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WEST POINT, New York: US President Donald Trump arrives to deliver the commencement address at the 2025 graduation ceremony at the US Military Academy West Point on May 24, 2025. - AFP
Trump’s moves threatening ‘soft power’ sources
MISHKHAB, Iraq: Iraqi children walk in an almost dried up stream in Najaf province on May 24, 2025, where years of drought have negatively affected the fauna and flora of the region. - AFP
Iraq’s water reserves hit 80-year low
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CBK, KIA to borrow locally, globally
KUWAIT: Minister of Finance Noura Al-Fassam on Sunday issued a decision authorizing the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK) and Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) to borrow from the domestic and global markets, respectively, in favor of the ministry in impl...
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How binary thinking reshapes our world
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Rising colon cancer cases highlight urgent need for awareness
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Kuwait humanitarian legacy rings loud on the global stage
By Dr Nermin Yousef Al-Houti These are not mere words, but a commitment to documenting the proud legacy of Kuwait — the “Bride of the Gulf.” Writing history is not merely the act of narration; it is the preservation of achievements and milesto...
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NUSEIRAT: Palestinians gather to receive a hot meal at a food distribution point in the Nuseirat camp for refugees in the central Gaza Strip on May 24, 2025. — AFP
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Swiss probe sought into Gaza aid foundation backed by US
MINNEAPOLIS: People gather around a mural of George Floyd at George Floyd Square to leave yellow roses and photos in his memory in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 23, 2025. — AFP
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Push for racial justice continues 5 years after George Floyd’s murder
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This combination photo shows freelance photographer Austin Tice in Cairo in March 2012 (left) and Kayla Mueller in 2013 in Prescott, Arizona. — AFP
Syria agrees to help locate missing Americans: US envoy
DAMASCUS: Syria’s new authorities have agreed to help the United States locate and return Americans who went missing in the country, a US envoy said on Sunday, in another sign of thawing bilateral ties. The announcement came a day after the United...
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Real Madrid appoint Xabi Alonso as coach
MADRID: Real Madrid appointed Xabi Alonso to replace Carlo Ancelotti as coach on Sunday, with the Spaniard to take over from June 1 and lead the team at the Club World Cup. “Xabi Alonso will be the Real Madrid coach for the next three seasons, fro...
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Boursa Kuwait recognized by Global Finance for its outstanding financial leadership in community sustainability
KUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait was awarded the “Best for Sustaining Communities –Middle East” award for 2025 by Global Finance as part of the magazine’s Sustainable Finance and Investment Banking Awards ceremony in London, United Kingdom, on May 13, ...
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Heat, thermometer shows the temperature is hot in the sky, Summer
Blistering heat, dusty winds as mercury rises

KUWAIT: The meteorological department said on Sunday temperatures are expected to soar again above 50 degrees from Tuesday to Thursday after dropping slightly on Sunday and Monday....
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CBK, KIA to borrow locally, globally
KUWAIT: Ministry of Social Affairs, Family and Childhood Affairs launches a specialized training course in sign language for staff members of the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Public Authority for the Disabled, and the Supreme Council for Family Affairs. - KUNA photos
Ministry launches sign language training to enhance services for hearing impaired
Women’s Institute for Development and Peace (WIDP) organizes the fifth edition of the Kuwait Deaf Day Forum under the theme ‘The Cry of the Deaf and Kuwait Vision 2035’.
Forum urges inclusion of hearing-impaired in line with vision 2035
The 22nd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on the Conservation of Wildlife and Their Natural Habitats in the GCC countries. – KUNA photos
Kuwait reaffirms environmental commitment
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Sharp decline in marriages between Kuwaiti men and non-Kuwaiti women raises debate
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CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts: Demonstrators gather on Cambridge Common to protest Harvard's stance on the war in Gaza and show support for Palestinians outside Harvard University on April 25, 2025. - AFP
Harvard foreign students in limbo, including 15 Kuwaitis
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Members of the Indian all-party delegation that is set to visit Kuwait on May 26-27, 2025.
Indian all-party delegation, including Asaduddin Owaisi, to visit Kuwait May 26-27
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GCC economy ranks 11th globally with $2.1 trillion GDP
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Coordinator of the regional center Dr Mohammad Al-Otaibi
Kuwait strengthens global environmental efforts, leadership
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DHAKA: Civil officials protest inside the Secretariat building in Dhaka on May 25, 2025, demanding the repeal of a government order giving it greater power to sack employees for disciplinary breaches. — AFP
Bangladesh’s Yunus seeks unity with fresh political talks

