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PORT SUDAN: Kuwait’s Patients Helping Fund has provided medical and humanitarian services to more than 9.5 million people across Sudan during the first half of 2025, despite the ongoing conflict, according to Kuwait’s Ambassador to Sudan, Dr Fahad Al-Dhafeeri. Speaking on Wednesday, Al-Dhafeeri praised the fund’s continued efforts, calling it “the second-largest provider of medical services in Sudan after the Ministry of Health.” He said the organization, which has been operating in the country since 1985, “continues to deliver medical and health services through its specialized hospitals and health centers, in addition to its relief projects and reconstruction efforts in…

LAFC confirmed on Wednesday that Tottenham Hotspur legend Son Heung-Min has finalized his move to MLS.Sources told ESPN the deal is worth around $26 million, a record for MLS. That figure breaks the mark of $22 million Atlanta United FC spent last winter to acquire forward Emmanuel Latte Lath.His contract at Tottenham would have run through the summer of 2026, while his new deal at LAFC, where he will be a designated player, goes through 2027 and has options that could see it extended as long as 2029.”I’m incredibly proud to be joining LAFC, a club with big ambitions in…

Viktor Gyökeres’ first start in an Arsenal shirt couldn’t prevent his new club from suffering a 3-2 preseason to defeat to Villarreal on Wednesday after a performance manager Mikel Arteta branded as “naive.”Swedish striker Gyökeres was named in the starting lineup in Arsenal’s first preseason action at the Emirates Stadium following a protracted transfer from Sporting CP in a deal worth €63 million ($74m) plus €10m ($11.7m) in add-ons.- Arteta: We have ‘big belief’ ahead of new season- Ian Darke’s 2025-26 Premier League previewGyökeres lasted 62 minutes before being replaced and Arteta declared himself happy with what he witnessed.”We already…

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) has signed a loan agreement with the Federal Republic of Nigeria to help finance a project aimed at supporting education for out-of-school children in Kaduna State, the fund announced Tuesday. The agreement was signed by Acting Director General of the Kuwait Fund Waleed Al-Bahar and Nigeria’s Minister of State for Finance Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite.In a post on its official account on platform X, the fund said the project seeks to improve education infrastructure by building and rehabilitating schools, expanding access to basic education—particularly for children in need such as girls, adolescents,…

By Dalal Al-BairamiKUWAIT: As high school graduates prepare to leave Kuwait for university, and others return after years of living abroad, it’s important to explore the unique experiences of those coming home and the lessons they carry that may guide future generations. For many, the shift from being fully independent to rejoining a family and community-centered culture can bring a sense of disconnection or identity loss.While some students are able to reintegrate smoothly, others find the return more challenging. The freedom and autonomy they enjoyed abroad suddenly feel restricted, and routines that once felt familiar can now seem stifling. Speaking…

KUWAIT: As part of its ongoing investment in human capital and commitment to fostering a culture of continuous learning, Burgan Bank announced the launch of its latest Learning and Talent Development (LTD) endeavor: the Data Champion bootcamp. Developed in strategic partnership with CODED – the region’s first dedicated coding academy – the program is the first of its kind in Kuwait, designed to build data fluency across the Bank and deepen its digital transformation efforts.This intensive, month-long internal bootcamp aims to upskill employees from across Burgan Bank’s departments with essential data analytics capabilities, enabling them to extract insights, drive smarter…

There was a huge roar before kick-off. Arsenal have a new striker, a new No 14 – a centre forward that the football world asked Mikel Arteta to sign for years.Come full-time, the No 14 being talked about was the number of touches Gyokeres managed on his first Arsenal start, rather than the aura of the Swedish striker following in the footsteps of Thierry Henry and his iconic shirt number. The 27-year-old was given an hour by Arteta in Wednesday’s 3-2 defeat to Villarreal and it was a quiet start to life in north London. In his brief touches on…

There was a huge roar before kick-off. Arsenal have a new striker, a new No 14 – a centre forward that the football world asked Mikel Arteta to sign for years.Come full-time, the No 14 being talked about was the number of touches Gyokeres managed on his first Arsenal start, rather than the aura of the Swedish striker following in the footsteps of Thierry Henry and his iconic shirt number. The 27-year-old was given an hour by Arteta in Wednesday’s 3-2 defeat to Villarreal and it was a quiet start to life in north London. In his brief touches on…

On 22 May 2025, the register of all victims of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima was brought out from its stone-chamber cenotaph at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, following a silent prayer at 8.15am – the exact time the bomb fell 80 years ago. The register lists 344,306 names, with one volume dedicated to those whose identities are unknown. Marking the 80th anniversary, the city allowed media to view the inside of the chamber for the first time. That very same day, as Hiroshima quietly marked its dead, Republican Congressman Randy Fine went on Fox News to suggest that a…

Whether it be calling for a front seat during a road trip, fighting for that last slice of pizza, or wanting to sign World Cup winner and Bayern Munich legend Thomas Müller in a blockbuster summer move for MLS, calling dibs is important. So important that it has its own rules in the league.Müller recently made headlines after joining the Vancouver Whitecaps through an atypical but significant mechanism in MLS’s single-entity structure called the Discovery List.The “discovery” part of the rule often raises quizzical eyebrows. How can you discover, for example, a 35-year-old German international? The regulation allows teams to…