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In this file photo, Luis Fonsi performs during the Latin Billboard Awards in Coral Gables, Florida. — AP
How does Luis Fonsi savor his 'Despacito' success? Slowly
In this file photo, Luis Fonsi performs during the Latin Billboard Awards in Coral Gables, Florida. — APThe global phenomenon "Despacito" may be overwhelming to many, but not to Luis Fonsi - even when it has transformed him into a 24/7 globe-trotter. The Puerto Rican sensation considers it a real blessing that the megahit arrived two decades into his career. "It is a lot, but I'm trying just to enjoy every day and be very grateful and I'm...
Afghan models present traditional embroidered Afghan clothing during a fashion show in Kabul, Afghanistan. — AP photos
Kabul catwalk: Afghan models show off traditional clothing
Afghan models present traditional embroidered Afghan clothing during a fashion show in Kabul, Afghanistan. — AP photosAmid tight security, over two dozen young models, including six women, strutted down the catwalk in the garden of a private Kabul villa, proudly displaying the traditional clothing and costumes of Afghanistan's many ethnic groups. The audience, about 100 men and women, tightly packed the small space on a recent afternoon, but...
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Real estate market liquidity improves
KUWAIT: The latest data released by the Ministry of Justice -Real Estate Registration and Authentications Department- (after excluding the craft activity and the coastal strip) indicate an increase in the real estate market liquidity in July 2017 vis-a-vis June 2017 liquidity. The total value of contracts and agencies trading scored KD 190.2 million which is higher in value by 7 percent than its counterpart value in June 2017 which was worth KD...
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Boursa Kuwait rallies on positive sentiment
KUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait ended last week in the green zone. The Price Index closed at 6,885.84 points, up by 0.60 percent from the week before closing, the Weighted Index increased by 1.16 percent after closing at 424.83 points, whereas the KSX-15 Index closed at 967.76 points up by 0.75 percent. Furthermore, last week's average daily turnover increased by 36.47 percent, compared to the preceding week, reaching K.D 18.58 million, whereas trading...
In this Oct 27, 2016 file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an announcement of newnproducts in Cupertino, California. — AP
Tech firms continue efforts to banish extremist accounts
In this Oct 27, 2016 file photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an announcement of newproducts in Cupertino, California. — APNEW YORK: Tech companies' efforts to banish extremist groups and individuals are continuing as a social network popular with extremists disappeared from Google's Android app store.Gab had already been unavailable in Apple's store, though it remains accessible on the web.The banishments come in the wake of the deadly...
FLORIDA: Fla High School students use their eclipse glasses for the first time, during a trial run for their planned viewing of tomorrow’s eclipse. Eclipse mania is building and so is demand for the glasses that make it safe to view the first total solar eclipse to cross the US in 99 years. —AP
Eclipse weather forecast; Best in West, least in East
America's first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse since 1918 FLORIDA: Fla High School students use their eclipse glasses for the first time, during a trial run for their planned viewing of tomorrow’s eclipse. Eclipse mania is building and so is demand for the glasses that make it safe to view the first total solar eclipse to cross the US in 99 years. —APWASHINGTON: The early eclipse weather forecast looks best in the West and least in the...
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Pray for Barcelona
KUWAIT: Mourners attend the funeral yesterday of Waleed Al-Ali and Fahd Al-Husseini, two Kuwaiti clerics who were killed along with 16 people in an attack at a restaurant in Burkina Faso. —Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Pain, grief as Kuwaiti martyrs laid to rest
KUWAIT: Mourners attend the funeral yesterday of Waleed Al-Ali and Fahd Al-Husseini, two Kuwaiti clerics who were killed along with 16 people in an attack at a restaurant in Burkina Faso. —Photo by Yasser Al-ZayyatKUWAIT: Kuwait yesterday, amid sheer sadness, bid final farewell to two prominent citizens and clerics, both victims of a terrorist attack on a restaurant in Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso on Monday. The bodies of Grand Mosque Imam...
AMMAN: Kuwait’s Ambassador to Jordan Dr Hamad Al-Duaij hands the donation to consultant to UNRWA’s Director General Maria Mohammadi. —KUNA
Kuwait hands $2.2m donation to UNRWA
AMMAN: Kuwait’s Ambassador to Jordan Dr Hamad Al-Duaij hands the donation to consultant to UNRWA’s Director General Maria Mohammadi. —KUNAAMMAN: Kuwait has donated a sum of $2.2 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), as part of its annual financial aid to support the UN organization. Kuwait’s Ambassador to Jordan Dr Hamad Al- Duaij handed the donation to the consultant to...
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Kuwait, Turkey seek closer military ties
ANKARA: Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Mohammad Al-Hamad Al-Sabah held talks yesterday with his Turkish counterpart Nurettin Canikli over efforts to step up military cooperation. Upon arrival, the visiting Kuwaiti minister placed a wreath on the grave of Turkey’s founding father Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. After touring Ataturk’s mausoleum in the Turkish capital, the Kuwaiti official said he was glad to have been...
JEDDAH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) meets Qatar's Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali bin Jassim Al-Thani late Wednesday. - AFP
Saudis reopen border for Qatar hajj pilgrims
Doha cautiously welcomes decision JEDDAH: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) meets Qatar's Sheikh Abdullah bin Ali bin Jassim Al-Thani late Wednesday. - AFPRIYADH: Qatari hajj pilgrims began to enter Saudi Arabia yesterday, Saudi media reported, as Riyadh reopened the border in a move cautiously welcomed by Doha despite a diplomatic row engulfing the region. The Salwa border crossing, a key passage for Muslims on the annual hajj...
KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem and Minister of Commerce and Industry Khaled Al-Roudhan tour the Kuwait Business Center (KBC) yesterday. —KUNA
Speaker lauds cutting red tape on KBC tour
Work on to locate oil spill source KUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem and Minister of Commerce and Industry Khaled Al-Roudhan tour the Kuwait Business Center (KBC) yesterday. —KUNAKUWAIT: National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Ali Al-Ghanem yesterday praised the Ministry of Commerce and Industry for setting up a single counter at Kuwait Business Center (KBC), thus slashing duration for issuing commercial permits from 90 days to only...
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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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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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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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Kuwait Society for Relief’s second relief plane. - KUNA photos
Kuwait sends relief planeload to Sudan
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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