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JEDDAH: A helicopter carrying Haas' German driver Mick Schumacher to hospital after he crashed off from the circuit during the qualifying session on the eve of the 2022 Saudi Arabia Formula One Grand Prix at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit on March 26, 2022. - AFP
Schumacher in horror crash as Perez claims 'unbelievable' pole
JEDDAH: Sergio Perez claimed his first ever Formula One pole at the 215th attempt when the Mexican upstaged Red Bull teammate and world champion Max Verstappen in qualifying for the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Saturday. Ferrari's Charles Leclerc joins Perez on the front row with Verstappen on the second row after qualifying in fourth behind the other Ferrari of Carlos Sainz. Saturday's qualifying was marred by a horror crash suffered by Mick...
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Queen Elizabeth receives luxury golf buggy to help with mobility
Queen Elizabeth has taken delivery of a luxury golf buggy to help her move around in comfort. The 95-year-old monarch - who has been using a walking stick at recent engagement after suffering with mobility issues - reportedly received the £62,000 four-seater cart two weeks ago and has already used it to travel around the grounds of Windsor Castle with her beloved dogs. A source told The Sun on Sunday newspaper: "The cart arrived in the last...
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African mask sold for 4.2 million in France despite protest
A carved mask from Central Africa, dating from the 19th century, was sold in France for 4.2 million euros $4.6 million) on Saturday, despite Gabonese protesters in the auction house calling for the item's "'restitution". The rare wooden "Ngil" mask, used in ceremonies by the Fang ethnic people of Gabon, smashed its estimate of 300,000-400,000 euros at the auction in the southern French city of Montpellier. "It's a case of receiving stolen goods,"...
Musicians play for people living in a metro station used as a bomb shelter in Kharkiv during Russia’s military invasion launched on Ukraine.—AFP
Music plays on in Kharkiv under Russia bombardment
Russian bombs fall daily on Kharkiv since the invasion of Ukraine, but time stood still briefly on Saturday as a group of Ukrainian musicians moved listeners with a classical concert. Three violinists, a cellist and a bass player delighted an audience of a few dozen people for half an hour in one of the largest subway stations in Ukraine's second city, close to the Russian border. Underground and protected from rockets and missiles, the...
JEDDAH: Smoke and flames rise from a Saudi Aramco oil facility in this Red Sea coastal city on March 25, 2022, following an attack by Houthi rebels. - AFP
Saudi foils oil tanker attack after Houthis disrupt F1
JEDDAH: Saudi forces destroyed explosives-laden boats and launched air strikes in Yemen on Saturday after Houthi rebel drones and missiles hit targets around the country, setting off an inferno at an oil plant within sight of Jeddah's Formula One race. Three people were killed in the operation against the booby-trapped boats, according to the Saudi-led coalition, which also carried out air raids on the Yemeni cities of Sanaa and Hodeida...
WASHINGTON: Kuwait's Ambassador to the US Sheikh Salem Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is seen with CEO and President of the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial Scott Stump. - KUNA
Kuwait main donor for building 'Desert Storm' memorial
WASHINGTON: Kuwait's Ambassador to the US Sheikh Salem Al-Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah announced Saturday that Kuwait will be the lead financial donor for the construction of the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield Memorial in the heart of the US capital. "As we commemorate the 31st anniversary of the liberation of Kuwait, we are here today to celebrate the launch of the long-awaited and very special project for all of us, the National Desert...
WUZHOU, China: Rescue workers comb through the site of where China Eastern flight MU5375 crashed on March 21, on March 24, 2022. – AFP n
All 132 on crashed China Eastern jet confirmed dead
BEIJING: All 132 people aboard the plane that crashed into a mountainside in southern China this week have been confirmed dead, the country's civil aviation authority said Saturday. Dozens of victims' relatives have been waiting for days as rescue teams combed heavily forested slopes for plane debris and signs of survivors from Monday's disaster near the city of Wuzhou, Guangxi province.While no cause has yet been determined, online tracking data...
WARSAW: US President Joe Biden kisses a child while meeting refugees of Russia's war with Ukraine at PGE Narodowy Stadium on March 26, 2022. – AFP
Biden doubts Russia dialing down war aims
WARSAW: US President Joe Biden cast doubt on Russia's signal that it may scale down its war aims to concentrate on eastern Ukraine, as two Russian missile strikes slammed into the west of the country on Saturday, wounding five. After failing to break Kyiv's ferocious resistance in a month of fighting and deadly attacks on civilians, the Russian army in a surprise announcement said it would focus on "the main goal - the liberation of Donbas".But...
KUWAIT: Kuwait Al-Zakat House, on Friday, inaugurated construction of a clinic in the Yemeni Shabwa province, with potentials to provide treatment and medications for 24,000 people.- KUNA photos
Kuwaiti aid concentrates on war-stricken Yemen
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti aid has continued to flow abroad particularly for the impoverished in war-stricken Yemen where the assistance covered in particular the badly affected health sector. Kuwait Al-Zakat House, on Friday, inaugurated construction of a clinic in the Yemeni Shabwa province, with potentials to provide treatment and medications for 24,000 people.The Kuwaiti "Al-Tawasol foundation for humanitarian aid," the party executing the venture, said...
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International Women's Group holds symposium
KUWAIT: On the occasion of International Women's Day, the International Women's Group held a symposium in collaboration with the Al Jarallh German Specialized Center entitled "TOGETHER WE CAN END CERVICAL CANCER". According to the World Health Organization, cervical cancer ranks second among the most common cancers that infect and cause deaths among women around the world. It became incumbent upon all concerned to create awareness of how to...
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Netflix to show VO Kuwait's 'Weird Tales'
KUWAIT: Netflix, the global entertainment streaming platform, signed an agreement with VO, the first Kuwait-based integrated youth platform for incubating young talents, to show VO's newly produced Arabic anthology series "Weird Tales" (Hikayat Ghareeba), which was filmed at its high-tech and well-established creative studios after five years of preparations for the project.VO announced today that the series is considered to be the first...
European Union High Representative Josep Borrell
EU High Representative praises Kuwait as close, reliable partner
BRUSSELS: European Union High Representative Josep Borrell has praised Kuwait as a close and reliable partner and a voice of moderation in the Gulf region. In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, on Saturday, the EU foreign policy chief spoke on the expanding EU-Kuwait relations, Kuwait's role for stability in the Gulf region, cooperation to find solutions to end the war in Ukraine, energy cooperation, Iran's nuclear...
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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