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With 15 minutes of the Sky Bet Championship play-off final left to play, Sheffield United looked to be on their way back to the Premier League.Tyrese Campbell’s cool finish in front of the Sunderland fans after 25 minutes seemed to be enough to get the job done at Wembley. But then Eliezer Mayenda leathered a shot past Michael Cooper to significantly increase the chances of extra-time after 76 minutes, and – in his final game for his hometown club before a summer move to Brighton – Tommy Watson’s 95th-minute winner sparked pandemonium. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible…

KUWAIT: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has made remarkable strides as a global economic bloc, ranking as the 11th largest economy in the world with a combined gross domestic product (GDP) of $2.1 trillion, according to the Statistical Center for the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC-Stat). In a statement released to mark the 44th anniversary of the Council’s founding, which falls on Sunday, the center highlighted the significant economic achievements and strategic progress made by GCC member states. The statement, received by Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), underscored the GCC’s growing influence in global economic indicators.GCC-Stat…

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) affirmed on Saturday that hosting the Stockholm Convention Regional Center for Training and Technology Transfer for West Asia underscores Kuwait’s prominent role in advancing global environmental efforts. The regional center positions Kuwait as a leading hub in managing chemical risks and hazardous waste in the West Asia region, said Dr. Mohammad Al-Otaibi, Coordinator of the center and scientific researcher at KISR.Speaking to the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA), Dr Al-Otaibi explained that the center offers technical assistance and specialized training services to countries across West Asia, serving as a link between regional states…

ISTANBUL: Minister of Social Affairs, Family and Childhood Affairs Dr Amthal Al-Huwailah underscored the importance of enhancing international dialogue on family-related issues during a visit to an exhibition in Istanbul on Saturday. Speaking to KUNA, Dr Al-Huwailah praised the exhibition titled “All Happy Families Are Alike”, held on the sidelines of the recently concluded International Family Forum, which was hosted by Turkey under the auspices of its Family and Social Services Ministry.The minister toured the exhibition alongside Turkey’s First Lady Emine Erdogan and senior officials from various countries. Dr Al-Huwailah commended Turkey’s leading role in championing family issues, expressing appreciation…

BERN: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday awarded the 2025 His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Prize for the Promotion of Healthy Ageing to Professor Huali Wang of China and Kuwait’s Ministry of Health, represented by the Geriatric Healthcare Directorate, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to elderly care.The award ceremony was held at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva on the sidelines of the WHO’s 78th World Health Assembly. The event was attended by Kuwait’s Minister of Health Dr Ahmad Abdulwahab Al-Awadhi, Permanent Representative to the United Nations and International Organizations in Geneva Ambassador Nasser Al-Hayen, Assistant…

KUWAIT: Zain Kuwait and Rakuten Symphony have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see the organizations collaborate on a pilot project to establish a functional cloud-native Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) in the country. Zain Kuwait will utilize Rakuten Symphony’s ORAN and Cloudportfolio to deliver 5G Standalone sites as part of a project that will represent Kuwait’s first Open RAN deployment of its kind.The MoU was signed at Rakuten Symphony’s headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, by Daaij Al-Oud, Chief Technology Officer at Zain Kuwait, and Sharad Sriwastawa, President of Rakuten Symphony, along with executive teams…

A Palestinian paediatrician received the charred bodies of seven of her children while on duty after an Israeli strike hit her home in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.  Dr Alaa al-Najjar, a paediatric specialist at al-Tahrir hospital within the Nasser Medical Complex, was treating victims of ongoing Israeli attacks across the strip on Friday when she was shocked to find her own children and husband brought into the hospital. The children – the eldest aged 13 and the youngest just six months – were severely burned in the bombing. Shortly before the strike, Najjar had left for work with her husband,…

VIENNA: Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights Ambassador Sheikha Jawaher Al-Sabah discussed ways to enhance the role of women in the diplomatic corps during a meeting on Friday with Director of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna Ambassador Emil Brix. The talks focused on advancing female participation in diplomacy through specialized training programs and targeted workshops.The meeting took place on the sidelines of Sheikha Jawaher’s visit to the academy, coinciding with her participation in the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice sessions. Speaking to KUNA, Sheikha Jawaher said the discussions also addressed bilateral ties between Kuwait and Austria,…

MADRID — Carlo Ancelotti had warned us before the game: “I get emotional quickly. My grandfather did, and my father did too. So if I cry, there’s no problem, I won’t hide it.” So when the tears came, on Saturday at the Santiago Bernabéu, it was no surprise. Real Madrid had just beaten Real Sociedad 2-0 in their last match of the LaLiga season. But the game itself didn’t matter, and neither did the result.As the stadium’s giant screens showed video highlights of Ancelotti’s six years at Madrid across his two spells as coach the camera cut away to show…

LONDON — Sunderland produced a dramatic comeback to win football’s richest game and book their place in the Premier League.Substitute Tom Watson scored a 95th-minute winner to earn a 2-1 win over Sheffield United in the Championship playoff final — a fixture worth an estimated £200 million ($270.8m) to the winning team.It was Sunderland’s third shot on target at Wembley.Their second of the game, 14 minutes from time, saw Eliezer Mayenda equalize almost out of nothing after Tyrese Campbell had given Sheffield United a first-half lead.Watson’s finish, passed into the bottom corner from outside the penalty area, capped an incredible…