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ATLANTA: Clint Capela #15 of the Atlanta Hawks rebounds the ball during the game against the Golden State Warriors on March 25, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. - AFP
Knicks rally to beat Heat
LOS ANGELES:  New York reserve guard Immanuel Quickley scored 20 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter to spark the Knicks over NBA Eastern Conference leader Miami 111-103 on Friday. RJ Barrett added 18 as the visiting Knicks rallied from 17 points down in the fourth quarter, closing the game on a 38-13 run to beat the Heat. We had to battle back for sure, Quickley said. We just stuck with it. Thibs (Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau) was real calm in...
FLORIDA: Linda Fruhvirtova of Czechia returns a shot to Elise Mertens of Belgium during the 2022 Miami Open presented by Itaú at Hard Rock Stadium on March 25, 2022.- AFP
Czech teen upsets Mertens at WTA Miami Open
MIAMI: Linda Fruhvirtova is only 16 years old but already dreaming of reaching the very top after producing a career-best performance Friday to stun Elise Mertens at the WTA Miami Open. The Czech wildcard, who arrived in South Florida with a ranking of 279, is making waves at her first major WTA event after upsetting the 24th seed from Belgium 7-5, 2-6, 6-1 in her first contest against a top-50 player. Fruhvirtova, whose 14-year-old sister Brenda...
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International Shooting Grand Prix wraps up
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah International Shooting Grand Prix came to a conclusion on Friday with the Skeet event for both men and women. Kuwaiti Shooter Abdelaziz Al-Saad won the silver medal after a heated competition with Bahrain's Altammar Ali who won gold while Qatar's Mohammad Al-Kawari won bronze.In the women's event, Iman Al-Shammaa grabbed the women's skeet medal and her...
CAIRO: Egypt's forward Mohamed Salah (right) and Egypt's midfielder Mahmoud 'Trezeguet' Hassan (left) celebrate after a goal during the 2022 Qatar World Cup African Qualifiers football match between Egypt and Senegal on March 25, 2022. - AFP
Egypt edge Senegal 1-0; Algeria stun Cameroon
JOHANNESBURG: Prolific Liverpool scorer Mohamed Salah was the architect of the only goal as Egypt edged Senegal 1-0 in Cairo on Friday in a high-profile World Cup play-off first leg. Salah turned inside the box and slammed the ball against the crossbar with the rebound hitting Senegal defender Saliou Ciss and rolling into the net for an own-goal. The eagerly awaited clash was a repeat of the Africa Cup of Nations final last month, which Senegal...
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Kuwait women boxers grab gold medals
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Kuwait Women Boxing team won the lion’s share of gold medals in the first International Boxing Championship. The team won four first places out of seven final bouts that concluded on Friday at the Boxing Federation Hall in Sabah Al-Salem Area in the presence of Kuwait Olympic Committee member Fatima Hayat and members of Boxing Federation Board chaired by Mohammad Mansi.The tournament saw 32 boxers from Kuwait, Saudi...
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Jared Leto on joining Marvel and turning into a vampire
Jared Leto has been a star for decades, but it’s only now at 50 that he is fronting his first major blockbuster transforming into a vampire for new Marvel flick Morbius. Leto made his name in more independent and cult projects, such as his Oscar-winning turn in AIDS drama Dallas Buyer’s Club or as a junkie in Requiem for a Dream. But he has no qualms about joining the superhero juggernaut with Morbius, that is hitting cinemas around the world...
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Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins dies aged 50
Drummer Taylor Hawkins of the multi-Grammy award-winning rock group the Foo Fighters has died, his bandmates said in a statement Friday. He was 50. The Foo Fighters family is devastated by the tragic and untimely loss of our beloved Taylor Hawkins, the band said in a statement on Twitter. His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever, they added. The statement did not say the cause of Hawkins death, news of which...
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah
Kuwait FM reiterates support to peaceful solution in Ukraine
KUWAIT:  Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah met with the ambassadors of European Union (EU) countries and different regional groups in Kuwait on Thursday, focusing on the Ukrainian crisis. During the meeting, the Kuwaiti foreign minister reaffirmed Kuwait's stance on the Ukrainian crisis, calling for compliance with the principles of international law and the UN Charter and underlining the principles of states'...
His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the Cabinet meeting Thursday.-- KUNA
Cabinet holds extraordinary meeting
KUWAIT: The Kuwait Cabinet held an extraordinary meeting Thursday at Seif Palace headed by His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah. HH the Prime Minister welcomed the heads and representatives of the regulatory bodies, stressing the cabinet's keenness on the need to avoid violations and adhere to observations contained in the reports of the regulatory bodies on ministries, institutions and government bodies, and the...
KYIV: This photograph taken on March 24, 2022 shows smoke rising from a burning warehouse hit by a Russian shell in the suburbs of Kyiv. - AFP
G7 warns against use of chemical weapons
BRUSSELS: The Group of Seven most industrialized countries warned on Thursday against any use of weapons of mass destruction against Ukraine, noting that Russia was bound by international treaties. "We warn against any threat of the use of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons or related materials," the G7 said after a crisis summit in Brussels. "We recall Russia's obligations under the international treaties to which it is a signatory, and...
DOHA: A picture shows a room at the JW Marriott Marquis hotel in the Qatari capital Doha. Qatar World Cup organizers have unveiled fan accommodation for the event that ranges from a steel bed in a studio at $84 a night to luxury villas costing nearly $1,000 and luxury cruise ship suites. - AFP
World Cup hosts offer steel beds and luxury villas
DOHA: Qatar World Cup organizers on Wednesday unveiled fan accommodation for the event that ranges from a steel bed in a studio at $84 a night to luxury villas costing nearly $1,000 and luxury cruise ship suites. Visitors to the Gulf state will also have to buy a match ticket before they can get official accommodation and to register for a special pass to get access to stadiums and fan zones, Qatari officials said.Organizers of the football...
SEOUL: A woman walks past a television report showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on March 24, 2022. - AFP
North Korea fires largest-ever ICBM
SEOUL: North Korea fired what could be its largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Thursday, Tokyo and Seoul said, a dramatic return to long-range testing that sparked outrage from neighbors and the United States. South Korea's military fired a missile barrage into the Sea of Japan in response to the ICBM launch, the first full-range test of Kim Jong Un's most powerful missiles since 2017.Pyongyang has conducted an unprecedented...
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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