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Students of the School of Magic and Witchcraft gather outside a castle in the mountain city of Campos do Jordao.n
Castle brings fantasy to life for Brazilian wannabe wizards
'A childhood dream to become part of the magical universe' Students of the School of Magic and Witchcraft gather outside a castle in the mountain city of Campos do Jordao.At a castle, a werewolf growls in a cage while a wizard casts spells to try to calm the beast down. Not to worry-it's just a normal day at Brazil's magic school. The werewolf is an actor in costume and the spells presumably wouldn't work in the face of a real mythical beast. But...
MONROE, Louisiana: Phlebotomist Elaine Matthews takes blood from JoAnna Farris, a freshman nursing major, during LifeShare Blood Centers Hurricane Harvey blood drive at ULM in Monroe, La, Wednesday. LifeShare Blood Centers collected donations that will go to restore dwindling supplies at blood banks in areas affected by the storm. — AP
Australia bars ‘world’s no.1 anti-vaxxer’ from entry
MONROE, Louisiana: Phlebotomist Elaine Matthews takes blood from JoAnna Farris, a freshman nursing major, during LifeShare Blood Centers Hurricane Harvey blood drive at ULM in Monroe, La, Wednesday. LifeShare Blood Centers collected donations that will go to restore dwindling supplies at blood banks in areas affected by the storm. — APSYDNEY: An American who describes himself as the “world’s #1 anti-vaxxer” has been barred from entering...
Interstate 69 is covered by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Tuesday in Humble, Texas.
Harvey to cost Texas $58 billion in losses
PARIS: Economic losses in Texas from Hurricane Harvey, which is still pounding the water-logged US state with rain, will be some $58 billion (49 billion euros), disaster analysts in Germany said yesterday. If that estimate holds, it would make Harvey the world’s 9th most expensive natural disaster since 1900, according to the Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology (CEDIM) in Karlsruhe, Germany.It would also push the yearly...
HOUSTON: This aerial photo shows the Flint Hills Resources oil refinery near downtown Houston. — AP
Harvey knocks out more US refineries
Hurricane sends pump prices up, causes shift in global oil flows HOUSTON: This aerial photo shows the Flint Hills Resources oil refinery near downtown Houston. — APPARIS: Economic losses in Texas from Hurricane Harvey, which is still pounding the water-logged US state with rain, will be some $58 billion (49 billion euros), disaster analysts in Germany said yesterday. If that estimate holds, it would make Harvey the world's 9th most expensive...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah hosted Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Anas Khaled Al-Saleh at Bayan Palace as he presented to His Highness Director General of General Administration of Customs (KGAC) Jamal Al-Jalawi. He also presented to His Highness the Amir KGAC Assistant Undersecretary for Financial and Taxes Affairs Aseel Al-Munaifi and KGAC Assistant Undersecretary for State’s Property Affairs And Legal Affairs Ghazi Al-Enezi, on the occasion of their new appointment. The meeting was attended by Advisor at the Amiri Diwan Mohammad Dhaifallah Sharar. — KUNA
Kuwait pardons disciplined soldiers ahead of Eid
Amir extends Eid Al-Adha greetings KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah hosted Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Anas Khaled Al-Saleh at Bayan Palace as he presented to His Highness Director General of General Administration of Customs (KGAC) Jamal Al-Jalawi. He also presented to His Highness the Amir KGAC Assistant Undersecretary for Financial and Taxes Affairs Aseel Al-Munaifi and KGAC Assistant...
KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways, ALAFCO top officials signed a deal to sell and re-lease four 777-300ER aircrafts. — KUNA photos
Kuwait Airways and ALAFCO sign aircrafts selling/re-leasing deal
KUWAIT: Kuwait Airways, ALAFCO top officials signed a deal to sell and re-lease four 777-300ER aircrafts. — KUNA photosKUWAIT: Kuwait Airways and the Aviation Lease and Finance Company (ALAFCO) signed a deal to sell and re-lease four 777-300ER aircrafts. ALAFCO is now the legal owner of the four aircrafts and Kuwait Airways will be leasing the planes for 12 years, Kuwait Airways Chairman Sami Al-Rasheed said in a press statement yesterday....
