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TOULOUSE: A trainee chef from Mariupol, Ukraine prepares food at an event marking the culmination of cookery training program in Toulouse.- AFP

‘Make food not war’

TOULOUSE: Vitaliy Aheyev from Ukraine was discharged from the army after being shot in the stomach and the leg in the war with Russia and spending 10 months in captivity. Following six years in the military, the 24-year-old needed to train for a new...

HLUKHIV: Ukrainian rescuers clean rubble of a destroyed dormitory building following a missile attack in Glukhiv, Sumy region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - AFP

Ukraine criticizes Western allies for embassy closures

KYIV: Ukraine on Wednesday called on its Western allies not to fuel tension inside the country, after a string of embassies in Kyiv announced they would close, citing the threat of a “massive air attack” on the capital. The warnings of fresh str...

CAMPINAS: Transgenic Aedes aegypti mosquitos are seen in containers at a laboratory of biotech company Oxitec, in Campinas, 100 km from Sao Paulo, Brazil. – AFP

Djibouti experiments with GM mosquito against malaria

NAIROBI: Tens of thousands of genetically modified mosquitos are being released every week in Djibouti as the tiny Horn of Africa state experiments with a new weapon against an unprecedented malaria surge. East Africa faces a deadly new threat from ...

OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al-Ghais.

OPEC to COP29: Oil gift from God

BAKU: OPEC Secretary General Haitham Al-Ghais on Wednesday told the COP29 climate summit in Baku that crude oil and natural gas were a gift from God, and that global warming talks should focus on cutting emissions not picking energy sources. The com...

Former German Chancellor and leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Angela Merkel

Legacy of Germany's Merkel under fire ahead of memoirs

BERLIN: Former German chancellor Angela Merkel was still one of the world's most popular politicians when she retired in 2021, but critics are increasingly questioning her legacy ahead of the release of her memoirs. 'Freedom', co-writ...

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Mohammad Al-Wasmi, Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs.

Kuwait’s International Quran competition announces winners

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OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al-Ghais.

OPEC to COP29: Oil gift from God

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DOHA: Kuwait’s Minister of Interior Sheikh Fahad Yusuf Saud Al-Sabah speaks at the 41st meeting of the Interior Ministers of the Gulf Cooperation Council. — KUNA photos

Interior minister calls for uniting GCC security efforts

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NEW YORK: US President-elect Donald Trump (left) and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk watch a fight during UFC 309 at Madison Square Garden in this file photo. – AFP

Can Trump-Musk ‘bromance’ last?

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Automak’s founding members, including Group President Hussam Fawzi Al-Kharafi and CEO Ghazi Al-Omar, along with ROX Motor’s representatives, CEO and Co-founder Yan Feng, and Vice President Wu Yue, during the launch ceremony.

Automak launches ROX Motor in Kuwait with all-new ROX01 model