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India close in on Test series and Tour sweep of West Indies

Roach spearheads effort to limit India's search for quick runsKINGSTON: India moved closer to a Test series and tour sweep of the West Indies, reducing the home side to 45 for two at stumps after setting them the improbable target of 468 on the third day of the second and final Test at Sabina Park in Jamaica on Sunday. Having declined to enforce the follow-on after the Caribbean team were dismissed at the start of the day for 117 to trail by 299...

Nate Parker and Spike Lee attend a photo call during Venice Film Festival. — AFP

Controversial Black Lives Matter film hailed at Venice

Controversial US director Nate Parker said yesterday that he hopes his powerful new film about police violence against black men will help save lives. "American Skin" received an eight-minute standing ovation after it premiered at the Venice film festival, with Spike Lee-who travelled to Italy to support Parker-comparing its impact to "scoring a goal to win the World Cup or a home run at the bottom of the ninth in American parlance". The veteran...

(From second left) British actor Gary Oldman, US actress Meryl Streep and US director Steven Soderbergh arrive for the screening of the film “The Laundromat”.

Panama Papers star Streep says rich playing 'black joke' on world

The world's richest people are playing a "black-hearted joke on all of us" Hollywood star Meryl Streep said Sunday as a new movie based on the Panama Papers scandal was premiered. The American actress plays a cheated widow out to right financial chicanery in "Laundromat", a deft satire on the maze of shell companies that criminals and the super-rich use to hide their billions. "This movie is fun and it's funny, but it's really important," Streep...

(From left) Mexican actor Gael Garcia Bernal, Spanish actress Penelope Cruz, Venezuelan actor Edgar Ramirez and French director Olivier Assayas arrive for the screening of the film ‘Wasp Network’. — AFP

Tech making 'our brains explode' says star Penelope Cruz

Hollywood star Penelope Cruz warned Sunday that technology was driving high anxiety that would one day make "all our brains explode". The Spanish mother-of-two said she was worried about how children's mental health and development were being affected by the ubiquity of tech. "I have my personal war with it," she told reporters at the Venice film festival. "I wish we could have lived in the 1990s for a little longer. For mental health issues that...

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National Assembly could pass expat communities quotas law next term

Crisis looms as fishing boats' fuel station contract expiredKUWAIT: A proposed law may be introduced during the upcoming National Assembly term in October to commit the government to impose the quota system for expatriate communities in Kuwait, whereby the number of any community should not exceed 25 or 30 percent compared to the number of Kuwaitis, informed sources said. "While issuing a quota and dealing with work permits is the job of the...

This picture taken yesterday from a location near the northern Israeli town of Avivim, close to the border with Lebanon, shows fires and smoke rising after Hezbollah movement fired anti-tank missiles into northern Israel. — AFP

Israeli army fires into Lebanon amid fears of serious escalation

Hariri urges US, France to intervene; Israeli drone violates Lebanese airspaceJERUSALEM: Israel's military said yesterday it fired into southern Lebanon after a number of anti-tank missiles targeted an Israeli military base and army vehicles near the border, raising fears of a serious escalation with Hezbollah after a week of rising tensions. "A number of anti-tank missiles were fired from Lebanon towards an Israel Defense Forces base and...

KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah holds talks with Egyptian President Abdelfatah Al-Sisi yesterday. — KUNA

Egyptian president concludes Kuwait visit

KUWAIT: Egyptian President Abdelfatah Al-Sisi and his official delegation concluded the official visit to the country yesterday. His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, along with senior Kuwaiti officials, held talks with President Al-Sisi and a delegation accompanying him. HH the Amir, with His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak...

LONDON: Arsenal's Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (C) tries to direct the ball toward goal past Tottenham Hotspur's French goalkeeper Hugo Lloris (L) but Arsenal's Greek defender Sokratis Papastathopoulos (2nd L) puts in in the net though goal disallowed after a VAR (Video Assistant Referee) review during the English Premier League football match between Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur at the Emirates Stadium in London yesterday. —AFP

Arsenal fight back against Spurs to draw

A share of the spoils sees Arsenal maintain a two-point lead over TottenhamLONDON: Arsenal fought back from two goals down to salvage a 2-2 draw against Tottenham in a pulsating north London derby yesterday which both sides will feel they should have won. Spurs preyed on the Gunners' vacant midfield early on as Christian Eriksen tapped home at the end of a flowing counter-attack before Harry Kane's penalty doubled the Champions League finalists'...

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Amir flies to US today, meets US President Trump Sept 12

Sheikh Sabah receives congratulatory cable from Djibouti President KUWAIT: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is scheduled to depart to the United States of America today. His Highness the Amir is heading to the US on a private visit, then he will proceed to Washington for an official visit where he will hold official talks with US President Donald Trump on Thursday, September 12, 2019. In other news, His Highness the...

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Ministry approves licenses for microenterprises

KUWAIT: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry said 1,052 licenses were issued for microenterprises, one person companies and mobile specialty vehicles during August 2019. These include licenses for seven microenterprises, 32 for mobile specialty vehicles and 1,013 for one person companies, it said in a press statement. Meanwhile, the ministry said that it approved 26 applications for the establishment of companies, while it rejected 45, adding...

KUWAIT: The new Airbus A320neo aircraft arrives at Kuwait International Airport. — Photos by Fouad Al-Shaikh

First of 15 Kuwait Airways Airbus A320neo planes arrives, to start flights soon

Kuwait Airways expects to carry up to five million passengers this year: ChairmanKUWAIT: In preparation for the projected increase in the number of passengers, the first delivery of 15-aircraft Airbus A320neo aircrafts ordered by Kuwait's flag carrier Kuwait Airways has finally arrived from Hamburg Germany on Saturday at Kuwait International Airport. The newest addition to Kuwait Airways' fleet of Airbus planes is just the start, as the airline...

KUWAIT: Smoke billows out of a fire in makeshift homes used in the Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Olympic Shooting Complex.

Woman charged with vehicle theft, arson

KUWAIT: Hawally detectives arrested an Asian woman accused of setting several vehicles ablaze after stealing them in Salmiya. The suspect had seven suitcases with mobile phones and jewelry in them. She was sent to concerned authorities to face charges, the Interior Ministry's Relations and Security Media Department said in a statement. Meanwhile, Police arrested a man who stabbed an officer while on duty in Fintas. The suspect was sent to...

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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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AYRSHIRE: Britain's King Charles III holds an audience with His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, at Dumfries House, Cumnock, on January 15, 2025. - AFP

Kuwait's Amir visits UK King in Dumfries House

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SCOTLAND: His Highness the Amir of Kuwait Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah is welcomed by Lord-Lieutenant Iona MacDonald, representative of King Charles for the Ayrshire area upon his arrival in the United Kingdom. — Amiri Diwan photos

Amir’s landmark visit to UK chance to expand ties: Envoy