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KUWAIT: The Municipal Council, chaired by Abdullah Al-Mahri, on Monday approved the final draft of a proposed amendment to the schedule of requirements and specifications for residential complexes inside and outside Kuwait City. The council also endorsed a request by the Public Authority for Roads and Land Transport to construct four temporary and permanent roads for the Google Cloud Services site south of Mutlaa.The roads will connect to Road No. 80 and the central market for vegetables and fruits, facilitating better access to the area. In addition, the council approved a request from the Public Prosecution to exempt fees for…

Jeff CarlisleSep 15, 2025, 02:19 PM ETCloseJeff Carlisle covers MLS and the U.S. national team for ESPN FC.The New England Revolution fired manager Caleb Porter on Monday, with assistant coach Pablo Moreira taking over on an interim basis for the remainder of the 2025 season.Hired in December of 2023, Porter spent parts of two seasons in New England, and departs with a regular season record of 17-35-12 (W-L-D).”I am very grateful to Caleb Porter for the energy, effort, and dedication he has brought to the Revolution over the last two years,” said sporting director Curt Onalfo. “I have the utmost…

Sep 15, 2025, 02:08 PM ETSamuel Umtiti, a World Cup winner with France in 2018, has announced his retirement as a player at the age of 31 after struggling with persistent knee injuries.Umtiti, who also helped Barcelona win two LaLiga titles and three Copa del Rey trophies, has been without a club since he left Ligue 1 team Lille at the end of last season.”After having lived an intense career with its highs and lows, the time has come to say goodbye,” Umtiti said in a post on Instagram on Monday. “I gave everything with passion and I regret nothing.”Umtiti…

KUWAIT: The French Embassy in Kuwait on Sunday awarded Dr Aseel Mohammed Al-Raqam the French Order of Academic Palms, one of France’s oldest and most distinguished non-military honors. The ceremony was hosted at the residence of French Ambassador Olivier Gauvin, who presented the medal in recognition of Dr Al-Raqam’s outstanding academic achievements, research contributions, and her role in fostering cultural and intellectual cooperation between Kuwait and France.Through her work at Kuwait University, Dr Al-Raqam, a professor of architecture, has played a leading role in advancing innovative educational programs, encouraging academic dialogue, and expanding opportunities for students and researchers to engage…

KUWAIT: Kuwait has hosted the global “SDGs Through Arts” initiative for the first time, thanks to the efforts of Prof Hanouf Saad AlMonaifi, Kuwaiti visual artist, art historian and ambassador of the initiative under UNESCO for the Gulf States and Yemen. Organized in collaboration with ZeeArts, the French Embassy in Kuwait and the Scientific Center, the event highlighted the role of international, cultural and scientific partnerships in raising awareness about the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).The exhibition was inaugurated in the presence of French Ambassador to Kuwait Olivier Gauvin, Counselor Hamad Al-Mansouri from the UAE Embassy, Secretary-General of the National…

By Rêve SbeitiFor years, I used to say, “A scent is not just a scent, it’s like you are wearing poetry.” Only recently did I realize how true and how deeply human, that really is. A fragrance is a whisper of memory that shapes us. A single molecule can drift through space and suddenly we are no longer in the present moment, we are back in the kitchen from our childhood, walking through a summer field, or standing again beside someone we once loved.Like most places in the world, in Kuwait, a scent does a lot more than perfume the…

Mike Intrator, Chief Executive Officer and founder of CoreWeave, (C) celebrates after ringing the opening bell surrounded by Executive Leadership and family during the company’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq headquarters on March 28, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesCoreWeave shares jumped almost 8% on Monday after the provider of cloud infrastructure for artificial intelligence workloads disclosed an order worth at least $6.3 billion from Nvidia.Under the terms of the arrangement, Nvidia “is obligated to purchase the residual unsold capacity” through April 2032, CoreWeave said in a filing. The company said it plans…

Paul Scholes is absolutely emphatic about where Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes should be playing. “He is the most creative player on the team, he should be playing as the No 10, there is no doubt about that,” he tells Sky Sports.”But he is being asked to do something different. It is normal for a No 10 like he is to be able to do it for two or three games, to fill in when a midfielder is injured or suspended or something. But then you get a little bit bored of going back into position to defend.” It is…

Having an emergency fund set aside for unexpected expenses has long been considered an essential financial goal, but many Americans are now saving less than before.In fact, 1 in 3 Americans say they don’t have an emergency fund. And the median amount Americans say they have saved for emergencies is $500, according to a survey conducted by budgeting app Empower in June.That’s $100 less than a median amount of $600 reported in the same survey conducted a year ago by Empower.”The study suggests financial precarity at a time when household finances may be stretched due to rising prices and inflation,”…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is hosting Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee in the Oval Office on Monday after suggesting that he’s ready to send the National Guard into Memphis to help combat crime.Lee’s visit follows Trump saying on Friday that, “Memphis is deeply troubled” and adding, “We’re going to fix that just like we did Washington.” Speaking on Fox News Channel, Trump said “the mayor is happy” and “the governor is happy” about the pending deployment.Shortly before the meeting with Lee began, the White House said on social media that the Memphis total crime rate was higher than the…