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London embassy denies bomb report
KUWAIT: The Kuwaiti Embassy in London categorically denied on Tuesday reports posted on social media claiming that a car parked in front of the embassy last Friday contained explosives. As soon as the car stopped in front of the embassy, the security contacted Britain's police, which came immediately and inspected the vehicle, the embassy said. It added that the police did not find anything inside the car that may threaten the safety of the...
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Seven arrested for forging Indian embassy certificates
KUWAIT: Criminal detectives arrested seven Indians red-handed forging stamps, authentications and certificates of their embassy in Kuwait, Al-Rai daily reported yesterday. This made Kuwait authorities decide to review all certificates that had stamps of the Indian embassy in the past year, especially those used to get driving licenses, according to an Indian news site quoting embassy sources. The daijiworld.com site said Kuwaiti criminal...
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Two dead in King Fahd Road crash; second deadly accident this week
Kuwait Fire Service Directorate officers are seen during a surprise inspection of combustible liquids refining and storage facilities KUWAIT: Two men died in an accident reported yesterday; the second fatal crash to be reported in Kuwait this week. The accident was reported on King Fahd Road near Jabriya, where two Arab men were pronounced dead on the scene by paramedics. Hawally fire station men dealt with the situation. An investigation was...
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Innovative technologies on display at South Korea-Kuwait 'Smart City Forum'
Work progressing to complete South Saad Al-Abdullah City, says envoy KUWAIT: Officials pose for a group photo during the forum. — Photos by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: The 3rd Smart City Forum was held yesterday at Jumeirah Messilah Beach Hotel, with several innovative technologies from South Korea on display. South Korean Ambassador to Kuwait Hong Youngki inaugurated the event and welcomed the visitors. "Diplomatic ties between Korea and Kuwait...
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Kuwait Amir patronizes Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Informatics Award, honors winners
Driving the youth to contribute more to science and technology KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Sheikha Aida Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah pose with the winners of His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Al-Sabah’s Informatics Award.—Amiri Diwan photos KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah yesterday patronized and attended the 19th edition of His Highness Sheikh Salem Al-Ali...
DHAKA: Police escort extremists accused of allegedly plotting the Holey Artisan Bakery cafe attack to a courtroom for their trial yesterday. — AFP
7 handed death for Bangladesh cafe attack
Islamist extremists 'will be executed by hanging' DHAKA: Seven Islamist extremists were sentenced to death in Bangladesh yesterday over a savage attack at a Dhaka cafe in 2016 that killed 22 people, mostly foreigners. A special anti-terrorism tribunal delivered the verdict in a crowded courtroom in the capital, with judge Mojibur Rahman saying the attackers wanted "to draw the attention of (the) Islamic State" group. The brazen assault in July...
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KTTF honours 48 referees
KUWAIT: Kuwait Table Tennis Federation (KTTF) honored 48 referees of both genders after successfully passing the new referees course, the federation organized at the start of the current season, under the supervision of the games international association.Deputy Chairman of the Board, and head of the referees committee Khalid Al-Khudhari and his deputy Nayef Al-Qabtani distributed the certificates to the referees. Al-Khudhari said the Board of...
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Mustafa Karam shooting tourney begins today
KUWAIT: The Mustafa Karam and Sons shooting tournament will start today at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex in the Olympic Skeet and Trap events. Shooters from club and National Guard will start their official training, as they will shoot at 75 targets.Technical and Administrative departments made all the necessary preparations to allow shooters show their skills, and successful ones will be chosen to join national teams.Kuwait...
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Gulf Basketball Championship concludes today
KUWAIT: The preliminary matches of the 16th Gulf Basketball Championship will conclude today with a match between Qatar and UAE at 5:00 pm followed by a match between Kuwait and Bahrain. Saudi team tops the table with 5 points after 3 matches, followed by Bahrain with 4 after two matches, UAE 4 after 3 matches, then Kuwait with 3 points from two matches and finally Qatar with 2 points from two matches. The UAE-Qatar match is expected to be very...
US movie director Richard Linklater poses during a photo session in Paris. — AFP
Hollywood tackles toxic masculinity with teen drama 'Waves'
Reeling from the #MeToo movement, Hollywood has put toxic masculinity under the spotlight this year with a batch of Oscars contenders zeroing in on the father-son dynamic. From Joaquin Phoenix in "Joker" to Brad Pitt's "Ad Astra," A-listers have flocked to roles which highlight the damage caused by sons' quests for their fathers' approval. But none have confronted the theme more brutally and personally than "Waves," the indie coming-of-age teen...
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Taiwanese-Canadian model Godfrey Gao dies while filming in China
Taiwanese-Canadian actor and supermodel Godfrey Gao, the first Asian to be the face of Louis Vuitton, died while filming a TV show in China on Wednesday. The 35-year-old Gao collapsed in the eastern city of Ningbo while on the set of "Chase Me", a competitive sports reality show in China's Zhejiang Television. A statement from the network said Gao had slowed and fallen to the ground while running during filming, and that the hospital had...
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Go for lunch: Japanese yakitori chicken gets space thumbs-up
Japanese chicken yakitori kebabs, one of the country's most-loved fast foods, will soon be making an appearance in orbit after Japan's space agency cleared them for astronaut meals. The charbroiled chicken meat on skewers and flavored with a variety of sauces is hugely popular in Japan and abroad, and a canned version has just won certification as a "Japanese space food" for consumption on the International Space Station. Yakitori joins 34 other...
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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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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