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TAIPEI, Taiwan: File photo shows Ausra Andriuskaite (R), chairwoman of the Lithuanian community in Taiwan, displaying the flags of Taiwan and Lithuania (R) at a dinner gathering to celebrate their country's Independence Day in Taipei. – AFPnn

'Lithuania mania' sweeps Taiwan as China spat sizzles

TAIPEI: The tiny handful of Lithuanians living in Taiwan are suddenly in vogue among the island's residents after their small Baltic nation did something Taipei has long staked its identity on: stand up to China. In the months since Taiwan opened a de-facto embassy in Vilnius, Richard Sedinkinas says he has started to receive applause in restaurants once waitstaff realise where he is from. It doesn't matter that the 41-year-old boxing...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Shiite Muslims take part in a protest against the recent suicide bomb attack on a Shiite mosque in Peshawar. – AFPnn

IS suicide bomber of Pakistan mosque was Afghan: Police

PESHAWAR: An Islamic State (IS) suicide bomber who killed 64 people at a Shiite mosque in northwest Pakistan last week was an Afghan exile who returned home to train for the attack, police said yesterday.There have been warnings Afghanistan could become a recruiting ground and staging post for militants since the Taleban returned to power last year following the hasty withdrawal of US-led forces.The Taleban have pledged they will not allow Afghan...

ZHANGJIAKOU, China: Austria's Carina Edlinger (C-#131) and Ukraine's Oksana Shyshkova (second right #132) compete in the women's sprint free vision impaired cross country final yesterday at the Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre during the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympic Games. - AFP n

Winter Paralympics feels the heat

ZHANGJIAKOU, China: Cross-country skiers ploughed through slushy snow wearing T-shirts on day five of the Beijing Winter Paralympics yesterday as spring-like weather pushed temperatures well above freezing. The warm spell caught some athletes off guard on the largely man-made snow at the Zhangjiakou cross-country event where six gold medals were up for grabs.Competitors in the Olympics last month had battled blizzard conditions and a brutal wind...

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CO2 emissions from energy sector rise by record 2bn tons in 2021: IEA

PARIS: Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose by six percent in 2021 to a record 36.3 billion tons, their highest ever level, the International Energy Agency said Tuesday. "The increase in global CO2 emissions of over 2 billion tons was the largest in history in absolute terms, more than offsetting the previous year's pandemic-induced decline," it said. It pointed to the widespread use of coal to power growth as the world economy...

Six toll stations dot the 400 kilometers on National Highway 1 from Kolwezi in neighboring Lualaba province, to Kasumbalesa, on the border with Zambia.n

Highway nightmare: DR Congo's export route for high-value metals

LUBUMBASHI, DR Congo: The 27 tons of copper slabs are securely lashed down on the back of Omar Rachidi's tractor-trailer. Now all he has to do is drive the cargo to its destination. But that's easier said than done. Two thousand kilometers (1,200 miles) of road lie between southeast DR Congo's mineral belt and the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam, from where the copper will be shipped to Asia. And that highway is hard graft. "Sometimes it takes...

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Abbey's 'Hadret El Mawkef' Kuwaiti series to air on MBC

"Hadret El Mawkef" (Honorable Position), a series by Kuwaiti production start-up Abbey's Productions, will air during Ramadan on major Pan-Arab channels. The company was founded in 2021 by Sheikha Abrar Khaled Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah and focuses on enhancing the caliber of Kuwaiti films and television content. The series will air on MBC, Shahid.net, Sharjah TV, and Dhafra TV. Another of Abbey's series, "Zawaj Ella Roba'a'" (Three fourth marriage),...

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Now a refugee, Eurovision's Jamala lifts Ukraine spirits from abroad

When her husband woke her up at 5:00 am saying Russia had invaded, Ukraine's Eurovision winner Jamala didn't know what to do first: pack, find their passports or take care of her two toddlers. The 38-year-old ethnic Tatar never thought that she would become a refugee like her grandmother. She was driven from her native Crimea by Soviet forces in 1944 -- the title of the ballad about Soviet persecution that clinched her the Eurovision crown in...

Veronika Didusenko (right), who was crowned Miss Ukraine in 2018, speaks alongside women’s rights attorney Gloria Allred (left) during a press conference about her experience fleeing the war in Ukraine in Los Angeles, California. –AFP nn

Ukrainian former beauty queen calls for help in Russia onslaught

A former Miss Ukraine on Tuesday called for global support for her country in the face of Russian attacks, highlighting the plight of mothers and children as the world marked International Women's Day. Veronika Didusenko, who won the beauty queen title in 2018, told reporters in Los Angeles her country was suffering under the onslaught ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Right now, millions of Ukrainian children and their mothers are...

Handlers guide their camels during the first Qatar Camel Festival, at Lebsayyer area of al-Shahaniyyah, around 25 Km northwest of the Qatari capital.—AFP photosn

Comely camel pouts its way to record beauty prize in Qatar

The lips pouted to perfection, the neck was long and poised, and the judges were sure that no Botox was involved as they awarded Qatar's largest cash prize for a camel beauty contest in front of an enthusiastic crowd. Hundreds of spectators, who poured into the isolated desert venue in Land Cruisers and Jeeps, threw up their scarves in celebration as the animal, named Mangiah Ghufran, was declared winner of the one million riyal ($275,000) top...

LIVERPOOL: Inter Milan's Croatian midfielder Ivan Perisic vies with Liverpool's Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah during the UEFA Champions League round of 16 second leg match at Anfield on Tuesday. - AFP n

'Overconfident' Liverpool edge through despite defeat to Inter

LIVERPOOL: Mohamed Salah admitted Liverpool might have suffered from complacency as they crept into a fourth Champions League quarterfinal in five years despite a rare 1-0 defeat at Anfield to Inter Milan on Tuesday. The Italian champions were unable to scale the mountain they had to climb after losing the first leg 2-0 at home three weeks ago despite Lautaro Martinez's sensational strike into the top corner just after the hour mark.Alexis...

MUNICH: Bayern Munich's Polish forward Robert Lewandowski controls the ball during the UEFA Champions League last-16, second-leg match against Salzburg on Tuesday. - AFP n

Bayern into quarters as Lewandowski hat-trick sinks Salzburg

MUNICH: Robert Lewandowski scored a record-breaking 11-minute hat-trick to send Bayern Munich sailing into the Champions League quarterfinals with a 7-1 win at home to Red Bull Salzburg on Tuesday. The Polish striker had three goals to his name by the 23rd minute - the earliest anyone has ever completed a hat-trick in a Champions League game - as Bayern shook off their early nerves to crush Salzburg."This was definitely a statement from us, and...

DUNEDIN: West Indies' Shakera Selman runs after the ball during the Round 2 Women's Cricket World Cup match between England and West Indies at University Oval yesterday. - AFP n

West Indies stun holders England in World Cup thriller

DUNEDIN: Defending champions England slumped to a second loss at the Women's Cricket World Cup yesterday as underdogs the West Indies continued their sparkling start to the tournament. The West Indies, who stunned hosts New Zealand in the tournament opener, defeated England by seven runs in a thriller at Dunedin's University Oval.England's tailenders made a valiant effort to reel in the West Indies' 226-run target but fell just short, leaving...

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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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