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This handout image released by the European Southern Observatory on January 25, 2016 and captured with the OmegaCAM camera on ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope in Chile, shows an unusually clean small galaxy. IC 1613 contains very little cosmic dust, allowing astronomers to explore its contents with great clarity. —AFP
India to build satellite tracking station in Vietnam that offers eye on China
This handout image released by the European Southern Observatory on January 25, 2016 and captured with the OmegaCAM camera on ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope in Chile, shows an unusually clean small galaxy. IC 1613 contains very little cosmic dust, allowing astronomers to explore its contents with great clarity. —AFPNEW DELHI/HONG KONG: India will set up a satellite tracking and imaging center in southern Vietnam that will give Hanoi access to...
KANO, Nigeria: A vendor sells bags of rat poison in northern Nigeria’s largest city of Kano. —AFP
Rat poison sales boom in Nigeria over Lassa fever fears - 'Lassa doesn't discriminate between the rich and the poor'
KANO, Nigeria: A vendor sells bags of rat poison in northern Nigeria’s largest city of Kano. —AFPKANO, Nigeria: Sales of rat poison have taken off in Nigeria following an outbreak of Lassa fever that has left at least 76 people dead and sparked fears of contagion across the country. In the northern city of Kano, the capital of one of 17 states where the haemorrhagic virus has been recorded, there have been "unprecedented" purchases of the...
Bill Gates (left), co-founder of Microsoft, Britain’s Finance Minister George Osborne (second left) and Britain’s Secretary of State for International Development, Justine Greening (third left), are pictured during a visit to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in northwest England yesterday. —AFP photos
Britain and Bill Gates announce £3 billion to eradicate malaria - 'The world's deadliest killer '
Bill Gates (left), co-founder of Microsoft, Britain’s Finance Minister George Osborne (second left) and Britain’s Secretary of State for International Development, Justine Greening (third left), are pictured during a visit to the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in northwest England yesterday. —AFP photosLONDON: Britain's finance minister and tech billionaire Bill Gates unveiled yesterday a plan to spend billions to eradicate "the...
Actor James Jordan, from left, actress Sara Rodier, actor Jared Harris, actor James LeGros, actress Kristen Stewart, director and writer Kelly Reichardt and actress Lily Gladstone pose at the premiere of ‘Certain Women’ during the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. — AP
Sundance film review: 'Certain Women'
Actor James Jordan, from left, actress Sara Rodier, actor Jared Harris, actor James LeGros, actress Kristen Stewart, director and writer Kelly Reichardt and actress Lily Gladstone pose at the premiere of ‘Certain Women’ during the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. — APFew contemporary filmmakers can do quite as much with quiet as Kelly Reichardt. Superficially empty soundscapes are layered so intricately with the rustle of nature, the brooding...
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Versace sexes up haute couture with racy Paris show
Versace got Paris haute couture shows off to a hyper-sexy start with a procession of powerful femme fatales as the big gun designers hit the catwalk yesterday. Donatella Versace presented a series of revealing strappy dresses and short sporty Formula One-influenced combinations that dared women to get into the fast lane. "I think women can be strong and capable of achieving their dreams while being beautiful and elegant," Donatella Versace said...
Miss Universe Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach
Heroine's welcome home for Philippines' Miss Universe
Miss Universe Pia Alonzo WurtzbachConfetti rained down as tens of thousands of shrieking fans paralysed traffic in the Philippine capital yesterday to welcome home the newly crowned Miss Universe, Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach. The 26-year-old model, looking regal in a flowing blue-green gown, waved the Philippine flag while perched on a float designed in the fashion of the competition winner's diamond and sapphire crown that she was wearing. The adoring...
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Integrating students with special needs in education - Part I
This article was previously published in another newspaper but in view of specialized readers’ wish to know the strategy of vocational development for the directors of schools to be integrated in mainstream public education schools in detail, I intend to explain this strategy in several articles of which this is the first. Integration is educating students with special needs in mainstream schools and providing them with special education...
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MPs reject building of new churches in Kuwait - Panel approves 75% govt ownership in Kuwait Airways
KUWAIT: The Municipality has initially approved requests to build new churches in Kuwait, but faces opposition from lawmakers and councilors. Islamist lawmaker Ahmad Al-Azemi yesterday said he and other MPs will reject the plan because this contradicts Islamic sharia laws. He said his rejection is based on constitutional and religious grounds since Islam is the official religion of the country and the main source of legislation, adding that...
KUWAIT: Injured workers are seen after an under-construction school building collapsed
20 workers injured in school collapse
KUWAIT: Injured workers are seen after an under-construction school building collapsedKUWAIT: Twenty people who were injured in an under-construction school building in Sabah Al-Ahmad City have been taken to four hospitals by medevac planes and ambulances, the Health Ministry said yesterday. Injuries varied between bruises, spine, head and thigh fractures, Assistant Undersecretary of the Health Ministry for Supportive Medical Services Dr Jamal...
Attorney Fajer Ahmed
Common questions regarding divorce in Kuwait
Law can be a very negative career and that is because when things get tough, the toughest get a lawyer! Something that is very difficult for many lawyers is dealing with family disputes. No one wants to see a family split up or argue. It is a horrible sight and I can only imagine how much harder it is for the family members to find a lawyer and understand the actions and consequences. I am not a professional at family law but there is an...
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Ministry announces partial opening of Jahra Road mainline
KUWAIT: The Ministry of Public Works announced yesterday the partial opening of one of the largest elevated road projects in the world, the Jahra Road Development Project. The joint venture of Pace and Louis Berger are the consultants on this mega-project, with The Arab Contractors undertaking the contracting works. The opening, which commences at the intersection of Jahra Road with Al-Jahez Street, and until just after the United Nations...
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Amir to attend flag hoisting ceremony
His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahKUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah will attend and inaugurate a flag hoisting ceremony at Bayan Palace today. The event, due to be held at 10:30 am, will also be attended by His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and senior state officials, according to an Amiri Diwan statement.Meanwhile, His Highness the Crown Prince is...
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HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrives in Scotland on the personal invitation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland on Jan 14, 2025. - Amiri Diwn photos
Amir’s visit to UK boosts ties
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Britain's King Charles III (L) welcomes Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, during an audience at Buckingham Palace, in London, on October 25, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Pettitt / POOL / AFP)
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Amir departs to the UK at personal invitation of King Charles III