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NEW DELHI: Commuters make their way along a busy road under heavy smoggy conditions in New Delhi. — AFP

Unbreathable! India board warns

NEW DELHI: Commuters make their way along a busy road under heavy smoggy conditions in New Delhi. — AFPNEW DELHI: India’s pollution control body warned of a looming health emergency in New Delhi as deteriorating air quality in the capital turned the sky a murky grey. The city is ranked one of the world’s most polluted, with a hazardous melange of factory emissions, car exhaust fumes and smoke from agricultural fires settling in the skies...

OUAGADOUGOU: Stanislas Damiba, association of former students trained in Cuba’s president, looks at a photo of him and a friend when he was a young student in Cuba. — AFP

Broken dreams: Burkina Faso’s orphans schooled in Castro’s Cuba

OUAGADOUGOU: Stanislas Damiba, association of former students trained in Cuba’s president, looks at a photo of him and a friend when he was a young student in Cuba. — AFPOUAGADOUGOU: Thirty-five years ago, Burkina Faso’s radical leader Thomas Sankara sent 600 youngsters, most of them orphans, to train in Cuba-a scheme, he declared, that would steer the country to a new dawn. Within a year, Sankara’s dream of immersing marginalized...

GLASGOW: Co-operators of the social enterprise canal boat, Navvies’ Barge, Sean McNanara (left) and Ania Neisser sail on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Glasgow, Scotland.

Glasgow: Industrial canal’s climate fighting future

GLASGOW: Co-operators of the social enterprise canal boat, Navvies’ Barge, Sean McNanara (left) and Ania Neisser sail on the Forth and Clyde Canal in Glasgow, Scotland.GLASGOW: Glasgow was a vital cog in the machine of Britain’s Industrial Revolution, which brought the baleful impact of carbon emissions and eventually climate change to the world. Today, the venue for the COP26 environmental summit is home to a pioneering project to...

Khaled Al-Shamlan

KFH: For first time in Kuwait, smart watches to perform transactions through ATMs

Khaled Al-ShamlanKUWAIT: For the first time in Kuwait, Kuwait Finance House “KFH” launches a service using smart watches and mobiles to perform banking transactions through ATMs at KFH branches and KFH.GO smart branches. KFH Group Acting Chief Retail Banking and Private Banking Officer, Khaled Yousif Al-Shamlan said that KFH has achieved and added another success to its records in digital banking world. He noted that customers can now...

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Kuwait project activity dips amid delays and supply chain constraints in 3Q21

Total value of projects awarded in 2021 reaches KD 916 million KUWAIT: The total value of awarded projects in Kuwait fell to KD 152 million (-68 percent q/q; -57 percent y/y), according to MEED projects. This brings the total value of projects awarded in 2021 to a cumulative KD 916 million so far. With the fourth quarter underway already, the full-year figure is likely to fall a long way short of the KD 2.4 billion earlier projected by MEED. The...

PARIS: This combination of file photographs shows France’s Kheira Hamraoui (left) and Aminata Diallo. — AFP

PSG player arrested over teammate’s attack denies involvement

PARIS: This combination of file photographs shows France’s Kheira Hamraoui (left) and Aminata Diallo. — AFPPARIS: Paris Saint-Germain women’s footballer Aminata Diallo on Friday denied any involvement in a street attack on her teammate Kheira Hamraoui, in her first public statement about an incident that has shaken the Qatar-owned club.Diallo was driving fellow midfielder Hamraoui home on Thursday evening last week near Paris after dinner...

LONDON: Albania’s forward Sokol Cikalleshi (left) vies with England’s defender Harry Maguire (right) during the FIFA World Cup 2022 Group I qualifier football match between England and Albania at Wembley Stadium in London on Friday. —AFP

Kane fires England to brink of Qatar, Italy held by Switzerland

LONDON: Albania’s forward Sokol Cikalleshi (left) vies with England’s defender Harry Maguire (right) during the FIFA World Cup 2022 Group I qualifier football match between England and Albania at Wembley Stadium in London on Friday. —AFPLONDON: Harry Kane scored a first half hat-trick as England romped towards the 2022 World Cup with a 5-0 thrashing of Albania, but Italy still have work to do to reach Qatar after a 1-1 draw with...

