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MADRID: Real Madrid's players carry Real Madrid's Italian coach Carlo Ancelotti at the end of the Spanish League football match between Real Madrid and Espanyol at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium on April 30, 2022. - AFP

Real Madrid win 35th Liga title

MADRID: Real Madrid secured a 35th La Liga title on Saturday with a 4-0 home win over Espanyol as Carlo Ancelotti became the first coach to win all five major European leagues. Needing just one point from their last five games, Madrid struck twice through Rodrygo in the first half at the Santiago Bernabeu before goals from Marco Asensio and Karim Benzema completed the victory.Madrid lifted the trophy in front of nearly 80,000 inside the stadium,...

LEEDS: Leeds United's English midfielder Jack Harrison vies with Manchester City's Portuguese defender Joao Cancelo during their English Premier League match at Elland Road on April 30, 2022. – AFP

City keep Liverpool at arm's length, Norwich relegated

LONDON: Manchester City maintained a one-point Premier League lead over Liverpool with four games to go after seeing off Leeds 4-0 on Saturday as Norwich were relegated after a 2-0 loss at Aston Villa. Earlier, Liverpool had moved to the top of the table with a 1-0 win at Newcastle thanks to Naby Keita's first-half goal. Both the title contenders each made five changes with tricky away trips sandwiched between both legs of their Champions League...

This photo shows actors Sarah Mainwaring (left), Simon Laherty (center) and Scott Price (right) during rehearsals in Geelong where a group of actors with disabilities from Back to Back Theatre have gathered to rehearse for their first shows since winning the International Ibsen Award, often called the Nobel Prize for theatre. – AFP photos

Australian troupe of actors with disabilities set for European tour

In a quiet room in the southeast Australian town of Geelong, a group of actors with disabilities has gathered to rehearse for their first shows since winning a coveted award for the arts that is likened to a Nobel prize for theatre. Back to Back Theatre is the only Australian company ever to have won the 2.5 million Norwegian kroner (266,000 US dollar) International Ibsen Award, with the selection committee saying they had "created some of the...

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Palestinians celebrate Eid Al-Fitr

Palestinians have been preparing feasts for Al-Fitr despite difficulties caused by the Zionist occupation and siege of the enclave. Many Palestinians relish various sweets, candies, fermented fish (fesikh) and buy new clothes for their children on the happy occasion. - KUNA

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Angelina Jolie makes surprise Ukraine trip

Hollywood star Angelina Jolie on Saturday made a surprise appearance in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv where she met displaced people and was spotted in a cafe. Jolie is a UNHCR special envoy but it was not known if she was visiting the country in that capacity. "For all of us, this visit has been a surprise," said Lviv regional governor Maxim Kozytski on Telegram, posting photos and videos of the actress playing with children and posing with...

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Hundreds have a blast at Thailand amateur rocket festival

Homemade missiles fizzed, roared and sputtered across a field in central Thailand on Sunday as amateur rocketeers put their skills to the test in front of hundreds of revelers. The "Look Noo" festival originated among Thailand's Mon ethnic group as a way to honor deceased monks in the Buddhist kingdom-using a rocket as a spectacular way to ignite a cremation fire from afar. It gradually developed into a competition, with hundreds gathering every...

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Rare birth of Asiatic cheetah cubs in Iran

An Asiatic cheetah gave birth to three "healthy" cubs in Iran, the head of the environment department said Sunday, calling it a first in captivity for the endangered species. "Iran", one of only a dozen cheetahs found in the Islamic republic, delivered three "healthy" cubs by C-section, Ali Salajegheh told IRNA news agency. "This is the first birth of an Asiatic cheetah in captivity," he said."By preserving these cubs, we can increase the cheetah...

His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabahn

Amir sends Eid greetings to citizens and residents

KUWAIT: The Kuwait legitimate crescent sighting authority declared on Saturday that Sunday would be the last day of the fasting month of Ramadan. This was declared by the head of the Supreme Judicial Council and head of the legitimate crescent sighting authority, Justice Ahmad Al-Ajeel, after a meeting of the authority.Al-Ajeel congratulated HH the Amir, HH the Crown Prince, HH the Prime Minister, citizens, residents of the country, Arab and...

JEDDAH: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan (left) hugs Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman during a meeting in Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coastal city of Jeddah. - AFP

Saudi, Turkey reset relations

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia's crown prince and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have vowed to reset relations, to end a conflict between the two regional heavyweights since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Erdogan-in his first visit since the 2018 killing of Khashoggi in the kingdom's Istanbul consulate, which drove a wedge between the two countries-met with the kingdom's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, to "develop"...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER: In this image released by NASA, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.- AFP

UAE to send astronaut on ISS mission

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates announced Friday it will send an astronaut on a six-month mission to space, as it seeks to become a major player in the industry. The wealthy Gulf country signed "a new agreement to send the first Arab astronaut on a long 180-day mission to the International Space Station", tweeted UAE's vice president, Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum. "Proud of the UAE's youth," he added.According to the UAE's...

KUWAIT: This picture taken on April 30, 2022 from Kuwait City shows a view of the sun and three sunspot regions, (from bottom to top) 3001, 2999 and 2995. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

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KUWAIT: This file photo shows food trucks parked on the seaside near Kuwait Towers. ¨C Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh

Food truck owners complain of bad govt procedures, space shortage

By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: The food trucks parked on the seaside near Green Island are facing a plethora of problems. Not only are customers significantly fewer during the holy month Ramadan, but they also face many obstacles. Abdullah Al-Saadoun, owner of a food truck which serves different kinds of beverages, complained he had to unfairly pay fines. "To park my food truck here, I must pay rent to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry...

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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.

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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