtual YouTubers like Iizuka, who voices and animates a character called Yume Kotobuki, have transformed a niche Japanese subculture into a thriving industry where top accounts can rake in more than a million dollars a year.The videos are designed to make fans...

A picture shows a mural of German sociologist Max Weber, drawn by Iraqi painter Wijdan Al-Majed, on a concrete structure in the capital Baghdad. Iraqi artist Wijdan Al-Majed is transforming Baghdad’s concrete jungle into a color-filled city with murals depicting well-known figures from the war-scarred country and abroad. – AFP photos

Murals bring 'joy' to Baghdad concrete jungle

Iraqi artist Wijdan Al-Majed is transforming Baghdad's concrete jungle into a color-filled city with murals depicting well-known figures from the war-scarred country and abroad. Perched on a scaffold at a busy intersection, the 49-year-old artist and instructor at the Baghdad College of Fine Arts is adding final touches to a mural dedicated to celebrated Iraqi poet Muzzafar al-Nawab.Peasant women in traditional dress adorn the background of the...

Roman Kovalenko, 18, skates next to the damaged shop by a missile explosion in the morning as he always skates alone since all his friends have fled at Peace Square in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. – AFP photos

'King of streets': Last skateboarder on Ukraine front

The baby-faced teenager in baggy shorts raced his skateboard past the bombed burger joint and hit Peace Square just as air raid sirens rolled over the Ukrainian front. He crashed a few times doing flips on the vast and entirely deserted expanse at the heart of Ukraine's administrative centre for the eastern war zone. White vapour trails streaking across the evening sky bore testament to the multiple rocket launcher systems firing their salvos...

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Kuwait's Amir receives Eid Al-Fitr greetings letter from Crown Prince

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received a letter of congratulations on Eid Al-Fitr from His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Sunday. His Highness Sheikh Mishal wished His Highness the Amir a long healthy life and more development for Kuwait under his wise leadership. His Highness Sheikh Nawaf, in reply, sent a congratulatory letter to His Highness the Crown Prince for Eid...

KUWAIT: People shop at a clothing store to prepare for Eid al-Fitr in Kuwait City. - Xinhua

Kuwait welcomes Eid with joy after 2 years of curbs

KUWAIT: Citizens and residents in Kuwait were preparing on Sunday to welcome Eid Al-Fitr on Monday with palpable joy and enthusiasm as they appeared relieved of the painful coronavirus restrictions that were in force for the last two years in the country. This year, they can go to mosques for prayers and attend family gatherings and spend outings with relatives unhindered as in the past.The first day of Eid Al-Fitr begins on Monday in Kuwait...

BAGHDAD: A photograph taken on May 1, 2020 shows the 17 Ramadan mosque in the Iraqi capital Baghdad during a severe sand storm. - AFP

Iraq again hit by dust storms

BAGHDAD: Iraq on Sunday was yet again covered in a thick sheet of orange as it suffered the latest in a series of dust storms that have become increasingly common. Flights were grounded due to poor visibility at airports serving the capital Baghdad and the Shiite holy city of Najaf, with the phenomenon expected to continue into Monday, according to the weather service. "Flights have been interrupted at the airports of Baghdad and Najaf due to...

BEIRUT: Lebanese university students who fled Ukraine are now struggling to complete their education back home.

Lebanese students in limbo after fleeing Ukraine

BEIRUT: Lebanese university students who fled Ukraine are now struggling to complete their education back home, facing a precarious future as an unprecedented economic crisis crushes their country and their career prospects. "Even war is better than being here," said 25-year-old Yasser Harb, who left Kyiv just two days before Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24. The final-year medical student is now back in a country where electricity is...

ISTANBUL, Turkey: Turkish riot police officers arrest a protester during the annual May Day (Labor Day) demonstration marking the international day of the workers near Taksim square in Istanbul, on May 1, 2022. - AFP

Turkey detains dozens after May Day clashes

ISTANBUL: Turkish police on Sunday detained more than 160 protesters who were trying to hold a May Day rally in defiance of a ban imposed by the governor's office. AFP images showed riot police clashing with protesters near Istanbul's Taksim Square, pinning some of them forcefully to the ground before rounding them up in a police car.The Istanbul governor's office said 164 people were held after staging "an unauthorised rally" and refusing to...

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Eidiya brings special joy to children on Eid

By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Money gifted to children during Eid is a tradition that kids eagerly await. The eidiya is either placed in an envelope or given directly by parents and relatives. Seif Maraqa, 59, a father of two, said he usually starts his morning by giving his 10-year-old child KD 5 and his 16-year-old son KD 15. "Eidiya nowadays is different from back then. We used to line up and wait our turn to get eidiya. After Eid prayers, my father...

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Green Island ready to welcome visitors in Eid

By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Green Island is welcoming visitors after Ramadan during its regular working hours - from 9:00 am to 10:30 pm. During Eid Al-Fitr, special activities will take place at Green Island. A company has rented the place for the six days of Eid and entry will be free of charge during this period. After the holiday, the regular entrance fee will be charged.The Eid event will include an outdoor cinema and many different...

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Consumers urged to report commodity weight differences

By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The consumer protection department of the commerce ministry called on consumers to report any difference between the weight printed on the package and the actual weight of any commodity. Consumers should report the difference in weight to consumer protection offices present in all governorates. They can also send a video of the products being weighed to the emergency number of the consumer protection department -...

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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

Palestinian fighters claim Tel Aviv bombing, threaten more attacks

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

New deportation center opens

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The sun sets behind electricity pylons in this file photo. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Power restored to all areas of Kuwait after cuts