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BELGRADE: Sweden's Armand Duplantis clears a pole and breaks his own pole vaulting world record at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting in Belgrade on March 7, 2022. - AFPn
Duplantis clears 6.19 meters to break world pole vault record
BELGRADE: Armand Duplantis warned 'this is just the start' as he broke his own world record in the pole vault on Monday, clearing 6.19m at his third attempt at the indoor meeting in Belgrade. "I feel like I can jump a lot higher than I've jumped. I feel like this is just a start. I think there are a lot more barriers to push, getting into the 6.20s," Duplantis told reporters trackside.The record came in the arena where the Indoor World...
An Iraqi Kurdish woman competes during a weight lifting championship. - AFP photosn
Kurdish sisters help boost Iraq to weightlifting victory
In Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, sisters Ines, Israa and Oshin Muhsin have inherited a hefty mantle from their late father, using it to take their country to weightlifting glory. "We want to write the history of women's sports and preserve our father's" memory, Ines told AFP. At just 20, she already has six gold medals under her belt, and along with her sisters has helped place Iraq squarely on the map of Middle East weightlifting. The...
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Saffarine Market, historical landmark in Morocco's old city
Seffarine Market, located in Morocco's cultural capital Fes, is considered one of the most important historical landmarks in the old city. Saffarine market is known for its wide range of copper utensils, crafted by the hands of traditional Moroccan manufacturers. The market was named "Seffarine" after the color yellow of copper pots, plates and antiques that are used by Moroccans for food drinks, as well as adorning their houses. - KUNA
KUWAIT: Eaman Al Roudhan and Waleed Al-Shurayan with Mansour Al-Saad and Hamad Al-Marzouq nn
Zain signs contract with KPTC to supply smart bus devices
KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, signed a contract with the Kuwait Public Transport Company (KPTC) to supply smart bus devices. Through the contract, the two companies seek to explore opportunities of future collaboration to push forward KPTC's digital transformation goals in line with the nation's developmental and digitization plans.The announcement was made during the contract signing ceremony held at KPTC's...
nKUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem and HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah after a closed session of the National Assembly yesterday. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
Amir tells MPs Kuwait not immune to crisis fallouts
By B IzzakKUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday urged lawmakers to avoid disputes amid the highly delicate international situation, saying Kuwait is not immune to the effects of the Russia-Ukraine military confrontation. In a message to lawmakers conveyed by National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem during yesterday's emergency session, HH the Amir urged lawmakers to place Kuwait's national interests ahead of...
IRPIN, Ukraine: A man helps a woman evacuee cross a destroyed bridge as she and others flee this city northwest of Kyiv yesterday. – AFP n
Ukraine rejects Russian offer of corridors
KYIV: Ukraine dismissed Moscow's offer to create humanitarian corridors from several bombarded cities yesterday after it emerged that exit routes would lead refugees into Russia or Belarus. The Russian proposal of safe passage for people from Kharkiv, Kyiv, Mariupol and Sumy came after terrified Ukrainian civilians came under fire in previous failed ceasefire attempts. Violence raged 12 days into the war, even as a third round of peace...
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Ex-boss of India bourse arrested in mystic scam
MUMBAI: The former chief executive of India's National Stock Exchange has been arrested, officials said yesterday, in a bizarre corporate misgovernance scandal featuring a supposed Himalayan yogi. Chitra Ramkrishna - a high-flying executive once feted as the "queen of the bourse" - allegedly took business advice from a mystic throughout her 2013-2016 tenure at one of the world's largest derivatives exchanges.She was detained by Central Bureau of...
TAMARWOUTE, Morocco: A member of a women's rights group meets with women in this village in a remote part of the kingdom's Anti-Atlas mountains on Feb 19, 2022. - AFP n
'Nightmare' of underage marriage for Morocco girls
TAMARWOUTE, Morocco: Nadia was just 16 when she was married off to a violent husband old enough to be her father - an ordeal thousands of Moroccan girls face every year due to a legal loophole. "I went through hell. But the nightmare is behind me now," she said. Nadia, from a remote part of the North African kingdom's Anti-Atlas mountains, managed to win a divorce after a year of marriage.Now aged 20 and living back with her parents in her...
KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Ali Al-Mousa attends yesterday's parliament session.n
Public Works Minister's grilling tops schedule of today's session
KUWAIT: The National Assembly holds regular sessions today and tomorrow to discuss several topics namely an interpellation motion against Minister of Public Works Ali Al-Mousa. Legislators are scheduled to kick off today's session by endorsing minutes and filed reports, then they will proceed with procedures of the interpellation addressed to Al-Mousa, who doubles as the Minister of State for Youth Affairs, by MP Abdullah Al-Mudhaf.Mudhaf, who...
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Ambassadors thank Kuwait in open letter
KUWAIT: Following Russia's unprovoked and premeditated invasion of Ukraine, G7 partners and EU colleagues represented in Kuwait, and with support from Australia and Albania alongside Ukraine, have sent an open letter to the Foreign Minister, Sheikh Dr Ahmad Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Sabah. The letter expresses the deep appreciation of our governments for the principled position that Kuwait has taken on Ukraine following Russia's invasion and our...
Josep Borrelln
Might makes not right, unjust wars are doomed to be lost
By Josep BorrellAt this dark hour, when we see Russia's unprovoked and unjustified invasion of Ukraine and massive disinformation campaigns and information manipulation, it is essential to separate lies -- invented to justify what cannot be justified -- from facts. The facts are that Russia, a major nuclear power, has attacked and invaded a peaceful and democratic neighboring country, which posed no threat to it, nor provoked it. Moreover,...
KUWAIT: Mourners perform the funeral pray during the funeral of Dr Ahmad Al-Khatib yesterday. - Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyatn
Kuwait bids farewell to Dr Ahmad Al-Khatib
KUWAIT: Influential Kuwaiti political figure Dr Ahmad Al-Khatib was laid to rest yesterday at the Sulaibikhat cemetery. A large number of mourners attended the funeral, led by National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem and several Kuwaiti political figures. Dr Khatib, who played a key role in the country's independence and transition to a democratic parliamentary system as well as regional politics, passed away at 95 on Sunday.Born in Kuwait...
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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
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Interior Minister orders removal of violations in Failaka