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Culture
Indonesia President reprimands preacher for humiliating iced tea seller
Elitha Evinora JAKARTA: Miftah Maulana, an Islamic preacher from Indonesia, received a reprimand from President Prabowo Subianto after humiliating an iced tea seller in public. President Prabowo issued the warning after Miftah’s video went viral on social media. In the video, Miftah humiliates Sunhaji who was selling iced tea at…
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Politics
Second Trump term: Fostering a path towards peace in Middle East?
By Habib Toumi MANAMA: Donald Trump’s return to the White House puts an end to the Biden parenthesis and presents, according to many people in the Gulf and the Middle East, better prospects to help end ongoing wars, ominous instability and deep tensions. Much of the anticipation is based on…
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Politics
The world today: Between constructive existence and destructive war
Dr. Hassan Humeida KIEL, GERMANY: Modern civilized man has succeeded in hastening death and inventing ways of speeding it. Is there a competition to win medals for the most effective and the fastest means of causing death through mass massacre and annihilation. It is a poor world that gets poorer…
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Politics
There is more to the India-Canada fallout than just allegations of espionage, transnational killings
By Gunjeet Sra NEW DELHI: In a bold statement last week, the Trudeau-led Canadian government accused India of assassinating and plotting the 2023 killing of Canadian-Khalistani advocate Hardeep Nijjar. Nijjar, labeled a terrorist by India, was wanted in India for several cases like the 2007 bombing in Punjab that killed 6…
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Society
Uzbekistan’s 1,500-year-old Eastern Biota on international list of Monumental Trees
By Kuban Andymen BISHKEK: A 1,500-year-old Eastern Biota is now among several of Uzbekistan’s ancient and rare trees on the international list of Monumental Trees, a platform that highlights historically important trees worldwide. The register is an online record of perennial, rare, and unique tree species of international importance located…
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Culture
South Korean Nobel laureate Han Kang Prize announcement
By Anders Olsson, Chairman of the Nobel Committee OSLO: 한강 Han Kang was born in 1970 in the South Korean city of Gwangju before, at the age of nine, moving with her family to Seoul. She comes from a literary background, her father being a reputed novelist. Alongside her writing, she has also devoted…
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Culture
South Korean author Han Kang wins Nobel literature prize; becomes second South Korean Nobel laureate
SEOUL: Author Han Kang won the Nobel Prize in literature Thursday, becoming the first South Korean to get the honor, a surprise feat that had her country rejoicing in disbelief. The Swedish Academy announced Han as this year’s laureate, recognizing the 53-year-old “for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical…
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Culture
Bahrain, Japan to set up Center for Gulf Archaeology and Cultural Heritage
MANAMA: Bahrain and Japan have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to set up the Bahrain Center for Arabian Gulf Archaeology and Cultural Heritage. The MoU aims to establish a dedicated research, studies and training center to preserve, document and transmit the cultural heritage of the Gulf States to future generations.…
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Business
Outstanding women in Bahrain to be awarded for exceptional talent
By Habib Toumi MANAMA: A new tribute will made to outstanding women in Bahrain as people in the Gulf country, both nationals and foreigners, will be able to vote for the 2024 Woman of the Year Awards. The Woman of the Year Awards, by Woman This Month magazine, honor the…
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Culture
Oldest English newspaper in Gulf celebrates 63 years of publication
KUWAIT: Kuwait Times, the oldest English-language newspaper in the Gulf, is celebrating its 63rd year amid a robust commitment to professionalism, dedication. modernity and hard work. Founded by Yousuf Saleh Al Alyan in 1961, Kuwait Times has steadily grown into a source for in-depth reports on local, regional and international…
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