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This image released by Sony Pictures shows, from left, Brenda, voiced by Kristen Wiig, Frank, voiced by Seth Rogen, Sammy, voiced by Ed Norton and Lavash, voiced by David Krumholtz in a scene from, ‘Sausage Party.’ — AP photos
Audacious ‘Sausage Party’ is a delicious feast - Review
This image released by Sony Pictures shows, from left, Brenda, voiced by Kristen Wiig, Frank, voiced by Seth Rogen, Sammy, voiced by Ed Norton and Lavash, voiced by David Krumholtz in a scene from, ‘Sausage Party.’ — AP photosIt's happened. Someone has outdone the "Team America" puppet scene and even made it look somewhat quaint in comparison. Anyone even vaguely interested in the very R-rated animated film "Sausage Party " has likely...
Fehaid Aldeehani, an independent athlete from Kuwait competing on the Refugee Olympic Team looks on his gold medal during the victory ceremony for the men's double trap event, at the Olympic Shooting Center at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Veteran Deehani wins men's double trap gold - First-ever gold medal won by Kuwaiti at Olympics
Fehaid Aldeehani, an independent athlete from Kuwait competing on the Refugee Olympic Team looks on his gold medal during the victory ceremony for the men's double trap event, at the Olympic Shooting Center at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)RIO DE JANEIRO: Six-time Olympian Fehaid Al-Deehani battled wet and blustery conditions to win the gold medal in the men's double trap...
Two people were arrested during the operation, the Interior Ministry announced. — KUNA
Police ‘visit’ Kuwait Football Association offices - MoI seizes 1.5 million Captagon pills
KUWAIT: Police raided the Kuwait Football Association (FA) headquarters late on Tuesday, a week after the state lost a Swiss court case against the International Olympic Committee (IOC) which has banned the country from international competitions. “Police and other government authorities visited the Kuwait FA headquarters. Kuwait Olympic Committee headquarters is their next destination,” said a statement on the Kuwait Football Association’s...
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Labor union reject fuel prices increase
KUWAIT: The central council of the Labor Union held its fourth meeting chaired by Abdelaziz Bu Rashed yesterday to discuss the labor situation in Kuwait. It also discussed the problems it faces due to the government plans to impose a rationalized spending policy through reducing or canceling subsidies to public services and privatization, as well as compromising the economic and social rights of workers and those with limited income without a...
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Leakage at Al-Ahmadi oil field under control: KOC
KUWAIT: Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) said yesterday it controlled the oil leakage that occurred at a drilling rig in Al- Ahmadi oil field on Tuesday. The accident neither affected the production, nor inflicted any injuries, affirmed Imad Al-Sultan, the KOC official spokesman.The leak happened at rig BWD-133 during a drilling operation and KOC teams of technicians dealt with the accident according to the Company’s standing procedures. In other news,...
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Phone subscribers urged to pay bills
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Communications appealed to all landline subscribers to pay their phone bills and warned that those who fail to pay overdue bills would face automated cutting system this month.The ministry will send a first warning message to subscribers next Sunday and a second one on August 21, and finally cut the service after the second message for those who didn’t pay the overdue bills, the ministry said in a press statement...
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More African trafficking victims to return home
KUWAIT: More than 30 women from Malawi are being repatriated after having been trafficked to Kuwait to work as domestic helpers. All of the women claim to have had their passports confiscated by employers. They say that they were tricked into believing they would be offered well paying jobs in Kuwait but were shocked to learn that they would be housemaids. So far at least four have been repatriated home, according to Malawi media. Most of the...
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Ministry suspends company promoting expired goods
expired goodsKUWAIT: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced yesterday it suspended the operation of a cosmetics company accused of the fraudulent act of extending the expiry date of its products. The Ministry added in a press release that this company had also sold some 5,000 pieces of prohibited hair cream not registered at the Ministry of Health. Instructions were given to arrest members of the company who referred to the commercial...
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Girl charged with forgery after 'sneaking' out of Kuwait
KUWAIT: A girl left Kuwait three months ago and flew to the US. An absconding complaint about her was filed at Jahra police station, and police were busy searching for her. Then the girl arrived all of a sudden at Kuwait airport via Dubai, and handed her papers to the passport officer, who discovered she was reported missing, and wondered why her exit was not documented. When he asked her, she said she had left through the airport after deceiving...
BAGHDAD: Burned incubators for newborn babies are dumped outside a maternity ward after a fire at Yarmouk Hospital yesterday. - AP
12 newborns killed in Baghdad hospital fire
BAGHDAD: Burned incubators for newborn babies are dumped outside a maternity ward after a fire at Yarmouk Hospital yesterday. - APBAGHDAD: A fire tore through the maternity ward of one of Baghdad's largest hospitals yesterday, killing at least 12 premature babies, medical and security officials said. Only seven babies could be saved and were taken to another ward in the Iraqi capital, said Jassem Lateef Al-Hijami of the Baghdad health...
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Article provokes Qatar backlash
DOHA: An opinion article about life as a gay Qatari has stirred debate about the limits of tolerance in the conservative Gulf Arab country which is due to host the 2022 football World Cup. The unprecedented public insight into homosexuality in a country where gay sex is punishable by jail, was published on the website of English-language Doha News on Friday, written by a man identified only as Majid. "It is very jarring living here, it is...
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Oman newspaper closed down for insulting judges
DUBAI: A privately owned newspaper in Oman said on its website yesterday it had been suspended from publishing, a day after the government said it had "taken measures" against a paper for insulting the judiciary, without naming the publication. The editor of the Arabic language daily Azaman was detained almost two weeks ago over an article alleging an official had tried to influence a court ruling, the Committee to Protect Journalists cited the...
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A helicopter flied over burning oil fields which were set on fire by Iraqi soldiers before they retreated from Kuwait.
How Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait upended lives of expatriates
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KUWAIT: Oil wells were set ablaze by Iraqi troops. – KUNA
Kuwait marks 34th invasion anniversary, remembers support
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(Left) Iranians take part in a funeral procession for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on Aug 1, 2024, ahead of his burial in Qatar. (Right) Hezbollah fighters and mourners carry the casket of slain top commander Fuad Shukr during his funeral in Beirut's southern suburbs on Aug 1, 2024. - AFP photos
Hamas, Hezbollah vow revenge
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Being in Kuwait during invasion: Soldier’s sister shares story
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British Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, Belinda Lewis
British envoy reaffirms UK’s commitment to Kuwait’s security