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From butterfly kicks to power jabs, a group of children in rebel-held northern Syria are honing martial arts techniques under the instruction of an unlikely trainer: amputee kung fu master Fadel Othman. The 24-year-old runs a small martial arts school in the rebel-held town of Abzimu in the western countryside of Aleppo province. His 100 […]

Boxes of roses, lilies and carnations pile up as influencer Caicai speaks into her smartphone from a small studio at Asia’s biggest flower market-with thousands of customers eagerly awaiting her view on the best deals. E-commerce is big business in China and influencers and livestreamers have made their fortunes showcasing products for luxury brands and […]

TEHRAN: Iran expressed hopes yesterday to turn the page in its ties with the United Arab Emirates during a rare visit by a senior official from the Gulf Arab country. UAE National Security Advisor Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed Al-Nahyan arrived in the country earlier yesterday at the invitation of Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme […]

DOHA: Turkey and Qatar on Monday raised the possibility of jointly operating Afghanistan’s Taleban-controlled airport, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived for two days of talks in Doha. Afghans and foreign nationals fled the country through the facility as the hardline Islamist movement took power in August following two decades of war. But many are […]

JOHANNESBURG: Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim, a veteran of the fight against apartheid who spent years imprisoned on Robben Island alongside Nelson Mandela, died yesterday aged 84, South Africa’s ruling party announced. Ebrahim passed away at his Johannesburg home after a long illness, the African National Congress (ANC) said in a statement. He “was a longstanding member […]

KUWAIT: His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received at Bayan Palace yesterday an invitation addressed to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah from Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, to participate in the fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries. The event will be on […]

RIYADH: The Gulf tour by the Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Prince Mohammad bin Salman Al-Saud will feature examination of a host of files and cement inter-GCC solidarity, according to prominent personalities. Fadl Al-Bouainain, member of the Saudi Shura Council, said in a statement to KUNA that the Saudi leadership […]

By Ben Garcia KUWAIT: For his exemplary contribution to the promotion of friendly relations between Kuwait and Italy, Dr Hassan Askhanani, Director of the Archeology Museum and Laboratory at the College of Social Sciences, Kuwait University, was bestowed the Knighthood of the Order of the Star of Italy by the Italian president, one of the […]

By Nawara Fattahova KUWAIT: The fourth Smart City Forum 2021 was held yesterday, focusing on the smart farming industry this year. Various presentations were made on smart farm project development, smart farm business promotion policy, Korean smart farm technology, digital agriculture and machine, solar power and smart city application cases among others. Ambassador of the […]

KUWAIT: For the third year in a row, National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) sponsors ‘TAMAKAN’ training program for fresh Kuwaiti graduates, as part of its strategic partnership with ‘Creative Confidence’. The online registration for ‘TAMAKAN’ training program for fresh Kuwaiti graduates continues through https://www.creativeconfidence.co/tamakan/ until December 28, 2021. The program will start on January 18 […]

KUWAIT: The Public Authority for Disability Affairs held yesterday an event dubbed ’empowering the disabled… a national policy’ in collaboration with Human Construction Institute and Kuwait University’s college of social sciences in United Nations house in Mishref. General Director of the authority Hind Al-Mbailesh said on the sidelines of the event that enabling people with […]

KUWAIT: ICSK-Junior successfully concluded the first edition of inter-branch quiz competition ‘Smarticus 2021’ recently. Smarticus was an experiment in feeding the soul with thoughts and ideas which were not a part of the routine syllabus. The theme of Smarticus was Kuwait-India, an enduring bond of friendship. The quiz comprised of eight rounds, addressing topics including […]