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ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan opens the Ukrainian-Russian talks on March 29, 2022. - AFP

'Meaningful' talks in Turkey raise hopes

ISTANBUL: Russia said it would scale down fighting around two Ukrainian cities following talks with Ukraine on Tuesday and raised the possibility of a meeting between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents. The outcome of the face-to-face talks at a palace in Istanbul raised hopes after more than a month of conflict that has left thousands dead and forced millions from their homes. But London and Washington immediately cast doubt on Russia's words...

This combination of pictures shows US actors Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith and Chris Rock. - AFP

Smith sorry over slap as Oscars launches probe

LOS ANGELES: Actor Will Smith offered apologies Monday to Chris Rock for smacking the comedian during the Oscars ceremony, as the body that oversees the awards said it was launching a formal review of the incident. Smith - who was named best actor on the night - marched onto stage during the glitzy Hollywood ceremony and hit Rock over a joke about wife Jada Pinkett Smith's hair."I would like to publicly apologize to you, Chris. I was out of line...

His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabahn

Prime Minister heads to 2022 World Govt Summit

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah went to Dubai on Tuesday to lead the Kuwaiti delegation at the 2022 World Government Summit. The delegation accompanying him includes Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah, Sheikh Dr Basil Al-Sabah the advisor to the premier Diwan, as well as major officials including representatives from the foreign minister office.UAE Minister of Cabinet Affairs...

Kuwaiti Ambassador to Jordan Aziz Al-Daihani and other officials pose for a group photo during aid distribution in Balqaa province. - KUNA photos

KRCS hands out 'Ramadan baskets' to Syrian refugees

AMMAN: Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) handed out on Tuesday 'Ramadan 2022 baskets' to Syrian refugees in Jordan, supported by Kuwait Finance House (KFH). In cooperation with Jordanian Red Crescent, KRCS was able to distribute 2000 food baskets for more than 1900 Syrian refugees and Jordanian orphans in different cities and governorates. In a statement for KUNA, Kuwait Ambassador to Jordan Aziz Al-Daihani said that Kuwait stands its ground in...

Representative of the (UNHCR) in Iraq holds a press conference

UNHCR Iraq Rep applauds Kuwait humanitarian role

KUWAIT: Representative of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Iraq said Kuwait lends admirable support to the humanitarian causes around the globe. Thanks to Kuwait support, the UN Refugee Agency was able to provide basic assistance, including food, education and healthcare, to millions of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Yemen, Syria, Lebanon and Iraq as well as other parts of the world, Nicolas Beuze told reporters on...

COLOMBO: People stand in a queue to buy diesel at a Ceylon Petroleum Corporation fuel station in Colombo on March 29, 2022.- AFP

Sri Lanka hospitals running out of life-saving drugs

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's state-run hospitals are running out of life-saving medicines due to a shortage of dollars needed to import essentials as the country reels from a dire economic crisis, officials said Tuesday. Teaching Hospital Peradeniya which serves a population of 2.4 million people in the Central province said it was suspending all routine surgeries and was out of anesthetic drugs and other essentials for operations.A key health trade...

SHANGHAI: Shoppers rummage through empty shelves in a supermarket before a lockdown as a measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Shanghai on March 29, 2022. - AFP

Anxiety and empty shelves as Shanghai COVID cases surge

SHANGHAI: Shanghai recorded a steep climb in COVID-19 cases Tuesday as panic-buying in the Chinese city of about 25 million stripped supermarket shelves bare. Millions endured a second day of lockdown after authorities effectively split the country's biggest urban area in two, with residents of the city's eastern half confined to their homes for four days and subjected to mandatory testing. China reported 6,886 domestic COVID cases nationwide on...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah on Tuesday received Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser AlMohammad Al-Sabah and visiting French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Yves Le Drian and his accompanying delegation at Bayan Palace. Senior officials of His Highness the Crown Prince's office and Foreign Ministry attended the meeting. - KUNA

Gulf raises concerns over Iran’s nuclear program

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah and his French counterpart, Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs JeanYves Le Drian on Tuesday discussed the bilateral ties and ways to enhance them. This came in a press conference during a luncheon, held in honor of the French delegation on the occasion of their official visit to Kuwait.During the ceremony, both sides tackled topics of common interest and...

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Kuwait making sure no 'illegal donations'

KUWAIT: Kuwaiti authorities are sparing no effort to prevent raising funds for donations via illegal channels and means namely websites, a senior official affirmed on Tuesday. Director of Public Relations and Media at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor Ahmed Al-Enzi affirmed, Tuesday, the ministry's keenness to protect donor funds and preserve Kuwait's humanitarian reputation vis-a-vis some sites that promote fundraising for charitable...

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Kuwait, Saudi Army Chiefs hold talks

KUWAIT: Kuwait Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Khaled Saleh Al-Sabah on Tuesday received the visiting director of the general department of inspection of the Armed Forces of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Major General Khaled bin Mohammad Al Driwish, and his accompanying delegation. The General said in a press statement that they discussed joint military issues and topics of common interest. The meeting was also attended by senior officers...

This combination of pictures shows US actor Will Smith (right) approaches US actor Chris Rock, and slaps him onstage, during the 94th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.—AFP

The recent history of comedians being assaulted on stage

Comedians being assaulted on stage, as Chris Rock experienced at the hands of Will Smith during the Oscars on Sunday night, is extremely rare-but not unheard of. An attack often requires something more offensive than Rock's gag about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith, appearing in "GI Jane 2" (a reference to her lack of hair, caused by alopecia). In 1991 at the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival, infamously offensive British comedian Jerry Sadowitz...

This handout photo shows female rhino named Rosa (right) with her new baby born at the Way Kambas National Park, in Way Kambas, in Lampung province. –AFP photos

Rare birth of Sumatran rhino brings hope for endangered species

A Sumatran rhino has successfully given birth in an Indonesian sanctuary, environment officials said, in a boost for conservation efforts targeting the critically endangered animal. The World Wide Fund for Nature estimates fewer than 80 Sumatran rhinos remain in the world, mainly on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and Borneo. A rhino named Rosa gave birth to a female calf on Thursday in Way Kambas National Park in Sumatra, after suffering eight...

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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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Kuwait Integrated Petroleum Industries Company (KIPIC)

Massive fuel shortage forces electricity cuts in Kuwait

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Interior Minister orders removal of violations in Failaka

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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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EL KFOUR: Lebanon: People inspect the damage to a building after a Zionist airstrike in the southern town of Kfour, in the Nabatiyeh district, on August 17, 2024, amid the ongoing cross-border clashes between Zionist troops and Hezbollah fighters. – AFP

Hezbollah reveals its military muscle