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COLOMBO: Members of the Sri Lankan navy remove debris washed ashore from the Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl on a beach yesterday. —AFP
Sri Lanka questions burning ship crew after marine disaster
COLOMBO: Members of the Sri Lankan navy remove debris washed ashore from the Singapore-registered container ship MV X-Press Pearl on a beach yesterday. —AFPNEGOMBO, Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan criminal investigators began questioning the crew of a burning cargo ship yesterday, as the Singapore-registered carrier smoldered for a 12th straight day in one of the island’s worst-ever marine ecological disasters. A fire broke out aboard the MV X-Press...
KUWAIT: Photo taken on May 28, 2021 shows buildings silhouetted at sunset at the beach in Kuwait City, Kuwait. —Xinhua
KUWAIT: Photo taken on May 28, 2021 shows buildings silhouetted at sunset at the beach in Kuwait City, Kuwait. —Xinhua
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Kuwait parks reopen after months of closure
KUWAIT: Public parks in Kuwait reopened yesterday after months of closure due to COVID-19 restrictions. The Public Authority for Agricultural Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) had said Sunday that public gardens would open every day from 8:00 am to 10:00 pm. The decision to reopen all public parks in all governorates was made based on guidelines from the Minister of State for Municipality Affairs and Minister of State for Housing and...
MADRID: In this file photo taken on December 30, 2019 Real Madrid’s French coach Zinedine Zidane (center) talks to his players during a public training session at the Ciudad Real Madrid training ground in Valdebebas, Madrid. — AFP
Zidane says he quit Real Madrid because of club’s lack of ‘faith’
MADRID: In this file photo taken on December 30, 2019 Real Madrid’s French coach Zinedine Zidane (center) talks to his players during a public training session at the Ciudad Real Madrid training ground in Valdebebas, Madrid. — AFPMADRID: Zinedine Zidane resigned as Real Madrid coach because he felt the Spanish club no longer had any confidence in him, he wrote in an open letter yesterday. “I’m leaving because I feel the club no longer...
KUWAIT: Members of the Kuwait Professional Cycling Team participating in the 2021 Tour of Estonia.
Kuwait participates in 2021 Tour of Estonia
KUWAIT: Members of the Kuwait Professional Cycling Team participating in the 2021 Tour of Estonia.KUWAIT: Kuwait Professional Cycling Team launched its international activities with the 2021 Tour of Estonia. The team is headed by Secretary General of Kuwait Cycling Club Abdullah Al-Shimmari, accompanied by a French instructor and his assistant. The performance of riders Abdulhadi Al-Ajmi and Sayyed Jaafar Al-Ali was very good, which is a step...
PARIS: Japan’s Naomi Osaka serves the ball to Romania’s Patricia Maria Tig during their women’s singles first round tennis match on Day 1 of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on Sunday. — AFP
Osaka French Open crisis nears breaking point in power struggle
PARIS: Japan’s Naomi Osaka serves the ball to Romania’s Patricia Maria Tig during their women’s singles first round tennis match on Day 1 of The Roland Garros 2021 French Open tennis tournament in Paris on Sunday. — AFPPARIS: Despite facing expulsion from the French Open over a controversial media boycott, Naomi Osaka and her closest allies remained defiant yesterday with no sign of a resolution to what is becoming a bitter power...
SYDNEY: This picture taken on May 11, 2021 shows Afghan-born refugee and karate competitor Asif Sultani training on the outskirts of Sydney as he competes for a place on the Refugee Olympic Team at the Tokyo Olympics in July. — AFP
Bruce Lee, life of hardship inspire refugee’s Tokyo Olympics dream
SYDNEY: This picture taken on May 11, 2021 shows Afghan-born refugee and karate competitor Asif Sultani training on the outskirts of Sydney as he competes for a place on the Refugee Olympic Team at the Tokyo Olympics in July. — AFPSYDNEY: Asif Sultani has been fighting his way to the Olympics since he was seven years old, enduring persecution in Afghanistan and a grim journey to refuge in Australia. But the karate black belt is now within...
KUWAIT: Waleed Al-Khashti (right) with Yousef Al-Abdulrazzaq.
Zain continues to support World Champion Yousef Al-Abdulrazzaq
KUWAIT: Waleed Al-Khashti (right) with Yousef Al-Abdulrazzaq.KUWAIT: Zain, the leading digital service provider in Kuwait, proudly continues to sponsor Kuwaiti champion and Jet Ski world No 1 Yousef Al-Abdulrazzaq. The announcement comes as local, regional, and world sports gradually returns during the new season of 2021.Zain expressed its excitement in continuing its support and encouragement of Abdulrazzaq, whom the company sponsored...
MILAN: Team Ineos rider Colombia’s Egan Bernal kisses the race’s Trofeo Senza Fine (Endless Trophy) on the podium after winning the Giro d’Italia 2021 cycling race following the 21st and last stage on Sunday in Milan. —AFP
Brilliant Bernal wins 2021 Giro d’Italia
MILAN: Team Ineos rider Colombia’s Egan Bernal kisses the race’s Trofeo Senza Fine (Endless Trophy) on the podium after winning the Giro d’Italia 2021 cycling race following the 21st and last stage on Sunday in Milan. —AFPMILAN: Colombia’s Egan Bernal won the 2021 Giro d’Italia on Sunday, the Ineos Grenadiers leader given a hero’s welcome in front of Milan’s Duomo cathedral at the end of the 21st stage time-trial. The 24-year-old...
A picture shows Ali Mansour, the care taker of the cemetery of the Protestant Christians in Baghdad, where British archaeologist, writer, diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) is buried. — AFP photos
Searching for Gertrude Bell, colonial 'mother' of modern Iraq
A picture shows Ali Mansour, the care taker of the cemetery of the Protestant Christians in Baghdad, where British archaeologist, writer, diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) is buried. — AFP photosFor someone credited with being an architect of the nation, the grave of British archaeologist, writer, diplomat and spy Gertrude Bell in the Iraqi capital Baghdad is hard to find. Down an alley in the heart of the capital, through a heavy...
Kuwaiti businessman Jassem Buabbas displays superworms at his farm in Kabd.— AFP photos
Kuwaiti breeder hopes superworms will become new superfood
Kuwaiti businessman Jassem Buabbas displays superworms at his farm in Kabd.— AFP photosKuwaiti businessman Jassem Buabbas has spent years breeding “superworms” for animal feed and now hopes the creatures will find their way into the diets of Gulf citizens. In a small, dark room outside Kuwait City, Buabbas places the worm-like larvae of the darkling beetle, famed for their high protein content, into a transparent box on a bed of bran and...
(FILES) In this file photo actor Joe Lara arrives at the 6th Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 22, 2009 in Beverly Hills, California. - All seven passengers aboard a plane, including Tarzan actor Joe Lara and his diet guru wife, are presumed dead after it crashed in a lake near the US city of Nashville, authorities said on May 30, 2021. (Photo by KEVIN WINTER / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)
Tarzan actor Joe Lara among 7 presumed dead in US plane crash
Actor Joe Lara All seven passengers aboard a plane, including Tarzan actor Joe Lara and his diet guru wife, are presumed dead after it crashed in a lake near the US city of Nashville, authorities said. The small business jet crashed at around 11:00 am local time on Saturday, shortly after taking off from the Smyrna, Tennessee airport for Palm Beach, Florida, Rutherford County Fire & Rescue (RCFR) said on Facebook. The plane went down into Percy...
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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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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
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KUWAIT: A food handler prepares meals for children at a Kuwaiti public school in this file photo. — KUNA
Six clinics to provide health checks for Kuwaiti food handlers