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BEIJING: February’s Beijing Winter Olympics look set to be the strictest mass sporting event since the coronavirus pandemic. AFP Sport looks at what measures athletes and others can expect to face in the “bubble” and how that compares to last summer’s virus-delayed Tokyo Games. What is the ‘closed loop’? China, where the virus emerged towards […]

NEW YORK: The NBA’s Christmas Day slate seems to lack some of its usual luster as the league grapples with the rise of the Omicron coronavirus variant. The Golden State Warriors, led by NBA three-point king Stephen Curry, travel to Phoenix to take on the Suns in a battle of the league’s top two teams. […]

By Abdellatif Sharaa KUWAIT: Rider Abdelrahman Ak-Fuzaie from the Hunting and Equestrian Club won first place during the fence jumping tournament that was organized by Students Association of GUST at Kuwait Equestrian Center. Al-Fuzaie took the first place at the 135 cm height in 37.17 seconds and 4 penalty points following a differentiation round with […]

Military operation comes after Houthi missiles kill two in kingdom RIYADH: The Saudi-led coalition yesterday launched a “large-scale” assault on Yemen after missiles fired by Iran-backed Houthi rebels killed two people in the kingdom, the first such deaths in three years. Yemen has been wracked by civil war since 2014 pitting the internationally recognized government […]

LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II paid a touching tribute to her late husband Prince Philip in her Christmas Day message as she marked the holiday with a family gathering. In the unusually personal message broadcast at 1500 GMT, the 95-year-old monarch said that she and her family were missing the Duke of Edinburgh, who died at […]

KOUROU, France: The world’s most powerful space telescope yesterday blasted off into orbit, headed to an outpost 1.5 million km from Earth, after several delays caused by technical hitches. The James Webb Space Telescope, some three decades and billions of dollars in the making, left Earth enclosed in its Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou Space […]

BETHLEHEM: In Bethlehem’s Manger Square, visitors in Santa hats and scouts beating drums marked Christmas Eve, but numbers were lower than usual as coronavirus fears overshadowed celebrations for a second straight year. The city where Christians believe Jesus (PBUH) was born is usually a focal point of the holiday, with thousands packing the streets and […]

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis yesterday called for dialogue to counter the isolation wrought by the COVID-19 pandemic as billions around the world marked a second Christmas under the shadow of the coronavirus. An explosion in cases driven by the rise of the Omicron variant has meant a Christmas season tainted by the pandemic for a […]

Police fire tear gas to break up protests l Internet cut, activists arrested KHARTOUM: Thousands of Sudanese protesters rallied yesterday, two months on since a military coup, demanding soldiers “go back to the barracks” and calling for a transition to civilian rule. Waving flags, beating drums, dancing and chanting, crowds marched on the streets of […]

TEHRAN: Iran fired multiple ballistic missiles Friday at the close of five days of military drills that generals said were a warning to the Zionist entity archenemy. “These exercises were designed to respond to threats made in recent days by the Zionist regime,” armed forces chief of staff Major General Mohammad Bagheri told state television. […]

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden was trolled by a caller Friday who said “Let’s Go Brandon” – a coded insult that has become a rallying cry for supporters of Donald Trump – during a White House Christmas Eve event. The incident, which quickly went viral online, took place after Biden and First Lady Jill Biden […]

Amir’s pardon paves way for political resolution in Kuwait KUWAIT: The following is a report on major events related to His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah throughout 2021: Jan 5: His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah lauded the 41st GCC Summit, named after late Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah […]

KUWAIT: KUWAIT: The following is a report on major events related to His Highness the Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah throughout 2021: March 8: His Highness the Deputy Amir and Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah chaired a meeting with officials of Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS), during which […]