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NEW YORK: This image released by HBO shows Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister in an episode of ‘Game of Thrones.’—AP
Hackers demand millions in ransom for stolen HBO data
NEW YORK: This image released by HBO shows Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Jaime Lannister in an episode of ‘Game of Thrones.’—APNEW YORK: A group of hackers posted a fresh cache of stolen HBO files online Monday, and demanded a multimillion-dollar ransom from the network to prevent the release of entire television series and other sensitive proprietary files. HBO, which had previously acknowledged the theft of "proprietary information," said...
KHARTOUM: A patient undergoes radiotherapy at Sudan’s largest state-run cancer hospital, the Radiation and Isotopes Centre Khartoum. — AFP
Sudan cancer doctors eye US sanctions relief for patients
Life-saving drugs exempt from trade embargoes KHARTOUM: A patient undergoes radiotherapy at Sudan’s largest state-run cancer hospital, the Radiation and Isotopes Centre Khartoum. — AFPKHARTOUM: Resting on a hospital bed after a session of chemotherapy, Sudanese banker Mohamed Hasan vividly recalls the day when doctors told him he had blood cancer. It is a shock in any country but in Sudan, where access to drugs and treatment is impaired by...
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Patriotic blockbuster breaks China box office record
A Chinese action film that depicts the country's soldiers saving war-ravaged Africans from Western baddies soared to become China's all-time top box-office earner yesterday, headlining a summer of patriotic cinematic fare. The wildly popular "Wolf Warriors 2" boasts the ominous tagline "whoever offends China will be hunted down no matter how far away they are", and millions of Chinese cinema-goers have lapped it up since the movie's release less...
nFile photo shows singers Luis Fonsi, left, and Daddy Yankee during the Latin Billboard Awards in Coral Gables, Fla.-APn
'Despacito' opening doors for Spanish songs on English radio
File photo shows singers Luis Fonsi, left, and Daddy Yankee during the Latin Billboard Awards in Coral Gables, Fla.-AP"Despacito" is easily the song of the summer with the success of the hit stretching beyond Spanish-speaking audiences to make it the year's most recognized song in the US and elsewhere. Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee's song, which has topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 13 weeks and counting, set a record as the most streamed...
Two women look at books while a volunteer, left, organizes books at the 'Baynetna' cultural centre library in Berlin.
Migrant center in Berlin brings Germany Arabic culture
'There are almost no libraries with Arabic books or institutions for Arab culture her' Two women look at books while a volunteer, left, organizes books at the 'Baynetna' cultural centre library in Berlin.Germany is the country of Goethe and Kant, Bach and Beethoven. But recent migrants are hoping to sprinkle Arabic poetry and Middle Eastern music, into that mix. At the "Between Us" cultural center in the German capital, migrants meet regularly to...
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Minister Hind Al-Sabeeh
Public sector remains most attractive for citizens: Minister
Minister Hind Al-SabeehKUWAIT: Social Affairs Minister Hind Al-Sabeeh said that economic circumstances that accompanied the drop in oil prices and the large gap in incentives between the public and private sectors have increased demand to work in the public sector. She said in an answer to a parliamentary question that the Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital is on the 2016/2017 annual plan as construction work extended beyond the 2015/2016 annual plan....
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Nod to GCC value added tax
KUWAIT: The cabinet gave the thumbs up to draft bills approving the GCC Unified Selective Excise Tax, the GCC unified Value Added Tax (VAT) and the statute of the GCC Economic Judiciary Commission.The ministers consented draft bills approving a legal and judicial agreement regarding the civil, commercial, personal status and penal articles with Egypt, and protocols for amending two accords to avoid tax evasion and double taxation on income with...
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5-year-old girl beaten to death by mom, lover
KUWAIT: A 5-year-old girl was killed by her mother and her boyfriend. Police received a call about a girl who died after falling from a height in Qusour. Detectives and paramedics dispatched to the scene noticed some bruises on the child's body, so they called forensic experts. The body was then referred to the coroner.When her mother, a divorcee, was questioned, she confessed that she was with her boyfriend. They repeatedly beat the girl because...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah reads a letter from Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, delivered by Algerian Foreign Minister Abdulqader Musahel. —KUNA
Algeria reiterates support to Amir's Gulf efforts
KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah reads a letter from Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, delivered by Algerian Foreign Minister Abdulqader Musahel. —KUNAKUWAIT: Algeria has reaffirmed support to the ongoing mediation efforts led by His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah to end the Gulf crisis. During a meeting with His Highness the Amir yesterday, the visiting Algerian Foreign...
IRBIL: A Kuwaiti media delegation tours a Kuwait-funded ward at a prosthetic medical center in the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region. The delegation includes Editor-in-Chief of Kuwait Times Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Editor-in-Chief Saad Al-Ali, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Anbaa Yousef Al-Marzouq, Kuwait Journalists Association Trustee Adnan Al-Rashed and KUNA reporter in Kurdistan Mukhlis Khishnaw. — KUNA
Irbil prosthetic center launches Kuwait-funded ward
Kurdistan takes measures to ensure safe referendum IRBIL: A Kuwaiti media delegation tours a Kuwait-funded ward at a prosthetic medical center in the capital of Iraq’s Kurdistan region. The delegation includes Editor-in-Chief of Kuwait Times Abd Al-Rahman Al-Alyan, Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Editor-in-Chief Saad Al-Ali, Editor-in-Chief of Al-Anbaa Yousef Al-Marzouq, Kuwait Journalists Association Trustee Adnan Al-Rashed and KUNA reporter in...
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. —KUNA
Cabinet prods media's role in national unity protection
KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet’s meeting yesterday. —KUNAKUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Cabinet yesterday called on local mass media to live up to their due national responsibilities by helping in protecting and safeguarding national unity. The call came during the cabinet's routine weekly meeting held at Bayan Palace under chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber...
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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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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
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Kuwait Society for Relief’s second relief plane. - KUNA photos
Kuwait sends relief planeload to Sudan
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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