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim leader held a second day of marathon talks Sunday with multiple parties seeking to build unity and calm intense political power struggles, party...
SEOUL: Supporters of South Korea's ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol hold up placards during a gathering near the Seoul Central District Court on May 19, 2025. — AFP
Loyalists of ousted S Korean president rally ahead of polls
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey: Yuksel Genc, a 50-year-old former fighter with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) stands in front of the Socio-Political Field Research Center in Diyarbakir, the biggest city in the Kurdish-dominated southeast Turkey, on May 21, 2025. — AFP
Turkey, PKK must change for peace, says former militant
This combination photo shows freelance photographer Austin Tice in Cairo in March 2012 (left) and Kayla Mueller in 2013 in Prescott, Arizona. — AFP
Syria agrees to help locate missing Americans: US envoy
MISHKHAB, Iraq: Iraqi children walk in an almost dried up stream in Najaf province on May 24, 2025, where years of drought have negatively affected the fauna and flora of the region. - AFP
Iraq’s water reserves hit 80-year low
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Kuwait bans graduation ceremonies outside school
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NBK & VISA partner with harrods
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Volvo unveils EX90 and XC90 at Shuwaikh showroom
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Boursa Kuwait recognized by Global Finance for its outstanding financial leadership in community sustainability

KUWAIT: Boursa Kuwait was awarded the “Best for Sustaining Communities –Middle East” award for 2025 by Global Finance as part of the magazine’s Sustainable Finance and...
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Early registration now open for 11th Gulf Bank 642 Marathon
Al-Safat Investment Company Chairman Abdullah Hamad Al-Terkait (second left) addresses the annual general assembly.
Al-Terkait: New strategic plan for Al-Safat to strengthen local and regional presence
MUMBAI: A worker packs a customer's order for delivery at a BigBasket dark store, in Mumbai. -- AFP
In India’s congested cities, delivery apps cash in
TOKYO: Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba responds to questions from the media.-- AFP
Japan PM Ishiba aims to advance US tariff talks
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BERLIN: Stuttgart’s players and Stuttgart’s German head coach Sebastian Hoeness (C ) celebrate with the German Cup (DFB Pokal) trophy during the awarding ceremony after the final football match between Arminia Bielefeld and VfB Stuttgart at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. – AFP
Stuttgart win German Cup

BERLIN: Stuttgart withstood a late fightback from underdogs Arminia Bielefeld to claim the German Cup in Berlin on Saturday, holding on for a 4-2 victory despite conceding twice in...
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Real Madrid appoint Xabi Alonso as coach
LIVERPOOL: Liverpool's Dutch defender #04 Virgil van Dijk lifts the Premier League trophy at the end of the English Premier League football match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace at Anfield in Liverpool, north west England on May 25, 2025. Liverpool equalises 1 - 1 against Crystal Palace. – AFP
Liverpool lift Premier League trophy
SAINT-DENIS: Paris Saint-Germain’s Brazilian defender #05 Marquinhos ( C ) raises the trophy as he celebrates with teammates after winning French Cup final football match between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Stade de Reims at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, north of Paris. – AFP
PSG beat Reims to win French Cup ahead of Champions League final
MINNEAPOLIS: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #2 of the Oklahoma City Thunder drives to the basket during the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves during Game 3 of the 2025 NBA Western Conference Finals at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. – AFP
Timberwolves silence Thunder to tighten NBA playoff series
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A handout artist's impression shows the K2-18b super-Earth, a hycean world, such as exoplanet K2-18b which astronomers say they have found the strongest yet “hints” of the life outside this solar system. --AFP
Doubt cast on claim of 'hints' of life on faraway planet
KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Dr Noura Al-Mashaan holds a high-level meeting on Thursday with Minister of State for Communications Affairs Omar Al-Omar and Google Cloud’s General Manager of Data Analytics Sales Specialists.- KUNA
Kuwait Google Cloud explore AI and data analytics partnership
MOUNTAIN VIEW: Signs for the conference are plastered around Shoreline Amphitheater during Google's annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. -- AFP
OpenAI, Google and xAI battle for superstar AI talent
TAIPEI: Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang introduces the DGX Station Personal AI Supercomputer as he delivers the first keynote speech of Computex 2025 at the Taipei Music Center in Taipei on May 19, 2025. -- AFP
Nvidia unveils plan for Taiwan’s first ‘AI supercomputer’
File photos shows visitors walk at the booth of 'Lego Fortnite', an open world survival video game, developed and published by Epic Games in association with The Lego Group.--AFP
‘Fortnite’ unavailable on Apple devices worldwide
KUWAIT: Minister of Public Works Dr Noura Al-Mashaan holds a high-level meeting on Thursday with Minister of State for Communications Affairs Omar Al-Omar and Google Cloud’s General Manager of Data Analytics Sales Specialists.- KUNA
Kuwait Google Cloud explore AI and data analytics partnership
MOUNTAIN VIEW: Signs for the conference are plastered around Shoreline Amphitheater during Google's annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025. -- AFP
OpenAI, Google and xAI battle for superstar AI talent
TAIPEI: Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang introduces the DGX Station Personal AI Supercomputer as he delivers the first keynote speech of Computex 2025 at the Taipei Music Center in Taipei on May 19, 2025. -- AFP
Nvidia unveils plan for Taiwan’s first ‘AI supercomputer’
File photos shows visitors walk at the booth of 'Lego Fortnite', an open world survival video game, developed and published by Epic Games in association with The Lego Group.--AFP
‘Fortnite’ unavailable on Apple devices worldwide
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A veterinarian treats a donkey at a donkey clinic in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.--AFP photos
A free clinic for donkeys, vital to Ethiopia's economy

