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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…

Claudio Echeverri had to be patient for his chance at Manchester City, but it ended up coming on the biggest stage. When Pep Guardiola was chasing a goal against Crystal Palace at Wembley in the FA Cup final, he turned to the 19-year-old for inspiration.Echeverri was thrust into the action having never featured in a matchday squad. Phil Foden, last season’s player of the year in the Premier League, was introduced at the same time, although it was the Argentine teenager’s influence most keenly felt. Minutes into his City debut Echeverri was handed a golden chance. The teenager, whose last…

BAGHDAD (AP) — The American University of Baghdad celebrated the graduation of its first cohort of students Saturday at a campus that was once a palace built by Saddam Hussein.Officials said they hope the graduation will mark the beginning of a new era in higher education in Iraq rooted in modernity, openness and international academic standards.The university was inaugurated in 2021 on the site of the al-Faw Palace, built on an island in the middle of an artificial lake by Saddam in the 1990s to mark the retaking of the peninsula of the same name during the war. After the…

Alex KirklandRodrigo FaezMay 24, 2025, 01:11 PM ETCarlo Ancelotti and Luka Modrić said goodbye to the Santiago Bernabéu on Saturday after Real Madrid beat Real Sociedad 2-0 in the team’s last game of the LaLiga season.Madrid had made the departure of coach Ancelotti — who leaves to take charge of the Brazil national team — official on Friday, a day after announcing that midfielder Modrić, 39, would also be departing this summer.Modrić, who has won a club record 28 trophies with Madrid, will leave after this summer’s Club World Cup in the United States, where the team will be coached…

Arsenal sent shockwaves through European football as they held firm to deny the heaviest of heavyweights Barcelona and secure the Gunners’ first Champions League triumph in 18 years. Renee Slegers’ side put in a brilliant defensive display to shut out the reigning European champions – who beat top German side Wolfsburg 10-2 and WSL champions Chelsea 8-2 on aggregate in the two previous rounds – as Arsenal won 1-0 thanks to Stina Blackstenius’ winner off the bench. Sky Sports’ Sam Blitz rates the players from the Lisbon final… Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Arsenal side…

KUWAIT: Comprehensive renovation work has commenced on the vital Abdally Road, a key route stretching from central Kuwait to the country’s northernmost regions, the Ministry of Public Works announced on Friday. Minister of Public Works Dr Noura Al-Mashaan said the initiative marks the beginning of a broader plan to revamp internal roads and highways under a new package of contracts.She noted that the Abdally project is one of 18 major infrastructure efforts currently being executed across Kuwait’s six governorates. “These projects aim to enhance road capacity and safety standards in alignment with international benchmarks,” Dr Al-Mashaan said, stressing that regular…