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A firefighter battles a blaze at Espite in Ourem, Portugal on July 13, 2022. - AFP

2022 Europe's hottest summer on record: EU monitor

PARIS: The summer of 2022 was the hottest in Europe's recorded history, with the continent suffering blistering heatwaves and the worst drought in centuries, the European Commission's satellite monitor said on Thursday. The five hottest years on record have all come since 2016 as climate change drives ever longer and stronger hot spells and drier soil conditions. And that created tinderbox forests, increasing the risk of devastating and sometimes...

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Liverpool trounced by Napoli as Lewandowski hits Barcelona hat-trick

PARIS: Last season's beaten finalists Liverpool got their Champions League campaign off to a disastrous start in a 4-1 defeat away to Napoli on Wednesday, while Robert Lewandowski hit a hat-trick in a big win for Barcelona.Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern Munich also got their campaigns underway with victories, but Rangers were crushed 4-0 by Ajax in the Netherlands on their return to the group phase of Europe's elite club competition.Jurgen Klopp's...

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Apple unveils iPhone 14 with emergency satellite messaging, Ultra Watch

Cupertino: Apple Inc introduced a range of new iPhone 14 models capable of sending a call for help via satellite during an emergency, as well as crash-detection ability and an adventure-focused Ultra Watch.The iPhone 14 models will test Apple's ability to wring dollars from its relatively affluent customer base, which has kept spending in the face of rising inflation but is not immune to a weakening economy.The iPhone 14 will start at $799 and...

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Schools blame staff shortages on frozen fees

By Majd OthmanKUWAIT: While the ministry of education has announced school fees for the current academic year are fixed and there cannot be any increases, private schools are suffering from a severe shortage of staff. Kuwait Times spoke with Noura Al-Ghanem, President of the Private Schools Union, to discuss the effect of this shortage on the educational process, who stressed the importance of increasing tuition fees to upgrade the level of...

Kuwait backs GCC stance against "offensive" Netflix content

KUWAIT: Two Kuwaiti state bodies on Wednesday said they support a demand by Gulf Cooperation Council member countries for US streaming giant Netflix to remove content they deem "offensive" and an affront to Islamic social values. Kuwait will "closely monitor" how compliant Netflix will be with the Gulf Cooperation Council's request, according to a joint statement by the Information Ministry and the Communication and Information Technology...

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Final day of Kuwaiti parliamentary candidacy sees 26 hopefuls registering

KUWAIT: On the final day of registration, some 26 hopefuls on Wednesday registered for candidacy in the 2022 National Assembly elections scheduled for September 29. The total of those running in elections amounted to 376 candidates. In the first constituency, six candidates registered Wednesday, while in the second constituency, eight candidates put their names on the list. The third, fourth, and fifth constituencies saw two, six, and four...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Kuwait Fire Force officials. - KUNA

Prime Minister receives Kuwait Fire Force officials

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Seif Palace on Wednesday Director General of Kuwait Fire Force (KFF) Lieutenant General Khaled Al-Mekrad and several top brass from the force. Mekrad and KFF officials congratulated His Highness the Prime Minister on earning the trust of the leadership and blessing on forming the new government. Undersecretary at the Prime Minister Diwan Sheikh...

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Mbappe, Haaland shine in PSG, Man City wins as Chelsea lose in Zagreb

PARIS: Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland starred Tuesday as Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City made winning starts in the Champions League group stage, but big-spending Chelsea suffered a shock 1-0 defeat away to Dinamo Zagreb.Real Madrid rode their luck at times before demonstrating their class to kick off their title defence with a 3-0 win at Celtic despite the loss of Karim Benzema to injury.Mbappe showed why PSG were so desperate to keep...

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Ons Jabeur makes history, reaches US Open semi-finals

NEW YORK: Tunisia's Ons Jabeur claimed another piece of tennis history after becoming the first African woman to reach the semi-finals of the US Open on Tuesday with a straight sets victory over Ajla Tomljanovic.Jabeur, who was also the first woman from Africa to win a place in the Wimbledon final in July, moved into the last four with a 6-4, 7-6 (7/4) win on the Arthur Ashe Stadium Court.The 28-year-old will face either 12th seed Coco Gauff or...

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Ex-speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem will not run in Assembly elections

By B IzzakKUWAIT: Former speaker of the National Assembly since 2013 Marzouq Al-Ghanem announced on Tuesday he will not run in the Sept 29 snap elections, adding the move is temporary, as he plans to come back at a later stage. He said in a statement on Twitter that after consultations, “I have decided not to run in the current parliamentary elections”.Ghanem thanked the large numbers of supporters throughout Kuwait who had urged him to...

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With just one day to go, 350 candidates register for elections

By B IzzakKUWAIT: The number of candidates who registered to contest the September 29 snap polls yesterday increased to 350 with just one day remaining for the registration process. Of the hopefuls who filed their nomination papers to contest for the 50-seat assembly, there are 44 members of the dissolved assembly. Twenty-four female candidates and 326 males have registered, while three candidates withdrew from the race Tuesday, raising those who...

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Syria seizes hummus bowls made out of captagon

DAMASCUS: Syrian authorities announced on Tuesday they had seized 24 kilograms of captagon that had been crushed and reconstituted to look like hummus bowls. The amphetamine is produced in pill form but these smugglers had crushed it and used the resulting paste to "mold pottery-like dishes coated with a brown adhesive," the interior ministry said. One man was arrested in Damascus in connection with the thwarted trafficking attempt, the statement...

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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

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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

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