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Istanbul, other Turkish cities celebrate Ramadan
Turks welcome the holy month of Ramadan by decorating their mosques all over Turkey, as 89,000 mosques are lit up from sunset until dawn to celebrate Ramadan with lights called mahya, held in Sultanahmet area in Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey. The holy month is characterized by a boom in trade, therefore, the Turkish people buy their needs of goods, food and favorite Ramadan sweets, just as other families do in most Islamic...
Picture of dresses on crosses wins World Press Photo
A poignant image of girls' dresses draped on crosses near Kamloops in Canada, where the remains of some 215 children were found last year on Thursday won the 2022 World Press Photo of the Year award. Edmonton-based documentary photographer Amber Bracken shot the evocative picture which a judge said "is the kind... that sears itself into your memory and inspires a kind of sensory reaction." To the right, little girls' dresses in red and ochre hang...
Famed Japan manga artist Fujiko Fujio A dies
Famed Japanese manga artist Fujiko Fujio A, known for beloved children's cartoons including "Ninja Hattori" and "Little Ghost Q-Taro", has died aged 88, local media reported on Thursday. The artist, whose real name was Motoo Abiko, was found outside his home near Tokyo on Thursday, private broadcaster TBS and others said. Police declined to confirm the reports to AFP, but tributes to Abiko were tweeted by other artists and those in the publishing...
US and UK announce new sanctions against Russia
KYIV: The US and Britain announced new sanctions against Russia Wednesday after Ukraine said hundreds of civilians were found dead around its capital, as Kyiv warned residents in the east of the country to get out "now" ahead of a feared assault. The White House unveiled measures targeting Russia's top public and private banks and two daughters of President Vladimir Putin, while Britain sanctioned two banks-and vowed to eliminate all Russian oil...
Is this the end of zero-COVID strategy?
PARIS: Jenny Leung, who lost her job as a waitress last month due to Hong Kong's zero-Covid strategy, has one question: "What was it all for?" Her frustration was in response to Hong Kong indicating it could transition towards living with the virus, though the city's leaders have since said it will stick with zero-COVID. Leung, 29, called it a "half-hearted attempt" after more than two years of "a zero-COVID mindset that really hurt all of...
Why are there fears in Jerusalem during Ramadan?
JERUSALEM: After 11 lives were lost in a spate of attacks, some linked to the Islamic State group, Zionist entity placed its forces on high alert for Ramadan, which began last weekend. Why has the Jewish state stepped up security for the Muslim holy month of fasting?Why is Jerusalem important?Every evening during Ramadan, thousands of Muslims gather for prayers at Al-Aqsa mosque in east Jerusalem. Al-Aqsa-known by Jews as the Temple Mount-is...
TikTok is having a bad war: Experts
PARIS: The war in Ukraine has rapidly positioned TikTok as the number one source of misinformation thanks to its gigantic number of users and minimal filtering of content, experts say. Every day, Shayan Sardarizadeh, a journalist with the BBC's disinformation team, ploughs through a hallucinatory mix of fake and misleading information about the war being spewed out on the video-sharing site."TikTok is really not having a good war," he told AFP....
People explain why they prefer their areas of residence in Kuwait
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Kuwait's areas are spread across six governorates, but what distinguishes one place from another? As part of our occasional series exploring various areas of the country, Kuwait Times interviewed citizens and residents to learn more about the reason for their preference for the areas they choose to live in.Yousef Hashemi, a Kuwaiti who lives in Jaber Al-Ahmad, told Kuwait Times that his area, one of the largest areas in the...
Zain launched annual 'Ramadan Machla' initiative
KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, launched its annual charitable initiative to provide 'Ramadan Machla' (supplies). Zain's 'Machla' was delivered in collaboration with its strategic partners to underprivileged families in Kuwait to serve their needs during the holy month.Zain's 'Ramadan Machla' initiative has kicked-off before the arrival of the holy month, and it is considered one of the main pillars of the company's...
Hotline unresponsive as consumer complain of high Ramadan prices
By Nawara FattahovaKUWAIT: Although inspectors of the Ministry of Commerce go on regular inspections in various areas and locations, prices of some products have still increased. At a cooperative society, the price of both local and imported tomatoes has risen by around 30 percent in two days. When Kuwait Times asked the director of the supermarket about the reason for the price hike, he said that it's the supplier that increased the price and...
Smoking kills around 3,000 people in Kuwait every year
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Chairman of Kuwait Society for Preventing Smoking and Cancer (KSSCP) and Chairman of Cancer Aware Nation (CAN) Dr Khalid Al-Saleh said smoking contributes to the death of nearly 3,000 people every year in Kuwait. This represents 25 percent of annual mortalities of 209 per 100,000 people, equivalent to 12,380 death cases in 2020.During the opening of the "Gaining health and fighting smoking in Ramadan" program organized...
Kuwait Times, Kuwait News sign agreement with Kareem Media
KUWAIT: Kuwait Times and Kuwait News signed a cooperation agreement with Kareem Media, a media agency specializing in digital news to become the advertising agent for the two newspapers. Kuwait Times and Kuwait News were represented by Advertising Manager Taleb Kanjo, while Kareem Media was represented by Mohammad Suwaidan.
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