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LONDON: A copy of The Sun newspaper featuring former prime minister Boris Johnson lies on the floor outside 10 Downing Street in central London on October 21, 2022. - AFP

Johnson returns to UK as Sunak qualifies for PM race

LONDON: Former prime minister Boris Johnson on Saturday returned to Britain from a holiday to launch an audacious political comeback, as Conservative leadership rival Rishi Sunak reached the minimum threshold to contest the UK's top job. Johnson cut short a Caribbean trip to join the seemingly three-person race to replace outgoing leader Liz Truss, with allies telling British media he was "up for it".The divisive 58-year-old Brexit architect only...

BEIJING: China's President Xi Jinping attends the closing ceremony of the 20th Chinese Communist Party's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on October 22, 2022. - AFP

Xi in control at China Congress, as ex-president removed

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping locked in support for a historic third term in power at the Communist Party's Congress on Saturday, but the dramatic removal of his predecessor from the event stole the headlines. At the end of the week-long gathering in Beijing, China's ruling party approved a sweeping reshuffle that saw a number of top officials -- including Premier Li Keqiang -- step down, allowing Xi to appoint new allies.The largely...

MADRID: Kuwait's Ambassador to Spain Khalifa Al-Kharafi presents his credentials to King Felipe. - KUNA

Kuwait ambassador to Spain presents his credentials to King Felipe

MADRID: Kuwait's Ambassador to Spain Khalifa Al-Kharafi presented his credentials to King Felipe VI on Friday. Speaking after a ceremony held on the occasion at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Ambassador Al-Kharafi said he had conveyed to the King, the greetings of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Both the ambassador and the Spanish king went on...

BARCELONA: Neymar looks on during the opening audience at the courthouse in Barcelona on October 17, 2022, on the first day of their trial. - AFP

Neymar trial opens in Barcelona ahead of World Cup

BARCELONA: With the World Cup barely a month away, Brazilian superstar Neymar went on trial in Spain Monday over alleged irregularities in his transfer to Barcelona nearly a decade ago. Wearing sunglasses and a dark suit, the 30-year-old waved to the press as he arrived at the Provincial Court of Barcelona with his parents who are also in the dock. He will likely take the stand on Tuesday. The player had been set to testify on either October 21...

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Steam overtakes Blizzard as most used gaming platform in Kuwait

By Ahmad JabrKUWAIT: Steam overtook Blizzard as the most used video games distribution service in Kuwait according to latest government figures. Statistics for the third quarter of 2022 released by the Communication and Information Technology Regulatory Authority (CITRA) Monday revealed that Valve’s Steam Service PC gaming app ranks ahead of Blizzard Games, Roblox, PlayStation Network and other apps in internet capacity consumption in Kuwait....

KUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah with the new Cabinet members. - Amiri Diwan photo

Kuwait Deputy Amir urges new Cabinet to address economy, tackle corruption

By B Izzak & KUNAKUWAIT: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Monday urged the new Cabinet to execute development projects, improve healthcare and education, provide housing units, as well as tackle corruption and crack down on the corrupt. "You have before you major issues and many files which are of great importance to us.Each one of you has to apply the law in a fair and equal manner, boost...

KUWAIT: This archive photo shows travelers at a Kuwait Airport terminal. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait airport served more than 8 million passengers this year

KUWAIT: The total number of passengers recorded at Kuwait International Airport amounted to 8.2 million between the start of this year until September 28, a ranking aviation official revealed on Monday. The number of departing passengers reached some 4.3 million and whole arrivals reached 3.8 million during the same period, said Saleh Al-Fdaghi, the Deputy Director General for Kuwait International Airport Affairs at the Directorate for Civil...

LONDON: Britain's Prime Minister Liz Truss looks down during a press conference in the Downing Street Briefing Room in central London on October 14, 2022, following the sacking of the finance minister in response to a budget that sparked markets chaos. - AFP

Pound slides amid UK political drama

LONDON: The pound fell on Friday after under-fire British Prime Minister Liz Truss sacked her finance minister and made a dramatic policy U-turn, while an equity rally ran out of steam. The yen struck a new three-decade dollar low as a rise in US inflation expectations cemented expectations of more hefty Federal Reserve rate hikes.Truss sacked finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng as pressure mounted on her government following last month's...

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Wildlife populations plunge by nearly 70% since 1970: WWF

PARIS: Wild populations of monitored animal species have plummeted nearly 70 percent in the last 50 years, according to a landmark assessment released Thursday that highlights "devastating" losses to nature due to human activity.Featuring data from 32,000 populations of more than 5,000 species of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish, the WWF Living Planet Index shows accelerating falls across the globe.In biodiversity-rich regions such...

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Saudi Arabia denies any anti-US motive to OPEC+ output cut

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia rejected as baseless Thursday accusations that last week's output cut by oil cartel OPEC and its allies, including Russia, was politically motivated against the United States."Saudi Arabia has viewed the statements... which have described the decision as the kingdom taking sides in international conflicts and that it was politically motivated against the United States," the Saudi foreign ministry said in a statement.Saudi...

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Assembly sends out opening invitations for October 18

By B Izzak KUWAIT: The national assembly secretariat has sent out invitations for the opening session of the new parliament for October 18 despite political controversy, the assembly secretary general Adel Alloughani said Thursday. Loughani said that the old invitations for the previously announced opening on October 11 have been cancelled. Senior officials and politicians in addition to diplomats are normally invited to the assembly’s...

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KIB launches best draw account in Kuwait: Al Dirwaza Account

KUWAIT: In its ongoing effort to meet its customers’ needs by introducing new innovative solutions and banking products with plenty of added value benefits, Kuwait International Bank (KIB) announced the launch of its newest account, Al Dirwaza – an investment saving account based on the Wakala investment principle, where the expected profits dispersed on monthly basis in addition to draws on cash prizes throughout the year. Noting that the...

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KUWAIT: Officials and citizens carry the body of Kuwaiti firefighter Abdullah Al-Farsi before he was laid to rest at Sulaibikhat Cemetery on Nov 23, 2024. — KUNA

Kuwait honors martyred fireman

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Bone fragments of the fossil skeleton of 'Lucy' are displayed at the National Museum of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa.--AFP photos

Human ancestor Lucy still has secrets 50 years after discovery

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A Kuwaiti folklore group performs at the ceremony.

Kuwait hosts Gulf Weeks ahead of 45th GCC summit

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People hold placards and shout slogans during a protest march against the sectarian attacks in Kurram district in Parachinar, the mountainous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, in Lahore on November 22, 2024. - AFP

Families fleeing after 32 killed in new sectarian clashes in Pakistan

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India's Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi addresses a press conference against the backdrop of a picture of Gautam Adani, at his party headquarters in New Delhi on November 21, 2024. -AFP

Indian billionaire Adani down again, but not out