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Three actors stabbed on stage in Riyadh
RIYADH: A Yemeni man stabbed three actors at a performance in the Saudi capital, police said yesterday, in the first such attack since the ultraconservative kingdom began easing decades-old restrictions on entertainment. The knife-wielding assailant was arrested after state television footage showed him storming a musical performance in Riyadh's King Abdullah Park by what appeared to be a foreign theatre troupe. Police said the victims were in...
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Exchange of fire after Israel kills Gaza commander
GAZA CITY: Israel's military killed a commander of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in a strike on his home in the Gaza Strip yesterday, triggering exchanges of fire and fears of a severe escalation in violence. The targeted strike led to barrages of retaliatory rocket fire into Israel followed by Israeli air raids, and Gaza's health ministry reported five people killed and 30 wounded in the Palestinian enclave. Israel said it...
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Hamilton's success 'getting a bit boring' for Verstappen
Verstappen has 100 starts, seven wins since becoming sport's youngest driver MILTON KEYNES: Lewis Hamilton's domination of Formula One is "getting a bit boring" and the time is fast approaching for the younger generation to take over at the top, says Red Bull youngster Max Verstappen. The Dutch driver hopes he and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, also 22-years-old, will be fighting for the Mercedes driver's throne next year. "I think it's good for the...
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France's yellow vest movement: Diminished but not vanquished
The yellow vests have nonetheless left an indelible mark on FrancePARIS: On a November Saturday one year ago, hundreds of thousands of angry French donning fluorescent jackets took to the streets across the country, beginning one of the biggest and most unusual protest movements in the country's modern history. Twelve months after that first November 17 demonstration against social inequalities by the "gilet jaunes" (yellow vests) protesters, the...
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16 dead as trains collide in Bangladesh
DHAKA: Two packed trains rammed into each other in Bangladesh yesterday, killing at least 16 people and injuring nearly 60 others, police said. Three coaches were sent crashing off the tracks at Mondobhag station in the town of Kasba when a Dhaka-bound train and a locomotive bound for Chittagong collided. "At least 16 people have been killed. And another 58 were injured. We have sent the injured to different hospitals in the region," local...
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Pakistan installs statue of Indian pilot shot down over Kashmir
The statue stands in a gallery named Operation Swift RetortKARACHI: Pakistan has put on display a statue of an Indian pilot whose plane was shot down over Kashmir earlier this year, invoking the ire of India's media. The life-sized statue of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman -- complete with his signature moustache -- has been installed in an exhibit at a museum in Karachi run by the Pakistan Air Force. Varthaman's plane was shot down in a...
Increasing oil output, in particular by the United States, is putting pressure on OPEC and its allies to restrain production to keep prices stable. — AFP
Oil rally stalls on reemergence of global growth
KUWAIT: Oil prices were back in familiar territory as the first week in November drew to a close: buffeted by a combination of overarching global macro concerns, specifically the off/on progress in US-China trade talks, and oil oversupply worries. International crude oil benchmark Brent crude was last trading at around $62.5/bbl (+16.2% ytd), down from its more than 4-week high of almost $63/bbl on 5 November. The US crude benchmark, West Texas...
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Disney bets streaming launch on new 'Star Wars', past classics
The star of Disney's hugely ambitious new Star Wars television series remembers the moment he first stepped into a galaxy far, far away. Pedro Pascal was trying on his character's helmet for "The Mandalorian"-the mega-budget, live-action show which launches the Disney+ streaming platform this Tuesday-when he caught a glimpse in the mirror. "If you grow up playing with Star Wars toys, and seeing the movies, and then you're staring at yourself and...
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Berlin's Museum of Islamic Art: House of 93,000 artifacts
The Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin is the largest of its kind in Europe, as well as North and South America, hosting 93,000 items dating back to the Islamic civilization. In 1999, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) listed the Museum in the international heritage, which reflects its antique and important collectables. The two-story museum, built between 1920 and 1930, is part of the Pergamon Museum, and...
KUWAIT: Dhaman officials open the company's first primary healthcare center for expats in Hawally yesterday. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh
Dhaman opens first primary clinic for expats in Hawally
KUWAIT: Dhaman officials open the company's first primary healthcare center for expats in Hawally yesterday. - Photo by Fouad Al-Shaikh KUWAIT: The Health Assurance Hospitals Company (Dhaman) opened its first primary healthcare center in Hawally in Cairo Complex on Ibn Khaldoun Street yesterday. The center, spread over an area of 3,079 sq m, has 20 clinics covering family medicine, pediatrics, preventive services, health education, consultation,...
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Airport workers strike for better working conditions, allowances
Civil aviation authority says operations unaffected by stoppage KUWAIT: Hundreds of workers at Kuwait's international airport held a one-hour strike yesterday to demand better working conditions, threatening to stage longer walkouts in the coming days. Ahmed Mohammed Al-Kandari, a union representative, said workers were calling for improved treatment and to be compensated for daily exposure to pollution and noise. The right to strike is...
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Municipality oversees demolition of 'violating' Khaitan building
Municipality minister opens 'first-of-its-kind' central food lab KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality officials stand as a building in Khaitan is being demolished for violations of construction regulations. KUWAIT: Kuwait Municipality won a case filed against the owners of an apartment building in Khaitan who had been refusing to demolish it for violating construction regulations, said the municipality's legal advisor and head of the violations committee...
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KUWAIT: People wander around Souq Al-Mubarakiya during Kuwait's national celebrations in this 2023 file photo. — KUNA
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KUWAIT: Kuwaiti officials meet with a delegation from the World Health Organization (WHO) to discuss turning Shaab into a United Nations healthy city. — KUNA
Shaab on path to becoming Kuwait’s next healthy city
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DAMASCUS: Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati (left) shaking hands with Syria's new leader Ahmed Al-Sharaa before their meeting in Damascus on January 11, 2025. -- AFP
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