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Caught in traffic flood ahead of rainy season
Commuters in Kuwait endured hours of excruciating traffic this past week, as road crews closed lanes in several main roads for much-needed, yet ill-timed maintenance. The Interior Ministry announced the lane closures due to roadwork including on the Fourth Ring Road, which ran from 6:00 pm Wednesday night to 6:00 am yesterday morning. But as expected, the warnings did little to prevent major traffic jams with cars at nearly a standstill for...
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Getting to know the Kuwait Harps
'Gaelic football combines skills of soccer, scores of basketball with rough and tumble of rugby.' The suspense and skill of soccer, the high scoring of basketball and the impact of rugby can all be found in Gaelic football, a popular sport in Ireland. Kuwait Times spoke with Chelsea Ellis, Chairperson of Kuwait Harps, the only Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club in Kuwait, to learn more about the sport. Ellis is originally from Michigan,...
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Stop the waste
Muna Al-Fuzai StopTheWaste is a global movement to fight food waste. You may wonder how desperately we need such initiatives. The answer is simple - because we produce enough food to feed everyone, yet one in nine people goes to sleep hungry every night and one-third of food produced for human consumption is lost or goes to waste. This is why this campaign to stop wastage of food by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) is a call out of...
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First Arab on ISS returns to Earth
UAE - a newcomer to the world of spaceALMATY: A three-man crew including an Emirati who became the first Arab to reach the International Space Station returned to Earth safely yesterday and were in good shape, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said. Hazzaa Al-Mansoori of the United Arab Emirates touched down in the Kazakh steppes at 1059 GMT along with NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin, who both survived a failed...
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Death toll rises to 19 as Iraq protests spread across south
Iraqis rally against corruption and unemploymentBAGHDAD: The death toll from mass rallies in Iraq against corruption and unemployment rose to 19 yesterday, as the leaderless protest movement spread to virtually all of the south. Braving live fire, tear gas and local curfews, Iraqis flooded the streets for a third day in the biggest challenge yet to Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi. The embattled premier ordered a ban on all movement across the...
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Darwin, Islam: Kosovo imam expelled for accepting both
Evidence of the growing threat to Kosovo's 'moderate Islam'PRISTINA: When not leading prayers in his village mosque in western Kosovo, imam Drilon Gashi was scribbling some unorthodox thoughts on social media - like his belief in the theory of evolution. Eventually, the embrace of both Islam and Darwinism cost him his job. The 31-year-old was unceremoniously expelled from his post by top clergy last month, in what he says is evidence of the...
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A family in limbo as US slashes refugee ceiling
Somali boys caught in refugee hold-upNEW YORK: Somali refugee Ramlo Ali Noor will never be reunited with her 16-year-old son in her new home in Columbus, Ohio. She had been waiting since applying to the US government in 2015 to bring over her three boys from Uganda, but their cases faced hold-ups in refugee processing under the Trump administration. On Sept 22, the youngest of the three teenagers - Abdiaziz - died suddenly from a brain infection....
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Fear and uncertainty for migrants after S Africa xenophobic attacks
Nigerian leader urges protection for foreigners PRETORIA: Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari (2nd right) and South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) walk past the guard of honor during his official state visit at Union Buildings in Pretoria yesterday. —AFP JOHANNESBURG: Reeling from a terrifying surge of unrest that saw his shop wrecked and plundered, Nigerian-born Alvan Akujinwa toyed with the possibility of leaving his adopted...
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Unkempt? Panelo tells critics Duterte smells 'refreshing'
MANILA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman defended him against critics who described him as looking unkempt when he met with Russia's prime minister, saying he is "very hygienic" and that "his body emits a refreshing scent". Salvador Panelo, who is travelling with Duterte in Russia, challenged "kibitzers" to try to be close to the president to find out how he smells. "That's what ladies tell me when they kiss PRRD, that he smells...
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India and Pakistan nuclear war could kill 100 million
Renewed tensions between two South Asian rivalsWASHINGTON: The year is 2025 and militants have attacked India's parliament, killing most of its leaders. New Delhi retaliates by sending tanks into the part of Kashmir controlled by Pakistan. Fearing it will be overrun, Islamabad hits the invading forces with its battlefield nuclear weapons, triggering the deadliest conflict in history-and catastrophic global cooling, with temperatures not seen...
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Hugs and smiles as Taleban meets Pakistani officials
ISLAMABAD: A group of senior Taleban were warmly welcomed by Pakistani officials as they arrived in Islamabad yesterday, where the foreign minister called for a resumption of talks with the US on the war in Afghanistan. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taleban's co-founder who spent eight years in a Pakistani prison, was greeted with hugs and smiles by Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and spy chief Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed,...
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Backstage at the Moulin Rouge: Keeping the show on track for 130 years
The Moulin Rouge, the French cabaret famous for its high-kicking cancan dancers and flesh-exposing ostrich feather costumes, this week marks 130 years since it first opened its doors to audiences. For two performances every evening, 60 performers from 14 different countries twirl, kick and dance their way through the "Feerie" show, the review that is now the mainstay of the Moulin Rouge's repertoire. But backstage - unseen by the 600,000 audience...
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KUWAIT: Interior ministry officials have monitored and conducted several inspection campaigns across the country.
MoI continues crackdown on traffic, residency law violators
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LONDON: Britain's incoming Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his wife Victoria wave as they pose on the steps of 10 Downing Street on July 5, 2024. - AFP
‘Restless’ Starmer seeks ‘reset’, axes Rwanda scheme
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Row erupts over foreign scholarships
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HATHRAS, India: Mourners gather as the deceased who died in a stampede during a sermon are kept at a mortuary at Hathras in India's Uttar Pradesh state on July 3, 2024. -- AFP
‘Miracles’ and hope: Fatal stampede spotlights India’s craze for godmen
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Scholarship acceptance rates: By the numbers