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LONDON: New Conservative Party leader and Britain's Prime Minister-elect Liz Truss delivers a speech at an event to announce the winner of the Conservative Party leadership contest in central London on September 5, 2022. - AFP
Liz Truss named as UK's third woman prime minister
LONDON: Britain's new Conservative leader Liz Truss Monday vowed "bold" action to confront a biting economic crisis as she was confirmed as successor to Prime Minister Boris Johnson after a grueling party contest. The foreign secretary also resisted pressure for a politically perilous early election to confirm her new mandate, vowing to "deliver a great victory for the Conservative party in 2024". Truss beat her rival, former finance minister...
This file photo taken on July 1946 shows the mushroom cloud forming after an atomic bomb explosion during nuclear tests carried out by the US military on Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. - AFP
Film opens debate on spy who leaked US nuke plans to Russia
The little-known story of a teenage scientist who passed US nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union is the subject of a new documentary that premiered at the Venice Film Festival this week. "A Compassionate Spy", by celebrated US filmmaker Steve James, hopes to reignite debate about nuclear weapons at a time of rising geopolitical tensions. "Climate change and other issues have taken our attention away from that threat but it's always been there and...
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Kuwait Fire Force promotes 198 Officers
KUWAIT: Director General of Kuwait Fire Force (KFF) Lieutenant General Khaled Al-Mekrad on Sunday issued an order to promote 198 KFF officers, said the force. The force indicated in a statement that this promotion came in recognition of the officers' efforts to protect society. Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and Acting Minister of Interior Sheikh Talal Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah approved the promotions, added the statement. The KFF...
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Mbappe stars in PSG win, Marseille triumph before Spurs Champions League clash
PARIS: Kylian Mbappe scored a goal in each half as Paris Saint-Germain beat 10-man Nantes 3-0 on Saturday to stay on top of the Ligue 1 table from Marseille, who beat Auxerre 2-0 with Alexis Sanchez on target.Marseille had briefly gone to the summit with that win, but PSG responded in style later and are leaders thanks to their far superior goal difference, having scored 24 goals in just six league outings this season.Mbappe joined Neymar at the...
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Lewandowski leads Barca to win at Sevilla as Real Madrid stay perfect
MADRID: Robert Lewandowski scored again as Barcelona defeated Sevilla 3-0 in La Liga on Saturday, while Real Madrid made it four wins from four with victory over Real Betis.Barcelona rode their lucky early on at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan as Marc-Andre ter Stegen denied Ivan Rakitic and Youssef En-Nesyri before the visitors struck against the run of play.Raphinha headed in the rebound after Lewandowski's dinked effort was cleared off the line, but...
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Leao claims derby honours for Milan, Napoli retake top spot
MILAN: Rafael Leao fired a warning shot to the rest of Serie A on Saturday with his brace in AC Milan's 3-2 derby triumph over Inter Milan which put his team level with league leaders Napoli, 2-1 winners at Lazio thanks to rising star Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.Portugal winger Leao struck twice in each half in a pulsating clash at the San Siro, the first since Milan's takeover by US investment fund RedBird was completed in the week, which put the...
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Havertz seals controversial Chelsea win, Man City held by Villa
LONDON: Kai Havertz scored the late winner as big-spending Chelsea fought back for a controversial 2-1 win against West Ham, while Manchester City were held to a 1-1 draw after Leon Bailey snatched a late equaliser for struggling Aston Villa on Saturday.Having embarked on a £250 million ($280 million) spending spree in the summer transfer window, Chelsea are expected to deliver on their new owners' eye-watering investment.The early returns had...
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Bayern and Leipzig stumble as Freiburg go top of Bundesliga
Berlin: Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann said Saturday his team lacked their usual energy after they were held to a draw for the second week in a row at Union Berlin and knocked off top spot in the Bundesliga.Union battled to a well-earned 1-1 draw at home to Bayern, allowing fellow high-fliers Freiburg to leapfrog their way into first after they beat Bayer Leverkusen in a five-goal thriller."In the end it was a fair result. The energy which...
WASHINGTON: Kuwait's embassy in Washington, DC.
Kuwait Embassy in US warns against fake bodies
WASHINGTON: Kuwait's Embassy in the US cautioned Saturday against some parties asking citizens for money under the claim they represent the Embassy's consular section in Washington. In a press statement, the embassy added that those bodies demand some money from citizens in exchange for consular and/or academic services. The embassy affirmed that it does not contact citizens via either telephone or email for money. The embassy appealed to...
The Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket sits on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center on September 2, 2022. - AFP
NASA postpones rocket launch to Moon after fuel leak
WASHINGTON: NASA on Saturday scrapped a second attempt to get its new 30-story rocket off the ground and send its uncrewed test capsule toward the Moon after engineers detected a fuel leak. With millions around the globe and hundreds of thousands on nearby beaches waiting for the historic launch of the massive Space Launch System (SLS), a leak near the base of the rocket was found as ultra-cold liquid hydrogen was being pumped in. "The launch...
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Kuwait University set to add 300 expat students
KUWAIT: Kuwait University is set to announce soon the acceptance of its first batch of expatriate students who applied in line with its policy to diversify its student body to attain a higher global ranking. "Almost 300 expat students from over 1,000 applicants have been accepted to Kuwait University after applying online between August 21 and 27," based on their grades achieved in high school, sources told Kuwait Times. Admittance is restricted...
KUWAIT: People are seen outside the election nomination center on September 3, 2022. -- Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
Sixteen more candidates join Kuwait electoral race
KUWAIT: On the sixth day of registration, 16 more people, including 15 males and one female, on Saturday submitted candidacy applications to the election watchdog to run for the forthcoming National Assembly elections slated for September 29th. The new candidates have thus taken the total number to 289 so far, involving 271 males and 18 females. The new candidates include two in the second constituency, four in the third, four in the fourth and...
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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