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Al-Shaheed Park hosted Oman's singer Salman Al-Ammari
Al-Shaheed Park hosted more than 1,300 people who gathered to see Oman's singer Salman Al-Ammari sing the Hadhramaut songs as the crowd responded well to him, as he was signing from the Yemeni heritage. Al-Ammari, who joined LAPA board in 2020, was happy to meet the crowd after a long absence, "as they motivate and encourage me." He said heritage is the foundation of singing and the society culture. He thanked LAPA company for the "beautiful...
Brazilian comic book author Marcello Quintanilha receives the Fauve d’or - Prix du meilleur album with « Ecoute jolie Marcia » during the 49th Angouleme International Comics Festival (Festival International de la Bande Dessinee) in Angouleme, western France.—AFPn
Brazilian wins album of the year at French comic fest
Artist Marcello Quintanilha won the best album prize at the Angouleme comic books festival in France Saturday for his work, "Listen, pretty Marcia". Published last September, the book tells the story of a mother living in a favela near Rio, whose daughter gets caught up in gang violence.Quintanilha, born in 1971 and a self-taught artist, published his first book in 1999 based on the life of his father, a professional footballer in the 1950s....
(From left) Daniel Durant, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur and Sian Heder accept the Darryl F Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures for ‘CODA’ onstage during the 33rd Annual Producers Guild Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza.—AFP n
'CODA' bags key prize before Oscars as Spielberg honors Lucas
Hollywood's producers named "CODA," a heartwarming indie drama about a deaf family, the year's best film at their annual gala Saturday, throwing the race for next weekend's Oscars wide open. "CODA," which cast deaf actors in several lead roles, follows teenage Ruby-who can hear-as she juggles pursuing her musical ambitions with her family's dependence on her to communicate.The movie, released by Apple TV+, is now best-placed to vie with Netflix's...
KUWAIT: People in traditional Yemeni attire are seen at the Yemen stand during an entertainment event at Abraj Park in Adailiya organized by the Deanery of the Diplomatic Corps with the participation of embassies and international organizations to mark Kuwait’s National and Liberation days, International Women’s Day and the arrival of spring. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Embassies participate in cultural event
 By Nawara FattahovaAround 25 embassies participated in a cultural and entertainment event held at Abraj Park in Adailiya yesterday. This event was held on the occasion of the national and liberation days of Kuwait, International Women's Day and the arrival of spring. Hundreds of visitors enjoyed sampling various traditional dishes and desserts of the participating countries. They also got information about these countries, the touristic and...
MYKOLAIV, Ukraine: Rescuers carry a Ukrainian soldier saved yesterday after 30 hours from debris of a military school hit by Russian rockets. – AFP n
Russia goes hypersonic as Ukraine urges peace deal
KYIV: Russia said yesterday that it had unleashed hypersonic missiles against an arms depot in Ukraine, the first use of the next-generation weapons in combat, after Kyiv's embattled leader pressed for "meaningful" talks to end a conflict now in its fourth week. Moscow also said its troops had broken Ukrainian defenses to enter the strategic southern port city of Mariupol, and destroyed radio and intelligence sites just outside Odessa.If...
ABU DHABI: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is greeted by Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan on Friday. - AFP n
US 'troubled' by Assad visit to ally UAE
DUBAI: Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad's visit to the United Arab Emirates left the US "profoundly disappointed", it said yesterday, urging allies to avoid normalizing ties with a regime accused of "horrific atrocities". Assad's surprise trip on Friday was his first official visit to an Arab country since civil war erupted in his country in 2011, killing close to half a million people. It was the latest sign of warming relations between Syria...
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China reports first two COVID deaths in a year
SHANGHAI: China reported two COVID-19 deaths yesterday, its first in more than a year, underlining the threat posed by an Omicron outbreak that has triggered the country's highest case count since the pandemic's onset. The National Health Commission said both deaths occurred in Jilin, the northeastern province which has been hardest hit by a nationwide rise in cases that has prompted lockdowns or tight restrictions in several cities.The deaths...
SAQQARA, Egypt: Mostafa Waziri, head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, holds a small statuette yesterday inside one of five ancient Pharaonic tombs recently discovered at this archaeological site. - AFP n
Egypt unveils five tombs at Saqqara site
SAQQARA: Egypt unveiled yesterday five ancient Pharaonic tombs at the Saqqara archaeological site south of Cairo, the latest in a series of landmark discoveries in the area. Saqqara is a vast necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital Memphis, a UNESCO World Heritage Site home to more than a dozen pyramids, animal burial sites and ancient Coptic Christian monasteries.Egyptian archaeologists discovered the five tombs northeast of the pyramid of...
National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim participates in the meeting. - KUNA photosnn
Kuwait's Speaker participates in Arab geopolitical group meeting
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanim participated yesterday in the coordination meeting of the Arab geopolitical group, on the sidelines of the 144th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Conference in Indonesia. The meeting, which was chaired by the President of the Arab Parliamentary Union, Bahraini Parliament Speaker Fawzia Zainal, discussed the importance of intensifying the efforts of the Arab parliamentary movement in order...
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Kuwaiti women effectively helped in stemming COVID
NEW YORK: The Kuwaiti women has played an effective role in stemming spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, a senior Kuwaiti diplomat affirmed. The Kuwaiti women, over the past two years, in particular, were present among state, medical personnel, frontline workers and volunteers to check the pandemic in Kuwait, said Ambassador Mansour Al-Otaibi, Kuwait Representative at the 66th session of the UN Commission on the Status of...
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Kuwaiti doctor elected as the ASNRT president
KUWAIT: Dr Turki Al-Otaibi of Kuwait has been elected as president of the Arab Society of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation (ASNRT), the Kuwaiti Ministry of Health (MoH) announced on Friday. Al-Otaibi has become the first Kuwaiti doctor to win this role in an unprecedented achievement for Kuwait and its health sector, the ministry said in a press statement. Dr Turki Al-OtaibiHe was handpicked during an ASNRT general assembly meeting of its...
Nayef Falah Al-Hajraf, Secretary General of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC), speaks during a press conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh on March 17, 2022. Gulf Arab countries are seeking to host rare talks between Yemen’s warring parties, including the Iran-backed Houthi rebels, in Riyadh at the end of the month, officials said. - AFPn
Yemen's minister touts GCC's constructive part
ADEN: Yemeni Information Minister Moammer Al-Eryani yesterday commended the constructive role of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in resolving multiple crises experienced by Yemen. In a press statement, he also spoke highly of the GCC's backing to regional and international initiatives (mainly consultations in Geneva, Kuwait, Stockholm and Riyadh) which are aimed at finding a political solution to the Yemeni standoff."The fervent efforts of the...
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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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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