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Heat-related deaths could increase by 15%, says Kuwait University study
KUWAIT: Heat-related mortality for non-Kuwaiti migrant workers could increase by around 15 percent by the end of the century, according to a Kuwait University study. Also, for every 100 deaths in Kuwait, around 14 could be attributed to heat driven by climate change by the century’s end, says the environmental research letter prepared by Barrak Al-Ahmad from the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, College of Public Health,...
Rescuers pull up a net as they rescue a beluga whale stranded in the River Seine at Notre Dame de la-Garenne, northern France, on August 9, 2022.
Ailing beluga dies during French rescue bid
Ouistreham: An ailing beluga whale that strayed into France's Seine river was put down by vets Wednesday during a last-ditch rescue attempt to keep the animal alive, local officials said. The fate of the whale captured the hearts of people across the world since it was first spotted in the highly unusual habitat of the river that flows through Paris, far from its usual Arctic waters. Rescuers had worked overnight to lift the male out of the Seine...
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Qatar World Cup to start a day earlier than planned: sources
DOHA: The World Cup's start will be brought forward by a day to allow hosts Qatar to play the opening game, sources told AFP on Wednesday, just over three months before the competition gets underway. Qatar will now play Ecuador on November 20, 24 hours earlier than planned, in a move that FIFA's ruling council was expected to confirm soon, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.The change will see the tournament, which was switched to...
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Kuwait stresses nuclear weapons-free Middle East achieves peace, stability
NEW YORK: Kuwait reiterated on Tuesday that the goal of freeing the Middle East region of nuclear weapons and putting all nuclear facilities and program under the control of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is to achieve security, safety and stability in the region. This came in a speech delivered by Second Secretary of Kuwait's Diplomatic Mission at the UN Ibrahim Al-Dai during the second committee of the tenth conference of...
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden holds up a pen before signing H.R. 4346, the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 9, 2022.
Biden signs major semiconductors investment bill to compete against China
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden signed into law Tuesday a multibillion dollar bill boosting domestic semiconductor and other high-tech manufacturing sectors that US leaders fear risk being dominated by rival China. The Chips and Science Act includes around $52 billion to promote production of microchips, the tiny but powerful and relatively hard-to-make components at the heart of almost every modern piece of machinery. Tens of billions of...
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Serena Williams says 'countdown' to retirement has begun
PARIS: US tennis great Serena Williams announced on Tuesday that "the countdown has begun" to her retirement from the sport. "There comes a time in life when we have to decide to move in a different direction," the 40-year-old, 23-time Grand Slam winner said in a post on Instagram. That time is always hard when you love something so much. My goodness do I enjoy tennis. But now, the countdown has begun. I have to focus on being a mom, my spiritual...
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Jazeera Airways announces KD7.8 million in net profit in first half of 2022
KUWAIT: Jazeera Airways today announced strong results with a net profit of KD7.8 million for the first half (H1) of 2022, compared to a net loss of KD11.7 million in the first half of 2021. Total revenue for the period reached KD77.6 million, up four times from the comparable period, while operating profit stood at KD9.8 million, up 187%. These solid financial results were driven by active operations that saw the company carry its highest ever...
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Trump says Florida home 'raided' by FBI
PALM BEACH: Former US president Donald Trump said Monday that his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida was being "raided" by FBI agents in what he called an act of "prosecutorial misconduct."The FBI declined to comment on whether the search was happening or what it might be for, nor did Trump give any indication of why federal agents were at his home -- a situation that adds to the legal pressures on the ex-president.Multiple US media outlets cited...
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KISR experts farm whiteleg shrimp in Kuwait desert
KUWAIT: Marine life experts at Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) managed to farm whiteleg shrimp (or vannamei) at a desert area in Kabad using low salinity water. The experimental model shrimp farm of the institute imported vannamei larvae from Thailand and has almost reached a commercial production level, KISR's Acting Director General Dr Manei Al-Siderawi said Monday. "The productivity of the experiment, the first of its kind,...
GAZA CITY: Smoke billows from a building struck during a Zionist military airstrike in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on August 7, 2022. - AFP
Palestinian Islamic Jihad confirms Gaza truce
GAZA CITY: The Islamic Jihad announced said Sunday they had agreed to a Cairo-brokered ceasefire to end three days of intense bombardment from the Zionist entity that has left at least 41 Palestinians dead in Gaza. "A short while ago the wording of the Egyptian truce agreement was reached, which contains Egypt's commitment to work towards the release of two prisoners, (Bassem) al-Saadi and (Khalil) Awawdeh," senior Islamic Jihad member Mohammad...
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Six children among 31 dead in Zionist military strikes on Gaza
GAZA CITY: The death toll from the latest round of the Zionist entity's ongoing assault on Gaza has risen to 31, including six children, Palestinian health authorities said Sunday. Gaza's health ministry also said 265 people were wounded in the Zionist military strikes since Friday on different locations across the Gaza Strip, including on the densely populated Jabalia refugee camp. An AFP photographer saw six dead bodies at the local hospital,...
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Kuwait condemns Zionist entity's assault on Gaza
KUWAIT: Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced in the strongest terms the deadly air attacks launched by the Zionist entity on Gaza, Palestine on Friday."The brutal attacks that left scores of casualties were a continuation of a chain of crimes being perpetrated by the occupation forces in a blatant violation of international law and international legitimacy," the Ministry stressed in a statement on Saturday.It urged the international...
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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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UFO's in Kuwait?
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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