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101-year-old Man Kaur from India celebrates after competing in the 100m sprint in the 100+ age category at the World Masters Games at Trusts Arena in Auckland on April 24, 2017. / AFP / MICHAEL BRADLEY

India's inspirational centenarian wins gold

101-year-old Man Kaur from India celebrates after competing in the 100m sprint in the 100+ age category at the World Masters Games at Trusts Arena in Auckland on April 24, 2017. / AFP / MICHAEL BRADLEYAUCKLAND: With a jaunty victory dance, 101-year-old Man Kaur celebrated winning the 100 meters sprint at the World Masters Games in Auckland yesterday, the 17th gold medal in the Indian athlete's remarkable late-blooming career. Kaur clocked one...

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For Chinese fans, popular teen band are mama's boys

This picture taken on April 14, 2017 shows a woman having her hair done during an event for fans of China's boy band sensation TFBoys "The Fighting Boys" at a university in Beijing. The band has won millions of Chinese followers since their 2013 debut, rapidly amassing a following ardent enough to buy a giant ad in New York's Times Square for a band member's birthday.Liang Shanshan considers herself a mother of two: one child is her biological...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir meets with National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem accompanied by a delegation of lawmakers. - Amiri Diwan photosnnnnn

Arab Media Forum officially kicks off 14th edition

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir meets with National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem accompanied by a delegation of lawmakers. - Amiri Diwan photosKUWAIT: Under the patronage of and in the presence of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, the 14th Arab Media Forum commenced in Kuwait Sunday evening. Addressing the audience during the opening session, Kuwait's Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting...

KUWAIT: Kuwait City skyscrapers seen from Al-Shaheed Park. - KUNA photos

Kuwait '35 vision tangible strides, clear reforms to build contemporary economy

KUWAIT: Kuwait City skyscrapers seen from Al-Shaheed Park. - KUNA photosKUWAIT: Supporting and developing the national productive economic sectors are now one of government priorities to achieve an economy based on diversity, sustainability and modernity in 2035. This is part of a structural and economic reform plan, which has been drawn up in accordance with the 'Kuwait 2035' vision.Kuwait's budget for 2035 will be different than the current...

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Warba Bank participates in AUM's Job Fair

KUWAIT: Warba Bank participated in the Job Fair organized recently by the American University of the Middle East (AUM). This position reflects Warba Bank's commitment to recruit Kuwaiti graduates and train them to work in Islamic banking, and to improve the capabilities of national cadres in this sector; thus, reflecting positively on enriching the local market with Kuwaiti manpower which is the backbone of solid economic development.On that...

KUWAIT: Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, Bahraini Minister of Information Ali Al-Rumaihi, Omani Minister of Information Dr Abdulmonem Al-Hosni, and former Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Benaissa pose at Zain's booth.n

Zain participates in Arab Media Forum inauguration

KUWAIT: Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs and Acting Minister of Information Sheikh Mohammad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, Bahraini Minister of Information Ali Al-Rumaihi, Omani Minister of Information Dr Abdulmonem Al-Hosni, and former Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohamed Benaissa pose at Zain's booth.KUWAIT: Zain, the leading telecommunications company in Kuwait, announced its participation in the inauguration ceremony of the 14th edition...

KUWAIT: A picture showing the keynote speakers at a symposium called 'Domestic Workers in Kuwait between Local Laws and Social Attitudes,' held at the American University of Kuwait on Sunday. - Photo by Joseph Shagran

Domestic workers' rights discussed at AUK symposium

KUWAIT: A picture showing the keynote speakers at a symposium called 'Domestic Workers in Kuwait between Local Laws and Social Attitudes,' held at the American University of Kuwait on Sunday. - Photo by Joseph ShagraKUWAIT: The Center of Gulf Studies at the American University of Kuwait (AUK), in collaboration with the One Roof campaign, held a symposium called 'Domestic Workers in Kuwait between Local Laws and Social Attitudes' at AUK on...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah chairs the cabinet's meeting yesterday. - KUNAn

Kuwaiti cabinet welcomes release of Saudi, Qatari abductees in Iraq

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 welcomed the recent release and home-return of Qatari and Saudi nationals who were held captives by armed groups in Iraq for over a year. This came during the cabinet's customary weekly meeting held under chairmanship of His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak...

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Man lured to trap via social media

KUWAIT: Detectives put an end to the activities of two girls and three men, all Kuwaitis, who lured users of a social media app, then blackmailed them after filming them naked. A citizen was surprised by a request from a girl to be friends on social media. He obliged, and after some days, they agreed to meet. The girl said the first meeting should be in her flat.The man went there on time, only to find her with another girl she introduced as a...

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Duo arrested with 2kg heroin

DrugsKUWAIT: The Relations and Security Information Department at the Interior Ministry said Drugs Control General Department men arrested two Asians with possession of two kilograms of heroin.Tips were received about a lorry driver bringing heroin from a Gulf country, and he was arrested upon arrival with the 2 kg of heroin hidden in an oil container.By Hanan Al-Saadoun

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From aspiring stylist to jihadist widow: one woman's Syria story

Twenty-three year old Islam Maytat from Morocco poses for a photo with her children Maria (L) and Abdullah in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli in northern Syrian on April 13, 2017, after she escaped from Islamic State (IS) group territory following three traumatic years living in the group's so-called "caliphate". Maytat thought marrying an Afghan-British businessman was her ticket to a new life as a fashionista in London. Instead, she...

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VIVA and Huawei launch Huawei P10 and P10 Plus

KUWAIT: VIVA, Kuwait's fastest-growing and most developed telecom operator, and Huawei Kuwait, launched Huawei P10 and P10 Plus devices, during a ceremony at Radisson Blu Hotel. Commenting on this launch, Eng Slaman bin Abdulaziz Al-Badran, VIVA's CEO said: "We are proud of our concrete partnership with Huawei, and joint efforts between VIVA's team and Huawei's team led to announce about those significant devices. This achievement is yet a...

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PARIS: Gold medallists USA pose during the podium ceremony after the women's gold medal basketball match against France during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena on Aug 11, 2024. - AFP

US pip China in medals table as Games end