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Palestinian embroideries at Kuwait expo highlight deep-rooted heritage
KUWAIT: Palestinian embroideries are one of the most recognizable forms of artwork in the Palestinian heritage. This week, the Kuwaiti Women's Cultural and Social Society in Khaldiya hosted the Palestinian Cultural Heritage Expo, which showcased various artistic, awe-inspiring embroidery designs that gave visitors a glimpse of the splendid culture of Palestine. This year's event marked the silver jubilee anniversary of the expo, reflecting...
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Muna Al-Fuzai What is going on in public schools in Kuwait? Various reports, images and videos about verbal disputes between parents and teachers have appeared on social media, along with others warning the public about drugs in schools in the form of colored candy, and no one knows for sure if this is true or false. I won't take social media as the most reliable source for information, but things are really entering a new phase now with the...
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) shakes hands with Fayez Al-Sarraj, the head of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), during their meeting on Wednesday. - AFP
Turkey signs military deal with UN-backed Libya govt
Maritime accord may complicate energy exploration row ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) shakes hands with Fayez Al-Sarraj, the head of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), during their meeting on Wednesday. - AFP ISTANBUL: Turkey signed a military deal late Wednesday with Libya's UN-recognized government following a meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, his office said. Erdogan met with...
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Iraqi forces kill 25 after Iran mission torched
PM deploys military chiefs to 'impose security and restore order'NASIRIYAH, Iraq: Iraq's southern hotspot of Nasiriyah was in bloody upheaval yesterday after a government crackdown killed 25 protesters and thousands defied a curfew to march in their funerals, following the dramatic torching of an Iranian consulate. Iraq's capital and south have been torn by the worst street unrest since the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, as a...
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Pakistan court suspends 3-year extension for army chief
Top general granted six months in power ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's top court yesterday gave the government six months to justify why it granted a controversial extension to the country's army chief, in a rare case that pits the judiciary against the government and the military. The cabinet of prime minister Imran Khan approved a three-year extension for General Qamar Javed Bajwa in August, citing a worsening national security situation in the region...
SEOUL: South Korean Army Major General Jeon Dongjin of the Joint Chiefs of Staff speaks during a press briefing on North Korea’s projectiles at the Defense Ministry yesterday. —AFP
North Korea fires two projectiles on Thanksgiving
SEOUL: South Korean Army Major General Jeon Dongjin of the Joint Chiefs of Staff speaks during a press briefing on North Korea’s projectiles at the Defense Ministry yesterday. —AFP SEOUL: North Korea fired two "unidentified projectiles" yesterday - the Thanksgiving holiday in the US - Seoul said, as nuclear talks between Pyongyang and Washington remain deadlocked. The projectiles were fired eastwards from South Hamgyong province and came...
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Kiev slams Apple for calling Crimea part of Russia
KIEV: Ukraine has lashed out at Apple for showing the annexed Crimea peninsula as part of Russia, saying the US tech giant did not "give a damn" about the pain of the Ukrainian people. Russian lawmakers said on Wednesday that Apple had complied with a demand from Moscow for Crimea to appear as Russian territory on its maps and weather apps. "Let me explain in your terms, @Apple," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Vadym Prystaiko wrote on Twitter in...
This handout picture received on Nov 26, 2019 shows a rendering of the accretion of gas onto a stellar black hole from its blue companion star through a truncated accretion disk. —AFP
Scientists spot black hole so huge it 'shouldn't even exist'
LB-1 has mass 70 times greater than the SunBEIJING: Astronomers have discovered a black hole in the Milky Way so huge that it challenges existing models of how stars evolve, researchers said yesterday. LB-1 is 15,000 light years from Earth and has a mass 70 times greater than the Sun, according to the journal Nature. The Milky Way is estimated to contain 100 million stellar black holes but LB-1 is twice as massive as anything scientists thought...
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40 dead as families pulled from Albania quake rubble
Rescuers hoping for more survival storiesDURRES, Albania: The death toll from the most powerful earthquake to strike Albania in decades rose to 40 yesterday after more bodies were pulled from the wreckage overnight in a tragedy that has wiped out whole families. The 6.4 magnitude earthquake rocked the Balkan state while people were sleeping just before 4:00 am (0300 GMT) on Tuesday, razing buildings and trapping victims beneath the debris in...
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Israel drone industry becomes global force
UAVs tested and fine-tuned against neighbors TEL AVIV: In this file photo taken on Nov 07, 2019, ThunderB (up) and Spylite, mini unmanned aerial vehicles by Israeli company BlueBird, are displayed during the 8th International Conference and Exhibition on Unmanned Systems at Airport City. —AFP AIRPORT CITY: In a fierce battle for market share against world superpowers China and the United States, Israel's drone industry likes to say it has a...
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Messi fires Barca into last 16, late equaliser sees Leipzig through
PARIS: A Lionel Messi-inspired Barcelona booked their place in the Champions League knockout stages on Wednesday by crushing a desperate Borussia Dortmund 3-1, while RB Leipzig made the last 16 for the first time with an incredible stoppage time comeback. Lucien Favre's position as Dortmund coach looks increasingly in peril following the thumping at the Camp Nou, orchestrated by a sensational Messi, that ensured Barca's progress to the last 16 as...
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The hair salon changing how transgenders are seen in Pakistan
Bebo Haider's beauty parlor is bright, small, and decorated sparsely with three large photographs: transgender models who became her clients because the Karachi salon is one of the few in Pakistan which caters to them without judgment. Tarawah, in a middle-class neighborhood of the sprawling southern port city, is owned and run by Haider, herself a transgender person who came to Karachi in 2003 from a small rural town in southern Sindh province...
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Kuwait opens visa 20 to visa 18 transfer from July 14 to September 12
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Iranian reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian raises his arms to greet his supporters as he arrives for his campaign rally, two days before a presidential election runoff following a first round marked by a historically low turnout, at a stadium in Tehran on July 3, 2024.—AFP
Iran reformist Pezeshkian wins presidential election
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Today in Kuwait’s history
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Uruguay's midfielder #05 Manuel Ugarte scores in a penalty shoot-out to win the Conmebol 2024 Copa America tournament quarter-final football match between Uruguay and Brazil at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada on July 6, 2024. — AFP
Uruguay beat Brazil on penalties to reach Copa America semi-finals
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A man looks at campaign posters for the Tokyo gubernatorial election in Tokyo on July 7, 2024. - Polls opened on July 7 to elect a new Tokyo governor with incumbent Yuriko Koike challenged by opposition figure Renho, two prominent women in Japan's male-dominated political sphere. — AFP
Women fight Tokyo election in male-dominated Japan