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Seara brings the joy of cooking to Kuwait

KUWAIT: Seara, a food brand that is completely committed to high quality products, is bringing the joy of cooking to homes and kitchens across Kuwait with the launch of its high-quality range of frozen foods. The brand with presence in over 150 countries is part of JBS the global leader in protein-based food and is presenting an extensive complete halal portfolio of Seara frozen whole chickens, chicken parts, breaded chicken, chicken burgers and...

ZHANGJIAKOU: Canada's Brian McKeever (center) races towards the finish line during the men's middle distance free technique vision impaired para cross-country skiing event yesterday at the Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre.- AFPn

McKeever races into history books

ZHANGJIAKOU: Canada's Brian McKeever raced into the history books and grabbed his 16th Paralympic gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Beijing Winter Games yesterday. McKeever won the middle distance race, and in doing so equaled the gold-medal haul of German former para alpine skier Gerd Schonfelder-the most decorated men's Paralympian.Norwegian cross-country skier Ragnhild Myklebust holds the record as the most successful Winter...

LOS ANGELES: LeBron James #6 of the Los Angeles Lakers takes a shot against Kyle Kuzma #33 of the Washington Wizards in the third quarter at Crypto.com Arena on March 11, 2022.- AFPn

LeBron lifts Lakers as 'Pop' sets NBA win mark

LOS ANGELES: LeBron James unleashed his second 50-point performance in a week to spark the Los Angeles Lakers over Washington 122-109 on Friday but missed a historic NBA milestone. James scored 50 points on 18-of-25 shooting, including 6-of-9 from 3-point range, and was 8-of-8 from the free throw line while contributing seven rebounds and six assists to power a Lakers team that had lost nine of its prior 11 games."We missed a lot of chippies, but...

TIVAT: Superyacht Solaris, owned by the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, which is under UK sanctions, sails towards the luxury yacht marina Porto Montenegro. The owner of the London football club 'Chelsea' is among the Russian oligarchs against whom Great Britain imposed sanctions as part of the response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - AFPn

Chelsea gripped by uncertainty as Abramovich's sanctions bite

LONDON: Thomas Tuchel admits Chelsea face an uncertain future as doubts swirl over how the European champions will even pay their wage bill after Russian owner Roman Abramovich was hit with UK sanctions. The Premier League club put a brave face on events as they returned to action on Thursday, just hours after the billionaire's assets were frozen. Chelsea fans chanted Abramovich's name during their 3-1 victory at relegation-threatened Norwich as...

HAMILTON: India's Sneh Rana (right) and Deepti Sharma celebrate the victory during the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup match between West Indies and India at Seddon Park in Hamilton yesterday. - AFPn

India reignite World Cup bid with victory over West Indies

HAMILTON: India unleashed a powerhouse batting performance to crush the West Indies by 155 runs in Hamilton yesterday and revive their Women's Cricket World Cup campaign. Centuries for Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur anchored a record-breaking innings of 317-8 before India's spinners skittled the West Indies for 162.The total was India's highest at a Women's World Cup and the best by any team so far at this year's tournament, surpassing the...

Models present creations for Burberry during the Burberry’s Fall-Winter 2022 Ready-to-Wear collection fashion show in London, on Friday.—AFP photosn

Burberry gets 'back to reality' with live London show

Burberry returned to live fashion shows after two years of pandemic-induced absence on Friday with Italy's Riccardo Tisci taking over a church in central London outside of fashion week for a celebration of Britishness. The fashion house behind the famous check pattern took over the imposing edifice of Central Hall Westminster with models showing off the Autumn-Winter 2022 collection to the sounds of the London Contemporary Orchestra and around...

Handout picture shows a 'Chelonoidis chathamensis' turtle at the San Cristobal island, Galapagos islands, Ecuador.—AFP n

New giant tortoise species found in Galapagos after DNA study

A new species of giant tortoise has been discovered in the Galapagos after DNA testing found animals living on one island had not yet been recorded, Ecuador's environment ministry said. Researchers compared the genetic material of tortoises currently living on San Cristobal with bones and shells collected in 1906 from a cave in the island's highlands and found them to be different. The 20th-century explorers never reached the lowlands northeast...

In this file photo actor Alec Baldwin attends the ‘Exploring the Arts’ 20th anniversary Gala at Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. –AFP n

Baldwin wanted to finish 'Rust' after fatal shooting: legal filing

Actor Alec Baldwin wanted to finish filming "Rust" in the weeks after the fatal on-set shooting of a cinematographer, new legal documents showed Friday. Baldwin was holding a Colt gun during a rehearsal for the low-budget Western in New Mexico in October when it discharged a live round, killing Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. The movie was abandoned amid recriminations over who was to blame for the tragedy, with allegations of...

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Chinese artist unveils painting for Ukraine, 'which has already won'

China has so far refused to condemn its ally Russia's war, but Chinese painter Huang Rui is convinced that Ukraine has already won. The artist told AFP he paused his other projects to dedicate himself to a work about Ukraine after hearing the news of its invasion on February 24. "Absence of Black Moon" was finished three days later and presented at an event organized by the Ukrainian and Polish embassies in Beijing on Friday.The event, called...

IRPIN: Photo shows a car riddled with bullets in Irpin, north of Kyiv. Russian forces yesterday rolled their armored vehicles up to the northeastern edge of Kyiv, edging closer in their attempts to encircle the Ukrainian capital. - AFPn

Death toll mounts as bombing of Ukraine hospital sparks outrage

KYIV: Russia and Ukraine failed to make a breakthrough yesterday in their first top-level talks since Moscow's invasion two weeks ago, amid international outrage over the bombing of a children's hospital that Kyiv said killed three people, including a young girl. Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said there was "no progress" even on a 24-hour ceasefire, after talks with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Turkey, although the latter said...

New Facebook tools targeting misinformation

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook has began letting groups automatically reject posts identified as containing false information, taking aim at a part of the massive network that has drawn particular concern from misinformation watchdogs. More than 1.8 billion people per month use Facebook Groups, which allow members to gather around topics ranging from parenting to politics.Yet critics have said the groups are ripe targets for the spread of misleading or...

Locally made ceramics are displayed in front of a shop in the town of Gharyan, about 100 km (60 miles) southwest of the capital Tripoli, on February 5, 2022. - Gharyan sculpted a reputation for ceramics generations ago, but fragile demand is forcing potters to seek new markets on Instagram and Facebook. (Photo by Mahmud TURKIA / AFP)

Struggling Libyan potters showcase wares online

GHARYAN: The Libyan city of Gharyan sculpted a reputation for ceramics generations ago, but fragile demand is forcing potters to seek new markets on Instagram and Facebook. Muayyad Al-Shabani didn't even start out in the craft. He earned a physics degree but struggled to find a job in a country whose economy has been battered by a decade of war and instability since the fall of dictator Muammar Gaddafi.Then Shabani started, almost by chance four...

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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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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.

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