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Taylor Swift puts rancor aside, smashes all-time American Music Award record
Taylor Swift took the high road as she won six American Music Awards on Sunday to surpass Michael Jackson's all-time record, avoiding any direct mention of a bitter dispute with her old record company. Swift won the top award, artist of the year, and four others. She was also given an honorary artist of the decade award, taking her all-time total to 29 American Music Awards, organizers said. That easily outstripped the 24 awards picked up by...
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Wagner runs through tail as NZ thrash England in first Test
Victory was New Zealand's 11th in 104 Tests against EnglandWELLINGTON: New Zealand wrapped up an impressive innings and 65-run victory over England on the final day of the first Test at Bay Oval yesterday with Neil Wagner completing his eighth five-wicket haul as he ran through the tourists' tail. The tourists were dismissed for 197 with about 90 minutes of play remaining in the match in Mt. Maunganui after Wagner broke a stubborn 59-run...
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Bahrain beat Qatar in Gulf Basketball Championship
KUWAIT: Bahrain Basketball team beat its Qatari counterpart 69-62 during their match within the 16th Gulf championship being held in Kuwait. Meanwhile Saudi Arabia beat UAE's 81-67. With this win, Bahrain tops the list with 4 points, followed by Saudi Arabia 3 points, Kuwait and UAE with 2 points each and finally Qatar with one point. Meanwhile, Kuwait's team will play against UAE, while Qatar play with Saudi Arabia. The tournament follows the...
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Kuwait Society of Engineers launched first public stations for electric cars
The Kuwait Society of Engineers launched one of the first public stations for charging electric cars in Kuwait today at its premises in Bneid El Gar. The charging station is available 24 hours, seven days a week and free of charge
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John's diaries on Kuwait
Talal Al-Ghannam Good morning dear brothers and sisters. It has been a while since I last wrote an article in my prestigious Kuwait Times daily. In this article I would like to talk about diaries written by an old American friend of mine named John. I have known him since I was in the United States in the 1980s, and I invited him to visit Kuwait and become acquainted with its traditions and culture. John was very excited to have been given...
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Al Hilal clinch record-equalling Asian title
Saudi giants end 19-year wait for their third continental trophySAITAMA: Salem Al-Dawsari and Bafetimbi Gomis were the heroes as Saudi Arabia's Al Hilal beat Urawa Red Diamonds 2-0 yesterday and 3-0 on aggregate to claim a record-equalling third Asian club title in the AFC Champions League. Al-Dawsari scored with 16 minutes left and top-scorer Gomis grabbed his 11th of the competition in injury time as the Saudi giants ended a 19-year wait...
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Zain launches first 5G roaming in MENA between Kuwait, KSA
KUWAIT: Zain Vice-Chairman and Group CEO, Bader Al-Kharafi (second right) with Eaman Al Roudhan, Scott Gegenheimer (second left) and Nawaf Al-Gharabally (left) during 5G test. KUWAIT/RIYADH: Zain Group, the leading mobile telecom innovator in eight markets across the Middle East and Africa, announced a regional first as its operations in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia successfully launch the first 5G roaming service in the MENA region, with download...
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MP calls for pardoning activists jailed for expressing opinions
Saleh Ashour KUWAIT: MP Saleh Ashour yesterday called for a general pardon for all Kuwaitis implicated in cases related to expressing their opinions on social networks - especially Twitter - as a part of calls to grant amnesty to activists jailed over protests or for online offences. The lawmaker called for conveying this message to HH the Amir and HH the Prime Minister, and urged National Assembly Speaker Marzouq Al-Ghanem to convey this...
Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr Hamed Al-Azmi
Teachers slam outgoing education minister, urge PM not to reappoint him
Minister of Education and Higher Education Dr Hamed Al-Azmi KUWAIT: The Kuwait Teachers Society (KTS) and Kuwait University teaching staff syndicate jointly sent a letter to HH the PM Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah urging him not to retain Hamed Al-Azmi as minister of education in the new Cabinet, as his tenure has been the "worst ever", according to the letter. The letter called for appointing the most suitable person instead and...
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Bloomberg formally announces US presidential candidacy
Michael Bloomberg NEW YORK: Michael Bloomberg confirmed yesterday that he is running for president, joining the crowded field of Democrats seeking to take on his fellow New York billionaire, President Donald Trump. His 11th-hour entry highlights the fluid nature of the Democratic contest just three months before the first primary. "I'm running for president to defeat Donald Trump and rebuild America," Bloomberg, 77, said on his website as a $30...
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MoI mulls 5-yr license validity
KUWAIT: An informed police source at the traffic department said Acting Interior Ministry Assistant Undersecretary Maj Gen Jamal Al-Sayegh asked senior officials in the licensing sector to conduct a full study on the decision to link expats' driving licenses with the expiry of their residence permits. The source said officials at the sector have spoken to Sayegh several times about the decision, which has caused confusion and crowding at traffic...
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Nuclear medicine staff demand to stay separate from radiology
'Decision negatively impacts nuclear medicine diagnosis, treatment quality'KUWAIT: The Kuwait society of nuclear medicine urged the Ministry of Health (MoH) to cancel a previous decision to turn nuclear medicine departments into units under a new medical imaging department headed by a diagnostic radiologist without even discussing the issue with nuclear medicine doctors or justifying the decision. "The decision was not well-studied and has...
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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