Undersecretary at the Ministry Of Awqaf Fareed Emadi poses for a group photo during a visit at the headquarters of several Kuwaiti Hajj groups. — KUNA
Hajj mission keen on fulfilling the needs of pilgrims
Undersecretary at the Ministry Of Awqaf Fareed Emadi poses for a group photo during a visit at the headquarters of several Kuwaiti Hajj groups. — KUNAMAKKAH: The Hajj mission is keen on offering topnotch services to Kuwait’s Hajj pilgrims, aiming at fulfilling their needs during this great Islamic rite, an official from the Kuwaiti Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs said yesterday. Undersecretary at the Ministry of Awqaf Fareed Emadi made...
Photo of Kuwait City seen from Salmiya with the Green Island in the foreground. — Kuna
Humid weather expected to continue during weekend
KUWAIT: Humid weather is expected to continue during the weekend, especially in the coastal areas, the official at the Kuwait Meteorological Department Yasser Al-Bloushi said yesterday. Al- Bloushi said that hot and humid weather would continue today and would gradually reduce late evening as the highest temperature would reach around 44-46 degrees Celsius. Wind will be light to moderate - coming from the northwest. As for the status of the sea,...
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MoH prepares a special budget
KUWAIT: MoH recently arranged to prepare a special budget to appoint 530 doctors and pharmacists at Jaber Hospital after the CSC agreed to hire 500 doctors and 30 pharmacists for the hospital. Meanwhile, informed high-ranking sources stressed that both the legislative and executive powers agree on 10 bills that will be prioritized once the parliament is convened. The sources explained that the bills include granting citizenship to illegal...
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‘Shrimping season’ to be launched on Sept 1, 2017
KUWAIT: The head of Kuwait Fishermen Union Thaher Al-Sowayyan urged MoI to cancel conditions that fishermen should carry their passports on sailing in and out of national waters, as long as they carried their Kuwaiti civil IDs and special forms. Sowayyan also said that the shrimping season in Kuwait territorial waters will be launched on Sept 1, 2017, and accordingly, urged all fishermen to respect related Amiri decree number 46/1980 and other...
Arwa Al-Waqian
Teach your kids
Teach your kids that all the killings, car rammings and blasts taking place nowadays are extreme actions, because we all were created to coexist and accept each other on this earth. What is happening now is the result of exaggeration and extremism. Teach your kids to evaluate others according to their personality and conduct rather than according to color, race or origin. Teach them to accept others the way they are without showing any wish to...
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Municipality launches inspection campaign
KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality's Acting PR manager Mohammed Al-Mutairi said that a campaign has been launched to improve the standard of cleanliness as well as to have more control over foodstuff providers, warehouses, storage areas, ads and licenses. Al-Mutairi added that the first phase of the campaign resulted in removing 331.367 cubic meters of garbage, destroying 83.631 tons of expired food items, removing 836 abandoned vehicles, filing 2378...
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This undated imageshows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (green) found within an infected cell (pink and purple) cultured in the laboratory. - AFP
Mpox global health emergency, Kuwait monitoring situation
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NEW DELHI: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects the guard of honor to mark the country's Independence Day, at the Red Fort in New Delhi on August 15, 2024. -AFP
Modi renews push for common civil code for India
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VARANASI: Medical students shout slogans and hold posters as they protest the rape and murder of a young medic from Kolkata, in Varanasi on August 15, 2024. -- AFP
Protests sweep India over rape and murder of doctor
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KUWAIT: People watch pearl diving boats as they arrive at the main beach at the end of the 33rd annual pearl diving festival. Pearl-diving trips are held annually under the patronage of the Kuwaiti Amir in order to keep traditions alive.
Pearl diving trip winds up