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Kuwait Times: A window into our past, present and future

Sixty-three years ago yesterday, no English-speaking resident of Kuwait had easy, consistent access to local and global news. Sixty-three years ago today, they did. That simple fact meant more than just providing thousands and eventually millions with up-to-date journalism. It meant that for the first time in the Gulf, society was exposed to outside cultures on a daily basis. This significance was even acknowledged by HH Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad...

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Why we sometimes love what we hate

There’s a prevailing attitude many people subscribe to where they shun topics they aren’t interested in simply because they are not curious to explore them. And to a degree, that makes sense. Why would someone actively seek out what doesn’t interest them? I hated mathematics growing up, and so I don’t do calculus in my spare time. Another person may find history to be tearfully boring, and so they don’t spend free hours surfing the web...

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On Palestine and hope of symbols

KUWAIT: In November 1988, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), headed by Yasser Arafat, convened in Algiers. Something historic was on the horizon. In May 1948, the Nakba (Catastrophe) and the creation of the Zionist entity killed over 15,000 Palestinians, displaced ¾ of a million more from their homes, and robbed the native population of 78 percent of their land. When the dust settled, all that was left of Arab Palestine were two...

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KUWAIT: People walk inside the Avenues Mall, Kuwait's largest shopping center. — Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

In Kuwait, in-store shopping reigns despite global e-commerce shift

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TAIZHOU: An aerial view shows solar panels next to rapeseed fields at a village in Taizhou, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province. China’s emissions fell in the first quarter of 2025 despite rapidly growing power demand thanks to soaring renewable and nuclear energy, a key milestone for world’s top emitter, analysis showed on May 15. - AFP

China’s first-quarter emissions fall despite rising power demand

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US President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives to address troops at the Al-Udeid airbase southwest of Doha on May 15, 2025. - AFP photos

Trump hails ‘record’ Gulf tour