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This handout picture shows the world's oldest person, Japanese woman Kane Tanaka who was born on January 2, 1903, and died at the age of 119 on April 19, 2022.—AFP photos

World's oldest person dies in Japan at 119

A Japanese woman certified the world's oldest person has died at the age of 119, local officials said Monday. Kane Tanaka was born January 2, 1903, in the southwestern Fukuoka region of Japan, the same year the Wright brothers flew for the first time and Marie Curie became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Tanaka was in relatively good health until recently and lived at a nursing home, where she enjoyed board games, solving maths problems,...

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Tiny Bronte book heads home to Yorkshire after New York sale

A miniature book of poems written by a 13-year-old Charlotte Bronte will return to her windswept Yorkshire home after it was bought for $1.25 million by a British consortium, the buyers said Monday. Smaller than a playing card, the 15-page manuscript dated 1829 is a collection of 10 unpublished poems that was unveiled in New York last week after more than a century hidden away.Titled "A Book of Ryhmes (sic) by Charlotte Bronte, Sold by Nobody,...

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Amir calls on citizens, residents to unite, cooperate to face challenges

KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah urged the people of Kuwait to unite and cooperate to face any challenges. This came during HH the Amir's speech on the occasion of the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramadan, which was delivered by HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah."Our unity is the most powerful weapon to preserve our dear homeland. National unity is a fence that protects Kuwait and the...

TRIPOLI: People gather at the entrance of the morgue of a hospital in Tripoli, as others carry the corpse of one of the people who died when their boat capsized a day earlier off the coast of the northern Lebanese city. – AFP

Migrant ship capsizes off Lebanon

TRIPOLI: At least six people died, including a little girl, and almost 50 others were rescued after an overloaded migrant boat capsized off north Lebanon during a chase by naval forces, Lebanese officials said. The boat carrying nearly 60 people capsized on Saturday night near the port city of Tripoli, the departure point for a growing number of people attempting a potentially lethal sea escape. The deadly accident, weeks ahead of parliamentary...

SANAA: Passengers, travelling onboard a United Nation airplane, arrive at the Sanaa International Airport on April 24, 2022, after the first commercial flight out of Yemen’s rebel-held capital in six years was indefinitely postponed, after failing to obtain permits from the Saudi-led coalition. - AFP

First flight out of Yemen since 2016 postponed

SANAA: The first commercial flight out of Yemen's rebel-held capital in six years was indefinitely postponed Sunday, after failing to obtain permits from the Saudi-led coalition, the national carrier said. Yemen's government blamed the Iran-backed Houthi rebels for the postponement, claiming they had tried to "smuggle" members of Tehran's Revolutionary Guards and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah onto the flight.Authorities in Sanaa, though,...

KUWAIT: Regional Director of PADI Captain Firas Jindi hands the award to KSC's Swimming and Diving Center Captain Meshari Al-Khabaaz.

Kuwait Science Club's divers receive PADI GoPro Award

By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: As one of the leading and certified diving centers in the world, the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI) awarded the swimming and diving center at the Kuwait Science Club (KSC) with the PADI GoPro Award for its role in improving the diving industry inside and outside Kuwait.The award was part of the Regional Director of PADI Captain Firas Jindi's visit to GCC countries, where the new updates to PADI's...

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Kuwaiti doctor treats aortic aneurysm without detrimental dye

KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti doctor has succeeded in conducting the first operation to treat an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) through catheterization using internal ultrasound instead of intravenous dye that may cause complications for some patients. Dr Abdullah Fawaz, a vascular and general surgeon at Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, said on Sunday that the 80-year-old patient had suffered from aortic aneurysm and abdominal bleeding. An illustration of aortic...

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EPA hosts recycling contest on Earth Day

KUWAIT: The Environment Public Authority (EPA) hosted a competition to collect plastic for recycling on Earth Day. The first-place winner won a KD 500 grand prize after collecting 350 kilograms of plastic. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Dust storm blankets Kuwait's landmarks

KUWAIT: A blanket of dust covers Kuwait City as weather instability continued Sunday. The Ministry of Interior had cautioned against a prevailing unsteady weather marked with a wave of dust that lowered visibility.The Kuwait Meteorological Department had released a weather warning of scattered rain that might be thundery at times associated with fresh wind that might exceed 50 km/h causing drop in horizontal visibility due to dust over some areas...

KUWAIT: Zain's team during the event.

Zain shares joys of girgian with children, families

KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, shared the joys of girgian with children and their families as part of its social campaign during the holy month of Ramadan. The company celebrated the beautiful Kuwaiti tradition at Murouj and Shaheed Park.Zain's contributions came under its Ramadan social campaign, through which the company aims at sharing the joys and blessings of the holy month with all segments of the society,...

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KFH participates in iftar initiative in Jordan

KUWAIT: As part of its Ramadan campaign "Increase good deeds in Ramadan", Kuwait Red Crescent Society has held, with the support and finance from Kuwait Finance House (KFH), the Iftar initiative in the Jordanian capital Amman. Iftar included 1000 families. Eid clothes were distributed in the form of purchase coupons. Entertainment and educational events were organized for children and gifts were presented to them.This initiative comes as part of...

Displaced Yemenis receive food aid donated by a Kuwaiti charitable organisation, on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Marib,on April 23, 2022. (Photo by - / AFP)

Kuwait extends aid to displaced people in Yemen

MARIB: Displaced Yemenis receive food aid donated by a Kuwaiti charitable organization, on the outskirts of the northeastern city of Marib, on April 23, 2022. - AFP photos

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This photograph taken in 1967 shows French actor Alain Delon accompanied by his wife Nathalie Delon. --AFP photos

Alain Delon: Women he loved and left

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Schools reopening amid extreme heat sparks concerns

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

Kuwait swelters amid power cuts

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KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah receives India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Aug 18, 2024. — KUNA

India looks to upgrade bilateral ties with Kuwait: Dr Jaishankar

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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