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KUALA LUMPUR: File photo taken on August 19, 2019 shows Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak arriving at the Kuala Lumpur High Court for his trial over 1MDB corruption allegations in Kuala Lumpur. – AFPnnnn
Malaysian former premier loses corruption appeal
KUALA LUMPUR: File photo taken on August 19, 2019 shows Malaysia's former prime minister Najib Razak arriving at the Kuala Lumpur High Court for his trial over 1MDB corruption allegations in Kuala Lumpur. – AFPPUTRAJAYA, Malaysia: Former Malaysian leader Najib Razak lost his appeal against a corruption conviction and 12-year jail term yesterday, with the judge branding his actions a "national embarrassment" but allowing him to remain free. The...
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Talking teapots - the antiques that inspired Disney movies
People look at a screen during a press preview for "Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts" at the Met in New York.-AFP photosWhat was the inspiration for the talking teapots and singing candelabra that populate Walt Disney's movies? A new show in New York suggests they can be traced back to antiques and artwork that the animation master encountered in Paris as a young man.The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition...
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'Squid Game', Alec Baldwin among top Google searches
Google said Wednesday its most popular search terms in 2021 include "Squid Game," Alec Baldwin and the cryptocurrency Dogecoin. Sports were also big on the platform: the top eight search terms had to do with cricket, the NBA and international football tournaments like Euro 2021, Google said.The wildly popular and uber violent Netflix series "Squid Game", a South Korean-made survival game about people desperate to get out of debt, came in ninth...
Joice Sibi lights the traditional lamp during the inauguration of the cultural festival as Dr Bader Al-Duwaish (left), Sibi George and Salman A Boland look on.n
'Namaste Kuwait' - A spectacular cultural event
Joice Sibi lights the traditional lamp during the inauguration of the cultural festival as Dr Bader Al-Duwaish (left), Sibi George and Salman A Boland look on.By Sajeev K PeterA two-day Kuwait-India cultural festival titled 'Namaste Kuwait' got off to a glittering start at the National Museum of Kuwait on Tuesday evening. The festival, a unique blend of music and dance of both India and Kuwait, was inaugurated jointly by National Council of...
The architect director of the works of the Sagrada Familia basilica, Jordi Fauli, poses outside the catholic temple during an interview with AFP in Barcelona on December 1, 2021.-AFP photosn
The architect trying to finish the Sagrada Familia after 138 years
The architect director of the works of the Sagrada Familia basilica, Jordi Fauli, poses outside the catholic temple during an interview with AFP in Barcelona on December 1, 2021.-AFP photosJordi Fauli is the seventh chief architect of Barcelona's iconic Sagrada Familia since Antoni Gaudi began work on the basilica in 1883, and he had been expected to oversee its long-awaited completion. But the pandemic has delayed efforts to finish this...
A gold, cameo and enamel diadem by Jacques-Amboise Oliveras, circa 1808, (left) and a Carnelian, enamel and gold diadem, circa 1800, (right), believed to have belonged to Empress Josephine Bonaparte of France, are displayed during 0a photocall at Sotheby's auction house in London.-AFP n
'Majestic' tiaras of Josephine Bonaparte sold in UK
A gold, cameo and enamel diadem by Jacques-Amboise Oliveras, circa 1808, (left) and a Carnelian, enamel and gold diadem, circa 1800, (right), believed to have belonged to Empress Josephine Bonaparte of France, are displayed during 0a photocall at Sotheby's auction house in London.-AFPA pair of "highly rare" centuries-old headpieces encrusted with jewels and believed to have belonged to the French empress Josephine Bonaparte sold at auction in...
MILAN: Liverpool's Belgian forward Divock Origi (Top left) and AC Milan's French goalkeeper Mike Maignan (right) go for the ball during the UEFA Champions League Group B football match between AC Milan and Liverpool on December 7, 2021. - AFP n
Perfect Liverpool knock Milan out
MILAN: Liverpool's Belgian forward Divock Origi (Top left) and AC Milan's French goalkeeper Mike Maignan (right) go for the ball during the UEFA Champions League Group B football match between AC Milan and Liverpool on December 7, 2021. - AFPMILAN: Liverpool made it a perfect six Champions League wins from six on Tuesday with a 2-1 victory at AC Milan which knocked one of Europe's most storied clubs out of continental competition for another...
SYDNEY: Protesters hold up placards and banners as they attend a demonstration in Sydney to call on the Australian government to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over China's human rights record. - AFP n
Australia joins US diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
SYDNEY: Protesters hold up placards and banners as they attend a demonstration in Sydney to call on the Australian government to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics over China's human rights record. - AFPSYDNEY: Australia will not send officials to February's Winter Olympics in Beijing, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said yesterday, joining a US diplomatic boycott of the Games. Canberra's decision comes as discord with China over a slew of...
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Kuwait's delegation returns with gold, silver and bronze
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Decorated with gold, silver and bronze medals, Kuwait's delegation to the 4th Asian Para Games that was held in Bahrain returned home on Tuesday night. The delegation was received by Chairman of the Kuwait Paralympic Committee Nasser Al-Ajmi and Honorary Chairwoman of Al-Irada Disabled Club Sheikha Suhaila Al-Sabah and Chairman of Al-Irada Club Duaij Al-Hajiri.Nasser Al-Ajmi lauded the players' achievement adding that...
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Arab Master Tennis Tournament results
By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: Results of the Preliminaries in Arab Master Tennis Tournament were as follows: Rabei Sleem (from Syria) defeated Abdallah Al-Barwani (from Oman) 6-3/6-2. Mohamed Said (from Mauritania) defeated Zakaria Aweis from Somalia 6-0/6-0. Sulaiman Al-Qasem (from Saudi Arabia) defeated Oman's Muneer Alrawahi 6-3/6-4. Hassan Ibrahim (from Lebanon) defeated Libya's Ahmad Mouhan. In the final match, Jordan's Seif Adas defeated...
BRISBANE: Mitchell Starc of Australia (center) celebrates taking the wicket of England's Rory Burns with the first ball of the match during day one of the first Ashes cricket Test match between England and Australia yesterday. - AFP n
Cummins savors 'dream start'; England slump to 147 all out
BRISBANE: Mitchell Starc of Australia (center) celebrates taking the wicket of England's Rory Burns with the first ball of the match during day one of the first Ashes cricket Test match between England and Australia yesterday. - AFPBRISBANE: Pat Cummins took five wickets in a scintillating start to his captaincy as Australia routed England for 147 on the opening day of the Ashes at the Gabba yesterday. After England skipper Joe Root won the toss...
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Jazeera Airways launches carbon offset program
Rohit RamachandranKUWAIT: Jazeera Airways yesterday announced a partnership with the Norwegian climate and technology company, CHOOOSE, to enable customers to offset their carbon emissions by supporting a set of CO2-reducing climate solutions, consisting of a portfolio of renewable energy and community-based projects. To celebrate this initiative, the Jazeera Airways traditional blue branded website has been changed to green for the week.The new...
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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