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Ooredoo, IOM Kuwait celebrate Int'l Women's Day through arts
KUWAIT: To mark International Women's Day, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), UN Migration agency in Kuwait, brought together women from different walks of life and organized an art event that allowed them to express themselves through painting, while socializing with others. The event was attended by Mijbil Alayoub, Senior Director, Corporate Communications and Nazem Yousef Al-Ghabra, Senior Manager, Public Relations, Internal...
KUWATI: Vehicles drive through dusty weather on the Fourth Ring Road yesterday. Today's weather is expected to be warm and partly cloudy with a chance for scattered light rain, according to the Kuwait Meteorological Department. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikhn
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MEDYKA, Poland: A Polish soldier helps a family on their way to take a train at the Medyka border crossing after crossing the Ukrainian-Polish border yesterday. - AFP n
East Europe embraces Ukraine refugees
SOFIA: Eastern European countries are embracing the millions of Ukrainians fleeing Russia's invasion as a potential workforce but analysts warn it be challenging to integrate them all. Some 2.5 million people have already fled Ukraine, according to the United Nations, which calls it Europe's fastest-growing refugee crisis since World War II.More than half are now in Poland but tens of thousands are also staying in Moldova and Bulgaria, which have...
FREDRIKSTAD, Norway: Armored vehicles of NATO's rapid reaction force brigade in Norway for the military exercise Cold Response 22 arrive at Borg Havn on March 10, 2022. - AFP n
NATO trains to help its own, as war rumbles
OSLO: Any resemblance to reality is purely coincidental. As war rages in Ukraine, NATO and its partners will launch exercises in Norway tomorrow aimed at coming to the rescue of one of its own. Some 30,000 troops, 200 aircraft and 50 vessels from 27 nations will take part in the Cold Response 2022 exercise, the largest exercise involving NATO troops this year.Kicking off on March 14, the maneuvers will enable Western nations to hone their combat...
KHARKIV: A father takes care of his 7-year-old son who was injured by the shelling in a hospital in Ukraine's second-biggest city on March 10, 2022. - AFP n
In Ukraine hospital, war-wounded kids make slow recovery
KHARKIV: A plaster on his eye, eight-year-old Dima Kasyanov lies unconscious on a hospital bed in Ukraine's second city Kharkiv after a Russian missile blasted through his home. He was in his family flat when it hit on Monday, sending shrapnel shooting through his upper jaw and into the base of his neck, his doctor Oleksandre Dukhovsky says."For two days, we pumped ash out of his stomach. He still has cinders in his lungs," says the head of the...
BERLIN: In this file photo taken on Jan 19, 2020, German Chancellor Angela Merkel greets Russian President Vladimir Putin upon his arrival to attend the Peace summit on Libya at the Chancellery. - AFP n
Clouds over Merkel legacy as invasion lays flaws bare
BERLIN: Up to the final hours before Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, former chancellor Angela Merkel had been touted as the person favored by Germans to try to talk President Vladimir Putin out of the conflict. But as Russian bombs fell on Ukrainian cities, a shadow has fallen on Merkel's 16 years in office, with some observers now questioning if her detente policies with Putin had in fact left Germany, and Europe, vulnerable.Once hailed as...
SANTIAGO: Chile's new President Gabriel Boric delivers a speech at La Moneda Palace on Friday. – AFP n
Chile's millennial president takes office with plans for change
SANTIAGO: Leftist ex-student activist Gabriel Boric was sworn in Friday as Chile's youngest-ever president and hailed the country's Marxist former leader Salvador Allende in his inaugural address to the nation. Standing in front of tens of thousands of supporters at La Moneda Palace in the capital Santiago, the 36-year-old said Allende - who killed himself in 1973 after Augusto Pinochet's coup - had foreseen this moment."As Salvador Allende...
CHANGCHUN, China: Residents queue to undergo nucleic acid tests for COVID-19 on Friday. – AFP n
Chinese city locks down as COVID spikes
SHANGHAI: A Chinese city of nine million was ordered into lockdown on Friday and Shanghai shut its schools as authorities scrambled to halt a COVID-19 outbreak that has pushed nationwide cases to their highest levels in two years. Changchun, the capital of northeastern Jilin province and an important industrial base, ordered residents to stay at home, allowing one person out every two days to buy "daily necessities".The city also halted all...
BARCELON: Zain Kuwait CEO Eaman Al-Roudhan, Zain Kuwait Chief Enterprise Business Officer Hamad Al-Marzouq, Zain Group CTO Nawaf Al-Gharabally, Cisco Vice President, Customer Experience, EMEAR Adele Trombetta, Cisco Vice President, Service Provider, Customer Experience, EMEAR Mario Sebastian Miguel, as well as Cisco SP Managing Director, MEA Region Mohammad Tantawi during the event. nn
Zain collaborates with Cisco to accelerate 5G monetization
KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, selected Cisco to deploy Standalone 5G, delivering high value for B2B services. The announcement was made during Zain's participation at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2022 in Barcelona, Spain. The agreement was attended by Zain Kuwait CEO Eaman Al-Roudhan, Zain Kuwait Chief Enterprise Business Officer Hamad Al-Marzouq, Zain Group CTO Nawaf Al-Gharabally, Cisco Vice President, Customer...
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US, allies to end normal trade relations with Russia
WASHINGTON: The United States and its allies moved Friday to end normal trade relations with Russia, as President Joe Biden vowed the West would make Vladimir Putin "pay the price" for his invasion of Ukraine. Biden announced the new step, which would enable Western nations to inflict steep tariff hikes on Russian goods, in coordination with NATO allies, the Group of Seven and the European Union. Washington and Brussels also said they would cut...
LOS ANGLES: A pedestrian walks past signage offering cash for valuables outside of a pawn shop in downtown Los Angeles, California. -- AFPnn
War, inflation threaten world economy
PARIS: The world economy's fragile recovery from the COVID-induced crisis is now threatened by Russia's war in Ukraine and soaring commodity prices. Here are four questions regarding the risks to global GDP:Will growth stall?"The war happened right at a time when Europe and the US had a recovery that was going really well. Projections in Europe were among the highest ... (in) the last 20 years," said Jacob Kirkegaard, resident senior fellow with...
MOSCIW: This combination of pictures shows Italy's Prime Minister Mario Draghi (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin.-AFPnn
Italy's Draghi walks sanctions tightrope over Russian energy
ROME: Even as Italy's Mario Draghi voices firm opposition to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the country's dependence on Russian gas puts the prime minister in a tight spot. Italy was criticized by some European allies for dragging its feet before agreeing to impose tough sanctions on Russia, but is now firmly on Moscow's blacklist for supporting them along with other EU neighbors. This week Draghi told lawmakers Italy was "perfectly in line with...
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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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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
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KUWAIT: His Excellency the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Oil Dr Imad Mohamed Al-Ateeqi (center) is greeted by Prime Minister His Highness Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (second right) and other officials. — KUNA
Oil minister returns to Kuwait after treatment in Turkey
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JAHRA: Part of the Al-Shagaya Concentrated Solar Power Project is seen in this photo taken from the Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research website.
KAPP shortlists companies for Dabdeba, Shagaya