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KUWAIT: As part of Kuwait Airways’ plans to provide diverse travel options for its valued passengers during the 2026 summer season, the company has announced the launch of its scheduled direct flights to the Spanish city of Malaga, commencing from June 5, 2026. The service will operate three flights a week on Fridays, Sundays and Tuesdays. Kuwait Airways stated that passengers can start booking from December 19, 2025, through the company’s website, mobile application and all sales offices.The company also emphasized that it would operate its wide-body Boeing 777-300 aircraft on the Malaga route, enabling its valued customers to enjoy…

Dec 16, 2025, 01:11 PM ETFIFA slashed the price of some World Cup tickets for teams’ most loyal fans following a global backlash and some will get $60 seats for the final, instead of being asked to pay $4,185.FIFA said Tuesday that $60 tickets will be made available for every game at the tournament in North America, going to the national federations whose teams are playing. Those federations decide how to distribute them to loyal fans who have attended previous games at home and on the road.Editor’s Picks1 RelatedThe number of $60 tickets for each game is likely to be…

KUWAIT: During an official visit to Kuwait Airways, the Chairman, Captain Abdulmohsen Al-Fagaan, met with United Kingdom’s Trade Envoy to Kuwait, Lord Iain McNicol, who was accompanied by the Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Kuwait, Qudsi Rasheed and their delegation. During the meeting, the two sides discussed ways to strengthen and further develop relations between Kuwait Airways and various British companies in the commercial air transport sector, fostering cooperation that benefits both parties. During the visit, discussions also focused on developing cooperation in operational systems, reflecting joint efforts to strengthen collaboration at all levels for mutual growth and progress.…

Dec 16, 2025, 12:44 PM ETParis Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembélé was crowned the Best FIFA Men’s Player for 2025 on Tuesday after helping the French giants win the UEFA Champions League for the first time.The France international edged out Barcelona and Spain starlet Lamine Yamal, just as he did in winning the Ballon d’Or in September. The other finalist for the award was Dembélé’s France teammate, Kylian Mbappé, who enjoyed an impressive start to his career at Real Madrid.- Barça’s Bonmatí wins FIFA Best award for 2025Dembélé also scored twice to help PSG reach the final of the inaugural 32-team…

Manchester United have been left frustrated by Morocco after they refused to let Noussair Mazraoui play against Bournemouth, sources have told ESPN.FIFA issued guidance that all players picked for the Africa Cup of Nations should be released by their clubs seven days before each nation’s first game, beginning on Dec. 15.- Fernandes: United ‘wanted me to go’ this summer- Dawson: Man United’s thriller against Bournemouth is advert for January transfer windowHosts Morocco are set to kick off the tournament against Comoros on Dec. 21, meaning that Mazraoui would have been able to play against Bournemouth had the game been scheduled…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge said Tuesday he’s leaning toward denying a preservationist group’s request to temporarily halt President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project, saying the organization failed to show that “irreparable harm” would be caused if the project moves forward. U.S. District Judge Richard J. Leon said he expects to issue his decision within a day. Trump demolished the East Wing of the White House to build a ballroom large enough to accommodate 999 people in its place at an estimated cost of $300 million in private funding. The National Trust for Historic Preservation went to court…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A former leading scientist at the National Institutes of Health sued the Trump administration Tuesday, saying she was illegally fired for warning that abrupt research cuts were endangering patients and public health.The NIH has cut billions of dollars in research projects since President Donald Trump took office in January, bypassing the usual scientific funding process. The cuts included clinical trials testing treatments for cancer, brain diseases and other health problems that a recent report said impacted over 74,000 people enrolled in the experiments.Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo is a well-known HIV expert who led NIH’s National Institute of Allergy…

To those who argue that the U.S. penny had no value: some coin collectors beg to differ. In fact, they doled out millions for the final pennies circulated in the U.S. before the government ended the cent’s production back in November.The U.S. Mint sold 232 three-cent sets for a whopping sum of $16.76 million at an auction last Thursday hosted by Stack’s Bowers Galleries. The 232nd set — containing the last three pennies ever made — sold for $800,000. That bidder also got the three dies that struck those Lincoln cents.John Kraljevich, director of numismatic Americana at Stack’s Bowers, said…

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge said Tuesday he’s optimistic that a pretrial hearing will end this week in Luigi Mangione’s New York murder case in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.“Hopefully we wind up on Thursday,” Judge Gregory Carro said at the hearing, which is in its third week of testimony.Mangione, 27, is seeking to exclude items seized during his Dec. 9, 2024, arrest in Altoona, Pennsylvania, including a gun and notebook that prosecutors say tie him to Thompson’s shooting five days earlier in Manhattan.Prosecutors have called more than a dozen witnesses so far, with at least one…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Like many Australians strolling at Bondi Beach on long, warm summer evenings, Ahmed al Ahmed just wanted a cup of coffee with a friend. Around him, a bloody massacre erupted as two gunmen targeted Jews during Hanukkah festivities at a park close to the shore.Soon al Ahmed was creeping, bent over, between two parked cars, before barreling directly toward one of the unsuspecting shooters. In footage that has been viewed millions of times around the world, the 44-year-old father can be seen tackling one of the gunmen, wrestling the man’s shotgun from his grip and…