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 KUWAIT: More than 191,000 students in middle school and Grades 10 and 11 began their first-semester exams on Wednesday for the 2025-2026 academic year.The Education Ministry’s Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs Eng. Hamad Al-Hamad said the exams are running in a well-prepared environment reflecting strong school organization.Speaking to KUNA, he said that the ministry is monitoring the process closely and ensuring the best possible conditions for students. Al-Hamad noted that exam committees have been fully equipped and necessary needs secured to guarantee fair, organized testing, while stressing adherence to approved health and educational procedures. For his part, Director of Hawalli…

On stage in a theatre in London’s Kings Cross, a disturbed man, his face partially covered with tape and a mask, explains a thesis about the human brain to the audience.  Waseem Khair, the Palestinian actor and filmmaker, wears a doctor’s white coat, and a long key chain hangs around his neck. His movements and his appearance are clown-like – both tragic and comic.  He explains in Arabic how the primitive, lizard part of the brain, the 400 million-year-old amygdala, still controls much of the brutal, instinctive behaviour of humans – “the strong kick ass, the weak lick ass”. “It…

Arsenal have now reached 100 different injuries since the start of the 2024/25 season.Ben White’s withdrawal in the first half against Wolves means the Gunners have become the first Premier League team to reach a ton of fitness setbacks in the past two seasons – as they hold the unwanted feat of sitting top of the injury table. Second place on the list is Brighton with 97 injuries, with Arsenal’s north London rivals Spurs sitting third on 90. Datawrapper This content is provided by Datawrapper, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday that she has reached a deal with state legislative leaders to approve a bill to give terminally ill people the legal ability to end their own lives with prescribed medication.In an op-ed in the Albany Times Union, Hochul said she supports the proposal but has made an agreement with lawmakers to include “guardrails” in the measure before she signs it into law. Hochul, a Catholic, said she came to the decision after hearing from New Yorkers in the “throes of pain and suffering,” as well as their children, while…

Barcelona presidential candidate Marc Ciria has said he will do all he can to bring Lionel Messi back to the club if he prevails in next year’s elections.Current president Joan Laporta’s mandate is up in 2026 and Ciria officially announced this week he will run against him when elections are held at some point between March and June.Despite leaving the club in 2021, Messi, who recently led current club Inter Miami to their first MLS Cup, is likely to, indirectly, play a big part in the campaign over the coming months.”We want our legends to be able to come back…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Four centrist Republicans broke with Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday and signed onto a Democratic-led petition that will force a House vote on extending for three years an enhanced pandemic-era subsidy that lowers health insurance costs for millions of Americans.The stunning move comes after House Republican leaders pushed ahead with a health care bill that does not address the soaring monthly premiums that millions of people will soon endure when the tax credits for those who buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act expire at year’s end.Democrats led by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York needed…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate gave final passage to an annual military policy bill Wednesday that will authorize $901 billion in defense programs while pressuring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide lawmakers with video of strikes on alleged drug boats in international water near Venezuela.The annual National Defense Authorization Act, which raises troop pay by 3.8%, gained bipartisan backing as it moved through Congress, and the White House has indicated that it is in line with President Donald Trump’s national security priorities. However, the legislation, which ran over 3,000 pages, revealed some points of friction between Congress and the Pentagon…

Barcelona wonderkid Sama Nomoko will be sidelined for an entire year after undergoing surgery on a knee injury this week, the Catalan club have confirmed.Nomoko, 17, tore the ligament in his right knee in last week’s UEFA Youth League win over Eintracht Frankfurt. He also suffered an associated meniscus injury in the same knee.The teenage winger subsequently underwent an operation on Tuesday, with Barça announcing Wednesday his expected recovery time “will be around 12 months.”Nomoko has been at Barça since he was eight years old, first joining the club in 2016 before progressing through the academy until being promoted to…

PARIS (AP) — France’s counterespionage agency is investigating a suspected cyberattack plot targeting an international passenger ferry, authorities said Wednesday.A Latvian crew member is in custody facing charges of having acted for an unidentified foreign power, French officials said. But Interior Minister Laurent Nunez appeared to hint that Russia is suspected, saying: “At the moment, foreign interference very often comes from same country.” France and other European allies of Ukraine allege that Russia is waging “hybrid warfare” against them, using sabotage, assassinations, cyberattacks, disinformation and other hostile acts that are often hard to quickly trace back to Moscow.Intelligence shared by…

Adriana GarciaDec 17, 2025, 05:09 AM ETEmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsLionel Messi voted for former Barcelona teammate Ousmane Dembélé as The Best FIFA Men’s Player of 2025.Paris Saint-Germain winger Dembelé received the award on Tuesday in Doha, Qatar, after edging out Barcelona teenage sensation Lamine Yamal.Dembelé’s France teammate Kylian Mbappé of Real Madrid was the other finalist.Previous winner Messi selected his ex-PSG teammate Mbappé as his second choice.FIFA published the vote of each coach, captain and a media representative from each international federation for the women’s and men’s players in 2025.Lionel Messi voted for former Barcelona teammate Ousmane Dembelé for FIFA’s The Best…