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LOS ANGELES: Max Fried hurled six shutout innings and Jorge Soler smashed a towering home run as the Atlanta Braves captured their first World Series since 1995 with a 7-0 rout of the Houston Astros on Tuesday. Starting pitcher Fried put on a clinic in game six striking out six batters for the Braves, who […]

ABU DHABI: Rohit Sharma smashed 74 and Ravichandran Ashwin returned figures of 2-14 as India hammered Afghanistan by 66 runs to stay alive at the Twenty20 World Cup yesterday. Sharma and KL Rahul, who made 69, put on 140 runs for the opening wicket to guide India to an imposing 210 for two after being […]

KUWAIT: Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Sheikh Hamad Jaber Al-Ali Al-Sabah affirmed yesterday the strong ties between Kuwait and the European Union, saying that both sides were seeking more cooperation and mutual work. This press statement came during the visit of Sven Simon, head of the delegation of the European Parliament’s Delegation for […]

KUWAIT: The health ministry announced yesterday that it has increased the capacity of weekly PCR tests to 47,000 at the ministry’s healthcare centers. The ministry’s public health department director Dr Fahad Al-Ghimlas told KUNA that the ministry worked on increasing the number of primary health centers that test for COVID-19 to reach 12 around the […]

By Nawara Fattahova KUWAIT: As part of Kuwait Airways Corporation’s (KAC) preparation to resume full operations of Terminal 4 (T4), KAC CEO Ma’an Ruzouqi, Assisting CEO for Operation Affairs Eissa Al-Haddad and other directors toured the new terminal to check the facilities offered to passengers. This procedure came after the Cabinet’s announcement of launching phase […]

KUWAIT: Kuwait’s Minister of Public Works and State Minister for Communications and Information Technology Dr Rana Al-Fares said yesterday the Sahel application offered multiple services by different state authorities to facilitate procedures. During the opening of Integration and Standardization in Governmental Applications conference, organized by Kuwait Information Technology Society (KITS), Dr Fares stated that Sahel […]

KUWAIT: The heads of the three authorities held a meeting at Seif Palace yesterday for the fourth time in as many days, upon His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s directives. The meeting included Speaker of the National Assembly Marzouq Al-Ghanem, President of the Supreme Court and Chairman of the Court of Cassation […]

ISTANBUL: Turkey’s cyber police yesterday launched a legal probe into “baseless” social media posts speculating about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s health. In a statement, the police said they were investigating 30 people who used or retweeted the hashtag #olmus (#heisdead), which became a top trending topic of Turkish Twitter. Underscoring the government’s sensitivity about the […]

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa could fall within “months if not weeks”, an Oromo group allied with Tigrayan rebels said yesterday, as the fighters advanced southwards. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which has been fighting Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government for a year, has claimed significant territorial gains in recent days, along with […]

NEW YORK: Ex-cop Eric Adams, who fought racial discrimination within the police, was elected New York’s next mayor on Tuesday and will become just the second African American to lead the United States’ largest city. He will take office in January, tasked with steering the metropolis’s economic recovery after the pandemic, which has killed more […]

NASIRIYAH: For the first time in Iraq, a new breed of representatives is entering parliament, born from a civil society movement fed up with the corruption that has long tarnished politics. Among the newcomers is pharmacist Alaa Al-Rikabi, 47, whose party Imtidad (Extension) emerged in the aftermath of the October 2019 protest movement against the […]

BERGAMO: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer compared Cristiano Ronaldo’s talismanic influence at Manchester United to NBA legend Michael Jordan after he scored twice to salvage a 2-2 draw at Atalanta on Tuesday. For the third time in four Champions League games since returning for a second spell at Old Trafford, Ronaldo rescued United with a late goal […]

By Abdellatif Sharaa KUWAIT: The HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Shooting Tournament continues today with the start of official training in the men’s skeet and trap, as well as the 50-meter rifle competitions. Meanwhile, the official archery training will take place later in the afternoon. Official contests for the women’s 10-meter […]

GLASGOW: Focus at the COP26 summit turned yesterday to how the world will pay for its ambitions to quit fossil fuels and help vulnerable nations survive climate change, as campaigners urged caution over promises of billions from financiers and governments. Negotiators are tasked with using the remaining days of the Glasgow meeting to try to […]