13+ hour, 48+ min ago   (263+ words) Equipped with headlamps and pruning shears, a team of farm workers navigate pitch-black darkness during a nocturnal grape harvest that shields them from Portugal's increasingly oppressive summer heat. "At night, it's much cooler, and with this light we see the…...

15+ hour, 49+ min ago   (435+ words) VIENTIANE, Laos: Isolated, under-developed Laos brands itself the "Battery of Southeast Asia”, powering its neighbors with dozens of hydroelectric plants, but frequent power outages leave its own people in the dark. Exports of electricity to neighboring countries including Thailand and…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (147+ words) Kuwait Times Contact lost with Indonesian ferry carrying 243 JAKARTA: A ferry carrying 243 people lost contact with shore authorities while sailing in bad weather from the East Java port of Surabaya to another Indonesian port city, rescue officials said Sunday. Search…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (230+ words) Kuwait Times Iran, Gulf countries to discuss Hormuz TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign ministry said the country would meet with Gulf states in Oman on Monday to discuss the strategic Strait of Hormuz, which the Islamic republic has blockaded during the Middle…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (583+ words) Kuwait Times US marks 25th anniversary of 9/11 NEW YORK: The United States on Friday commemorated the 25th anniversary of the devastating September 11, 2001 attacks with a poignant ceremony in New York marked by President Donald Trump’s absence and searing criticism from victims’ relatives....

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (362+ words) Kuwait Times Ralph Lauren opens fur-free New York Fashion Week Legendary US designer Ralph Lauren on Wednesday kicked off New York Fashion Week with his namesake brand’s Spring/Summer 2027 collection, as the industry showcase implements its first full ban on…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (192+ words) HAVANA: Cuba's First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Gerardo Penalver Portal on Saturday praised Kuwait's continued support, through the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED), for his country's infrastructure and economic development. According to a statement from the Kuwaiti…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (223+ words) Kuwait Times Hollywood actor-director Casey Affleck cast his two sons in his latest movie "Company” and invited brother Ben to the red-carpet premiere at the Venice Film Festival. The brothers were all smiles as they attended the family reunion on…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (207+ words) The Syrian defense ministry’s media department earlier told state television that several of the ministry’s personnel had been wounded in the incident. Syrian media broadcast images showing large columns of smoke rising from the site of the blast, while rescuers…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (295+ words) A manga film adaptation by acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda has emerged as one of the frontrunners for prizes at the Venice Film Festival this week. “Look Back” by the arthouse director, whose past work includes 2018 award-winner “Shoplifters”, tells the…...