SAN FRANCISCO: Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors smiles during the game against the Chicago Bulls on Friday at Chase Center in San Francisco, California. —AFP

Warriors improve to NBA-best 11-1 record

SAN FRANCISCO: Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors smiles during the game against the Chicago Bulls on Friday at Chase Center in San Francisco, California. —AFPLOS ANGELES: Stephen Curry scored 40 points, including nine three pointers, as the Golden State Warriors clamped down on defense early and breezed to a 119-93 lopsided victory over the Chicago Bulls on Friday.Curry, who scored 50 points in a win over the Atlanta Hawks on...

DUBAI: Australia’s Matthew Wade plays a shot on the nets during a practice session at the ICC academy in Dubai yesterday, ahead of tomorrow’s Twenty20 World Cup final match between Australia and New Zealand. — AFP

Australia, New Zealand seek history in T20 World Cup final

DUBAI: Australia’s Matthew Wade plays a shot on the nets during a practice session at the ICC academy in Dubai yesterday, ahead of tomorrow’s Twenty20 World Cup final match between Australia and New Zealand. — AFPDUBAI: Kane Williamson’s New Zealand eye a second global crown in a single year when they take on Australia at the Twenty20 World Cup final that will witness a new winner today. New Zealand and Australia renew their trans-Tasman...

HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah

Amir pardons several Kuwaitis convicted of various charges

Cabinet approves amnesty decrees • Speaker thanks Amir HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-SabahBy B IzzakKUWAIT: The Cabinet yesterday approved draft Amiri decrees which will pardon dozens of former MPs and political activists who had been convicted and sentenced to various jail terms, an official statement said. The statement was issued following an extraordinary meeting of the Cabinet chaired by HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah...

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9-year-old unlocks unconscious father's iPhone with his face to call 911

When 9-year-old Jayline Barbosa Brandao's parents were overcome by carbon monoxide from a backup power generator in October, the Brockton, Mass, girl sprang into action and unlocked her father's Face ID-equipped iPhone to call emergency services.On October 28, Brandao was in bed when she heard her dad yelling, reports CNN. Rushing to her parents' room, she found her mother overwhelmed by the odorless gas. Her father lost consciousness shortly...

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Gene mutation can slow child growth, puberty: Study

Scientists have identified a gene mutation that affects the brain's ability to sense a body's nutrition and can impact childhood growth and delay puberty, a study said Wednesday.Average human height has increased over time with greater access to food.By identifying the gene responsible for the brain receptor known as MC3R, scientists may have uncovered one of the reasons behind this trend.Analysing data from 500,000 participants in the UK Biobank...

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DAMASCUS: Syria's interim prime minister Mohammad Al-Bashir addresses worshippers during Friday prayers at Umayyad Mosque on Dec 13, 2024. - AFP (See Page 5)

Syria too exhausted for Zionist conflict amid Hezb warning

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Kuwait, US reaffirm strong ties

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KUWAIT: Exam proctors search students before they enter the exam hall to take their final exams in this file photo. — KUNA

MoE forms new exam printing press committee after violations found

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SINGAPORE: World chess champion Gukesh Dommaraju signs an autograph during a meet and greet session in Singapore. Indian teen prodigy Gukesh became the youngest undisputed world chess champion on December 12 after beating China’s Ding Liren in the final match of their series in Singapore. - AFP

Gukesh’s win fuels India chess dreams

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KUWAIT: Health Minister Ahmad Al-Awadhi poses for a photo with a delegation from the University of Houston during their visit to Kuwait.

MoH taps University of Houston for medical scholarships, training