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Airbus tops billing in Dubai
DUBAI: Attendees look at a Rolls-Royce Trent 500 on display during the Dubai Airshow in Dubai. Emirates Airline said it will buy 50 Airbus 350-900 aircraft in a deal worth $16 billion, with delivery to begin from May 2023. - AFP Boeing finds support for 737 MAXDUBAI: Airbus has secured two mammoth sales to Emirates and Air Arabia at the Dubai Airshow, but rival Boeing struck important deals for the 737 MAX despite it being grounded since March....
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Ukrainian artist strikes a chord with matchsticks
Ukrainian Bogdan Senchukov wants to carve his way into the Guinness Records: by making the world's biggest collection of musical instruments from matchsticks. Already, 15 of his real-sized instruments, including two guitars, accordions, violin and drums, are played by a band of musicians which prides itself as the only "match music band" in Ukraine. Senchukov's hobby started at school and he has since then handcrafted items recreated in minute...
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Turkmenistan stages first opera after 19-year ban
Reclusive Turkmenistan staged its first foreign opera on Tuesday, nearly 19 years after the Central Asian country's founding president banned the art form as "incompatible with Turkmen mentality". A state theatre in the capital Ashgabat was packed for the staging of 19th century Italian composer Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci" ("Clowns") as part of an international drama festival. Older spectators leaving the theatre late on a cool...
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Dakar Rally unveils tough Arabian desert route for 2020
PARIS: French Dakar Rally director David Castera (R) and French driver Stephane Peterhansel pose on stage during the official presentation of the 2020 Dakar Rally, in Paris, yesterday. The Dakar Rally will take place in Saudi Arabia from January 5 in Jeddah and will run until January 17, 2020. - AFP PARIS: Dakar Rally organisers on Wednesday unveiled the route for the controversial 2020 edition, a 12-day marathon through the Arabian desert...
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Fadi Andari a miracle in sports
BEIRUT: He has been called a miracle in sports. Professional champion Fadi Andari has won 10 championships in 2019. The natural bodybuilding and martial arts champion Andari fulfilled a set of achievements at the world championships after winning four world professional titles in Muay Thai (Thai boxing) in Bangkok against Thai pro champion, taking his title in a second round knockout. Earlier they fought at two world titles because it was a...
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Amir urges new prime minister to crack down on corruption
Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled sworn in - MPs call for strong Cabinet, reforms KUWAIT: Newly-appointed Prime Minister HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah is received by HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Dar Salwa yesterday. – KUNA KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah praised newly-appointed Prime Minister HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled...
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Jleeb 'cleanup' in full swing
KUWAIT: The committee entrusted to handle the situation in Jleeb conducted a second inspection tour of the area and reported thousands of violations. Kuwait Municipality Director Ahmed Al-Manfouhi said a campaign was launched yesterday in the area earlier than planned so that the team comprising of elements from various relevant government bodies could probe the difficulties. "The team closed 120 stores, disconnected electricity to 43 buildings,...
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Profile of new PM Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah
KUWAIT: In this file photo taken on May 14, 2019, Kuwait’s then-Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al- Sabah arrives to attend a session of the National Assembly in Kuwait City. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issued a decree yesterday appointing Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah as Prime Minister, and tasking him with nominating members of the new government. The...
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MPs demand new Premier to have clearly-defined plan to fight corruption
Calls for general amnesty for sentenced former MPs KUWAIT: Well-informed sources said that lawmakers intend to give the new Prime Minister HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah a four-month grace period to work on some unfinished issues, after which they will start filing grilling motions against non-cooperating ministers or the premoer himself. "This is the last parliamentary term before the parliament concludes its tenure in June and some MPs plan...
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Nighttime view of Kuwait City
KUWAIT: Nighttime view of Kuwait City. — KUNA photo
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Man dead, another injured in crash
KUWAIT: A collision between a cleaning vehicle and a pick-up truck at Fourth Ring Road resulted in the death of a Kuwaiti man, while a worker was injured. Policemen worked to restore traffic flow, as the injured was sent to hospital and the deceased's body was sent to concerned authorities.Reckless drivers held Jahra police arrested three reckless youth, one of whom was wanted in a felony case. The three used Waha roundabouts to play the "death...
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Lawyer's kidnappers sentenced to life in prison
KUWAIT: The criminal court yesterday sentenced a Kuwaiti lawyer and four expats to life in prison over charges of kidnapping lawyer Saud Al-Helfi from Kuwait City and taking him to Kabd. The incident took place in February of this year when police stopped a vehicle four Arab men, only to discover a fifth man tied up inside. Investigation revealed that the four had kidnapped the man at the orders of another lawyer, and took him to a private...
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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