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DUBAI: Dr Hamad Al-Tuwaijri, Chairman of Golden Falcon Aviation, and John Leahy, Chief Operating Officer of Airbus Commercial Aircraft, in the presence of Ali Al-Fouzan, Chairman of Wataniya Airways during the signing of the MoU. — KUNA

Wataniya Airways adds 25 A320 aircraft to its fleet

Golden Falcon Aviation signs MoU with Airbus acquire 25 new Airbus A320neo Family aircraft. DUBAI: Dr Hamad Al-Tuwaijri, Chairman of Golden Falcon Aviation, and John Leahy, Chief Operating Officer of Airbus Commercial Aircraft, in the presence of Ali Al-Fouzan, Chairman of Wataniya Airways during the signing of the MoU. — KUNADUBAI: Golden Falcon Aviation, the exclusive aircraft provider of Wataniya Airways, has signed a Memorandum of...

CHANGA MANGA, Pakistan: White-backed vultures in their enclosure at the Vulture Conservation Centre run by World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) in Changa Manga, about 80km from Lahore. — AFP

Unloved vultures fight for their survival in Pakistan

White-backed vulture facing extinction CHANGA MANGA, Pakistan: White-backed vultures in their enclosure at the Vulture Conservation Centre run by World Wide Fund for Nature-Pakistan (WWF-P) in Changa Manga, about 80km from Lahore. — AFPCHANGA MANGA: Once a common sight in the skies of Pakistan, today the white-backed vulture is facing extinction-its population devastated by the use of industrial drugs to breed the cattle whose carcasses they...

DUBAI: Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (right), looks at an Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet during the Dubai Airshow yesterday in the United Arab Emirates. —AFP

Boeing inks $1.3bn Ethiopian Airlines deal for 777 freighters

Bombardier wins $2.2bn CSeries orders from EgyptAir DUBAI: Crown Prince of Dubai, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (right), looks at an Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet during the Dubai Airshow yesterday in the United Arab Emirates. —AFPDUBAI: Boeing Co inked a $1.3 billion deal yesterday to sell four 777 freighters to Ethiopian Airlines as an aircraft provider to a Kuwaiti carrier resuming operations tentatively agreed to buy 25...

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Microsoft Kuwait showcases game-changing technologies

EGOV5 addresses digital transformation and ICT innovationKUWAIT: In line with its commitment to support the government of Kuwait to drive digital transformation across different sectors, Microsoft announced yesterday that it has participated as the platinum sponsor at the 5th E-Government Forum that was held from the 5th to 7th November 2017, at the Arraya Ballroom, Courtyard Marriott hotel, Kuwait. EGOV5 is patronized by His Highness the Prime...

This image released by NBC shows, from left, Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally in “Will & Grace.” — AP

Study: More LGBTQ characters on TV, but fewer women

This image released by NBC shows, from left, Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally in “Will & Grace.” — APTV series are including more LGBTQ characters and adding gender-nonconforming ones, but there's a need for richer, more complex stories about them, according to the media advocacy group GLAAD. LGBTQ depictions increased in the current season across broadcast, cable and streaming platforms, the group's annual...

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Amazon to produce 'Lord of the Rings' television series

A screenshot from Peter Jackson’s ‘Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’.Amazon.com Inc has bought the global television rights to "The Lord of the Rings," the company said on Monday, in what may be its biggest and most expensive move yet to draw viewers to its streaming and shopping club Prime. Amazon said it will produce a multi-season series that explores new storylines preceding author JRR Tolkien's "The Fellowship of the Ring,"...

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Harbi opens Jahra Hospital surgery unit

Jahra Hospital, KuwaitBy Faten OmarKUWAIT: Health Minister Dr Jamal Al-Harbi yesterday opened the surgery unit at Jahra Hospital after it was fully equipped. “Jahra Hospital is the first public hospital to have the latest cardiovascular information system (CVIS) that links all departments and keeps doctors updated with their patients’ info,” Harbi said. He affirmed the health ministry aims to achieve the vision of the government to provide...

ALETHANGYAW, Myanmar: A woman holds the hand of a child as they stand near tents at a makeshift camp in Rakhine state in Myanmar, while waiting to find a way to cross over into Bangladesh. - AFP

Myanmar Rohingya exodus leaves ghost land behind

ALETHANGYAW, Myanmar: A woman holds the hand of a child as they stand near tents at a makeshift camp in Rakhine state in Myanmar, while waiting to find a way to cross over into Bangladesh. - AFPALE THAN KYAW: Torched villages and unharvested paddy fields stretch to the horizon in Myanmar's violence-gutted Rakhine state, where a dwindling number of Muslim Rohingya remain trapped in limbo after an army crackdown coursed through the region. A rare...

ZOUK MOSBEH, Lebanon: A poster of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri is seen on a giant billboard that reads in Arabic 'All of Lebanon is Saad Hariri' on the highway of Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut yesterday. - AFP

Fears for Lebanese economy if Saudi Arabia imposes Qatar-style blockade

ZOUK MOSBEH, Lebanon: A poster of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri is seen on a giant billboard that reads in Arabic 'All of Lebanon is Saad Hariri' on the highway of Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut yesterday. - AFPBEIRUT: Lebanese politicians and bankers believe Saudi Arabia intends to do to their country what it did to Qatar - corral Arab allies into enforcing an economic blockade unless its demands are met. Unlike Qatar, the world's biggest...

MISRATA: Ali Tuwaileb who is in charge of a high security anti-organized crime complex in Misrata where the bodies of Islamic State (IS) group fighters are being stored opens one of the refrigerated containers at a make-shift morgue. - AFP

IS corpses in refrigerated containers

MISRATA: Ali Tuwaileb who is in charge of a high security anti-organized crime complex in Misrata where the bodies of Islamic State (IS) group fighters are being stored opens one of the refrigerated containers at a make-shift morgue. - AFPMISRATA: Hundreds of corpses of Islamic State fighters have lain stored for the past year in a row of refrigerated containers in the Libyan city of Misrata awaiting a final decision on their fate. "The...

SARPOL-E-ZAHAB: A woman mourns at an earthquake site in Sarpol-e-Zahab in western Iran, yesterday. Rescuers are digging through the debris of buildings felled by the Sunday earthquake in the border region of Iran and Iraq. - AP

Iran-Iraq earthquake death toll hits 530

SARPOL-E-ZAHAB: A woman mourns at an earthquake site in Sarpol-e-Zahab in western Iran, yesterday. Rescuers are digging through the debris of buildings felled by the Sunday earthquake in the border region of Iran and Iraq. - APANKARA: Iranian officials called off rescue operations, saying there was little chance of finding more survivors from the earthquake that shook parts of western Iran on Sunday, killing at least 530 people, state media said...

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In 'Justice League,' DC looks beyond Batman and Superman

This image shows Jason Momoa, from left, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller and Ray Fisher in a scene from 'Justice League'.-APNEW YORK: Peace never reigns in the pages of DC Comics. There's always a world to be saving, a cataclysm to avert. The making of the DC superhero team-up film "Justice League" was hardly any more tranquil. Made in the wake of the disappointment surrounding its predecessor, "Batman v Superman," and the critically-panned "Suicide...

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KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah receives India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Aug 18, 2024. — KUNA

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MEW: Power cuts in high-consumption Industrial areas in Kuwait