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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,...
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...
MELBOURNE: This undated image courtesy of Cortical Labs shows a Scanning Electron Microscope image of a neural culture that has been growing for more than six months on a high-density multi-electrode array. - AFP
'Sentient' brain cells in dish learn to play video game: study
WASHINGTON: Brain cells living in a dish can learn to play the classic video game Pong, thus demonstrating "intelligent and sentient behavior," Australian neuroscientists argue in a new paper. Brett Kagan, who led the study published Wednesday in the journal Neuron, told AFP his findings open the door to a new type of research in which neurons could one day be used as biological information processors, complementing digital computers."What...
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Kuwait's Amir heads to Italy for medical checkups
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah headed to Italy on Saturday to complete regular medical checkups. He was seen at the airport by His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, His Highness Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime...
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This handout picture provided by the Iranian president's office shows President Ebrahim Raisi chairing a cabinet meeting in Tehran on April 2, 2024.--AFP
Iran mourns president Raisi’s death in helicopter crash
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KUWAIT: HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah chairs a Cabinet meeting on May 19, 2024. – KUNA
Nod to Civil Service Council, citizenship investigation panel
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Tareq Al-Bannai
Kuwait demands action on POWs, UN urges urgency
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A handout picture shows Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi during a meeting with his Azeri counterpart ahead of the inauguration ceremony of a dam jointly built by Iran and Azerbaijan on the Aras River on May 19, 2024. - AFP
Intense search as Iran president’s helicopter missing after ‘accident’
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People walk past a housing complex under construction in Beijing on May 17, 2024. -- AFP
China offers to buy up commercial real estate to boost market