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Ramadan lifestyle back to normal in Malaysia after easing COVID-19 restrictions
Ramadan life is back to normal in Malaysia, as the country announced re-opening its borders for visitors on 1 April, after moving to the "living with the coronavirus" phase. Although Malaysia is open now for tourists, the country still demands wearing masks in public areas including mosques, as well as scanning phone codes upon entry to shopping malls and worship places. In mosques, the country cancelled social distancing between worshippers for...
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Face's voice shines like a 'Diamond' in new release
By Sahar MoussaOnce again Kuwaiti artiste Faisal Marei aka Face was able to entertain hiselite audience and deliver a very unique video with his new single 'Diamond'. Face is a singer, songwriter and former band member of Army of One. The vocally-gifted musician is known for his R&B music. He began his music journey at an early age and continues to pursue his musical passions today. As a child, Faisal remembers singing along in the car to an...
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Squid Game season 2 not before late 2024
Fans of "Squid Game" had better not be holding their breath: creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has yet to write the script for season two and said Monday it would likely not be released before late 2024. "I have to work on season two. Hopefully I can show it to the fans by the end of 2024," the South Korean writer-director said at the MIPTV festival in Cannes in the south of France.A day earlier at the adjoining Canneseries festival, he had admitted to...
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'Fortnite' maker raises $144 mn for Ukraine
Video game maker Epic Games said Monday that $144 million made from its popular "Fortnite" battle game will go to help the people of war-ravaged Ukraine. Epic committed the "Fortnite" proceeds from the past two weeks to humanitarian efforts in Ukraine and said that the Xbox gaming unit of Microsoft is doing the same. "Really incredible to see how the gaming community can have impact beyond the playing of games," Xbox head Phil Spencer responded...
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'So cute!': Swedish selfie 'museum' gets super liked
A new selfie "museum" in Sweden is flipping the script by making visitors both the artist and the exhibit. The "Youseum" in Stockholm has no works of art on its walls. Instead its brightly-decorated rooms are meant to serve as fun backgrounds for visitors' selfies or videos. "You can take cool pictures and create cool content for your Instagram... This is the perfect place to do Tiktoks," manager Sofia Makiniemi told AFP as she showed off the...
KUWAIT: Hussein Abdulrahman (center) with Kuwait Times Deputy Editor-in-Chief Abdullah Boftain (left) and Kuwait Times Managing Editor Mustafa Qamhiya. – Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Hussein Abdulrahman: Losing reputation and morals cannot be recovered
By Mustafa DarwishKUWAIT: Hussein Abdulrahman is a seasoned journalist with long years of experience in this field. Abdulrahman worked with Kuwait Times one of the many media houses where he left his mark. He has seen the ups and downs of journalism in Kuwait, and has been a part of many of these journeys. He spoke to Kuwait Times in an exclusive interview. Some excerpts:Kuwait Times: How did you start with journalism? Hussein Abdulrahman speaks...
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Kuwait Amir congratulates Saudi King on Ramadan
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah congratulated in a phone call the Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud on the holy month of Ramadan. During the phone conversation, His Highness the Amir prayed to Allah Almighty to bestow everlasting wellbeing on the Saudi King, and wished further progress and prosperity to both countries and their peoples, as well as both Arab and Muslim worlds. Meanwhile, the Saudi King...
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4 bedoon activists on hunger strike
By Faten OmarKUWAIT: Four bedoon activists are on hunger strike for the past seven days to highlight the struggles of the country's stateless people, who are deprived of citizenship, travel and other rights. The living conditions and rights of this group are among the thorniest human rights issues in Kuwait, according to reports by human rights organizations.Speaking to Kuwait Times, Mohammed Al-Barghash, a human rights activist, said the bedoon...
KRAMATORSK: A young girl cries before the train leaves the eastern city of Kramatorsk, in the Donbas region. - AFP
Ukrainians move West; Russia turns focus to Donbas
KRAMATORSK: Hundreds wait for a train to take them west out of the path of the Russian advance at the station in Kramatorsk, the de facto capital of Ukrainian-controlled territory in Donbas. "It's been like this since the end of last week. Almost 2,000 people a day are boarding trains west for Lviv or elsewhere," says Nasir, a humanitarian volunteer helping with the operation. "It used to be two trains a day. Now it's four," he adds."The...
VOSMAN SOUTH AFRICA: A general view of Vosman North Extension in front of the Schonland coal mine, in Mpumalanga. The air in that region is the most polluted in the world with record levels of nitrogen dioxide, according to global environmental charity Greenpeace. - AFP
99% of people breathing polluted air
GENEVA: A full 99 percent of people on earth breathe air containing too many pollutants, the World Health Organization said Monday, blaming poor air quality for millions of deaths each year. Fresh data from the UN health agency showed that every corner of the globe is dealing with air pollution, although the problem is much worse in poorer countries."Almost the entire global population (99 percent) breathes air that exceeds WHO air quality...
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti ophthalmologist Dr Khaled Al-Sabti performs the surgery. – KUNA photos
Kuwaiti physician restores Palestinian child eyesight
KUWAIT: In a humanitarian gesture, Kuwaiti ophthalmologist Dr Khaled Al-Sabti succeeded in restoring the eyesight of an 11-year-old Palestinian girl living in refugee camps in Jordan after an emergency surgery done in Kuwait. Dr Khaled Al-Sabti who is representing Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KCS) and Kuwait Embassy in Jordan told KUNA the surgery was done to Roa'a Ahed, in the left eye, where she underwent through another operation in her right...
GCC Ambassador Sarhan Al-Munikher
Yemeni consultations continue under GCC auspices
RIYADH: The Yemeni consultations, held under the auspices of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), continued on Sunday in closed meetings, discussing, exploring and defining the challenges facing each of the six planned axes. For his part, the GCC Ambassador Sarhan Al-Munikher said on the sidelines of the meetings that today's meeting was devoted to exploring the challenges facing the current situation in all fields in...
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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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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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MEW: Power cuts in high-consumption Industrial areas in Kuwait
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GAZA: A Palestinian man carries a cat as he flees with others a makeshift camp for displaced people in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip after Zionist tanks took position on a hill overlooking the area on Aug 18, 2024. - AFP
Under-fire Bibi blames Hamas as Gaza suffers