At a clinic in Ethiopia's capital, a donkey is complaining as a vet tries to trim his nails. Ethiopia is thought to have the most donkeys in the world -- one in five of the...
Ali Baloch (right), a mahout, preparing medicated meals for Madhubala and Malika, elephants who are diagnosed with tuberculosis, at the Safari Park in Karachi.
Jumbo task: 400 pills a day for elephants with TB in Pakistan
A member of staff holds a barocaloric material used by Barocal in their solid state cooling technology, at their headquarters in Cambridge.--AFP photos
UK lab promises air-con revolution without polluting gases
Dr. Raquel Gomez Pliego flips a tortilla at the Industrial Microbiology laboratory of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City.--AFP photos
Scientists in Mexico develop tortilla for people with no fridge
A group of initiated participants take part in the iboga harvesting ceremony with spiritual chants, enhanced by the rhythmic sounds of the moungongo, a traditional musical instrument in Ndossy Village, Akanda.
Gabon longs to cash in on sacred hallucinogenic remedy
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(From left) Indian filmmaker and member of the jury of the 78th cannes film festival Payal Kapadia, French-Moroccan writer and journalist and member of the jury of the 78th cannes film festival Leila Slimani, Mexican filmmaker and member of the jury of the 78th cannes film festival Carlos Reygadas, French actress and president of the jury of the 78th cannes film festival Juliette Binoche, Italian actress and member of the jury of the 78th cannes film festival Alba Rohrwacher, South korean filmmaker and member of the jury of the 78th cannes film festival Hong Sang-Soo, Congolese filmmaker and member of the jury of the 78th cannes film festival Dieudo Hamadi, US actor and member of the jury of the 78th cannes film festival Jeremy Strong and US actress and member of the jury of the 78th cannes film festival Halle Berry arrive for the Closing Ceremony at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes.--AFP photos
Iran silent as dissident director wins Cannes’ top prize
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IKEA launches new edition of the iconic STOCKHOLM collection in Kuwait
CANNES: Iranian director, screenwriter and producer Jafar Panahi celebrates after winning the Palme d'Or for the film "It Was Just an Accident" at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival on May 24, 2025. - AFP
Iranian filmmaker Panahi wins top prize at Cannes
Tourists look at the artwork of Cuban artist Jose Fuster in the seaside village of Jaimanitas on the outskirts of Havana.
‘Fusterlandia’: Cuban fishing town turned mosaic wonderland
Austrian singer Johannes Pietsch aka JJ, winner of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, reacts as he gives an interview after a press conference at the Chancellery in Vienna, Austria on May 19, 2025. --AFP
Austria’s Eurovision winner wants 2026 edition ‘without Zionist entity’
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IKEA launches new edition of the iconic STOCKHOLM collection in Kuwait
CANNES: Iranian director, screenwriter and producer Jafar Panahi celebrates after winning the Palme d'Or for the film "It Was Just an Accident" at the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival on May 24, 2025. - AFP
Iranian filmmaker Panahi wins top prize at Cannes
Tourists look at the artwork of Cuban artist Jose Fuster in the seaside village of Jaimanitas on the outskirts of Havana.
‘Fusterlandia’: Cuban fishing town turned mosaic wonderland
Austrian singer Johannes Pietsch aka JJ, winner of the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, reacts as he gives an interview after a press conference at the Chancellery in Vienna, Austria on May 19, 2025. --AFP
Austria’s Eurovision winner wants 2026 edition ‘without Zionist entity’