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A picture shows mannequins dressed with Fendi fur coats at the Palazzo della Civilta Italiana (Great House of Italian Civilisation).
Fashion firm puts Rome’s ‘Square Colosseum’ to work
A picture shows mannequins dressed with Fendi fur coats at the Palazzo della Civilta Italiana (Great House of Italian Civilisation). A boxy monument to Italy’s Fascist era is filling with workers for the first time in its 70-year history as fashion brand Fendi opens its new headquarters at the restored “Square Colosseum”. The travertine structure, formally known as the “Great House of Italian Civilisation” or the “Great House of the...
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A small taste of Japan
Ambassador Toshihoro Tsujihara One of my favourite characteristics about film as an art form is the ability to completely engross you into another world. When the lights go dim in a cinema, and the only thing you see is the massive screen in front of you - it's difficult not to feel completely engulfed sensually for the next few hours. And like all great cinema experiences, the recent Japan Film Festival in Kuwait transported the audience into a...
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Brazil's women get their kicks in MMA fighting
SAO PAULO: The black eyes, scrapes and sweat get a little in the way of Poliana Botelho's smile but her euphoria after winning a Mixed Martial Arts title fight in Sao Paulo is unmistakable. Although the Brazilian gets battered in the September 19 clash in Brazil's biggest city, she wins the MMA's Xtreme Fighting Championships franchise belt and her opponent is left semi-conscious and receiving medical attention. Botelho's compatriot Bethe...
Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (right) vies with Paris Saint-Germain’s Ivorian defender Serge Aurier during the UEFA Champions League football match Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) vs Real Madrid on October 21, 2015. —AFP
Real and Celta Vigo play for Spanish league lead
Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo (right) vies with Paris Saint-Germain’s Ivorian defender Serge Aurier during the UEFA Champions League football match Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) vs Real Madrid on October 21, 2015. —AFP MADRID: Celta Vigo will be under the spotlight again tomorrow when it hosts Real Madrid with a chance to move into the Spanish league lead. Celta is tied with Madrid with 18 points from eight matches and a...
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13th Gulf Shooting Tournament kicks off
KUWAIT: HH The Crown Prince Shooting event and the 13th Gulf Shooting Tournament continues with increasing intensity in the competitions as shooters moved to the final stages at Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting complex. 200 shooters from all six GCC countries are participating. Several gold medals will be distributed today - particularly in the 10m Pistol for women, 50m Prone Rifle. Trap and Skeet competitions (75 shots) for men and women...
Haitian human rights and victims of Cholera protestors in Haiti rally in front of the Log Base of Minustah (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti), in Port-au-Prince to demand justice and reparation.—AFP
Nearly 5,000 cholera cases, 74 deaths in Tanzania
Haitian human rights and victims of Cholera protestors in Haiti rally in front of the Log Base of Minustah (United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti), in Port-au-Prince to demand justice and reparation.—AFP GENEVA: Tanzania is facing a major cholera outbreak, counting nearly 5,000 cases and dozens of deaths, the World Health Organization said yesterday, calling for urgent action to stop the disease from spreading to neighboring countries....
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Budget jitters hurt Saudi; Kuwait, Dubai edge down - MIDEAST STOCK MARKETS
DUBAI: Worries that Saudi Arabia may cut subsidies and state spending and raise taxes to cover its budget deficits in an era of cheap oil once again hurt its stock market yesterday, with a negative effect on neighboring markets. Kuwait stocks edged down 0.2 percent to 5,781 points. The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that Riyadh was considering a wide range of fiscal reforms - many of which could hurt corporate profits, at least...
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Japan offers India soft loan for $15 billion bullet train - 505-km project will link Mumbai with Ahmedabad
NEW DELHI: Japan has offered to finance India’s first bullet train, estimated to cost $15 billion, at an interest rate of less than 1 percent, officials said, stealing a march on China, which is bidding for other projects on the world’s fourth-largest network. Tokyo was picked to assess the feasibility of building the 505-kilometre corridor linking Mumbai with Ahmedabad, the commercial capital of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state,...
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls stands next to Kuwaiti Prime Minister HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah as France's Defense minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (right) signs an agreement with Kuwaiti Deputy Premier and Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah during a meeting at the Hotel Matignon yesterday. - AFP n
Kuwait, France sign €2.5bn chopper deal - A slew of other joint agreements also inked
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls stands next to Kuwaiti Prime Minister HH Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah as France's Defense minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (right) signs an agreement with Kuwaiti Deputy Premier and Defense Minister Sheikh Khaled Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah during a meeting at the Hotel Matignon yesterday. - AFP PARIS: Kuwait signed €2.5 billion ($2.8 billion) worth of military fixed and provisional deals led by the purchase of 24...
Kuwaiti Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi
GCC approves joint guidelines for medical reserves
Kuwaiti Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi DOHA: The GCC countries approved a joint guideline for strategic medical reserves including medicines and equipment, said Kuwaiti Minister of Health Dr Ali Al-Obaidi. The guideline aims to create further cooperation between the GCC states during disasters and crises, the minister said after heading the Kuwaiti delegation at the second meeting of the GCC Committee of Health Ministers yesterday. The...
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Al-Hajri campaign for oil sector workers' rights
KUWAIT: Kuwait Gulf Oil Company (KGOC) employees' syndicate's secretary general Nasser Abdullah Al-Hajri said "history would never forget those who do not protect oil sector workers' rights", adding one cannot keep silent about the current situation. Expressing absolute rejection of applying the strategic salary alternative project on oil sector employees, Hajri called for exempting both current and future oil sector employees from being...
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Panel to refer investment suspicions to prosecution - Court defers Abdaly cell trial to Nov 3
KUWAIT: A National Assembly panel probing suspected violations and graft at the Kuwait Investment Office in London and other investment offices overseas is expected to recommend to refer the case to the public prosecution, rapporteur of the panel MP Madhi Al-Hajeri said yesterday. Hajeri was speaking after the committee held a meeting yesterday with the head of the government legal office and following a visit by the committee members to London...
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KUWAIT: A Kuwaiti jeweler arranges gold items at his shop in Kuwait City. - Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat
Gold prices drop notably
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LOS ANGELES: Protesters hold signs and flags and a large balloon with an image of US President Donald Trump during the nationwide "Hands Off!" protest against Trump and his advisor, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, in downtown Los Angeles on April 5, 2025. — AFP photos
Americans rally against Trump ‘devastation’
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DHAKA: Garment workers sewing clothes at a Snowtex Group textile factory in Dhamrai, a sub-district in Dhaka. - AFP
US buyers halt orders from major garment producer Bangladesh
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A Palestinian man walks past a closed shop, during a general strike demanding an end to the Gaza war, in the old city of Hebron in the Israeli occupied West Bank on April 7, 2025 - AFP
Kuwaiti firms join strike for Gaza
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KUWAIT: Minister of State for Municipal Affairs Abdullatif Al-Meshari, accompanied by senior officials, visits Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh on April 7, 2025.
Labor cities needed to tackle Jleeb challenges